Patent ID: 8281237

Claim:
A method of printing a document over a network, the method comprising: obtaining document information for a document on a server from system software executing on a client, wherein the system software is configured to enable a user of the client to use an application to request generation of a print file based on the document using the application, generate the print file on the client in response to the request without further user interaction, and initiate transmitting the print file from the client to the server in response to the generation of the print file and without user-initiated interaction with the server; generating a unique identifier for the document on the server and transmitting the unique identifier for use by the system software in response to obtaining the document information; obtaining the print file on the server from the system software executing on the client subsequent to obtaining the document information; storing the print file using the unique identifier; obtaining a request for a configuration graphical user interface from the client subsequent to obtaining the print file; and providing the configuration graphical user interface for display in a browser on the client in response to the request.