Patent ID: 7403300

Claim:
A method for generating an image from a mobile client device, comprising the steps of: receiving a print request from a mobile client device into a document processing device, the print request comprising selection data corresponding to a selected print of a document stored with the mobile client device of a reference to a file to be printed; testing for a first data connection type between the mobile client device and document processing device; testing for an alternative connection type between the mobile client device and the document processing device when the step of testing indicates that the first data connection type is unavailable; selecting a data connection type in accordance with at least one of the steps of testing; selecting a file transmission protocol between the mobile client and the document processing device in accordance with a determined data connection type; retrieving the file to be printed from a remote server in accordance with a selected file transmission protocol; converting the document to be printed to a page description language document; and sending the page description document language document to the printer; wherein the first data connection type has improved transmission characteristics over the alternative connection type.