Patent ID: 7249188

Claim:
A print control system for facilitating communication of a data package via a polling server between a network terminal and a network printing device over a network, the data package configured for authorized data processing by the network printing device, the print control system comprising: a resource registry including resource records associated with the network printing device, the resource records defining at least a user access level for each said network printing device; a polling server configured for obtaining the data package from a proxy server across a firewall in response to a poll request to the proxy server, the data package including print data for processing by the network printing device, an authorization password associated with the network printing device and the print data, and a destination address for directing the data package over the network, the polling server further including an input interface for receiving the data package, an extraction module for extracting the destination address from the data package, and an output interface for communicating at least the print data and the authorization password to the destination address such that the authorization password is configured for controlling access to the print data by the printing device; and an administration server in communication with the resource registry for providing controlled access to the resource records.