Canon Europa N.v.

Nt-Ware Systemprogrammierungs-Gmbh

Chris Tickler

Karsten Huster

Michael Rosemann

Lex-Jan Westra

Stephen Jobes

Peter Lange

A printing system includes a cloud service including a first print job queue, a print server including a second print job queue, and a client computer. The client computer sends print information to the cloud service via a second network in accordance with a print instruction from a user. The cloud service creates a print job from the print information, stores the print job in the first print queued, and sends the print job stored in the first print queue to the print server via a first network. The print server stores the print job in the second print queue.

Transfer of print jobs between print queues

A system comprising a multi-function deviceconfigured to communicate with both a serverand a cloud serviceThe multi-function devicecomprises: an output unitconfigured to send SSidentification information of the multi-function deviceto the cloud servicean input unitconfigured to receive SScontroller information which identifies either the serveror the cloud serviceas a controller of the multi-function deviceand a login unitconfigured to receive SSauthentication information. The output unitis further configured to send SSan authentication request including the authentication information to the controlleridentified by the controller information. The input unitis further configured to receive SSan authentication response from the controllerthat indicates whether or not the authentication information is accepted.

Identifying one of a server and a cloud service as a controller of a multi-function device

A printing and copying system is provided that includes a server configured to manage user account information related to a user, and an apparatus connected to the server, the apparatus configured to send a printing request or a copying request to the server. The user account information includes a plurality of wallets associated with the user, and the plurality of wallets each represent funds available to the user. The server is configured to determine whether to authorise the printing request or copying request based on the funds available in the plurality of wallets.

Budget control for printing and copying

A printing system is provided including a printer server accessible over a first network at a first location and a cloud service accessible from both the first location and a second network at a second network. A user with a client computer moving between the first network and the second network can print using either the printer server, when the user is on the first network, or the cloud service, when the user is on the second network. The client computer is configured detect its location and receive configuration information from the cloud service. The configuration information changes the method used by the client computer to print depending upon the client computer's detected location.

Printing system and method of easier printing when information processing apparatus acquires workflow from cloud server to identify whether the information processing apparatus connected to internal network at first location or second location

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Harpenden, United Kingdom

Chris Tickler