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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2020
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Surya Prakash Kotha, Chennai, IN;
XEROX CORPORATION, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
The methods and systems for direct printing at kiosks. The method includes: at an application accessible at a computing device: receiving a document from a user for printing and one or more print attributes. At a server communicatively coupled to the application, the method includes: calculating and displaying a cost for the printing the document based on the print attributes; providing a user interface to the user to input payment details; validating the payment details; encrypting the document with the payment details; and allowing the user to download the encrypted document in the form of a print job to a portable storage device. At a print workflow running at a kiosk, the method includes: receiving the portable storage device including the encrypted job; reading and decrypting the encrypted print job; and printing the job directly at the kiosk without requiring any input from the user.