US 11,928,376 B2
Recommended print job delivery paths
Michael St. Laurent, Kitchener (CA); and Rajivkumar Vinodchandra Mistry, Boise, ID (US)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/011,672
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/044644
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/025935, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0259315 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/126 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1204 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, client presence information, the client presence information including a client network property for a client;
receiving, by the processor, printer presence information, the printer presence information including a printer network property for a printer;
receiving, by the processor, print job information for a print job that includes print job characteristics, client network characteristics, and connectivity information for saved printers;
determining, by the processor, a plurality of recommended print paths based on the print job information, the client presence information, and the printer presence information;
causing, by the processor, the print job to be routed to the printer based on the recommended print paths,
wherein the recommended print paths include a direct delivery path between the client and the printer and a cloud-based delivery path.