US 12,086,476 B2
Printing method and apparatus, and electronic device
Chuping Chen, Beijing (CN); and Meihong Song, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Appl. No. 18/258,725
Filed by BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/139928
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/135369, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202011522443.9 (CN), filed on Dec. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0036774 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1204 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1253 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing method comprising:
receiving, in an interface where a first application runs, a printing request initiated by a user for a target file displayed in the interface;
running, according to the printing request and in the interface where the first application runs, a preset printing application embedded in the first application;
transmitting the target file to a cloud printing server by using the preset printing application; and
instructing the cloud printing server to send the target file to a printing device upon receiving an acquisition request from the printing device, to cause the printing device to print the target file.