US Patent 7474423 Remote network printing

A remote printing system comprises a job sending component arranged to transmit a print job comprising one or more print files and an indicator of one or more job receivers to a remote printing server. The remote printing server is arranged to receive print jobs from one or more job sending components and to store the print jobs. The server is further arranged to receive notification of acceptance of at least a portion of a print job from one or more of the job receivers. A job receiving component is associated with a job receiver. The job receiving component is arranged to receive any of the portions of print jobs accepted by the associated job receiver and to transmit the accepted portions to a printer for printing.