MULTI FUNCTION IMAGE FORMING DEVICE TO SCAN AND PRINT TO ONE OR MORE MULTI FUNCTIONAL PRINTERS USING SHARED CLOUD SPACE

摘要

The embodiments herein relate to Multi Function Printers (MFP) and, more particularly, to enabling cloud based selective printing and data editing in MFP. A scan to cloud agent at the scanning side (Scanner) creates a jobid sub-folder in shared folder of target printers in the cloud. Further, the scanned data and associated settings are uploaded to the shared folder. A print from cloud agent at the printer side (Printer) continuously monitors corresponding shared folder to check if any new jobjd sub- folder is created. If a new jobid sub-folder is detected, the printer checks contents of the folder and checks if the data and settings are compatible with the printer. The user at the scanner and printer sides is provided with options to edit data on the fly using cloud based services. Further, the data is accessed from the shared folder and is printed using the printer. FIG. 1