METHOD FOR REDIRECTING PRINT JOBS TO AN ASSOCIATED PRINTER IN A NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM BASED UPON SUBNET MASK EXTRACTED FROM THE SOURCE IP ADDRESS.

摘要

The invention proposes a method for redirecting print jobs to an associated printer in a network printing system based upon subnet mask extracted from the source IP address. The printer can be configured with appropriate subnet mask for the environment. After extracting the IP subnet portion of the IP source check will be made for any association added for the subnet. If there is such association, the job will be redirected to the printer for which the association is added to the subnet address.