Watchdoc Print Client for Android® - Presentation

The WPC for Android® application is only available in French at the moment.
If you are interested, please contact your Doxense sales representative.

Presentation

Watchdoc Client for Android® allows a user with an Android® cell phone to launch a PDF print thanks to the Watchdoc Print API (proprietary protocol developed by Doxense allowing to manage prints).

 

Watchdoc Client for Android allows:

  • to secure the flow by encryption (Watchdoc https) ;

  • to transfer the authentication (Watchdoc) ;

  • to apply finishing options to the PDF file before printing ;

  • to route thePDF spool to the printing device (Watchdoc).

Principle

Watchdoc Print Client for Android allows to send all requested PDF print jobs to the printing device in https.

 

All flows pass through port 5753 and are encrypted using a certificate embedded in the API.

 

The Watchdoc Print Client relies on a Watchdoc discovery server to search for available print queues on a primary print server.

 

Each time a user initiates a print request, the port checks the print server for availability before sending the job. If the server is unavailable, it asks the discovery server to find a new available print server.

 

If the discovery server is down, Watchdoc Print Client for Android keeps print server information cached to ensure printing continuity.

Scheme

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Prerequisites

To use Watchdoc Client for Android, you need to:

  1. contact Doxense Support team to obtain the installation files ;

  2. to give the Doxense Support the name of the discovery server (server in charge of querying the print servers on which print queues are installed and made available to users).