An internet accessible server permits access management to remote printing
devices by remote users. Only users having printing access to a target
remote printing device may submit a print job for printing on the target
remote printing device. Users having printing access permission are
further divided into owner status and user status. Owner status user of a
remote printing device may grant or revoke the printing permission of
non-owner status users. At least one owner status user is designated a
super-owner, and can grant and revoke the owner status of other users.
The super-owner user may relinquish its super-owner status to any other
user. After submitting a print job for a target printing device, the
print job is stored in a storage space on the Internet and is transferred
to the target printing device only when the target printing device itself
downloads the print job using standard internet protocols similar to
those used in the downloading of a web page.