CN105224264B - Network printing control method and system and printer and network server - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of network printing control method and system and printers and network server.The network printing control method, which includes: printer, sends request data to network server, wherein, request data includes network services identification, network services identification is the mark of network service provider belonging to printer, the entry to be printed that printer requests network server to inquire the printer by sending request data；Printer receives the request response data that network server returns；Printer analysis request response data, obtains the print data of entry to be printed；Printer is treated type slug purpose print data and is printed.By means of the invention it is possible to reduce the equipment cost of network print system.

Description

Network printing control method and system and printer and network server

Technical field

The present invention relates to network printing fields, in particular to a kind of network printing control method and system and printing Machine and network server.

Background technique

With the development of internet and e-commerce technology, people are more next by the behavior of cyber ordering product or service More universal, network meal-ordering business is also gradually risen therewith.Consumer stays indoors, so that it may eventually by PC machine, mobile phone, PAD etc. End equipment (hereinafter referred to as client terminal) orders the food oneself liked.Compared with mode of ordering in traditional shop, network meal-ordering Both the time for having saved consumer also saves the time of the attendant in trade company restaurant, and therefore, network meal-ordering business is by disappearing The welcome of the person of expense and trade company.

Fig. 1 is a kind of schematic diagram of network meal-ordering system of the prior art, as shown, the network meal-ordering system includes visitor Family terminal 1', order Website server 2' and trade company handheld terminal 3', is carried out data transmission between three by internet, In, client terminal 1' is the terminal devices such as PC machine, mobile phone, PAD, and the Website server 2' that orders is that third party orders what website provided The server that server or trade company provide, trade company handheld terminal 3' are a kind of handheld terminal of trade company customization, which can To receive by the voice communication information for Website server 2' transmission of ordering.Consumer logs in website of ordering by client terminal 1', utilizes Application software of ordering carries out network meal-ordering and places an order, hand-held to trade company after the Website server 2' that orders receives the order of consumer Terminal 3' sends a voice communication information, and the holder of trade company handheld terminal 3' clicks trade company's handheld terminal after receiving voice communication information The acknowledgement key of 3' carries out order, and records the order information of consumer, which is transmitted to kitchen work personnel and outer It sells staff, kitchen work personnel and takes out staff and prepared for a meal according to order information and food delivery.Due to for trade company For, the holder of trade company handheld terminal 3' is often the attendant on foreground, after the attendant's order of foreground, to kitchen work It is more troublesome that personnel and take-away staff transmit order information, and when the information content of order is larger, foreground attendant It is easy incomplete recording, therefore, which has that working efficiency is low, is easy to appear wrong list or loses single.

Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of another network meal-ordering system of the prior art, as shown, the network meal-ordering system includes Client terminal 1', the Website server 2' that orders, trade company PC machine 4' and plurality of printers 5', wherein client terminal 1', net of ordering Carried out data transmission between site server 2', trade company PC machine 4' by internet, trade company PC machine 4' and more connected to it beat Being carried out data transmission between print machine by local area network, plurality of printers 5' is separately positioned on the different departments in trade company, such as Kitchen and foreground respectively configure a printer 5' afterwards.Trade company PC machine 4' is connect in the business hours with internet, when carrying out network meal-ordering, Consumer logs in website of ordering using client terminal 1', carries out network meal-ordering using application software of ordering and places an order, website clothes of ordering Business device 2' is received and the order is sent to trade company PC machine 4' after the order of consumer, after trade company PC machine 4' receives order, control The printer 5' for making corresponding department carries out order printing, kitchen work personnel and the order and root for taking out staff's reception printing It is prepared for a meal according to order information and food delivery.Since the network meal-ordering system needs trade company that must configure an at least PC machine, The network meal-ordering system increases the operation cost of trade company.

For the high problem of equipment cost in the network print system of the prior art, effective solution side is not yet proposed at present Method.

Summary of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of network printing control method and system and printer and network services Device, to solve the problems, such as that equipment cost is high in network print system.

To achieve the goals above, according to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a kind of network printing control method.The net Network print control program, which includes: printer, sends request data to network server, wherein request data includes network service mark Know, network services identification is the mark of network service provider belonging to printer, and printer requests net by sending request data Network server inquires the entry to be printed of the printer；Printer receives the request response data that network server returns；Printing Machine analysis request response data, obtains the print data of entry to be printed；Printer treats the progress of type slug purpose print data Printing.

Further, request response data packet includes the first mark, and first indicates the database for indicating network server In whether there is printer entry to be printed, printer is after receiving request response data, and network printing control method is also It include: that printer obtains the first mark from request response data；Printer requests number of responses according to the value judgement of the first mark In whether include entry to be printed print data, wherein printer according to first mark value judging request response When in data including the print data of entry to be printed, parsing obtains the printing number of entry to be printed from request response data According to.

Further, request response data packet includes the second mark, the second mark for indicates to remove currently to be printed wait beat It whether prints in the database of entry outer network server there is also the entry to be printed of other printers, printer is asked in reception After seeking response data, network printing control method further include: printer obtains the second mark from request response data；Printing Machine judges whether also deposit in the database except the entry outer network server to be printed currently to be printed according to the value of the second mark In the entry to be printed of other printers, wherein printer is judged according to the value of the second mark except currently being printed There is also when the entry to be printed of other printers, continue to send request in the database of entry outer network server to be printed Data, printer are judging the data except the entry outer network server to be printed currently to be printed according to the value of the second mark When the entry to be printed of other printers being not present in library, preset interval time is first waited, then proceedes to send request data.

Further, request data further includes printing entry data reporting, and printing entry data reporting includes printing entry Serial number and printing entry Status Flag, wherein printing entry serial number is printed before this sends request data by printer Type slug purpose serial number, whether printing entry Status Flag for indicating printing entry corresponding with entry serial number is printed It prints successfully.

Further, the request data that printer is sent further includes equipment report data, and equipment report data include printing The mark of machine and the Status Flag of printer, printer report the shape of printer by equipment report data to network server State.

To achieve the goals above, according to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of network printing control method is provided.The net Network print control program includes: that network server receives the request data that printer is sent, wherein request data includes network clothes Business mark, network services identification are the mark of network service provider belonging to printer；Network server is sent according to printer Request data inquire the printer entry to be printed and based on entry to be printed generate request response data；Network server Request response data is sent to printer.

Further, request response data packet includes the first mark, and first indicates the database for indicating network server In whether there is the entry to be printed of printer, network server inquires the printer according to the request data that printer is sent Entry to be printed is simultaneously included based on entry to be printed generation request response data packet: network server is inquired according to network services identification Print articles database；With the presence or absence of corresponding with network services identification wait beat in network server judgement printing articles database Print entry is to judge to print the entry to be printed in articles database with the presence or absence of the printer；Network server is being judged to beat It prints there are when the entry to be printed of the printer in articles database, the value of the first mark of setting is the first value, is judging to beat When printing the entry to be printed that the printer is not present in articles database, the value of the first mark of setting is second value；Network service Device generates request response data, and request response data packet includes the first mark, and there are the printers in printing articles database When entry to be printed, request response data further includes the print data of entry to be printed.

Further, request response data packet includes the second mark, the second mark for indicates to remove currently to be printed wait beat Print whether there is also the entry to be printed of other printers in the database of entry outer network server, network server according to The request data that printer is sent inquires the entry to be printed of the printer and generates request response data based on entry to be printed It include: network server according to network services identification inquiry printing articles database；Network server judgement is removed and currently to be printed Entry to be printed outside print articles database in whether there is also the entries to be printed of other printers；Network server exists Judge that there is also the items to be printed of other printers in printing articles database in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed When mesh, the value of the second mark of setting is the first value, is judging to print entry data in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed When the entry to be printed of other printers being not present in library, the value of the second mark of setting is second value；Network server generates Request response data, request response data packet include the second mark.

Further, request data further includes printing entry data reporting, and printing entry data reporting includes printing entry Serial number and printing entry Status Flag, wherein printing entry serial number is printed before this sends request data by printer Type slug purpose serial number, whether printing entry Status Flag for indicating printing entry corresponding with entry serial number is printed It prints successfully, network server is after receiving request data, network printing control method further include: network server is according to beating It prints entry serial number and printing entry Status Flag updates printing articles database.

Further, request data further includes equipment report data, and equipment report data include the mark of printer and beat The Status Flag of print machine, after network server receives request data, network printing control method further include: network server Judge whether printer is in normal condition according to equipment report data；Network server is judging printer in abnormal shape The inquiry of type slug purpose is not executed when state；Network server executes type slug purpose when judging that printer is in normal condition Inquiry.

To achieve the goals above, according to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of printer is provided, which includes: Transmission unit, for sending request data to network server, wherein request data includes network services identification, network service It is identified as the mark of network service provider belonging to printer, printer requests network server inquiry by sending request data The entry to be printed of the printer；Receiving unit, for receiving the request response data of network server return；Resolution unit, For analysis request response data, the print data of entry to be printed is obtained；Print unit, for treating the printing of type slug purpose Data are printed.

To achieve the goals above, according to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of network server is provided, the network service Device includes: receiving unit, for receiving the request data of printer transmission, wherein request data includes network services identification, net Network service identifiers are the mark of network service provider belonging to printer；Generation unit, the request for being sent according to printer The entry to be printed of the data query printer simultaneously generates request response data based on entry to be printed；Transmission unit, being used for will Request response data is sent to printer.

To achieve the goals above, according to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of network print system is provided, which beats Print system includes printer and network server, in which: printer is used to send request data to network server, receives network The request response data that server returns, analysis request response data obtain the print data of entry to be printed, and treat and beat The print data of print entry is printed, wherein request data includes network services identification, and network services identification is printer institute The mark of the network service provider of category, printer by send request data request network server inquire the printer wait beat Print entry；Network server is used to receive the request data of printer transmission, and the request data inquiry sent according to printer should The entry to be printed of printer simultaneously generates request response data based on entry to be printed, and request response data is sent to and is beaten Print machine.

In the present invention, printer sends the request data request network clothes including network services identification to network server Business device inquires the entry to be printed of the printer, and receives the request response data of network server return, analysis request response Data obtain the print data of entry to be printed, and treat type slug purpose print data and printed, network of the invention Print system is without being reconfigured PC machine.The present invention solves the problems, such as that equipment cost is high in network print system, and then reaches Reduce the effect of equipment cost in network print system.

Detailed description of the invention

The attached drawing constituted part of this application is used to provide further understanding of the present invention, schematic reality of the invention It applies example and its explanation is used to explain the present invention, do not constitute improper limitations of the present invention.In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a kind of schematic diagram of network meal-ordering system of the prior art；

Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of another network meal-ordering system of the prior art；

Fig. 3 is the module composition schematic diagram of network print system according to a first embodiment of the present invention；

Fig. 4 is the module composition schematic diagram of network print system according to a second embodiment of the present invention；

Fig. 5 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a first embodiment of the present invention；

Fig. 6 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a second embodiment of the present invention；

Fig. 7 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a third embodiment of the present invention；

Fig. 8 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention；

Fig. 9 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention；

Figure 10 is the schematic diagram of printer according to an embodiment of the present invention；And

Figure 11 is the schematic diagram of network server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Specific embodiment

It should be noted that in the absence of conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments of the present application can phase Mutually combination.The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

Fig. 3 is the module composition schematic diagram of network print system according to a first embodiment of the present invention, as shown, the net Network print system includes client terminal 1, network server 2 and printer 3.Wherein, it client terminal 1, network server 2 and beats Print machine 3 accesses internet, and client terminal 1 and printer 3 are carried out data transmission by internet with network server 2 respectively. Client terminal 1 can provide for terminal devices, network servers 2 such as PC machine, mobile phone, PAD for third party website operator Server, or trade company provide server, printer 3 can by cable access internet, can also pass through The wireless modes such as WIFI access internet.

Fig. 4 is the module composition schematic diagram of network print system according to a second embodiment of the present invention, as shown, network Print system includes plurality of printers 3, which, which is belonging respectively to trade company, n family, owns, and each trade company's application uses net When network print system, the operator of network server 2 register the relevant information of the trade company and for the trade company distribute unique number (with Lower abbreviation trade company ID), the relevant information of the trade company and its trade company ID one-to-one correspondence are stored in net by the operator of network server 2 In network server 2, and the trade company ID distributed is notified into the trade company.Each printer 3 has unique device numbering (following Abbreviation printer ID), printer ID is distributed by printer manufacturer when printer 3 dispatches from the factory.Preferably, when plurality of printers 3 When belonging to same trade company simultaneously, each printer 3 in the plurality of printers 3 passes through router 4 and network server 2 Carry out data transmission.

Below by taking network meal-ordering business as an example, the order generating process of network print system is illustrated.Work as consumer When carrying out network meal-ordering by the network print system, the application software of ordering that consumer is installed by operation client terminal 1, choosing Determine trade company and required food, it includes containing trade company ID and order data that application software of ordering is generated according to the information of ordering of consumer Order information, and the order information is sent to network server 2, wherein trade company ID uses net for distinguishing merchant identification Each trade company of network print system all has unique trade company ID.Network server 2 receives consumer and is sent out by client terminal 1 After the order information sent, unique order serial number corresponding with the order information is generated, and order serial number and order are believed Breath corresponds storage into the order database of network server 2.

Table 1

Order serial number	Trade company ID	Order data	Order status
				201404260001	M001	xxxxxxxx	It prints successfully
201404260002	M020	xxxxxxxx	It prints successfully
				201404260003	M006	xxxxxxxx	It does not print
201404260004	M020	xxxxxxxx	It does not print
				201404260005	M016	xxxxxxxx	Printing failure
201404260006	M008	xxxxxxxx	It prints successfully
				……	……	……	……

Table 1 illustrates the order stored in the order database of network server according to an embodiment of the invention, such as Shown in table 1, several orders are stored in the order database of network server 2, every order includes order serial number, trade company ID, order data, further, the every order stored in order database further include order status, and order status is for referring to Show that this bar order is in non-print state, printing success status or printing status of fail, network service when every order generates It is non-print state that its order status, which is arranged, in device.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of network printing control method, which, which can be, is used for The print control program of the network print system of the embodiment of the present invention, for controlling network printing.

Fig. 5 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.In this embodiment, pass through Printer carries out network printing control.As shown in figure 5, the network printing control method of the embodiment includes:

Step S101, printer send request data to network server

In the network print system of the embodiment of the present invention, webserver storage has the item to be printed for printer printing The network services identification of mesh and printer, network services identification are the mark of network service provider belonging to printer, network clothes Business device distinguishes printer by network services identification, so that it is determined that corresponding with heterogeneous networks service provider or printer Entry to be printed, for example, the embodiment that table 1 is illustrated is printed and stored in the order database that entry is network server Order, the network services identification of printer is the trade company ID of the affiliated trade company of printer.

Printer requests entry to be printed corresponding with the printer by sending request data, and request data includes network Service identifiers, so that printer can request network server inquiry corresponding with network services identification by sending request data Entry to be printed, that is, the entry to be printed that the printer is printed can be used in request network server inquiry, that is, asking Network server is asked to inquire the entry to be printed of the printer.

It preferably, can also include printing entry data reporting in request data, printing entry data reporting includes printing Entry serial number and printing entry Status Flag, wherein for printer, this sends institute before request data to printing entry serial number The type slug purpose serial number of printing, printing entry Status Flag is for indicating printing entry corresponding with entry serial number is printed Whether printing is successful, for example, printing entry serial number is order serial number for the embodiment that table 1 is illustrated, prints entry shape State mark is order status.

Preferably, the request data that printer is sent can also include equipment report data, and equipment report data include beating The mark of print machine and the Status Flag of printer, printer report the shape of printer by equipment report data to network server State, wherein the mark of printer can be printer ID.

Step S102, printer receive the request response data that network server returns

Network server according to preset agreement, the print data of the entry to be printed based on printer request according to Predetermined format generates order request response data, and printer receives the request response data that network server returns.

Preferably, in order to make printer easily identify in request response data whether there is entry to be printed printing Data, may include the first mark in request response data, in database of first mark for indicating network server whether There are the entries to be printed of printer, and printer is after receiving request response data, network printing control method further include: beat Print machine obtains the first mark from request response data；Printer according to the value of the first mark judge in request response data whether Print data comprising entry to be printed, wherein printer is judged to wrap in request response data according to the value of the first mark When print data containing entry to be printed, parsing obtains the print data of entry to be printed from request response data.

Preferably, in order to make printer that the entry to be printed stored in network server be appreciated more fully the case where, asks Asking can also include the second mark in response data, and the second mark is for indicating except the entry outer network to be printed currently to be printed Whether there is also the entry to be printed of other printers in the database of server, printer receive request response data it Afterwards, network printing control method further include: printer obtains the second mark from request response data；Printer is according to the second mark The value judgement of will is except whether there is also other printings in the database for the entry outer network server to be printed currently to be printed The entry to be printed of machine, wherein printer is judged in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed according to the value of the second mark There is also when the entry to be printed of other printers, continue to send request data, printer in the database of network server Judging to be not present in the database except the entry outer network server to be printed currently to be printed according to the value of the second mark When the entry to be printed of other printers, preset interval time is first waited, then proceedes to send request data.

Step S103, printer analysis request response data, obtains the print data of entry to be printed.

Printer is parsed to obtain the print data of the entry to be printed for printing by request response data.

Step S104, printer are treated type slug purpose print data and are printed.

Fig. 6 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.In this embodiment, pass through Network server carries out network printing control.As shown in fig. 6, the network printing control method of the embodiment includes:

Step S201, network server receive the request data that printer is sent, wherein request data includes network service Mark, network services identification are the mark of network service provider belonging to printer.

Request data in the embodiment can be the request data in embodiment illustrated in fig. 5.

Step S202, network server inquire the entry to be printed of the printer simultaneously according to the request data that printer is sent Request response data is generated based on entry to be printed.

Included network services identification inquiry prints entry in the request data that network server is sent according to printer Database judges to print with the presence or absence of entry to be printed corresponding with network services identification in articles database, so that judgement is beaten With the presence or absence of the entry to be printed that the printer is printed can be used in print articles database, that is, it whether there is the printer Entry to be printed.

Request response data in the embodiment can be the request response data in embodiment illustrated in fig. 5.

Request response data is sent to printer by step S203, network server.

Request response data is sent to printer by network server, so that printer can parse request response data, The print data of entry to be printed is obtained, and treats type slug purpose print data and is printed.

Fig. 7 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a third embodiment of the present invention, which can be used as The preferred embodiment of above-mentioned the first embodiment or the second embodiment.In this embodiment, to of the invention real for printing order The network printing control method for applying example is described, and for the embodiment of printing order, request data is order Request data, request response data are order request response data, and network services identification is trade company ID, and printing entry serial number is Order serial number, printing entry Status Flag are order status mark, and printing entry is order etc..It should be noted that this The network printing control method of inventive embodiments is not limited to the printing to order, can be used for beating other type slug purposes Print.

In the network print system of the embodiment of the present invention, network server and printer are established network by internet and are connected It connects, in this embodiment, printer is at interval of preset time actively to web server requests order data, network server pair The order request that printer is sent is responded, as shown, method includes the following steps:

Step S301, printer send order request data to network server

Printer sends order request data to network server, to request network server to be sent to it order data, Wherein, the order request data that printer is sent include trade company ID, and trade company ID is the operator of network server for printer institute The unique number for belonging to trade company's distribution, is stored in advance in the memory of printer by trade company.Preferably, printer It is stored with configuration file in memory, after printer powers on, reads the configuration file, includes network server in configuration file The information such as address, printer ID, trade company ID, printer IP address, printer MAC Address, wherein the address of network server, Trade company ID is written in configuration file after buying printer by trade company.Printer obtains in the items in configuration file Hold, order request data are sent to network server according to the address of network server.

Step S302, network server inquire order database after receiving the order request data that printer is sent, and Order request response data is sent to printer according to query result

As described above, network server includes order database, order database passes through client's end for storing consumer Hold the information of the order sent.After network server receives the order request data of printer transmission, order request number is parsed According to and obtain trade company ID, then according to trade company ID inquire order database, determine in order database whether there is and the quotient Family ID is corresponding not to print order, that is, determines in order database with the presence or absence of the printing that transmission order request data can be used The order of machine printing.Network server is according to the first mark of the query result of order database setting, wherein the first mark is used for It indicates with the presence or absence of the order that the printer printing for sending order request data can be used in order database, for example, when ordering When there is the order that the printer printing for sending order request data can be used in single database, the value of the first mark of setting is 1；When, there is no when the order that the printer printing for sending order request data can be used, setting first is marked in order database The value of will is 0.

Network server generates order request response data according to preset agreement, according to predetermined format, wherein orders Single request response data packet includes the first mark, and the printer for sending order request data can be used when existing in order database When the order of printing, order request response data further includes order data, which is to inquire in order database To use the order data for sending the order of printer printing of order request data should for example, for network meal-ordering business Order data includes food name and quantity.Generate order request response data after, network server to send order request number According to printer send the order request response data.

Step S303, printer parses the order request response data that network server is sent, when order request number of responses When including order data in, printer prints order data

When printer receives the order request response data of network server transmission, according to preset agreement solution Analyse order request response data.Printer obtains the first mark in order request response data, is sentenced according to the value of the first mark With the presence or absence of the order that printer printing can be used in the order database of circuit network server, that is, order request is rung It whether answers in data comprising the order data to be printed, when determining to include the order data to be printed in order request response data When, printer obtains the order data in order request response data, and prints the order data.

It should be noted that executing step again after waiting preset time after printer has executed order data printing S301 continues to send next order request data to network server.When printer determines net by the value of the first mark When the order that printer printing can be used being not present in the order database of network server, that is, order request number of responses When not including the order data to be printed in, printer executes step S301 after waiting preset time again.

In the present embodiment, printer is based on trade company ID and sends order request data, network server base to network server Order database is inquired in trade company ID, and order data is sent so that printer prints order numbers to printer according to query result According to.Network print system and its print control program through this embodiment, trade company is without configuring PC machine, when network server connects Receive printer transmission order request data when directly by client terminal send respective orders data be sent to printer with Printer is set to print order data, network print system and its print control program provided by the invention are applied to network meal-ordering industry Business, can solve, which there are problems that in the network meal-ordering system of the prior art, increases trade company's operation cost.

Fig. 8 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and the method for the embodiment can To be a kind of preferred embodiment of print control program shown in Fig. 7.As shown, method includes the following steps:

Step S401, printer send interactive demand signal to network server to report order status to network server And request order data

Printer sends interactive demand signal to network server, to report that order status and request are ordered to network server Forms data.Interactive demand signal includes trade company ID and order data reporting, wherein order data reporting include order serial number and Order status mark.

When printer performs order data printing before this transmission interactive demand signal of printer, order serial number is This sends the order serial number of the order printed before interactive demand signal with printer, and order status mark is for indicating and being somebody's turn to do Whether the corresponding order data of order serial number prints success, for example, expression is ordered with this when the value of order status mark is 1 The corresponding order data of single serial number prints successfully, when the value of order status mark is 0, indicates corresponding with the order serial number Order data print failure；Printer is not carried out order data printing before when printer, this sends interactive demand signal When, for example, when printer just powers on or printer last time send interactive demand signal after network server send interaction ask When response data being asked not include the order data to be printed, order serial number and order status mark are preset invalid The order serial number for the last item order that value or order serial number are printed by printer, order status mark are used for table Show whether order data corresponding with the order serial number prints success.

Step S402, network server parse the interactive demand signal received and update order database

After network server receives the interactive demand signal of printer transmission, according to the interaction of preset protocol analysis Request data obtains trade company ID and order data reporting.Wherein, when the order serial number of order data reporting and order status mark When will is preset invalid value, network server is without updating order database；When the order flowing water of order data reporting Number and order status mark be virtual value when, network server according in order data reporting order serial number inquire order numbers According to the respective orders in library, and the order status of the order is updated according to the order status mark in order data reporting, by this The order status of bar order is set as printing success status or prints status of fail.

Step S403, network server inquires order database, and sends interaction request to printer according to query result Response data

Network server trade company ID according to acquired in step S402 inquires order database, and determining in order database is It is no to there is order corresponding with trade company ID, when there is order corresponding with trade company ID in order database, according to order Order status determine whether using send interactive demand signal printer print the order.Concrete mode is network Server inquires each order one by one since the initial address of order database, when inquiring order corresponding with trade company ID And its order status be non-print state or printing status of fail when, network server stop order data library inquiry, determination order There is the order that the printer printing for sending interactive demand signal can be used in single database；It has inquired and has ordered when network server All orders stored in single database do not inquire order corresponding with trade company ID, or inquire and trade company ID Corresponding order but its order status are when printing successfully, and network server determines that there is no can be used transmission in order data The order of the printer printing of interactive demand signal.

The first mark is arranged according to query result in network server, and according to preset agreement, according to predetermined format Generate interaction request response data, wherein interaction request response data includes the first mark, can be with when existing in order database When using the order of printer printing for sending interactive demand signal, interaction request response data further includes the order to be printed Order serial number and order data.After generating interaction request response data, network server is beaten to transmission interactive demand signal Print machine sends the interaction request response data.

Step S404, printer parse the interaction request response data that receives, judge be in interaction request response data It is no to include the order data to be printed

After printer receives the interaction request response data of network server transmission, according to preset protocol analysis Interaction request response data.Printer obtains the first mark in interaction request response data, is judged according to the value of the first mark With the presence or absence of the order that printer printing can be used in the order database of network server, that is, interaction request responds In data whether include the order data to be printed, when determine interaction request response data in include the order data to be printed When, execute step S405；When determining not including in interaction request response data has the order data to be printed, step is executed S406。

Simultaneously order status mark is arranged in step S405, printer printing order data

When printer is determined in interaction request response data by the first mark comprising the order data to be printed, printing Machine obtains the order serial number and order data of the order to be printed, and prints order data, and printer is according to the order data Printing performance be arranged order status mark, for example, when complete order data print after, printer setup order status mark The value of will is 1, indicates that order data prints successfully, leads to not complete (as lacked paper) when printer appearance is abnormal in print procedure When order data prints, the value of printer setup order status mark is 0, indicates order data printing failure.Preferably, it prints The state of monitor printer in machine operational process judges whether printer modes are normal before printer printing order data, when beating When print machine abnormal state, printer sets the value of order status mark to indicate the value of order data printing failure, for example, setting The value for setting order status mark is 0.

Step S406, printer wait preset interval time

Printer wait preset interval time, continue to execute step S401, i.e., according to trade company ID and execute step S404 and Order serial number and order status mark after step S405 send next interactive demand signal to network server with to net Network server reports order status and request order data.

In the present embodiment, printer reports order status to network server to report the printing performance of order, net Network server updates the order status of respective orders in order database according to the order status that printer is reported.By this implementation Example, network server can retransmit the order data to corresponding printer in printer printing order data failure It is printed, avoids the generation for losing single phenomenon, ensure that the integrality of order printing.

Fig. 9 is the flow chart of network printing control method according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, and the method for the embodiment can To be a kind of preferred embodiment of print control program shown in Fig. 7.As shown, method includes the following steps:

Step S501, printer send interactive demand signal to network server to report state to network server and ask Seek order data

Printer sends interactive demand signal to network server to report state and request order numbers to network server According to, wherein report state includes report device states and report order status.Interactive demand signal includes trade company ID, equipment report Accuse data and order data reporting, wherein equipment report data include printer ID, printer modes mark, order number of reports According to including order serial number and order status mark.

Printer ID is unique device numbering, is distributed by printer manufacturer when printer dispatches from the factory.Preferably, when beating Printer is registered to web server requests when printing prow time access network print system, and network server registers the printer simultaneously The information of the printer is stored in its device databases.Specific registration process are as follows: printer reading is stored in advance in printing The configuration file in memory inside machine, obtain the address of network server in configuration file, printer ID, trade company ID, The information such as printer IP address, printer MAC Address.Printer is set according to the address of network server to network server transmission The registration request data of the formula that fixes, registration request data include printer ID, trade company ID, printer IP address, printer MAC The information such as location, network server receive after registration request data according to the preset protocol analysis registration request data, And whether correctly and completely judge whether the printer of request registration is legal according to the format of registration request data, if printer Legal, the information such as printer ID, trade company ID, printer IP address, printer MAC Address are stored in its equipment by network server In database, and the information to succeed in registration is returned to printer；If printer is illegal, registration failure is returned to printer Information.

Table 2

Printer ID	Trade company ID	Printer IP address	Printer MAC Address	Printer modes
					P0001	M001	192.168.255.1	F0-4D-A2-29-B8-4D	Normally
P0002	M020	192.168.24.2	00-0B-2F-19-D3-E0	Normally
					P0003	M006	192.168.45.30	F8-0D-E2-3D-5F-80	Lack paper
……	……	……	……	……

Table 2 shows the Printer Information stored in the device databases of the network server of one embodiment of the invention, such as Shown in the table, the information of several printers, the packet of every printer are stored in the device databases of network server Include the contents such as printer ID, trade company ID, printer IP address, printer MAC Address.Every printer accesses network printing for the first time System and when registering to web server requests, network server is by the relevant information of printer storage to device databases In.Further, the information of the every printer stored in device databases further includes printer modes, and printer modes are used for Indicate that the printer is in normal condition or abnormality, wherein abnormality includes paper out status, upper cover opening state, machine Tool error condition etc..

The state of monitor printer in printer operational process, and printer modes are changed according to the state change of printer Mark, printer to network server send interactive demand signal before, read trade company ID, printer ID, printer modes mark, Order serial number, order status mark generate interactive demand signal according to preset agreement.Printer is to network server Interactive demand signal is sent to order to report printer modes, order status to network server, and to web server requests Forms data.

Step S502, network server parse the interactive demand signal received and update device databases and order data Library

As described above, network server includes device databases and order database, wherein device databases are for storing It is linked into the information of the printer of network print system, order database is ordered for storing consumer by what client terminal was sent Single information.After network server receives the interactive demand signal of printer transmission, handed over according to preset protocol analysis Mutual request data obtains trade company ID, equipment report data and order data reporting.

Network server inquires and this dozen first according to the printer ID query facility database in equipment report data After the information of the corresponding printer of print machine ID, beating for the printer is updated according to the printer modes mark in equipment report data Print machine state；Then according to the order serial number and order status mark update order database in order data reporting.

Step S503, network server judge whether the printer for sending interactive demand signal is in normal condition

Network server sends beating for interactive demand signal according to the printer modes mark judgement in equipment report data Whether print machine is in normal condition, for example, determining that printer is in normal condition when the value of printer modes mark is 1；It is no Then, determine that printer is in abnormality.When determining that the printer for sending interactive demand signal is in normal condition, network clothes Be engaged in device execution step S504, otherwise, execution step S505.

Step S504, network server inquire order database, and the first mark and the second mark is arranged

When determining that the printer for sending interactive demand signal is in normal condition, network server is inquired according to trade company ID Order database determines ordering with the presence or absence of the printer printing that transmission interactive demand signal can be used in order database It is single.Concrete mode is that network server is inquired respectively one by one based on the trade company ID of acquisition since the initial address of order database Bar order, when inquiring first order corresponding with trade company ID and its print state is non-print state or printing failure shape When state, the printer printing for sending interactive demand signal is can be used to show to exist in order database in the first mark of setting Order, for example, the value of the first mark of setting is 1；Network server continues order data library inquiry, when inquiring Article 2 When order corresponding with trade company ID and its print state are non-print state or printing status of fail, the second mark of setting is with table It is bright that the printer for sending interactive demand signal can be used in order database there is also other in addition to the order currently to be printed The order of printing, for example, the value of the second mark of setting is 1, at this point, network server stops order data library inquiry；Work as network Server has inquired all orders stored in order database, does not inquire order corresponding with trade company ID, Huo Zhecha When asking order corresponding with trade company ID but its order status to print success status, the first mark of setting is to show order numbers According in library, there is no the orders that the printer printing for sending interactive demand signal can be used, for example, the value of the first mark of setting Be 0, at this point, network server setting second mark value be preset invalid value, or setting second mark value with Show that the order for sending the printer printing of interactive demand signal can be used in order database there is no other, for example, setting The value for setting the second mark is 0；When network server has inquired all orders stored in order database, only inquire one with When the corresponding order of trade company ID and its print state are non-print state or printing status of fail, the second mark of setting is to show There is no other printers that transmission interactive demand signal can be used to beat in order database in addition to the order currently to be printed The order of print, for example, the value of the second mark of setting is 0.

Step S505, the first mark of network server setting and the second mark

When determining that the printer for sending interactive demand signal is when in an abnormal state, network server is without inquiring order numbers According to library, directly the first mark of setting is to show that there is no the printer for sending interactive demand signal can be used in order database The order of printing, for example, the value of the first mark of setting is 0, the value of the second mark of network server setting is preset nothing Valid value, or the value of the second mark of setting is to show that transmission interactive demand signal can be used there is no other in order database Printer printing order, for example, setting second mark value be 0.

Step S506, network server send order request response data to printer

Network server generates interaction request response data according to preset agreement, according to predetermined format, wherein hands over Mutual request response data packet includes the first mark, the second mark, sends interaction request number when existing can be used in order database According to printer printing order when, interaction request response data further includes the order serial number and order numbers for the order to be printed According to, wherein when network server inquires two printers that transmission interactive demand signal can be used in order database When the order of printing, i.e., there is also other, and transmission interaction request can be used in order database in addition to the order currently to be printed When the order of the printer printing of data, the order to be printed is first order inquired in order database.It generates After interaction request response data, network server sends the interaction request number of responses to the printer for sending interactive demand signal According to.

Step S507, printer parse the interaction request response data received, judge interaction request according to the first mark It whether include the order data to be printed in response data

After printer receives the interaction request response data of network server transmission, according to preset protocol analysis Interaction request response data.Printer obtains the first mark and the second mark in interaction request response data, according to the first mark Whether the value of will judges comprising the order data to be printed in interaction request response data, when in judgement interaction request response data When comprising the order data to be printed, step S508 is executed；When determining not including to have in interaction request response data to be printed When order data, step S510 is executed.

Simultaneously order status mark is arranged in step S508, printer printing order data

The step is the same as step S405.

Step S509, printer judge whether there is also other, and this dozen can be used in order database according to the second mark The order of print machine printing

Printer judges the order data in addition to the order currently printed according to the value of the second mark obtained in step S507 Whether there is also the order that printer printing can be used in other in library, when determine can be with there is also other in order database When the order printed using the printer, execute step S501, i.e., according to trade company ID, printer ID, printer modes mark and Order serial number and order status mark after executing step S507 and step S508, send next to network server immediately Interactive demand signal is to report state and request order data to network server；When there is no other in judgement order database When the order of printer printing can be used, step S510 is executed.

Step S510, printer wait preset interval time

Printer waits preset interval time, continues to execute step S501, i.e., according to trade company ID, printer ID, printer Status Flag and execute step S507 and step S508 after order serial number and order status mark, to network server send Next interactive demand signal is to report state and request order data to network server.

In the present embodiment, when judgement printer network server when in an abnormal state looking into without order database It askes, the trade company ID progress order data library inquiry sent when determining that printer be in normal condition based on printer and to printing Machine returns in the order database except the order outer network server currently to be printed whether there is also other, and this dozen can be used The order of print machine printing, when there is also the orders that printer printing can be used in other in the order database of network server When, printer sends next interactive demand signal after having printed the printing of current order data immediately.Through this embodiment, it improves The working efficiency of network print system.

It should be noted that step shown in the flowchart of the accompanying drawings can be in such as a group of computer-executable instructions It is executed in computer system, although also, logical order is shown in flow charts, and it in some cases, can be with not The sequence being same as herein executes shown or described step.

The embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of printer, which can beat for the network for the embodiment of the present invention Printer in print system or network printing control method is provided with processor in the printer, which can be used for The network printing control method of the embodiment of the present invention is executed, Figure 10 is the schematic diagram of printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.Such as Shown in Figure 10, which includes transmission unit 31, receiving unit 32, resolution unit 33 and print unit 34.

Transmission unit 31, for sending request data to network server, wherein request data includes network service mark Know, network services identification is the mark of network service provider belonging to printer, and printer requests net by sending request data Network server inquires the entry to be printed of the printer.The transmission unit 31 can execute printer transmission in previous embodiment and ask The correlation step of data is sought, details are not described herein for related content.

Receiving unit 32, for receiving the request response data of network server return.The receiving unit 32 can execute Printer receives the correlation step of respond request data in previous embodiment, and details are not described herein for related content.

Resolution unit 33 is used for analysis request response data, obtains the print data of entry to be printed.The resolution unit 33 The correlation step of printer analysis request response data in previous embodiment can be executed, details are not described herein for related content.

Print unit 34 is printed for treating type slug purpose print data.Before the print unit 34 can execute The correlation step that printer in embodiment executes printing is stated, details are not described herein for related content.

Figure 11 is the schematic diagram of network server according to an embodiment of the present invention.The network server can be for for this hair The network print system or the network server in network printing control method of bright embodiment are provided in the network server Processor, the processor can be used for executing the network printing control method of the embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 11 is real according to the present invention Apply the schematic diagram of the network server of example.As shown in figure 11, which includes receiving unit 21, generation unit 22 and hair Send unit 23.

Receiving unit 21, for receiving the request data of printer transmission, wherein request data includes network service mark Know, network services identification is the mark of network service provider belonging to printer.The receiving unit 21 can execute aforementioned implementation Network server receives the correlation step of request data in example, and details are not described herein for related content.

Generation unit 22, the request data for being sent according to printer are inquired the entry to be printed of the printer and are based on Entry to be printed generates request response data.The generation unit 22 can execute network server in previous embodiment and generate request The correlation step of response data, details are not described herein for related content.

Transmission unit 23, for request response data to be sent to printer.The transmission unit 23 can execute aforementioned reality The correlation step that network server in example sends request response data is applied, details are not described herein for related content.

Obviously, those skilled in the art should be understood that above-mentioned each unit of the invention or each step can be with general Computing device realize that they can be concentrated on a single computing device, or be distributed in multiple computing devices and formed Network on, optionally, they can be realized with the program code that computing device can perform, it is thus possible to which they are stored Be performed by computing device in the storage device, perhaps they are fabricated to each integrated circuit modules or by they In multiple units or step be fabricated to single integrated circuit module to realize.In this way, the present invention is not limited to any specific Hardware and software combines.

In network print system provided in an embodiment of the present invention, printer is used to send number of request to network server According to the request response data that reception network server returns, analysis request response data obtains the printing number of entry to be printed According to, and treat type slug purpose print data and printed, wherein request data includes network services identification, network service It is identified as the mark of network service provider belonging to printer, printer requests network server inquiry by sending request data The entry to be printed of the printer；Network server is used to receive the request data of printer transmission, is sent according to printer Request data inquires the entry to be printed of the printer and generates request response data based on entry to be printed, and request is rung It answers data to be sent to printer, without PC machine is arranged again, reduces the equipment cost in network print system.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not intended to restrict the invention, for the skill of this field For art personnel, the invention may be variously modified and varied.All within the spirits and principles of the present invention, made any to repair Change, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. a kind of network printing control method characterized by comprising

Printer sends request data to network server, wherein the request data includes network services identification, the network Service identifiers are the mark of network service provider belonging to the printer, and the printer is asked by sending the request data The network server is asked to inquire the entry to be printed of the printer；

The printer receives the request response data that the network server returns；

The printer parses the request response data, obtains the print data of the entry to be printed；And

The printer prints the print data of the entry to be printed；

Wherein, printer actively sends request data to network server at interval of preset time；

Wherein, the request response data packet includes the first mark, and described first indicates the number for indicating the network server According to the entry to be printed that whether there is the printer in library, the printer is after receiving the request response data, institute State network printing control method further include: the printer obtains first mark from the request response data；And Whether the printer judges in the request response data to include the entry to be printed according to the value of first mark Print data, wherein the printer is judged in the request response data according to the value of first mark comprising institute When stating the print data of entry to be printed, parsing obtains the printing number of the entry to be printed from the request response data According to.

2. network printing control method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the request response data packet includes second Mark, second mark are in the database of the network server in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed for indicating It is no there is also the entry to be printed of printer described in other, the printer is described after receiving the request response data Network printing control method further include:

The printer obtains second mark from the request response data；And

The printer judges the network service in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed according to the value of second mark Whether there is also the entry to be printed of printer described in other in the database of device,

Wherein, the printer is judged described in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed in the value indicated according to described second There is also when the entry to be printed of printer described in other in the database of network server, continue to send the request data, The printer is judging the network service in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed according to the value of second mark When the entry to be printed of other printers being not present in the database of device, preset interval time is first waited, then proceedes to send out Send the request data.

3. network printing control method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the request data further includes type slug Mesh data reporting, the printing entry data reporting include printing entry serial number and printing entry Status Flag, wherein described Printing entry serial number, this sends the type slug purpose serial number printed before the request data by the printer, described Printing entry Status Flag is for indicating whether printing entry corresponding with the printing entry serial number prints success.

4. network printing control method according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the request that the printer is sent Data further include equipment report data, and the equipment report data include the mark of the printer and the state of the printer Mark, the printer report the state of the printer by the equipment report data to the network server.

5. a kind of network printing control method characterized by comprising

Network server receives the request data that printer is sent, wherein the request data includes network services identification, described Network services identification is the mark of network service provider belonging to the printer；

The network server inquires the entry to be printed of the printer according to the request data that the printer is sent And request response data is generated based on the entry to be printed；And

The request response data is sent to the printer by the network server；

Wherein, printer actively sends request data to network server at interval of preset time；

Wherein, the request response data packet includes the first mark, and described first indicates the number for indicating the network server According to the entry to be printed that whether there is the printer in library, the network server is asked according to printer transmission It seeks the entry to be printed of printer described in data query and request response data packet is generated based on the entry to be printed and include: is described Network server inquires printing articles database according to the network services identification；The network server judges the type slug With the presence or absence of entry to be printed corresponding with the network services identification to judge the printing articles database in mesh database In whether there is the printer entry to be printed；The network server is deposited in judging the printing articles database In the entry to be printed of the printer, the value that first mark is arranged is the first value, is judging the printing entry When the entry to be printed of the printer being not present in database, the value that first mark is arranged is second value；And it is described Network server generates the request response data, and the request response data packet includes first mark, in the type slug There are when the entry to be printed of the printer in mesh database, the request response data further includes the entry to be printed Print data.

6. network printing control method according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the request response data packet includes second Mark, second mark are in the database of the network server in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed for indicating It is no that there is also the requests that the entry to be printed of printer described in other, the network server are sent according to the printer The entry to be printed of printer described in data query is simultaneously included based on the entry generation request response data packet to be printed:

The network server inquires printing articles database according to the network services identification；

The network server judges whether also deposit in the printing articles database in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed In the entry to be printed of other printers；

The network server is being judged also to deposit in the printing articles database in addition to the entry to be printed currently to be printed In the entry to be printed of other printers, the value that second mark is arranged is the first value, is currently wanted judging to remove When the entry to be printed of other printers is not present in the printing articles database outside the entry to be printed of printing, setting The value of second mark is second value；And

The network server generates the request response data, and the request response data packet includes second mark.

7. network printing control method according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the request data further includes type slug Mesh data reporting, the printing entry data reporting include printing entry serial number and printing entry Status Flag, wherein described Printing entry serial number, this sends the type slug purpose serial number printed before the request data by the printer, described Printing entry Status Flag is for indicating whether printing entry corresponding with the printing entry serial number prints success, the net Network server is after receiving the request data, the network printing control method further include:

The network server updates printing entry number according to the printing entry serial number and the printing entry Status Flag According to library.

8. network printing control method according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the request data further includes equipment report Data are accused, the equipment report data include the mark of the printer and the Status Flag of the printer, in the network After server receives the request data, the network printing control method further include:

The network server judges whether the printer is in normal condition according to the equipment report data；

The network server judge the printer it is when in an abnormal state do not execute type slug purpose inquiry；And

The network server executes the inquiry of type slug purpose when judging that the printer is in normal condition.

9. a kind of printer characterized by comprising

Transmission unit, for sending request data to network server, wherein the request data includes network services identification, The network services identification is the mark of network service provider belonging to the printer, and the printer described in transmission by asking Network server described in request of data is asked to inquire the entry to be printed of the printer；

Receiving unit, the request response data returned for receiving the network server；

Resolution unit obtains the print data of the entry to be printed for parsing the request response data；And

Print unit is printed for the print data to the entry to be printed；

Wherein, printer actively sends request data to network server at interval of preset time；

Wherein, the printer further include: acquiring unit, for the printer receive the request response data it Afterwards, the printer obtains the first mark from the request response data, wherein the request response data packet includes described the One mark, first mark whether there is the to be printed of the printer in the database for indicating the network server Entry；Judging unit judges whether wrap in the request response data according to the value of first mark for the printer Print data containing the entry to be printed, wherein the printer is judging described ask according to the value of first mark Ask when in response data including the print data of the entry to be printed, from the request response data parsing obtain it is described to Type slug purpose print data.

10. a kind of network server characterized by comprising

Receiving unit, for receiving the request data of printer transmission, wherein the request data includes network services identification, The network services identification is the mark of network service provider belonging to the printer；

Generation unit, the request data for being sent according to the printer inquire the entry to be printed of the printer simultaneously Request response data is generated based on the entry to be printed；And

Transmission unit, for the request response data to be sent to the printer；

Wherein, printer actively sends request data to network server at interval of preset time；

Wherein, generation unit includes: enquiry module, is inquired and is printed according to the network services identification for the network server Articles database；Judgment module, for the network server judge in the printing articles database whether there is with it is described Network services identification corresponding entry to be printed with judge in the printing articles database with the presence or absence of the printer to Print entry；Setup module, for the network server, there are the printings in judging the printing articles database When the entry to be printed of machine, the value of the first mark of setting is the first value, is not present in judging the printing articles database When the entry to be printed of the printer, the value that first mark is arranged is second value；Generation module, is used for and the net Network server generates the request response data, and the request response data packet includes first mark, in the printing entry There are when the entry to be printed of the printer in database, the request response data further includes beating for the entry to be printed Printing evidence, wherein with the presence or absence of the printer in database of first mark for indicating the network server Entry to be printed.

11. a kind of network print system, which is characterized in that including printer and network server, in which:

The printer is used to send request data to network server, receives the request number of responses that the network server returns According to parsing the request response data, obtain the print data of entry to be printed, and the printing number to the entry to be printed According to being printed, wherein the request data includes network services identification, and the network services identification is belonging to the printer Network service provider mark, the printer requested described in the network server inquiry by sending the request data The entry to be printed of printer,

The network server is used to receive the request data of printer transmission, the number of request sent according to the printer It is investigated that asking the entry to be printed of the printer and generating request response data based on the entry to be printed, and asked by described in Response data is asked to be sent to the printer；

Wherein, printer actively sends request data to network server at interval of preset time；

Wherein, the request response data packet includes the first mark, and described first indicates the number for indicating the network server According to the entry to be printed that whether there is the printer in library, the printer is after receiving the request response data, institute State network printing control method further include: the printer obtains first mark from the request response data；And Whether the printer judges in the request response data to include the entry to be printed according to the value of first mark Print data, wherein the printer is judged in the request response data according to the value of first mark comprising institute When stating the print data of entry to be printed, parsing obtains the printing number of the entry to be printed from the request response data According to.