CN106557285B - Printing method and apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a printing method and a device, wherein the method comprises the following steps: selecting a printer configured as a public device; acquiring data to be printed; sending the data to be printed to the printer through a server or in a point-to-point communication mode; obtaining a verification credential distributed by the server or the printer for the data to be printed; the acquired authentication credential is used for being input into the printer, so that the printer performs authentication according to the input authentication credential and prints the data to be printed after the authentication is passed. The printing method and the printing device provided by the invention are convenient to operate and can ensure the use safety of the printer to a certain extent.
Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of printing technologies, and in particular, to a printing method and apparatus.
Background
Printers are important output devices that can be used to output data onto a particular medium, such as paper photographs, which can be printed onto photographic paper, and paper documents, which can be printed onto paper. At present, there is also a three-dimensional printer which can directly output data as a three-dimensional object. Therefore, the printer can bring great convenience to the life and work of people.
The plurality of terminals can be respectively connected to the printer to print respective data, but for safety, the plurality of terminals are connected to the printer and need to join the same local area network, and the safety of the printer is ensured through the authority management of the local area network. For example, the computer group of the staff inside the company establishes a local area network, so that the computers in the local area network can be connected to the printer for printing.
However, the lan requires management and maintenance of a network administrator, and a terminal outside the lan must join the lan under the permission of the network administrator to connect to the printer for printing, which is cumbersome to operate and limits the usage scenarios of the printer.
Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a printing method and apparatus for solving the problem that the printing operation is complicated when a plurality of terminals are connected to a printer via a local area network.
A method of printing, the method comprising:
Selecting a printer configured as a public device;
Acquiring data to be printed;
Sending the data to be printed to the printer through a server or in a point-to-point communication mode;
Obtaining a verification credential distributed by the server or the printer for the data to be printed; the acquired authentication credential is used for being input into the printer, so that the printer performs authentication according to the input authentication credential and prints the data to be printed after the authentication is passed.
A printing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
A printer selection module to select a printer configured as a common device;
The data to be printed acquisition module is used for acquiring data to be printed;
The data to be printed sending module is used for sending the data to be printed to the printer through a server or a point-to-point communication mode;
The verification credential acquisition module is used for acquiring the verification credentials distributed by the server or the printer for the data to be printed; the acquired authentication credential is used for being input into the printer, so that the printer performs authentication according to the input authentication credential and prints the data to be printed after the authentication is passed.
A method of printing, the method comprising:
When the printer is configured as public equipment, receiving data to be printed, which is sent by a terminal through a server or in a point-to-point communication mode;
Distributing a verification credential for the data to be printed and sending the verification credential to the terminal, or distributing the verification credential for the data to be printed through the server and sending the verification credential to the terminal;
Acquiring an input authentication credential from the terminal;
Verifying according to the input verification certificate; if the verification is passed, then
And printing the data to be printed.
A printing apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
The printing data receiving module is used for receiving the data to be printed, which is sent by the terminal through the server or in a point-to-point communication mode when the printer is configured as public equipment;
The verification document distribution module is used for distributing verification documents to the data to be printed and sending the verification documents to the terminal, or distributing verification documents to the data to be printed through the server and sending the verification documents to the terminal;
The authentication document input module is used for acquiring the input authentication document from the terminal;
The verification module is used for verifying according to the input verification credential;
And the printing module is used for printing the data to be printed after the verification according to the input verification certificate is passed.
According to the printing method and the printing device, the printer is configured as a public device, so that a terminal of the public can discover and access the printer. And then the terminal acquires the data to be printed and sends the data to the printer, so that the printer distributes verification credentials for the data to be printed directly or through the server and returns the verification credentials to the terminal. Therefore, the user can print the corresponding data to be printed by the printer only by correctly inputting the data to the printer after acquiring the verification certificate. Therefore, the terminal can be connected to the printer without depending on a local area network, the operation is convenient, and the use safety of the printer can be guaranteed to a certain extent.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram of an application environment of a printing system in one embodiment;
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a composition structure of a terminal in one embodiment;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the constitution of a printer according to an embodiment;
FIG. 4 is a schematic flow chart diagram of a printing method in one embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a contact page displayed by the terminal in one embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a search new device page displayed by the terminal in one embodiment;
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a public device page displayed by a terminal in one embodiment;
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a printer access page displayed by the terminal in one embodiment;
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an album page displayed by the terminal in one embodiment;
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a printer interface displayed by the printer in one embodiment;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of paying for an amount required for printing in one embodiment;
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a print configuration page displayed by the terminal in one embodiment;
FIG. 13 is a schematic flow chart of a printing method in another embodiment;
FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing the construction of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment;
FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the construction of a printing apparatus according to another embodiment;
FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the construction of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment;
Fig. 17 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a printing apparatus in another embodiment.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, in one embodiment, a printing system 100 is provided that includes a server 102, a terminal 104, and a printer 106. Server 102 in fig. 1 comprises one or more physical servers. The terminal 104 includes a desktop computer, a mobile terminal including a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a PDA (personal digital assistant), a POS (point of sale) machine, and a wearable terminal including a smart watch, a sports bracelet, and the like.
As shown in fig. 2, in one embodiment, a terminal 104 is provided that includes a processor, a non-volatile storage medium, an internal memory, a network interface, a display screen, a camera, and an input device connected via a system bus. Wherein the processor has a computing function and a function of controlling the operation of the terminal 104, the processor being configured to perform a printing method. Non-volatile storage media include magnetic storage media, optical storage media, and flash memory storage media. The non-volatile storage medium stores an operating system and a printing apparatus having a functional module that implements a printing method. The internal memory is used to provide a cache for the operating system and the printing device. The display may be a liquid crystal display or an electronic ink display. The input device comprises a touch pad, a track ball, a mouse and a touch layer overlapped with the display screen, wherein the display screen and the touch layer form the touch screen. The network interface is used for connecting to a network. The camera is used for acquiring an external image through a photosensitive device of the camera to form a digital signal, and the digital signal is transmitted to the processor for processing.
As shown in FIG. 3, in one embodiment, printer 106 includes a control chip, a connection module, an input device, a display device, and a print function module. The printer 106 may be connected to the terminal 104 through a connection Module including at least one of a network connection Module including at least one of a Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) Module and a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card Module, and a point-to-point connection Module including at least one of a bluetooth Module and an NFC (near field communication) Module. The printing function module is used for realizing the specific function of printing. The printer 106 may be any one of an inkjet printer, a thermal printer, a laser printer, an electrostatic printer, a magnetic printer, a light emitting diode printer, and a three-dimensional printer.
As shown in fig. 4, in an embodiment, a printing method is provided, and this embodiment is exemplified by applying the method to the terminal 104 in fig. 1 and 2, and the terminal 104 runs with an instant messaging application through which the printing method is executed. The method specifically comprises the following steps:
At step 402, a printer configured as a public device is selected.
The printer is one of controlled devices having a device type attribute, and the device type includes a private device and a public device, and access rights to the corresponding controlled device can be restricted by the device type attribute.
A private device refers to the privatization of a respective controlled device with respect to a device owner of the controlled device, the controlled device being accessible only by the respective device owner. The user identification of the device owner and the printer identification of the printer are correspondingly stored on the server. The device owner may be the user identification that first establishes a binding relationship with the printer identification.
In contrast, a public device is a type of device that is modified from a private device under the permission of the device owner of the controlled device, and users other than the device owner may have limited or unlimited access to the corresponding controlled device. Specifically, the terminal may select a printer configured from a private device to be a public device. The printer is configured as a public device under the permission of the device owner of the printer.
In one embodiment, the terminal may automatically select a printer used for the last printing and configured as a public device as a printer for the current printing. Further, the terminal may first detect whether a printer configured as a public device used for printing last time is in an available state, and if so, select the printer as the printer for printing this time. Whether the printer is in an available state is detected, and whether the printer is currently connected to the printer through a network or whether the printer is currently configured as a public device can be specifically determined.
In one embodiment, the terminal may obtain the geographical location of the terminal, thereby searching for and selecting a printer configured as a public device closest to the geographical location of the terminal. Or the terminal may acquire and display information of printers configured as public devices located within a preset range from the geographical location of the terminal, so that the corresponding printer is selected according to an operation on the displayed information.
In one embodiment, the terminal may search for and display information of printers configured as public devices, and detect an operation on the displayed information to select a corresponding printer. Wherein the information of the printer may include at least one of a printer name, a printer model, information of a device owner of the printer, and a printer capability description. The searched information of each printer is displayed as an individual entry, and the terminal, upon detecting an operation on the entry, takes the printer indicated by the operated entry as the selected printer.
For example, referring to fig. 5, the terminal provides a contact page through the instant messaging application, and a search new device page trigger control 501 is displayed on the contact page. After detecting the operation of the trigger control 501 for searching the new device page, the terminal enters the new device page search shown in fig. 6, where the operation may include at least one of a cursor click operation, a touch click operation, and a gesture operation. The terminal displays the public device query control 601 in a search new device page, enters the public device page as shown in fig. 7 when detecting an operation on the public device query control 601, searches information of a controlled device configured as a public device, and displays the information on the public device page. If the available printer exists, corresponding information is displayed on the page of the public equipment, and the user clicks the information of the printer to select the corresponding printer.
In step 404, data to be printed is obtained.
The data to be printed is data to be printed by a printer, and comprises at least one of pictures, documents and three-dimensional printing data. The three-dimensional printing data refers to data on which the three-dimensional printer is based when building a three-dimensional object.
In one embodiment, the terminal may provide a printer access page after the printer is selected, and detect an operation instruction triggered at the printer page to acquire data to be printed. Specifically, the terminal can enter a local file directory and select data to be printed from the file directory when detecting an operation instruction triggered by a user on a printer page; or the data to be printed can be acquired on site in real time, such as on-site photographing or on-site inputting of a segment of characters to serve as the data to be printed; or may access a server file directory to select data to be printed from the file directory.
For example, the terminal enters a printer access page shown in fig. 8 after the printer is selected, displays a to-be-printed data acquisition control 801, detects an operation of the to-be-printed data acquisition control 801 to enter an album page shown in fig. 9, selects one or more photos in the album page, and takes the selected one or more photos as to-be-printed data after confirmation.
And step 406, sending the data to be printed to the printer through a server or in a point-to-point communication mode.
Specifically, in one embodiment, the terminal may obtain a printer identifier of the selected printer, and send a print request carrying the data to be printed and the printer identifier to the server, so that the server forwards the print request to the selected printer according to the printer identifier. The terminal can obtain the printer identifier by scanning the graphic code corresponding to the printer, and can also extract the printer identifier from the information of the printer pulled from the server. The graphic code is a graphic obtained by encoding a character or a character string with a specific meaning, and includes a two-dimensional code, a bar code and the like.
A point-to-point communication scheme is a scheme in which two communication nodes communicate with each other via a dedicated communication link. In one embodiment, the peer-to-peer communication mode includes at least one of a bluetooth communication mode, a near field communication mode, and a WiFi communication mode.
Specifically, after receiving data to be printed sent by the terminal, the server distributes verification credentials to the data to be printed and sends the verification credentials to the terminal and the printer respectively. Or the printer distributes the verification credential for the data to be printed after receiving the data to be printed sent by the printer, and returns the distributed verification credential to the terminal. Or the printer informs the server after receiving the data to be printed, so that the server distributes verification credentials for the data to be printed and respectively sends the verification credentials to the terminal and the printer.
The verification credential is an identity credential required when printing the data to be printed, and is used for ensuring the consistency between the user sending the data to be printed and the user finally printing the data to be printed. The authentication document can adopt a verification code, and the verification code can be randomly composed characters or randomly selected from a preset verification code set; the authentication credentials may also take the form of a graphical code.
The terminal can be displayed to be seen by the user after acquiring the authentication document, so that the authentication document can be input into the printer by the user on site. The printer verifies according to the input verification certificate, and the corresponding data to be printed is printed only after the verification is passed. The acquired authentication credentials may also be sent directly by the terminal to the printer.
In one embodiment, the printer may receive a user operation instruction to select data to be printed, acquire an input authentication credential, verify whether the input authentication credential matches an authentication credential allocated for the selected data to be printed, and if so, pass the verification, thereby printing the selected data to be printed.
For example, the printer may display a printer interface as shown in fig. 10, the data to be printed is displayed as a number of entries, and the user may select the corresponding data to be printed by selecting the entry 1001. The printer interface further includes a verification code input box 1002, and the printer may acquire the verification code input in the verification code input box 1002, perform verification based on the acquired verification code after receiving the instruction to confirm printing, and print the selected data to be printed if the verification is passed.
In one embodiment, the printer may obtain the input authentication credential to search for data to be printed uniquely corresponding to the authentication credential, pass the authentication if the corresponding data to be printed is found, and print the found data to be printed. In the embodiment, the verification certificate is globally unique, so that a user can select data to be printed without operating a printer, and the operation steps are simplified.
In the above printing method, the printer is configured as a public device so that a terminal of the public can discover and access the printer. And then the terminal acquires the data to be printed and sends the data to the printer, so that the printer distributes verification credentials for the data to be printed directly or through the server and returns the verification credentials to the terminal. Therefore, the user can print the corresponding data to be printed by the printer only by correctly inputting the data to the printer after acquiring the verification certificate. Therefore, the terminal can be connected to the printer without depending on a local area network, the operation is convenient, and the use safety of the printer can be guaranteed to a certain extent.
In one embodiment, step 402 includes: pulling and displaying information of a printer configured as a public device and having a binding relationship with a currently logged-in user identifier from a server; operation of the displayed information is detected to select a corresponding printer.
Specifically, the terminal acquires a user identifier used for logging in the instant messaging application at present, generates an information pull request carrying the user identifier to the server, and receives and displays information of the printer which is configured as the public equipment and has a binding relationship with the user identifier and is returned by the server according to the pull request. The terminal detects an operation on the displayed information, such as a cursor click, a touch click or a gesture operation, so that the printer corresponding to the operated information is taken as the selected printer.
The binding relationship refers to a specific corresponding relationship between the user identifier and the printer identifier, which is established by the user through the binding operation in advance. The terminal can obtain the printer identification input by the user and the user identification used by the instant messaging application login, and sends a binding request carrying the printer identification and the user identification to the server, so that the server establishes the binding relationship between the user identification and the printer identification according to the binding request.
In one embodiment, the printing method further comprises: scanning an image code corresponding to the printer to obtain a printer identifier; uploading the currently logged user identifier and the printer identifier to a server, so that the server establishes a binding relationship between the user identifier and the printer identifier.
Specifically, the terminal obtains and analyzes a graphic code corresponding to the printer through a camera of the terminal, and obtains a printer identifier included in the graphic code. The printer identification is a character string that uniquely identifies the printer and may include at least one of numbers, letters, and punctuation marks. The graphic code corresponding to the printer can be arranged on the printer shell, the packaging box or the device specification, wherein the arrangement is printed or attached, and the graphic code can also be displayed on the display screen of the printer.
The graphic code comprises a two-dimensional code, a bar code and the like. The bar code is a graphic identifier which arranges a plurality of black bars and blanks with different widths according to a certain coding rule and is used for expressing a group of information. Common bar codes are a pattern of parallel lines of dark bars (simply bars) and white bars (simply spaces) of widely differing reflectivity. The two-dimensional code is a bar code for recording data symbol information by black and white figures distributed in a plane two-dimensional direction according to a certain rule by using a certain specific geometric figure. The two-dimensional Code can be divided into a stacked type or row-by-row type and a matrix type two-dimensional Code, wherein the stacked type or row-by-row type two-dimensional Code coding principle is based on a one-dimensional bar Code and is stacked into two or more rows according to requirements, and representative two-dimensional codes comprise Code 16K, Code 49, PDF417 and the like. The matrix type two-dimensional code is coded in a rectangular space through different distribution of black and white pixels in a matrix. On the corresponding element positions of the matrix, representing binary '1' by the appearance of points (square points, round points or other shapes), representing binary '0' by the absence of the points, and determining the meaning represented by the matrix type two-dimensional code by the arrangement and combination of the points; the representative matrix type two-dimensional code is as follows: code One, MaxiCode, QR Code, etc.
In the embodiment, the trust of the user to the printer and the use authority of the user to the printer can be reflected through the binding relationship, and the use safety of the printer can be ensured to a certain extent. And the terminal only pulls the information of the printer which has the binding relation with the user identification, thereby saving network resources.
In one embodiment, step 406 includes: and sending the user identification and the data to be printed to the server, so that the server sends the data to be printed to the printer when judging that the user identification has the authority of accessing the printer.
Specifically, the terminal can obtain a user identifier used for logging in the instant messaging application at present, so that the user identifier and the data to be printed are sent to the server together. The server judges whether the user identification has the authority of accessing the printer, sends the data to be printed to the printer when the user identification is judged to have the access authority, and can discard the data to be printed and return a notice of printing request failure to the terminal when the user identification is judged not to have the access authority.
In one embodiment, the server, upon determining whether the user identifier has the authority to access the printer, may determine whether the user identifier exists in a preset white list of the printer, if so, has the authority to access the printer, and if not, does not have the authority to access the printer. The preset white list is a set of user identifications having a predetermined authority to access the printer.
In one embodiment, when determining whether the user identifier has the authority to access the printer, the server may further determine whether the user identifier exists in a preset blacklist of printers, and if the user identifier exists, the server does not have the authority to access the printer, and if the user identifier does not exist, the server has the authority to access the printer. The preset blacklist is a set of user identifications that have no authority to access the printer set in advance.
In one embodiment, when determining whether the user identifier has the right to access the printer, the server may further determine whether the user identifier has a binding relationship with the printer identifier of the printer, and if the user identifier has the binding relationship, the server has the right to access the printer, and if the user identifier does not have the right to access the printer. And judging whether the user identification has the authority of accessing the printer according to the preset white list, the preset black list and the binding relationship, wherein the authority of accessing the printer can be combined at will.
In this embodiment, the data to be printed is sent to the printer through the server, and the security of the user using the printer can be ensured by verifying the access authority of the user identifier by the server.
As shown in fig. 11, in an embodiment, the printing method further includes a step of paying an amount required for printing, and specifically includes the following steps:
Specifically, the terminal may acquire an amount of money to be paid for printing the data to be printed from the server or from the printer. The amount can be quantitatively determined according to the attribute of the printing supplies required by the data to be printed, for example, the amount required to be paid can be determined according to the material and the quantity of consumed paper required by printing.
At step 1104, a payment account identification is obtained.
Specifically, the terminal may pull the bound payment account identifier corresponding to the user identifier from the payment platform, or may obtain the payment account identifier input by the user. The payment account can be a bank account and a third party payment account, and the payment account identifier is used for uniquely identifying the corresponding payment account. The payment account identifier may be at least one of a mail address, a mobile phone number, an identification number, a bank card number, and a third party payment card number. Wherein the payment platform may be a bank server or a third party payment server.
The terminal may send the payment request to the payment platform before or after sending the data to be printed, or after acquiring the allocated authentication credential, or before or after the printer authenticates according to the input authentication credential.
And after transferring the corresponding amount to the preset collection account, the payment platform sends a notice of successful payment to the printer. And the printer prints the corresponding data to be printed after receiving the notification of successful payment and passing the verification according to the verification certificate. The preset collection account is the printer provider's account. The collection account may be a bank account or an account provided by the payment platform.
In one embodiment, the terminal may provide a payment account password input box, and the payment account password input in the payment account password input box is acquired and sent to the payment platform for verification. And after receiving a result of passing the payment account password verification returned by the payment platform, the terminal sends a payment request carrying the payment account identification and the amount of money to the payment platform. And the payment platform transfers the amount of money from the payment account corresponding to the payment account identification to a preset collection account according to the payment request.
In an embodiment, the terminal may also obtain a payment account password corresponding to the payment account identifier, and send a payment request carrying the payment account identifier, the payment account password, and the amount of money to the payment platform. And the payment platform verifies the payment account identification and the corresponding payment account password, and transfers the amount of money from the payment account corresponding to the payment account identification to a preset collection account according to the payment request after the verification is passed. In one embodiment, if the amount required for printing is less than the preset amount, the payment account password may not be input when the payment request is sent.
In this embodiment, if the terminal needs to pay the corresponding amount to complete printing, the resource consumed by the printer provider for providing the printing service is substantially offset, and the virtuous circle of the whole printing service is maintained.
In one embodiment, the printing method further comprises: and acquiring printing configuration information corresponding to the data to be printed and sending the printing configuration information to the printer, so that the printer prints according to the printing configuration information when printing the data to be printed.
Specifically, the printing configuration information refers to configuration information required for printing data to be printed, and includes at least one of the number of copies to be printed, a printing style, and a printing consumable material attribute. The printing style comprises one side or two sides, whether to reduce printing, at least one of reducing printing proportion, margin, font, color, typesetting direction and the like.
The terminal acquires the printing configuration information corresponding to the data to be printed and then sends the information to the printer, so that the printer can print the data to be printed according to the printing configuration information after receiving the notification of payment completion and passing the verification according to the input verification certificate. If the printer does not acquire the printing configuration information, the printer may print the data to be printed according to the default printing configuration information.
For example, after acquiring data to be printed, the terminal may enter a print configuration page as shown in fig. 12, where the print configuration page includes a configuration control 1201, and a user enters print configuration information by operating the configuration control 1201, for example, the number of print copies may be entered in fig. 12, and single-sided printing or double-sided printing may also be selected.
In this embodiment, the terminal can freely configure the printing configuration information of the data to be printed, so that the final printing effect can be flexibly controlled, and the printing requirements of users can be met.
As shown in fig. 13, in one embodiment, a printing method is provided, and this embodiment is illustrated with the method applied to the printer 106 in fig. 1 and 3 described above. The method specifically comprises the following steps:
And step 1302, when the printer is configured as a public device, receiving data to be printed, which is sent by the terminal through the server or in a point-to-point communication mode.
In particular, the printer is configured as a public device under the permission of the device owner of the printer. The data to be printed is data to be printed by a printer, and comprises at least one of pictures, documents and three-dimensional printing data. The three-dimensional printing data refers to data on which the three-dimensional printer is based when building a three-dimensional object.
The terminal can select a printer configured as public equipment, acquire data to be printed, send the data to be printed to the printer through a server or in a point-to-point communication mode, and receive the data by the printer.
In one embodiment, the terminal may obtain a printer identifier of the selected printer, and send a print request carrying the data to be printed and the printer identifier to the server, so that the server forwards the print request to the selected printer according to the printer identifier. The terminal can obtain the printer identifier by scanning the graphic code corresponding to the printer, and can also extract the printer identifier from the information of the printer pulled from the server. The graphic code is a graphic obtained by encoding a character or a character string with a specific meaning, and includes a two-dimensional code, a bar code and the like.
A point-to-point communication scheme is a scheme in which two communication nodes communicate with each other via a dedicated communication link. In one embodiment, the peer-to-peer communication mode includes at least one of a bluetooth communication mode, a near field communication mode, and a WiFi communication mode.
In step 1304, a verification credential is distributed to the data to be printed and sent to the terminal, or the verification credential is distributed to the data to be printed and sent to the terminal through the server.
Specifically, after receiving data to be printed sent by the terminal, the server distributes verification credentials to the data to be printed and sends the verification credentials to the terminal and the printer respectively. Or the printer distributes the verification credential for the data to be printed after receiving the data to be printed sent by the printer, and returns the distributed verification credential to the terminal. Or the printer informs the server after receiving the data to be printed, so that the server distributes verification credentials for the data to be printed and respectively sends the verification credentials to the terminal and the printer.
The verification credential is an identity credential required when printing the data to be printed, and is used for ensuring the consistency between the user sending the data to be printed and the user finally printing the data to be printed. The authentication document can adopt a verification code, and the verification code can be randomly composed characters or randomly selected from a preset verification code set; the authentication credentials may also take the form of a graphical code.
In step 1306, the input authentication credential from the terminal is obtained.
The terminal can be displayed to be seen by the user after acquiring the authentication document, so that the authentication document can be input into the printer by the user on site. The acquired authentication credentials may also be sent directly by the terminal to the printer.
In one embodiment, the printer may receive a user operation instruction to select data to be printed, acquire an input authentication credential, and verify whether the input authentication credential matches an authentication credential allocated for the selected data to be printed.
At step 1310, the data to be printed is printed.
Specifically, the printer may verify whether the input authentication ticket matches the authentication ticket assigned for the selected data to be printed, and if so, the verification passes, thereby printing the selected data to be printed.
In one embodiment, the printer may obtain the input authentication credential to search for data to be printed uniquely corresponding to the authentication credential, pass the authentication if the corresponding data to be printed is found, and print the found data to be printed. In the embodiment, the verification certificate is globally unique, so that a user can select data to be printed without operating a printer, and the operation steps are simplified.
Specifically, if the authentication performed according to the input authentication credential fails, which indicates that the printing is not authorized, the printer may directly reject the printing and prompt the printing failure, or the printer may return a prompt of the printing failure to the terminal.
In one embodiment, after refusing to print, the printer may re-assign the corresponding data to be printed with the authentication credential and send the data to the terminal. Or after the printer refuses to print, the corresponding data to be printed can be distributed with the verification credential again through the server and sent to the terminal. Therefore, the method can prevent an illegal user from cracking the verification credential through continuous attempts, and improves the safety.
In the above printing method, the printer is configured as a public device so that a terminal of the public can discover and access the printer. And then the terminal acquires the data to be printed and sends the data to the printer, so that the printer distributes verification credentials for the data to be printed directly or through the server and returns the verification credentials to the terminal. Therefore, the user can print the corresponding data to be printed by the printer only by correctly inputting the data to the printer after acquiring the verification certificate. Therefore, the terminal can be connected to the printer without depending on a local area network, the operation is convenient, and the use safety of the printer can be guaranteed to a certain extent.
In one embodiment, the printing method further comprises: receiving a payment success notification sent by a payment platform after a preset collection account receives the amount of money required by printing the data to be printed; and when the verification according to the input verification certificate passes, printing the data to be printed.
Specifically, the terminal can obtain and display the amount of money to be paid for printing the data to be printed, obtain the payment account identifier, and send a payment request carrying the payment account identifier and the amount of money to the payment platform, so that the payment platform transfers the amount of money from the corresponding payment account to a preset collection account according to the payment account identifier and notifies the printer.
The terminal may send the payment request to the payment platform before or after sending the data to be printed, or after acquiring the allocated authentication credential, or before or after the printer authenticates according to the input authentication credential.
And after transferring the corresponding amount to the preset collection account, the payment platform sends a notice of successful payment to the printer. And the printer prints the corresponding data to be printed after receiving the notification of successful payment and passing the verification according to the verification certificate. The preset collection account is the printer provider's account. The collection account may be a bank account or an account provided by the payment platform.
In this embodiment, if the terminal needs to pay the corresponding amount to complete printing, the resource consumed by the printer provider for providing the printing service is substantially offset, and the virtuous circle of the whole printing service is maintained.
In one embodiment, the printing method further comprises: receiving printing configuration information which is sent by a terminal and corresponds to data to be printed; and when the data to be printed is printed, printing according to the printing configuration information.
Specifically, the printing configuration information refers to configuration information required for printing data to be printed, and includes at least one of the number of copies to be printed, a printing style, and a printing consumable material attribute. The printing style comprises one side or two sides, whether to reduce printing, at least one of reducing printing proportion, margin, font, color, typesetting direction and the like.
The terminal acquires the printing configuration information corresponding to the data to be printed and then sends the information to the printer, so that the printer can print the data to be printed according to the printing configuration information after receiving the notification of payment completion and passing the verification according to the input verification certificate. If the printer does not acquire the printing configuration information, the printer may print the data to be printed according to the default printing configuration information.
In this embodiment, the terminal can freely configure the printing configuration information of the data to be printed, so that the final printing effect can be flexibly controlled, and the printing requirements of users can be met.
As shown in fig. 14, in one embodiment, a printing apparatus 1400 having functional modules implementing the printing methods of the various embodiments applicable to a terminal described above is provided. The printing apparatus 1400 includes: a printer selection module 1401, a data to be printed acquisition module 1402, a data to be printed transmission module 1403, and a verification credential acquisition module 1404.
A printer selection module 1401 for selecting a printer configured as a common device.
A to-be-printed data obtaining module 1402, configured to obtain data to be printed.
A to-be-printed data sending module 1403, configured to send the to-be-printed data to the printer through the server or in a peer-to-peer communication manner.
And a verification credential obtaining module 1404, configured to obtain a verification credential allocated by the server or the printer for the data to be printed. The acquired authentication credential is used for being input into the printer, so that the printer performs authentication according to the input authentication credential and prints the data to be printed after the authentication is passed.
In one embodiment, the printer selection module 1401 is further configured to pull and display information of a printer configured as a public device having a binding relationship with the currently logged-in user identifier from the server; operation of the displayed information is detected to select a corresponding printer.
As shown in fig. 15, in one embodiment, the printing device 1400 further includes a scanning module 1405 and an uploading module 1406.
The scanning module 1405 is configured to scan an image code corresponding to a printer to obtain a printer identifier.
The upload module 1406 is configured to upload the currently logged-in user identifier and the printer identifier to the server, so that the server establishes a binding relationship between the user identifier and the printer identifier.
In one embodiment, the to-be-printed data sending module 1403 is further configured to send the user identifier and the to-be-printed data to the server, so that the server sends the to-be-printed data to the printer when determining that the user identifier has the authority to access the printer.
In one embodiment, the printing apparatus 1400 further includes a payment module 1407 for obtaining and displaying an amount of money to be paid for printing the data to be printed; acquiring a payment account identifier; and sending a payment request carrying the payment account identification and the amount to the payment platform, so that the payment platform transfers the amount from the corresponding payment account to a preset collection account according to the payment account identification and informs the printer.
In one embodiment, the printing apparatus 1400 further includes a print configuration module 1408 configured to obtain print configuration information corresponding to the data to be printed and send the print configuration information to the printer, so that the printer prints according to the print configuration information when printing the data to be printed.
The printing apparatus 1400 described above, the printer is configured as a public device so that a terminal of the public can discover and access the printer. And then the terminal acquires the data to be printed and sends the data to the printer, so that the printer distributes verification credentials for the data to be printed directly or through the server and returns the verification credentials to the terminal. Therefore, the user can print the corresponding data to be printed by the printer only by correctly inputting the data to the printer after acquiring the verification certificate. Therefore, the terminal can be connected to the printer without depending on a local area network, the operation is convenient, and the use safety of the printer can be guaranteed to a certain extent.
As shown in fig. 16, in one embodiment, a printing apparatus 1600 having functional modules implementing the printing methods of the various embodiments applicable to the server described above is provided. The printing apparatus 1600 includes a data to be printed receiving module 1601, a verification credential assigning module 1602, a verification credential input module 1603, a verification module 1604, and a printing module 1605.
A data to be printed receiving module 1601, configured to receive data to be printed, sent by a terminal through a server or in a peer-to-peer communication manner, when the printer is configured as a public device.
The validation credential distributing module 1602 is configured to distribute the validation credentials to the data to be printed and send the data to the terminal, or distribute the validation credentials to the data to be printed and send the data to the terminal through the server.
The authentication credential input module 1603 is configured to obtain an input authentication credential from the terminal.
The verification module 1604 is configured to perform verification according to the input verification credential.
A printing module 1605, configured to print the data to be printed after the verification performed according to the input verification credential passes.
As shown in fig. 17, in an embodiment, the printing apparatus 1600 further includes a notification receiving module 1606, configured to receive a notification that the payment platform successfully pays after receiving an amount of money required for printing the data to be printed from the preset collection account.
The printing module 1605 is also used for printing the data to be printed after the notification receiving module 1606 receives the notification and the verification module 1604 passes the verification according to the input verification credential
In one embodiment, the printing apparatus 1600 further includes a printing configuration information receiving module 1607, configured to receive the printing configuration information corresponding to the data to be printed, sent by the terminal.
The printing module 1605 is also used for printing according to the printing configuration information when printing the data to be printed.
The printing apparatus 1600, the printer is configured as a public device so that a terminal of the public can discover and access the printer. And then the terminal acquires the data to be printed and sends the data to the printer, so that the printer distributes verification credentials for the data to be printed directly or through the server and returns the verification credentials to the terminal. Therefore, the user can print the corresponding data to be printed by the printer only by correctly inputting the data to the printer after acquiring the verification certificate. Therefore, the terminal can be connected to the printer without depending on a local area network, the operation is convenient, and the use safety of the printer can be guaranteed to a certain extent.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the processes of the methods of the embodiments described above can be implemented by a computer program, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and when executed, can include the processes of the embodiments of the methods described above. The storage medium may be a non-volatile storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), or a Random Access Memory (RAM).
The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.
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1. A method of printing, the method comprising:
Selecting a printer configured as a public device;
Acquiring data to be printed;
Sending the data to be printed to the printer through a server or in a point-to-point communication mode;
Obtaining a verification credential distributed by the server or the printer for the data to be printed; the acquired verification credential is used for being input into the printer, so that the printer searches the data to be printed which is uniquely corresponding to the verification credential according to the input verification credential, if the data to be printed is searched, the verification is passed, and the data to be printed is printed; the verification certificate is further used for enabling the printer to determine the consistency of the user sending the data to be printed and the user finally printing the data to be printed.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the printer configured as the common device comprises:
Pulling and displaying information of a printer configured as a public device and having a binding relationship with a currently logged-in user identifier from a server;
Operation of the displayed information is detected to select a corresponding printer.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
Scanning an image code corresponding to the printer to obtain a printer identifier;
Uploading the currently logged user identifier and the printer identifier to the server, so that the server establishes the binding relationship between the user identifier and the printer identifier.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the sending the data to be printed to the printer through a server or through a peer-to-peer communication manner comprises:
And sending the user identification and the data to be printed to a server, so that the server sends the data to be printed to the printer when judging that the user identification has the right to access the printer.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
Acquiring and displaying the amount of money required to be paid for printing the data to be printed;
Acquiring a payment account identifier;
And sending a payment request carrying the payment account identification and the amount to a payment platform, so that the payment platform transfers the amount from the corresponding payment account to a preset collection account according to the payment account identification and informs the printer.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
And acquiring printing configuration information corresponding to the data to be printed and sending the printing configuration information to the printer, so that the printer prints according to the printing configuration information when printing the data to be printed.
7. A method of printing, the method comprising:
When the printer is configured as public equipment, receiving data to be printed, which is sent by a terminal through a server or in a point-to-point communication mode; distributing a verification credential for the data to be printed and sending the verification credential to the terminal, or distributing the verification credential for the data to be printed through the server and sending the verification credential to the terminal;
Acquiring an input authentication credential from the terminal; the verification certificate is used for enabling the printer to determine the consistency of the user sending the data to be printed and the user finally printing the data to be printed;
And searching the data to be printed which is only corresponding to the verification certificate according to the input verification certificate, and if the data to be printed is searched, passing the verification and printing the data to be printed.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
Receiving a payment success notification sent by a payment platform after a preset collection account receives the amount of money required by the printing of the data to be printed; and is
And printing the data to be printed after the verification according to the input verification certificate passes.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
Receiving printing configuration information which is sent by the terminal and corresponds to the data to be printed;
And when the data to be printed is printed, printing according to the printing configuration information.
10. A printing apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:
A printer selection module to select a printer configured as a common device;
The data to be printed acquisition module is used for acquiring data to be printed;
The data to be printed sending module is used for sending the data to be printed to the printer through a server or a point-to-point communication mode;
The verification credential acquisition module is used for acquiring the verification credentials distributed by the server or the printer for the data to be printed; the acquired verification credential is used for being input into the printer, so that the printer searches the data to be printed which is uniquely corresponding to the verification credential according to the input verification credential, if the data to be printed is searched, the verification is passed, and the data to be printed is printed; the verification certificate is further used for enabling the printer to determine the consistency of the user sending the data to be printed and the user finally printing the data to be printed.
11. A printing apparatus, characterized in that the apparatus comprises:
The printing data receiving module is used for receiving the data to be printed, which is sent by the terminal through the server or in a point-to-point communication mode when the printer is configured as public equipment;
The verification document distribution module is used for distributing verification documents to the data to be printed and sending the verification documents to the terminal, or distributing verification documents to the data to be printed through the server and sending the verification documents to the terminal;
The authentication document input module is used for acquiring the input authentication document from the terminal; the verification certificate is used for enabling the printer to determine the consistency of the user sending the data to be printed and the user finally printing the data to be printed;
The verification module is used for searching the data to be printed which is only corresponding to the verification certificate according to the input verification certificate, and if the data to be printed is searched, the verification is passed;
And the printing module is used for printing the data to be printed.
12. A computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
13. A terminal comprising a memory and a processor, the memory storing a computer program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
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