KR19990008544A - How to Display and Print Options - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of displaying and printing an option. The present invention relates to a PC driver loading step of a multifunction device for loading a PC driver of a multifunction device installed in a PC, and the PC driver loading step. When the PC driver of the multifunction device is loaded and executed, an option setting step of selecting a desired function from the multifunction device and setting display and printing options in the selected function, and setting the option By configuring the execution step of the multifunction device that executes the selected function according to the option set in the step, by displaying the options set for each function of the multifunction device while the PC driver of the multifunction device is being loaded or printing them on the output In addition, you can check the setting options of the outputs that are already in progress or the history of the outputs in the future. There is an effect of facilitating.

Description

How to Display and Print Options (Ｏｐｔｉｏｎ)

The present invention relates to an option display and printing method, and more particularly, to set an option of a multifunction device controlled and operated according to an option set in a PC driver of a multifunction device installed in a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a PC). It relates to an option display and a printing method for displaying or printing.

Recently, multifunction devices that combine scanners, printers, and fax machines, which have had separate functions, have become popular. Driver programs for controlling these devices are installed in a PC. The driver of the multifunction device installed in the PC has an option for the user to control the operation of each function of the multifunction device.

The PC driver of these multifunction devices allows the user to select options for controlling the multifunction device. For example, the scanner feature lets you choose whether to scan in mono or color. In the case of printing, a dot per inch (DPI) selection or a recording paper size is set through an option of the PC driver of the multifunction device.

The option set in the PC driver of the multifunction device can be known by executing the driver through a PC and loading the options in the executed driver to check the respective options. The output after the operation of the multifunction device is completed according to the set option. For, you can check the options that have been set by checking the options as needed, unless you change the options for every output.

At this time, if the option is changed every time, it becomes difficult to know the setting condition of the option at the time of outputting the existing output already output through the multifunction device. That is, when the printer is used, it is possible to check the set option during printing, but when the option is changed, it is difficult to check the set option at the time of operation with respect to the document that is already output.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problems, the driver program for setting the options of the multifunction device is displayed at a glance in a state where the driver program is loaded on the PC, and the set options are printed on the output when the operation is completed. It is an object of the present invention to provide an option display and printing method for enabling the user to check the set option of the output at any time, so that the history can be easily managed later.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a PC driver loading step of a multifunction device that loads to execute a PC driver of a multifunction device installed in a PC, and a multifunction device in the PC driver loading step. When the PC driver is loaded and executed, the option setting step of selecting a desired function from the multifunction device and setting the display and printing options from the selected function, and the option setting step It is characterized by consisting of the execution step of the multifunction device for executing the selected function according to the set option.

1 is a flow chart showing an option display and printing method of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the internal circuit configuration of the multifunction device to which the present invention is applied.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings 1 to 2 as follows.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying and printing an option of the present invention. As shown, a start step S11 for executing a PC driver of the multifunction device 20 using the PC 10 for selecting a desired function by the user using the multifunction device 20 and controlling the selected function. And, the PC driver loading step (S12) of the multi-function device 20 for loading (loading) to execute the PC driver of the multi-function device 20 installed in the PC 10 in the start step (S11), When the PC driver of the multifunction device 20 is loaded and executed in the PC driver loading step S12, the user selects a desired function on the multifunction device 20 and displays and prints an option in the selected function. ) An option setting step (S13) for setting a value, an execution step (S14) of the multifunction apparatus 20 for executing a function selected according to the option set in the option setting step (S13), and the multifunction Set in the execution step S14 of the device 20 And an end step S15 for outputting a result executed according to the selected option condition.

During the configuration, the option setting step S13 may be performed by displaying the scanned option and the scanned document that is set when the scanning function option is executed in the PC driver loading step S12. Display option for setting the print option of the document (S13a) and the print option set when the print function option is executed in the PC driver loading step (S12) Fax option for setting the print option setting step (S13b) to be set and the display of the fax transmission option set when the option of the fax function is executed in the PC driver loading step (S12) and setting the print option of the received fax. It consists of a setting step S13c.

In addition, execution step S14 of the multifunction apparatus 20 includes a scanning execution step S14a which executes scanning according to the scanning option set in the scanning option setting step S13a, and the scanning execution step S14a. A file storage step (S14b) for storing the executed output as a file (File), a print execution step (S14c) for executing printing in accordance with the print option set in the print option setting step (S13b), and the fax option setting step It consists of a fax execution step S14d which executes according to the fax option set at S13c.

Looking at the option display and printing method having such a configuration in more detail as follows.

As shown in FIG. 2, the multifunction apparatus 20 operates according to an option set in a PC driver program of the multifunction apparatus 20 installed in the PC 10. Accordingly, the user loads the PC driver of the multifunction device 20 installed in the PC 10 to select an option for controlling the operation of each of the multifunction devices 20 (S11).

When the PC driver of the multifunction apparatus 20 is loaded through the PC 10 by the user, the loaded driver is executed in association with a CPU (not shown) of the PC 10 (S12). When the PC driver of the multifunction apparatus 20 is loaded and executed, the user may select a function according to a desired task and an option according to a function from the PC driver of the executed multifunction apparatus 20. In this case, it is a matter of course that the option set for printing the options set for each function of the multifunction device 20 or the option items to be displayed on a screen is programmed in the algorithm of the PC driver of the multifunction device 20. .

If the user desired job is a scanning job, an option according to the scanning job is set in the PC driver of the multifunction apparatus 20 (S13a). For example, when the user selects the scanning function, the user selects options according to whether to scan color or mono in the selected scanning job.

When the option according to the scanning task is set, the option for determining whether to display the option set according to the scanning task is selected. When it is determined whether to display the setting conditions of the scanning option, the following sets whether or not to include the set option in the output. At this time, the PC driver of the multifunction device 20 should be loaded regardless of a state in which a document to be scanned is loaded in the multifunction device 20.

As such, when the option according to the scanning operation and the option for displaying or printing the set option are set, the PC 10 generates a control signal according to the set option. The generated control signal is transmitted to the central processing unit 23 through the interface 21 of the multifunction apparatus 20.

The amplification processing apparatus 23 scans the information recorded in the document transferred using the printing mechanism 25 through the scanner 27 according to the control signal transmitted from the PC 10 (S14a). That is, when scanning through the scanner 27, the image data according to the result is processed by the image processing section 26 and stored in the image memory 28.

The image data stored in the image memory 28 is transferred by the central processing unit 23 to the PC 10 via the interface 21 and is then filed to the PC 10 in accordance with the format of the scanner 27. It is stored as (File) (S14b). At this time, the option set during the scanning operation may be displayed through the PC 10 according to the scanning option selected by the user, or the option set in the stored file may be added and stored.

In addition, when the user executes a print job in the multifunction device 20, the option according to the print job is set through the PC driver of the multifunction device 20 (S13b). When the print option is set, an option of displaying or printing the set option is set. When an option according to a print job is set through the PC driver of the multifunction device 20, the data generated by the PC 10 is processed into printable data and transmitted to the multifunction device 20 with a control signal according to the option.

The print data and the control signal are received through the interface 21 of the multifunction apparatus 20, and the transmitted print data and the control signal are received from the central processing unit 23. The central processing unit 23 loads the font data stored in the memory unit 22 in accordance with the applied print data and the control signal to generate a print control signal. The generated print control signal is applied to the print driver 24 and the printing mechanism 25 to perform a print job according to the print data generated in the PC 10 (S14c).

During such a print job, it is displayed through the PC 10 according to the print option set in the PC driver of the multifunction apparatus 20, or the option is printed according to the print job on the printed output. When the print job is completed, the PC driver of the multifunction apparatus 20 switches to the idle mode. As such, by outputting the option according to the print job, it is possible to easily grasp the print options of the printed matters already output or to easily manage the history.

In addition, when the user selects the fax function, in the case of fax transmission, the setting at the time of data creation and the setting environment option at the time of transmission according to the case of modifying the finished data or the scanned data on the existing PC 10 are set. Then, an option for determining whether or not to output the set option to a specific position of the transmission and the opposing output is set (S13c).

In this way, when the fax option is set, the fax is transmitted according to the option of whether or not to output to the specific position of the output of the other party via the telephone line T through the modem 29a and the LIU 29b according to the set conditions (S14d). ). As described above, when the function-specific function of the multifunction apparatus 20 is also displayed or printed and output, the work of the multifunction cabinet 20 executed according to the option set through the end step S15 is terminated.

At this time, the PC driver of the multifunction device 20 may control not only the multifunction device in which the respective functions are combined but also separately configured scanners, printers, and faxes to display or print the set options.

As described above, the present invention displays an option set for each function of the multifunction device in operation while the PC driver of the multifunction device is loaded, or prints the output on the output, so that the output of the output is in progress or already output. The setting option can be checked, which makes it easier to manage the history of future printouts.

Claims (3)

In the PC driver loading step of the multifunction device loading to execute the PC driver of the multifunction device stored in the PC, and the PC driver of the multifunction device is loaded and executed in the PC driver loading step. Multi-function device selects a function desired by the user, the option setting step of setting the display and printing options in the selected function, and the multi-function to execute the selected function according to the options set in the option setting step Option display and printing method including execution steps of the device. The method of claim 1, The option setting step may include displaying a scanning option and setting a print option of a scanned document when an option of a scanning function is executed in the PC driver loading step. An option setting step, a print option setting step of displaying a print option set when a print function option is executed in the PC driver loading step, and setting a print option of a desired material; and loading the PC driver An option display and printing method characterized by comprising a display of a fax transmission option set when the option of a fax function is executed in a step and a fax option setting step of setting printing options of a received fax. The method of claim 1, The execution step of the multifunction device may include: a scanning execution step of executing scanning according to the scanning option set in the scanning option setting step, a file storing step of storing the output executed in the scanning execution step as a file; An option display and printing method comprising: a printing execution step of executing printing according to a printing option set in a printing option setting step; and a fax execution step of executing a printing according to a fax option set in the fax option setting step.