CN100468310C - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and host-based printer - Google Patents
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The invention provides an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a host-based printer. An information processing apparatus which controls a host-based printer includes a determination portion which determines designation of feed from a feed unit or manual feed port, a display control portion which, when it is determined that feed from the manual feed port is designated, causes a display portion to display a display to prompt the operator to insert a print medium into the manual feed port, an identification portion which identifies compressed-image data transfer permission corresponding a user instruction, and a transfer portion which transfers compressed image data of one page to the host-based printer.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of signal conditioning package, information processing method and host-based printer (host-based printer).
Technical background
In recent years, low-priced edition small print need for equipment increases, and requires further cost degradation.
In order to prevent to substitute the recording chart that originally will carry out paper feeding from the manual feed mouth, and carry this situation of recording chart be filled in the paper feeding box mistakenly, there are the following printing equipment and the configuration example of principal computer, that is: the off line job instruction is embedded from the data that main frame sent, CPU by printer side explains this instruction, based on this instruction the operation of printing equipment is stopped, to avoid to the paper feeding of the recording chart of manual feed mouth and deviation regularly appears in the execution between printing.(for example, Japanese kokai publication hei 11-316660 communique)
And then, such example is disclosed in Japanese kokai publication hei 01-069431 communique, that is: mechanically carry out the switching of paper feeding box and manual feed mouth, prevented that recording chart from being carried this situation mistakenly.
But,, in the technology of above-mentioned Japanese kokai publication hei 11-316660 communique and Japanese kokai publication hei 01-069431 communique, can produce the problem of the realization that hinders above-mentioned low-priced edition small print device adjusting in the timing of paper feeding mouth.
For example, when realizing low-priced edition small print device, as being fit to mechanism cheaply, the transport path by the recording chart that provided at the transport path of the recording chart that is provided from the paper feeding box with from the manual feed mouth is provided with public part, can seek cost degradation.
But in above-mentioned Japanese kokai publication hei 01-069431 communique, when the CPU by printer side explained the off line instruction, the CPU of high price was absolutely necessary.In addition, in order to realize being used for mechanically carrying out the structure of the switching of special-purpose sensor, paper feeding box, manual feed mouth, the increase of part sample number, special-purpose signal processing circuit, drive source and control circuit, the subsidiary software of driving device are absolutely necessary, when adopting relevant structure in printing equipment, low price is limited.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to, in view of above-mentioned prior art problems, provide a kind of printing technique, this printing technique is with the structure of at a low price printing equipment, as the operator is desirable by printing reliably from the paper feeding of manual feed mouth.
To achieve these goals, being characterized as of signal conditioning package of the present invention mainly has following structure.
Signal conditioning package of the present invention, it is a kind of signal conditioning package of controlling host-based printer, this host-based printer can be according to the compressing image data of each page, print by above-mentioned each page or leaf to the recording medium that is filled in paper feed unit or from the recording medium that the manual feed mouth is inserted, and the recording medium that is filled in above-mentioned paper feed unit and above-mentioned manual feed mouth is detected with public sensor, described signal conditioning package is characterised in that: comprise judging unit, judge from above-mentioned paper feed unit paper feeding or from the appointment of above-mentioned manual feed mouth paper feeding; Indicative control unit when the judgement by above-mentioned judging unit, when being judged as the paper feeding of having specified from above-mentioned manual feed mouth, makes prompting be presented on the display unit to the demonstration that this manual feed mouth inserts recording medium; Recognition unit, identification allows according to the transmission of the compressing image data of user's indication, show after above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts the prompting of recording medium at above-mentioned indicative control unit, be identified as the user and sent the indication of inserting recording medium to the above-mentioned manual feed mouth of above-mentioned host-based printer; And delivery unit, the identification of carrying out according to above-mentioned recognition unit, be sent to above-mentioned host-based printer being printed on 1 page of compressing image data on the recording medium accordingly, wherein, above-mentioned indicative control unit, after above-mentioned 1 page print processing, when not being sent to the compressing image data of above-mentioned host-based printer in addition in the current document that needs to print, prompting is presented on the display unit once more to the demonstration that above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts recording medium.
Perhaps, a kind of signal conditioning package of the present invention, can with public sensor the host-based printer that the recording medium that is filled in paper feed unit and manual feed mouth detects is communicated, it is characterized in that, comprise: input block, accept any one the indication in the 1st paper pushing mode, the 2nd paper pushing mode; The 1st indicative control unit when having specified the 1st paper pushing mode, makes prompting be presented on the display unit to the message that this manual feed mouth inserts recording chart; The 1st control module when identifying transmission according to the print data of user's indication and allow, does not carry out the printout of all pages in above-mentioned host-based printer, but carries out the printout of 1 page recording medium; Receiving element receives the notice that recording chart has been inserted in expression from above-mentioned host-based printer; The 2nd indicative control unit responds the situation that above-mentioned receiving element has received above-mentioned notice, and display reminding inserts the message of above-mentioned recording chart once more; And the 2nd control module, the notice that response is sent from above-mentioned host-based printer, carry out the printout of the remaining 1 page recording medium of not printout in above-mentioned host-based printer, wherein, above-mentioned the 1st control module, show after above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts the prompting of recording medium at above-mentioned the 1st indicative control unit and above-mentioned the 2nd indicative control unit, be identified as the user and sent the indication of inserting recording medium to the above-mentioned manual feed mouth of above-mentioned host-based printer.
Perhaps, a kind of host-based printer of the present invention, can be according to the compressing image data of each page, print by above-mentioned each page or leaf to the recording medium that is filled in paper feed unit or from the recording medium that the manual feed mouth is inserted, and the recording medium that is filled in above-mentioned paper feed unit and above-mentioned manual feed mouth is detected with public sensor, this host-based printer is characterised in that, comprise: display unit, according to by signal conditioning package sent, by the indication that the paper feeding from above-mentioned manual feed mouth prints, point out the demonstration of inserting recording medium to this manual feed mouth; The notice input block, input is used to discern the notice that can be sent to compressing image data above-mentioned signal conditioning package, show after above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts the prompting of recording medium at above-mentioned display unit, send the indication of inserting recording medium to the above-mentioned manual feed mouth of above-mentioned host-based printer; Print unit, tackle above-mentioned notice, compressing image data to above-mentioned each page of sending from above-mentioned signal conditioning package decompresses, print processing according to the data after this decompression, and receiving element, be used to respond the notice that above-mentioned notice input block is sent, being printed on 1 page of compressing image data on the recording medium from above-mentioned signal conditioning package reception prints for above-mentioned print unit, wherein, above-mentioned display unit, finish the printout of current page at above-mentioned print unit after, and when the document of current printing is not sent to the compressing image data of above-mentioned host-based printer in addition, show the prompting of inserting recording medium to above-mentioned manual paper feeding mouth once more.
According to the present invention, can be with cheap printing equipment, as the operator as desired by printing reliably from the paper feeding of manual feed mouth.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will obtain clearly with reference to the description of the drawings by following, and same or analogous part is given identical label in the accompanying drawing.
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Accompanying drawing constitutes the part of this instructions, is used to illustrate embodiments of the invention, and is used from this explanation one and illustrates principle of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the schematic configuration of the type information disposal system that is made of main frame and printing equipment of expression.
Fig. 2 is the figure of structure example of the print system of expression embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the figure that illustrates as the structure of the printing equipment of the host-based printer of embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is the figure that illustrates the structure of the printing mechanism portion in the printing equipment.
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of the detailed structure of explanation printing control circuit shown in Figure 4.
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of the action in the explanation type information disposal system.
Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram of the treatment scheme on the expression main frame 101.
Fig. 8 is the figure of the assigned picture of illustration paper feeding method.
Fig. 9 is the figure of the example of expression operation panel.
Figure 10 is the figure of the assigned picture of illustration paper feeding method.
Figure 11 represents that when specifying a manual feed, the figure of the picture example of recording chart is placed in prompting.
Figure 12 is the figure of file structure that schematically represents the spool file of the 1st embodiment.
Figure 13 is the printing equipment of explanation the 1st embodiment and the process flow diagram of the flow process that the printing in the main frame is controlled.
Figure 14 illustrates the processing of the main frame from step S1307 to step S1309 101 of tackling Figure 13 and the figure that deals with relationship of printing equipment 100.
Figure 15 is the figure that expression is presented at the state of printing equipment the example on the display device of main frame.
Figure 16 is the figure that expression is presented at the state of printing equipment the example on the display device of main frame.
Figure 17 is the figure that expression is presented at the state of printing equipment the example on the display device of main frame.
Figure 18 is the figure of assigned picture of the page of the illustration action that temporarily stops printing equipment.
Figure 19 is the figure of file structure that schematically represents the spool file of the 2nd embodiment.
Figure 20 is the printing equipment of explanation the 2nd embodiment and the process flow diagram of the flow process that the printing in the main frame is controlled.
Figure 21 is the printing equipment of explanation the 3rd embodiment and the process flow diagram of the flow process that the printing in the main frame is controlled.
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Below, with reference to description of drawings the 1st embodiment of the present invention.Here,, enumerated laser printer, but aim of the present invention is not limited in this as the example of printing equipment, obviously, for also being effective as the printing equipment of light-emitting component with LED lattice lcd shutter (Shutter) etc.In addition, as printing mechanism, be example with the printing equipment that has used electric photograph processing, but, self-evident, aim of the present invention is no matter what kind of printing mechanism printing mechanism is, so long as by each page the recording medium that is provided from the manual feed mouth is printed the printing mechanism of processing, then printing mechanism in any case (ink-jet, serial, hot transfer printing or the like) all is effective.
Fig. 1 is the block diagram of the schematic configuration of the type information disposal system that is made of main frame 101 and printing equipment 100 of expression.In Fig. 1,100 expression printing equipments, the main frame (signal conditioning package) of 101 expression personal computers or workstation etc.
To carry out non-compression or compression in every page the view data of expanding based on application data on the main frame after, deliver to printing equipment, printing equipment compresses the view data that receives, at this moment, compressing image data is decompressed, view data after decompressing is converted to vision signal, prints by each page or leaf.In addition, according to circumstances,, carry out printing based on the view data after the layout processing to carrying out for example such layout processing of 2inl by the view data of each page identification.The printing equipment of becoming privileged has been carried out in output to image in this wise, is called as " host-based printer ".In embodiments of the present invention, printing equipment 100 is assumed to host-based printer.For this host-based printer, also following such mode is called host-based printer, that is: the high-performance drawing instruction of not analyzing the PostScript etc. of Adobe Systems company for example in printer side generates view data, and becomes the mode of view data at the host-based printer adnation.
When sending to based on the expansion of the raster image of main frame printer, by the application software of main frame 101 (below, abbreviate application as) character that generated, figure, photos etc. are described data, temporarily the module of describing via operating system (OS) (is called as GDI (Graphic Device Interface: Graphics Device Interface)) in Windows (registered trademark) OS, in the virtual page memory of main frame 101, become automatic spool (Spool) file by automatic spool, afterwards, read spool file, the module of describing by printer driver or OS is expanded, and is sent to printing equipment 100.
In addition, print control unit 103 comprises to be printed control circuit 105, recording chart placement indicating member 106 and prints continuation indicating member 107, print control circuit 105 receive the raster image data expanded by main frame 101 (below, be also referred to as " print output data ") after, after print output data is converted to vision signal, send to printing mechanism control module 104.After accepting this signal, printing mechanism control module 104 makes actions such as print unit 151, conveying mechanism 152 in order to carry out according to the printing of vision signal.
In addition, print control circuit 105 and accept state (Status) information of print unit 151, conveying mechanism 152, paper feed unit 154 etc. in the printing mechanism unit 102 that sensor unit 153 detects from printing mechanism control module 104, twocouese interface 150 via connecting printing equipment 100 and main frame 101 sends it to main frame 101.
106 expression recording charts are placed indicating member, when the operator has specified a manual feed by the paper feeding method designating unit 109 of main frame 101, prompting operation person is controlled demonstration, indication that recording medium (below, be called " recording chart ") is placed into the manual feed mouth.
107 expressions are printed and are continued indicating member, are used for that the operator is placed into this advisory of manual feed mouth to recording chart and give main frame 101, receive and handle the indication of the transmission that continues print output data.
Here, specify a manual feed the operator with paper feeding method designating unit 109 described later, printing equipment 100 is carried out when printing, and main frame 101 is from the 105 output requests of 108 pairs of printing control circuits of print process unit described later, so that place recording chart at the manual feed mouth.
Accept recording chart and place the indication of indicating member 106, after the operator was placed into manual feed mouth 305 with recording chart, the operator was notified to printing equipment 100 with this situation that is ready to complete of recording chart by printing continuation indicating member 107.For example, the operator presses the operating key (with reference to paper feeding (Paper) key of Fig. 9) on the operation panel of printing equipment 100 after placing recording chart, thus, this advisory is finished in the placement of recording chart given printing equipment 100.For the notice of printing equipment 100, handled by printing continuation indicating member 107 as printing the indication that continues.
Print and continue indicating member 107, the notice of having finished when the placement of accepting recording chart, by the operator indicate print to continue after, with its information (below, be called " print and continue indication information ") be notified to and print control circuit 105, print control circuit 105 and will print the print process unit 108 that the continuation indication information is notified to main frame 101.Print process unit 108 prints the transmission of output data after receiving printing continuation indication information from printing control circuit 105.
Afterwards, carry out above-mentioned action repeatedly, till the printout of all pages of the specified printed matter of operator finishes by every page.
In addition, printing mechanism control module 104, printing control circuit 105, recording chart are placed indicating member 106 and are printed and continue indicating member 107, be set at mainly under the integral body control of CPU (not shown), by the combination of control, realize the function of each control module and indicating member with software and hardware such as display device, input media.
Below, constitute the print process unit 108 of main frame 101, can carry out following action, that is: generate the print output data of each page, send to printing equipment 100, receive state (Status) information of the printing equipment 100 that returns from printing equipment 100.
In addition, print process unit 108, according to by the specified paper feeding method (whether designated by the manual feed mouth) of paper feeding method designating unit 109, control is to the transfer approach of the printing equipment 100 of print output data.That is, when the operator has specified the paper feeding of the recording chart that is filled into the paper feeding box, all pages or leaves of print output data are printed continuously.
And when the operator has specified a manual feed, prompting operation person is placed into the manual feed mouth to recording chart by each page or leaf of print output data, the operator is after recording chart places, continue indicating member 107 indication continuation printings by printing, thus, print process unit 108 sends to printing equipment to the print output data of this page, carries out and prints.
109 expression operators specify the paper feeding method designating unit of any paper feeding method from a plurality of paper feeding methods when carrying out printing.Constituting of paper feeding method designating unit 109, the operator uses input medias such as keyboard or mouse to specify paper feeding method.
Demonstration/the operating unit of 110 expression main frames 101 generally is by as the display device such as CRT of display device, constitute as the keyboard or the indicating device of operating means.Demonstration/operating unit 110 carries out following control, that is: the status information of the printing equipment 100 that returns from printing equipment 100, be presented on the display device of main frame 101 with the show state shown in for example Figure 15 (printable state), Figure 16 (state that expression is being printed), Figure 17 (error condition that causes by paperboard).
When the operator specified a manual feed, the message picture by will be as shown in Figure 11 was presented on the display device of main frame 101, thus from the picture also prompting operation person place one to the manual feed mouth and use paper.
And then, demonstration/operating unit 110, can as Fig. 8, shown in Figure 9, in the designating unit (801,1001) of " paper feeding method ", by this designating unit from the desirable paper feeding method of a plurality of paper feeding method designated users.Also can be presented at the assigned picture of the paper feeding method of reality on the display device, carry out using the processing of the appointment of the paper feeding method that operating means such as keyboard and indicating device import about the operator.When the designating unit (801,1001) of " paper feeding method " has been specified " one manually " as paper feeding method, print process unit 108 is carried out the processing identical with the appointment of paper feeding method designating unit 109.
Fig. 2 is the figure of structure example of the print system of expression embodiment of the present invention.Promptly, by twocouese interface 150 (for example, serial line interface, parallel interface, USB interface etc.) main frame 101 of personal computer, workstation etc. is connected one to one with printing equipment 100, main frame 101 and printing equipment (based on the main frame printer) they are the print systems that prints processing integratedly.By carrying out the transmitting-receiving of data, can be presented at the status information of the various states of expression printing equipment on the display device of main frame 101 with Figure 15～display format shown in Figure 17 like this via twocouese interface 150.
Next, the concrete structure of printing equipment is described with reference to Fig. 3.Here, printing equipment 100 illustrates laser printer as an example.Aim of the present invention is not limited in laser printer, also can be used as host-based printer is connected with main frame 101, so long as the printing equipment of the paper advance mechanism communization of paper feeding box and manual feed mouth, then for example the printing equipment of ink-jetting style also can be used.
Here, in Fig. 3,301 expression printing equipment main bodys, 304 expression paper feeding boxes (being also referred to as " boxlike paper feed unit "), (1-sheet) manual feed mouth of 305 expressions (below, also abbreviate " manual feed unit " as).
The sensor that 302 expression detection record paper have or not.This sensor 302 is shared for being filled in recording chart 304 ' in the paper feeding box 304 and the recording chart 305 ' that is inserted in the manual feed mouth 305.Therefore, utilization disposed sensor 302 the position, and the allocation position of manual feed mouth, paper feeding box between relation, when the two all has recording chart when paper feeding box and manual feed mouth, be inserted into the recording chart 305 ' of the manual feed mouth that is configured in the top, will be with respect to the recording chart 304 that is filled in the paper feeding box by preferentially detected.In addition, under the situation that does not have the recording chart 305 ' that is inserted into the manual feed mouth, when the paper feeding box was filled with recording chart 304 ', sensor 302 detected recording chart 304 ', and just output is made as the signal that has recording chart.
Promptly, if have recording chart in paper feeding box 304 or a manual feed unit 305, then sensor 302 is judged as and has printable recording chart in printing equipment 100 (sensor 302 does not detect distinctively to the recording chart 305 ' that is filled in the recording chart 304 ' in the paper feeding box 304 and is inserted into a manual feed unit 305.)
In embodiments of the present invention, be applicable to the printing control that solves following problem, that is: when the operator will be when a manual feed mouth prints postcard or envelope, second page of later printing will be carried out paper feeding from the paper feeding box, concerning the operator, can be printed on the recording chart outside being scheduled to, thereby cause recording chart, toner or black waste.This particular content is described in detail with reference to the process flow diagram of Figure 13, therefore omits its detailed explanation here.
303 expressions constitute pick-up roller conveying mechanisms 152 (with reference to Fig. 1), that manual feed mouth 305 and paper feeding box 304 are shared, under the control of printing mechanism control module 104, driving the recording chart that will be placed on each paper feed unit (304,305) by rotation is directed on the transport path of the arrow 310 that dots.
306 expression toner print cartridges, the 307th, being formed on the toner picture heating back on the recording chart and by the fuser of photographic fixing, 308 represent discharge trays.In addition, 311 expression conveying rollers, 312 expression backer rolls, 313 expression exit rollers, these unit constitute by conveying mechanism shown in Figure 1 152.Conveying rollers 311 etc. are driven under the control of printing mechanism control module 104, thus landline 314,315 feeding recordable papers of representing by the arrow of with dashed lines.
Fig. 4 is the concept map of an example of expression printing equipment 100 of the present invention.Here, describe with the example of laser printer as printing equipment 100, this laser printer uses LASER Light Source as light-emitting component,, to form electrostatic latent image toner is looked like to be transferred on the recording chart to the photoreceptor illuminating laser beam.The main frame 101 that sends print output datas etc. to printing equipment 100 is connected with printing equipment 100 and constitutes print system.
Under the situation of laser printer, as carrying out the mechanism of printing, the print unit 151 of laser cell 404, optical system (rotating mirror 406) and photoreceptor 407 pie graphs 1.
The operation panel of 408 expression printing equipments 100 can show " recording chart is inserted into manual feed mouth 305 " such prompting at display unit 409.In addition, the indication that operation input block 411 can input operation person sends for example, can be imported the prompting that recording chart is inserted into manual feed mouth 305.
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of the detailed structure of explanation printing control circuit 105 shown in Figure 4.In Fig. 5,501 expression host interface (I/F) circuit, as and main frame 101 between carry out data transmitting-receiving input-output unit and play a role.The central arithmetic unit (CPU) of print control unit 103 whole controls is controlled in 502 expressions.503 expressions are used for storing in advance not the nonvolatile memory that can disconnect the information of losing owing to the power connection of printing equipment 100, for example are made of EEPROM etc.The storer (ROM) by the performed control program of central arithmetic unit (CPU) 502 has been stored in 504 expressions.505 expressions are a kind of when execution is stored in control program among the ROM504, are used to store the rewritable storer (RAM) of information needed.
Here, by the reception buffer of the print output data that main frame 101 sent, generate view data (bitmap) and with the zone of its storage etc., be secured among the RAM505 based on print output data.
506 expression output buffers are used for the view data that is stored in the RAM505 is converted to picture signal VDO.507 expression synchronous clock generation circuit produce and binary digit signal (BD signal) synchronized images clock signal VCLK.And then, 508 the expression interface circuits, carry out and printing mechanism unit 102 between data transmit-receive.
Below, with the action in the block diagram illustrations type information disposal system of Fig. 6.At first, in main frame 101 starting of Fig. 6, also start type information analytic unit 602, print command generation unit 606 and printing environment detecting unit 608 in the main frame 101.
At this moment, demonstration/operating unit 110, the picture by main frame 101 show that the state of printing equipment 100 shown in Figure 15 (in the example of Figure 15, is shown as " can print " (1501), the state that demonstration can be printed), make the operator to set printing environment to printing equipment 100.
Here, print command generation unit 606 termly to printing equipment 100 send the expression printing equipments operating state status information obtain order, after accepting this signal, the printing control circuit 105 of printing equipment 100 sends status information to the printing environment detecting unit 608 of main frame 101.Next, after printing environment detecting units 608 in the main frame 101 received the status information that printing equipment 100 sent, printing environment detecting unit 608 was given demonstration/operating unit 110 and type information analytic unit 602 state information notification of sending from printing equipment 100.
Demonstration/operating unit 110 according to the status information of sending from printing equipment, is presented at the state of printing equipment 100 on the picture of main frame 101 with form shown in Figure 15 (status window).
Next, the printout from main frame 101 is described.Here, the operator is in carrying out the process of any one application program after the indication printout, and application program 601 sends to type information analytic unit 602 with the type information of drawing command/control command etc.After the type information that type information analytic unit 602 is exported application program 601 is analyzed, image information is outputed to image information generation unit 603.Here, so-called type information is the printing drawing command of specifying the direction (orientation) etc. of data, print position and sizes such as being used for the actual character code that prints processing, figure, image, printing.
Image information generation unit 603 is converted to unique intermediate language to every page view data.Here, image information generation unit 603 behind the intermediate language that generates one page (during duplex printing being two pages), sends to view data expansion/compression unit 604 to intermediate language.View data expansion/compression unit 604 is expanded print image data according to intermediate language, institute's image expanding data is implemented compression handle, and compressing image data is sent to spool file administrative unit 605.
In the following description, the situation that will be sent to printing equipment 100 to the print output data (compressing image data) of one page describes, but is not limited only to this.For example also can be when under the printing equipment side is provided with the situation of buffer of print output data of two pages of accumulations, carrying out duplex printing, two pages print output datas to be transmitted.In addition, under printing equipment 100 sides are carried out situation based on the 2inl layout processing (logical page (LPAGE) being dwindled the layout processing that is configured to 2 pages in the one side with paper) of two pages compressing image data etc., suppose that at every turn the print output data to two pages transmits.That is, the present patent application also is recorded in the situation of a physics with the page or leaf print output data on the paper applicable to transmission.
Next, spool file administrative unit 605 writes spool file to the compressing image data that sends out from view data expansion/compression unit 604, and after the compressing image data of one page write spool file, read compressing image data successively, send to print command generation unit 606.
Print command generation unit 606 sends the compressing image data of reading from spool file to printing equipment 100 by bidirectional interface 150.Paper feeding method designating unit 109 specified Fig. 8 and paper feeding method as shown in Figure 10 by the operator after, is preserved information about this paper feeding method (below, be called " paper feeding method information ").Paper feeding method designating unit 109 when the operator has carried out the printout of any document, is notified the paper feeding method information of being preserved to type information analytic unit 602.Type information analytic unit 602 is set at paper feeding method the paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202 of Figure 12 described later.
Here, the paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202 of Figure 12, the print output data (compressing image data) of each page is sent to the situation of printing equipment 100 with reference to print command generation unit 606, when paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202 is specified manual feed, print command generation unit 606, specify the paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202 of spool file 702 manual feed to be notified to demonstration/operating unit 110, accept after this information, demonstration/operating unit 110 is being used for prompting operation person is presented at main frame 101 by every page of demonstration that recording chart is placed into manual feed mouth 305 display frame.In addition, print command generation unit 606 is when having set the manual feed mouth, being used to point out the user that the request (manual request information) that recording chart is placed into the demonstration of manual feed mouth 305 is outputed to printing control circuit 105 in paper feeding appointed information 1202.Print control circuit 105, receive recording chart is placed into request (manual request information) in the manual feed mouth after, place indicating member 106 for recording chart, for example make LED (with reference to the paper feeding LED 903 of Fig. 9) flicker on the operation panel of printing equipment 100 come prompting operation person to place recording chart to the manual feed mouth.
Here, the type information analytic unit 602 of Fig. 6, image information generation unit 603, view data expansion/compression unit 604, spool file administrative unit 605 and print command generation unit 606 are corresponding with the print process unit 108 of Fig. 1.
Next, printing equipment shown in Figure 6 100 is described.After printing control circuit 105 receives manual request information from print command generation unit 606, make LED on the operation panel (for example with reference to Fig. 9 paper feeding LED 903) flicker, the placement of prompting recording chart, and manual feed mouth 305 is carried out the placement of recording chart by the user, be taken as holding state by action, till the indication of printing is arranged with printing equipment 100.Be taken as holding state by the action with printing equipment 100, as the paper feeding mouth, can prevent when having specified manual feed mouth 305, be filled in recording chart in the paper feeding box 304 by erroneous delivery, print processing is proceeded such situation.
In addition, the operator is placed into manual feed mouth 305 with predetermined recording paper, when the paper feeding of manual feed mouth 305 prepares to finish, as shown in Figure 9, press paper feeding (paper) key 902, after sending the indication of continue printing the recording chart that utilizes the manual feed mouth, print control circuit 105 and remove holding states.In addition, the information of the indication of input based on pressing paper feeding key 902 sends to main frame 101 as printing environment information (information that the transmission of expression compressing image data allows) by printing control circuit 105.And printing environment detecting unit 608 is notified by 602 pairs of print command generation units of type information analytic unit.Like this, the transmission that print command generation unit 606 can be discerned as the compressing image data of print data allows, and to control circuit 105 output print initiation commands, print output data etc.In addition, the back will describe the information of the indication of input based on pressing paper feeding key 902 in detail.
In addition, demonstration/indicating member 110 receives printing environment information by printing environment detecting unit 608, and (expression is by pressing paper feeding key 902, the notice that is ready to complete of the recording chart of manual feed mouth 305) after, removes recording chart is placed in picture demonstration from prompting to manual feed mouth 305.The releasing here is equivalent to the disappearance that picture shows.
In addition, by print command generation unit 606, the compressing image data that is sent from main frame 101 is sent to the video memory of printing the control circuit 105 (corresponding to the RAM505 of Fig. 5), be converted to vision signal after being extended to original view data, further deliver to the Printer Engine 407 that carries out actual print processing.Here, the printing mechanism control module 102 of engine controller 405 and Printer Engine 407 corresponding diagram 1.
And then the various error messages in the printing mechanism unit 102 are sent to main frame 101 by printing control circuit (printer controller) 105.This error message is sent to printing environment detecting unit 608 in the main frame 101 as the status information of printing equipment 100, and status information is notified to demonstration/operating unit 110.
Next, Fig. 7 is the process flow diagram of the treatment scheme on the expression main frame 101.The operator carries out after the printout of arbitrary document of application program 601, and the various print commands that printer driver 701 sends according to application program 601 generate the compressing image data of each page, and store in the spool file 702.Here, printer driver 701 is corresponding to the function of type information analytic unit 602, image information generation unit 603 and the view data expansion/compression unit 604 of Fig. 6 explanation.
In addition, spool file 702 is managed by the spool file administrative unit 605 of Fig. 6.Print command generation unit 606, the compressing image data of each page that will read from spool file 702 sends printing equipment 100 to by interface cable 150.
Fig. 9 is the figure of the detailed structure of explanation operation panel 408 shown in Figure 4.In the figure, 901 expression power LEDs are lighted after printing equipment 100 energized.When being used to indicate manual feed, 902 expressions print the operating key (paper feeding key) that continues, 903 expression paper feeding LED, and prompting operation person will be placed in the manual feed mouth with paper when manual feed.
Next, according to the flowchart text printing equipment of Figure 13 and the flow process of the control of the printing in the main frame 101.After arbitrary printing of operator's execution from main frame, the compressing image data of print object document is stored in the spool file 702.Here, after compressing image data is stored in spool file 702, the processing of the process flow diagram of beginning Figure 13 on main frame 101.
At first, type information analytic unit 602 detecting operation persons have indicated all pages or leaves of the document of printout whether to be printed output (S1301 of Figure 13), end process when the printout of all pages finishes.
On the other hand, (S1301-is not) handled and entered into step S1302 when step S1301 has remaining page or leaf, judges whether printing equipment is printable state (whether ready) (step S1302).In the judgement of step S1302, under printable situation (S1302-is), handle entering into step S1305.
In the judgement of step S1302, the printing environment information that type information analytic unit 602 receives from printing equipment 100 according to printing environment detecting unit 608, be judged as printing equipment 100 and certain taken place when wrong (S1302-is not), handle entering step S1303.In step S1303, demonstration/operating unit 110 is on the display device of main frame 101, as shown in Figure 17, on the status window of the action of representing printing equipment, show the error message (S1303) of printing equipment 100, in next procedure S1304, wait for that the operator carries out false solution and removes processing.
In step S1304, the operator carries out false solution and removes processing, after printing equipment 100 reverts to printable state, processing enters step S1305, print command generation unit 606 is with reference to the paper feeding mouth appointed information in the spool file 702 (Figure 12 1202), and whether the specified paper feeding method of decision operation person is one is manually specified (S1305).In the judgement of step S1305, when having specified common paper feeding box (step S1305-not), handle entering into step S1310, send the compressing image data of one page to printing equipment 100, handle and return step S1301.By the judgement of step S1301, when the processing of all pages finishes (S1301-is), end process, when not finishing (S1301-is not), the same later processing of execution in step S1302.
On the other hand, in the judgement of step S1305, when having specified a manual feed mouth 350 (S1305-is), print command generation unit 606 is specified manual feed to demonstration/operating unit 110 notices in the paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202 of spool file 702, after receiving this notice, demonstration/operating unit 110 is being used for prompting operation person is presented at main frame 101 by every page of demonstration that recording chart is placed on manual feed mouth 305 display frame.At this moment, demonstration/operating unit 110 as shown in Figure 11, the prompting user is presented on the picture on the main frame 110 (S1306) to the message that the manual feed mouth is placed recording chart " please place recording chart in manual port, and press ' paper feeding ' key ".
Next, handle entering into step S1307, print command generation unit 606 outputs to printing control circuit 105 to the prompting user with the demonstration request (manual request information) that recording chart is placed in the manual feed mouth 305.The paper feeding LED903 that recording chart is placed into manual feed mouth 305 is glimmered in prompting.
Then, in step S1308, the operator is placed on recording chart on the manual feed mouth 305, and till pressing paper feeding key 902 (Fig. 9), printing control circuit 105 is taken as holding state (S1308) with the printing action of printing equipment 100.By pressing this paper feeding key 902 (Fig. 9), can reduce whether correct detection has placed the sensor of recording chart in manual feed mouth 305 cost.
In step S1309, after paper feeding key 902 is pressed, print the holding state that control circuit 105 is removed printing equipment 105.The indication of pressing paper feeding key 902 and importing is as printing environment information, send to main frame 101 by printing control circuit 105, demonstration/indicating member 110, after receiving printing environment information by printing environment detecting unit 608, remove the picture demonstration that prompting is placed recording chart at manual feed mouth 305, the paper feeding LED903 of printing equipment 100 is extinguished.
Here, specify several methods that are pressed about the paper feeding key 902 on the main frame 101 identification printer operation plates.
(recognition methods 1)
, print control circuit 105 and return the state (state that for example is pressed/is not pressed) of paper feeding key or print ready state with the state of certain cycle from main frame 101 at this inquiry to the printing control circuit 105 inquiry paper feeding keys 902 of printer.
(recognition methods 2)
When paper feeding key 902 was pressed, printing equipment 100 itself was inquired the state of paper feeding key 902 automatically, prints control circuit 105 and returns the state (state that for example is pressed/is not pressed) of paper feeding key or print ready state etc. at this inquiry.And, returning and discern by receiving this at main frame 101, main frame 101 can be discerned pressing of paper feeding key 902.
(recognition methods 3)
This recognition methods under main frame 101 and situation that printing equipment 100 for example is connected by the Centronics interface effectively.Specifically, in the signal wire of the interface cable that connects main frame 101 and printing equipment 100, utilize from printing equipment 100 to main frame 101 look-at-me line, the paper feeding key on the notice printer operation plate is pressed.
That is, when printing control circuit 105 and identify paper feeding key 902 and be pressed, print control circuit 105 and utilize the look-at-me line that main frame 101 is produced interrupt events.Like this, main frame 101 can be discerned pressing of paper feeding key 902.
(recognition methods 4)
Application for recognition methods 2, a lot of from printing control circuit 105 to the interrupting factor of main frame 101, when look-at-me line number is counted less than interrupting factor, if any interrupting factor has taken place then by representing look-at-me line notice to main frame 101 certain interrupting factor to take place from printing control circuit 105.When main frame 101 receives the interruption of this representative look-at-me line, carry out the inquiry of interrupting factor to printing control circuit 105, the answer of inquiry then can be discerned it if the paper feeding key is pressed.
In step S1310, among the main frame 101 step S1309 in front, the information that the permission of the compressing image data (print data) that receives as expression transmits, printing environment information is printed environmental detection unit 608 and discerns, after being notified to print command generation unit 606 by type information analytic unit 602, print command generation unit 606 can be to printing control circuit 105 output print initiation commands, print output data etc.Then, by this step 1 page compressing image data is sent to printing equipment.
After the transmission of 1 page compressing image data finishes, handle turning back to step S1301, when all pages or leaves all finish, end process, and when not finishing, the processing that repeating step S1302 is later.When paper feeding method is designated as a manual mode, judge printing equipment whether ready (S1302) once more, response is judged as ready, explanation in the above, " please place recording chart to manual port; and press ' paper feeding ' key " such message is presented at once more on the picture of main frame 101 (S1306), repeats to the processing of step S1307.
Next, the step S1307 that corresponding Figure 13 is described with reference to Figure 14 is to the relation of the processing of the processing of the main frame 101 of S1309 and printing equipment 100.
At first, at step S1307, the print command generation unit 606 of main frame 101 outputs to printing control circuit 105 to the prompting user with the request (manual request information) that recording chart is placed into the demonstration of manual feed mouth 305.
After receiving this information, at step S1401, printing equipment 100 is lighted paper feeding LED.
And at step S1308, printing equipment 100 was holding state always before paper feeding key 902 is pressed.
At step S1402, after paper feeding key 902 is pressed, this input is notified to main frame 101, demonstration/the indicating member 110 of main frame 101 is removed according to input and is pointed out the picture that recording chart is placed on manual feed mouth 305 to show by pressing paper feeding key 902, make the paper feeding LED903 of printing equipment 100 extinguish (S1403), thereby finish a series of processing.
Printing equipment 100 (host-based printer), can be according to the compressing image data of each page, for recording chart that is filled in paper feed unit (comprising paper feeding box 304 (paper feed tray (MPT))) or the recording chart that inserts from manual feed mouth 305, carry out the printing of each page, the main frame (signal conditioning package) 101 of controlling this printing equipment 100 (host-based printer) comprises judging unit (print command generation unit 606), according to paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202, the appointment of paper feeding is carried out in judgement from paper feed unit or manual feed mouth; Indicative control unit (demonstration/operating unit 110) when the judgement by judging unit, is judged as and has specified when manual feed mouth 305 carries out paper feeding, and prompting is presented on the display unit to the demonstration that the paper feeding mouth inserts recording medium; Recognition unit (printing environment detecting unit 608), the transmission of identification compressing image data allows; Delivery unit (print command generation unit 606), the identification according to recognition unit carries out sends this compressing image data of 1 page to host-based printer.
According to present embodiment, printing equipment 100 (host-based printer), do not analyze the off line job instruction of the printing that sends from main frame 101, be used to control each page, but main frame 101 is according to paper feeding mouth appointed information, by prompting demonstration, the control that recording chart is placed on the manual feed mouth is begun the transmission that the compressing image data of this page sends printing equipment to regularly, thereby can be with the structure of the printing equipment of cheapness, as the operator is desirable, by printing reliably from the paper feeding of manual feed mouth.
[the 2nd embodiment]
Before this, illustrated by manual feed mouth 305.The example of printing of each page of document is provided by page or leaf on the recording chart that provides, but in the present embodiment, the example that carries out following processing is described, that is: when printing a series of document (being stored in a file in the spool file 702), at any page or leaf of setting of operator, temporarily stop the action of printing equipment, by switching to from 305 paper feedings of manual feed mouth from 304 paper feedings of paper feeding box.Because the main frame 101 of present embodiment is identical with the structure of the 1st embodiment with the structure of printing equipment, therefore omit detailed explanation here, the content of present embodiment is described with reference to the illustrated accompanying drawing of the 1st embodiment.
Figure 18 is the figure of appointment (below, this appointment is called " temporarily stopping the to specify ") picture of the page or leaf of the illustration action that temporarily stops printing equipment.This demonstration is presented in the display frame by the demonstration/operating unit 110 of main frame 101.
In Figure 18, imported " temporarily stopping to specify " at input field 1801, imported as " 3,6,12,35 " that temporarily stop the page number at input field 1802.The operator can temporarily stop the action of printing equipment by importing the page number arbitrarily at input field 1802, then, for example by switching to from 305 paper feedings of manual feed mouth from 304 paper feedings of paper feeding box, continues then to print.
According to the setting (temporarily stopping the setting of appointment) of the input field 1801 of Figure 18, type information analytic unit 602 (with reference to Fig. 6) as Figure 19 1901 shown in like that, add to every page information 1203 ' and temporarily to stop to specify ON/OFF information.And type information analytic unit 602 is by the setting of input field 1802, to specified page or leaf temporarily stop to specify the ON/OFF information setting " to open ", unspecified page or leaf is set " pass ".
Figure 19 is the figure of form of the spool file of expression present embodiment.Figure 12 illustrated with the 1st embodiment is identical, and document public information 1201 contains paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202.Except the compressing image data 1205 that comprises each page, EOP information 1206, also comprise the above-mentioned ON/OFF information 1901 that temporarily stops to specify in the information 1203 ' of each page.And last at spool file includes the document ending message 1207 that the expression document finishes.
For spool file, document is stored in as a file in the secondary storage device of hard disk etc., is carrying out when printing, and spool file is by print command generation unit 606 (with reference to Fig. 6) the institute reference of main frame 101.
Figure 20 is the process flow diagram of treatment scheme of the control of performed printing between main frame 101 and printing equipment of explanation the 2nd embodiment, for the 1st embodiment in the shared processing of Figure 13, mark identical step numbers.
After the operator carries out arbitrary printing from main frame 101, at the compressing image data of spool file 702 storage print object documents.Here, after compressing image data is stored in spool file 702, the processing of the process flow diagram of beginning Figure 20 on main frame 101.
At first, whether type information analytic unit 602 detects at step S1301, and all pages or leaves of document all are printed output, when the printout of all pages finishes, end process, when having the residue page or leaf (S1301-is not), processing enters into step S1302, judge printing equipment whether be printable state (whether ready) (S1302).In the time can printing (S1302-is), handle entering into step S2001.
In the judgement of step S1302, the printing environment information that type information analytic unit 602 receives from printing equipment 100 according to printing environment detecting unit 608, be judged as (S1302-is not) when any mistake takes place in printing equipment 100, handle entering into step S1303.On the display device of main frame 101, demonstration/operating unit 110 is presented at the error message of printing equipment 100 in the status window of action of expression printing equipment (S1303) as shown in Figure 17, at step S1304, wait for that the false solution of being undertaken by the operator is except that handling.
At step S1304, the operator carries out false solution and removes processing, after printing equipment 100 reverts to printable state, processing enters into step S2001, print command generation unit 606 is specified having or not of ON/OFF information (Figure 19 1901) with reference to temporarily stopping in the spool file 702, in the printing of this page, judged whether to carry out temporarily to stop the setting of appointment.(S2001-is not) according to the setting that is included in the paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202 in the document start information 1201, carries out the processing of printing a series of document files when in the information 1203 ' that temporarily stops to specify ON/OFF information 1901 not to be set at this page.This is treated to processing illustrated in the 1st embodiment.
On the other hand, in the judgement of step S2001, print command generation unit 606 judges whether include by the appointed information (temporarily stop to specify ON/OFF information 1901) of each page control based on the action of main frame printer in the information (for example, 1203 ' of Fig. 9) of the compressing image data that comprises each page.
When in the information 1203 ' that temporarily stops to specify ON/OFF information 1901 to be set at this page (S2001-is), processing enters into step S2002, print command generation unit 606, by the judgement among the step S2001 before, be judged as and contain when temporarily stopping to specify ON/OFF information 1901, judge the setting of the action of whether having carried out temporarily stopping printing equipment 100 (based on the main frame printer) in its appointed information, promptly, temporarily stop to specify the setting of ON/OFF information 1901 to be " opening " or " pass ".If " pass " then similarly carries out printing according to the setting of paper feeding mouth appointed information 1202 with the situation that step S2001-denys.
On the other hand, in the judgement of step S2002, temporarily stop to specify the setting of ON/OFF information processing 901 to be when " opening " (S2002-is), handle entering into step S1306 when being judged as by print command generation unit 606.
At step S1306, print command generation unit 606, be set to " opening " and be notified to demonstration/operating unit 110 temporarily stopping to specify, after accepting this notice, demonstration/operating unit 110 is being used for prompting operation person by showing in every page of display frame that is presented at main frame 101 that recording chart is placed on manual feed mouth 305.At this moment, demonstration/operating unit 110 will " please place recording chart in manual port, and press ' paper feeding ' key " such message as shown in figure 11 be presented on the picture of main frame 101 (S1306).
Next, handle entering into step S1307, print command generation unit 606 is being used to point out the user that the demonstration request (manual request information) that recording chart is placed on manual feed mouth 305 is outputed to printing control circuit 105.Then, in printing equipment 100, prompting is placed into recording chart the paper feeding LED903 flicker of manual feed mouth 305.
Then, in step S1308, the operator is placed on manual feed mouth 305 to recording chart, till paper feeding key 902 (Fig. 9) is pressed, prints control circuit 105 and makes the printing action of printing equipment 100 be in holding state always.
At step S1309, after paper feeding key 902 is pressed, print the holding state that control circuit 105 is removed printing equipment 105.Press paper feeding key 902 and the indication of input, be used as printing environment information and send to main frame 101 by printing control circuit 105, after demonstration/operating unit 110 receives printing environment information from printing environment detecting unit 608, remove prompting the picture that recording chart is placed on manual feed mouth 305 is shown, the paper feeding LED903 of printing equipment 100 is extinguished.
By above step S2001, S2002 and S1306-S1309 and when temporarily stopping given settings for " opening ", the printing of this page prepares to finish.
Then, at step S1310, the print command generation unit 606 of main frame 101 for printing control circuit 105, sends 1 page compressing image data to printing equipment.
After the transmission of 1 page compressing image data finishes, handle and turn back to step S1301, when all EOPs, end process, when not finishing, the processing that repeating step S1302 is later.
According to present embodiment, printing equipment 100 (host-based printer), do not explain and send from main frame 101, be used to control the off line job order that prints by each page, but main frame 101 is according to temporarily stopping to specify ON/OFF information, by the specified page or leaf arbitrarily of operator recording chart is placed on the demonstration of manual feed mouth by prompting, control begins the transmission that the compressing image data of this page sends printing equipment to regularly, thereby can be with a kind of structure of cheap printing equipment, be a kind of for the page or leaf arbitrarily that in a series of document files, sets, temporarily stop to print the structure that action is carried out the switching of paper feeding with prompting operation person, by reliably the desirable any page or leaf of operator being printed from the paper feeding of manual feed mouth.
[the 3rd embodiment]
In above-mentioned the 1st embodiment and above-mentioned the 2nd embodiment, following situation is described, that is: main frame 101 sides identification expression user the paper feeding key of Fig. 9 is carried out indication and allowed data to transmit, send the compressing image data of certain one page to printing equipment 100.
But purpose of the present invention is not limited in this structure.For example when printing equipment 100 has the storer of abundant capacity to a certain degree, at first can be assumed to be all pages or leaves or the part page or leaf that send compressing image data in advance from main frame 101.At this moment, main frame 101 at first responds the indication of user to the paper feeding key of Fig. 9, and the identification expression is from the information of the permission transmission of the print data of printing equipment 100 notices.Then, this identification of main frame 101 response, the printing indication of the print data that sends in advance at printing equipment 100.At this moment printing indication can the setting recording medium single or double.For example, if set the 2inl layout processing, then 2 logical page (LPAGE)s have been disposed at 1 in main frame 101 sides.
Figure 21 is the process flow diagram of treatment scheme of the control of performed printing between main frame 101 and printing equipment 100 of explanation the 3rd embodiment, for the 1st embodiment in the shared processing of process flow diagram of Figure 13, mark with identical step numbers.At step S2101, main frame 101 generates print data, and the compressing image data of the document that becomes print object is stored in the spool file 702.And at step S2102, main frame 101 sends the automatic spool data of spool file 702 to printing equipment 100.Main frame 101 can send all pages or part page or leaf according to the storer of printing equipment 100 as the compressing image data that sends in advance.
To S1309, as Figure 13 explanation of the 1st embodiment, carry out the processing of each step from step S1301.Here, at step S1309, after paper feeding key 902 was pressed, the information that expression allows to transmit was sent to main frame 101 from printing equipment 100.
At step S2103, main frame 101 receives after the information that expression allow to transmit the printout to 1 page of printing equipment 100 indication.After the indication of 1 page printout finishes, handle turning back to step 1301, end process when all EOPs.On the other hand, when all pages or leaves do not finish, the processing that repeating step S1302 is later.
In addition, can be applied to Figure 20 illustrated in the 2nd embodiment to the treatment scheme of Figure 21 of the 3rd above-mentioned embodiment.At this moment, the same with Figure 21, before the processing of the step S1301 of Figure 20, carry out the processing of reply step S2101, S2102, the processing of carrying out the step S2103 of reply Figure 21 at the step S2310 of Figure 20 gets final product.About application to Figure 20, with the explanation of Figure 21 be repetition, therefore omit detailed explanation.
Be illustrated based on compression or non-compressing image data in the above-described embodiment, but so long as, just be not defined as view data applicable to the data mode of host-based printer.So long as can reportedly send row control to by each page logarithm, then also can be other data mode from host computer side.
In addition, obviously, purpose of the present invention also can realize in the following manner, that is: the storage medium (or recording medium) of the program code of the software that has write down the function that realizes above-mentioned embodiment is offered system or device, the program code that is stored in the storage medium is read and carried out to the computing machine of its system or device (or CPU and MPU).
At this moment, realize the function of above-mentioned embodiment by the program code of reading from storage medium self, the recording medium of having stored its program code will constitute the present invention.In addition, the present invention obviously also comprises following situation, that is: the program code of reading by object computer, not only can realize the function of above-mentioned embodiment, can also be according to the indication of this program code, Yun Hang operating system (OS) etc. is carried out part or all of actual treatment on computers, and realizes the function of above-mentioned embodiment according to its processing.
And then, the present invention obviously also comprises following situation, that is: the program code of reading from recording medium is written to behind the storer that functional expansion unit possessed of function expansion card that inserts computing machine or connection computing machine, indication according to its program code, carry out part or all of actual treatment at CPU that this function expansion card or functional expansion unit possessed etc., and handle the function that realizes above-mentioned embodiment according to it.
When applying the present invention to above-mentioned storage medium, in its storage medium, store the program code of the process flow diagram of the previous explanation of reply (Figure 13, Figure 20, Figure 21).
Under the premise without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, the present invention can have various embodiment, and is construed as, and the present invention is not subjected to the qualification of above-mentioned specific embodiment, and its scope is defined by the appended claims.
Claims (12)
1. signal conditioning package of controlling host-based printer, this host-based printer can be according to the compressing image data of each page, print by above-mentioned each page or leaf to the recording medium that is filled in paper feed unit or from the recording medium that the manual feed mouth is inserted, and with public sensor the recording medium that is filled in above-mentioned paper feed unit and above-mentioned manual feed mouth is detected, described signal conditioning package is characterised in that:
Comprise
Judging unit is judged from above-mentioned paper feed unit paper feeding or from the appointment of above-mentioned manual feed mouth paper feeding;
Indicative control unit when the judgement by above-mentioned judging unit, when being judged as the paper feeding of having specified from above-mentioned manual feed mouth, makes prompting be presented on the display unit to the demonstration that this manual feed mouth inserts recording medium;
Recognition unit, identification allows according to the transmission of the compressing image data of user's indication, show after above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts the prompting of recording medium at above-mentioned indicative control unit, be identified as the user and sent the indication of inserting recording medium to the above-mentioned manual feed mouth of above-mentioned host-based printer; And
Delivery unit, the identification according to above-mentioned recognition unit carries out is sent to above-mentioned host-based printer being printed on 1 page of compressing image data on the recording medium accordingly,
Wherein, above-mentioned indicative control unit, after above-mentioned 1 page print processing, when not being sent to the compressing image data of above-mentioned host-based printer in addition in the current document that needs to print, prompting is presented on the display unit once more to the demonstration that above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts recording medium.
2. signal conditioning package according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
When above-mentioned recognition unit identified the transmission permission of compressing image data, above-mentioned indicative control unit was removed the demonstration of inserting recording medium to above-mentioned manual feed mouth.
3. signal conditioning package according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Also comprise
The 1st appointed information judging unit is judged the appointed information that whether includes by the action of the above-mentioned host-based printer of each page control in the information of the compressing image data that comprises above-mentioned each page;
The 2nd appointed information judging unit when the judgement by above-mentioned the 1st appointed information judging unit, is judged as when including above-mentioned appointed information, judges whether this appointed information has been carried out temporarily stopping the setting of the action of above-mentioned host-based printer,
Wherein, above-mentioned the 2nd appointed information judging unit, when judging whether that above-mentioned information carried out temporarily stopping the setting of action of above-mentioned host-based printer, above-mentioned indicative control unit makes prompting be presented on the display unit to the demonstration that above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts recording medium
Above-mentioned delivery unit before the notice that the transmission that receives the expression compressing image data from above-mentioned host-based printer allows, does not carry out the transmission of corresponding compressing image data.
4. signal conditioning package according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
What above-mentioned recognition unit, response had carried out in above-mentioned host-based printer that the user sends inserts the indication that recording chart has been finished to the manual feed mouth, the notice that identification is imported from above-mentioned host-based printer,
Above-mentioned notice is based on to the notice, event notice of the response of inquiry or based on the notice of the change in voltage of signal destination.
5. signal conditioning package, can with public sensor the host-based printer that the recording medium that is filled in paper feed unit and manual feed mouth detects is communicated, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Input block receives any one the indication in the 1st paper pushing mode, the 2nd paper pushing mode;
The 1st indicative control unit when having specified the 1st paper pushing mode, makes prompting be presented on the display unit to the message that above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts recording chart;
The 1st control module, when identifying transmission according to the print data of user's indication and allow, make above-mentioned host-based printer carry out 1 page recording medium printout and do not carry out the printout of all pages;
Receiving element receives the notice that recording chart has been inserted in expression from above-mentioned host-based printer;
The 2nd indicative control unit responds the situation that above-mentioned receiving element has received above-mentioned notice, and display reminding inserts the message of above-mentioned recording chart once more; And
The 2nd control module, the notice that response is sent from above-mentioned host-based printer makes the printout of carrying out the remaining 1 page recording medium of not printout in above-mentioned host-based printer,
Wherein, above-mentioned the 1st control module, show after above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts the prompting of recording medium at above-mentioned the 1st indicative control unit and above-mentioned the 2nd indicative control unit, be identified as the user and sent the indication of inserting recording medium to the above-mentioned manual feed mouth of above-mentioned host-based printer.
6. information processing method of controlling host-based printer, this host-based printer can be according to the compressing image data of each page, print by above-mentioned each page or leaf to the recording medium that is filled in paper feed unit or from the recording medium that the manual feed mouth is inserted, and with public sensor the recording medium that is filled in above-mentioned paper feed unit and above-mentioned manual feed mouth is detected, described information processing method is characterised in that:
Comprise
The 1st determining step is judged from above-mentioned paper feed unit paper feeding or from the appointment of manual feed mouth paper feeding;
The 1st shows controlled step, when the judgement by above-mentioned the 1st determining step, when being judged as the paper feeding of having specified from above-mentioned manual feed mouth, prompting is presented on the display unit to the demonstration of this manual feed mouth insertion recording medium;
Identification step, identification allows according to the transmission of the compressing image data of user's indication, show that the above-mentioned the 1st controlled step shows after above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts the prompting of recording medium, be identified as the user and sent the indication of inserting recording medium to the above-mentioned manual feed mouth of above-mentioned host-based printer;
Controlled step according to the identification in the above-mentioned identification step, makes above-mentioned host-based printer be printed on the output of 1 page of compressing image data on the recording medium accordingly; And
The 2nd shows controlled step, above-mentioned be printed on 1 page of print processing on the recording medium accordingly after, when not being sent to the compressing image data of above-mentioned host-based printer in addition in the current document that needs to print, prompting is presented on the display unit once more to the demonstration that above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts recording medium
Wherein, before the printout of finishing all compressing image datas, carry out the processing in the above step repeatedly.
7. information processing method according to claim 6 is characterized in that:
In above-mentioned identification step, when the transmission that identifies compressing image data allowed, the above-mentioned the 1st showed that controlled step and the above-mentioned the 2nd shows controlled step, removes recording chart is inserted in demonstration from prompting to above-mentioned manual feed mouth.
8. information processing method according to claim 6 is characterized in that:
Also comprise the 2nd determining step, judge whether to have carried out accordingly temporarily stopping the setting of the action of above-mentioned host-based printer with each page of a plurality of pages,
In above-mentioned the 2nd determining step, the page or leaf of the setting that temporarily stops for action that having carried out making above-mentioned host-based printer, the above-mentioned the 1st shows controlled step, prompting is presented on the display unit to the demonstration that above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts recording medium, above-mentioned controlled step, before the transmission that identifies compressing image data allows, do not carry out the transmission of corresponding compressing image data.
9. information processing method according to claim 6 is characterized in that:
Above-mentioned identification step, response have carried out inserting the indication that recording chart has been finished by what the user sent to the manual feed mouth in above-mentioned host-based printer, the notice that identification is imported from above-mentioned host-based printer,
Above-mentioned notice is based on to the notice, event notice of the response of inquiry or based on the notice of the change in voltage of signal destination.
10. information processing method, can with public sensor the host-based printer that the recording medium that is filled in paper feed unit and manual feed mouth detects is communicated, it is characterized in that, comprising:
Input step receives any one the indication in the 1st paper pushing mode, the 2nd paper pushing mode;
Show controlled step, when having specified the 1st paper pushing mode, prompting is presented on the display unit to the message that the manual feed mouth inserts recording chart;
The 1st controlled step, identification allows according to the transmission of the print data of user's indication, in above-mentioned demonstration controlled step, show after above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts the prompting of recording medium, be identified as the user and sent the indication of inserting recording medium to the above-mentioned manual feed mouth of above-mentioned host-based printer, make above-mentioned host-based printer carry out 1 page recording medium printout and do not carry out the printout of all pages;
Receiving step receives the notice that recording chart has been inserted in expression from above-mentioned host-based printer;
The 2nd shows controlled step, responds the situation that above-mentioned receiving step has received above-mentioned notice, and display reminding inserts the message of above-mentioned recording chart once more; And
The 2nd controlled step, the notice that response is sent from above-mentioned host-based printer is carried out the printout of the remaining 1 page recording medium of not printout in above-mentioned host-based printer,
Wherein, before the printout of finishing all recording mediums, carry out the processing in the above step repeatedly.
11. host-based printer, can be according to the compressing image data of each page, print by above-mentioned each page or leaf to the recording medium that is filled in paper feed unit or from the recording medium that the manual feed mouth is inserted, and the recording medium that is filled in above-mentioned paper feed unit and above-mentioned manual feed mouth is detected with public sensor, this host-based printer is characterised in that, comprising:
Display unit, according to by signal conditioning package sent, by the indication that the paper feeding from above-mentioned manual feed mouth prints, point out the demonstration of inserting recording medium to this manual feed mouth;
The notice input block, input is used to discern the notice that can be sent to compressing image data above-mentioned signal conditioning package, show after above-mentioned manual feed mouth inserts the prompting of recording medium at above-mentioned display unit, send the indication of inserting recording medium to the above-mentioned manual feed mouth of above-mentioned host-based printer;
Print unit is tackled above-mentioned notice, and the compressing image data of above-mentioned each page of sending from above-mentioned signal conditioning package is decompressed, and prints processing according to the data after this decompression, and
Receiving element is used to respond the notice that above-mentioned notice input block is sent, and be printed on 1 page of compressing image data on the recording medium from above-mentioned signal conditioning package reception and print for above-mentioned print unit,
Wherein, above-mentioned display unit, after above-mentioned print unit is finished the printout of current page and the document of current printing when not being sent to the compressing image data of above-mentioned host-based printer in addition, show the prompting of inserting recording medium to above-mentioned manual paper feeding mouth once more.
12. host-based printer according to claim 11 is characterized in that:
In above-mentioned signal conditioning package, receive the transmission of the compressing image data of the recording medium that carries out 1 page after the above-mentioned notice, after the transmission of the compressing image data of above-mentioned 1 page recording medium finishes, wait for above-mentioned notice once more.
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