CN101604228A - Paperless printing device and control method thereof - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a kind of Paperless printing device, it is characterized in that: comprise microprocessor, ROM memory module, panel control module and guidance panel, communication module, DRAM memory module, non-volatile memory module, Electronic Paper control module and Electronic Paper, microprocessor is connected with ROM memory module, panel control module and guidance panel, communication module, DRAM memory module, non-volatile memory module, Electronic Paper control module and Electronic Paper respectively by input, output interface.The present invention can connect main frame and is identified as printer apparatus by main frame, specific print command that can the receiving computer main frame sends and correct the parsing, on the Electronic Paper medium that can require print result correctly is printed on this equipment and is equipped with according to main frame, in the semiconductor storage medium that print command correctly can be stored in this equipment and be equipped with, can browse with diode-capacitor storage in print data.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of electronic information aid, particularly a kind of electronic equipment that need not traditional paper and print.Belong to the robot calculator peripheral hardware---print (and demonstration) technical field.
Background technology
Traditional printer apparatus need expend a large amount of forest reserves with print result output on physical sheets of paper.And the preservation of a large amount of print results, carry and manage all and be not easy.And the general volume of conventional printer is big and need to connect civil power, therefore moves difficulty and can't hand.
Need not electric power and supply with the Electronic Paper medium that also can keep displaying contents, particularly based on the Electronic Paper of electrophoretic display technology (ElectroPhoretic Display), at aspects such as hand-held electronic books readers the application precedent has been arranged, but present application limitations then can't show for the unsupported file layout of this kind equipment in the demonstration and the management of this kind equipment at some particular file format document.
Summary of the invention
In order to overcome the problems referred to above, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of equipment that paper is printed that do not have, can connect main frame and be identified as printer apparatus by main frame, specific print command that can the receiving computer main frame sends and correct the parsing, on the Electronic Paper medium that can require print result correctly is printed on this equipment and is equipped with according to main frame, in the semiconductor storage medium that print command correctly can be stored in this equipment and be equipped with, can browse with diode-capacitor storage in print data.
The present invention realizes like this, a kind of Paperless printing device, it is characterized in that: comprise microprocessor, ROM memory module, panel control module and guidance panel, communication module, DRAM memory module, non-volatile memory module, electronics indicative control unit and electronic console, microprocessor is connected with ROM memory module, panel control module and guidance panel, communication module, DRAM memory module, non-volatile memory module, Electronic Paper control module and Electronic Paper respectively by input, output interface.
Wherein, communication interface can be selected but be not limited to following interface mode: USB interface, wired ethernet interface, WIFI network interface, parallel interface, serial line interface, blue tooth interface.No paper printing device can be selected the combination realization of an interface or a plurality of distinct interfaces and the communication of main frame.
The non-volatile memory module can be selected but be not limited to: built-in FLASHROM storer, built-in flash card, by the external flash card of card reader interface, by the external USB flash disk of USB interface.
Microprocessor is accused the microprocessor that plug-in moved of this equipment of system, can be but is not limited to MPU, MCU, DSP, SOC, CPU.
Guidance panel provides the interface of operation for the user, can select but is not limited to following mode of operation: one or more buttons inputs, touch-screen input, the input of electromagnetic induction screen.No paper printing device can be selected the combination of one or more modes of operation, and realization is mutual with the user's.
The power supply of no paper printing device can be but be not limited to: lithium ion battery, Ni-MH battery, dry cell, fuel cell, solar cell, the input of alternating current-direct current transformer.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of control method of above-mentioned Paperless printing device, it is characterized in that may further comprise the steps:
(1) Paperless printing device is connected with computer by USB interface, wired ethernet interface, WIFI network interface, parallel interface, serial line interface, blue tooth interface;
(2) no matter with which kind of interface be connected with computer, the operating system in the computer is implemented control to Paperless printing device with printing device;
(3) computer sends the printing steering order to Paperless printing device, and sends print data;
(4) Paperless printing device receives the printing steering order of computer, and according to the command reception print data;
(5) Paperless printing device deposits the print data that receives in the non-volatile memory module;
(6) Paperless printing device shows print data according to the operation of print data that receives and guidance panel.
Foregoing invention need not conventional printer complicated mechanical devices and bigger electric weight demand, its hardware volume and weight are all little, power consumption is also little, and the keeping to keep with the demonstration of Electronic Paper of print data all need not electric power, and Miniaturizable is for making battery-powered portable equipment.By such invention, cooperate jumbo semiconductor memory, just can change traditional printer apparatus into one is output medium with bi-stable electronic paper, can store and the Offhost handheld device of browsing and managing the magnanimity print What.
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Fig. 1 is the outside drawing of its realization equipment of an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is that the hardware of an embodiment of the invention is formed synoptic diagram.
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of an embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 4 is the print command explanation module control method synoptic diagram of an embodiment of the invention, describes the flow process of the print command explanation module among Fig. 3 in detail.
Fig. 5 is the print job preservation and the administration module control method synoptic diagram of an embodiment of the invention, describes the print job preservation among Fig. 3 and the flow process of administration module in detail.
Embodiment
The invention provides a kind of Paperless printing device, it is characterized in that: comprise microprocessor, ROM memory module, panel control module and guidance panel, communication module, DRAM memory module, non-volatile memory module, electronics indicative control unit and electronic console, microprocessor is connected with ROM memory module, panel control module and guidance panel, communication module, DRAM memory module, non-volatile memory module, Electronic Paper control module and Electronic Paper respectively by input, output interface.
Described communication module is connected with computer by the combination realization of USB interface, wired ethernet interface, WIFI network interface, parallel interface, serial line interface, one or more distinct interface of blue tooth interface.
Described non-volatile memory module can be built-in FLASHROM storer, built-in flash card, by the external flash card of card reader interface, by the external USB flash disk of USB interface.
Described microprocessor refers to that plug-in control is used to control MPU, MCU, DSP, SOC, the CPU of this device repertoire.
The Paperless printing device control method is characterized in that:
(1) Paperless printing device is connected with computer by USB interface, wired ethernet interface, WIFI network interface, parallel interface, serial line interface, blue tooth interface;
(2) no matter with which kind of interface be connected with computer, the operating system in the computer is implemented control to Paperless printing device with printing device;
(3) computer sends the printing steering order to Paperless printing device, and sends print data;
(4) Paperless printing device receives the printing steering order of computer, and according to the command reception print data;
(5) Paperless printing device deposits the print data that receives in the non-volatile memory module;
(6) Paperless printing device shows print data according to the operation of print data that receives and guidance panel.
In order to further specify, below, with reference to accompanying drawing an embodiment of the invention are described.
This embodiment is selected the connected mode of USB (USB (universal serial bus)) as no paper printing device and main frame for use, selects for use built-in NAND FLASH storer as semiconductor memory, selects for use rechargeable lithium ion batteries as power supply.
Fig. 1 is that present embodiment realizes the outside drawing of equipment, wherein 101 for electric paper display be the Electronic Paper that present embodiment is selected for use based on electrophoretic display technology (Electro Phoretic Display).102 is page up key, and 103 is Page Down key, and 104 is function key, and 105 is acknowledgement key, and 106 is USB interface.
After device power-up, the user accesses the function selecting menu to select the mode of operation of equipment by function key 104 on Electronic Paper, and selectable mode of operation has: printer mode, browse mode etc.The user confirms to select by acknowledgement key 105 by upwarding key 102 and down Arrow 103 handoff options, enters corresponding modes.
Fig. 2 is that the hardware of one embodiment of the present invention is formed.Wherein, CPU is by bus and the main hardware device of IO control.The USB interface of communication module links to each other with CPU with DMA control by interrupt control.ROM links to each other with CPU with address bus and control signal by data bus with DRAM.The DRAM zone is divided into the input block, page or leaf output buffer and ephemeral data district etc., and the ROM zone is divided into firmware program district and character library district etc.Simultaneously, CPU is by panel control module, memory control unit and Electronic Paper control module difference control operation panel, NAND FLASH storer and Electronic Paper.
Fig. 3 is the principle of work and the software configuration synoptic diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.
As figure, main frame links to each other by communication interface with no paper printing device, and present embodiment is a USB interface.When the start of no paper printing device and enter printer mode, with after main frame is connected, main frame will be shaken hands with this equipment by the USB cable, and the host communication interface module of equipment will be in the process that the USB communication is shaken hands be registered as oneself printer class equipment.Communication interface module mainly contains two functions: 1. be responsible for shaking hands with the communication of main frame interface, make main frame this equipment correctly can be identified as printer apparatus; 2. be responsible for to receive printing control command and the print data that sends from the main frame end and be saved in the internal memory.
If connect main frame and host operating system support plug and play for the first time, main frame will point out install driver up to this printer associated drives successfully is installed.When the application program of main frame end needs printout, or call print drive print command is sent to no paper printing device by the printer communication interface, perhaps some particular application gets around print drive and directly print command is sent to no paper printing device by the printer communication interface.
The host communication interface module of no paper printing device receives the print command that the receiving computer main frame sends, and is stored in the input block of DRAM.
The print command explanation module is read print command in the input block, cuts apart print job, notice print job preservation and administration module, and the Electronic Paper form is set and prints first page of print data.The print command explanation module mainly contains two functions: be responsible for reading printing control command and the print data that communication interface module is received 1., be cut into independently print job and notify print job preservation and administration module, 2. be responsible for analyzing print command, be converted to the output buffered data that Electronic Paper and printing control model can be discerned, export to Electronic Paper and printing control model.
Print job preservation and administration module receive the operation that the print command explanation module sends and cut apart order, call memory control module current print job is saved as file on the storage card on request.Print job preservation and administration module mainly contain two functions: 1. call semiconductor memory control module hold function by the requirement of print command explanation module print job is kept in the storer; 2. response user's guidance panel is carried out checking and administrative class operation requirement of user.Operations such as the user can check print What by the guidance panel page turning, browse print job in the storer, deletion print job.
After the user entered browse mode by the guidance panel setting, print job preservation and administration module called memory control module and read its document directory structure and with graphical user interface displays from storage card.The user is switched the file of choosing by upwarding key 102 and down Arrow 103, confirms to browse by acknowledgement key 105.Print job preservation and administration module go into corresponding copying data the input block of internal memory and notify the print command explanation module to print to change file after receiving user's navigation commands.When the user carried out page turn over operation by 102 page up keys or 103 Page Down keys, print job preservation and administration module sent the print command explanation module with the corresponding command, and the print command explanation module is according to the corresponding printing of command execution of receiving.
Electronic Paper and printing control model are responsible for responding display requirement, and signal and sequential that the output buffered data is printed according to Electronic Paper require output non-volatile electronic paper media.
Memory control module is responsible for providing operations such as reading and write to each semiconductor memory that no paper printing device was equipped with.
Foregoing invention need not conventional printer complicated mechanical devices and bigger electric weight demand, its hardware volume and weight are all little, power consumption is also little, and the keeping to keep with the demonstration of Electronic Paper of print data all need not electric power, and Miniaturizable is for making battery-powered portable equipment.By such invention, cooperate jumbo semiconductor memory, just can change traditional printer apparatus into one is output medium with bi-stable electronic paper, can store and the Offhost handheld device of browsing and managing the magnanimity print What.
Fig. 4 is the print command explanation module process flow diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.
This module adopts the Design Pattern of message-driven.Carry out corresponding operation according to the type of message of from message queue, receiving.Type of message is divided into: print command receives, and browses specified file, the current file page turning that makes progress, the downward page turning of current file.Wherein, print command is received as equipment and enters the message that system after the printer mode sends to this module.
Under the normal flow, after module is received this message, read the input block data, operation produces up to skipping, then current page output buffering is exported to Electronic Paper and printing control model is printed this page or leaf, after this, the print command explanation module will notify print job preservation and administration module to begin to preserve current print job.The benefit that the homepage that prints print job earlier begins to preserve operation again is to have shortened the homepage time-write interval.The print command explanation module is preserved the data notification print job preservation and the administration module that read into current job file subsequently.After the print command explanation module is resolved to end of job order, when perhaps the print command explanation module finds that printing is overtime, will notify print job preservation and administration module to finish to preserve current job file.
The message of browsing specified file is the user has selected to read certain storage file under menu mode after, sent by operation preservation and administration module, and the print command explanation module will read the file data that has write the input block, print the homepage of this document.
The current file page turning message that makes progress, the downward page turning message of current file is sent by print job preservation and administration module, the print command explanation module correctly obtains corresponding page or leaf buffered data according to the page information of current file and the information of page or leaf output buffer, exports to Electronic Paper and printing control model.In case of necessity, the print command explanation module will notify print job preservation and administration module to upgrade the input block data, to satisfy current page turning requirement.
Fig. 5 is the print job preservation and the administration module process flow diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.
This module adopts the Design Pattern of message-driven.Carry out corresponding operation according to the type of message of from message queue, receiving.Type of message is divided into: begin to preserve current operation, preserve current work data, finish to preserve current operation, upgrade the input block data, Page Down key operation, page up key operation, key operation and acknowledgement key operation be set.
Beginning to preserve current operation, preserve current work data, finish to preserve current operation is sent by the print command explanation module, the end of the beginning of corresponding print job respectively, print data preservation and print job, be operating as newly-built job file accordingly, write operation file and close job file.Print job preservation and administration module will call the semiconductor memory control module and finish above-mentioned file operation.
Upgrade the message of input block data and sent when carrying out page turn over operation by the print command explanation module, print job preservation and administration module copy corresponding print file data field to input block according to the detailed content of this message.
Four press key messages, be Page Down key operation information, page up key operation information, key operation message be set and the acknowledgement key operation information will trigger when user's guidance panel, under the read state of printing model and browse mode, Page Down key operation information and page up key operation information will send corresponding message notice print command explanation module and carry out page turn over operation.
Under the menu state of browse mode, each button operation is browsed execution operation change display menu contents such as print job in the storer, deletion print job, and print job preservation and administration module are responsible for calling semiconductor memory control module read-write corresponding information, and the menu interface after will changing is converted to the output buffered data that Electronic Paper and printing control model can be discerned, and exports to Electronic Paper and printing control model.Especially, corresponding to the affirmation key operation under the file choice menus, be that selected certain file of user is when desiring to browse, print job preservation and administration module are set at current file with this document and call the input block of semiconductor memory control module with its write memory, and message informing print command explanation module is browsed this specified file simultaneously.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equalizations of being done according to the present patent application claim change and modify, and all should belong to covering scope of the present invention.
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1, a kind of Paperless printing device, it is characterized in that: comprise microprocessor, ROM memory module, panel control module and guidance panel, communication module, DRAM memory module, non-volatile memory module, Electronic Paper control module and Electronic Paper, microprocessor is connected with ROM memory module, panel control module and guidance panel, communication module, DRAM memory module, non-volatile memory module, Electronic Paper control module and Electronic Paper respectively by input, output interface.
2, according to claims 1 described Paperless printing device, it is characterized in that: described communication module is connected with computer by the combination realization of one or more distinct interface in USB interface, wired ethernet interface, WIFI network interface, parallel interface, serial line interface, the blue tooth interface.
3, according to claims 1 described Paperless printing device, it is characterized in that: described non-volatile memory module is built-in FLASHROM storer, built-in flash card, by the external flash card of card reader interface or by the external USB flash disk of USB interface.
4, according to claims 1 described Paperless printing device, it is characterized in that: described microprocessor refers to that plug-in control is used to control MPU, MCU, DSP, SOC, the CPU of this device repertoire.
5, a kind of control method that realizes claims 1 described Paperless printing device is characterized in that may further comprise the steps:
(1) Paperless printing device is connected with computer by the combination of one or more distinct interface in USB interface, wired ethernet interface, WIFI network interface, parallel interface, serial line interface, the blue tooth interface;
(2) no matter with which kind of interface be connected with computer, the operating system in the computer is implemented control to Paperless printing device with printing device;
(3) computer sends the printing steering order to Paperless printing device, and sends print data;
(4) Paperless printing device receives the printing steering order of computer, and according to the command reception print data;
(5) Paperless printing device deposits the print data that receives in the non-volatile memory module;
(6) Paperless printing device shows print data according to the operation of print data that receives and guidance panel.
6, the control method of Paperless printing device according to claim 5 is characterized in that: described Paperless printing device is equipped with the print command explanation module.
7. Electronic Paper according to claim 1 is characterized in that described Electronic Paper is based on electrophoretic display technology, has bi-stable character, need not the electric power supply and also can keep displaying contents.
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