CN103248777A

CN103248777A - Copying system

Info

Publication number: CN103248777A
Application number: CN2012101200792A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 盛少澜; 陈琰成; 施伯升
Original assignee: Avision Inc
Current assignee: Hongguang Precision Industry Suzhou Co Ltd
Priority date: 2012-02-06
Filing date: 2012-04-23
Publication date: 2013-08-14
Anticipated expiration: 2032-04-23
Also published as: TW201334503A; CN103248777B; TWI508515B

Abstract

A copying system executes a copy job. The copying system comprises a first scanning device, a second scanning device, a first printing device and a second printing device. The first scanning device executes a scanning operation to obtain a document image and converts the document image into printing data. And the first printing device is connected with the first scanning device and the second scanning device and receives a plurality of printing works from the first scanning device and the second scanning device. The first printing device is provided with a printing work upper limit, and when the printing work in the queue of the first printing device reaches the printing work upper limit, the first scanning device and the second scanning device automatically transmit the subsequent printing work to the second printing device.

Description

Copy system

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of copy system, especially about a kind of high copy system of variability that makes up, formed by plurality of printers and Duo Tai scanner, each other by cable or network connections.Copy system of the present invention distributes duplicating working to give two printers effectively.

Background technology

Self-service photomechanical printing district in general special photomechanical printing shop or chain stationer's, businessman all can provide many photocopiers for the self-service use of consumer usually, and perhaps photocopier through overhauling can be bought or rent in middle-size and small-size photomechanical printing shop for saving equipment cost.Because the print engine power consumption of photocopier is very big, more than about 300W, even at holding state also more than the offer 70W, and many photocopier causes the huge power consumption of businessman and burden especially.If businessman uses the photocopier of overhauling, the critical part of photocopier must be all old, adds carbon dust and consumptive material and non-original factory supply, causes the quality of printing and duplicating not only to be not easy to keep, and also has distortion phenomenon.In case the parts fault of photocopier, maintenance is difficulty also, cost thereby raising.

And, when operation is xeroxed in middle-size and small-size photomechanical printing shop, mostly only use photocopier platform photocopying a document page by page, the speed of the print engine in the photocopier, usefulness can't be brought into play, but have to be in hot machine state.As mentioned above, print engine is a current consuming apparatus, does not so have the use of efficient, is the waste of electric power, also is the increase of cost.

Therefore, the invention provides a kind of copy system, replace photocopier by the scanner that uses low power consumption, not only can solve the power consumption problem, bring into play the usefulness of print engine fully, also can reduce the board occupation space.

Summary of the invention

One of purpose of the present invention provides a kind of copy system, the obtained document image of scanning means in the system all concentrates on same printing equipment and prints, therefore the board quantity in can minimizing work, printing equipment also can continuous firing, do not need to repeat to experience the switching of standby, operating state, save warm-up period, not only promote printing effect thus, and reach the effect of carbon reduction.

For achieving the above object, the invention provides a kind of copy system, carry out copying operation.Copy system comprises first scanning means, second scanning means, first printing equipment and second printing equipment.First scanning means is carried out scanning operation, obtaining document image, and converts document image to print data.First printing equipment is connected with first scanning means and second scanning means, receives a plurality of print jobs from first scanning means and second scanning means.Second printing equipment is connected with first scanning means and second scanning means.First printing equipment has the print job upper limit, and the print job in the formation of first printing equipment reaches on the print job prescribes a time limit, and first scanning means and second scanning means transmit follow-up print job to the second printing equipment automatically.

Copy system of the present invention can be increased work efficiency, cut operating costs for the photomechanical printing shop; Copy system allows a plurality of duplicating workings to carry out at a plurality of scanning means simultaneously, and the result of all duplicating is from same printing equipment output.So, not only can give full play to the usefulness of print engine, also because many scanning means use a printing equipment jointly, reduce the cost of copier widely, also save the electricity charge simultaneously.

Copy system of the present invention can be set the print job upper limit of printer according to different demands especially, distributes duplicating working to arrive another printer efficiently, but but the usefulness performance of not cutting down first printer.Copy system of the present invention has been broken the scanning of traditional photocopier, printing integrated design, and changes with modular design, allows the user do optimized arrangement according to the demand of oneself.Owing to reduce purchasing of print engine, not only reduce running cost, also respond the policy of government's carbon reduction, reach the effect of environmental protection.

For foregoing of the present invention can be become apparent, below enumerate a preferred embodiment, and conjunction with figs. elaborates.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram according to the copy system of preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram according to the copy system of preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The critical piece label declaration

Autoamtic paper feeding formula scanner 100

Controller 110

Data processor 120

Guidance panel 140

Communication interface module 160

Falt bed scanner 200,300

Multifunctional paper feeding machine 400

The scanner 410 of multifunctional paper feeding machine

The printer 420 of multifunctional paper feeding machine

Printer 500

Processor 510

Formation 530

Guidance panel 540

Network 1000

Embodiment

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram according to the copy system of preferred embodiment of the present invention.Ask for an interview Fig. 1, in the present embodiment, copy system is made up of autoamtic paper feeding formula scanner 100, two

falt bed scanners

200 and 300, multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 and printers 500, scanner 100,200,300 is scanning means, and 500 of multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 and printers are printing equipment; Wherein multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 also can be scanning means, and the data that scanning is finished pass to printer 500 outputs.Multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 also can be regarded as the combination of scanner 410 and printer 420, therefore possesses the function of two kinds of devices.

For thoroughly reaching the effect of saving resource and cost, the execution mode of copy system the best is the scanner of many simple functions, as the scanner 100,200,300 in the present embodiment, and arrange in pairs or groups two printers or two multifunctional paper feeding machines.In the present embodiment, scanner 100,200, the 300th connects printer 500 and multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 by network 1000 (as Ethernet); But the invention is not restricted to this, scanner 100,200,300 also can directly connect printer 500 and multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 by cable.

In the performed copying operation of copy system, scanner 100,200,300 is responsible for carrying out scanning operation, and printer 500 and multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 are responsible for carrying out print job.When scanner 100,200,300 was finished scanning operation respectively, scanner 100,200,300 can produce a print job respectively, and all was sent to printer 500 and prints.Printer 500 can be arranged the sequencing of printing according to the time of print job reception, perhaps arranges page order according to the print data character in the print job, importance etc.

Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram according to the copy system of preferred embodiment of the present invention.Scanner 100 comprises controller 110, data processor 120 and communication interface module 160.The running of controller 110 gated sweep instrument 100.Data processor 120 will be carried out the obtained document image of scanning operation and convert print data to, and transmit print data to buffer 130 storages.Communication interface module 160 is to connect network 1000 or directly export data and signal is given device in other copy system.After scanning operation is finished, according to move instruction, for example user's indication or through one period scheduled time, scanner 100 can transmit print jobs to printer 500.

Because printer 500 is connected with a plurality of scanners, so printer 500 can be received a plurality of print jobs that scanner 100,200,300 sends successively.All print jobs all are stored in the formation (queue) 530 of printer, and printer 500 prints the print job in the formation 530 in order.Printer 500 has the print job upper limit, and the print job in printer 500 formations 530 reaches on the print job prescribes a time limit, and scanner 100,200,300 just transmits follow-up print job to multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 automatically and prints output.

Explain as follows.The print job upper limit is for example to be the maximum wait time of the print job in the formation 530; If maximum wait time was set to ten minutes, when last print job that calculates in the formations 530 through printer 500 will just print output after ten minutes, printer 500 just sends the upper limit and reaches and be notified to scanner 100,200,300.Reach notice according to this upper limit, when having follow-up print job to produce, scanner 100,200,300 just is sent to multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 with follow-up print job and prints output.Perhaps, the print job upper limit also can be the maximum total amount of data of the print job in the formation 530 of printer 500.If the print job that calculates in the formations 530 through printer 500 has reached maximum total amount of data, as 50MB, printer 500 just sends the upper limit and reaches and be notified to scanner 100,200,300.

The time point whether print job in the printer 500 calculating formations 530 reaches the print job upper limit can be when receiving the printing request that scanner 100,200,300 sends, or regularly calculate and send the upper limit then and reach and be notified to scanner 100,200,300, as be the latter, when scanner 100,200,300 had print job to transmit, scanner 100,200,300 can reach the time of notice or information that it comprises determines that will transmit print job still is multifunctional paper feeding machine 400 to printer 500 according to the upper limit.Therefore printer further comprises processor 510, and whether the print job of being responsible for calculating in the formation 530 reaches the print job upper limit.

The print job upper limit of printer 500 can be imported to set and adjust by the user.Therefore scanner 100 further comprises guidance panel 140, provides the print job upper limit to set option, allows the user set the print job upper limit of printer 500 at scanner 100 ends.It can be a physical button or trigger that the print job upper limit is set option, or an option on the Touch Screen.Guidance panel 140 also can comprise notification module, and display screen for example provides the relevant information of user's copying operation, learns the duplicating state of copy system whereby, and print job prints output by which platform printer.

Except adjusting the print job upper limit at scanner 100 ends, printer 500 is configurable operator panel 540 also, provides the print job upper limit to set option, allows the user adjust this print job upper limit at printer 500 ends.

In order to make printer 500 its maximum efficiencies of performance, printer 500 also has the print job lower limit, print job in the formation 530 of printer 500 reaches under the print job prescribes a time limit, printer 500 just begins the print job in the print queue 530, continuously all print jobs in the print queue 530.Or printer 500 only is configured to for example per half an hour, just to begin the print job in the print queue 530 in the fixed point time.

Be to be example with the scanner 100 in the copy system at present embodiment, but the invention is not restricted to this, all or part scanner in the copy system can possess and scanner 100 identical functions.

Though the present invention discloses as above with preferred embodiment; but be not to limit the present invention; any person of ordinary skill in the field; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; can do a little and change and retouching, so protection scope of the present invention should be with being as the criterion that claim was defined.

Claims

1. a copy system is carried out copying operation, it is characterized in that, comprises:

First scanning means in order to carrying out scanning operation, obtaining document image, and converts document image to print data;

Second scanning means;

First printing equipment is connected with described first scanning means and described second scanning means, and receives a plurality of print jobs from described first scanning means and described second scanning means; And

Second printing equipment is connected with described first scanning means and described second scanning means;

Wherein said first printing equipment has the print job upper limit, prescribe a time limit when the print job in the formation of described first printing equipment reaches on the described print job, described first scanning means and described second scanning means transmit follow-up print job automatically to described second printing equipment.

2. copy system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described first scanning means comprises a guidance panel, provides the print job upper limit to set option, allows the user set the described print job upper limit of described first printing equipment at the described first scanning means end.

3. copy system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described first printing equipment further comprises a guidance panel, provides the print job upper limit to set option, allows the user set the described print job upper limit at the described first printing equipment end.

4. copy system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the described print job upper limit is the maximum wait time of the print job in the formation.

5. copy system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the described print job upper limit is the maximum total amount of data of the print job in the formation.

6. copy system as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described first printing equipment also has the print job lower limit, prescribes a time limit when the print job in the formation of described first printing equipment reaches under the described print job, and described first printing equipment begins the print job in the print queue.

7. copy system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described first printing equipment is set in a fixed point time and begins print job in the print queue.

8. copy system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described first printing equipment and described second printing equipment are to be connected with in described first scanning means and described second scanning means at least one by network.

9. copy system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, one in described first scanning means and described second scanning means comprises notification module, the relevant information of the described copying operation of user is provided.