CN109521974B - Printing method and device for automatically variable content - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a printing method for automatically changing content, which comprises the following steps: s1, providing an editing unit, a management unit and a printing unit; s2, the editing unit selects and edits the print job and outputs the processed print job to the management unit; s3, the management unit sequentially sorts and numbers each print job; s4, the management unit reads the count of the number of times of finishing current printing in the current management unit, reads the number of the printing jobs in the management unit, calculates the sequence number of the current printing job according to the count of the number of times of printing, and reads the number and the name of the printing job corresponding to the sequence number; s5, the management unit transmits the print job corresponding to the sequence number to the printing unit for printing output, completes printing and updates the count of printing times.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of printing, in particular to a method and a device for automatically printing variable content.
Background
In recent years, due to the demand of manufacturers for printing the production date and the product number on goods or products, it is desirable that the printing device can automatically print the latest date, time or automatically increased product number on products on a production line at any time, unlike the conventional desktop printer which needs a user to modify the printed content on a PC computer and then print the modified printed content on a target medium each time.
In order to meet the production printing requirements, production printing equipment such as printers and the like in recent years are matched with industrial computers, so that automatic calculation and printing of current date and time and automatically increased goods numbers are realized, and the printing requirements of factory automatic production on date, time and production numbers are basically met.
However, with the increase of personalized demands of the market, the requirements of production automation become increasingly complex, production is performed in smaller batches, the same production line produces various different products without cutting, the requirements of the production line on production of printing equipment are made to be higher, the printing requirements of the production line are not limited to the printing of date, time and product numbers, besides the increase of printing inside, the printing of different variable contents of a plurality of different products in the same time is required, for example, the same assembly production line needs to pack a plurality of different parts of a product at the same time, different part types, automatically increased codes, time, two-dimensional codes and the like need to be printed on each part, and the production printing equipment in the current market cannot meet the requirements.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a printing method and a device of automatic variable content, which can print different contents for each product and can realize automatic updating and conversion of the variable content in each printing operation.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a method of printing automatically variable content, comprising the steps of:
s1, providing an editing unit, a management unit and a printing unit;
s2, the editing unit selects and edits the print job and outputs the processed print job to the management unit;
s3, the management unit sequentially sorts and numbers each print job;
s4, the management unit reads the count of the number of times of printing completed in the current management unit, reads the number of the printing jobs in the management unit, calculates the sequence number of the current printing job according to the count of the number of times of printing, and reads the number and the name of the printing job corresponding to the sequence number;
and S5, the management unit transmits the print job corresponding to the sequence number to the printing unit for printing output, completes printing and updates the printing count.
Further, the step S3 is preceded by the step S31: the editing unit establishes connection with the management unit through a network.
Further, the step S5 is preceded by the step S51: the printing unit establishes connection with the management unit through a network.
Further, the network is the internet, a local area network or a wireless local area network.
Further, the editing unit can create, edit, store, and read a plurality of print job contents.
Further, the management unit includes an operation interface through which a plurality of print jobs are selected and each print job is edited and sorted.
Furthermore, a printing counter is arranged in the management unit, the count of the number of times of printing is increased by 1 after the printing operation is completed each time, a new count of the number of times of printing is corresponding to each time of printing operation, and the count of the number of times of printing is fed back and displayed in the management unit.
Further, the printing unit includes data processing for a print job, control of the inkjet print head, and image processing and formatting for the print job output by the management unit.
Further, the reading of the print number count for the print job of the corresponding print sequence number is one of a modulo comparison algorithm or a sequential round robin algorithm.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an automatic variable content printing apparatus, comprising
The editing unit provides a user interactive interface for displaying, editing and modifying the print job by a user;
the management unit manages a plurality of print jobs and selects the print job needing to be printed to output, reads the count of the current number of times of printing completed in the current management unit, reads the number of the print jobs in the management unit, calculates the sequence number of the current print job according to the count of the number of times of printing, and reads the number and the name of the print job corresponding to the sequence number;
and a printing unit which prints out the print job output by the management unit.
The invention can rapidly determine the printing content of the printing operation by numbering and sequencing the printing operation, and can complete the printing content according to the appointed sequence by reading the current printing number count in the current management unit, reading the number of the printing operation in the management unit, calculating the sequence number of the current printing operation according to the printing number count, and further controlling the spray head to complete the printing content according to the appointed sequence, and the corresponding printing content is changed by the change of the printing number count, thereby realizing the automatic variable content printing.
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FIG. 1 is a diagram of the printing steps of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the printing process of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a user management interface of the management unit of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the printing apparatus of the present invention;
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for printing automatically variable content, and is described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 and fig. 2 are a flowchart of a preferred embodiment of the present invention and an interface diagram of a management unit of a printing apparatus. As shown in fig. 1, the present invention provides an automatic variable content printing method, including the steps of: s1, providing an editing unit, a management unit and a printing unit, wherein the printing unit can be an ink-jet printing device, a needle type printing device and the like, the management unit and the editing unit are input and output units, a graphical interface for user interaction can be provided, and the graphical interface can be a notebook computer or a personal computer or a control terminal and the like; then, as shown in step S2, the editing unit selects and edits the print jobs, the editing unit modifies or edits the print jobs, the print jobs including "time and date" text that changes with system time, content such as serial numbers or serial numbers that increase with the count of the number of prints, and variable content such as two-dimensional codes that changes with a certain rule given by the user through setting, the editing unit is configured to make a print rule or a change rule of the variable content, and output the processed print jobs to the management unit; next, as shown in step S3, the management unit sorts and numbers each print job in turn; s4, the management unit reads the count of the number of times of printing completed in the current management unit, reads the number of the printing jobs in the management unit, calculates the sequence number of the current printing job according to the count of the number of times of printing, and reads the number and the name of the printing job corresponding to the sequence number; s5, the management unit transmits the print job corresponding to the sequence number to the printing unit for printing output, finishes printing and updates the count of printing times, a judgment step is added before printing is executed, if the printing device finishes printing output, the printing is finished, and if the printing output is not finished, the step S5 is repeated.
As shown in fig. 3, data transmission may be realized between the editing unit, the management unit, and the printing unit via a network.
The step S3 is preceded by the step S31: the editing unit establishes connection with the management unit through a network; the step S5 is preceded by the step S51: the printing unit establishes connection with the management unit through a network. The network is the internet, a local area network or a wireless local area network.
The management unit and the printing unit may transmit the content of the print job to the printing unit through a specific transmission interface, which may be a usb transmission interface, a firewire transmission interface, etc., but not limited thereto.
The editing unit is capable of creating, editing, storing, and reading a plurality of print job contents.
The management unit comprises an operation interface, a plurality of printing jobs are selected through the operation interface, each printing job is edited and sequenced, meanwhile, the management unit also provides a printing sequence number for each printing job, and a user can specify and change the printing sequence number;
and a printing counter is arranged in the management unit, the count of the printing times is increased by 1 after the printing operation is completed every time, a new count of the printing times is corresponding to each printing operation every time, and the count of the printing times is fed back and displayed in the management unit.
The printing unit processes data of a printing job, controls the ink jet printing head and processes and formats the printing job output by the management unit, and the image file processed by the printing unit at least comprises format information, color gamut information, resolution information, image size information, time information and the like of the image file, so that the use experience of a user is improved, and the management unit is convenient to monitor information.
Preferably, the reading of the print job of the print number count to the corresponding print sequence number is one of a modulo comparison algorithm or a sequential round robin algorithm.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, according to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an automatic variable content printing apparatus including
The editing unit provides a user interactive interface for displaying, editing and modifying the print job by a user; the management unit manages a plurality of print jobs and selects the print job needing to be printed to output, reads the count of the current number of times of printing completed in the current management unit, reads the number of the print jobs in the management unit, calculates the sequence number of the current print job according to the count of the number of times of printing, and reads the number and the name of the print job corresponding to the sequence number; and a printing unit which prints out the print job output by the management unit.
In summary, the present invention numbers and sequences the print jobs, so as to quickly determine the print content of the print jobs, and controls the nozzles to complete the print content according to the specified sequence by reading the current count of the number of times of printing completed in the current management unit, reading the number of the print jobs in the management unit, and calculating the sequence number of the current print jobs according to the count of the number of times of printing, so that the corresponding print content is changed by the change of the count of the number of times of printing, thereby realizing automatic variable content printing.
Variations and modifications to the above-described embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art, which fall within the scope and spirit of the above description. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and described above, and some modifications and variations of the present invention should fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention. Furthermore, although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.
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1. A method for printing automatically variable content, comprising the steps of:
s1, providing an editing unit, a management unit and a printing unit;
s2, selecting and editing the print job by the editing unit, wherein the editing unit is used for formulating a print rule or a change rule of variable content and outputting the processed print job to the management unit;
s3, the management unit sequentially sorts and numbers each print job;
s4, the management unit reads the count of the number of times of printing completed in the current management unit, reads the number of the printing jobs in the management unit, calculates the sequence number of the current printing job according to the count of the number of times of printing, and reads the number and the name of the printing job corresponding to the sequence number;
s5, the management unit transmits the print job corresponding to the sequence number to the printing unit for printing output, completes printing and updates the count of the number of times of printing, and the change of the count of the number of times of printing changes the corresponding print content, thereby realizing automatic variable content printing.
2. The printing method according to claim 1, wherein said step S3 is preceded by the step S31 of: the editing unit establishes connection with the management unit through a network.
3. The printing method according to claim 1, wherein said step S5 is preceded by the step S51 of: the printing unit establishes connection with the management unit through a network.
4. A printing method according to claim 3, wherein the network is the internet, a local area network or a wireless local area network.
5. The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit is capable of creating, editing, storing, and reading a plurality of print job contents.
6. The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the management unit includes an operation interface through which a plurality of print jobs are selected and each print job is subjected to editing and sorting.
7. The printing method according to claim 6, wherein a print counter is provided in the management unit, the count of the number of printing times is increased by 1 after each completion of the print job, a new count of the number of printing times is provided for each print job, and the count of the number of printing times is displayed in the management unit in a feedback manner.
8. The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the printing unit includes data processing of a print job, control of an inkjet printhead, and image processing and formatting of the print job output by the management unit.
9. A printing apparatus to which the printing method according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is applied, comprising
The editing unit provides a user interactive interface for displaying, editing and modifying the print job by a user;
the management unit manages a plurality of print jobs and selects the print job needing to be printed to output, reads the count of the current number of times of printing completed in the current management unit, reads the number of the print jobs in the management unit, calculates the sequence number of the current print job according to the count of the number of times of printing, and reads the number and the name of the print job corresponding to the sequence number;
and a printing unit which prints out the print job output by the management unit.
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