CN110303787B - Image array printing method and device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a method and a device for printing an image array, aiming at the current requirements of printing repeated images in practical application, such as wallpaper, cloth dyeing and the like, and the images are repeated in the printing width direction.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of digital printing, in particular to a method and a device for printing an image array.
Background
Digital printing is a printing technique that has been rapidly developed in recent years, and a method of directly inputting, processing, and printing an image is adopted. The digital printing equipment processes the original image into dot matrix data through a host end, processes the dot matrix data into data suitable for imaging through a control system, and controls an imaging part to directly image the imaging data.
In the prior art, a host end sends dot matrix data processed by an original image to a digital printing control system in a page unit, a receiving buffer unit in the control system buffers the dot matrix data, after printing is started, each page of data is sequentially read from a storage space of a data receiving unit and sent to an imaging part control unit, and the imaging part control unit processes the dot matrix data into imaging data according to formats specified by different nozzles and sends the imaging data to the nozzles. The printing speed of the whole printing system is limited by the speed of processing the original image into dot matrix data by the host end, the speed of sending the dot matrix data to the control system by the host end, the data bandwidth between the data receiving cache unit and the imaging part control unit in the control system and the like.
Aiming at the current requirements of printing repeated images in practical application, such as wallpaper, cloth dyeing and the like, the images are repeated in the printing width direction, and an image array printing method is required to be provided, so that the data volume of dot matrix data sent by a main control end when the repeated images are printed is simplified, and the printing speed is improved.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for image array, which are used to solve the speed bottleneck in printing repeated images, improve the printing speed of the printing system, and make the application of the printing device more extensive and flexible.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problem is as follows:
a method of image array printing, comprising the steps of:
step S100: starting a job to prepare for starting printing;
step S101: the control system configures the width of the repeated image of the printing operation and the actual breadth width;
step S102: judging whether imaging data of the operation is ready; if yes, executing step S103; if not, executing step S102;
step S103: the control system starts the job to start printing and generates a printing clock;
step S104: repeatedly reading a line of imaging data from the nozzle imaging processing unit according to the set actual printing breadth width to form an image array, and sending the image array and the printing clock to the nozzle;
step S105: the control system judges whether the line image array is sent completely; if yes, go to step S106; if not, executing step S104;
step S106: the control system judges whether the job is printed; if yes, go to step S107; if not, executing step S104;
step S107: the printing of this job is finished.
As a further improvement of the above, in step S102, the criterion for determining whether or not the job has imaging data ready is that when the storage unit in the head imaging unit has stored a certain number of lines of imaging data, it can be considered that the job is ready.
Further, in step S104, one line of image data is repeatedly read from the memory of the head image processing unit to compose an image array in accordance with the set actual printing width.
An apparatus for image array printing, comprising:
the data receiving unit is used for receiving the dot matrix data from the host end and storing the received dot matrix data according to lines;
a printing unit for generating a print start signal required for one job and a clock required for printing;
the control unit is used for configuring the width of the image to be repeatedly printed and the actual printing width of the job for the nozzle imaging unit and sending a printing starting signal of the job to the printing unit;
the nozzle imaging unit is used for reading the data from the data receiving unit, caching the data into a storage space by taking a line as a unit, repeatedly reading a line of imaging data from the storage space according to the actual printing width set by the control unit to form an image array after the control unit starts printing, processing the data into data suitable for nozzle imaging, and sending the data to the nozzle for printing;
the detection unit is used for judging whether a line of data image is read repeatedly from the storage space according to the set actual printing width to form an image array to be sent to the nozzle in the process of sending the imaging data to the nozzle by the nozzle imaging unit and judging whether a job is printed completely;
the control unit is respectively connected with the printing unit, the data receiving unit and the nozzle imaging unit, the printing unit and the data receiving unit are both connected with the nozzle imaging unit, the detection unit is connected with the data receiving unit and the nozzle imaging unit, and the nozzle imaging unit is further connected to a nozzle.
Further, after the job has been processed into image data in the head image forming unit and a certain number of lines have been stored in the memory, a print start signal for the job is issued.
In addition, after the printing is started, the control unit controls the reading times according to the width of the actually printed breadth, and the repeated printing of the data of one line in the width direction is realized by repeatedly reading the data of one line from the address space of the image of one line and arranging the data of one line into the image array according to the actually printed breadth.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the invention provides an image array printing method and device, aiming at the problem that the images are repeated in the printing width direction when the requirements of printing repeated images, such as wallpaper, cloth dyeing and the like, are met in the current practical application.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic flow chart of a method for printing an image array according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the schematic structure of the image array printing apparatus according to the present invention.
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Referring to fig. 1, a method of image array printing, comprising the steps of: step S100: starting a job to prepare for starting printing; step S101: the control system configures the width of the repeated image of the printing operation and the actual breadth width; step S102: judging whether imaging data of the operation is ready; if yes, executing step S103; if not, executing step S102; in step S102, it is determined whether the job has a criterion for preparing imaging data that when the storage unit in the head imaging unit has stored a certain number of lines of imaging data, the job is considered to be ready; step S103: the control system starts the job to start printing and generates a printing clock; step S104: repeatedly reading a line of imaging data from the nozzle imaging processing unit according to the set actual printing breadth width to form an image array, and sending the image array and the printing clock to the nozzle; in step S104, repeatedly reading a line of imaging data from a memory of the nozzle imaging processing unit according to the set actual printing width to form an image array; step S105: the control system judges whether the line image array is sent completely; if yes, go to step S106; if not, executing step S104; step S106: the control system judges whether the job is printed; if yes, go to step S107; if not, executing step S104; step S107: the printing of this job is finished.
In the prior art, a host computer end processes an original image into dot matrix data, the dot matrix data is sent to a digital printing control system by taking a page as a unit, each page of image is sent to the digital printing control system by taking a line as a unit, the width of one line is the width of a printed breadth, and when the image with the ultra-wide breadth is printed, the host computer end processes the image firstly and sends a line of data by the width of the printed breadth even if the image is repeated in the breadth direction.
Referring to fig. 2, an apparatus for image array printing includes: a data receiving unit 201, configured to receive dot matrix data from a host, and store the received dot matrix data by line; a printing unit 205 for generating a print start signal required for one job and a clock required for printing; a control unit 202, configured to configure the width of the image to be repeatedly printed and the actual printing width of the job for the head imaging unit, and send a print start signal of the job to the printing unit 205; the nozzle imaging unit 204 is configured to read data from the data receiving unit 201, buffer the data into a storage space in units of lines, repeatedly read a line of imaging data from the storage space according to an actual printing width set by the control unit 202 to form an image array after the control unit 202 starts printing, process the data into data suitable for nozzle imaging, and send the data to a nozzle for printing; the detecting unit 203 is configured to determine whether a line of data image is repeatedly read from the storage space according to a set actual printing width to form an image array and send the image array to the nozzles in the process of sending the imaging data to the nozzles by the nozzle imaging unit 204, and determine whether a job is completely printed; the control unit 202 is connected to the printing unit 205, the data receiving unit 201, and the nozzle imaging unit 204, the printing unit 205 and the data receiving unit 201 are both connected to the nozzle imaging unit 204, the detection unit 203 is connected to the data receiving unit 201 and the nozzle imaging unit 204, and the nozzle imaging unit 204 is further connected to a nozzle. After the job has been processed into imaging data in the head imaging unit 204 and a certain number of lines have been stored in memory, a print start signal for the job is issued. After the printing is started, the control unit 202 may control the number of times of reading according to the width of the actual printed width, and repeatedly read one line of data from the one line of image address space, and then arrange the data into an image array according to the actual printed width, so as to realize the repeated printing of one line of data in the width direction.
According to the invention, when the repeated image in the width direction is printed, the host end only needs to send the image to be printed to the data receiving and storing control unit of the printing control system, and send the image to the nozzle imaging control unit to be processed into the imaging data for storage, the imaging control unit manages the read-write address of the storage space, after the printing is started, the times of reading can be controlled among the imaging component control units according to the actual printing width, and the repeated printing of the first-line data in the width direction is realized by repeatedly reading the first-line data from the first-line image address space and arranging the first-line data into the image array according to the actual printing width. According to the method provided by the invention, the host end sends the image to be printed repeatedly once to the imaging control system, the actual breadth width parameter of the printing once is configured, the width of the image to be printed repeatedly once is configured, and the host end does not need to send a line of image data according to the actual breadth width of the printing, so that the data volume sent by the host end when the repeated image is printed is simplified, the limit of speed bottleneck is broken through, the data bandwidth is improved, and the printing speed is improved.
While the invention has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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1. A method of image array printing, comprising the steps of:
step S100: starting a job to prepare for starting printing;
step S101: the control system configures the width of the repeated image of the printing operation and the actual breadth width;
step S102: judging whether imaging data of the operation is ready; if yes, executing step S103; if not, executing step S102;
step S103: the control system starts the job to start printing and generates a printing clock;
step S104: repeatedly reading a line of imaging data from the nozzle imaging processing unit according to the set actual printing breadth width to form an image array, and sending the image array and the printing clock to the nozzle;
step S105: the control system judges whether the line image array is sent completely; if yes, go to step S106; if not, executing step S104;
step S106: the control system judges whether the job is printed; if yes, go to step S107; if not, executing step S104;
step S107: the printing of this job is finished.
2. A method of image array printing as claimed in claim 1, wherein: in step S102, it is determined whether the job has a criterion that the image forming data is ready, that is, when the storage unit in the head image forming unit has stored a certain number of lines of image forming data, it is considered ready.
3. A method of image array printing as claimed in claim 2, wherein: in step S104, one line of image data is repeatedly read from the memory of the head image processing unit to compose an image array in accordance with the set actual printing width.
4. An apparatus for image array printing, comprising:
a data receiving unit (201) for receiving the dot matrix data from the host end and storing the received dot matrix data by lines;
a printing unit (205) for generating a start print signal required for one job and a clock required for printing;
the control unit (202) is used for configuring the width of the image to be repeatedly printed and the actual printing width of the job for the nozzle imaging unit, and sending a printing starting signal of the job to the printing unit (205);
the nozzle imaging unit (204) is used for reading data from the data receiving unit (201), caching the data into a storage space by taking a line as a unit, repeatedly reading a line of imaging data from the storage space according to the actual printing width set by the control unit (202) to form an image array after the control unit (202) starts printing, processing the data into data suitable for nozzle imaging, and sending the data to a nozzle for printing;
the detection unit (203) is used for judging whether a line data image is repeatedly read from the storage space according to the set actual printing width to form an image array to be sent to the nozzle in the process of sending the imaging data to the nozzle by the nozzle imaging unit (204) and judging whether one job is printed;
the control unit (202) is respectively connected with the printing unit (205), the data receiving unit (201) and the nozzle imaging unit (204), the printing unit (205) and the data receiving unit (201) are both connected with the nozzle imaging unit (204), the detection unit (203) is connected with the data receiving unit (201) and the nozzle imaging unit (204), and the nozzle imaging unit (204) is further connected to a nozzle.
5. An image arraying printing apparatus according to claim 4, characterised in that: after the job has been processed into imaging data in the head imaging unit (204) and a certain number of lines have been stored in memory, a print initiation signal is issued for the job.
6. An image arraying printing apparatus according to claim 5, characterised in that: after the printing is started, the control unit (202) controls the reading times according to the width of the actually printed breadth, and the repeated printing of the data of one line in the breadth direction is realized by repeatedly reading the data of one line from the image address space of one line and arranging the data of one line into an image array according to the actually printed breadth.
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