CN110502196B - Image forming control method, control device and image forming system - Google Patents

Image forming control method, control device and image forming system Download PDF

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CN110502196B
CN110502196B CN201910805464.2A CN201910805464A CN110502196B CN 110502196 B CN110502196 B CN 110502196B CN 201910805464 A CN201910805464 A CN 201910805464A CN 110502196 B CN110502196 B CN 110502196B
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The invention provides an image forming control method, a control device and an image forming system, which can limit high-specification documents to be sent to a low-specification image forming device in order to solve the technical problem that different document specifications and different specification image forming devices are lack of adopting different control means in the prior art; the control method comprises the following steps: receiving a job document for which the image forming apparatus is expected to complete image processing and an image forming apparatus for which the job document is expected to complete, and acquiring specification parameters in the job document; judging whether the specification parameters in the job document are matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, and if the specification parameters in the job document are not matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document and exceed the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, not allowing the job document to be sent to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document.

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Image forming control method, control device and image forming system
[ field of technology ]
The present invention relates to the field of image forming technologies, and in particular, to the field of cloud printing technologies, and more particularly, to an image forming control method, a control device, and an image forming system.
[ background Art ]
With the development of internet technology, a conventional image forming apparatus may also be shared in a network through its own port or a computer connected to the image forming apparatus, so that one image forming apparatus can serve many users; and with the development of cloud technology, cloud printing is also increasingly favored by users.
However, the inventor finds that in the process of implementing the present invention, in the existing image forming apparatus sharing or cloud printing technical scheme, a dedicated gateway or a dedicated intelligent router is generally required to be provided; this increases the cost of shared printing or cloud printing implementation and also affects the complexity of user registration, execution of the imaging process flow in the overall image forming system.
The inventors have also found in the course of implementing the invention that: in the existing shared printing or cloud printing technical scheme, the cloud printing is usually performed by a cloud server platform on a document (such as format conversion, rendering and the like); however, it is not considered that the types of image processing that can be supported by different types of image forming apparatuses are different, and that the time, difficulty program, and memory requirements for processing different types of documents may be different, and therefore, the inventors found that: it is necessary to separately control different documents and image forming apparatuses capable of completing different types of document processing, and particularly, in the registration process of image forming apparatuses, if different management fees are charged for different image forming apparatuses, it is important to control document specifications and specifications of image forming apparatuses.
[ invention ]
The invention provides an image forming control method, an image forming control device and an image forming system, which are used for solving the technical problem that different document specifications and different specification image forming devices lack of adopting different control means in the prior art and can limit high-specification documents to be sent to low-specification image forming devices.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a solution comprising:
a first aspect of the present invention provides an image forming control method, comprising:
receiving specification parameter information representing an image processing capability of an image forming apparatus, and associating characteristic information for identifying the image forming apparatus with the specification parameter;
receiving a job document for which the image forming apparatus is expected to complete image processing and an image forming apparatus for which the job document is expected to complete, and acquiring specification parameters in the job document;
judging whether the specification parameters in the job document are matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device expected to finish the job document, and if the specification parameters in the job document are not matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device expected to finish the job document and exceed the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device expected to finish the job document, not allowing the job document to be sent to the image forming device expected to finish the job document.
In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes:
allowing the job document to be sent to an image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document if the specification parameter in the job document matches specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
if the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document and is smaller than the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document, continuing to allow the job document to be sent to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document.
In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specification parameter is a document size, and when the size of the job document is smaller than or equal to a maximum document size that can be processed by an image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document, the job document is sent to the image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document; when the size of the job document is larger than the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus that is expected to complete the job document can process, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus that is expected to complete the job document.
In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the method further includes: registering the image forming device in a cloud server platform, and preprocessing a job document received by the cloud server platform from a user terminal before the job document is sent to the image forming device; the image forming device is registered in the cloud server platform, and whether the registered consumption parameters of the image forming device are matched with the corresponding specification parameter information grades of the image forming device is also required to be confirmed.
In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the image forming apparatus is registered in a cloud server platform, and the specification parameter information level corresponding to the image forming apparatus is input or selected by a user.
In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, among the specification parameter information levels corresponding to the image forming apparatus, the different specification parameter information levels are different corresponding to the registered consumption parameter levels, and the specification parameter information levels are larger corresponding to the job document size, and the higher the corresponding registered consumption parameter level.
The second aspect of the present invention also provides an image forming control apparatus, comprising:
An image forming apparatus specification parameter registration unit configured to receive specification parameter information characterizing an image processing capability of an image forming apparatus, and to associate characteristic information for identifying the image forming apparatus with the specification parameter;
an image forming job information receiving unit configured to receive a job document for which image processing by an image forming apparatus is desired and an image forming apparatus for which completion of the job document is desired, and acquire specification parameters in the job document;
an imaging processing judging unit for judging whether the specification parameter in the job document is matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document; the imaging processing judgment unit is configured to: if the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document and exceeds the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document.
In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the imaging processing determination unit is further configured to:
Allowing the job document to be sent to an image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document if the specification parameter in the job document matches specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
if the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document and is smaller than the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document, continuing to allow the job document to be sent to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document.
In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the specification parameter is a document size, and the imaging processing determining unit is configured to: when the size of the job document is smaller than or equal to the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document can process, transmitting the job document to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document; when the size of the job document is larger than the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus that is expected to complete the job document can process, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus that is expected to complete the job document.
In a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the image forming control device further includes a charging management and control unit, where the image forming device is registered in the cloud server platform, and the charging management and control unit confirms whether a registered consumption parameter of the image forming device is matched with a corresponding specification parameter information level of the image forming device; and registering the image forming apparatus in a cloud server platform, wherein the cloud server platform receives a job document from a user terminal and pre-processes the job document before sending the job document to the image forming apparatus.
In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the image forming apparatus is registered in a cloud server platform, and the charging management and control unit receives a specification parameter information level corresponding to the image forming apparatus, and inputs or selects the specification parameter information level by a user.
In a further preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, among the specification parameter information levels corresponding to the image forming apparatus, the different specification parameter information levels are different corresponding to the registered consumption parameter levels, and the specification parameter information levels are larger corresponding to the job document size, and the higher the corresponding registered consumption parameter level.
The third aspect of the present invention also provides an image forming system, characterized by comprising:
a cloud server platform including any one of the image formation control apparatuses as provided in the second aspect; and
one or more image forming apparatuses connected to the cloud server platform, and specification parameter information is associated when the image forming apparatuses are registered with the cloud server.
The fourth aspect of the present invention also provides an electronic device, including:
a memory;
a processor; and
a computer program;
wherein the computer program is stored in the memory and is configured to be executed by the processor to implement the method of any one of the first aspects provided.
The fifth aspect of the present invention also provides a computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored thereon; the computer program being executable by a processor to implement the method as claimed in any one of the first aspects. By adopting the technical scheme provided by the invention, at least one of the following beneficial effects can be obtained:
1. if the specification parameters in the job document exceed the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, so that the document specification and the specification of the image forming device can be better controlled, the document is prevented from being input to the image forming device which is not matched, and the problem that the document specification received by the image forming device is inconsistent with the executable image processing specification in the registration process can be avoided.
2. According to the technical scheme, when the application scene of the registration consumption parameters of the image forming device is received based on the corresponding specification parameter information grade of the image forming device, the image forming device can be prevented from being registered into a low grade type by a user maliciously, and the follow-up document management and tracing of the cloud server platform are affected. Further, if the cloud server platform allocates resources for the image forming apparatus according to the registration level, it is possible to avoid registering at a low level, subsequently transmitting a high-level job rule, increasing an underintended burden on image processing of the cloud server platform, and affecting job document output timeliness.
3. The charging control unit receives the specification parameter information grade corresponding to the image forming device and inputs or selects the specification parameter information grade by a user; in some application scenes with higher secret requirements, the cloud server platform is not required to automatically collect information grade information of the feedback specification parameters of the image forming device, and meanwhile, the condition that the cloud server platform cannot identify due to inconsistent information expression fed back by different types of image forming devices can be avoided; so the user input or selection can be more beneficial to the popularization and application of the technical scheme.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a structure of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a cloud server platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a block diagram of an image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a flowchart of an image forming control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a flowchart of another image forming control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a flowchart of a print output performed by the image forming system according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a copy output by another image forming system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 10 is a block diagram showing a structure of another image forming control apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 11 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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For a better understanding of the technical solution of the present invention, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention refers to the accompanying drawings.
It should be understood that the described embodiments are merely some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
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As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides an image forming system including: a cloud server platform 100, terminals 210, 220 that receive user account information and an imaging job file, and image forming apparatuses 310, 320 that perform an imaging processing operation; wherein:
as shown in fig. 2, the cloud server platform 100 includes: an information management unit 110 for storing user account information including user information, organization information to which the user belongs, image forming apparatus identification information, and the like; the information management unit can also be used for managing and controlling account cost information corresponding to the user; the document management unit 120 for storing the job file to be processed, of course, the document management unit may directly transmit the job file stored therein to the image forming apparatus, may perform format conversion and rendering processing on the job file, and may also recognize the number of jobs in the job file and the recognition of the document specification; a network communication unit 140 for communicating with the terminal and the image forming apparatus, the network unit being capable of supporting, but not limited to, wi-Fi, net, mobileweb, NFC, and the like; and a control unit 130 that controls the contents and delivery of the information management unit 110 and the document management unit 120; the information management unit 110, the document management unit 120, the network communication unit 140 and the control unit 130 may be integrated on one server, or may be respectively disposed on different servers (in this case, each server may be respectively disposed on the control unit, or the control unit may be separately disposed on one server); some of the units may also be provided on one server; the embodiment of the invention is not particularly limited.
The terminals 210, 220 are used to receive and transmit user account information, such as user name, company, department, etc., and may also be used to conduct fee transactions. Specific hardware implementations of the terminals 210, 220 include, but are not limited to: cell phones, pad, computers, etc. As shown in fig. 3, the terminal 210 (the terminal 220 is similar to the terminal 210 and will not be described in detail) is provided with an imaging APP (Application) dedicated to information interaction with other devices in the image forming system, and the imaging APP includes: a user information acquisition unit 212, a job document acquisition unit 214, a network communication unit 216; the user information obtaining unit 212 may be an input unit (such as a touch screen or a key) of the terminal, and may receive user account information manually input by a user, or may be a reading unit that automatically reads from a memory, and may directly obtain user account information stored previously from the memory of the terminal; a job document acquisition unit 214 configured to be able to acquire a job document for which the user wishes to perform an imaging operation, the job document acquisition unit 214 may be a reading unit that reads the job document from another application or a memory, or may be a document editing unit that receives the content of the document input by the user; and a network communication unit 216, configured to complete information interaction between the user information acquisition unit 212 and the job document acquisition unit 214 and the outside.
As shown in fig. 4, the image forming apparatus 310 includes, but is not limited to, a printer, a copier, a scanner, a facsimile machine, or a multifunctional machine that combines the above functions; the image forming apparatuses 310, 320 provided in the present embodiment include an image processing unit 310, a controller 320, and a network communication unit 330, the image processing unit 310 being configured to perform at least one image forming processing function of printing, copying, scanning; the network communication unit 330 can directly establish network communication with the cloud server platform 100, and in an alternative embodiment, the network communication unit 330 in the image forming apparatus may also directly perform network communication with the terminal 210; the network communication unit in the image forming apparatuses 310 and 320 may communicate with the outside by a wired lan or a web connected to the outside through a router, or by a wireless network (e.g., wi-Fi, bluetooth, etc.); the controller 320 is used for controlling the imaging processing operation of the image processing unit 310, and controlling the functions of opening, closing, or access rights of the network communication unit 330.
Therefore, when the image forming device is adopted, a network communication unit which is communicated with the user APP and the cloud server platform can be built in, so that the image forming device can be quickly accessed into the shared or cloud server platform, and the image forming device can also directly interact with the user APP and the cloud server platform in the processes of registering and executing imaging. Of course, it is also possible to connect to a dedicated gateway or computer first and then to connect to the outside by the dedicated gateway or computer, without taking into consideration the cost and flow complexity.
[ embodiment of user registration to cloud Server platform ]
A user accesses the cloud server platform 100 through an APP (application program) or a web browser in the terminal, and registers user identification information together with organization identification information to which the user belongs as user account information to an information management unit in the cloud server platform 100; the user identification information may be personal user identification or identification information of a group to which the personal user belongs, including, but not limited to, a company name, an enterprise name, etc., and the organization identification information to which the user belongs may be an organization, an area, a corresponding administrator, etc., to which the person belongs.
Embodiment of registering an image Forming apparatus to a cloud Server platform
Since the image forming apparatus is provided with the network communication unit, if a server website is built in the image forming apparatus, the server website is input through a panel or a webage corresponding to the image forming apparatus, or the server website is transmitted to the image forming apparatus through the terminal; the image forming apparatus can thus access the cloud server platform 100 and establish network communication with the cloud server platform 100.
After the image forming apparatus establishes network communication with the cloud server platform 100, the cloud server platform 100 may acquire identification information of the image forming apparatus, where the identification information of the image forming apparatus includes characteristic information of the image forming apparatus, such as a MAC address, a serial number, and the like, and at least one of organization information characterizing the image forming apparatus, such as an organization, an area, a correspondence manager, and the like, to which the image forming apparatus belongs, and then associate the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus with the organization information characterizing the image forming apparatus. The method for acquiring the mechanism information of the image forming device comprises the following steps: the user may input the information at the terminal user interface, and then transmit the information to the image forming apparatus through the terminal, or may directly input the information at a user interface, such as an operation panel, a print driver user interface, or a webage interface, corresponding to the image forming apparatus, or may put a code representing the information of the mechanism of the image forming apparatus into the image forming apparatus in advance, so that after the image forming apparatus establishes network communication with the cloud server platform 100, the image forming apparatus directly uploads the information representing the mechanism of the image forming apparatus to the server. The user may input the information of the mechanism corresponding to the current image forming apparatus at the terminal user interface, upload the information to the cloud server platform 100, and send the obtained image forming identification information to the cloud server platform 100 after the user scans the two-dimensional code information containing the image forming apparatus identification information through the terminal, where the two-dimensional code information containing the image forming apparatus identification information may be displayed on the image forming apparatus user interface, printed out by the image forming apparatus, or directly printed on the image forming apparatus, printed on a label attached to the image forming apparatus, sprayed on the image forming apparatus by a code spraying technology, or displayed on the image forming apparatus in a visible manner in other manners.
The association of the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus and the organization information characterizing the image forming apparatus may also be referred to as the image forming apparatus completing the registration process at the cloud server platform 100. The characteristic information of the image forming apparatus and the information characterizing the organization to which the image forming apparatus belongs are associated, that is, the image forming apparatus to be associated with the organization can be recorded in the cloud server platform 100, so that the image forming apparatus and the organization to which the image forming apparatus belongs can be managed and controlled together, for example, how many image forming apparatuses the organization corresponds to can be quickly known, the operation information of the image forming apparatus can be conveniently traced back according to the organization to which the organization belongs later, how many image forming apparatuses are associated with the current enterprise can be quickly known, and the cost management and control can be performed based on the number of image forming apparatuses, and only the users of the enterprise to which the image forming apparatus belongs can be allowed to use the corresponding image forming apparatuses. The specific method of associating the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus with the mechanism information characterizing the image forming apparatus may be in the form of a memory table, storing the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus and the mechanism information characterizing the image forming apparatus one-to-one, or using the mechanism information characterizing the image forming apparatus as a header, and then storing all the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the mechanism information as one table; of course, other forms, such as folder management, or software code recording, etc., may be used instead of tables; as long as the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus is input in the cloud server platform 100, the mechanism information characterizing the image forming apparatus can be quickly acquired, or the mechanism information characterizing the image forming apparatus can be input, the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus can be quickly acquired; in a specific form, the present embodiment is not limited thereto.
By adopting the technical scheme provided by the embodiment, the user, the image forming device and the mechanism to which the image forming device belongs can be associated in the processes of user registration and image forming device registration; thus, the cloud server platform can effectively manage and control users and image forming devices.
In the technical solution provided in this embodiment, in the process of registering the image forming apparatus to the cloud server platform, it is also necessary to associate the specification of the image forming apparatus with the image forming apparatus, and the specific association manner is similar to the association of the aforementioned affiliated institution information, but the associated content is different. The specification information mentioned in the present embodiment generally refers to consumable information, time, and the like consumed by the image forming apparatus to process an image to support different functions and/or to perform an image processing process; and, the higher the specification information generally means the higher the cost consumed to complete the corresponding image processing operation, and correspondingly, the lower the specification information generally means the lower the cost consumed to complete the corresponding image processing operation. For example, when the paper size is used as the specification information, A4 is lower than A3 in specification, and A4 is referred to as a low specification and A3 is a high specification.
The mechanism information of the image forming apparatus and the identification information of the image forming apparatus may be directly represented by a bar code (for example, a two-dimensional code), for example, the image forming apparatus directly generates the two-dimensional code including the mechanism information of the image forming apparatus and the identification information of the image forming apparatus, and displays the two-dimensional code on a display panel of the image forming apparatus or directly prints the two-dimensional code; or can be generated by a terminal connected with the image forming device, then sent to the image forming device, displayed by a display panel of the image forming device, or directly printed by the image forming device; the cloud server platform 100 may also generate a two-dimensional code including organization information to which the image forming apparatus belongs and identification information of the image forming apparatus after the image forming apparatus completes registration at the cloud server platform 100. When the user wants to use the image forming device later, the user can directly scan bar code information by using the terminal, then network connection among the terminal, the cloud server platform 100 and the image forming device can be established, and operation transmission, state information feedback and the like can be completed among the terminal, the cloud server platform 100 and the image forming device.
An embodiment of a cloud server platform for performing job processing on a high-specification document-limited low-specification image forming apparatus
As shown in fig. 5, the present embodiment also provides an image formation control method including:
s110, receiving specification parameter information representing the image processing capability of the image forming device, and associating characteristic information for identifying the image forming device with the specification parameter;
in the process of registering the image forming device to the cloud server platform, the cloud server receives specification parameters corresponding to the image processing capacity of the image forming device and correlates characteristic information for identifying the image forming device with the specification parameters; the definition of the feature information and the specification parameter refers to the description of the foregoing embodiments of the present application, and is not repeated herein.
The feature information for identifying the image forming apparatus may be associated with the specification parameter, and may be stored in association with the specification parameter selected by the user and the feature information for identifying the image forming apparatus directly during the user registration. In the registration process, the consumption parameter information may be returned based on the specification parameter selected by the user, and the feature information for the image forming apparatus may be identified for association with the specification parameter after payment by the user. The user can feed back the activation code after paying corresponding consumption parameter information according to the specification parameters in advance; inputting an activation code in the process of registering the image forming device to the cloud platform; after the cloud server platform confirms that the activation code is available, the feature information for identifying the image forming apparatus is associated with the specification parameter.
S120, receiving a job document expected to be subjected to image processing by the image forming device and the image forming device expected to be subjected to the image processing, and acquiring specification parameters in the job document;
the cloud server platform receives the job document uploaded by the image forming device and acquires the specification parameters from the job document, or directly sends the specification parameters and the job document to the cloud server platform in the process of uploading the job document; the image forming apparatuses that desire to complete the image processing of the job document may be selected together when the job document is selected, or in the embodiments mentioned below, the job document may be uploaded first and then the two-dimensional code of the image forming apparatus is scanned, thereby selecting the image forming apparatus that desires to complete the image processing of the job document.
S130, judging whether the specification parameters in the job document are matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, and if the specification parameters in the job document are not matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document and exceed the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, not allowing the job document to be sent to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document (S160).
Therefore, if the specification parameters in the job document exceed the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, so that the document specification and the specification of the image forming device can be better controlled, the document is prevented from being input to the image forming device which is not matched, and the problem that the document specification received by the image forming device is inconsistent with the executable image processing specification in the registration process can be avoided.
As shown in fig. 5, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the image forming control method further includes:
if the specification parameter in the job document matches the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document (S130), the job document is allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document (S150); and/or the number of the groups of groups,
if the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document and is smaller than the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document (S140), transmission of the job document to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document is continued to be permitted.
Of course, the technical solution provided in the present embodiment is not limited to this, and the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus does not match, and is smaller than the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus (S140), and the job document may not be allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus.
In a further preferred embodiment, the specification parameter is a document size, and when the size of the job document is smaller than or equal to a maximum document size that can be processed by the image forming apparatus, the job document is sent to the image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document; when the size of the job document is larger than the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus can process, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus for which completion of the job document is desired.
As shown in fig. 6, another embodiment of the present invention further provides an image forming control method based on fig. 5, including:
s100, registering the image forming device in a cloud server platform, and collecting registration consumption parameters of the image forming device based on corresponding specification parameter information grades of the image forming device; and
steps S110 to S160 are the same as those of fig. 5.
Namely, the image forming control method provided by the present embodiment further includes:
Registering the image forming device in a cloud server platform, and preprocessing a job document before the cloud server platform receives the job document from the user terminal and sends the job document to the image forming device; the image forming device is registered in the cloud server platform, and whether the registered consumption parameters of the image forming device are matched with the corresponding specification parameter information grades of the image forming device is also required to be confirmed.
The image forming device is registered in the cloud server platform, and the specification parameter information level corresponding to the image forming device is input or selected by a user. In a preferred embodiment, among the specification parameter information levels corresponding to the image forming apparatus, the different specification parameter information levels are different in correspondence with the registered consumption parameter levels, and the specification parameter information levels are larger in correspondence with the job document size, the higher the corresponding registered consumption parameter levels are.
Therefore, according to the technical scheme, when the application scene of the registration consumption parameters of the image forming device is received based on the corresponding specification parameter information grade of the image forming device, the image forming device can be prevented from being registered as a low grade type by a user maliciously, and the follow-up document management and the traceability of the cloud server platform are affected. Further, if the cloud server platform allocates resources for the image forming apparatus according to the registration level, it is possible to avoid registering at a low level, subsequently transmitting a high-level job rule, increasing an underintended burden on image processing of the cloud server platform, and affecting job document output timeliness.
The image forming apparatus is registered in the cloud server platform, and the specification parameter information level corresponding to the image forming apparatus is input or selected by the user. The charging control unit receives the specification parameter information grade corresponding to the image forming device and inputs or selects the specification parameter information grade for a user; in the application scene with higher secret-related requirements, the cloud server platform is not required to automatically collect the information of the feedback specification parameter information grade of the image forming device, meanwhile, inconsistent information expression fed back by different types of image forming devices can be avoided, and the situation that the cloud server platform cannot recognize the information is avoided; so the user input or selection can be more beneficial to the popularization and application of the technical scheme.
[ procedure of image Forming apparatus performing image Forming processing, such as printing procedure ]
As shown in fig. 7, after the end user and the image forming apparatus complete registration at the cloud server platform, the print processing flow provided by the present embodiment includes:
s201, logging in by a user, and uploading a job document.
The user logs in the account through the web on the mobile terminal or the PC terminal, uploads the job document, or logs in the account through the application on the mobile terminal or the PC terminal, uploads the job document.
S203, storing a job document;
after receiving the job document uploaded by the user, the cloud service platform stores the job document on the cloud server, and if the user is an enterprise user, the job document is also associated with enterprise information, for example, the job document is stored in a folder under an enterprise account.
S205, the terminal scans the corresponding two-dimensional code of the image forming apparatus:
the user scans the two-dimensional code corresponding after registration in the image forming apparatus by a predetermined application program (imaging APP dedicated to the present embodiment or other application programs supporting the imaging processing plug-in, such as WeChat, payment device, spike, etc.).
S207, acquiring image forming apparatus characteristic information:
the terminal analyzes the two-dimensional code by a predetermined application program (an imaging APP dedicated to the present embodiment or other application programs supporting an imaging processing plug-in, such as WeChat, payment device, nail, etc.), and acquires image forming apparatus characteristic information contained in the two-dimensional code.
S209, transmitting image forming apparatus characteristic information:
the terminal transmits the image forming apparatus characteristic information acquired in S207 to the cloud server platform.
S211, inquiring the state information of the image forming device:
the cloud server platform inquires the state of the corresponding image forming device according to the characteristic information of the image forming device, such as whether the current image forming device is on line or not, and whether consumable material information in the current image forming device can finish the current operation document or not; specifically, the SNMP protocol may be employed to query the status of the image forming apparatus, although the present implementation is not limited thereto.
S213, feeding back image forming apparatus status information:
the image forming apparatus feeds back its own status information to the cloud server platform, for example, SNMP protocol feedback may also be adopted.
S215, preprocessing a job document:
the cloud server platform performs preprocessing on the job document, for example, a driver for an image forming apparatus is installed in the cloud server for rendering, printing language conversion, and the like, so that the image forming apparatus can complete a corresponding image processing operation.
S217, sending the preprocessed job document:
the cloud server platform transmits job document prognosis processing to the image forming apparatus.
S219, performing an imaging operation:
the image forming apparatus performs an image forming operation.
S221, feeding back imaging operation state information and page number information:
the image forming apparatus feeds back image processing information, such as page number information of jobs, etc., which has been specifically executed successfully.
S223, charging calculation and automatic fee deduction:
the cloud server or the terminal generates fee information based on the status information and the page number information fed back by the image forming device, and preferably, the fee information is directly deducted from the account of the user, and the specific deduction mode can be directly deducted by the amount of money or deducted from the printable number of sheets.
Fig. 7 is, of course, merely a preferred implementation provided by the present embodiment, and the present embodiment is not limited thereto, and for example, job document uploading and selection of image forming apparatuses, fee payment information may be combined in different orders; these different combinations are all within the scope of the present invention.
[ image Forming apparatus performing the procedure of image Forming processing, such as the copying procedure ]
As shown in fig. 8, after the end user and the image forming apparatus finish registration at the cloud server platform, the copy processing flow provided by the present embodiment includes:
s201, user login:
the user logs in account information through a web, application on the mobile terminal or PC terminal.
S205, the terminal scans the two-dimensional code corresponding to the image forming device.
S207, obtaining characteristic information of the image forming device.
S209, image forming apparatus characteristic information is transmitted.
S211, inquiring the state information of the image forming device.
S213, feeding back the state information of the image forming device.
S225, operating a copy key: the user clicks a copy operation button on the image forming apparatus to activate a copy operation function of the image forming apparatus.
S227, feedback copies the scanned document or page number information.
S219, performing an imaging operation.
S221, feeding back imaging operation state information and page number information.
S223, calculating the charge and automatically deducting the charge.
As shown in fig. 9, the present embodiment also provides an image forming control apparatus 400, the control apparatus 400 including:
an image forming apparatus specification parameter registration unit 410 for receiving specification parameter information characterizing an image processing capability of the image forming apparatus, and associating characteristic information for identifying the image forming apparatus with the specification parameter;
an imaging job information receiving unit 420 for receiving a job document for which image processing by the image forming apparatus is desired and an image forming apparatus for which completion of the job document is desired, and acquiring specification parameters in the job document;
an image forming process judging unit 430 for judging whether or not the specification parameter in the job document matches the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document; the imaging process judging unit is configured to: if the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document and exceeds the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document.
In a preferred implementation manner provided in the present embodiment, the imaging processing determining unit 430 is further configured to:
if the specification parameter in the job document matches the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document, the job document is allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
if the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document and is smaller than the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document, transmission of the job document to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document is continued to be permitted.
In a preferred implementation manner further provided in the present embodiment, the specification parameter is a document size, and the imaging processing determining unit is configured to: when the size of the job document is smaller than or equal to the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus can process, transmitting the job document to the image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document; when the size of the job document is larger than the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus can process, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus for which completion of the job document is desired.
As shown in fig. 10, in a preferred implementation manner provided in this embodiment, the image forming apparatus 400 further includes a charging management and control unit 440, where the image forming apparatus is registered in the cloud server platform, and the charging management and control unit 440 confirms whether the registered consumption parameters of the image forming apparatus match the corresponding specification parameter information levels of the image forming apparatus; and registering the image forming apparatus in the cloud server platform, the cloud server platform receives the job document from the user terminal and pre-processes the job document before sending to the image forming apparatus.
In a further preferred implementation of the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus is registered in the cloud server platform, and the charging management and control unit 440 receives the specification parameter information level corresponding to the image forming apparatus, and inputs or selects the specification parameter information level by the user. In a further preferred embodiment, among the specification parameter information levels corresponding to the image forming apparatus, the different specification parameter information levels are different in correspondence with the registered consumption parameter levels, and the specification parameter information levels are larger in correspondence with the job document size, the higher the corresponding registered consumption parameter levels are.
The image forming control device provided in this embodiment can execute the image forming control method, so that the same technical effects as those of the image forming control method can be obtained, and the description thereof will not be repeated.
As shown in fig. 11, the present embodiment further provides an electronic device, including:
a memory 510;
a processor 520; and
a computer program;
wherein the above-described computer program is stored in the memory 510 and configured to be executed by the processor 520 to implement any one of the image formation control methods described above.
The present embodiment also provides a computer-readable storage medium having a computer program stored thereon; the computer program is executed by a processor to implement any one of the image formation control methods provided in the first aspect as described above.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather to enable any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement or the like to be made within the spirit and principles of the invention.

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1. An image forming control method, characterized by comprising:
receiving specification parameter information representing an image processing capability of an image forming apparatus, and associating characteristic information for identifying the image forming apparatus with the specification parameter information, the characteristic information for the image forming apparatus including identification information of the image forming apparatus;
Receiving a job document for which the image forming apparatus is expected to complete image processing and an image forming apparatus for which the job document is expected to complete, and acquiring specification parameters in the job document;
judging whether the specification parameters in the job document are matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device expected to finish the job document, and if the specification parameters in the job document are not matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device expected to finish the job document and exceed the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device expected to finish the job document, not allowing the job document to be sent to the image forming device expected to finish the job document;
the method further comprises the steps of: registering the image forming device in a cloud server platform, and preprocessing a job document received by the cloud server platform from a user terminal before the job document is sent to the image forming device; the image forming device is registered in the cloud server platform, whether the registered consumption parameters of the image forming device are matched with the corresponding specification parameter information grades of the image forming device is also required to be confirmed, and the registered consumption parameters of the image forming device are collected based on the corresponding specification parameter information grades of the image forming device;
The different specification parameter information grades correspond to different registered consumption parameters, and the larger the specification parameter information grade corresponds to the size of the operation document, the higher the corresponding registered consumption parameters.
2. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:
allowing the job document to be sent to an image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document if the specification parameter in the job document matches specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
if the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document and is smaller than the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document, continuing to allow the job document to be sent to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the specification parameter in the job document is a size of the document, and when the size of the job document is smaller than or equal to a maximum document size that an image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document can process, the job document is sent to the image forming apparatus that desires to complete the job document; when the size of the job document is larger than the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus that is expected to complete the job document can process, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus that is expected to complete the job document.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus is registered in a cloud server platform, and the specification parameter information level corresponding to the image forming apparatus is input or selected by a user.
5. An image forming control apparatus, comprising:
an image forming apparatus specification parameter registration unit configured to receive specification parameter information characterizing an image processing capability of an image forming apparatus, and to correlate characteristic information for identifying the image forming apparatus with the specification parameter information, the characteristic information for the image forming apparatus including identification information of the image forming apparatus;
an image forming job information receiving unit configured to receive a job document for which image processing by an image forming apparatus is desired and an image forming apparatus for which completion of the job document is desired, and acquire specification parameters in the job document;
an imaging processing judging unit for judging whether the specification parameter in the job document is matched with the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document; the imaging processing judgment unit is configured to: if the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document and exceeds the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming device desiring to complete the job document;
The device further comprises a charging management and control unit, wherein the image forming device is registered in the cloud server platform, the charging management and control unit confirms whether the registered consumption parameters of the image forming device are matched with the corresponding specification parameter information grades of the image forming device, and the image forming device registered consumption parameters are collected based on the corresponding specification parameter information grades of the image forming device; the different specification parameter information levels correspond to different registered consumption parameters, and the larger the specification parameter information levels correspond to the size of the operation document, the higher the corresponding registered consumption parameters; and registering the image forming apparatus in a cloud server platform, wherein the cloud server platform receives a job document from a user terminal and pre-processes the job document before sending the job document to the image forming apparatus.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the imaging processing determination unit is further configured to:
allowing the job document to be sent to an image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document if the specification parameter in the job document matches specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document; and/or the number of the groups of groups,
If the specification parameter in the job document does not match the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document and is smaller than the specification parameter information corresponding to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document, continuing to allow the job document to be sent to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the specification parameter in the job document is a size of the document, and the image forming process judging unit is configured to: when the size of the job document is smaller than or equal to the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document can process, transmitting the job document to the image forming apparatus desiring to complete the job document; when the size of the job document is larger than the maximum document size that the image forming apparatus that is expected to complete the job document can process, the job document is not allowed to be sent to the image forming apparatus that is expected to complete the job document.
8. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the image forming apparatus is registered in a cloud server platform, and the charging management and control unit receives a specification parameter information level corresponding to the image forming apparatus, and is input or selected by a user.
9. An image forming system, comprising:
a cloud server platform including the image formation control apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8; and
one or more image forming apparatuses connected to the cloud server platform, and specification parameter information is associated when the image forming apparatuses are registered with the cloud server.
10. An electronic device, comprising:
a memory;
a processor; and
a computer program;
wherein the computer program is stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor to implement the method of any of claims 1-4.
11. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that a computer program is stored thereon; the computer program being executed by a processor to implement the method of any of claims 1-4.
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