CN110502197B - Image forming apparatus registration method, image forming apparatus registration system, and image forming apparatus control method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an image forming device registration method, a system and a control method of the image forming device, which are used for solving the technical problem that the authority control of the image forming device of a specified manufacturer is lacked in the prior art, wherein the image forming device registration method comprises the following steps: the cloud server platform receives characteristic information of the image forming device and corresponding authorization codes; associating the image forming devices corresponding to the characteristic information with authorization codes, wherein the authorization codes required to be associated by different image forming devices are different; and based on the difference of the user characteristics of the image forming device, the input modes corresponding to the authorization codes are different. Therefore, the cloud server platform can control the image forming apparatus by means of the authorization code.
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[ field of technology ]
The present invention relates to the technical field of image forming, and in particular, to the technical field of cloud printing, and more particularly, to a registration method and system of an image forming apparatus and a control method of the image forming apparatus.
[ 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); therefore, those skilled in the art are urgent to develop a technical solution that can perform authority control for an image forming apparatus of a specific manufacturer, and further perform authority control according to the specifications of the image forming apparatus, and particularly, a technical solution that considers separate full control for enterprise cloud printing and personal cloud printing without increasing the burden of a system and convenience of a user.
[ invention ]
In order to solve the technical problem that the authority management and control of the image forming device aiming at a specified manufacturer is lacking in the prior art, the embodiment of the invention provides an image forming device registration method, an image forming device registration system and an image forming device control method, and the technical scheme that the cloud server platform can manage and control the image forming device by means of an authorization code is provided.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a technical solution comprising:
in one aspect, the present invention provides an image forming apparatus registration method, comprising:
the cloud server platform receives characteristic information of the image forming device and corresponding authorization codes;
associating the image forming devices corresponding to the characteristic information with authorization codes, wherein the authorization codes required to be associated by different image forming devices are different; and based on the difference of the user characteristics of the image forming device, the input modes corresponding to the authorization codes are different.
In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the input mode corresponding to the authorization code includes: when the user to which the image forming device belongs is an enterprise type user, inputting characteristic information of the image forming device and the corresponding authorization code into a cloud server platform through an administrator account; and when the user to which the image forming device belongs is a personal user, directly receiving the characteristic information of the image forming device fed back by the personal account and the corresponding authorization code.
In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, when the user to which the image forming apparatus belongs is an enterprise type user, the characteristic information of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and the authorization codes respectively corresponding to the plurality of image forming apparatuses are directly input to the cloud server platform at one time through a batch importing tool.
In an embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the image forming apparatus registration method further includes: and when the image forming device corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code, associating the validity period corresponding to the authorization.
In an embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the image forming apparatus registration method further includes: a pattern forming device which receives specification parameters corresponding to the image forming device and which requires different types of authorization codes; and when the image forming device corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code, the specification parameters are also associated.
In a second aspect, the present invention also provides an image forming apparatus registration system, comprising:
an image forming apparatus information acquiring unit configured to acquire characteristic information of an image forming apparatus and a corresponding authorization code, and transmit the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus and the corresponding authorization code to a cloud server platform; and
an image forming device registration unit arranged in the cloud server platform and used for associating the image forming device corresponding to the characteristic information with an authorization code, wherein the authorization codes required to be associated by different image forming devices are different; and based on the difference of the user characteristics of the image forming device, the input mode corresponding to the authorization code obtained by the image forming device information obtaining unit is different.
In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the method for acquiring, by the image forming apparatus information acquiring unit, an input mode corresponding to the authorization code includes: when the user to which the image forming device belongs is an enterprise type user, inputting characteristic information of the image forming device and the corresponding authorization code into a cloud server platform through an administrator account; and when the user to which the image forming device belongs is a personal user, directly receiving the characteristic information of the image forming device fed back by the personal account and the corresponding authorization code.
In the embodiment of the present invention, it is further preferable that, when the user to which the image forming apparatus belongs is an enterprise type user, the characteristic information of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and the authorization codes respectively corresponding to the plurality of image forming apparatuses are directly input to the image forming apparatus information acquisition unit at a time through a batch import tool.
In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, when the image forming apparatus registration unit associates the image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information with the authorization code, the image forming apparatus registration unit also associates the validity period corresponding to the authorization.
In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the image forming apparatus information obtaining unit is further configured to obtain specification parameters corresponding to the image forming apparatus, and different types of authorization codes are required for the image forming apparatus with different specification parameters; the image forming apparatus registration unit associates the specification parameter when associating the image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information with an authorization code.
In a third aspect, the present invention also provides a control method of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
judging whether the image forming apparatus is registered to a cloud server platform according to any one of the image forming apparatus registration methods provided in the first aspect;
when the image forming apparatus registers with the cloud server platform, the job document is allowed to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus.
In a fourth aspect, 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 or third aspects as provided above.
In a fifth aspect, 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 set forth in any one of the first or third aspects above.
By adopting the technical scheme provided by the invention, at least one of the following beneficial effects can be obtained:
1. the method for performing association management with the image forming device based on the authorization code is provided, so that only the image forming device of a specified manufacturer can register to the cloud server platform, and excessive image forming devices are prevented from registering, and the cloud server platform is prevented from being excessively burdened. Based on different user characteristics of the image forming device, the input modes corresponding to the authorization codes are different; thus, the cloud server platform can be compatible with personal cloud printing service and enterprise cloud printing service at the same time.
2. Because the cloud server platform can provide management accounts for enterprises, the management accounts can be directly managed by administrators, and registration management and control can be directly carried out by non-enterprise users; the personal user can send a request for purchasing the authorization code to the cloud server platform through the terminal, and the cloud server platform directly feeds back the authorization code to the personal user after receiving the corresponding expense information; therefore, different registration methods can be formulated for different users, and market popularization of the technical scheme is facilitated. Further, the enterprise user can support batch registration, so that registration of a plurality of image forming apparatuses in the cloud server platform can be completed more quickly.
3. The image forming devices with different specification parameters need different types of authorization codes, and when the image forming devices corresponding to the characteristic information are associated with the authorization codes, the specification parameters are also associated; therefore, authority management and control can be better carried out according to the specification of the image forming device, so that the operation requirement of the cloud server platform can be better met, and the cloud server platform can accurately carry out resource allocation according to the specification information of the image forming device.
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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 apparatus registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a flowchart of another image forming apparatus registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a flowchart of another image forming apparatus registration method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a control method of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image forming apparatus registration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 10 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, mobile web, 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 cloud server platform, or may be respectively disposed on different cloud server platforms (in this case, each cloud server platform may be respectively disposed on the control unit, or the control unit may be separately disposed on one cloud server platform); some units can be arranged on a cloud server platform; 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.
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
Because the image forming device is provided with the network communication unit, if a cloud server platform website is built in the image forming device, the cloud server platform website is input through a panel or Webpage corresponding to the image forming device, or the cloud server platform website is transmitted to the image forming device through a 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 cloud server platform. 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.
Embodiment of registering an image forming apparatus with a cloud server platform based on an authorization code
As shown in fig. 5, the present embodiment provides an image forming apparatus registration method including:
s110, the cloud server platform receives characteristic information of the image forming device and corresponding authorization codes;
s120, associating the image forming devices corresponding to the characteristic information with the authorization codes, wherein the authorization codes required to be associated by different image forming devices are different; and the input modes corresponding to the authorization codes are different based on the difference of the characteristics of the users of the image forming device.
Therefore, a method for performing association management with an image forming apparatus based on an authorization code is provided, so that only the image forming apparatus of a specified manufacturer can register to the cloud server platform, and excessive image forming apparatus registration is avoided, which results in excessive load on the cloud server platform. Based on different user characteristics of the image forming device, the input modes corresponding to the authorization codes are different; thus, the cloud server platform can be compatible with personal cloud printing service and enterprise cloud printing service at the same time.
In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the input mode corresponding to the authorization code includes: when the user to which the image forming device belongs is an enterprise type user, inputting characteristic information and a corresponding authorization code of the image forming device in the cloud server platform through an administrator account; when the user to which the image forming device belongs is a personal user, the characteristic information of the image forming device fed back by the personal account and the corresponding authorization code are directly received.
In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, when the user to which the image forming apparatus belongs is an enterprise type user, the characteristic information of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and the authorization codes corresponding to the respective image forming apparatuses are directly input to the cloud server platform at one time through the batch import tool.
Because the cloud server platform can provide management accounts for enterprises, the management accounts can be directly managed by administrators, and registration management and control can be directly carried out by non-enterprise users; the personal user can send a request for purchasing the authorization code to the cloud server platform through the terminal, and the cloud server platform directly feeds back the authorization code to the personal user after receiving the corresponding expense information; therefore, different registration methods can be formulated for different users, and market popularization of the technical scheme is facilitated. Further, the enterprise user can support batch registration, so that registration of a plurality of image forming apparatuses in the cloud server platform can be completed more quickly.
In an embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the image forming apparatus registration method further includes: when the image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code, the validity period corresponding to the authorization is associated.
In an embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the image forming apparatus registration method further includes: a pattern forming device for receiving specification parameters corresponding to the image forming device and requiring different types of authorization codes; when the image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code, the specification parameter is also associated.
Therefore, since the image forming devices with different specification parameters need different types of authorization codes, the specification parameters are also associated when the image forming devices corresponding to the characteristic information are associated with the authorization codes; therefore, authority management and control can be better carried out according to the specification of the image forming device, so that the operation requirement of the cloud server platform can be better met, and the cloud server platform can accurately carry out resource allocation according to the specification information of the image forming device.
In a preferred implementation manner of this embodiment, the image forming apparatus registration method further includes: if the validity period of the association of the image forming device and the authorization code has expired, the image forming device and the corresponding authorization code are unbound, and the cloud server platform does not provide cloud service for the image forming device. Of course, the image forming apparatus mentioned in this embodiment may be unbound by the cloud server platform administrator by modifying the data information of the cloud server platform in other states. And after the image forming apparatus and the corresponding authorization code are unbound, the image forming apparatus may be associated with and registered to the cloud server platform again based on the new authorization code, and the specific registration process may be the same as the above-mentioned new registration.
In a preferred implementation manner of this embodiment, the image forming apparatus registration method further includes: the cloud server platform receives image forming apparatus identification information, specifically including:
after the image forming device is connected to a network, automatically accessing a network address corresponding to the cloud server platform, and sending characteristic information of the image forming device to the cloud server platform; specifically, the access address of the cloud server platform and the automatically accessed firmware may be input in advance within the image forming apparatus by the image forming apparatus manufacturer.
Running a registration application program on the terminal, wherein the registration application program acquires a searchable image forming device in a network where the terminal is located, and feeds back the searchable image forming device to the cloud server platform;
the cloud server platform confirms an image forming device to be associated which is not established with the searched image forming devices, and feeds the image forming device to be associated back to a terminal where a registration application program is located;
selecting an image forming device to be associated from a terminal where a registration application program is located, and acquiring corresponding affiliated mechanism information by the registration application program;
the cloud server platform receives image forming apparatus characteristic information and corresponding affiliated institution information.
The terminal where the registration application is located may be the aforementioned user login terminal, or may be a stand-alone terminal, for example, a computer in an office. The registration application may search for an image forming apparatus in a local area network where a current terminal (belonging to a current organization) is located by a wired network protocol, or may search for an image forming apparatus connected to the same router as the terminal by a wireless network protocol. The registration application may acquire the corresponding information of the affiliated institution, which may be input by the user on the registration application, or may automatically acquire the registration application based on the information of the current terminal (belonging to the current institution) itself, for example, the information of the affiliated institution provided in other application software in the terminal.
As shown in fig. 6, the embodiment provides a specific process for registering an image forming apparatus by an enterprise-level user, including:
s201, an enterprise administrator logs in and inputs a serial number of an image forming device and a corresponding authorization code;
for example, downloading a batch import tool on a management interface corresponding to the cloud server platform; then applying for authorization code files on the appointed page by the appointed enterprise account, inputting A4/A3 model during application, and selecting the aging of the authorization code; the specific registration method comprises the following steps: mode 1), an enterprise administrator inputs an image forming apparatus serial number on an enterprise management page to register the image forming apparatus, mode 2), inputs an authorization code file through a batch import tool, and scans a printer in a local area network to register with a cloud server platform.
The enterprise newly-added mode comprises the following steps: mode 1), enterprise users register enterprises by themselves, and superior service providers or common enterprises are selected; mode 2), the facilitator adds the enterprise to the enterprise.
S203, the serial number of the image forming device is associated with the corresponding authorization code, and the specific association mode is similar to the association of the information of the mechanism to which the information belongs, but the associated content is different.
S205, after the image forming device is started, a link request (such as a preset cloud server platform website is built in advance, and the image forming device is automatically accessed after the image forming device is started) is sent, and the self serial number of the image forming device is transmitted, and other parameters capable of representing the characteristic information of the image forming device can be also used. For example, when the image forming apparatus is powered on, a link request is sent to the cloud server platform.
S207, determining whether the image forming apparatus registers: the cloud server platform confirms whether the image forming apparatus is registered, that is, determines whether the serial number of the image forming apparatus and the authorization code are associated according to the above scheme, or determines whether the serial number of the image forming apparatus is in the registered whitelist.
S209, feeding back whether cloud imaging processing is available: after the first registration of the image forming device is successful, the image forming device automatically prints out the two-dimensional code; the image forming device records whether the image forming device is registered in the cloud server platform or not, and if the image forming device is registered, the image forming device is connected with the cloud server platform; if not registered, the cloud server platform notifies the image forming apparatus that it is unregistered, and the image forming apparatus reports error information.
As shown in fig. 7, the present embodiment provides a specific procedure for an individual user to register an image forming apparatus, including:
s301, logging in a user.
S303, scanning a two-dimensional code corresponding to the image forming device: and operating a panel key of the image forming device, printing out the two-dimensional code, and then scanning the two-dimensional code corresponding to the image forming device by using the terminal.
S305, analyzing two-dimensional code information: the terminal analyzes the two-dimensional code information to obtain serial number information of the image forming device, and the two-dimensional code can also comprise address information for accessing the cloud server platform;
s307, uploading the registration request and transmitting the serial number information of the image forming device.
S309, feeding back the fee payment information.
S311, feeding back payment information.
S313, assigning an authorization code, and associating the serial number of the image forming apparatus with the authorization code.
S315, the cloud server platform feeds back information available for the cloud imaging process to the image forming apparatus.
And S317, the cloud server platform feeds back the information available for cloud imaging processing to the terminal.
As shown in fig. 8, the present embodiment also provides a control method of an image forming apparatus, the method including:
s410, judging whether the image forming device is registered to the cloud server platform according to any one of the image forming device registration methods provided by the technical scheme of the embodiment;
when the image forming apparatus registers with the cloud server platform, the job document is permitted to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus (S420), otherwise the job document is not permitted to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus (S430).
As shown in fig. 9, the present embodiment also provides an image forming apparatus registration system including:
an image forming apparatus information acquiring unit 410 configured to acquire characteristic information of an image forming apparatus and a corresponding authorization code, and transmit the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus and the corresponding authorization code to a cloud server platform; and
an image forming apparatus registration unit 420 provided in the cloud server platform, configured to associate an image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information with an authorization code, where authorization codes to be associated by different image forming apparatuses are different; and based on the difference of the user characteristics of the image forming device, the input modes corresponding to the authorization codes acquired by the image forming device information acquisition unit are different.
In the embodiment of the present invention, preferably, the input mode of the image forming apparatus information obtaining unit 410 for obtaining the authorization code includes: when the user to which the image forming device belongs is an enterprise type user, inputting characteristic information and a corresponding authorization code of the image forming device in the cloud server platform through an administrator account; when the user to which the image forming device belongs is a personal user, the characteristic information of the image forming device fed back by the personal account and the corresponding authorization code are directly received.
In the embodiment of the present invention, it is further preferable that, when the user to which the image forming apparatus belongs is an enterprise-type user, the characteristic information of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and the authorization codes respectively corresponding thereto are directly input to the image forming apparatus information acquisition unit at a time through the batch import tool.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the image forming apparatus registration unit 420 preferably associates the validity period corresponding to the authorization with the expiration date corresponding to the authorization code when the image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the image forming apparatus information obtaining unit 410 is preferably further configured to obtain specification parameters corresponding to the image forming apparatus, and different types of authorization codes are required for the image forming apparatuses with different specification parameters; the image forming apparatus registration unit 420 associates the image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information with the authorization code, and also associates the specification parameter.
The image forming apparatus registration system provided by the embodiment can execute the image forming apparatus registration method, and the specific implementation process and technical effects are not repeated.
As shown in fig. 10, 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 forming apparatus registration method or the control method of the image forming apparatus as 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 forming apparatus registration methods or the control method of the image forming apparatus as provided in the first aspect 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 apparatus registration method, comprising:
the cloud server platform receives characteristic information of the image forming device and corresponding authorization codes;
associating the image forming devices corresponding to the characteristic information with authorization codes, wherein the authorization codes required to be associated by different image forming devices are different; based on the difference of the user characteristics of the image forming device, the input modes corresponding to the authorization codes are different; the input mode corresponding to the authorization code comprises the following steps: when the user to which the image forming device belongs is an enterprise type user, inputting characteristic information of the image forming device and the corresponding authorization code into a cloud server platform through an administrator account; when the user to which the image forming device belongs is a personal user, directly receiving characteristic information of the image forming device fed back by the personal account and the corresponding authorization code;
the image forming device corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code, namely the image forming device which needs to be associated with the authorization code can be recorded in the cloud server platform, so that the image forming device and the authorization code can be managed and controlled together.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the user to which the image forming apparatus belongs is an enterprise type user, the characteristic information of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and the authorization codes respectively corresponding thereto are directly input to the cloud server platform at one time through a batch import tool.
3. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising: and when the image forming device corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code, associating the validity period corresponding to the authorization.
4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising: a pattern forming device which receives specification parameters corresponding to the image forming device and which requires different types of authorization codes; and when the image forming device corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code, the specification parameters are also associated.
5. An image forming apparatus registration system, characterized by comprising:
an image forming apparatus information acquiring unit configured to acquire characteristic information of an image forming apparatus and a corresponding authorization code, and transmit the characteristic information of the image forming apparatus and the corresponding authorization code to a cloud server platform; and
an image forming device registration unit arranged in the cloud server platform and used for associating the image forming device corresponding to the characteristic information with an authorization code, wherein the authorization codes required to be associated by different image forming devices are different; based on the difference of the user characteristics of the image forming device, the input modes corresponding to the authorization codes obtained by the image forming device information obtaining unit are different; the input mode corresponding to the authorization code comprises the following steps: when the user to which the image forming device belongs is an enterprise type user, inputting characteristic information of the image forming device and the corresponding authorization code into a cloud server platform through an administrator account; when the user to which the image forming device belongs is a personal user, directly receiving characteristic information of the image forming device fed back by the personal account and the corresponding authorization code;
the image forming device corresponding to the characteristic information is associated with the authorization code, namely the image forming device which needs to be associated with the authorization code can be recorded in the cloud server platform, so that the image forming device and the authorization code can be managed and controlled together.
6. The system according to claim 5, wherein when the user to which the image forming apparatus belongs is an enterprise-type user, the characteristic information of the plurality of image forming apparatuses and the authorization codes respectively corresponding thereto are directly input to the image forming apparatus information acquisition unit at one time by a batch import tool.
7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the image forming apparatus registration unit associates the validity period corresponding to the authorization, when associating the image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information with an authorization code.
8. The system according to claim 5, wherein the image forming apparatus information acquisition unit is further configured to acquire specification parameters corresponding to the image forming apparatus, and different types of authorization codes are required for the image forming apparatuses of different specification parameters; the image forming apparatus registration unit associates the specification parameter when associating the image forming apparatus corresponding to the characteristic information with an authorization code.
9. A control method of an image forming apparatus, comprising:
determining whether the image forming apparatus registers to a cloud server platform according to the image forming apparatus registration method as set forth in any one of claims 1 to 4;
when the image forming apparatus registers with the cloud server platform, the job document is allowed to be transmitted to the image forming apparatus.
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 one of claims 1-4 or 9.
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 or 9.
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