CN112367438B - Image post-processing control method, image post-processing control apparatus, storage medium, and image forming apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
According to the technical scheme of the image post-processing control method, the image post-processing control device, the image post-processing control storage medium and the image forming device, the current job data and the initial page number are obtained, the current job data is composed of a plurality of initial job data, the initial page number is used for indicating the page number corresponding to the initial job data, the image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data are determined based on the upper limit page number of the image post-processing, the current job data and the initial page number, the image post-processing equipment is controlled to execute the image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameters and the current job data, the image post-processing time can be correctly judged, and the image post-processing efficiency is improved.
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The present invention relates to the field of image forming technology, and in particular, to an image post-processing control method, apparatus, storage medium, and image forming apparatus.
[ background of the invention ]
With the development of office automation equipment, particularly image forming equipment such as a laser printer having a high printing speed, documents to be distributed to participants can be created while a meeting, a lecture, or a debate is in progress. When a document to be distributed is printed out using a laser printer having a high printing speed, the document should be prepared according to the number of participants. As the number of participants increases, the time required to print a document increases. When multiple copies of a multi-page document are printed using a copy-by-copy printing function of an image forming apparatus, the multiple copies of the document are printed such that one copy of the document is printed from a first page to a last page and another copy of the document is printed from the first page to the last page, at this time, a memory space in the image forming apparatus storing the document cannot be released in advance before the entire job printing is completed, and a memory requirement is high.
However, the inventors have found that the solutions provided in the prior art do not consider the needs for the output pieces of the multiple copies of job data to perform image post-processing operations such as stapling, folding, shifting, punching, and the like, and thus may result in failure to correctly determine the timing of image post-processing, thereby causing a problem of inefficient image post-processing.
[ summary of the invention ]
In view of the above, the present invention provides an image post-processing control method, an image post-processing control apparatus, a storage medium, and an image forming apparatus, which can correctly determine an image post-processing timing and improve image post-processing efficiency.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an image post-processing control method, applied to an image forming apparatus, including:
acquiring current job data and an initial page number, wherein the current job data consists of a plurality of initial job data, and the initial page number is used for indicating the page number corresponding to the initial job data;
determining an image post-processing parameter corresponding to the current job data based on the upper limit number of pages for image post-processing, the current job data, and the initial number of pages;
and controlling the image post-processing equipment to execute image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameters and the current job data.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an image post-processing control apparatus, including:
the system comprises an acquisition module, a processing module and a display module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring current job data and an initial page number, the current job data is composed of a plurality of initial job data, and the initial page number is used for indicating the page number corresponding to the initial job data;
a determining module, configured to determine an image post-processing parameter corresponding to the current job data based on an image post-processing upper limit page number, the current job data, and the initial page number;
and the image post-processing control module is used for controlling the image post-processing equipment to execute image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameters and the current job data.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an image post-processing control apparatus, including a memory and a processor, where the memory is used to store information including program instructions, and the processor is used to control execution of the program instructions, and the program instructions are loaded by the processor and executed to implement the steps of the image post-processing control method according to the first aspect.
In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: the image post-processing control apparatus according to the first aspect.
Optionally, an image post-processing device is provided inside the main body of the image forming apparatus for performing an image post-processing operation based on control of the image post-processing control apparatus.
In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a storage medium, where the storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, a device in which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute the image post-processing control method according to the first aspect.
According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the current job data and the initial page number are acquired, the current job data comprises a plurality of initial job data, the initial page number is used for indicating the page number corresponding to the initial job data, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to the current job data is determined based on the image post-processing upper limit page number, the current job data and the initial page number, the image post-processing equipment is controlled to execute the image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameter and the current job data, the image post-processing time can be correctly judged, and the image post-processing efficiency is improved; the data received by the image forming device is current job data comprising a plurality of initial job data, and then subsequent image forming operation and image post-processing operation are executed based on the current job data, so that compared with the image forming operation and the image post-processing operation which are carried out based on single initial job data, the memory space of the image forming device is effectively saved; further, the image forming apparatus executes the image post-processing operation based on the number of job pages corresponding to the initial job data corresponding to the current job data of the received plurality of initial job data, and executes the image forming operation based on the number of job pages corresponding to the current job data.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive labor.
FIG. 1 is an architecture diagram of an image post-processing control system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an image forming unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for controlling image post-processing according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an image post-processing control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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For better understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention, the following detailed descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention are provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.
It should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely a relationship that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., A and/or B, may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.
Before introducing the image post-processing control method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the image post-processing control method in the prior art is briefly introduced:
for acquiring a scene of a batch job (a plurality of multi-page jobs) issued by a user, an image post-processing control method in the prior art generally needs an image forming apparatus to cache data corresponding to the batch job in a memory, perform image post-processing operation once per batch job, and release the memory after the batch job is printed. However, although this method can implement the image post-processing control flow, it needs to release the memory occupied by the job data after the printing of the job is completed, which causes a problem that the memory occupied by the image forming apparatus is large.
Based on this, aiming at the above scenario, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is: how to reduce the memory occupation and realize the accurate judgment of the image post-processing opportunity. The present invention thus provides an image post-processing method, which is applied to an image forming apparatus.
The following describes an image forming apparatus and an image post-processing method according to the present invention in detail:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1, the image forming apparatus 10 includes an image post-processing control device 11.
Among them, the image forming apparatus 10 is used to execute image forming jobs such as generating, printing, receiving, and transmitting image data, and examples of the image forming apparatus include: an inkjet printer, a laser printer, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) printer, a copier, a scanner, or a multifunction Peripheral (MFP) that performs the above functions in a single device.
Specifically, the image forming apparatus includes an image forming control module, wherein the image forming control module is configured to execute various programs to integrally control the image forming apparatus, specifically, the image forming control module may be a System on Chip (SoC), which is a micro System and is composed of a plurality of System components, and is configured to control an image forming processing operation of the image forming apparatus, such as processing of linear correction, noise reduction, dead pixel removal, detail enhancement, and the like on image data, so as to improve the quality of image output, and the main controller is further configured to perform data transceiving, command transceiving, engine control related processing operations of printing an image, such as transceiving data, printing engine control commands, status, and the like through an interface unit (including but not limited to a USB port, a wired network port, a wireless network port, or other interfaces).
The image forming apparatus further includes an image forming unit, specifically configured to perform an image forming operation under the control of the image forming control module, and as shown in fig. 2, the image forming unit may include: a developer accommodating portion ((for accommodating developer (toner, carbon powder, etc.)), a developing member (including a developing roller, etc.), a developer conveying member (including a powder feeding roller, etc.), a photosensitive member (including a photosensitive drum (OPC), an Organic Photoconductor, a charging roller, etc., for charging the photosensitive drum), a transfer member, a fixing member, etc., a sheet to be printed moves in a sheet feeding direction, sequentially passes through a powder feeding operation of the developer conveying member, a developing operation of the developing member, then reaches a nip area between the photosensitive member and the transfer member to be transferred, and then passes through the fixing member to be fixed, to complete an image forming operation, i.e., an image forming unit for forming an image on the sheet conveyed under the control of an image forming control unit based on image data, and further, the image forming unit may include other component units in addition to the component unit shown in fig. 2, which embodiments of the present invention are not limited thereto.
Based on the image forming apparatus described above, the image post-processing control method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be executed. Before the detailed description of the image post-processing control method, the related concepts related to the present invention are briefly described:
taking the printing function of an image forming apparatus as an example, when printing multiple copies of an initial job containing multiple pages of data, there are generally two printing modes, mode one and mode two.
Mode one (copy-to-copy printing mode):
the image forming apparatus prints one copy, the first to last pages of the initial job being printed, and then prints another copy, the first to last pages of the initial job being printed.
Mode two (non-copy printing mode):
the first page of the initial job will print multiple copies and then the second page of the initial job will be printed multiple copies until the last page of the initial job is printed multiple copies.
For example, when printing 2 copies of an initial job (e.g., 1/2/3/4/5) comprising 5 pages, the print order of the jobs is 1/2/3/4/5 and then 1/2/3/4/5 when printing in the first mode; when printing is performed according to the second mode, the printing sequence of the job is 1/1 printing first, and then 2/2 printing until 5/5 printing, wherein "1" represents data corresponding to page 1 in the initial job, and "5" represents data corresponding to page 5 in the initial job.
Therefore, the two printing modes are different from each other in memory occupation mode of the image forming device, and the memory space for storing the initial operation in the first mode is always occupied before the whole operation is printed and output, so that the memory space cannot be released in advance; after the printing of one page of data is completed in the second mode, the memory space for the page of data can be released in advance, and the memory occupation is smaller compared with the first mode.
The print mode is determined based on the user operation, and for example, a driver installed in the host device selects a "copy-by-copy" option to determine a first print mode, and selects a "non-copy-by-copy" option to determine a second print mode.
In addition, the file printed and output according to the second mode does not meet the desire of the user, and therefore, the embodiment of the invention provides a new printing mode, the third mode:
and the host equipment directly generates the job data corresponding to the mode two before issuing the job to the image forming device, and then issues the job data to the image forming device for printing, for example, the job data issued to the image forming device by the host equipment is directly 1/2/3/4/5/1/2/3/4/5.
Among them, the above-described host devices include various types of electronic devices, such as cellular phones, tablet Personal Computers (PCs), digital cameras, camcorders, laptop computers, desktop computers, electronic book readers, digital broadcasting terminals, personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), portable Multimedia Players (PMPs), navigation devices, MP3 players, wearable devices, and the like.
For convenience of description, a job of performing printing in the first manner is referred to as "copy-by-copy job data", and a job of performing printing in the third manner is referred to as "non-copy-by-copy job data".
Based on the related concepts, specifically, fig. 3 is a flowchart of an image post-processing control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, applied to the image forming apparatus, as shown in fig. 3, the method includes:
In this step, the current job data is composed of a plurality of initial job data, and the initial page number is used to indicate the number of pages corresponding to the initial job data.
In the embodiment of the present invention, before step 101, the image forming control program installed on the host device and corresponding to the image forming apparatus performs the following steps:
acquiring an image forming request which is issued by a user and comprises an initial job and job parameters corresponding to the initial job, wherein the job parameters comprise a job page number, a job number and a printing mode corresponding to initial job data, and the printing mode can be 'copy by copy' or 'non-copy by copy';
the non-per-share job data is generated based on the initial job and job parameters corresponding to the initial job.
Further, before the step of performing conversion by the image formation control program "generating the non-per-copy job data based on the initial job and the number of copies of the job corresponding to the initial job", the method further includes determining whether a user selects a preset option corresponding to the third method on a user interface of the image formation control program, and if so, performing the step of performing conversion.
Further, before the image formation control program performs the conversion step "generating the non-job-by-job data based on the initial job and the number of copies of the job corresponding to the initial job", the method further includes a step of further determining whether or not the number of pages of the job exceeds a preset threshold, for example, 5 pages, and if so, performing the conversion step.
Of course, the image formation control program may directly execute the above-described conversion step by default.
The image formation control application may be a driver installed in the host device or a mobile printing APP for directly controlling the image forming apparatus to execute the image forming apparatus, and is not limited herein.
The job data converted in the converting step is the current job data.
In this step, the image post-processing apparatus is controlled to perform image post-processing operations including, but not limited to, stapling, folding, shifting, punching, based on the image post-processing parameters. The image post-processing upper limit number of pages can be set as required. For example, taking the example where the image post-processing includes stapling, that is, when the upper limit number of sheets of image post-processing is the stapling upper limit number, the stapling upper limit number may be set to 20 sheets.
In this step, the image post-processing parameters include, but are not limited to, whether to bind, whether to fold, whether to offset, and whether to punch. And determining the image post-processing parameters so that the image post-processing equipment can be controlled to execute the image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameters in the subsequent step.
In the embodiment of the present invention, step 102 specifically includes:
step 1021, judging whether the initial page number is larger than the upper limit page number of the image post-processing, if so, executing step 1022; if not, go to step 1023.
In this step, since the embodiment of the present invention is a printing method based on the third mode, that is, before the host device issues a job to the image forming apparatus, the job data corresponding to the second mode is directly generated and then issued to the image forming apparatus for printing, for example, the job data (current job data) issued by the host device to the image forming apparatus is directly 1/2/3/4/5/1/2/3/4/5, so that if it is determined that the initial page number (for example, the initial page number is 5 pages, that is, 1/2/3/4/5) is greater than the upper limit of image post-processing (for example, the upper limit of image post-processing is 2 pages), indicating that when the image post-processing is performed on the current job data, each processed data (for example, each generated data is 1/2,3/4, 5) is only a part of the initial job data (the initial job also includes 1/2/3/4/5), and thus step 1022 needs to be executed; if it is determined that the initial number of pages (e.g., the initial number of pages is 5 pages, i.e., 1/2/3/4/5) is less than or equal to the upper limit number of pages for image post-processing (e.g., the upper limit number of pages for image post-processing is 5 pages), it indicates that each piece of data generated by processing (e.g., each generated piece of data is 1/2/3/4/5) may include complete initial job data, and therefore step 1023 needs to be performed.
At step 1022, the current job data is divided into a plurality of jobs less than or equal to the upper limit number of image post-processing pages based on the initial number of pages, and image post-processing job parameters corresponding to the plurality of jobs are determined based on the upper limit number of image post-processing pages, thereby determining image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the image post-processing is stapling, and the upper limit number of pages of the image post-processing is the upper limit number of pages of stapling, and if it is determined that the initial number of pages is greater than the upper limit number of pages of stapling, it indicates that each piece of data to be stapled is only a part of the initial job data when the current job data is stapled. For example, taking the case where the current job data includes 1/2/3/4/5/1/2/3/4/5, the initial page number is 5 pages, the upper limit binding page number is 2 pages, and the initial job data includes 1/2/3/4/5, the current job data is divided into a plurality of jobs less than or equal to the upper limit image post-processing page number based on the initial page number, where the plurality of jobs include 12/34/5/12/34/5, and thus each job is only a part of the initial job data (for example, the job 12 is only a part of the initial job data 1/2/3/4/5), and further, the image post-processing parameters corresponding to the 6 jobs are taken as an example of binding, specifically, for the job 12, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "1" is not bound, and the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "2" is "bound"; for job 12, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "1" is no binding, and the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "2" is "binding"; for job 34, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "3" is no binding, and the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "4" is "binding"; for job 5, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "5" is stapling.
Step 1023 determines a plurality of initial job data based on the current job data and the initial page number, and determines image post-processing job parameters corresponding to the plurality of initial job data based on the initial page number, thereby determining image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data.
In this step, since the initial number of pages is smaller than the image post-processing upper limit value, it is possible to realize image post-processing for one set of initial job, that is, to perform image post-processing operation on the last page of the set of initial job data.
In the embodiment of the present invention, for example, the image post-processing is stapling, and the upper limit number of pages of the image post-processing is the upper limit number of pages of stapling, if it is determined that the initial number of pages is less than or equal to the upper limit number of pages of stapling, it indicates that each piece of data to be stapled may include complete initial job data. For example, taking the case that the current job data includes 1/2/3/4/5/1/2/3/4/5, the initial page number is 5 pages, and the upper limit number of binding pages is 6 pages, based on the above information, 2 initial jobs included in the current job data may be 1/2/3/4/5, and the binding operation may be performed on the 5 th page of each initial job, that is, binding is performed once every 5 pages, and the other pages are not subjected to the binding processing.
And 103, controlling the image post-processing equipment to execute image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameters and the current job data.
In this step, image post-processing includes, but is not limited to, stapling, folding, offset, and punching.
In the embodiment of the present invention, taking image post-processing including stapling as an example, since in step 1022, the current job data is divided into a plurality of jobs, and the plurality of jobs include 12/34/5/12/34/5, respectively, so that when the image post-processing apparatus performs the stapling operation, stapling can be performed based on the plurality of jobs, further, the image post-processing parameters corresponding to the 6 jobs, taking stapling as an example, specifically, for job 12, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "1" is not stapled, and the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "2" is "stapled"; for job 12, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "1" is no binding, and the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "2" is "binding"; for job 34, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "3" is no binding, and the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "4" is "binding"; for job 5, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to "5" is stapling. Further, it is also possible to set up a case where the 1 st and 2 nd pages of the first initial job data are bound together, the 3 rd and 4 th pages are bound together, the 5 th page is bound separately, the 1 st and 2 nd pages of the second initial job data are bound together, the 3 rd and 4 th pages are bound together, and the 5 th page is bound separately to bind 6 jobs. The embodiment of the invention does not limit the image post-processing parameters corresponding to each job, so that the binding can be customized according to the requirement.
Note that the reason why the 5 th page of the first initial job data and the 1 st page of the second initial job data are not bound together here is that: since the initial number of pages of the initial job data is 5 pages, if the 5 th page of the first initial job data and the 1 st page of the second initial job data are bound based on the binding upper limit number of pages, different initial job data are bound together, and there is a problem that correct binding cannot be performed. In addition, the above steps may also be performed for other types of image post-processing operations (e.g., folding, shifting, punching, etc.), which are not repeated in the embodiments of the present invention.
Further, before step 102, the method further includes:
step 101', obtaining operation parameters.
In this step, the job parameters include a first job parameter corresponding to the current job data and a second job parameter different from the first job parameter.
The first operation parameter is an operation parameter corresponding to the current operation data, and the second operation parameter is an operation parameter corresponding to the initial operation data.
In one embodiment, the second job parameter includes only the initial number of pages, and the initial number of pages is determined based on the second job parameter.
In one embodiment, the second job parameter may directly include an initial page number, a number of job copies corresponding to the initial job data, and a printing manner corresponding to the initial job data, where the printing manner is "copy-by-copy" or "non-copy-by-copy".
In one embodiment, after step 101, the image forming apparatus may determine job parameters corresponding to the initial job data by comparing the initial number of pages with the number of pages corresponding to the current job data, the job parameters including a printing method corresponding to the initial job data, the number of copies of the job corresponding to the initial job data, and the initial number of pages.
In one embodiment, the second job parameter may include only an initial number of copies, the initial number of copies being indicative of a number of copies corresponding to the initial job data, and the initial number of pages being obtained based on the current job data and the initial number of copies.
For example, if the current job data is 1/2/3/4/5/1/2/3/4/5, the first job parameter includes 10 pages of the job, the number of copies of the job is 1, the second job parameter may directly include 5 pages of the page corresponding to 1/2/3/4/5 of the initial job data, and the second job parameter may also include 2 copies of the initial job data, so that it may be determined that the initial job data is 1/2/3/4/5, and thus the number of pages of the initial job is 5 pages.
Further, before step 103, the method further comprises:
step 100', controlling an image forming unit built in the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation based on the first job parameter and the current job data.
In this step, the first job parameter is a job parameter corresponding to the current job data, where the job parameter may include the number of pages of the job.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the image forming apparatus is also capable of controlling an image forming unit built in the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation based on the job parameter corresponding to the current job data and the current job data, thereby being capable of forming an image.
According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention, the current operation data and the initial page number are obtained, the current operation data consists of a plurality of initial operation data, the initial page number is used for indicating the page number corresponding to the initial operation data, the image post-processing parameter corresponding to the current operation data is determined based on the image post-processing upper limit page number, the current operation data and the initial page number, the image post-processing equipment is controlled to execute the image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameter and the current operation data, the image post-processing opportunity can be correctly judged, and the image post-processing efficiency is improved; furthermore, the data received by the image forming device is current job data comprising a plurality of initial job data, and then subsequent image forming operation and image post-processing operation are executed based on the current job data, so that compared with the image forming operation and the image post-processing operation based on single initial job data, the memory space of the image forming device is effectively saved; further, the image forming apparatus executes the image post-processing operation based on the number of job pages corresponding to the initial job data corresponding to the current job data of the received plurality of initial job data, and executes the image forming operation based on the number of job pages corresponding to the current job data.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an image post-processing control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 3, the apparatus includes: an acquisition module 11, a determination module 12 and an image post-processing control module 13.
An obtaining module 11, configured to obtain current job data and an initial page number, where the current job data is composed of multiple pieces of initial job data, and the initial page number is used to indicate a page number corresponding to the initial job data;
a determining module 12, configured to determine an image post-processing parameter corresponding to the current job data based on an image post-processing upper limit page number, the current job data, and the initial page number;
and an image post-processing control module 13, configured to control the image post-processing device to perform an image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameter and the current job data.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining module 11 is further configured to obtain job parameters, where the job parameters include a first job parameter corresponding to the current job data and a second job parameter different from the first job parameter.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the second job parameter includes the initial number of pages, and the initial number of pages is acquired based on the second job parameter.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the second job parameter includes an initial number of copies, the initial number of copies is used to indicate a number of copies corresponding to the initial job data, and the initial number of pages is obtained based on the current job data and the initial number of copies.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the determining module 12 of the apparatus is specifically configured to determine whether the initial number of pages is greater than an upper limit number of pages for image post-processing; if so, the determining module is specifically configured to divide the current job data into a plurality of jobs smaller than or equal to the upper limit number of image post-processing pages based on the initial number of pages, and determine image post-processing job parameters corresponding to the plurality of jobs based on the upper limit number of image post-processing pages, so as to determine image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data; if not, the determining module is specifically configured to determine the plurality of initial job data based on the current job data and the initial number of pages, and determine image post-processing job parameters corresponding to the plurality of initial job data based on the initial number of pages, so as to determine the image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus further includes: an image forming control module.
The image forming control module is used for controlling an image forming unit built in the image forming device to execute image forming operation based on the first job parameter and the current job data.
Of course, the image formation control module 14 and the image post-processing control module 13 may be two independent control modules, or may be one control module, and are not limited herein.
Embodiments of the present invention provide a storage medium, where the storage medium includes a stored program, where, when the program runs, a device on which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute each step of the above-mentioned embodiment of the image post-processing control method, and specific descriptions may refer to the above-mentioned embodiment of the image post-processing control method.
The embodiment of the invention provides an image post-processing control device, which comprises a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is used for storing information comprising program instructions, the processor is used for controlling the execution of the program instructions, and the program instructions are loaded and executed by the processor to realize the steps of the image post-processing control method. For a detailed description, reference may be made to the above-described embodiments of the image post-processing control method.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an image post-processing control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, the image post-processing control apparatus 4 of this embodiment includes: the processor 41, the memory 42, and the computer program 43 stored in the memory 42 and capable of running on the processor 41, where the computer program 43 is executed by the processor 41 to implement the control method applied to image post-processing in the embodiment, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated herein. Alternatively, the computer program is executed by the processor 41 to implement the functions of the models/units applied to the image post-processing control device in the embodiments, which are not repeated herein to avoid redundancy.
The image post-processing control device 4 includes, but is not limited to, a processor 41 and a memory 42. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that fig. 4 is merely an example of the image post-processing control apparatus 4, and does not constitute a limitation to the image post-processing control apparatus 4, and may include more or less components than those shown, or combine some components, or different components, for example, the image forming apparatus 4 may further include an input-output device, a network access device, a bus, or the like.
The Processor 41 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, or the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
The storage 42 may be an internal storage unit of the image forming apparatus 4, such as a hard disk or a memory of the image forming apparatus 4. The memory 42 may also be an external storage device of the image forming apparatus 4, such as a plug-in hard disk provided on the image forming apparatus 4, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), or the like. Further, the memory 42 may also include both an internal storage unit and an external storage device of the image forming apparatus 4. The memory 42 is used to store computer programs and other programs and data required by the image forming apparatus 4. The memory 42 may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.
An embodiment of the present invention provides an image forming apparatus including the image post-processing control apparatus provided in the foregoing embodiment.
Wherein an image post-processing device is provided inside the main body of the image forming apparatus for performing an image post-processing operation based on the control of the image post-processing control apparatus. Of course, the image post-processing apparatus may be outside the main body of the image forming apparatus, and is not limited thereto.
It can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, specific working processes, principles and beneficial effects of the image post-processing control device, the image forming device and the storage medium described above may refer to corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and details are not described herein again. In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, a division of a unit is merely a logical division, and an actual implementation may have another division, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.
The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.
In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware, or in the form of hardware plus a software functional unit.
The integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a Processor (Processor) to execute some steps of the methods according to the embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and should not be taken as limiting the scope of the present invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. An image post-processing control method applied to an image forming apparatus, comprising:
acquiring current job data and an initial page number, wherein the current job data consists of a plurality of initial job data, and the initial page number is used for indicating the page number corresponding to the initial job data;
determining an image post-processing parameter corresponding to the current job data based on the upper limit number of pages of image post-processing, the current job data and the initial number of pages;
controlling an image post-processing device to execute an image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameter and the current job data;
determining image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data based on the upper limit number of pages for image post-processing, the current job data, and the initial number of pages specifically includes:
judging whether the initial page number is larger than an image post-processing upper limit page number or not;
if so, respectively dividing each of multiple initial job data in the current job data into multiple jobs with the number of image post-processing upper limit pages or less based on the initial pages, and determining image post-processing job parameters corresponding to the multiple jobs based on the image post-processing upper limit pages, so as to determine the image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data;
if not, not dividing each of the multiple initial job data in the current job data, determining the multiple initial job data directly based on the current job data and the initial page number, and determining image post-processing job parameters corresponding to the multiple initial job data based on the initial page number, thereby determining the image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein before determining image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data based on the upper limit number of pages for image post-processing, the current job data, and the initial number of pages, further comprising:
acquiring operation parameters including a first operation parameter including the number of pages and/or the number of copies of an operation corresponding to the current operation data and a second operation parameter different from the first operation parameter and corresponding to the initial operation data, and determining the plurality of initial operation data by comparing the first operation parameter and the second operation parameter.
3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the second job parameter includes the initial number of pages, the initial number of pages being obtained based on the second job parameter; and/or
The second operation parameter comprises an initial number of copies, the initial number of copies is used for indicating the number of copies corresponding to the initial operation data, and the initial page number is obtained based on the current operation data and the initial number of copies; and/or
The second job parameter includes a printing manner of the initial job data, the printing manner being used to instruct "copy-by-copy" printing or "non-copy-by-copy" printing.
4. An image post-processing control apparatus, characterized by comprising:
the system comprises an acquisition module, a display module and a display module, wherein the acquisition module is used for acquiring current job data and an initial page number, the current job data consists of a plurality of initial job data, and the initial page number is used for indicating the page number corresponding to the initial job data;
a determining module, configured to determine an image post-processing parameter corresponding to the current job data based on an image post-processing upper limit page number, the current job data, and the initial page number;
the image post-processing control module is used for controlling the image post-processing equipment to execute image post-processing operation based on the image post-processing parameters and the current job data;
the determining module is further used for judging whether the initial page number is larger than the upper limit page number of the image post-processing;
if so, respectively dividing each of multiple initial job data in the current job data into multiple jobs with the number of image post-processing upper limit pages or less based on the initial pages, and determining image post-processing job parameters corresponding to the multiple jobs based on the image post-processing upper limit pages, so as to determine the image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data;
if not, not dividing each of the multiple initial job data in the current job data, determining the multiple initial job data directly based on the current job data and the initial page number, and determining image post-processing job parameters corresponding to the multiple initial job data based on the initial page number, thereby determining the image post-processing parameters corresponding to the current job data.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the obtaining module is further configured to obtain job parameters including a first job parameter including a number of pages and/or a number of copies of a job corresponding to the current job data and a second job parameter different from the first job parameter corresponding to the initial job data, and determine the plurality of initial job data by comparing the first job parameter and the second job parameter.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the second job parameter includes the initial number of pages, the initial number of pages being acquired based on the second job parameter; and/or
The second operation parameter comprises an initial number of copies, the initial number of copies is used for indicating the number of copies corresponding to the initial operation data, and the initial page number is obtained based on the current operation data and the initial number of copies; and/or
The second job parameter includes a printing manner of the initial job data, the printing manner being used to instruct "copy-by-copy" printing or "non-copy-by-copy" printing.
7. An image post-processing control apparatus comprising a memory for storing information including program instructions and a processor for controlling execution of the program instructions, characterized in that the program instructions are loaded and executed by the processor to implement the steps of the image post-processing control method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
8. An image forming apparatus, comprising: the image post-processing control apparatus according to claim 7 or any one of claims 4 to 6.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein an image post-processing device is provided inside a main body of the image forming apparatus for performing an image post-processing operation based on control of the image post-processing control means.
10. A storage medium characterized by comprising a stored program, wherein an apparatus in which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute the image post-processing control method according to any one of claims 1 to 3 when the program is executed.
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