CN114506150A - Shared self-service thermal transfer printing system and method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shared self-service heat transfer printing system and a method thereof, wherein the heat transfer printing system comprises heat transfer printing equipment and a background management system for remotely controlling the heat transfer printing equipment; the background management system is provided with an information display module for displaying printed articles and pictures to be printed, an AI image design module for processing the pictures to be printed and a payment module for providing a payment interface for a user; the heat transfer printing equipment is provided with a human-computer interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, wherein the control unit is connected with the background management system, the human-computer interaction unit is used for a user to select a printed object and a picture to be printed from the background management system and acquire a customized picture processed by the AI image design module, and the control unit acquires a user instruction through the human-computer interaction unit and controls the execution unit to execute a heat transfer printing process so as to heat transfer the customized picture selected by the user onto the printed object. The sharing self-service type thermal transfer printing system and method are compact in structure, simple and convenient to operate and capable of achieving self-service and multi-person sharing.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of transfer printing equipment, in particular to a shared self-service thermal transfer printing system and method.
Background
The thermal transfer printing is a special process for printing any image such as portrait, landscape and the like on color ink-jet paper (or special ink-jet printing paper for thermal sublimation) by using thermal transfer printing ink (namely thermal sublimation ink), or printing common ink on adhesive film thermal transfer printing paper, heating and pressurizing within a few minutes by using thermal transfer printing heating equipment, and transferring the pattern color on the paper to the surface of a commodity vividly, such as digital plastic, ceramics, glass, metal, cotton fabric and other material commodities. The heat transfer printing can carry out one-time multi-color, any complex color and transitional color printing, does not need plate making, color register and complex plate drying procedures, does not damage the material, and obtains the high evaluation of all trades since the product is on the market. Particularly, the heat transfer printing pattern is clear, bright in color, vivid in effect and super strong in adhesive force, can be subjected to various personalized customizations, and has a wide application range, such as personalized living goods, personalized patterns can be printed on cups, blank T-shirts, mobile phone shells, mirrors, key rings, pens, pen inserting cylinders, calendar stands, photo frames, rackets, cosmetic boxes and the like, and personalized pattern customizations can also be carried out on indoor building materials such as fashionable room goods, businesses, homes and the like, various electronic products, automobile goods and the like.
At least one computer, one heat transfer machine and one ink jet printer are required for the current heat transfer printing process, and at least one professional operator is required for personnel to be equipped with the heat transfer printing process, the operator needs to be skilled in using picture processing software (such as Photoshop), and the operator needs to be familiar with the heat transfer printing process of different materials because products made of different materials have different heat transfer printing temperatures and time and need to adjust the heat transfer printing temperature and time on a heat transfer printing device. In addition, high temperature (about 180 ℃) and high pressure (dozens of kilograms of pressure) are needed in the processing process, and the heating plates for providing the pressure and the high temperature are generally exposed, so that safety protection measures are lacked, and professional personnel are needed for operation. For the reasons, although the application range of the thermal transfer printing technology is wide, professional personnel are required to use professional equipment for operation, so that the operation can only be carried out in factories and operation rooms, the shared self-service printing cannot be realized, and the popularization and the application are not facilitated.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a shared self-service heat transfer printing system which is compact in structure, simple and convenient to operate and capable of realizing self-service and multi-person sharing.
In order to solve the technical problem, the application provides the following technical scheme:
in one aspect, the invention provides a shared self-service thermal transfer printing system, which comprises thermal transfer printing equipment and a background management system for remotely controlling the thermal transfer printing equipment;
the background management system is provided with an information display module for displaying printed articles and pictures to be printed, an AI image design module for processing the pictures to be printed and a payment module for providing a payment interface for a user;
the heat transfer printing equipment is provided with a human-computer interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, wherein the control unit is connected with the background management system, the human-computer interaction unit is used for a user to select a printed article and a picture to be printed from the background management system and acquire a customized picture processed by the AI image design module, the control unit acquires a user instruction through the human-computer interaction unit and controls the execution unit to execute a heat transfer printing process, and the customized picture selected by the user is thermally transferred to the printed article.
Further, the thermal transfer printing equipment is provided with a cooling area, the cooling area is provided with a cooling unit which is connected with the control unit and controlled by the control unit, the cooling unit comprises a fan, the thermal transfer printing equipment is further provided with a purification unit, and the purification unit comprises a filter.
Furthermore, the human-computer interaction unit comprises a two-dimension code identification module and a picture transmission module used for transmitting the own picture of the user to the background management system.
Further, the execution unit comprises a hot pressing assembly and a printing assembly, the printing assembly is used for printing the customized picture on the thermal transfer paper, and the hot pressing assembly is used for thermally transferring the pattern on the thermal transfer paper to the printed object.
Furthermore, the hot pressing assembly comprises a hot pressing plate and a hot pressing barrel, the thermal transfer printing equipment is provided with a drawer type hot pressing chamber and a barrel type hot pressing chamber, the hot pressing plate is positioned above a plane type hot pressing workbench in the drawer type hot pressing chamber, and the hot pressing barrel is positioned in the barrel type hot pressing chamber.
Furthermore, an electric screw rod lifting assembly for driving the hot pressing plate to lift is arranged on the hot pressing plate, and a proximity switch for controlling the on-off state of the electric screw rod lifting assembly is arranged at the rear part of the drawer type hot pressing chamber.
Further, the background management system comprises an equipment management module, a hot stamping management module, a merchant management module, an order management module and a statistical chart module.
On the other hand, the invention also provides a shared self-service thermal transfer printing method applying any one of the shared self-service thermal transfer printing systems, which comprises the following steps:
s100, checking and selecting the name, style, picture to be printed and picture style of the printed article prestored in the background management system by a user through a human-computer interaction unit; the steps further include: the user transmits the picture stored by the intelligent terminal to the background management system through the picture transmission module;
s200, the AI image design module processes the picture selected by the user to obtain a customized picture meeting the style requirement of the selected printed article;
s300, the man-machine interaction unit displays the processed customized picture to a user, and the user selects the customized picture and pays through a payment module;
s400, the control unit controls a printing assembly to be started, and the customized picture is printed on the thermal transfer paper; the steps further include: fixing the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized picture on the surface to be printed of the printed object by a user, and fitting the pattern with the surface to be printed;
s500, the control unit controls the execution unit to start based on the selection of the user, and the pattern on the thermal transfer paper is thermally transferred to the printed article;
s600, taking out the printed object for cooling, and finishing.
Compared with the prior art, the shared self-service heat transfer printing system and the method have the following beneficial effects:
firstly, use AI artificial intelligence design software to replace professional art designer, realize picture automatic processing, satisfy user's diversified demand, and simultaneously, the heat transfer apparatus passes through the hot pressing subassembly execution heat-transfer seal process among the control unit automatic control execution unit, with user's customization picture heat-transfer seal on the printing object, the simple and convenient operation of automation has just been realized to the process, this in-process, the printing object that the user will be made is discerned to the heat transfer apparatus automatic, according to printing object automatic set up corresponding time, technological parameters such as temperature, thereby replace professional process personnel, save artifically.
The second, control the lift of hot pressboard through setting up proximity switch, prevent that the user from contacting the highly compressed region of high temperature for whole heat-transfer seal course of working is convenient and safe.
And thirdly, different hot pressing areas such as a cylindrical area and a plane area are designed for the heat transfer printing equipment, so that different types of commodity manufacturing such as cups (circular arc surfaces) and mobile phone shells (planes) can be realized, the whole equipment is compact in design, the occupied area is small, and the requirement for simultaneous use by multiple people can be met.
Fourthly, in order to realize simplification and automation of thermal transfer printing processing, a background management system is configured to remotely control the thermal transfer printing equipment, so that automatic control of the whole processes of code scanning, printed object selection, picture design, preview, payment and printing is realized, a user can conveniently and efficiently obtain a self-satisfied customized commodity through simple operation, and high-degree self-service operation is realized.
In conclusion, the sharing self-service heat transfer printing system and the sharing self-service heat transfer printing method are simple in operation and high in safety, can be operated by self and can be shared by multiple persons, so that non-professional ordinary persons can easily customize favorite products by themselves, convenience and fun brought by a heat transfer printing technology are enjoyed, and wide-range popularization in the market is facilitated.
The present invention is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a thermal transfer apparatus in a shared self-service thermal transfer system and method according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a second three-dimensional structure of a thermal transfer apparatus in the shared self-service thermal transfer system and method of the present invention (drawn out of a drawer-type hot-pressing chamber);
FIG. 3 is a schematic three-dimensional view (with back plate omitted) of a thermal transfer apparatus in the shared self-service thermal transfer system and method of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a shared self-service thermal transfer method according to the present invention.
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As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the shared self-service thermal transfer system of the present invention includes a thermal transfer device and a background management system, wherein the thermal transfer device is a self-service device for a user to perform a thermal transfer process by self-service operation, and the background management system performs remote control on the thermal transfer device and provides a background service support.
The background management system comprises an information display module, an AI image design module, a payment module, an equipment management module, a hot stamping management module, a merchant management module, an order management module and a statistical chart module, wherein the information display module is used for displaying printed objects and pictures to be printed for users, such as displaying printed objects of canvas bags, photo frames, pendants, water cups and the like for the users to select (the types of the printed objects applicable to the embodiment are wide, and comprise various common articles in life, such as T-shirts, sweaters, canvas bags, articles of learning bags, throw pillows and other textiles, water cups such as mark cups, color change cups, heat preservation cups, woodcut, aluminum cut, stone cut, glass cut, crystal cut and other decorative pictures or photo placing platforms, hanging pieces, necklaces, key rings and other articles for daily use, such as mobile phone shells, mobile phone supports, mouse decoration pads, refrigerator stickers, jigsaw puzzle, plates and other articles for daily use, space is limited and not exhaustive), and simultaneously, the images to be printed pre-stored in the database of the background management system are displayed for the user to select; the AI image design module utilizes mature AI intelligent design software to replace an art designer to process the picture to be printed according to the picture style selected by the user, so as to obtain the customized picture, wherein the picture has various styles, oil painting effect, pencil painting effect, cartoon effect, 3D effect, sketch effect and the like, and the diversified requirements of the user can be met; the payment module is used for providing a payment interface for the user after the user selects the printed article, the picture and the style; the equipment management module is used for adding, corresponding and deleting the store equipment, remotely monitoring the online state and the use state of the equipment and the like. The hot stamping management module is used for adding and modifying printed articles, editing AI image design templates for the articles and the like. The merchant management module is used for adding and managing equipment operation places (merchants and stores thereof), including store management, inventory management, price management and the like. The order management module is used for the user to pay time, money and goods, and corresponding historical records of merchants and equipment information. The statistical chart module is used for statistics, chart display and the like of the number of devices, the utilization rate of the devices, daily income and total income.
The heat transfer printing equipment comprises a cabinet 1, wherein the cabinet 1 is provided with a human-computer interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, and the control unit is connected with a background management system and carries out data signal transmission.
The human-computer interaction unit comprises a two-dimension code recognition module and a picture transmission module, a user scans a two-dimension code on the cabinet 1 by using an intelligent terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet personal computer and the like, a printed article and a picture to be printed are selected from the background management system, corresponding hot pressing time, temperature and other process parameters are configured in the background management system for the printed article and the picture to be printed, after the user selects the printed article and customizes the picture and pays, the background management system determines the printed article purchased by the user, at the moment, the background management system is communicated with the control unit of the thermal transfer printing equipment, the control unit automatically adjusts the preset parameters of the printed article selected by the user, and sends a control instruction to the execution mechanism, so that the execution mechanism can execute the process according to the preset parameters selected by the user. In order to accurately distinguish different articles purchased by different users when a plurality of users operate the apparatus and further correctly execute corresponding processes, an identification module is added on the control unit, a camera or a code scanner is arranged on the thermal transfer printing apparatus, a label or a two-dimensional code is arranged on the printed article or an operation instruction thereof (the operation instruction is presented to the users through the display screen 22), the label or the two-dimensional code is identified through the camera or the code scanner, and the identification information is transmitted to the control unit through the identification module, and the control unit controls the execution mechanism to start corresponding processes of the purchased articles. Of course, the thermal transfer printing device can also be set in such a way that the control unit receives the signal of the identification module and then sends a control instruction to the actuating mechanism, so that the device is safer and saves energy. In addition, the display screen 22 may be a touch screen, the touch screen is connected to the background management system and the control unit, and the control unit may send a control instruction to the execution mechanism only after the user browses the print-bearing item through the display screen 22 and selects the print-bearing item purchased by the user through the touch screen. Preferably, by using the picture transmission module, a user can transmit own pictures on the intelligent terminal to the background management system at will, so that the flexibility and the practicability of the equipment are greatly improved.
Execution unit includes hot pressing subassembly and printing element, printing element select for use as required current printer can, but this printer configuration alone also can dispose in the print cartridge 11 of rack 1 below, and the configuration is favorable to realizing integrating of whole equipment when printing cartridge 11. Printing 11 belows in the storehouse and being provided with storing storehouse 12 for place the printing article and other consumptive materials, improved the convenience. The picture to be printed selected by the user becomes a customized picture after being processed by the AI image design module, and after the payment is finished, the control unit sends an instruction to the printing component to print the customized picture on the thermal transfer paper so as to thermally transfer the pattern to the printed object in the next step.
The middle of the cabinet 1 is provided with a drawer type hot-pressing chamber 15, the drawer type hot-pressing chamber 15 comprises a front panel 154 and a sliding plate 155 fixed at the bottom of the front panel 154, a handle 152 convenient to grasp is arranged on the front panel 154, a right-angle U-shaped limiting frame 156 with an upper opening is fixedly arranged inside the cabinet 1, the sliding plate 155 is connected between the inner walls of two sides of the limiting frame 156 in a sliding mode through a sliding rail assembly commonly used by drawers, the sliding plate is convenient to pull out or push, and the planar hot-pressing workbench 151 is fixed above the sliding plate 155. When the drawer-type hot-press chamber 15 is pulled out, the hot-press table 151 is pulled out, so that a user can place a printing object on the hot-press table 151 conveniently. The hot pressing assembly comprises a hot pressing plate 13, the hot pressing plate 13 is positioned right above the hot pressing workbench 151 in a pushing state of the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15, the hot pressing plate 13 is provided with an electric screw rod lifting assembly 131 for controlling the lifting of the hot pressing plate 13, specifically, the hot pressing plate 13 is fixed at the bottom end of a screw rod in the electric screw rod lifting assembly 131, a proximity switch for controlling the on-off of the electric screw rod lifting assembly 131 is arranged at a position, close to the back plate, of the rear part of the cabinet 1, a sliding plate 155 is separated from the contact with the proximity switch when the sliding plate 155 is pulled out through a handle 152, the motor of the electric screw rod lifting assembly 131 is disconnected and drives the hot pressing plate 13 to rise, so as to avoid scalding accidents, otherwise, the sliding plate 155 is contacted with the proximity switch when pushed in to trigger the motor, the motor of the electric screw rod lifting assembly 131 is connected to drive the hot pressing plate 13 to fall for hot pressing, and in the hot pressing operation, the control unit obtains a user instruction through a human-computer interaction unit and automatically sets the corresponding time according to the selected article and picture according to the selection of the user, And the temperature parameter controls the hot-pressing plate 13 to execute a thermal transfer printing process, and the customized picture selected by the user is thermally transferred to the printed object.
Preferably, in order to observe the hot pressing condition in time, the front surface of the cabinet 1 is further provided with a transparent observation window 18, and the transparent observation window 18 is located above the drawer-type hot pressing chamber 15. Preferably, the position of the interior of the cabinet 1 close to the hot pressing plate 13 is provided with an in-cabinet lamp, so that the condition in the drawer can be observed conveniently.
The hot pressing assembly further comprises a hot pressing cylinder for heat transfer printing of cylindrical articles such as cups and the like, a cavity is arranged on the upper portion of the left side face of the cabinet 1, a cylindrical hot pressing chamber 16 is arranged on the rear portion of the cavity, the hot pressing cylinder is coaxially arranged in the cylindrical hot pressing chamber 16, and during heat transfer printing, the cylindrical articles are placed into the cylindrical hot pressing chamber 16 and are surrounded by the hot pressing cylinder. Preferably, the light is inlayed on the inner wall of the cavity, so that the user can conveniently see the heat transfer effect.
The right side of the front surface of the cabinet 1 is also provided with a start button 19 and a stop button 20 which are electrically connected with the control unit, the side surface of the cabinet 1 close to the cylinder type hot-pressing chamber 16 is provided with a start key 161 which is electrically connected with the control unit, the hot-pressing plate 13 and the hot-pressing cylinder are respectively started by pressing the start button 19 and the start key 161, and the hot-pressing assembly automatically stops after the operation is finished. When unmanned, the control unit identifies that unmanned operation exceeds a certain time, and automatically cuts off the heating module power supply of the hot pressing assembly, so that the long-time dry burning is prevented from being overheated, the service life of equipment is prolonged, electric energy is saved, the energy-saving and environment-friendly requirements are met, and the safety is improved. For the printed article needing to be ironed and leveled, the start button 19 is pressed first, after the printed surface of the article is leveled for a certain time, the stop button 20 is pressed to stop heating, the drawer type hot press chamber 15 is pulled out to place the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized picture, and then the subsequent thermal transfer process is continuously executed. The left side of the front face of the cabinet 1 is provided with a state indicating lamp area 21, the state indicating lamp area 21 is provided with three indicating lamps of normal, preheating and fault, and the three indicating lamps are electrically connected with a control unit to display the working condition of the thermal transfer printing equipment in real time.
Be provided with two cooling districts on the rack 1, one is located the left cavity of rack 1 and is located 16 the place ahead in cylinder hot pressing room, is convenient for in time shift the article after the heat-transfer seal to the cooling district and cools off, and another is located the positive upper right corner department of rack 1, and the arrangement make full use of the front of rack 1, side space of two cooling districts, and the straggly is arranged, and is rationally distributed for whole equipment structure is compact. The two cooling areas are internally and uniformly provided with the cooling units which are connected with and controlled by the control unit, each cooling unit comprises a fan (not shown in the figure) arranged in the top shell of the cabinet 1, the two cooling areas on the cabinet 1 are respectively provided with a press-type contact switch 101, the contact switch 101 is pressed down, the control unit controls the fan to start, the cooling is finished, the contact switch 101 is pressed down again, the control unit controls the fan to stop rotating, and certainly, the control unit can also be designed according to the prior art to control the fan to automatically stop after working for a certain time according to actual requirements. Preferably, a top shell of the cabinet 1 is provided with a vent (not shown in the figure), the vent is located above the fan to facilitate timely heat dissipation, and the specific shape of the vent is set according to the conventional technical means as required, which is not illustrated here.
The cabinet 1 is also internally provided with a purification unit which is a filter 17 arranged at the back of the cabinet 1, the filter 17 is a mature product purchased from the market, and odorous gas and dust generated in the heat transfer process are filtered by the filter 17 and then discharged from the vent hole on the back plate of the cabinet 1, so that the odor pollution is reduced, and the equipment in the cabinet 1 is prevented from being broken down due to dust accumulation.
Preferably, the front surface of the cabinet 1 is further provided with a display screen 22, the display screen 22 is connected with the control unit and the human-computer interaction unit, a user can scan the two-dimensional code to view video guidance, and meanwhile, the display screen 22 can also be used for putting advertisements.
As shown in fig. 4, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a shared self-service thermal transfer method using the shared self-service thermal transfer system, including the following steps:
s100, scanning a two-dimensional code on the cabinet 1 by using an APP on the intelligent terminal, and checking and selecting the name, style, picture to be printed and picture style of a printed article prestored in the background management system through a human-computer interaction unit by a user; in the process, if the pre-stored pictures do not meet the requirements of the user, the user can also transmit the pictures stored by the intelligent terminal to the background management system through the picture transmission module, and then the style of the pictures is selected;
s200, the AI image design module automatically processes the picture to be printed selected by the user according to the style of the picture selected by the user to obtain a customized picture meeting the style requirement of the selected printed article;
s300, the man-machine interaction unit displays the processed customized picture to a user, the user selects the customized picture, pays by the payment module, and after code scanning payment, the control unit controls the hot pressing plate 13 or the hot pressing cylinder to preheat, and the preheating indicator lamp is turned on;
s400, after preheating is finished, the control unit controls the printing assembly to be started, and the customized picture is printed on the thermal transfer paper;
s500, a user simply cuts the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized picture, the thermal transfer paper is fixed on the surface to be printed of the printed object after removing the redundant blank part, the pattern is attached to the surface to be printed, the thermal transfer paper is placed on the hot pressing workbench 151 or in the thermal pressing cylinder according to the shape selection of the printed object after the completion of the cutting, then the start button 19 and the start key 161 are pressed, the control unit controls the hot pressing plate 13 and the hot pressing cylinder to start operation, the thermal transfer action is executed based on the selection of the user, and the pattern on the thermal transfer paper is thermally transferred to the printed object; in this step, the start button 19 and the start key 161 may be pressed individually or simultaneously, and may be pressed simultaneously for simultaneous operation by different users;
s600, taking out the printed object, placing the printed object in a cooling area, and cooling the printed object.
The shared self-service heat transfer printing system is provided with the integral cabinet 1, a heat pressing area and a cooling area are arranged on the cabinet 1, the cabinet 1 forms an enclosing structure, a hot pressing workbench 151 and a hot pressing plate 13 in a drawer type hot pressing chamber 15 are wrapped inside the cabinet 1, high-temperature scalding and crushing accidents during operation are effectively avoided, meanwhile, a proximity switch is arranged behind the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15, the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15 is pushed into the hot pressing plate 13 to perform descending hot pressing actions, if the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15 is inadvertently pulled open in the descending process of the hot pressing plate 13, the hot pressing plate 13 can be automatically lifted, scalding caused by misoperation is practically avoided, and safety is greatly improved.
In a word, each functional area of the shared self-service heat transfer printing system is reasonable in layout, compact in structure and small in occupied area, the front surface and the side surface of the cabinet 1 are respectively provided with the independent hot pressing area and the independent cooling area, and the heat transfer printing method using the system is simple in operation and high in working efficiency, supports self-service operation of multiple persons at the same time, and remarkably improves convenience.
The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and do not limit the scope of the present invention, and various modifications and improvements of the technical solution of the present invention by those skilled in the art should fall within the protection scope defined by the claims of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention.
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1. A shared self-service heat transfer printing system is characterized by comprising a heat transfer printing device and a background management system for remotely controlling the heat transfer printing device;
the background management system is provided with an information display module for displaying a printed article and a picture to be printed, an AI image design module for processing the picture to be printed and a payment module for providing a payment interface for a user;
the heat transfer printing equipment is provided with a human-computer interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, wherein the control unit is connected with the background management system, the human-computer interaction unit is used for a user to select a printed article and a picture to be printed from the background management system and acquire a customized picture processed by the AI image design module, the control unit acquires a user instruction through the human-computer interaction unit and controls the execution unit to execute a heat transfer printing process, and the customized picture selected by the user is thermally transferred to the printed article.
2. The shared self-service thermal transfer system of claim 1, wherein the thermal transfer apparatus is provided with a cooling zone, the cooling zone is arranged with a cooling unit connected to and controlled by the control unit, the cooling unit comprises a fan, the thermal transfer apparatus is further provided with a purification unit, the purification unit comprises a filter.
3. The shared self-service heat transfer printing system of claim 2, wherein the human-computer interaction unit comprises a two-dimensional code recognition module and a picture transmission module for transmitting a user's own picture to the background management system, a camera or a code scanner is arranged on the heat transfer printing device, the control unit comprises a recognition module, and the camera or the code scanner scans a label or a two-dimensional code on a printed article or an operation instruction book thereof and transmits the recognition information to the control unit through the recognition module.
4. The shared self-service thermal transfer system of claim 3, wherein the execution unit comprises a thermal press assembly and a printing assembly, the printing assembly is used for printing the customized picture on a thermal transfer paper, and the thermal press assembly is used for thermally transferring the pattern on the thermal transfer paper to the printed object.
5. The shared self-service thermal transfer system of claim 4, wherein the thermal press assembly comprises a thermal press plate and a thermal press drum, the thermal transfer apparatus is provided with a drawer type thermal press chamber and a drum type thermal press chamber, the thermal press plate is located above a planar thermal press workbench in the drawer type thermal press chamber, and the thermal press drum is located in the drum type thermal press chamber.
6. The shared self-service thermal transfer printing system according to claim 5, wherein an electric lead screw lifting assembly for driving the hot pressing plate to lift is provided on the hot pressing plate, and a proximity switch for controlling the on/off of the electric lead screw lifting assembly is provided at the rear part of the drawer type hot pressing chamber.
7. The shared self-service heat transfer printing system of claim 6, wherein the background management system comprises an equipment management module, a hot stamping management module, a merchant management module, an order management module and a statistical chart module, a display screen electrically connected with the control unit is arranged on the heat transfer printing equipment, and the display screen is a touch screen and used for a user to browse printed articles and select purchased printed articles.
8. A shared self-service thermal transfer printing method, wherein the shared self-service thermal transfer printing system of any one of claims 1 to 7 is applied, and the method comprises the following steps:
s100, checking and selecting the name, style, picture to be printed and picture style of the printed article prestored in the background management system by a user through a human-computer interaction unit;
s200, the AI image design module processes the picture selected by the user to obtain a customized picture meeting the style requirement of the selected printed article;
s300, the man-machine interaction unit displays the processed customized picture to a user, and the user selects the customized picture and pays through a payment module;
s400, the control unit controls a printing assembly to be started, and the customized picture is printed on the thermal transfer paper;
s500, the control unit controls the execution unit to start based on the selection of the user, and the pattern on the thermal transfer paper is thermally transferred to the printed article;
s600, taking out the printed object for cooling, and finishing.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step S100 further comprises:
and the user transmits the pictures stored by the intelligent terminal to the background management system through the picture transmission module.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the step S400 further comprises:
and fixing the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized picture on the surface to be printed of the printed object by the user, and fitting the pattern with the surface to be printed.
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