CN114506150B - Shared self-service thermal transfer printing system and method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shared self-service thermal transfer system and a method, wherein the thermal transfer system comprises thermal transfer equipment and a background management system for remotely controlling the thermal transfer equipment; the background management system is configured with an information display module for displaying the printed article and the 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 man-machine interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, wherein the control unit is connected with the background management system, the man-machine interaction unit is used for a user to select a printing object and a picture to be printed from the background management system and obtain a customized picture processed by the AI image design module, and the control unit obtains a user instruction through the man-machine interaction unit and controls the execution unit to execute a heat transfer printing procedure so as to carry out heat transfer printing on the customized picture selected by the user on the printing object. The self-service heat transfer printing system and the method thereof have the advantages of compact structure, simple and convenient operation and self-service sharing and multi-person sharing.
Description
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 that any image such as portrait, landscape and the like is printed 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 common ink is printed on adhesive film thermal transfer printing paper, and then the thermal transfer printing paper is heated and pressurized within a few minutes by thermal transfer printing heating equipment, so that the pattern color on the paper is vividly transferred onto the commodity surface, such as commodity made of materials such as digital plastic, ceramic, glass, metal, cotton textiles and the like. The thermal transfer printing can be used for digital printing of one-time multicolor, arbitrary complex color and transitional color printing, plate making, color registering and complex plate drying procedures are not needed, the material cannot be damaged, and since the product is marketed, the high evaluation of people in various industries is obtained. In particular, the heat transfer printing pattern is clear, bright in color, vivid in effect and super strong in adhesive force, can accept various personalized customization, has a very wide application range, such as personalized articles for daily use, can print personalized patterns on cups, blank T-shirts, mobile phone shells, mirrors, key chains, pens, pen holders, desk calendar frames, photo frames, rackets, cosmetic boxes and the like, and can also customize personalized patterns on indoor building materials such as fashion living articles, business, home and the like, various electronic products, automobile articles and the like.
At least one computer, one thermal transfer machine, one ink-jet printer and personnel are required to be provided with at least one professional operator, the operator needs to be skilled in using picture processing software (such as Photoshop), and the thermal transfer temperature and time of products made of different materials need to be adjusted on thermal transfer equipment because of different thermal transfer temperatures and times, so that the operators also need to be familiar with thermal transfer processes made of different materials. In addition, high temperature (about 180 ℃) and high pressure (several tens of kilograms) are needed in the processing process, and a heating plate for providing pressure and high temperature is generally naked and leaked, so that safety protection measures are lacked, and professional staff is needed to operate the heating plate. For the above reasons, although the application range of the thermal transfer technology is wide, professional personnel are required to use professional equipment to operate, so that the thermal transfer technology can only be carried out in factories and operation rooms, cannot realize shared self-service printing, and is not beneficial to popularization and application.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing a shared self-service heat transfer printing system which has a compact structure, is simple and convenient to operate and can realize self-service and multi-person sharing.
In order to solve the technical problems, the application provides the following technical scheme:
in one aspect, the invention provides a shared self-service thermal transfer system, which comprises thermal transfer equipment and a background management system for remotely controlling the thermal transfer equipment;
The background management system is configured 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 configured with a man-machine interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, wherein the control unit is connected with the background management system, the man-machine interaction unit is used for a user to select a printing object and a picture to be printed from the background management system and obtain a customized picture processed by the AI image design module, and the control unit obtains a user instruction through the man-machine interaction unit and controls the execution unit to execute a heat transfer printing procedure so as to carry out heat transfer printing on the customized picture selected by the user on the printing object.
Further, the thermal transfer apparatus is provided with a cooling zone, which is provided with a cooling unit connected to and controlled by the control unit, the cooling unit including a fan, and a purifying unit including a filter.
Further, the man-machine interaction unit comprises a two-dimensional code identification module and a picture transmission module for transmitting the user own picture to the background management system.
Further, the execution unit comprises a hot pressing assembly and a printing assembly, wherein the printing assembly is used for printing the customized picture on thermal transfer paper, and the hot pressing assembly is used for thermally transferring the pattern on the thermal transfer paper to the printing object.
Further, the hot pressing assembly comprises a hot pressing plate and a hot pressing cylinder, the hot transfer printing equipment is provided with a drawer type hot pressing chamber and a cylinder type hot pressing chamber, the hot pressing plate is positioned above a planar hot pressing workbench in the drawer type hot pressing chamber, and the hot pressing cylinder is positioned in the cylinder type hot pressing chamber.
Further, an electric screw rod lifting assembly for driving the electric screw rod lifting assembly to lift is arranged on the hot pressing plate, and a proximity switch for controlling the electric screw rod lifting assembly to be powered on and powered off is arranged at the rear part of the drawer type hot pressing chamber.
Further, the background management system comprises an equipment management module, a thermoprint management module, a merchant management module, an order management module and a statistics chart module.
On the other hand, the invention also provides a shared self-service thermal transfer printing method applying any shared self-service thermal transfer printing system, which comprises the following steps:
S100, a user checks and selects names, styles, pictures to be printed and picture styles of printing articles prestored in the background management system through a man-machine interaction unit; the method further comprises the following steps: the user transmits the pictures stored by the intelligent terminal to a background management system through a 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 printing object;
s300, the man-machine interaction unit displays the processed customized pictures to a user, and the user selects the customized pictures and pays through the payment module;
S400, the control unit controls the printing assembly to start, and the customized picture is printed on the thermal transfer paper; the method further comprises the following steps: the user fixes the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized pictures on the surface to be printed of the printing object, and attaches the pattern to the surface to be printed;
s500, the control unit controls the execution unit to start based on the selection of a user, and the pattern on the thermal transfer paper is thermally transferred to the printing object;
And S600, taking out the printing object, cooling and finishing.
Compared with the prior art, the shared self-service thermal transfer printing system and method have the following beneficial effects:
Firstly, use AI artificial intelligence design software to replace professional artist, realize the picture automated processing, satisfy user's diversified demand, simultaneously, heat transfer equipment carries out the heat transfer process through the hot pressing subassembly in the control unit automatic control execution unit, with user's customization picture heat transfer on the stock, the simple and automatic convenient operation of having realized of technological process, this in-process, heat transfer equipment automatic identification user is about to make the stock, set up corresponding time according to the stock is automatic, technological parameters such as temperature, thereby replace professional artist, save the manual work.
Secondly, through setting up proximity switch and controlling the lift of hot pressing board, prevent that the user from touching the region of high temperature high pressure for whole thermal transfer printing course of working is convenient and safe.
Thirdly, the heat transfer printing equipment designs different hot pressing areas, such as a cylindrical area and a plane area, meets the requirements of different types of commodity manufacturing, such as cups (arc surfaces), mobile phone shells (planes), has compact design and small occupied area, and can meet the requirement of being used by multiple people at the same time.
Fourth, in order to realize the simplification and automation of the heat transfer printing processing, a background management system is configured to remotely control the heat transfer printing equipment, so that the automatic control of the whole processes of code scanning, printing object selection, picture design, preview, payment and printing is realized, a user can conveniently and efficiently obtain satisfactory customized commodities through simple operation, and high self-service operation is realized.
In summary, the self-service sharing heat transfer printing system and the self-service sharing heat transfer printing method are simple to operate, high in safety, capable of being operated by a plurality of persons, capable of enabling non-professional ordinary persons to easily customize favorite products by themselves, and beneficial to wide popularization in the market, and enjoying convenience and pleasure brought by the heat transfer printing technology.
The invention further provides a shared self-service thermal transfer printing system and a method thereof by referring to the attached drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a thermal transfer device in a three-dimensional structure of a shared self-service thermal transfer system and method according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a second perspective view of a thermal transfer device (drawn out from a drawer-type hot-press chamber) in a shared self-service thermal transfer system and method according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic three-dimensional schematic diagram of a heat transfer apparatus (omitting a back plate) in a shared self-service heat transfer system and method according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a shared self-service thermal transfer printing 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 invention comprises a thermal transfer device and a background management system, wherein the thermal transfer device is self-service device for a user to finish a thermal transfer process by self-service operation, and the background management system is used for remotely controlling the thermal transfer device and providing 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 thermoprinting management module, a merchant management module, an order management module and a statistics chart module, wherein the information display module is used for displaying printed articles and to-be-printed pictures to a user, such as canvas bags, photo frames, pendants, water cups and other articles to be printed for selection by the user (the types of the printed articles suitable for the embodiment are wide and comprise various common articles in life, such as T-shirts, hygienicks, canvas bags, learning tool bags, pillow and other textiles, mark cups, color-changing cups, water cups such as thermos cups, woodcut, aluminum cut, lithographic printing, glass painting, crystal painting and other decorative pictures or swing tables, ornaments or swing pieces such as pendants, necklaces, key buckles, mobile phone shells, mouse pads, refrigerator stickers, puzzles, plates and other articles to be printed in the database of the background management system are displayed for selection by the user; the AI image design module utilizes mature AI intelligent design software to replace an artist to process the picture to be printed according to the picture style selected by the user, so as to obtain customized pictures, wherein the picture styles are various, and the AI image design module has oil painting effects, pencil drawing effects, cartoon effects, 3D effects, sketch effects and the like, thereby being beneficial to meeting the diversified demands of the user; the payment module is used for providing a payment interface for the user after the user selects the printing goods, the pictures and the styles; the device management module is used for adding, corresponding and deleting the store devices, and remotely monitoring the online state and the use state of the devices. The thermoprint management module is used for adding and modifying the types of the articles to be printed, editing the design templates aiming at the AI images of the types, 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 paying time, money and goods for users, historical records of corresponding merchants and equipment information and the like. The statistics chart module is used for statistics of equipment quantity, equipment utilization rate, daily gain, total gain, chart display and the like.
The heat transfer printing equipment comprises a cabinet 1, wherein the cabinet 1 is provided with a man-machine interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, and the control unit is connected with a background management system and performs data signal transmission.
The man-machine interaction unit comprises a two-dimension code identification 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 and a tablet personal computer, a background management system selects a printing object and a picture to be printed, corresponding process parameters such as hot pressing time and temperature are configured in the background management system for the corresponding printing object and the picture to be printed, after the user selects the printing object and a customized picture and pays, the background management system determines the printing object purchased by the user, at the moment, the background management system is communicated with a control unit of the heat transfer printing equipment, the control unit automatically adjusts preset parameters of the printing object selected by the user, and sends a control instruction to an execution mechanism, so that the execution mechanism is convenient for executing a process according to the preset parameters according to the selection of the user. In order to accurately distinguish different articles purchased by different users during operation by multiple persons and further accurately execute corresponding processes, an identification module is added to a control unit, a camera or a code scanner is arranged on thermal transfer printing equipment, a label or a two-dimensional code is arranged on a printed article or an operation instruction (the operation instruction is presented to the user through a display screen 22), the label or the two-dimensional code is identified through the camera or the code scanner, identification information is transmitted to the control unit through the identification module, and the control unit controls an executing mechanism to start corresponding procedures of the purchased articles. Of course, the heat transfer printing device can also be set to be that the control unit can send a control instruction to the executing mechanism only after receiving the signal of the identification module, so that the device is safer and more energy-saving. In addition, the display screen 22 may be set as a touch screen, and the touch screen is connected with the background management system and the control unit, and the control unit sends a control instruction to the executing mechanism after the user browses the printed article through the display screen 22 and touches the printed article purchased by the user. Preferably, by using the picture transmission module, a user can randomly transmit own pictures on the intelligent terminal to the background management system, so that the flexibility and the practicability of the device are greatly improved.
The execution unit comprises a hot pressing component and a printing component, the printing component is selected from the existing printer according to the requirement, the printer can be configured independently, and also can be configured in the printing bin 11 below the cabinet 1, and the configuration in the printing bin 11 is beneficial to realizing the integration of the whole equipment. The storage bin 12 is arranged below the printing bin 11 and is used for placing printing objects and other consumable materials, so that convenience is improved. The picture to be printed selected by the user is processed by the AI image design module to become a customized picture, and after payment is completed, 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 a printing object in the next step.
The rack 1 middle part is provided with drawer type hot-pressing chamber 15, and drawer type hot-pressing chamber 15 includes front panel 154 and fixes the slide 155 in the front panel 154 bottom, is provided with the handle 152 of being convenient for grasp on the front panel 154, and rack 1 inside is fixed to be provided with right angle U-shaped and upper shed's spacing frame 156, and slide 155 is through the slide rail subassembly sliding connection that the drawer is commonly used between spacing frame 156 both sides inner wall, conveniently pulls out or pushes in, and planar hot pressing workstation 151 is fixed in slide 155 top. When the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15 is pulled out, the hot pressing workbench 151 is pulled out, so that a user can conveniently place the printing object on the hot pressing workbench 151. The hot pressing assembly comprises a hot pressing plate 13, the hot pressing plate 13 is located right above a hot pressing workbench 151 under the pushing state of a drawer type hot pressing chamber 15, the hot pressing plate 13 is provided with an electric screw lifting assembly 131 for controlling 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 lifting assembly 131, a proximity switch for controlling the electric screw lifting assembly 131 to be powered on and off is arranged at the rear part of the cabinet 1, when the sliding plate 155 is pulled out through a handle 152, the sliding plate 155 is separated from the proximity switch, a motor of the electric screw lifting assembly 131 is powered off and drives the hot pressing plate 13 to lift up, scalding accidents are avoided, otherwise, the sliding plate 155 is contacted with the proximity switch when being pushed in, the sliding plate 155 is triggered, the motor of the electric screw lifting assembly 131 is powered on and drives the hot pressing plate 13 to descend for hot pressing operation, and in the hot pressing process, a control unit acquires user instructions through a man-machine interaction unit and automatically sets corresponding time and temperature parameters according to selected objects and pictures, and controls the hot pressing plate 13 to perform a hot transfer process, and a customized picture selected by a user is transferred onto a printed object.
Preferably, in order to facilitate timely observation of the hot pressing condition, 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 cabinet 1 is internally provided with an in-cabinet lamp at a position close to the hot pressing plate 13, so that the condition in the drawer can be conveniently observed.
The hot pressing assembly further comprises a hot pressing cylinder for heat transfer printing of cylindrical articles such as cups, a cavity is formed in the upper portion of the left side face of the cabinet 1, a cylindrical hot pressing chamber 16 is arranged at the rear portion of the cavity, the hot pressing cylinder is coaxially arranged in the cylindrical hot pressing chamber 16, and the cylindrical articles are placed in the cylindrical hot pressing chamber 16 and are surrounded by the hot pressing cylinder during heat transfer printing. Preferably, the illuminating lamp is inlaid on the inner wall of the cavity, so that a user can conveniently check the heat transfer printing effect.
The right side of the front 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, which is close to the cylinder type hot pressing chamber 16, is provided with a start key 161 which is electrically connected with the control unit, and pressing the start button 19 and the start key 161 respectively enables the hot pressing plate 13 and the hot pressing cylinder to start operation, and after the operation is finished, the hot pressing assembly automatically stops operation. When unmanned use, the control unit discerns unmanned operation and exceeds certain time, will cut off the heating module power of hot pressing subassembly voluntarily, prevent long-time dry combustion method overheated, be favorable to prolonging equipment life, save the electric energy simultaneously, satisfy energy-concerving and environment-protective requirement, still improved the security. For the printed articles needing ironing and leveling, the start button 19 is pressed firstly, after heating for a certain time to level the printed surface of the articles, the stop button 20 is pressed to stop heating, the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15 is pulled out to place the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized pictures, and then the subsequent thermal transfer process is continuously executed. The front left side of the cabinet 1 is provided with a status indicator light area 21, the status indicator light area 21 is provided with three kinds of indicator lights of normal, preheating and fault, and the three kinds of indicator lights are electrically connected with the control unit and display the working condition of the heat transfer printing equipment in real time.
The cabinet 1 is provided with two cooling areas, one cooling area is positioned in the cavity at the left side of the cabinet 1 and in front of the cylinder type hot pressing chamber 16, so that articles subjected to heat transfer printing can be conveniently transferred to the cooling areas in time for cooling, the other cooling area is positioned at the right upper corner of the front side of the cabinet 1, the arrangement of the two cooling areas fully utilizes the space at the front side and the side of the cabinet 1, and the cooling areas are arranged in a staggered manner and are reasonable in layout, so that the whole equipment is compact in structure. The cooling units which are connected with and controlled by the control units are distributed in the two cooling areas, the cooling units comprise fans (not shown in the figure) which are arranged in the top-layer shell of the cabinet 1, the two cooling areas on the cabinet 1 are provided with push-type contact switches 101, the contact switches 101 are pushed down, the control units control the fans to start, the contact switches 101 are pushed down again after cooling is finished, the control units control the fans to stop rotating, and of course, the control units can also be designed to control the fans to work for a certain time according to actual requirements in the prior art. Preferably, a ventilation opening (not shown in the figure) is arranged on the top layer shell of the cabinet 1, the ventilation opening is positioned above the fan, so that timely heat dissipation is facilitated, and the specific shape of the ventilation opening is set according to the requirement of a conventional technical means, which is not listed here.
Still be provided with the purifying element in the rack 1, this purifying element is for arranging the filter 17 at rack 1 back, and this filter 17 is the mature product of purchasing from the market, and the odorous gas and the dust that produce in the heat transfer printing process outwards discharge from the air vent on the backplate of rack 1 after the filter 17 filters, has alleviateed peculiar smell pollution, is favorable to avoiding the equipment in the rack 1 to break down because of the deposition again.
Preferably, the front of the cabinet 1 is also provided with a display screen 22, the display screen 22 is connected with the control unit and the man-machine interaction unit, a user can scan the two-dimension code to view video guidance, and meanwhile, the display screen 22 can also put advertisements.
As shown in fig. 4, the embodiment of the invention further provides a shared self-service thermal transfer printing method using the shared self-service thermal transfer printing system, which includes the following steps:
S100, a user scans a two-dimensional code on a cabinet 1 by using an APP on an intelligent terminal, and checks and selects a name, a style, a picture to be printed and a picture style of a printing object pre-stored in a background management system through a man-machine interaction unit; in the process, if the pre-stored pictures do not meet the user requirements, the user can also transmit the pictures stored by the intelligent terminal to a background management system through a picture transmission module, and then the picture style is selected;
s200, automatically processing the picture to be printed selected by the user according to the picture style selected by the user by the AI image design module to obtain a customized picture meeting the style requirement of the selected printing object;
S300, the man-machine interaction unit displays the processed customized picture to a user, after the user selects the customized picture, the user pays through 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 lighted;
S400, after preheating, the control unit controls the printing assembly to start, and the customized picture is printed on the thermal transfer paper;
S500, a user simply cuts the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized pictures, removes redundant blank parts, fixes the thermal transfer paper on the surface to be printed of a printing object, attaches patterns to the surface to be printed, selectively places the thermal transfer paper on a hot pressing workbench 151 or in a hot pressing cylinder according to the shape of the printing object after the pattern is attached to the surface to be printed, presses a start button 19 and a start key 161, controls the hot pressing plate 13 and the hot pressing cylinder to start operation, and performs thermal transfer action based on the selection of the user to thermally transfer the patterns on the thermal transfer paper onto the printing object; in this step, the start button 19 and the start key 161 may be pressed separately or simultaneously, and the simultaneous pressing may be performed by different users;
And S600, taking out the printing stock and placing the printing stock in a cooling area for cooling.
The shared self-service heat transfer printing system is provided with the integral cabinet 1, the hot pressing area and the cooling area are arranged on the cabinet 1, the cabinet 1 forms an enclosing structure, the hot pressing workbench 151 and the hot pressing plate 13 in the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15 are wrapped in the cabinet 1, high-temperature scalding and crush accidents during operation are effectively avoided, meanwhile, the proximity switch is arranged behind the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15, so that the hot pressing plate 13 can execute descending hot pressing action after the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15 is pushed in, for example, the drawer type hot pressing chamber 15 is pulled away carelessly in the descending process of the hot pressing plate 13, the hot pressing plate 13 can be lifted automatically, scalding caused by misoperation is practically avoided, and the safety is greatly improved.
In a word, each functional area of the shared self-service heat transfer 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 an independent hot-pressing area and an independent cooling area, and the heat transfer method using the system is simple to operate and high in working efficiency, supports simultaneous self-service operation of multiple people, and remarkably improves convenience.
The above examples are only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and various modifications and improvements made by those skilled in the art to the technical solution of the present invention should fall within the scope of protection 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 system is characterized in that,
The system comprises a thermal transfer device and a background management system for remotely controlling the thermal transfer device;
The background management system is configured 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 configured with a man-machine interaction unit, a control unit and an execution unit, the control unit is connected with the background management system, the man-machine interaction unit is used for a user to select a printing object and a picture to be printed from the background management system and obtain a customized picture processed by the AI image design module, and the control unit obtains a user instruction through the man-machine interaction unit and controls the execution unit to execute a heat transfer printing procedure so as to carry out heat transfer printing on the customized picture selected by the user on the printing object;
The man-machine interaction unit comprises a two-dimension code identification module and a picture transmission module, wherein the picture transmission module is used for transmitting pictures of a user to a background management system, the user scans two-dimension codes on a cabinet (1) through a smart phone or a tablet personal computer, a printed article and a picture to be printed are selected from the background management system, corresponding hot-pressing time and corresponding hot-pressing temperature are configured in the background management system for the printed article and the picture to be printed, after the printed article and a customized picture are selected and paid by the user, the background management system determines the printed article purchased by the user, at the moment, the background management system communicates with a control unit of the heat transfer equipment, the control unit automatically adjusts preset parameters of the printed article selected by the user, and sends a control instruction to an execution mechanism, and the execution mechanism is convenient to execute a process according to the preset parameters according to the selection of the user; in order to accurately distinguish different articles selected and purchased by different users during operation by multiple persons and further accurately execute corresponding processes, a control unit is additionally provided with an identification module, a camera or a code scanner is arranged on thermal transfer printing equipment, a label or a two-dimensional code is arranged on a printed article or an operation instruction book thereof, the label or the two-dimensional code is identified through the camera or the code scanner, identification information is transmitted to the control unit through the identification module, and the control unit controls an execution mechanism to start corresponding working procedures of different articles selected and purchased by different users;
The execution unit comprises a hot pressing assembly and a printing assembly, wherein the printing assembly is used for printing the customized picture on thermal transfer paper, and the hot pressing assembly is used for thermally transferring the pattern on the thermal transfer paper to the printing object;
The hot pressing assembly comprises a hot pressing plate and a hot pressing cylinder, the hot pressing device is provided with a drawer type hot pressing chamber and a cylinder type hot pressing chamber, the hot pressing plate is positioned above a planar hot pressing workbench in the drawer type hot pressing chamber, the hot pressing cylinder is positioned in the middle of a cabinet (1) in the cylinder type hot pressing chamber, 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 limit frame (156) with an upper opening is fixedly arranged in the cabinet (1), the sliding plate (155) is connected between the inner walls of two sides of the limit frame (156) in a sliding mode through a sliding rail assembly commonly used by a drawer, and the planar hot pressing workbench (151) is conveniently pulled out or pushed in and fixed above the sliding plate (155); when the drawer type hot pressing chamber (15) is pulled out, the hot pressing workbench (151) is pulled out along with the hot pressing workbench, so that a user can conveniently place a printing object on the hot pressing workbench (151); the hot pressing assembly comprises a hot pressing plate (13), the hot pressing plate (13) is positioned right above a hot pressing workbench (151) in a push-in state of a drawer type hot pressing chamber (15), the hot pressing plate (13) is provided with an electric screw lifting assembly (131) for controlling the lifting of the hot pressing plate, the hot pressing plate (13) is fixed at the bottom end of a screw rod in the electric screw lifting assembly (131), a proximity switch for controlling the electric screw lifting assembly (131) to be powered on and off is arranged at the rear part of the cabinet (1) near a back plate, when the sliding plate (155) is pulled out through a handle (152), the sliding plate (155) is separated from the proximity switch, a motor of the electric screw lifting assembly (131) is powered off and drives the hot pressing plate (13) to lift, otherwise, the sliding plate (155) is contacted with the proximity switch when pushed in, the sliding plate is triggered, the motor of the electric screw lifting assembly (131) is powered on, the hot pressing plate (13) is driven to be lowered, and operation is carried out, and in the hot pressing process, a control unit acquires a user instruction through a man-machine interaction unit and automatically sets corresponding time and temperature parameters according to a selected printed object and a to-printed picture, and a hot pressing picture to be customized by a user, and a user is subjected to a hot pressing process to be customized;
A start button (19) and a stop button (20) which are electrically connected with the control unit are further arranged on the right side of the front surface of the cabinet (1), a start key (161) which is electrically connected with the control unit is arranged on the side surface of the cabinet (1) close to the cylinder type hot pressing chamber (16), and the hot pressing plate (13) and the hot pressing cylinder are respectively started by pressing the start button (19) and the start key (161), so that the hot pressing assembly automatically stops working after the working is finished; when no person uses the device, the control unit recognizes that no person operates for more than a certain time, automatically cuts off the power supply of the heating module of the hot pressing assembly, presses a start button (19) for a printing object needing ironing and leveling, presses a stop button (20) to stop heating after heating for a certain time to level the printing surface of the object, pulls out the drawer type hot pressing chamber (15) to place the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized pictures, and then continues to execute a subsequent thermal transfer process; the cabinet (1) is provided with a status indicator light area (21) on the front left side, the status indicator light area (21) is provided with three kinds of indicator lights of normal, preheating and fault, and the three kinds of indicator lights are electrically connected with the control unit and display the working condition of the heat transfer printing equipment in real time.
2. A shared self-service heat transfer printing method is characterized in that,
The shared self-service thermal transfer system of claim 1, comprising the steps of:
S100, a user checks and selects names, styles, pictures to be printed and picture styles of printing articles prestored in the background management system through a man-machine interaction unit;
s200, the AI image design module processes the picture to be printed selected by the user to obtain a customized picture meeting the style requirements of the selected printed article;
s300, the man-machine interaction unit displays the processed customized pictures to a user, and the user selects the customized pictures and pays through the payment module;
S400, the control unit controls the printing assembly to start, 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 a user, and the pattern on the thermal transfer paper is thermally transferred to the printing object;
And S600, taking out the printing object, cooling and finishing.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein,
The step S100 further includes:
and the user transmits the pictures stored by the intelligent terminal to the background management system through the picture transmission module.
4. A method of shared self-service thermal transfer printing according to claim 3, wherein,
The step S400 further includes:
and fixing the thermal transfer paper printed with the customized pictures on the surface to be printed of the printing object by a user, and attaching the pattern to the surface to be printed.
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