CN115525236A - Job equalization processing method, job equalization processing device, image forming apparatus, and storage medium - Google Patents

Job equalization processing method, job equalization processing device, image forming apparatus, and storage medium Download PDF

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CN115525236A
CN115525236A CN202211189514.7A CN202211189514A CN115525236A CN 115525236 A CN115525236 A CN 115525236A CN 202211189514 A CN202211189514 A CN 202211189514A CN 115525236 A CN115525236 A CN 115525236A
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Abstract

The application relates to a job equalization processing method, a job equalization processing device, an image forming apparatus, and a storage medium. The method comprises the following steps: when a job task is received, judging whether a job group is required to be established, wherein the job group comprises at least one image forming device in the preset image forming devices; if yes, establishing the operation group; and selecting one image forming device from the job group, and forwarding the job task to the selected image forming device to execute the job task. According to the method and the device, the image forming equipment in the network can be used by the user more uniformly, and the rapid aging of the equipment is avoided, so that the equipment is effectively protected.

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Job equalization processing method, job equalization processing device, image forming apparatus, and storage medium
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of image forming apparatus technologies, and in particular, to a job balancing method and apparatus, an image forming apparatus, and a storage medium.
Background
An image forming apparatus is used to perform an image forming job, and a printer, for example, can implement a print job. In an office network, multiple printers may be included for a user to select a machine for a print job.
The inventor of the application finds in research that in the prior art, a user always selects a fixed device for operation due to the influence of the use habit of the user, which causes the device selected by the user to undertake more operation tasks, and the device is more worn and more prone to accelerated aging of the device compared with other devices.
Disclosure of Invention
Embodiments of the present invention provide a job balancing method and apparatus, an image forming device, and a storage medium, which enable image forming devices in a network to be used more evenly by a user, and avoid rapid aging of the devices, thereby effectively protecting the devices.
In a first aspect, the present application provides a job balancing method applied to any one of a preset image forming apparatus group including a plurality of interconnected image forming apparatuses, the method including:
when a job task is received, judging whether a job group is required to be established, wherein the job group comprises at least one image forming device in the preset image forming devices;
if yes, establishing the operation group; and
selecting one image forming device from the job group, and forwarding the job task to the selected image forming device to execute the job task.
With reference to the first aspect, in a feasible implementation manner, the determining whether a job group needs to be established includes:
and judging whether a job group needs to be established according to whether the image forming device is preset to be in an equilibrium use mode, and judging that the job group needs to be established if the image forming device is preset to be in the equilibrium use mode.
With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the job group includes a static job group;
the establishing the job group includes:
and screening at least one image forming device from the preset image forming device group according to preset performance indexes and/or state information of the image forming devices to form a static operation group.
With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the job group is a dynamic job group;
the establishing the operation group further comprises:
broadcasting demand information in the preset image forming equipment group, wherein the demand information carries resource conditions required by executing the job task, so that image forming equipment meeting the resource conditions can respond;
upon receiving the response, the image forming apparatus that sent the response message is added to the dynamic job group.
With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the method further includes:
acquiring a preset forwarding mode of the job task, wherein the forwarding mode comprises an automatic forwarding mode and a manual forwarding mode;
when the forwarding mode is an automatic forwarding mode, selecting one image forming device from the job group by the image forming device to serve as the image forming device to be forwarded;
and when the forwarding mode is a manual forwarding mode, prompting the operation group to a user terminal of a user, and taking the image forming equipment selected by the user as the image forming equipment to be forwarded according to a selection instruction of the user.
With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the selecting one image forming apparatus from the job group as an image forming apparatus to be forwarded includes:
and selecting one image forming device from the job group as the image forming device to be forwarded according to the distance factor between the image forming device in the job group and the user terminal and/or the utilization factor of the image forming device.
With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the method further includes: each image forming device determines a usage factor of the image forming device according to a preset algorithm; the usage factor is proportional to the number of historical job jobs and an accumulated consumable usage of the image forming apparatus and inversely proportional to a standby time of the image forming apparatus.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a job equalization processing apparatus, including:
the judging module is used for judging whether a job group needs to be established or not when a job task is received, wherein the job group comprises at least one image forming device in the preset image forming device group;
the establishing module is used for establishing the operation group if the judgment is yes; and
and the forwarding module is used for selecting one image forming device from the job group and forwarding the job task to the selected image forming device so as to execute the job task.
With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the determining module is configured to determine whether a job group needs to be established according to whether the image forming apparatus is set to the balanced usage mode in advance, and determine that the job group needs to be established if the image forming apparatus is set to the balanced usage mode in advance.
With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the establishing module is configured to screen at least one image forming apparatus meeting a preset performance index and/or a preset state condition from the preset image forming apparatus group according to a preset performance index and/or state information of the image forming apparatus, so as to form a static job group.
With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the establishing module is configured to broadcast requirement information in the preset image forming device group, where the requirement information carries a resource condition required for executing the job task, so that an image forming device meeting the resource condition responds; upon receiving the response, the image forming apparatus that transmitted the response message is added to the dynamic job group.
With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the apparatus further includes a mode setting module, configured to preset a forwarding mode of the job task, where the forwarding mode includes an automatic forwarding mode and a manual forwarding mode;
the forwarding module is used for selecting one image forming device from the job group as the image forming device to be forwarded when the forwarding mode is the automatic forwarding mode; and when the forwarding mode is a manual forwarding mode, prompting the operation group to a user terminal of a user, and taking the image forming equipment selected by the user as the image forming equipment to be forwarded according to a selection instruction of the user.
With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the forwarding module is configured to select one image forming apparatus from the job group as the image forming apparatus to be forwarded according to a distance factor between the image forming apparatuses in the job group and the user terminal and/or a usage factor of the image forming apparatuses.
In a third aspect, the present application provides an image forming apparatus including the job equalization processing device according to the second aspect described above.
In a fourth aspect, the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, the storage medium controls a device on which the storage medium is located to execute the job balancing processing method according to the first aspect.
According to the job balancing processing method and device, when the job task is received, whether the job group needs to be established or not is judged, the job group is established after the judgment is yes, one image forming device is selected from the job group, and the job task is forwarded to the selected image forming device to execute the job task.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application environment provided by an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a job balancing method according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of establishing an operation group according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a forward job task provided in an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 5 is a functional block diagram of a job balancing processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6 is a functional block diagram of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present application.
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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 description of the 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 one type of association 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.
It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe terminals in embodiments of the present invention, these terminals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one terminal from another. For example, a first terminal may also be referred to as a second terminal, and similarly, a second terminal may also be referred to as a first terminal, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present invention.
The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at 8230; \8230;" or "when 8230; \8230;" or "in response to a determination" or "in response to a detection", depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase "if determined" or "if detected (a stated condition or event)" may be interpreted as "upon determining" or "in response to determining" or "upon detecting (a stated condition or event)" or "in response to detecting (a stated condition or event)", depending on the context.
Referring to fig. 1, an application environment of a job balancing processing method is illustrated in an embodiment of the present application.
In the application environment of the present application, the user terminal 100 and the preset image forming apparatus group 200 are involved. The user terminal 100 is connected to any image forming device in the preset image forming device group 200 through a network, which may be a wired network or a wireless network, and may include a local area network, a wide area network, and the like.
The user terminal 10 may be, for example, a general-purpose computer such as a desktop computer, a PC, etc., for example, but not limited to, a computer of a windows system, and the user may implement operations such as creating, editing, and transmitting files based on the windows system. Of course, the user may also download the file from the cloud based on the user terminal 100. In the embodiment of the application, the file may include contents in the form of characters, pictures, tables, and the like, and a user may issue the file to any image forming device in a preset image forming device group to perform operation.
In the embodiment of the present application, the preset image forming apparatus group 200 includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to each other. The connection mode may be a connection of a wired network or a connection of a wireless network, and preferably, a plurality of image forming apparatuses are in the same local area network.
Image forming apparatuses, illustrated schematically as 201-204 in FIG. 1, are apparatuses having at least one image formation-related function that may include, but is not limited to: a print function, a scan function, a copy function, and a fax function. For example: a single-function printer (an image forming apparatus with only a printing function); a multifunction printer (an image forming apparatus with printing, copying, scanning, and/or facsimile functions, and the number of paper cassettes can be selectively set); the complex machine (based on the copy function, standard matching or optional printing, scanning, fax function, using digital principle, laser printing to output files, editing the images and characters according to the need, having large capacity paper tray, high memory, large hard disk, strong network support and multitask parallel processing ability).
In the embodiment of the present application, the image forming apparatus performs a job based on a file, the job form may be exemplified by a print job, it is easily understood that the job may be in other forms, such as a job in the form of image scanning, and the like, and conversely, the image forming apparatus may be exemplified by a printer. In fig. 1, for example, a user may operate at the user terminal 100, the print JOB of the file is issued to the printer 201.
In the conventional technique, the printer 201 directly processes a print job task. When the user frequently selects the printer 201 to perform a job, the printer 201 generates more waste than other printers.
In contrast, the embodiment of the application is improved to improve the operation efficiency.
Referring to fig. 2, in one embodiment of the present application, a job balancing processing method is provided. The method may be applied to any image forming apparatus in the preset image forming apparatus group 200.
The job balancing processing method in the embodiment of the application comprises the following steps:
s21, when receiving a job task, judging whether a job group is required to be established, wherein the job group comprises at least one image forming device in a preset image forming device group;
s22, if the judgment result is yes, establishing an operation group; and
s23, selecting one image forming apparatus from the job group, and forwarding the job task to the selected image forming apparatus to execute the job task.
Compared with the prior art, the job balancing processing method can enable the image forming devices in the network to be used by users more uniformly, avoid rapid aging of the devices, and effectively protect the devices.
The above method is described in a more detailed example of the present application.
And S21, judging whether a job group needs to be established or not when the job task is received, wherein the job group comprises at least one image forming device in a preset image forming device group.
Specifically, before the step, a preset image forming device group is established in advance. For example, a plurality of image forming apparatuses may be connected through a routing apparatus in one local area network, thereby establishing a preset image forming apparatus group.
In this embodiment, the user can edit the file at the user terminal 100. When the user finishes editing the file and further needs to print the file, the print driver may be called to perform a print JOB, and a JOB is issued to the image forming apparatus 201.
At this time, it is determined by the image forming apparatus 201 whether the job group needs to be established.
In one embodiment of the present application, the image forming apparatus 201 determines whether the job group needs to be established based on whether the image forming apparatus 201 is set to the balanced use mode in advance, and determines yes when the image forming apparatus 201 is set to the balanced use mode in advance.
And S22, if the judgment result is yes, establishing an operation group.
In one embodiment of the present application, an image forming apparatus may select to establish a static job group. For example, at least one image forming apparatus meeting a preset performance index and/or state information is selected from a preset image forming apparatus group according to the preset performance index and/or state information of the image forming apparatus to form a static job group. The performance indicators, for example, may include color printing, black and white printing, and the status information may include free and busy. In an embodiment, a static job group may be defined in advance, a plurality of image forming apparatuses with similar performance may be divided into the same static job group, and preferably, the plurality of image forming apparatuses in the static job group may be apparatuses of the same brand and the same model, when a job abnormality occurs in one of the apparatuses, when the job task is a transferable job task, it is easy to infer that the job task is also competent for the same brand and the same model of apparatus, so that the exchange of the image forming apparatuses may be performed quickly.
In one embodiment of the present application, the image forming apparatus may further select to establish a dynamic job group. For example, the image forming apparatus with the job abnormality broadcasts the requirement information in a preset image forming apparatus group, wherein the requirement information carries the resource condition required by executing the job task, so that the image forming apparatus meeting the resource condition can respond; upon receiving the response, the image forming apparatus that sent the response message is added to the dynamic job group. The establishment of the dynamic job group can achieve accurate selection and can ensure the balanced use of a plurality of image forming apparatuses.
In the embodiment of the application, the image forming apparatus can select to establish the static operation group or the dynamic operation group in a preset form.
Further, in the embodiment of the application, after the image forming apparatus establishes the job group, a forwarding mode of a preset job task is acquired, where the forwarding mode includes an automatic forwarding mode and a manual forwarding mode; when the forwarding mode is the automatic forwarding mode, selecting one image forming device from the job group by the image forming device to serve as the image forming device to be forwarded; and when the forwarding mode is a manual forwarding mode, prompting the job group to a user terminal of the user, and taking the image forming equipment selected by the user as the image forming equipment to be forwarded according to a selection instruction of the user.
In the embodiment of the application, the image forming apparatus may select one image forming apparatus from the job group as the image forming apparatus to be forwarded according to a distance factor between the image forming apparatus in the job group and the user terminal and/or a usage factor of the image forming apparatus, and further forward the job task to the image forming apparatus to be forwarded.
In an embodiment of the present application, each image forming apparatus in the preset image forming apparatus group may store, in advance, a distance factor between each apparatus and the user terminal, where the distance factor is used to represent a distance between the image forming apparatus and the user terminal. In one calculation, the value of the distance factor may increase with increasing distance, for example, if the image forming apparatus 1 is located in the office 1 together with the user terminal and the image forming apparatus 2 is located in the office 2, the distance factor 2 corresponding to the image forming apparatus 2 is greater than the distance factor 1 corresponding to the image forming apparatus 1. In selecting an image forming apparatus to be forwarded, an image forming apparatus having a small distance, that is, an image forming apparatus having a small distance factor value may be preferentially selected. Of course, in other calculation methods, the value of the distance factor may also be preset to decay as the distance increases.
In one embodiment of the present application, each image forming apparatus of the preset image forming apparatus group needs to count its own usage factor at regular time or in real time. A utilization factor for characterizing how frequently the image forming apparatus executes the image forming job. The image forming apparatus determines its own usage factor according to a preset algorithm in which the usage factor may be proportional to the number of historical job jobs and the accumulated amount of consumable usage of the image forming apparatus and inversely proportional to the standby time of the image forming apparatus. Specifically, the image forming apparatus may count the number of the history job tasks, for example, the image forming apparatus may perform the addition 1 process on the history job tasks after each completion of the print job for one document. The image forming apparatus is also provided with a sensor for detecting consumables, for example, in the case of a printer using toner, the amount of toner decreases from 75% to 50% as the print job is performed a plurality of times, and the amount of consumables used is 25%. Meanwhile, after the image forming apparatus is powered on, standby time, which is time when the image forming apparatus does not execute a print job, may be counted. It is easily understood that the higher the value of the usage factor, the more job tasks are performed by the image forming apparatus, or the more consumables are used. And the longer the standby time of the image forming apparatus, the lower the figure of its usage factor. In one embodiment, an image forming apparatus with a low usage factor may be preferentially selected as the image forming apparatus to be forwarded.
In one embodiment, a method of considering both the distance factor and the usage factor may also be adopted, one image forming apparatus is selected from the job group as the image forming apparatus to be forwarded, and the job task is forwarded to the image forming apparatus to be forwarded.
When the new image forming apparatus receives the print job task, the job task continues to be executed until the job task is completed.
Referring to FIG. 3, a job group creation process is illustrated in one particular embodiment. In this process, the image forming apparatus is exemplified by a printer m and a printer n, and specifically includes:
301, printer m receives a job task.
302, it is determined whether the job group needs to be established by determining whether the printer m is set to the balanced use mode.
If not, 303 is performed, and if yes, 304 is performed.
303, the printer m executes the job task.
304, the printer m prompts the user terminal to establish a job group.
305, it is determined whether the printer m is set in advance to establish a dynamic job group.
If not, go to 306, and if so, go to 307.
306, printer m establishes a static job group.
Specifically, the devices in the static job group may be preset devices.
307, the printer m broadcasts the demand information necessary to complete the job task.
The demand information may include, for example, but not limited to, a color printing mode, an ink amount, and a size and number of sheets, and the like.
309, the printer n receives the demand information.
The printer n determines whether it satisfies the demand information itself 310.
If not, the process flow of the printer n is ended, and if so, 311 is executed.
311, the printer n sends a response message to the printer m.
312, printer m adds printer n to the dynamic job group.
The printer m adds all the responded printer devices to the dynamic job group, thereby completing the creation of the dynamic job group.
In the embodiment of the present application described above, the process of the printer establishing the job group is illustrated. In the above-described embodiment, the printer establishes the job group after confirming that the setting is the balanced usage modulus, thereby providing a mechanism that allows a plurality of printers of the preset group to execute the print job uniformly. The operation group can be established by a static group or a dynamic group, the static group can be established quickly, the processing time of the equipment is saved, and the dynamic group can be established to select the equipment more accurately.
Referring to FIG. 4, a process for forwarding job tasks is illustrated in a particular embodiment. In this process, the image forming apparatus is exemplified by a printer m and a printer n, and specifically includes:
401, printer m establishes a job group.
At 402, the printer m determines whether the transfer mode is the automatic transfer mode.
If yes, 403 is executed, otherwise 404 is executed.
Printer m forwards the job task to printer n, which is closest to the user terminal 403.
And 404, displaying the job group to the user terminal.
At 405, it is determined whether the user selects a printer with forwarding.
If not, 406 is performed, and if yes, 407 is performed.
Printer m processes the job task 406. After the processing is completed, the processing flow is ended.
407, the printer n selected by the user is determined and the job task is forwarded to printer n.
Printer n receives 408 a job task.
409, the printer n continues to execute the job task.
Printer n notifies printer m of the completion of the job task 410. The processing flow of the printer n is received.
Printer m receives the notification from printer n 411.
The printer m notifies the user terminal of the completion of the job task 412.
The foregoing embodiment illustrates a forwarding process of a job task, where the forwarding may be performed after a user manually selects an exchanged device, or may be performed automatically by a printer according to a set mechanism. Therefore, the printer with the balanced use mode is realized, when the printer receives the job task, the printer does not execute the job task immediately, one device is selected from the preset group, the job task is forwarded to the selected device to execute the job task, the balanced use of the devices in the group is ensured, and the devices are protected.
On the other hand, the embodiment of the application further provides a job equalization processing device.
As shown in fig. 5, a job equalization processing device 500 is illustrated.
The job equalization processing apparatus 500 in the embodiment of the present application includes:
a determining module 510, configured to determine whether a job group needs to be established when a job task is received, where the job group includes at least one image forming apparatus in a preset image forming apparatus group;
a creating module 520, configured to create a job group if the determination is yes; and
a forwarding module 530, configured to select one image forming apparatus from the job group and forward the job task to the selected image forming apparatus to execute the job task.
Compared with the prior art, the job balancing processing device can enable the image forming devices in the network to be used by users more uniformly, avoid rapid aging of the devices, and effectively protect the devices.
In another aspect, the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, the apparatus on which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute the above-mentioned job balancing processing method.
In another aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer device, and fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a computer device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 6, the computer apparatus 600 of this embodiment includes: the processor 601, the memory 602, and the computer program 603 stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor 601, and when the processor 601 executes the computer program 603, the job balancing processing method in the embodiment is implemented, which is not repeated herein. Alternatively, the computer program is executed by the processor 601 to implement the functions of the modules/units in the job balancing processing apparatus in the embodiments, which are not repeated herein to avoid redundancy.
The computer device 600 may be a desktop computer, a notebook, a palmtop, a cloud server, an image forming device, or other computing device. The computer device may include, but is not limited to, a processor 601, a memory 602. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that fig. 6 is merely an example of a computer device 600 and is not intended to limit the computer device 600 and that it may include more or less components than those shown, or some of the components may be combined, or different components, e.g., the computer device may also include input output devices, network access devices, buses, etc.
The Processor 601 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 602 may be an internal storage unit of the computer device 600, such as a hard disk or a memory of the computer device 600. The memory 602 may also be an external storage device of the computer device 600, such as a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), etc., provided on the computer device 600. Further, the memory 602 may also include both internal storage units and external storage devices for the computer device 600. The memory 602 is used for storing computer programs and other programs and data required by the computer device. The memory 602 may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.
It can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and simplicity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and 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, the above-described division of units is merely one type of division of logical functions, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, 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 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 enabling 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 foregoing methods according to various embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U-disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or other various media capable of storing program codes.
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, which is intended to cover any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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1. A job equalization processing method applied to any one of a preset image forming apparatus group including a plurality of mutually connected image forming apparatuses, the method comprising:
when a job task is received, judging whether a job group is required to be established, wherein the job group comprises at least one image forming device in the preset image forming device group;
if yes, establishing the operation group; and
selecting one image forming device from the job group, and forwarding the job task to the selected image forming device to execute the job task.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining whether the job group needs to be established includes:
and judging whether a job group needs to be established or not according to whether the image forming equipment is preset to be in an equilibrium use mode, and judging that the job group needs to be established or not when the image forming equipment is preset to be in the equilibrium use mode.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the job group comprises a static job group;
the establishing the job group includes:
and screening at least one image forming device from the preset image forming device group according to preset performance indexes and/or state information of the image forming devices to form a static operation group.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the job group comprises a dynamic job group;
the establishing the operation group further comprises:
broadcasting demand information in the preset image forming equipment group, wherein the demand information carries resource conditions required by executing the job task, so that image forming equipment meeting the resource conditions can respond;
upon receiving the response, the image forming apparatus that transmitted the response message is added to the dynamic job group.
5. The method of job equalization processing according to claim 1, further comprising:
acquiring a preset forwarding mode of the job task, wherein the forwarding mode comprises an automatic forwarding mode and a manual forwarding mode;
when the forwarding mode is an automatic forwarding mode, selecting one image forming device from the job group by the image forming device to serve as the image forming device to be forwarded;
and when the forwarding mode is a manual forwarding mode, prompting the operation group to a user terminal of a user, and taking the image forming equipment selected by the user as the image forming equipment to be forwarded according to a selection instruction of the user.
6. The job equalization processing method according to claim 5, wherein the selecting one image forming apparatus from the job group as an image forming apparatus to be forwarded includes:
and selecting one image forming device from the job group as the image forming device to be forwarded according to the distance factor between the image forming device in the job group and the user terminal and/or the utilization factor of the image forming device.
7. The job balancing method according to claim 6, further comprising: each image forming device determines a usage factor of the image forming device according to a preset algorithm; the usage factor is proportional to the number of historical job jobs and the cumulative consumable usage of the image forming apparatus and inversely proportional to the standby time of the image forming apparatus.
8. A job equalization processing apparatus, comprising:
the judging module is used for judging whether a job group needs to be established or not when a job task is received, wherein the job group comprises at least one image forming device in the preset image forming devices;
the establishing module is used for establishing the operation group if the judgment is yes; and
and the forwarding module is used for selecting one image forming device from the job group and forwarding the job task to the selected image forming device so as to execute the job task.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said determination module is configured to determine whether a job group needs to be established according to whether the image forming device is set to the balanced use mode in advance, and when the image forming device is set to the balanced use mode in advance, it is determined as yes.
10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the creating module is configured to screen at least one image forming device from the preset image forming device group according to a preset performance index and/or status information of the image forming devices to form a static job group.
11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the establishing module is configured to broadcast requirement information in the preset image forming device group, where the requirement information carries resource conditions required for executing the job task, so that image forming devices meeting the resource conditions respond; upon receiving the response, the image forming apparatus that transmitted the response message is added to the dynamic job group.
12. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a mode setting module configured to preset a forwarding mode of the job task, wherein the forwarding mode includes an automatic forwarding mode and a manual forwarding mode;
the forwarding module is used for selecting one image forming device from the job group as the image forming device to be forwarded by the image forming device when the forwarding mode is the automatic forwarding mode; and when the forwarding mode is a manual forwarding mode, prompting the operation group to a user terminal of a user, and taking the image forming equipment selected by the user as the image forming equipment to be forwarded according to a selection instruction of the user.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the forwarding module is configured to select one image forming device from the job group as the image forming device to be forwarded according to a distance factor between the image forming devices in the job group and the user terminal and/or a usage factor of the image forming devices.
14. An image forming apparatus characterized by comprising the job equalization processing device according to any one of claims 8 to 13.
15. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein the storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, the apparatus on which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute the job equalization processing method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
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