CN1160640C - Network printer and driving method - Google Patents
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The present invention provides a network printer and a driving method thereof, and the network printer comprising a printing device and a printing driving interface is arranged in an IP address position of a network. The method comprises the following steps: under the condition that an application program with a printing requirement sends a printing request to a printing driver, the printing driver sends a broadcast message for searching for the network printer to the network so as to request the network printer in the network to response, and the printing driving interface sends the necessary attribute information of the network printer back to the printing driver of an IP address for sending the request; the printing driver is configured according to the necessary attribute information responded by the printing driving interface, and the printing request of the application program is converted into a printer language supported by the printing driving interface; the printer language is transmitted to the printing driving interface through the network so as to realize a printing operation. By applying the present invention, a user in the network does not need to ask an administrator for the driver and the IP address of the printer so as to conveniently use the network printer.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the printer technology field, be meant a kind of driving method of the network printer especially.
Background technology
Traditional network printer provides basic network printing function for people, in order to use the network printer, must at first be every equipment installation corresponding print driver that the network printer provided that the printing demand is arranged in the network, and after carrying out a series of loaded down with trivial details configuration efforts such as IP address, port numbers of the network printer, can move.
In the network of operation, in case the IP address of the network printer is changed, then all have the equipment of printing demand all to need again the IP address and the port numbers of the manual configuration network printer in the network; If the printer in the network is changed, and new printer is different with old printer model, all have the equipment of printing demand all need reinstall the new corresponding print driver that printer provided in the network so, and configuration effort such as duplicate ip address, port numbers; If a computing machine leaves original network, join in the new network, and in this network in the model of printer and the former network model of printer inequality, still need again the manual driver that the network printer the is installed line correlation configuration effort of going forward side by side.
This trouble for often being displaced into a plurality of internetwork computing machines more very, such as the notebook computer that often carries out mobile office, every new network, all need to carry out again installation, the configuration of the network printer just can use printing function, even on a network that had carried out installation, configuration network printer, also need to revise the setting of default printer.Suchlike thing can not be brought any increment for people's work, on the contrary, has delayed many times, for work brings inconvenience, does not have the suitable network printed driver when at hand, and is particularly like this when perhaps not knowing network printer IP address.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of driving method of the network printer, no matter the network printer is to be connected on the net by the webserver, still the computer user shares by network and gives other online users, or directly link on the network by the network interface of Ethernet or token-ring network, for the equipment that the printing demand is arranged print driver only need be installed one time, need not to be configured work, this print driver will search the network printer automatically in network, and dispose accordingly automatically, and then finish printing.
For achieving the above object, technical scheme of the present invention is achieved in that
A kind of driving method of the network printer, wherein, a network printer that comprises printing equipment and print drive interface is arranged on the place, an IP address of network, a print driver is arranged on the equipment of printing demand, the method includes the steps of: send under the situation of print request to print driver in the application program that the printing demand is arranged, print driver sends the broadcast of search network printer in network, the network printer in the request network responds; Print drive interface in the network printer is to the necessary attribute information of this network printer of print driver loopback of the IP address that sends request; Print driver is configured according to the necessary attribute information of print drive interface response, and the print request of application program is converted to the printer language that the print drive interface is supported, sends to the print drive interface by network.
Preferably, this method further comprises following steps: the print drive interface arranges printing equipment to print operation according to the printer language that receives.
Preferably, this method further comprises following steps: printing equipment sends print state message to the print drive interface.
Preferably, this method further comprises following steps: the print drive interface sends print state message to the print driver of the IP address of calling its printing function.
Wherein, the necessary attribute information of the described network printer can comprise following information partly or entirely: the printer language of the residing IP of this network printer address, print.er port number, printing technique (stylus printer, ink-jet, laser etc.), print speed, resolution, support breadth, support.
The present invention is by the communication of print driver and print drive interface, the necessary attribute information of printer is passed to print driver, make print driver can obtain information such as printer model, IP address, printing technique exactly, thereby can successfully use standard printer language such as PostScript, PCL, will need printed contents and form to send to the network printer.Application of the present invention, in the time of can making the network printer change the IP address, when perhaps adopting the network printer of different model different manufacturers, print driver is found automatically and is configured.Help the standardization of print driver and printer driver interface.
Use the present invention, only need to install a print driver, get final product automatic search network printer, and print.This type of drive not only can make the difference of printer of the different model of different manufacturers production be hidden, no matter be the IP address of changing the network printer, still change the network printer, or for the computing machine that carries out mobile office, user's experience is the printing function that directly uses network, and need not carry out any installation and configuration effort, use simple, convenient, fast.
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Fig. 1 is for using print procedure synoptic diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a print driver process flow diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the driver process flow diagram of printer of the present invention.
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For making purpose of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer, below with reference to the accompanying drawing embodiment that develops simultaneously, the present invention is described in further details.
At first on the equipment with printing demand print driver is installed, its print procedure as shown in Figure 1.
Step 1 has the application program (for example application program such as WORD, EXCEL) of printing demand to send print request to print driver.
Step 2, print driver is sent out the broadcast of search network printer to network, and the request network printer responds, and promptly the print driver message that will ask the network printer to respond mails to all devices of network.
Step 3, after print drive interface in the network printer receives the request that print driver sent in the network, to the IP address loopback its own IP address at the equipment place that sends request and corresponding print.er port number, and the printer language technical specifications such as (PostScript, PCL etc.) of printing technique (stylus printer, ink-jet, laser etc.), print speed, resolution, support breadth, Color Range (black and white/colour) and support.
Step 4, after print driver obtains the message of network printer response, from response message, obtain the IP address at this network printer place and print.er port number, and various technical specifications, and dispose accordingly, provide print attribution (as paper type, printing effect, printing umber, Print direction etc.) information to select simultaneously in order to user inquiring, and the print request of application program is converted to the printer language (as PostScript, PCL etc.) that the print drive interface is supported, send on the network printer by network.
Step 5, the network printer carries out decode operation according to the printer language that receives from the print drive interface, again these data delivery is arrived printer core, prints operation by printer core.
Step 6, the printer core in the network printer send print state message (printing finish message or print failed message) to the print drive interface after finishing print out task.
Step 7, the network printer sends print state message by the print drive interface to the IP address of the equipment that calls its printing function.
So far, finish print job one time.
Fig. 2 is for using print driver process flow diagram of the present invention, and this program run is on the equipment that the printing demand is arranged.
Fig. 3 is the driver process flow diagram of printer of the present invention, and this program run is on the print drive interface of printer.
Step 301 is received the broadcast of search network printer.
Step 302, the response searching request sends to searching request side with the technical specification of this machine.
Step 303 judges whether the printer language of the standard of receiving, if execution in step 304, otherwise repeated execution of steps 303.
Step 304 will be transported to printer core behind the standard printer language decoder.
Step 305 judges whether to receive print state message, if execution in step 306, otherwise repeated execution of steps 305.
Step 306 sends the seal status message to the printing function called side.
The above only is preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is in order to restriction the present invention, within the spirit and principles in the present invention not all, any modification of being made, is equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.
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1, a kind of driving method of the network printer, wherein, a network printer that comprises printing equipment and print drive interface is arranged on the place, an IP address of network, and a print driver is arranged on the equipment of printing demand, it is characterized in that the method includes the steps of:
Send to print driver under the situation of print request in the application program that the printing demand is arranged, print driver sends the broadcast of search network printer in network, and the network printer in the request network responds;
Print drive interface in the network printer is to the necessary attribute information of this network printer of print driver loopback of the IP address that sends request;
Print driver is configured according to the necessary attribute information of print drive interface response, and the print request of application program is converted to the printer language that the print drive interface is supported, sends to the print drive interface by network.
2, the driving method of the network printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that further comprising following steps: the print drive interface arranges printing equipment to print operation according to the printer language that receives.
3, the driving method of the network printer according to claim 2 is characterized in that further comprising following steps: printing equipment sends print state message to the print drive interface.
4, the driving method of the network printer according to claim 3 is characterized in that further comprising following steps: the print drive interface sends print state message to the print driver of the IP address of calling its printing function.
5, the driving method of the network printer according to claim 1 is characterized in that: the necessary attribute information of the described network printer comprise following information partly or entirely: the printer language of the residing IP of this network printer address, print.er port number, printing technique, print speed, resolution, support breadth, support.
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