CN1486466A - Remote printing - Google Patents

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CN1486466A
CN1486466A CNA018219985A CN01821998A CN1486466A CN 1486466 A CN1486466 A CN 1486466A CN A018219985 A CNA018219985 A CN A018219985A CN 01821998 A CN01821998 A CN 01821998A CN 1486466 A CN1486466 A CN 1486466A
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Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for remotely printing documents form computer applications that generate printable data. In one form, printable data is transferred from a local computer (20) to a remote computer (24) or printer (26) in a data format native to the application (42, 62). In another form, a relay server (28) provides a store-and-forward buffer between the local computer (20) and remote computer (24) or printer (26). In another form, a computer-readable medium is encoded with a program to facilitate the transfer of remote print jobs. In still another form, a local computer (20) maintains a list of local and remote printers (22, 26) (respectively) that can be used. When a print request is received, the system automatically traverses the list to find the first available printer and sends the print job to it.

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Remote printing
Related application is quoted
Right of priority is the U.S. Patent application 60/248,467 pendent jointly, that on November 13rd, 2000 applied for and the Application No. 09/747,457 of application in 2000 12 years 22 days.
Background
The present invention relates to the hard copy of long-range generation electronic document.More particularly, the present invention relates to a kind of system and method for the almost the same document of remote printing easily with local printing.
Along with in various places widely, more and more using a computer because of individual and commercial object, usually need be away from people's hard copy of the position generation document of work place separately, or document (or hard copy of document) is delivered to the position in a distant place.For example, can use word processor to generate an envelope on the computing machine at one's side just in order to post to the letter of another office always.In another kind of sight, business travel person carries laptop computer, makes them generate and revise document in can be outside they are positioned at its office.Hope also must be carried printer producing the such tourist of document hard copy during travel except laptop computer.This has increased undesirable weight and volume that must carry equipment.Allow the user from afar, for example on the printer that is not directly connected to subscriber computer, the system of printed hard copy can address these and other problems.
Prior art comprises the example of some remote printing systems, and all there are one or more deficiencies in all these remote printing systems in solving the various situations of hard copy that the user wants to print the document that is not directly connected to its computing machine.An example comprises one or more direct connections, for example workstation is connected to the special telephone line of remote printer.The shortcoming of this method is to need (and usually being expensive) telecommunication link fixing between the equipment.Under the user travels a lot of local situations, the costliness that this solution will be surprising.When there is a lot of destination in hard copy, the costliness that this solution also can become surprising.
In alternative system, the use dial-up telephone line realizes the communication between computing machine and the printer.This solution has solved above-described a lot of problem, but can not satisfy a lot of users' requirement.For example, needed modulator-demodular unit and networking gear usually are complicated and difficult for the keeper.The similar networking gear that uses wide area network (WAN) to connect Local Area Network in all cases also can make the keeper be subjected to the puzzlement of the surprising cost of complicacy and Gao De.
Another kind of remote printing scheme is used the internet E-mail technology.In a kind of this type of configuration, sending computer uses special software to convert print job to the Email print job.At receiving end, receiving computer and/or printer must dispose compatible software and receive and print the Email print job.In another kind of this type systematic, e-mail server converts the Email print job to facsimile transmission, uses the facsimile transmission agreement to send by telephone wire.Compatibility that this system is included and complexity problem make them be difficult to management and use.
A kind of fairly simple prior art is that document is added in the Email Information, can generate the hard copy of document by this method a long way off.This method requires human intervention, for example opening document and send a print command.In a variety of forms of this system, the recipient also can revise document, and this ability may be that the sender is undesirable.
Therefore need further research and improve the remote printing technology.
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A target of the present invention provides a kind of improved remote printing system and method.Another target provides a kind of improved system and method, makes authorized user can generate the hard copy of the document of this computing machine on the printer that is not directly connected to given computing machine or its LAN.
Can realize these and other target by various forms of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is the synoptic diagram of remote printing system.
The block diagram of Fig. 2 has shown the correspondence of Fig. 1 remote printing system.
Fig. 3 is the software composition frame chart of Fig. 1 remote printing system, has shown the data flow between them.
Fig. 4 is the software composition frame chart of Fig. 1 remote printing system alternate embodiment, has shown the data flow between them.
Fig. 5 is the software composition frame chart of Fig. 1 remote printing system alternate embodiment, has shown the data flow between them.
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For the purpose that promotes to understand the principle of the invention, quote the embodiment of explanation in the accompanying drawings now, and use specific language to describe identical part.But should be understood that plan does not limit the scope of the invention thus; To any change of institute's embodiment of describing or illustrate with further revise, and as any other application of the principle of the invention that wherein illustrates all be to expect to the people who is skilled in technique who the present invention relates to normally to be expected.
Usually, the remote printing system of explanation provides a kind of device that prints to the remote printer 26 that connects remote computer system 24 for the user of the local computer system 20 that comprises local printer 22 among Fig. 1-5.Network 30 transmits data between computer system.Here in some embodiment of Tao Luning, data are transmitted in Relay Server 28 storages, so data are transmitted between various other ingredients of total system 32.
Two kinds of different embodiments according to remote printing of the present invention system will be discussed here.Hardware components and correspondence now with reference to Fig. 2 discussion " the server relaying " first embodiment.Should be appreciated that, described " communication " between the ingredient therein and be not being in the various examples of characteristic by " directly connect ", except that those demonstrations or description, make this ingredient of communicating by letter easily, also can provide one or more other ingredients, for example bridge, router or even other computing machine.
In addition, as used herein, " directly connecting " between printer and processor or the computing machine refers to can carry out the communication between the ingredient therein by a kind of device, but should communication not pass through the network hardware, for example router or network switch." LAN connection " between printer and processor or the computing machine refers to a kind of device, can carry out the communication between the ingredient therein, and the network components of communication by being had or controlled by single entity.
Local computer system 20 comprises processor 41, storer 43, display 45, network interface 47, zero or a plurality of optional input equipments 48 and zero or a plurality of optional extra output devices 49.Relay Server 28 comprises processor 51, storer 53 and network interface 57.As local computer system 20, remote computer system 24 comprises processor 61, storer 63, display 65, network interface 67, zero or a plurality of optional input equipments 68 and zero or a plurality of output devices 69.Processor 41 is directly connected to local printer 42 by parallel port or USB mouth or the known serial ports such as RS232, RS422, live wire (ieee standard 1394) or similar connection protocol of people that are skilled in technique.
Should be appreciated that local computer 20 can comprise more than one processor or CPU and more than one storer, wherein storer 43 is representatives of one or more storeies.In addition, should be appreciated that, although understand a playscript with stage directions ground computing machine 20, but in alternate embodiment, many computing machines can be connected to the there.In addition, when being the form of multicomponent, processor 41 can comprise the one or more ingredients that are positioned at the distant place with respect to other ingredient.One or more ingredients of processor 41 are to comprise digital circuit, mimic channel or the distortion of both electronics.In one embodiment, processor 41 is traditional integrated circuit microprocessor devices, for example the one or more PENTIUM III or PENTIUM 4 processors that provide of INTEL Corp..
Storer 43 can comprise one or more solid-state electronic storeies, magnetic store or optical memory, has only proposed several.As non-limiting for example, storer 43 can comprise solid-state electronic random-access memory (ram), sequential storage storer (SAM) (for example first-in first-out (FIFO) distortion or then go into earlier (LIFO) distortion), programmable read-only memory (prom), EPROM (EPROM) or electrically erasable preface ROM (read-only memory) (EEPROM); Optical disc memory (for example DVD or CD ROM); Magnetic encoded, floppy disk, audiotape or cartridge medium; Or the combination in any of these storer kinds.In addition, storer 43 can be the hybrid combination of volatibility, non-volatile or volatibility and non-volatile distortion.
The form of network 30 can be Local Area Network, as wide area networks such as the Internet (WAN) or other network type of expecting as the people who is skilled in technique.Local computer 20 comprises display 45.Though for keeping clarity not have to show that local computer 20 also may comprise one or more operator's input equipments 48, for example keyboard, mouse, trace ball, light pen and/or microphone, proposition be the example of several typical.In addition, except display 45, can comprise zero or a plurality of other output device 49, for example loudspeakers.
In Relay Server 28, processor 51, storer 53 and network interface 57 can adopt any form that processor 41, storer 43 and network interface 47 are described respectively that regards to.Each corresponding object can be identical or different with corresponding ingredient in the local computer 20.Equally, the ingredient (processor 61, storer 63, display 65, network interface 67, zero or a plurality of other input equipments 68 and zero or a plurality of other output devices 69) of printing main frame can adopt top about local computer 20 that discuss, top one or more forms of describing respectively about the ingredient 41,43,45,47,48 and 49 of correspondence separately.In addition, though Fig. 2 has shown the general communication plan between the hardware ingredient in illustrated embodiment, but all illustrated communication paths can be by the extra ingredient that does not show among Fig. 2, for example as the network that the people expected 30 (see figure 1)s that are skilled in technique, port, connector, converter or the like.
Referring now to Fig. 3,, shown the summary of main software ingredient in an illustrated embodiment.Application program 42 produces or gathers printable data, gives an example as non-limiting, as word processing document, image demonstration, image, web content, electrical form and email message.When the user of local computer 20 wished to print such data on remote printer 26, he or she selected " printing " order on the user interface of application program 42.Application program 42 is carried out " printer discoverys " processes, application program 42 by this process obtain with can be for the relevant information of local and remote printer of local computer 20 uses.In illustrated embodiment, application program 42 sends to file manager 44 with document together with specific objective printer and Printing Qptions information.File manager 44 links to each other with Relay Server 28, and printable data is sent in the relay process 55 one.Relay process 55 is used data storage in formation 56 for the back.
File manager 64 in the remote computer 24 is checked the order of waiting for print job by being connected to a relay process 55 and sending one, periodically to this operation of Relay Server 28 polls.If there are any data of remote printer 26 of giving to enter formation, then file manager 64 obtains data and it is stored in the print queue 66.But when 26 times spent of remote printer, the example of an application program 62 is opened in the request that file manager 64 has been stored in the data in the formation 66 with a printing.Application program 62 is opened, is written into data automatically and print these data on remote printer 26.
The object code of print job turns back to application program 62 from printer 26, and application program 62 offers file manager 64 with object information (print job success or failure) again.Application program 62 is closed self then, thereby saves internal memory and handle resource.File manager 64 passes to relay process 55 with object code.File manager 44 periodic polls relay process 55, whether the judged result code is available, if available then download this code.File manager 44 can by application program 42, directly the user interface (not have to show) that provides of the operating system by local computer 20, pass through outcome record the result notification user of one or more journal files, or not with the result notification user of print job print job.
If the reaction of various ingredients enough rapidly and connect enough and stablize, then above-described some or all communication can avoid using formation 56 and formation 66 and for the polling mechanism of relay process 55 descriptions.For it, transmit and carry out between print job and return results code period in system, keep the connection between the ingredient (application program 42, file manager 44, relay process 55, file manager 64, application program 62 and remote printer 26).
In the alternate embodiment that will discuss referring to Fig. 4 now, Relay Server 28 is not used in file manager 44,64 direct communications.In this embodiment, when file manager 44 received the request of a print job of a printing, it was directly connected to file manager 64, and the transfer printing job information is also waited for object code.In other words, as discussing with respect to embodiments shown among Fig. 3, when hanging up, print job can interrupt the connection between file manager 44 and the file manager 64, after print job is finished, rebulid then, thereby report palindrome part manager 44 and application program 42 object code.
With respect to Fig. 5 another kind of form of the present invention is discussed now.In this embodiment, local computer 20 comprises connection detector 40 in addition, and connection detector 40 can judge whether local printer 22 really communicates by letter with local computer 20.Equally, assembling connection detector 60 and configuration are used to detect remote printer 26 and whether effectively are connected to file manager 64.Known technically have the whole bag of tricks that this joint detection is provided, and comprises the method for using hardware, software or their combination.
File manager 44 keeps it to be used to handle the tabulation with prioritizing of the printer of print job.This tabulation can be one or more printer (by name, " printer identifier symbols " such as sequence number, other only identifier or ports) and/or classification (by " packet identifier ", for example local printer in the remote printer front, color printer is in the black-and-white printer front or the sorted lists of Route Selection (sending the network that print job is passed through to particular printer according to local computer).When application program 42 sent a print job to file manager 44, file manager 44 can print job printed in the above printer up to finding in the tabulation inner iteration.Carrying out this iteration is to judge one or more available local printer 22 by use connection detector 40, and uses connection detector 60 (by file manager 64) to judge one or more available remote printer 26.As selecting or in addition, file manager 44 can be by receiving registration/logoff signal and/or passing through each printer of periodic polls, keep being connected to and/or can being connected to remote printer 26 tabulations of local computer 20, then when print job arrives, can use tabulation, rather than attempt the connectivity of the various remote printers 26 of remote detection.
In another kind of form of the present invention, system 32 comprises that one has first processor and by the local computer of the first memory of first program instruction set coding, first program instruction set can be carried out by first processor, (1) carry out first example of application program, and (2) accepts the request of printing first data relevant with this application program with at least a native data formats.System also comprises a remote printer and a remote computer, remote computer is communicated by letter with remote printer with local computer, the second memory that has second processor and encode by second program instruction set, second program instruction set is compiled and can be carried out by second processor, (1) second example of executive utility, (2) receive request, and (3) response reception, use application program second example on remote printer, to print first data automatically.In this form, first data are sent to remote computer with at least a native data formats of application program from local computer.
In the distortion of this form, dispose a relay computer, be suitable for receiving first data and first data being sent to remote computer from local computer.In some embodiment of this distortion, remote computer periodic polls relay computer judges whether that one or more plans give the print job of remote printer etc. to be sent.If have, then remote computer receives print job and print them on remote printer.
Another kind of form of the present invention is that system comprises an at least one remote printer and a local computer that can be connected to one or more local printer and communicate by letter with remote printer by network.Local computer comprises whether a detection has connected the device of one or more local printer, processor and one are by program design order number storer, the program design instruction is carried out by processor, (1) keeps comprising that at least two printers of at least one playscript with stage directions ground printer and at least one remote printer (press identifier, classification or function) sorted lists, (2) accept the request of document printing, (3) traveling through sorted lists automatically and search target printer, is addressable first printer of local computer in the sorted lists at that time, and (4) document printing on target printer.
In the distortion of this form, first playscript with stage directions ground printer is directly connected to local computer by LAN.
In the another kind distortion, system also comprises a remote computer of communicating by letter with local computer, and wherein local computer can pass through the remote computer access remote printer.In some embodiments of this distortion, remote printer is directly connected to remote computer.
Another kind of form of the present invention is a kind of method, comprises that (1) receives print job, (2) from source machine and accepts polling signal, (3) from object computer and print to target printer and respond polling signal, (4) and receive the print job consequential signal and (5) send to source machine with the print job consequential signal from object computer by sending print job.In a kind of distortion of this form, print job comprises document data and print parameters.In the another kind distortion, print job comprises the document data that form can not directly be printed by remote printer.In a kind of embodiment of this distortion, this form is a kind of word-processing application data layout, and in another embodiment, this form is the spreadsheet applications data layouts.
In some embodiments of the present invention, by the checking of the login process on the Relay Server 28 local computer 20 and the user who prints main frame 24.User's login of printing main frame 24 makes their directly continuous and/or can be used for the user of computing machine 20 by the printer 26 that LAN links to each other, or cancels or the deletion availability.This checking can be used username/password combination, digital certificate, biometric authentication or other verification technique of expecting as the people who is skilled in technique.Can come the maintenance access authority by Access Control List (ACL), group proof management (for example PKI architecture) or other method of expecting as the people who is skilled in technique.In the embodiment of various permission visit remote printers 26, the user who prints main frame 24 can allow to visit user's group of specific individual consumer or system, for example with specific company, user's group or the relevant user of class.
In certain embodiments, the single file layout in the printable data that system handles all exchanges, and in other systems, allow multiple form.In a kind of embodiment in back, print main frame 24 and utilize the form of shell information (for example MIME class head, territory or expansion), " magic number ", data itself and/or interior perhaps other technology of wanting as the people who is skilled in technique to distinguish different Doctypes.When the data of multiple form were passed through system, different embodiments of the present invention used diverse ways these format conversion to be become the data that can directly be explained by printer.In certain embodiments, the direct and remote printer interaction of source (this locality) computing machine, so it does not need for each this type of remote printer of its visit a driver to be installed.
In addition, in certain embodiments, even no matter the operating system of local computer how-on this operating system, do not have the printer driver that is used for this remote printer, local computer can both use remote printer.Still in addition, different embodiments of the present invention is with difference in functionality described herein combination and/or be separated into one or more targets, module, application program, equipment or the like, as the people who is skilled in technique will expect.
In certain embodiments, firm initialization print job is just by user's select target printer.In these cases, target printer information sends by system as the part of print job.In other embodiments, groups of printers, the printer classification of pressing Function Identification or other tabulation of printer class by only identifier sign just selected in firm initialization print job, and by Relay Server 28 utilize current printer available information (or available information afterwards, if in group of selecting or classification, do not have at that time printer can with) solve this uncertainty.
Do not having under the situation of improper test, adding data compression and encryption in the above in the system that the people who is skilled in technique can describe.As a non-limitative example, when Data transmission between computing machine, the digital certificate of describing in conjunction with authentication function above also can using comes enciphered data.At least encrypt for those preferred uses by the transmission of shared data nets such as the Internet.As another one example independently, use well-known .ZIP file layout can compress the one or more documents that will print and synthetic file that has " Printing Qptions " file of separation.
Therefore all open source literatures of quoting here, existing application and other document are all incorporated into by complete quoting, and are merged in and complete statement by quoting respectively as each.
Though the description by accompanying drawing and front describes and has described the present invention in detail; but think that the thing of general character is illustrative; limited characteristic not it being understood that preferred embodiment and all change and modifications of expecting the skilled people of correlation technique of only wishing that protection shows and describes.

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1. system comprises:
One playscript with stage directions ground computing machine has first processor and by the first memory of the first program design instruction set encoding, the first program design instruction set can be carried out by first processor:
Execution has first example of the application program of at least a native data formats; And
Accept the request of printing first print job relevant with application program;
A remote printer; And
A remote computer is communicated by letter with remote printer with local computer, has second processor and by the second memory of the second program design instruction set encoding, the second program design instruction set can be carried out by second processor:
Carry out second Application Instance;
Receive request; And
Response receives, and uses second example to print first print job automatically on remote printer;
Wherein one or more at least a native data formats are pressed in first print job, are transferred to remote computer from local computer.
2. the system of claim 1 also comprises a relay computer, and outfit also is fit to:
Receive first print job from local computer;
Send first print job to remote computer.
3. the system of claim 2, wherein remote computer:
The periodic polls relay computer judges whether that planned one or more print jobs of giving remote printer etc. are to be sent; And
If have one or more print jobs etc. to be sent, then fetch one or more print jobs and on remote printer, print them.
4. system comprises:
At least one remote printer;
A network; And
One playscript with stage directions ground computing machine is connected at least one playscript with stage directions ground printer, and communicates by letter with at least one remote printer by network, comprising:
Detect the device that whether connects one or more local printer;
A processor; And
Storer by the program design order number, the program design instruction can be carried out by processor:
The sorted lists that keeps comprising at least one in one or more local printer and comprise at least two printers of at least one at least one the remote printer;
Accept the request of a document printing;
Automatically the traversal sorted lists is searched target printer, is at that time can be by first printer of local computer visit in the sorted lists; And
Document printing on target printer.
5. the system of claim 4, wherein first in the local printer is directly connected to local computer.
6. the system of claim 4, wherein first in the local printer is connected to local computer by LAN (Local Area Network).
7. the system of claim 4,
Also comprise a remote computer of communicating by letter with local computer; And
Wherein remote printer can be connected to local computer by remote computer.
8. the system of claim 7, wherein remote printer is directly connected to remote computer.
9. the system of claim 4, wherein sorted lists comprises a printer identifier symbol for one or more printer identifier information in the sorted lists.
10. the system of claim 4, wherein sorted lists comprises a group identifier that is used for one or more printer of sorted lists.
11. a method comprises:
Receive print job from source machine;
Accept polling signal from object computer;
By print job being sent to object computer, on the printer that is directly connected to or is connected to object computer, printing, respond polling signal by LAN;
Receive the print job consequential signal from object computer; And
Send the print job consequential signal to source machine.
12. the method for claim 11, wherein print job comprises document data and print parameters.
13. the method for claim 11, wherein print job comprises that form can not be by the direct document data of printing of remote printer.
14. the method for claim 13, wherein form is a kind of word-processing application data layout.
15. the method for claim 13, wherein form is a kind of spreadsheet applications data layout.
16. a method comprises:
Receive print job from source machine;
Sense enable signal; And
After detecting, send print job to both not being directly connected to the remote printer that also is not connected to source machine by LAN.
17. the method for claim 16, wherein Relay Server is carried out and is received, detects and send.
18. the method for claim 17, wherein:
Enable signal is a polling signal from object computer; And
Transmission comprises that print job is transferred to object computer to be printed.
19. the method for claim 18 also comprises:
Receive the print job consequential signal from object computer; And
Send the print job consequential signal to source machine.
20. the method for claim 16, wherein print job comprises printable data and shell data.
21. the method for claim 20, wherein the shell data comprise document type information.
22. the method for claim 20, wherein the shell data comprise authorization information.
23. the method for claim 16, wherein remote printer was selected from many remote printers before receiving.
24. the method for claim 16, wherein remote printer is selected from many remote printers after receiving.
25. the method for claim 16, wherein:
Print job is produced by a user, and the user is related with a user identifier; And
Remote printer is selected from many remote printers according to user identifier.
26. the method for claim 16, wherein:
Source machine has a network address; And
Remote printer is selected from many remote printers according to the network address.
27. the method for claim 16 also comprises:
On source machine, show a user interface for the user;
Show available remote printer tabulation by user interface;
Accept the available remote printer that the user selects by user interface; And transmit selection with print job.
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