CN214670561U - Printer with a movable platen - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides a printer, which comprises a printer body, a control mainboard, a vein recognition device and a printing device, wherein the control mainboard, the vein recognition device and the printing device are arranged on the printer body; the control main board is electrically connected with the vein recognition device and the printing device respectively, and comprises a memory and a processor which are connected with each other; the vein recognition device recognizes the identity of the user and sends a recognition result to the processor; the processor receives a print job and sends the print job to the printing device. On one hand, the vein recognition device is arranged to recognize the user by using palm vein information or finger vein information of the user, so that the method is fast and accurate, and can record the use record of each user; on the other hand, the control mainboard issues a printing task to the printing device, and the printing requirements of the user are met.

Description

Printer with a movable platen

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of printer control, in particular to a printer.

Background

A Printer (Printer) is one of the output devices of a computer for printing the results of a computer process on an associated medium. With the development of networks, it is important to apply printers to the network and to improve the printing capability of the entire network, including printing speed and printing capacity. The function of the printer is improved, so that the rich characteristics of the network printer can be shared by the whole network, and the method comprises the following steps: double-sided printing, color, automatic sorting and binding, job retention, mass input/output, and the like; the number of printers in the network is less, the stability and reliability are improved, and the time and energy for maintaining the printers are reduced; the working efficiency of the network user can be improved, and the printing satisfaction of the network user can be improved.

In the related art, the hand vein recognition technology is a new biometric feature recognition technology. The heme of the red blood cells in the veins of the human body is the reducing heme of oxygen, and the reducing heme can absorb near infrared rays, so that only the vein part can be slightly reflected when the near infrared rays are irradiated, and a vein line image is formed. Medical research proves that the shape of the hand pulse has uniqueness and stability.

Current printer application only realizes receiving in proper order and printing of printing task when in the network, and current printer belongs to the public facilities of office, and everybody prints what to want the management and control, and the card that has of prior art controls for it is inefficient to print task execution process.

Therefore, how to apply the hand vein recognition technology to the printer control technology better and realize the control management of the use of the printer becomes a problem to be considered by technicians.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims to provide a printer, which realizes the management of printing tasks of the printer and enables the printer to print only a document corresponding to an identification user.

The purpose of the application is realized by adopting the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect, the present application provides a printer, which includes a printer body, and a control main board, a vein recognition device, and a printing device, which are disposed on the printer body; the control main board is electrically connected with the vein recognition device and the printing device respectively, and comprises a memory and a processor which are connected with each other; the vein recognition device recognizes the identity of the user and sends a recognition result to the processor; the processor receives a print job and sends the print job to the printing device. The technical scheme has the advantages that on one hand, the vein recognition device is arranged to recognize the user by palm vein information or finger vein information of the user, so that the method is fast and accurate, and the use record of each user can be recorded; on the other hand, the control mainboard issues a printing task to the printing device, and the printing requirements of the user are met.

In some optional embodiments, the printer further comprises a touch screen electrically connected to the processor for displaying the recognition result or the print job. The technical scheme has the advantages that the touch screen is arranged, so that the user can operate more conveniently, and the related information of the current printing task can be directly known through the touch screen.

In some alternative embodiments, the vein recognition apparatus is disposed on an upper surface or a side surface of the printer. This technical scheme's beneficial effect lies in, sets up vein identification device in upper surface or side, and the user of being convenient for carries out identification.

In some alternative embodiments, the upper surface of the printer is provided with a first recess for receiving a cup. This technical scheme's beneficial effect lies in, sets up the structure of placing the cup on the printer, and the user of being convenient for drinks water at the printing in-process.

In some alternative embodiments, the first groove is formed by a first bottom surface and a first side wall extending upwardly from the first bottom surface, and the first bottom surface is a circular plane. The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that the round bottom surfaces are adopted by the plurality of cups, the first bottom surface is set to be the round plane, on one hand, the round structure accords with the structural design of the plurality of cups, on the other hand, the planar bottom surface is not easy to topple, and the situation that the liquid in the cup flows out due to toppling of the cup, the printer is polluted, and the file is printed is avoided.

In some optional embodiments, the upper surface of the printer is provided with a second groove for accommodating a mobile phone or a tablet computer. The technical scheme has the beneficial effects that the printer is provided with the structure for placing the mobile phone or the tablet personal computer, so that a user can browse the mobile phone or the tablet personal computer conveniently in the printing process.

In some alternative embodiments, the second groove is formed by a second bottom surface and a second side wall extending upward from the second bottom surface, and the second bottom surface is an arc surface. The beneficial effects of this technical scheme lie in, the side of cell-phone or panel computer is the cambered surface generally, sets up the second bottom surface into the cambered surface, and the side of laminating cell-phone or panel computer avoids its side atress uneven.

In some optional embodiments, the printer is further provided with a plurality of connection ports, and each component of the printer realizes data interaction between the components through the connection ports. The technical scheme has the beneficial effect that data interaction is realized among all components of the printer through the connecting ports.

Drawings

The present application is further described below with reference to the drawings and examples.

Fig. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of a printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic flow chart illustrating a process for controlling printing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of a printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of a printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a control method of a printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device of a printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device of a printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device of a printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a control device of a printer according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a first print control module according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a program product for implementing the control method according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The present application is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, and it should be noted that, in the present application, the embodiments or technical features described below may be arbitrarily combined to form a new embodiment without conflict.

Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present application provides a control method for a printer, which is applied to the printer, where the printer includes an identification device and a printing device, and the method includes steps S101 to S103.

Step S101: receiving at least one printing task, wherein each printing task comprises a user identification and document data corresponding to the user identification. Specifically, a single print job may be used, or multiple print jobs may be used, the print job sent by the user equipment may be directly received by the printer, or all the print jobs may be sent to the intermediate server in a unified manner, and then sent to the printer after being processed by the server.

In an implementation, the receiving at least one print job includes: a plurality of print jobs sent in batches by a plurality of user devices are received.

The above steps of the embodiment of the application are managed by the user identifier under the condition of receiving multiple devices and multiple tasks simultaneously, so that the management efficiency of the condition is improved.

Step S102: and receiving an identification result sent by the identity identification device, wherein the identification result is obtained by the identity identification device. Specifically, after the user sends a print job, the document to be printed by the user is printed after the user is confirmed by the identification device. The identification device may be a vein recognition device, and specifically, may be a finger vein recognition device or a palm vein recognition device.

Step S103: and when the identification result is one of the user identifications, controlling the printing device to print the document data corresponding to the user identification. Specifically, when there are a plurality of print jobs, there may be print jobs transmitted by a plurality of user devices. Thus, a plurality of print jobs are respectively identified, and when a user confirms to print, the corresponding document is printed again by the identification of the user.

In a specific implementation, referring to fig. 2, the step S103 may include S201 to S202.

Step S201: and when the identification result is one of the user identifications, acquiring the print task to be printed corresponding to the user identification to obtain the document data to be printed. Specifically, the document data to be printed may be stored in the intermediate server, and the user identifier may be determined and then the document data may be directly transmitted to the printer.

Step S202: and controlling the printing device to print the document data to be printed corresponding to the user identification. Specifically, the print data may be processed by the server, and the printer may receive only the document data to directly print the document data, or a control module may be installed inside the printer, and the printer may directly receive the user identifiers and the print jobs, and send the print data to the specific printing apparatus after being processed by the printer itself.

According to the steps of the embodiment of the application, the printing task is received after the user is identified, so that the situation of printing error or document mistaking is avoided, and the document to be printed is more accurately printed to the corresponding user.

According to the method, on one hand, the user is identified and recognized, so that the printed documents are the documents corresponding to the user, and the problem that the printed documents are taken by mistake is solved. On the other hand, by performing user identification for each print job, management of a plurality of print jobs is improved when a plurality of print jobs exist simultaneously.

Referring to fig. 3, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for controlling a printer, where the identification device is a vein identification device, and the method includes steps S101 to S104.

Step S104: and receiving registration vein data sent by a management terminal and sending the registration vein data to the identity recognition device so that the identity recognition device carries out identity recognition according to the registration vein data, wherein the registration vein data comprises user identification and vein information of a registered user corresponding to the printer. Specifically, vein data of the authenticated user may be imported to the identification apparatus in a wired or wireless manner, so as to facilitate identification. Or when identity verification is carried out, the vein data needing to be identified is sent to the management terminal, and after identification is carried out through the management terminal, the authentication result is sent to the identity identification device.

According to the method, the identity recognition can be carried out more stably and accurately by authenticating the vein data.

Referring to fig. 4, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for controlling a printer, where the method includes steps S101 to S103, and S105.

Step S105: and when the identification result is not any one of all the user identifications, controlling the printing device not to print. Specifically, if the recognition result is not in the user identification, the user may not send the print job, or the user may not register. The client may be given different prompts according to different situations, for example, the user may be prompted to register, or the user may be prompted that no print job is currently available.

According to the method, the non-identification user is not printed through control, and therefore the situation that the document to be printed by the user is taken away by people except the user is avoided.

Referring to fig. 5, an embodiment of the present application further provides a method for controlling a printer, where the method includes steps S101 to S103, S106, and S107.

Step S106: and marking the task state of the received printing task as to-be-printed. In particular, print jobs marked to be printed may be placed in a ready-to-send location.

Step S107: the job status of the print job for which printing is completed is marked as completed. Specifically, the print job marked as print completed may be placed at a position to be deleted periodically, or may be deleted directly.

According to the method, the user can know the current printing state more conveniently and quickly through the identification of the printing task state, and the management of the printing task can be optimized.

Referring to fig. 6, an embodiment of the present application further provides a control apparatus for a printer, and a specific implementation manner of the control apparatus is consistent with the implementation manner and the achieved technical effect described in the embodiment of the control method for a printer, and a part of the contents are not repeated.

The control device of the printer is applied to the printer, the printer comprises an identity recognition device and a printing device, and the control device comprises:

the print job receiving module 101 is configured to receive at least one print job, where each print job includes a user identifier and document data corresponding to the user identifier.

An identification result receiving module 102, configured to receive an identification result sent by the identity recognition apparatus, where the identification result is obtained by the identity recognition apparatus.

A first printing control module 103, configured to control the printing apparatus to print document data corresponding to one of the user identifications when the recognition result is the user identification.

In a specific implementation, the step of receiving at least one print job may include: a plurality of print jobs sent in batches by a plurality of user devices are received.

Referring to fig. 7, in a specific implementation, the identification device may be a vein recognition device; the control device may further include:

and the vein recognition module 104 is configured to receive registration vein data sent by the management terminal and send the registration vein data to the identity recognition device, so that the identity recognition device performs identity recognition according to the registration vein data, where the registration vein data includes a user identifier and vein information of a registered user corresponding to the printer.

Referring to fig. 8, in a specific implementation, the control device may further include:

a second printing control module 105, configured to control the printing apparatus not to print when the recognition result is not any of all the user identifications.

Referring to fig. 9, in a specific implementation, the control device may further include:

a first status marking module 106, configured to mark a job status of the received print job as to-be-printed.

A second status marking module 107 for marking the job status of the print job for which printing is completed as completed.

Referring to fig. 10, in a specific implementation, the first printing control module 103 may include:

a print data obtaining unit 1031, configured to, when the recognition result is one of the user identifiers, obtain a print job to be printed corresponding to the user identifier, and obtain document data to be printed.

A print control unit 1032 configured to control the printing apparatus to print the document data to be printed corresponding to the user identification.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12, an embodiment of the present application further provides a printer 200, which includes an identification device 400 and a printing device 500; the printer also includes at least one memory 210, at least one processor 220, and a bus 230 connecting the different platform systems.

The memory 210 may include readable media in the form of volatile memory, such as Random Access Memory (RAM)211 and/or cache memory 212, and may further include Read Only Memory (ROM) 213.

The memory 210 further stores a computer program, and the computer program can be executed by the processor 220, so that the processor 220 executes the steps of the type selection method in the embodiment of the present application, and a specific implementation manner of the method is consistent with the implementation manner and the achieved technical effect described in the embodiment of the control method of the printer, and details of the method are not repeated.

Memory 210 may also include a program/utility 214 having a set (at least one) of program modules 215, including but not limited to: an operating system, one or more application programs, other program modules, and program data, each of which, or some combination thereof, may comprise an implementation of a network environment.

Accordingly, processor 220 may execute the computer programs described above, as well as may execute programs/utilities 214.

Bus 230 may be a local bus representing one or more of several types of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, a processor, or any other type of bus structure.

Printer 200 may also communicate with one or more external devices 240, such as a keyboard, pointing device, Bluetooth device, etc., and may also communicate with one or more devices capable of interacting with printer 200, and/or with any devices (e.g., routers, modems, etc.) that enable printer 200 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication may occur via an input/output (I/O) interface 250. Moreover, printer 200 may also communicate with one or more networks (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or a public network such as the Internet) via network adapter 260. Network adapter 260 may communicate with other modules of printer 200 via bus 230. It should be understood that although not shown in the figures, other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction with printer 200, including but not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processors, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data backup storage platforms, to name a few.

In a specific implementation, the identification device 400 may be a vein recognition device. According to the equipment provided by the embodiment of the application, identity recognition can be carried out more stably and accurately by authenticating the vein data.

In a specific implementation, the printer may also include a touch screen 600. According to the equipment provided by the embodiment of the application, the touch screen is operated by the user, so that the user can operate more conveniently, and the current printing state can be directly known through the touch screen.

Referring to fig. 12, an embodiment of the present application further provides a printer 200, where the printer 200 includes a printer body, and a control main board 700, a vein recognition device 400, and a printing device 500 that are disposed on the printer body.

The control board 700 is electrically connected to the vein recognition apparatus 400 and the printing apparatus 500, respectively, and the control board 700 includes a memory 210 and a processor 220 connected to each other.

The vein recognition apparatus 400 recognizes the user's identity and transmits the recognition result to the processor 220.

The processor 220 receives a print job and sends it to the printing apparatus 500.

On one hand, the vein recognition device 400 is arranged to recognize the user by using palm vein information or finger vein information of the user, so that the method is fast and accurate, and can record the use record of each user; on the other hand, the control main board 700 issues a print job to the printing apparatus, so as to meet the print requirement of the user.

In a specific implementation, the printer 200 may further be provided with a plurality of connection ports (not shown in the figure), and the components of the printer 200 implement data interaction between the components through the connection ports. Thus, data interaction between the components of the printer 200 is achieved through the connection ports.

In a specific implementation, the printer 200 may further include a touch screen 600, and the touch screen 600 is electrically connected to the processor and displays the recognition result or the print job. Through setting up touch-sensitive screen 600, make the more convenient operation of user, and can also directly know the relevant information of current print job through touch-sensitive screen 600.

In a specific implementation, the vein recognition apparatus 400 may be disposed on an upper surface or a side surface of the printer 200. The vein recognition apparatus 400 is disposed on the upper surface or the side surface, so as to facilitate the identification of the user.

In one embodiment, the upper surface of the printer 200 may be provided with a first groove (not shown) for receiving a cup. The structure for placing the cup is arranged on the printer 200, so that the user can drink water conveniently in the printing process.

In a specific implementation, the first groove may be formed by a first bottom surface and a first sidewall extending upward from the first bottom surface, and the first bottom surface is a circular plane. Most cups adopt circular bottom surfaces, and the first bottom surface is set into a circular plane, so that on one hand, the circular structure accords with the structural design of most cups, and on the other hand, the plane bottom surface is not easy to topple, so that the liquid in the cup is prevented from flowing out due to toppling of the cup, and the printer 200 and the printed file are prevented from being polluted.

In an implementation, the upper surface of the printer 200 may be provided with a second groove (not shown) for accommodating a mobile phone or a tablet computer. The printer 200 is provided with a structure for placing a mobile phone or a tablet computer, so that a user can browse the mobile phone or the tablet computer conveniently in the printing process.

In a specific implementation, the second groove may be formed by a second bottom surface and a second side wall extending upward from the second bottom surface, and the second bottom surface is an arc surface. The side face of the mobile phone or the tablet computer is generally an arc face, the second bottom face is set to be the arc face, the side face of the mobile phone or the tablet computer is attached, and uneven stress on the side face of the mobile phone or the tablet computer is avoided.

The embodiment of the present application further provides a computer-readable storage medium, where the computer-readable storage medium is used for storing a computer program, and when the computer program is executed, the steps of the type selection method in the embodiment of the present application are implemented, and a specific implementation manner of the method is consistent with the implementation manner and the achieved technical effect described in the embodiment of the control method of the printer, and some contents are not described again.

Fig. 13 shows a program product 300 for implementing the method provided by the embodiment, which may employ a portable compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM) and include program codes, and may be run on a terminal device, such as a personal computer. However, the program product 300 of the present invention is not so limited, and in this document, a readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program product 300 may employ any combination of one or more readable media. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readable storage medium. A readable storage medium may be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination of the foregoing. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the readable storage medium include: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable disk, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

A computer readable storage medium may include a propagated data signal with readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take many forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A readable storage medium may also be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing. Program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device and partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of a remote computing device, the remote computing device may be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., through the internet using an internet service provider).

The foregoing description and drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application, which is, therefore, to the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present application.

Claims (8)

1. A printer is characterized by comprising a printer body, a control mainboard, a vein recognition device and a printing device, wherein the control mainboard, the vein recognition device and the printing device are arranged on the printer body;

the control main board is electrically connected with the vein recognition device and the printing device respectively, and comprises a memory and a processor which are connected with each other;

the vein recognition device recognizes the identity of the user and sends a recognition result to the processor;

the processor receives a print job and sends the print job to the printing device.

2. The printer of claim 1, further comprising a touch screen electrically connected to the processor for displaying the recognition result or the print job.

3. The printer of claim 1, wherein the vein recognition device is disposed on an upper surface or a side surface of the printer.

4. The printer of claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the printer is provided with a first recess for receiving a cup.

5. The printer of claim 4, wherein the first recess is formed by a first bottom surface and a first side wall extending upwardly from the first bottom surface, and the first bottom surface is a circular flat surface.

6. The printer of claim 1, wherein the upper surface of the printer is provided with a second recess for receiving a mobile phone or a tablet computer.

7. The printer of claim 6, wherein the second recess is formed by a second bottom surface and a second side wall extending upwardly from the second bottom surface, and the second bottom surface is an arcuate surface.

8. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the printer is further provided with a plurality of connection ports, and each component of the printer realizes data interaction between the components through the connection ports.

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