JP2003063121A - Stencil printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent next printing from being executed while a sheet after printing remains left to stand for as it is in a stencil printer if the stencil printer is printed via a network from an information processing unit. SOLUTION: When a controller of the stencil printer receives a print request (Y in step S1), whether the print request of previously executed printing is executed from a PC via a LAN or not is judged (steps S2, S9). When the print request is executed from the LAN (Y in step S2, Y in step S9), a message of an alarm is output to a user's PC for executing the previous printing (steps S5, S11) before printing is executed (step S8), and recovery of the sheet is expedited. Even when a predetermined time is elapsed (Y in step S13) while no print request is delivered (N in step S1), an operation is similar (step S14).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a stencil printing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A stencil printer is a local area network (LAN)
There is a case where a plurality of PCs (Personal Computers) are connected to each other by a work, and the plurality of PCs share and use the stencil printing apparatus.

[0003]

When the stencil printing apparatus is used on the network as described above, the user makes a print request from a certain PC to the stencil printing apparatus, and the sheet ejection stand of the stencil printing apparatus is continued for a long time. The printed paper may be left on top. Then, if another user executes the next printing in that state, there is a problem that the user has a difficulty in handling the left-handed paper.

An object of the present invention is to carry out the next printing while the printed sheet is left in the stencil printing apparatus when the information processing apparatus prints on the stencil printing apparatus via the network. Is to prevent.

An object of the present invention is to perform the next printing before the paper after the previous printing is collected from the stencil printing machine,
It is important not to have any trouble handling the previous paper.

[0006]

The invention described in claim 1 occurs in a stencil printing apparatus, one or more information processing apparatuses connected to the stencil printing apparatus via a network, and the stencil printing apparatus. Detection means for detecting a print request,
When this detection is performed, a first determination unit that determines whether or not the detected print request is made from the information processing apparatus via the network, and the determination makes the print request the information processing apparatus. When it is determined that the printing is performed via the network from the first storage unit, the first storage unit stores in the storage unit that the printing has been executed according to the request of the information processing apparatus, and the detection is performed after the storage. A stencil printing system comprising: a notification unit that notifies the information processing apparatus of a message from the stencil printing apparatus for collecting the paper after the current printing until the next printing is performed by the unit. is there.

Therefore, when printing is performed from the information processing apparatus via the network to the stencil printing apparatus, a message prompting the collection of the printed sheet from the stencil printing apparatus is displayed until the next printing is executed. Since the notification is given via the information processing apparatus, it is possible to prevent the next printing from being executed while the printed sheet is left in the stencil printing apparatus.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing system according to the first aspect, the notifying means gives the notification when the next printing request is detected by the detecting means.

Therefore, when carrying out the next printing, a message prompting the collection of the paper after the previous printing from the stencil printing device is issued, and the next printing is executed while the printed paper is left in the stencil printing device. Can be prevented.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing system according to the first or second aspect, the notifying unit is configured to perform the predetermined time when the next printing request is not detected by the detecting unit. This is to inform.

Therefore, when a certain period of time elapses before the next printing is performed, a message prompting recovery from the stencil printing device for the paper after the previous printing is issued, and the printed paper is sent to the stencil printing device. It is possible to prevent the next printing from being executed while being left unattended.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, the print request is issued from the information processing device to the network by the determination of the first determining means. Of the information processing device that stores the information for identifying the information processing device in the storage device when it is determined that the print request is made by the detection device. It is provided with collating means for collating the identification information with the identification information stored in the second storage means, and withholding means for withholding the notification by the notifying means when this matching is matched.

Therefore, when the user of the previous time and the user of the present time are the same, the message prompting the collection from the stencil printing device for the paper after the previous printing is not necessary and can be omitted.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the print request is made from the information processing device via the network according to the determination. If it is determined that the previous print execution is stored in the first storage means as a request of the information processing apparatus, and a second determination means Display means for displaying on the display of the stencil printing apparatus the information of the user who made the previous print request based on the identification information stored in the second storage means.

Therefore, even if the next printing is performed before the paper after the previous printing is collected from the stencil printing apparatus, the user who performed the subsequent printing has the previously printed paper remaining in the stencil printing apparatus. Since it is possible to know who has requested the print request, there is no problem in handling the paper.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall construction of a printing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printing system 1 includes a plurality of information processing apparatuses, which are PCs.
A (Personal Computer) 2 and one or more stencil printing apparatuses 3 are connected by a LAN (Local Area Network) 4.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of the stencil printing apparatus 3. The stencil printing machine 3 includes a printing machine main body 11,
It is composed of a controller 12. The printing machine main body 11 includes a plate making device 13 for making a master, a printing device 14 for making stencil printing on a sheet using the made master, and a printing device 14
A paper feeding device 15 for supplying paper to be used for printing, a control unit 16 including a microcomputer for controlling the entire printer main body 11, an operation for receiving various operations from a user and displaying various messages on a display. And a panel 17.

The printing device 14 is provided with a master made from a plate, which is wound and mounted, and rotates to perform stencil printing on a sheet, and a rotating plate cylinder provided on the inner peripheral side of the plate cylinder 18. An ink supply device 19 for supplying ink to 18 is provided.

The controller 12 communicates with the LAN 4 to transmit and receive various data, a buffer 22 for buffering image data received via the communication interface 21, a page memory 23, a microcomputer, and the like. Nari controller 12
And a control unit 24 for controlling the whole of the. Control unit 2
4 buffers the image data received via the communication interface 21 in the buffer 22 and develops the image data in the page memory 23. Then, the raster image data expanded in the page memory 23 is transmitted to the printer main body 11 line by line. Also, it transmits / receives commands / responses to / from the control unit 16 of the printer body 11.

Next, the processing performed by the controller 12 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the control unit 24 receives the print request (Y in step S1), the control unit 24 determines whether the print request is made from the PC 2 via the LAN 4 (step S2). The detecting means is realized by step S1, and the first and second judging means are realized by step S2.

When the print request is made from the LAN 4 (Y in step S2), the user (or PC2) making the print request included in the print job received from the PC 2 is identified. The predetermined ID data is recognized (step S3). Then, through P via LAN4
It is determined whether the ID data is the same as the previous print request made from C2 by referring to the print management table 31 (see FIG. 4) (step S4). The collating means is realized by step S4. As shown in FIG. 4, the print management table 31 is a table in which print requests made from the PC 2 via the LAN 4 are registered.
It is prepared in a storage device such as an AM. In the print management table 31, the previous print request is sent to the PC via the LAN 4.
"Type" (whether "1" is L
When performed via AN4, "0" indicates a case other than from LAN4), and when performed from PC2 via LAN4, "ID data" to which the print request was made. , "User name", "print end time", and the like are provided.

The ID data recognized in step S3 is the LAN4 registered in the print management table 31.
The same ID as the previous print request made from PC2 via
If it is not data (N in step S4), a warning message is output to the PC 2 of the user having the ID data (step S5), and "presence or absence of warning" of the print management table 31.
Is marked as warning (“1” indicates “warned”,
"0" indicates no warning) (step S6). Step S
The notification means is realized by 5. This message is
The display of the received PC 2 is displayed as shown in FIG. 5, for example. Further, the previous user name is read from the print management table 31, and the user name is displayed on the operation panel 17 of the printer body 11 (step S7). Step S7
The display means is realized by. In this way, by displaying the warning message and the user name (steps S5, S
7) It is possible to prompt the user to promptly collect the printing paper output by the printing executed by another user in response to the previous print request.

After the warning message and the user name are displayed (steps S5 and S7) or because the ID data is the same as the previous print request (Y in step S4), the previous print sheet is displayed to the user. When it is not necessary to promptly collect the print request, the printing machine body 11 is instructed to execute the print request accepted this time (Y in step S1), and the print request accepted this time is registered in the print management table 31 (step S8). The first and second storage means are realized by step S8, and the reservation means is realized by Y of step S4.

The print request of Y in step S1 is sent to LAN4.
If it is not performed from the PC 2 via the PC, that is, if the user operates the operation panel 17 to directly instruct execution of printing (N in step S2), refer to the “type” column of the print management table 31. And the last print request is L
It is determined whether or not it is performed from the PC 2 via the AN4 (step S9), and it is determined from the "presence or absence of warning" column of the print management table 31 whether or not the previous warning has been issued to the user (step S10). If no warning is given (N in step S10), a warning message is output to the previous user's PC 2 registered in the print management table 31 as in step S5 (step S11), and step S6 is executed.
Proceed to. The notification means is realized by step S11.

The user also operates the operation panel 17 for the previous print request.
When you directly instruct to execute printing (step S
9), or if the user has been warned last time (Y in step S10), the printer main body 11 is instructed to execute the print request received this time (Y in step S1) (step S8). .

When there is no print request (N in step S1), the "type" column of the print management table 31 is referred to,
It is determined whether or not the previous print request was made from the PC 2 via the LAN 4 (step S12), and when the previous print request was made from the PC 2 via the LAN 4 (Y in step S12). ), When a certain time has elapsed from the “print end time” in the print management table 31 (Y in step S13), the PC of the previous user registered in the print management table 31 as in steps S5 and S11.
A warning message is output to 2 (step S14).
The notification means is realized by step S14. Then, as in steps S6 and S7, the print management table 3
The “presence or absence of warning” column of 1 is set as a warning (step S
15) The previous user name is read from the print management table 31, and the user name is displayed on the operation panel 17 of the printer body 11 (step S16).

Therefore, according to this stencil printing system 1, when printing is performed by the stencil printing device 3 from the PC 2 via the LAN 4, the next printing is executed (step S8).
By the time the warning message prompting the collection of the printed sheet from the stencil printing apparatus 3 is sent via the PC 2 (steps S5, S11, S14), the printed sheet is sent to the stencil printing apparatus 3 It is possible to prevent the next printing from being executed while being left unattended.

Specifically, when performing the next printing (Y in step S1), a warning message prompting the collection from the stencil printing device 3 for the paper after the previous printing is issued (steps S5 and S11), and printing is performed. The subsequent printing is prevented from being executed while the subsequent sheet is left in the stencil printing apparatus 3.

Before the next printing is performed (N in step S1), when a predetermined time has elapsed (step S1).
3), the paper after the previous printing, stencil printer 3
Issue a warning message prompting collection from (step S
14) The next printing is prevented from being executed while the printed paper is left in the stencil printing apparatus 3.

However, if the users who performed the previous printing and the current printing are the same (Y in step S4), the warning message prompting the collection from the stencil printing device 3 of the paper after the previous printing is (step S5). Omitted because it is not necessary.

Further, even if the next printing is performed before the paper after the previous printing is collected from the stencil printing apparatus 3, the user who has executed the subsequent printing can print the previous printing remaining in the stencil printing apparatus 3. It is possible to know who has requested the print request for the sheet (step S6), and there is no trouble in handling the sheet.

[0033]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when printing is performed by the stencil printing apparatus from the information processing apparatus via the network, the stencil is printed on the printed sheet before the next printing is executed. Since the message prompting the collection from the printing device is notified via the information processing device, it is possible to prevent the next printing from being performed while the printed paper is left in the stencil printing device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing system according to the first aspect, a message prompting collection from the stencil printing device for the paper after the previous printing is issued when the next printing is performed, and the printing is performed. It is possible to prevent the next printing from being executed while the subsequent paper is left in the stencil printing machine.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing system according to the first or second aspect, when a certain period of time elapses before the next printing is performed, the stencil printing is performed on the sheet after the previous printing. It is possible to prevent the next printing from being performed while the printed sheet is left in the stencil printing apparatus by issuing a message prompting collection from the apparatus.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the stencil printing system according to any one of the first to third aspects, when the previous user and the current user are the same, the stencil printing is performed on the sheet after the previous printing. The message prompting recovery from the device is not necessary and can be omitted.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in the stencil printing system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the next printing is performed before the paper after the previous printing is collected from the stencil printing apparatus. Even if the user does the printing, the user who executes the subsequent printing knows the print request of the previously printed paper remaining in the stencil printing apparatus, so that there is no trouble in handling the paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a stencil printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a stencil printing apparatus that constitutes the stencil printing system.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by a controller of the stencil printing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a data configuration of a print management table used in the processing.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a warning message displayed on a display of a PC constituting the stencil printing system by the processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Stencil printing system 2 Information processing equipment 3 Stencil printer

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A stencil printing apparatus, one or a plurality of information processing apparatuses connected to the stencil printing apparatus via a network, detection means for detecting a print request generated in the stencil printing apparatus, and this detection is performed. When the detected print request is made from the information processing apparatus via the network, the first determination unit determines whether the print request is transmitted from the information processing apparatus to the network. When it is determined that the printing has been performed via the storage device, first storage means for storing in the storage device that the printing has been executed according to the request of the information processing device, and after the storage, the detection means A notification unit that notifies the information processing apparatus of a message prompting collection from the stencil printing apparatus to the information processing apparatus before printing is performed. Painting and stencil printing system. 2. The stencil printing system according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit makes the notification when the next printing request is detected by the detecting unit. 3. The stencil printing system according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit gives the notification when a predetermined time has elapsed without the next printing request being detected by the detecting unit. 4. When it is determined by the determination of the first determination means that the print request is made from the information processing device via the network, information for identifying the information processing device is stored in a storage device. A second storage unit and a collation unit that collates the identification information of the information processing apparatus that has made the print request detected by the detection unit with the identification information stored in the second storage unit; The stencil printing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a retaining unit that retains the notification by the notification unit when the collation matches. 5. When it is determined by the determination that the print request is made from the information processing apparatus via the network, it is determined that the previous printing is performed by the request of the information processing apparatus. Second determination means for determining whether or not the print request is stored in the storage means, and when this determination is made, information of the user who made the previous print request based on the identification information stored in the second storage means. 5. A stencil printing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: a display unit that displays on a display of the stencil printing apparatus.