JP2015116795A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a state in which a user cannot understand meaning of display on a display part.SOLUTION: A printer 2 comprises: a display part 22; a printing job holding part 26 for holding a printing job including display language information; an IC card reader 12 for acquiring user identification information; a log-in determination part 31 for determining success or failure of log-in of a user indicated by the user identification information which is acquired by the IC card reader 12; a display control part 32 for displaying a display part 22 by a language indicated by the display language information of the printing job of the user who is logging in, which is held by the printing job holding part 26, when it is determined that log-in has succeeded; and a display language storage part 27 for storing the language indicated by the display language information in the printing job as a display language of the user corresponding to the printing job. The display control part 32 displays the display part 22 by the display language of the user stored in the display language storage part 27 when the printing job of the user who is logging in is not held in the printing job holding part 26.

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus having a display unit.

  A printing apparatus having a display unit on an operation panel or the like is known. Images such as various operation screens are displayed on the display unit.

  In such a printing apparatus, Patent Document 1 discloses that a display unit displays in a language based on language information received together with a print job.

  By the way, when the user logs in to the printing apparatus and operates, it is preferable that the display language of the display unit is a language that the logged-in user can understand. On the other hand, as in Patent Document 1, it is possible to set the display language corresponding to the logged-in user by controlling the display language of the display unit using the language information received together with the print job by the printing apparatus. It is.

  Specifically, the printing apparatus receives and holds a print job including language information. When the user who is the owner of the print job held by the printing apparatus logs in to the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus displays the display unit in the language indicated by the language information included in the print job. Thereby, the display language of a display part can be made into the language corresponding to the user who is logging in.

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  However, when the user logs in to the printing apparatus, the printing apparatus may not hold the user's print job. For example, when a user logs in to a printing apparatus when using a copy function other than the printer function, the user does not transmit a print job to the printing apparatus, and the user's print job is held in the printing apparatus. There may not be. In this case, language information cannot be acquired from the print job, and the display language of the display unit cannot be a language corresponding to the logged-in user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a printing apparatus that can reduce the situation in which the user cannot understand the display on the display unit.

  In order to achieve the above object, the printing apparatus according to the present invention is characterized by a display unit for displaying an image, a print job holding unit for holding a print job including display language information transmitted from an external device, and a user. User identification information acquisition unit for acquiring identification information, login determination unit for determining success or failure of login of the user indicated by the user identification information acquired by the user identification information acquisition unit, and user login succeeded in the login determination unit Is determined, the display control unit that displays the display unit in the language indicated by the display language information of the logged-in user's print job held in the print job holding unit, and the display language information of the print job A display language storage unit that stores a language to be displayed as a display language of the user corresponding to the print job, and the display control unit includes a print job of the logged-in user. But if it is not held in the print job storage unit is to perform a display of the display unit in the display language of the user stored in the display language storage unit.

  According to the characteristics of the printing apparatus according to the present invention, the display control unit uses the display language of the user stored in the display language storage unit when the print job of the logged-in user is not held in the print job holding unit. Displays the display. Thereby, even when the display language information cannot be acquired from the print job, the display language of the display unit can be set to a language that can be understood by the logged-in user. As a result, the situation in which the user cannot understand the display on the display unit can be reduced.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment. It is a figure which shows a display language table. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the display control of the display part in a printing apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the display control of the display part in a printing apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a printing apparatus. It is a figure which shows a display language selection screen.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the printing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a printing device 2, an external authentication server 3, and a terminal device 4. The printing device 2, the external authentication server 3, and the terminal device 4 are connected to the network 5. The network 5 is composed of, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network).

  The printer 2 receives a print job from the terminal device 4 and performs printing, a copy function that reads a document image and performs copy printing, and reads a document image and outputs image data to the outside. It has a scanner function for storing in the printing apparatus 2. The printing apparatus 2 includes an operation panel unit 11, an IC card reader (corresponding to a user identification information acquisition unit in claims) 12, an image reading unit 13, a printing unit 14, a storage unit 15, and a communication processing unit 16. And a control unit 17.

  The operation panel unit 11 accepts user input operations and displays images. The operation panel unit 11 includes an input unit 21 and a display unit 22.

  The input unit 21 receives an input operation by the user and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation. The input unit 21 includes various operation keys, a touch panel, and the like.

  The display unit 22 displays images such as various operation screens. The display unit 22 includes a liquid crystal display panel and the like.

  The IC card reader 12 acquires user identification information recorded on an IC card (not shown).

  The image reading unit 13 includes a document table, a light receiving element, a light source, a lens, a scanning mechanism, an automatic document feeder (all not shown), etc., and optically reads an image of the document and generates image data. The image reading unit 13 reads an original when using the copy function and the scanner function.

  The printing unit 14 prints an image on a printing medium such as paper. The printing unit 14 has, for example, an inkjet printing mechanism.

  The storage unit 15 stores various data and the like. The storage unit 15 can be configured by an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or the like. The storage unit 15 includes a print job holding unit 26 and a display language storage unit 27.

  The print job holding unit 26 holds the print job transmitted from the terminal device 4 until the print job is executed.

  The display language storage unit 27 stores a display language table 28 shown in FIG. The display language table 28 stores registered users and display languages in the display unit 22 in association with each other. Initially, the display language table 28 stores no display language. The language indicated by the display language information acquired from the print job held in the print job holding unit 26 is added to the display language table 28 as the display language of the user corresponding to the print job. In the example of FIG. 2, the display language of the user D is not yet stored.

  The communication processing unit 16 connects the printing apparatus 2 to the network 5. As a result, the printing apparatus 2 can communicate with the external authentication server 3 and the terminal apparatus 4.

  The control unit 17 performs control processing in the printing apparatus 2. The control unit 17 can be configured by a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like. The control unit 17 includes a login determination unit 31, a display control unit 32, an image reading control unit 33, and a print control unit 34.

  When the user identification information is acquired by the IC card reader 12, the login determination unit 31 requests the external authentication server 3 to log in the user indicated by the user identification information, and determines whether the login is successful. When receiving the login permission signal from the external authentication server 3, the login determination unit 31 determines that the login is successful. On the other hand, if the external authentication server 3 cannot be accessed, the login determination unit 31 determines that login has failed. The reason why the external authentication server 3 cannot be accessed is, for example, a stop due to a failure of the external authentication server 3.

  The display control unit 32 controls the display on the display unit 22. When the login determination unit 31 determines that the user has successfully logged in, the display control unit 32 displays the display unit in the language indicated by the display language information of the logged-in user's print job held in the print job holding unit 26. 22 is displayed. Here, when the user logs in to use the printer function, the user's print job is normally transmitted from the terminal device 4 in advance, and the print job is held in the print job holding unit 26 at the time of login. .

  On the other hand, when the user logs in to the printing apparatus when using the copy function or the scanner function, the print job holding unit 26 may not hold the user's print job. When the print job of the logged-in user is not held in the print job holding unit 26, the display control unit 32 uses the display language of the user stored in the display language table 28 of the display language storage unit 27. Display. When the display language of the user is not stored in the display language table 28, the display control unit 32 displays the subsequent display unit 22 in the display language selected from the display language selection screen 50 of FIG. .

  The image reading control unit 33 controls the image reading unit 13 to execute reading of an image of a document.

  The print control unit 34 causes the printing unit 14 to execute printing.

  The external authentication server 3 performs user login authentication. The external authentication server 3 performs login authentication of the user when the printing apparatus 2 requests login of the user, and transmits a login permission signal to the printing apparatus 2 when login is permitted.

  The terminal device 4 transmits a print job to the printing device 2. The print job transmitted by the terminal device 4 includes header information including display language information indicating the display language on the display unit 22 of the printing device 2. The language indicated by the display language information of the print job is a language that can be understood by the user who owns the print job.

  Next, display control of the display unit 22 in the printing apparatus 2 of the printing system 1 will be described.

  The printing apparatus 2 is a setting that requires login in order for the user to use the printing apparatus 2. However, even if the login fails, the copy function and the scanner function can be used. The printing apparatus 2 performs display control for displaying the display unit 22 in a language understandable by the logged-in user. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the procedure of this display control.

  When the user holds the IC card over the IC card reader 12 in order to log in to the printing apparatus 2, in step S <b> 1 of FIG. 3, the IC card reader 12 acquires user identification information from the IC card and sends it to the control unit 17. Output.

  Next, in step S <b> 2, the login determination unit 31 requests the external authentication server 3 to log in the user. Specifically, the login determination unit 31 transmits a login authentication request signal including user identification information acquired by the IC card reader 12 to the external authentication server 3.

  Next, in step S3, the login determination unit 31 determines whether or not the login is successful. Specifically, when receiving the login permission signal from the external authentication server 3, the login determination unit 31 determines that the login is successful. If the external authentication server 3 cannot be accessed, the login determination unit 31 determines that login has failed.

  When the login determination unit 31 determines that the login is successful (step S3: YES), in step S4, the display control unit 32 determines whether or not the print job of the logged-in user is held in the print job holding unit 26. Judging. Here, the print job transmitted from the terminal device 4 is held in the print job holding unit 26 until printing is instructed and executed by the logged-in user in the printing device 2.

  If it is determined that the print job of the logged-in user is held (step S4: YES), in step S5, the display control unit 32 acquires display language information from the print job of the logged-in user.

  Next, in step S6, the display control unit 32 displays the display unit 22 in the display language indicated by the display language information acquired in step S5. For example, when the display language is Japanese, the display control unit 32 displays the language part in Japanese as in the mode selection screen 40 shown in FIG.

  The mode selection screen 40 is a screen for accepting selection of a mode by the user. The mode includes a printer mode for performing printing by a printer function, a copy mode for performing printing by a copy function, and a scanner mode for reading an image by a scanner function.

  Returning to FIG. 3, after step S <b> 6, in step S <b> 7, the display control unit 32 determines whether the display language of the logged-in user is already stored in the display language table 28. When the display language is stored in the display language table 28 at the time of the past login of the user, the display language of the user is already stored.

  If it is determined that the display language of the logged-in user is not stored (step S7: NO), in step S8, the display control unit 32 stores the display language of the logged-in user in the display language storage unit 27. Specifically, the display control unit 32 adds the display language indicated by the display language information acquired in step S5 to the display language table 28 as the display language of the logged-in user. As a result, a series of processing ends.

  If the display control unit 32 determines that the display language of the logged-in user has been stored (step S7: YES), step S8 is omitted, and the series of processing ends.

  In step S3, when the login determination unit 31 determines that login has failed (step S3: NO), in step S9 of FIG. 4, the display control unit 32 displays the display language of the user who performed the login operation in the display language table 28. It is determined whether or not it has been stored. Here, the user who performed the login operation is a user who holds the card over the IC card reader 12, that is, a user indicated by the user identification information acquired by the IC card reader 12.

  When it is determined that the display language of the user who performed the login operation has been stored (step S9: YES), in step S10, the display control unit 32 displays the display unit 22 in the display language of the user stored in the display language table 28. Is displayed. As a result, a series of processing ends.

  When it is determined that the display language of the user who performed the login operation is not stored (step S9: NO), in step S11, the display control unit 32 causes the display unit 22 to display the display language selection screen 50 shown in FIG.

  The display language selection screen 50 is a screen for allowing the user to select a display language. The display language selection screen 50 is displayed using at least one default language. In the display language selection screen 50 of FIG. 6, Japanese, English, and Chinese are used as default languages. On the display language selection screen 50, display language selection buttons 51A, 51B, 51C are displayed. The display language selection buttons 51A, 51B, and 51C are buttons for indicating selection of a display language and accepting selection of a display language by the user. Note that the display language selection screen 50 of FIG. 6 shows three selectable display languages, but the number of selectable languages is not limited to this.

  Returning to FIG. 4, after step S <b> 11, in step S <b> 12, the display control unit 32 determines whether a display language is selected from the display language selection screen 50 by a user operation. When determining that the display language is not selected (step S12: NO), the display control unit 32 repeats step S12.

  If it is determined that the display language has been selected (step S12: YES), in step S13, the display control unit 32 displays the subsequent display unit 22 in the display language selected from the display language selection screen 50. As a result, a series of processing ends.

  Note that the display control unit 32 may add the language selected from the display language selection screen 50 and displayed on the display unit 22 to the display language table 28 as the display language of the user who performed the login operation.

  When it is determined in step S4 of FIG. 3 that the print job of the logged-in user is not held (step S4: NO), in step S14, the display control unit 32 displays the display language of the logged-in user as the display language. It is determined whether it is already stored in the table 28. If it is determined that the display language of the logged-in user is not stored (step S14: NO), the display control unit 32 proceeds to step S11 in FIG.

  If it is determined that the display language of the logged-in user has been stored (step S14: YES), in step S15, the display control unit 32 displays the display unit 22 in the display language of the user stored in the display language table 28. Is displayed. As a result, a series of processing ends.

  Next, operations in each mode of the printing apparatus 2 will be described.

  When the printer mode is selected from the mode selection screen 40 by the logged-in user, the display control unit 32 displays a print job list screen (not shown) that displays a list of the user's print jobs held in the print job holding unit 26. Z) is displayed on the display unit 22. When a print job to be executed is selected from the print job list screen and printing start is instructed, the print control unit 34 causes the printing unit 14 to execute printing based on the selected print job.

  When the copy mode is selected from the mode selection screen 40 by the logged-in user, the display control unit 32 causes the display unit 22 to display a copy mode screen (not shown). Thereafter, when a document is set in the image reading unit 13 and an instruction to start copying is given, the image reading control unit 33 causes the image reading unit 13 to read an image of the document and generate image data of the document. The print control unit 34 causes the printing unit 14 to perform printing based on the image data of the document.

  When the scanner mode is selected from the mode selection screen 40 by the logged-in user, the display control unit 32 causes the display unit 22 to display a scanner mode screen (not shown). Thereafter, when a document is set in the image reading unit 13 and the start of the scanner is instructed, the image reading control unit 33 causes the image reading unit 13 to read an image of the document and generate image data of the document. Then, the image reading control unit 33 outputs the image data of the document to the outside or stores it in the storage unit 15.

  As described above, even when the login fails, the copy function and the scanner function can be used. Therefore, even when login fails, if the copy mode or the scanner mode is selected, the printing apparatus 2 performs the operation of each mode described above.

  As described above, in the printing apparatus 2, when the print job of the logged-in user is not held in the print job holding unit 26, the display control unit 32 displays the user's display stored in the display language storage unit 27. The display 22 is displayed in the language. Thereby, even when the display language information cannot be acquired from the print job, the display language of the display unit 22 can be set to a language that can be understood by the logged-in user. As a result, the situation in which the user cannot understand the display on the display unit 22 can be reduced.

  Further, when the print job of the logged-in user is not held in the print job holding unit 26 and the display language of the user is not stored in the display language storage unit 27, the display control unit 32 selects the display language. The screen 50 is displayed on the display unit 22. When the display language is selected from the display language selection screen 50 by the user, the display control unit 32 displays the subsequent display unit 22 in the selected display language. Thereby, even when the display language of the logged-in user is not stored in the display language storage unit 27, the display language of the display unit 22 can be set to a language that can be understood by the logged-in user.

  Further, when the login fails, the display control unit 32 displays the display unit 22 in the display language of the user who performed the login operation (the user indicated by the user identification information acquired by the IC card reader 12) stored in the display language storage unit 27. Is displayed. As a result, the display language of the display unit 22 when the user uses a copy function or a scanner function that can be used even when login fails can be set to a language that the user can understand.

  The display control unit 32 causes the display unit 22 to display the display language selection screen 50 when the login language fails and the display language of the user who performed the login operation is not stored in the display language storage unit 27. When the display language is selected from the display language selection screen 50 by the user, the display control unit 32 displays the subsequent display unit 22 in the selected display language. Thereby, when login fails, even if the display language of the user who performed the login operation is not stored in the display language storage unit 27, the display language of the display unit 22 is set to a language that the user can understand. It becomes possible.

  In the above embodiment, the user identification information is acquired by the IC card reader 12, but the input unit 21 may acquire the user identification information based on a user operation.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the components without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in the embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printing system 2 Printing apparatus 3 External authentication server 4 Terminal apparatus 5 Network 11 Operation panel part 12 IC card reader 13 Image reading part 14 Printing part 15 Storage part 17 Control part 21 Input part 22 Display part 26 Print job holding part 27 Display language Storage unit 28 Display language table 31 Login determination unit 32 Display control unit 33 Image reading control unit 34 Print control unit 50 Display language selection screen

Claims (1)

A display for displaying an image;
A print job holding unit that holds a print job including display language information transmitted from an external device;
A user identification information acquisition unit for acquiring user identification information;
A login determination unit that determines success or failure of login of the user indicated by the user identification information acquired by the user identification information acquisition unit;
When the login determination unit determines that the user has successfully logged in, the display unit displays in the language indicated by the display language information of the print job of the logged-in user held in the print job holding unit A control unit;
A display language storage unit that stores the language indicated by the display language information of the print job as the display language of the user corresponding to the print job;
When the print job of the logged-in user is not held in the print job holding unit, the display control unit displays the display unit in the display language of the user stored in the display language storage unit. Characteristic printing device.