KR100484156B1 - Method of printing banner page and network printing system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a banner page printing method and a network printing system for the same. Banner page printing method is a network printing system having at least one client terminal and a network printer connected to the client terminal via a predetermined network, the method comprising: (a) printing of a print data for one print job requested from the client terminal; Providing a user interface to a user who requested a print job at the time when spooling is completed; (b) inputting information on the print job by a user who requested the print job through a user interface; (c) transmitting the information on the print job input in step (b) and the print data spooled in step (a) to the network printer via the network, and (d) the print job sent in step (c). The information consists of a banner page and prints the print data. According to this, if the sender who sends the print data and the receiver who receives the print result are different from each other in the network printing system of the local area network or the Internet network, the banner page with the total number of pages can be used to easily check whether the printing is completed properly. You can check it.

Description

Banner page printing method and network printing system therefor {Method of printing banner page and network printing system therefor}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing system, and more particularly, to a banner page printing method for configuring and printing print job document information including a total number of pages of a print job document input by a user and a network printing system therefor.

In a network printing system, a network printer is connected to a plurality of client terminals through a local area network (LAN) to store print data received from each client terminal in a storage medium, register a print job in a worksheet, and print the data. An image is formed on the basis so that the image is printed on paper.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a general network printing system. The network printing system includes a plurality of client terminals T1 to Tn and client terminals T1 to Tn connected to a network N, which is a local area network such as Ethernet. A printer server 11 connected to the network printer 13 for informing the client terminals T1 to Tn of the status of the network printer 13 or temporarily storing print data for print jobs provided from the client terminals T1 to Tn. , And a network printer 13 commonly used by each client terminal T1 to Tn.

In such a network printing system, the network printer 13 outputs print job document information as a separate banner page, and prints control information including identification information from the print data and the transmission protocol transmitted from the client terminals T1 to Tn. After the extraction, the header data or the footer data are generated with reference to the extracted control information, and the print data is output to the separator page before or after printing.

According to the network environment, in the case of a network (Netware) environment, the network printer 13 retrieves a print job from the queue of the print server 11 and, if there is a print job, acquires control information included in the print job, Information such as a user name, an address of a client terminal, a request time, a file size, a file name, and a detailed description can be extracted from the control information and output as a banner page. On the other hand, in the TCP / IP environment, when the network printer 13 receives a connection request from the client terminals T1 to Tn, the network printer 13 extracts information such as the file name, file size, and address of the client terminal into a banner page. You can print

According to this method, since the total number of pages of the print job document is not displayed on the banner page, a network printing system used by a large number of users and having a different sender from the print data requesting the print job and a receiver receiving the print result is different. In this case, it is difficult to confirm whether the printed document is normally output at the recipient of the print result. On the other hand, a tool such as an emulator or a disassembler may be used to obtain the total number of pages of the document, but it is almost impossible to obtain the total number of pages of print data by operating them in real time.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a banner page printing method for printing a print job document information including the total number of pages of a print job document input by the user as a banner page before printing the print job. It is.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a network printing system most suitable for realizing the banner page printing method.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a banner page printing method according to the present invention is a network printing system including at least one or more client terminals and a network printer connected to the client terminal through a predetermined network. Providing a user interface to a user who requested the print job at the time when spooling of print data for one print job requested by the terminal is completed; (b) inputting the print job document information by a user who requested the print job through the user interface; (c) transmitting the print job document information input in step (b) and print data spooled in step (a) to the network printer through the network; And (d) constructing and printing the print job document information transmitted in the step (c) as a banner page and then printing the print data.

In order to achieve the above another technical problem, a network printing system according to the present invention includes at least one client terminal; And a network printer connected to the client terminal through a predetermined network, wherein the client terminal requests the print job when the spooling of print data for one print job is completed. User interface providing means for providing a user interface for inputting an input; And transmitting means for transmitting the print job document information and the spooled print data input through the user interface, wherein the network printer includes the print job document information and the spooling transmitted from the client terminal through the network. Receiving means for receiving the printed data; And printing means configured to print the print job document information received by the receiving means into a banner page, and then print the print data.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a network printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a plurality of client terminals T1 to Tn, a printer server 11 and a network printer are interconnected via a network N. Referring to FIG. 13, only one client terminal T1 will be shown for ease of explanation. Here, the network N may be implemented as a local area network or an internet network, and the printer server 11 may not be included.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a user writes a document using the application program 21 and issues a print command in the client terminal T1, it is transmitted to the GDI (Graphic Device Interface) 22. The GDI 22 cooperates with the printer driver 23 to configure a document received from the application program 21 into a file that can be recognized by the network printer 13. The printer driver 23 transmits the print data obtained by converting the document received through the GDI 22 into a language that can be interpreted by the network printer 13 to the GDI 23. The spooler 24 spools the print data received through the GDI 22, and when the spooling is completed, calls the print monitor 25 to transmit the spooled print data to the network printer 13. The print monitor 25 is responsible for transmitting the print data received from the spooler 24 to the network printer 13 at the address already set. The print monitor 25 transmits the print data to the network printer 13 at the address. Prior to this, a user interface such as a window or a dialog box for setting print job document information to be included in a banner page is provided. In this case, each input item of the user interface may be set as a default value through a port setting when a value input by a user or a user does not input corresponding information, and may be provided as document information. When the user inputs information on each input item through the user interface provided from the print monitor 24, the print monitor 25 sets the information input through the user interface as the print job document information to display a network interface card (not shown). Through the transmission to the network printer 13, and then to the spooling section 24 transmits the spooled print data. At this time, it is also possible to form and transmit print job document information and print data in a data packet.

The printer server 11 notifies the client terminals Ti to Tn of the status of the network printer 13, temporarily stores print data transmitted from the client terminals T1 to Tn, and then transmits the data to the network printer 13. It plays a role.

In the network printer 13, the NIC (Network Interface Card) 26 receives print job document information and print data via the network N. The printer controller 27 configures the print job document information received prior to the print data through the NIC 26 as a banner page, and then controls the printer engine 29 to be printed. In addition, it is also possible to extract the print job document information from the received data packet to form a banner page for printing. The printer controller 27 controls the printer engine 29 at the time when the banner page output is completed, and prints the print data for the print job on the paper. On the other hand, the display unit 28 displays the operation state of the network printer 13 and the like.

In this case, a means for providing a user interface for inputting print job document information, that is, the print monitor 24 is configured to be included in the client terminals T1 to Tn, but the print server 11 includes a spooler and a print monitor. It is also possible. That is, the printer server 11 spools print data for one print job, and then provides a user interface for inputting print job document information to the client terminal requesting the print job, and the user for each input item. When information is entered, it is set as print job document information.

3 is a view illustrating an example of a user interface 30 for inputting print job document information in FIG. 2, wherein the user interface 30 includes a document title input box 31, a sender input box 32, and a receiver input. A box 33, a total page number input box 34, a date input box 35, and a remarks input box 36 for inputting other deliveries, etc., and are included in the user interface according to the user's needs. Items can be variously modified in software. In addition, although not shown, a confirmation button, a correction button, and a cancel button may be included.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of printing a banner page according to an embodiment of the present invention. The print data spooling step 41, the document information setting step 43, the transmission step 45, and the printing steps 47 and 49 are described. Is done. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 as follows.

In the print data spooling step 41, the print data for one print job requested from the client terminals T1 to Tn is spooled. Here, the spooling may be performed at the spooler 24 of the client terminals T1 to Tn, or may be performed at the spooler (not shown) of the printer server 11.

In the document information setting step 43, a user interface is provided to a user who requests a print job at the time when the spooling is completed in step 41, and the document information is input from the user. Let's look at it.

In FIG. 5, in step 51, it is determined whether spooling is completed in step 41, and when spooling is completed, a user interface as shown in FIG. 3 is provided (step 52). Similarly, the time point at which spooling is completed can be determined based on the spooling at the spooler 24 of the client terminals T1 to Tn or the spooling at the spooler (not shown) of the printer server 11.

In step 53, the default value of the input item of the user interface provided in step 52 is displayed (53). In step 54, the user inputs corresponding information in the input item. Thereafter, in step 55, it is determined whether the user presses the confirmation button of each input item of the user interface. If the user presses the confirmation button for the corresponding input item, the data set in the input item is set as document information (step 56). If the OK button is not pressed for the item, that is, if the user does not enter data in the input item, the default value is set as document information (step 57).

4, in step 45, the print job document information and the spooled print data set in step 43 are transmitted to the network printer 13 via the network N. In this case, the print job document information and the spooled print data may be sequentially transmitted or packetized.

In step 47, the print job document information received from the network printer 13 is configured and printed as a banner page, and then the print data is printed (step 49).

As described above, according to the present invention, in a network printing system consisting of a local area network or an internet network, when a sender who sends print data and a receiver that receives a print result are different from each other when requesting a print job, whether or not printing is normally completed is determined. You can easily check the banner page that shows the total number of pages.

In addition, since the print job document information included in the banner page is not dependent on the transmission protocol, the user interface form for inputting the print job document information can be flexibly modified in software, so that various and detailed information according to the user can be displayed. Can be included in

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it is merely illustrative, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. . Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a general network printing system;

2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a network printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a view illustrating an example of a user interface in FIG. 2;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a banner page printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a detailed flowchart for describing a print job document information input step in FIG. 4.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

T1 ~ Tn ... Client Terminal 11 ... Printer Server

13 ... network printer

Claims (8)

In the network printing system having at least one client terminal and a network printer connected to the client terminal through a predetermined network, (a) providing a user interface to a user who requested the print job at the time when spooling of print data for one print job requested from the client terminal is completed; (b) inputting print job document information including a total number of pages of a print job document by a user who requested the print job through the user interface; (c) transmitting the print job document information input in step (b) and print data spooled in step (a) to the network printer through the network; And (d) a banner page printing method comprising the step of printing the print job document information transmitted in the step (c) by constructing a banner page and then printing the print data. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is provided when the spooling of the print data is completed in the client terminal in the step (a). The banner page printing method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is provided when the spooling of the print data is completed in the print server. The method of claim 1, wherein the network is one of a local area network and an internet network. At least one client terminal; And A network printer connected to the client terminal through a predetermined network; The client terminal User interface providing means for providing a user interface for allowing the user who requested the print job to input print job document information including the total number of pages of the print job document at the time when spooling of print data for one print job is completed. ; And Transmitting means for transmitting the print job document information and the spooled print data input through the user interface, The network printer Receiving means for receiving the print job document information and the spooled print data transmitted from the client terminal via the network; And And a printing means for constructing and printing the print job document information received by the receiving means into a banner page and then printing the print data. At least one client terminal; A print server for storing print data on a print job provided from the client terminal; And A network printer connected to the print server through a predetermined network; The printer server User interface providing means for providing a user interface for allowing the user who requested the print job to input print job document information including the total number of pages of the print job document at the time when spooling of print data for one print job is completed. ; And Transmitting means for transmitting the print job document information and the spooled print data input through the user interface, The network printer Receiving means for receiving the print job document information and the spooled print data transmitted from the printer server via the network; And And a printing means for constructing and printing the print job document information received by the receiving means into a banner page and then printing the print data. delete