KR100522602B1 - Method and apparatus for selectively printing page of document - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and apparatus for selective printing of a document. This method of printing a document including at least one page comprises the steps of: determining, via a user interface, whether to print only a page containing at least one of predetermined content desired by the user, such as business graphics, color text, mono text, and photographs. And if it is determined that only pages containing predetermined contents are to be printed, printing only pages including predetermined contents. Therefore, in an environment where at least one color printer and at least one mono printer can be mixed, the pages can be printed through a kind of printer determined according to the content of each page of the document, i.e., color pages, mono pages and You can print pages containing photos to color printers, mono printers, and photo printers, respectively, and selectively print only pages that contain the content you want, so you can speed up printing and improve print quality. In addition, there is an effect that can perform a selective printing according to the user's intention.

Description

Method and apparatus for selectively printing a document

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to printing, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for selectively printing a document that can have both color pages and mono pages.

Recently, as printers with various functions are spreading, it is possible to print documents or pictures of excellent image quality in an office or at home. For example, mono laser printers can print black and white documents at high speeds, and color ink jet printers can print color documents in color. In addition, a photo inkjet printer can effectively print a photo. Here, each printer has advantages and disadvantages in terms of printing characteristics. For example, color inkjet printers can print color documents in color but print more slowly than mono laser printers. Thus, when printing a document having a large number of pages, color ink jet printers are inconvenient compared to mono laser printers. In addition, printing a page having mono text with a color printer may cause deterioration in print quality due to ink smears and the like. Therefore, according to the conventional printing method, even though there are few color pages among the entire pages of the document, the document contains color pages, and when the whole document is printed through a color printer, the work efficiency is very low. There is a problem. In addition, mono printers are fast in printing, but cannot print pages with color images in color. Photo inkjet printers can print photos better using more types of ink, but they can't fully perform their job when printing non-photo color or mono pages.

Recently, mono printers, color printers, and photo printers can all be used by one personal computer. Nevertheless, according to the above-described conventional printing method, since the pages cannot be selectively printed according to the characteristics of the pages included in the document, the printing speed is increased because the content of the page and the type of printer do not match. There is a problem that the printing efficiency is lowered, such as lowering or lowering the print quality.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to print each page through a type of printer corresponding to the contents of each page of the document to be printed in an environment where at least one color printer and at least one mono printer can be mixed. To provide an optional method of printing a document.

Another technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to print each page through a printer corresponding to the contents of each page of a document to be printed in an environment where at least one color printer and at least one mono printer can be mixed. It is to provide an optional printing device of the document.

In order to achieve the above object, a selective printing method of a document according to the present invention for printing a document including at least one page, comprising at least one of a predetermined content desired by the user, business graphics, color text, mono text and photos (A) determining whether to print only a page through the user interface and (b) printing only a page including the predetermined content, if it is determined that only the page including the predetermined content is to be printed. .

In order to achieve the above another object, an optional printing apparatus of a document according to the present invention for printing a document including at least one page, only a page containing a predetermined content which is at least one of business graphics, color text, mono text, and photographs A key operation unit which is operated by a user to print and generates a predetermined content request print signal, checks whether to print only a page containing the predetermined content in response to the predetermined content request print signal, and checks the result as a control signal Preferably, the printing unit includes a printing check unit for outputting and a printing unit for printing only a page including the predetermined contents and outputting the printed result in response to the control signal.

Hereinafter, a selective printing method of a document according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart for describing embodiments of a method for selectively printing a document according to the present invention, which includes printing only a page including a picture or selectively printing only a page including a predetermined content (steps 10 to 22). S).

The selective printing method of a document according to the present invention shown in Fig. 1 prints a document including at least one page as follows. Here, at least one page may be a color page or a mono page. Here, the mono page means a black and white page that does not contain color.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is determined whether to print only a page including a photograph (step 10). If it is determined that only the page containing the picture is to be printed, only the page containing the picture is printed (the 18th, 20th and 22nd steps). For example, if it is determined that only a page including a photo is to be printed, it is determined whether the photo is included in a page to be printed (hereinafter, referred to as a current page) (step 18). If it is determined that no photo is included in the current page, the next page is accepted as the current page, and the flow proceeds to step 18 (step 20). However, if it is determined that the photo contains the current page, the current page is printed (step 22). Recently, as digital photographs are widely used, photo printers using six or seven inks have been widely used to reproduce natural color tones of photographs. In the selective printing method of the document according to the present invention, in order to reproduce such natural color tone, only a page including a photo can be selected and printed by a photo printer.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, the method for selectively printing a document may further include twelfth, fourteenth, sixteenth, and twenty-second steps. In this case, if it is determined that only the page including the picture is not printed, it is determined whether to print only the page including the predetermined content desired by the user (step 12). Here, the predetermined content corresponds to at least one of business graphic, color text [Text (color)] and mono text [Text (mono)].

According to the present invention, a picture may be included as shown in FIG. 1 as shown in FIG. 1. In this case, the selective printing method of the document according to the present invention shown in Fig. 1 does not provide the tenth, eighteenth and twentieth steps. That is, when the photograph is included in the predetermined content, the eighteenth step corresponds to the fourteenth step and the twentyth step corresponds to the sixteenth step.

If it is determined that only the page containing the predetermined content is not to be printed, it is printed according to the conventional method irrespective of the content of the page (step 22).

However, if it is determined that only pages containing predetermined contents are to be printed, only pages containing predetermined contents are printed (14th, 16th and 22nd steps). For example, if it is determined that only a page including the predetermined content is printed, it is determined whether the predetermined page is included in the current page (step 14). If it is determined that the predetermined content is not included in the current page, the next page is accepted as the current page (step 16). However, if it is determined that the predetermined content is included in the current page, the current page is printed (step 22).

On the other hand, in the twelfth, fourteenth, sixteenth and twenty-second steps of the selective printing method of the document shown in FIG. 1, only a page including a predetermined content is printed. Alternatively, however, only pages that do not contain predetermined content may be printed. In this case, the selective printing method of the document shown in Fig. 1 provides a step of determining whether to print only a page not including a predetermined content instead of providing a twelfth step, and instead of providing a fourteenth step, A step of determining whether a page contains no predetermined content is provided. If it is determined in step 16 that the current page contains predetermined content, the next page is accepted as the current page. At this time, if it is determined that the predetermined content is not included in the current page, the flow advances to step 22 to print the current page not including the predetermined content.

2 is a flowchart illustrating still another embodiment of a method for selectively printing a document according to the present invention, which proceeds to step 10 or prints all pages depending on whether a photo printer is selected and a photo image separation menu is selected. Step (forty to forty-fourth steps).

According to another embodiment of the present invention, it is determined whether a photo printer capable of photo printing a document is selected (step 40). If it is determined that a photo printer capable of photo printing the document is not selected, the process proceeds to step 40. However, if it is determined that the photo printer capable of photo printing the document is selected, it is determined whether the photo image separation menu has been selected (step 42). Here, the photo image separation menu is a menu on a user interface screen which the user selects when he / she wants to print a page corresponding to the document. If it is determined that the photo image separation menu is selected, the process proceeds to step 10 of FIG. 1. Thus, the tenth, eighteenth, twentieth, and twenty-second steps are performed so that only the page containing the photograph is printed. However, if it is determined that the photo image separation menu is not selected, all pages of the document are printed to the photo printer (step 44).

3 is a flowchart for explaining another embodiment of a method for selectively printing a document according to the present invention, the method comprising: printing only a page including a photo or selectively printing only a page not including a photo. 16, 18, 20, 22 and 60 steps).

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, the selective printing method of the document may provide the sixtieth step as shown in FIG. 3 instead of the twelfth and fourteenth steps shown in FIG. That is, if it is determined that only the page containing the picture is not to be printed, that is, it is determined that only the page containing the picture is not to be printed, it is determined whether the current page is a page not including the picture (step 60). If it is determined that the current page is a page without a picture, the process proceeds to step 22 and the current page is printed. However, if it is determined that the current page is not a page without a picture, the process proceeds to step 16 and the next page is accepted as the current page. Since the same reference numerals play the same role in the selective printing method of the document shown in FIG. 3 and the selective printing method of the document shown in FIG. 1, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface screen that can be shown to a user to explain the selective printing methods of a document according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, or FIG. 3. FIG. Fields 80, 82, and 84 and menus 86, 88, 90, and 92 in the form of check boxes. At this time, as shown in Fig. 4, the menu selected from the radio button type menus 80, 82, and 84 is displayed as ● inside a circle, and the menus 86, 88, 90, and 92 in the form of check boxes. The menu selected in) is displayed as √ inside the box. Here, only one radio button type menu may be selected, and a check box type menu may be selected in plural.

The menu 80 shown in FIG. 4 is a menu selected by the user who wants to print all pages of the document, and the menu 82 includes a menu selected from the menus 86, 88, 90 and 92 of the check box. Menu 84 is a menu selected by a user who wants to print only a page to be printed, and a menu 84 indicates a menu selected by a user who wants to print only a page that does not include a menu selected from the menus 86, 88, 90, and 92. . Here, the menus 86, 88, 90, and 92 in the form of check boxes may be the above-described predetermined contents.

For example, the tenth step illustrated in FIG. 1 or 3 determines whether the user selects the menus 82 and 86 from the user interface screen shown in FIG. 4. In addition, when a picture is not included in the predetermined content, the twelfth step shown in FIG. 1 determines whether the user selects at least one of the menus 88, 90, and 92 and the menu 82 shown in FIG. 4. do. Meanwhile, step 60 of FIG. 3 is performed when the user selects the menus 84 and 86 shown in FIG. In addition, step 42 of FIG. 2 determines whether the menus 82 and 86 of FIG. 4 are selected, and step 44 is performed when the user selects the menu 80 of FIG. . As shown in FIG. 4, when the menus 82, 86, and 88 are selected on the user interface screen, only pages including both photographs and business graphics may be printed.

5 is a view for explaining another embodiment of a method for selectively printing a document according to the present invention, in which a color page is printed with a color printer and a mono page is printed with a mono printer (steps 110 to 122) Is made of.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the user wants to print a page separated into a color page and a mono page, it is determined whether the user wants to print only the color page or only the mono page (steps 110 and 112).

For example, assume that both color and mono pages exist in a document. In this case, it is determined whether the user wants to print the color page and the mono page separately (step 110). If it is determined that the user does not want to print the color page and the mono page separately, all pages are printed (step 122). However, if it is determined that the user wants to print the color page and the mono page separately, it is determined whether to print only the color page or only the mono page (step 112).

If it is determined that the user wants to print only the color page, only the color page is printed (steps 114, 116, and 122). For example, if it is determined that the user wants to print only a color page, it is determined whether the current page is a color page (step 114). If it is determined that the current page is not the color page, the next page is accepted as the current page, and the flow proceeds to step 114 (step 116). However, if it is determined that the current page is a color page, the current page is color printed (step 122).

However, if it is determined in step 112 that the user wants to print only a mono page, the mono page is printed in mono (steps 118, 120, and 122). For example, if it is determined that the user wants to print only a mono page, it is determined whether the current page is a mono page (step 118). If it is determined that the current page is not a mono page, the next page is accepted as the current page, and the flow proceeds to step 118 (step 120). However, if it is determined that the current page is a mono page, the current page is printed in mono (step 122).

6 is an external view illustrating an example of a connection state of printers connected to a computer, and includes a personal computer 140, a mono printer 142, and a color printer 144.

Fig. 7 is an external view showing another example of a connection state of printers connected to computers, and is composed of personal computers 160, ..., and 162, a color printer 164, and a mono printer 166.

When the personal computer (s) and printers are connected as shown in Fig. 6 or 7, the method of selective printing of the document according to the present invention shown in Fig. 5 is that the printer is a mono printer in the personal computer 140, 160 or 162. In step 142 or 166, it may be determined whether the color printer 144 or 164 has been selected, and further proceeding to step 110 may be further provided.

If it is determined that the printer is selected as the mono printer 142 or 166 in the personal computer 140, 160 or 162, the current page is printed to the mono printer (step 122). That is, if it is determined in step 114 that the current page is a color page, the current color page is printed by the mono printer 142 or 166 (step 122). Alternatively, if it is determined in step 118 that the current page is a mono page, the current mono page is printed by the mono printer 142 or 162 (step 122). Alternatively, if it is determined in step 110 that the color page and the mono page are not separated and printed, all the pages are printed by the mono printer 142 or 162 (step 122).

However, if it is determined that the printer is selected as the color printer 144 or 164 in the personal computer 140, 160 or 162, the current page is printed with the color printer (step 122). That is, if it is determined in step 114 that the current page is a color page, the current color page is printed by the color printer 144 or 164 (step 122). Or, if it is determined in step 118 that the current page is a mono page, the current mono page is printed by the color printer 144 or 164 (step 122). Alternatively, if it is determined in step 110 that the color page and the mono page are not separated and printed, all pages are printed by the color printer 144 or 164 (step 122).

As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the color printer 142 and the mono printer 144 are connected to the personal computer 140, or as shown in FIG. 7. And 162 are connected to each other by the network 150 directly or indirectly with the mono printer 166 and the color printer 164, the selective printing method of the document according to the present invention is a color page to the color printer Printable and mono pages can be printed by a mono printer.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step 14 shown in FIG. 1 that the predetermined content is included in the current page, or in step 60 shown in FIG. 3 it is determined that the current page is a page that does not include a photo, FIG. The selective printing method of the illustrated document can be performed. For example, when the fourteenth step shown in FIG. 1 is satisfied or when the sixtyth step shown in FIG. 3 is satisfied, the printing method shown in FIG. 5 may be performed instead of the twenty-second step.

8 (a) and (b) are diagrams showing an example of a user interface screen that can be seen by a user in order to explain a method of selectively printing a document according to the present invention shown in FIG. At this time, as shown in Fig. 8 (b), if a check box type menu 200 is selected, it is displayed as √ inside the box, and the menu selected from the radio button type menus 202 and 204 is inside the circle. Is displayed as ●.

Step 110 of FIG. 5 determines whether the user has selected one of the menus 184 and 186 on the color page separation screen 180 shown in FIG. Alternatively, in operation 110, it is determined whether the user selects a color page separation 200 from the user interface screen illustrated in FIG. 8B. In operation 112, it is determined whether the user selects the menus (184 and 186 or 202 and 204) shown in FIG. 8 (a) or (b). For example, a user who wants to print only color pages selects the menu 184 or 202 shown in FIG. 8 (a) or (b), and a user who wants to print only mono pages is shown in FIG. 8 (a) or Select menu 186 or 204 shown in (b). If the user selects the menu 182 shown in Fig. 8A, all pages are printed (step 122).

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the structure and operation | movement of the selective printing apparatus of the document by this invention are demonstrated as follows with reference to attached drawing.

9 is a block diagram of an optional printing apparatus of a document according to the present invention, and includes a printing check unit 210 and a printing unit 212.

The selective printing apparatus of the document shown in FIG. 9 prints a document including at least one page as follows.

First, the print checking unit 210 checks whether to print only a page including predetermined contents, and outputs the checked result to the print unit 212 as a control signal. As described above, the predetermined content corresponds to at least one of business graphics, color text, mono text, and photographs. To this end, the print checking unit 210 checks whether a predetermined content request print signal generated from a key operation unit (not shown) operated by a user who wants to print only a page containing predetermined contents is input through the input terminal IN1. And a control signal in response to the checked result.

At this time, the printing unit 212 prints only the page containing the predetermined content input through the input terminal IN2 in response to the control signal input from the printing check unit 210, and prints the printed result through the output terminal OUT. Output For example, if it is recognized by the user that the user wants to print only the page containing the predetermined contents through the control signal, the printing unit 212 prints the page containing the predetermined contents input through the input terminal IN2.

As described above, the method and apparatus for selectively printing a document according to the present invention may be performed through a printer of a type determined according to the contents of each page of the document in an environment in which at least one color printer and at least one mono printer can be mixed. Because the pages can be printed, you can print color pages, mono pages, and pages containing photos to color printers, mono printers, and photo printers, respectively, and selectively print only the pages that contain the content you want. Therefore, not only can the speed of printing and the quality of printing be improved, but also the effect of performing selective printing in accordance with the intention of the user can be achieved.

1 is a flowchart for explaining embodiments of a method for selectively printing a document according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating still another embodiment of a method for selectively printing a document according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart for explaining another embodiment of the method for selectively printing a document according to the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface screen that may be shown to a user.

5 is a view for explaining another embodiment of a method for selectively printing a document according to the present invention.

6 is an external view illustrating an example of a connection state of printers connected to a computer.

7 is an external view showing another example of a connection state of printers connected to computers.

8 (a) and (b) are diagrams illustrating other examples of a user interface screen that can be seen by a user.

9 is a block diagram of a selective printing apparatus for a document according to the present invention.

Claims (5)

In the selective printing method of a document for printing a document including at least one page, (a) determining, via a user interface, whether to print only a page including at least one of business graphic, color text, mono text, and a photo, which are desired contents desired by a user; And (b) if it is determined that only the page containing the predetermined contents is to be printed, printing only the page containing the predetermined contents. delete The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) And if it is determined that only the page containing the predetermined contents is to be printed, photograph printing only the page containing the predetermined contents is selected. In the selective printing method of a document for printing a document including at least one page, When a user wants to print the page separately into a color page and a mono page, determining whether the user wants to print only the color page through the user interface; If it is determined that the user wants to print only the color page, printing the color page; And And if it is determined that the user wants to print only the mono page, printing the mono page to the mono print method. An optional printing apparatus for a document that prints a document including at least one page, A key operation unit which is operated by a user who wants to print only a page containing predetermined content which is at least one of business graphic, color text, mono text, and a photo to generate a predetermined content request print signal; A printing check unit for checking whether to print only a page including the predetermined contents in response to the predetermined contents request print signal, and outputting the checked result as a control signal; And And a printing unit for printing only a page including the predetermined content and outputting a printed result in response to the control signal.