KR20060010220A - Method for handling job interrupt of image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

In an image forming apparatus such as a digital copier or a multifunction printer, when a plurality of different interrupt jobs exist, the user can confirm the present condition so that the user can easily resume the job. Disclosed is a method for processing a job interrupt of an image forming apparatus that can further improve convenience and efficiency.

According to the present invention, in the method of processing a job interrupt in an image forming apparatus such as a digital copying machine and a multifunction device, if the job interruption occurs during a copying operation in the image forming apparatus, the copying operation when the job interruption is interrupted. Storing related information; And outputting or displaying information related to the copy job as a report when the copy job resumed by the job interrupt is resumed.

Description

Method for handling job interrupt of image forming apparatus

1 is a flowchart of a job interrupt processing method of an image forming apparatus according to the prior art.

2A and 2B are flowcharts of a job interrupt processing method of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention;

3 is a schematic block diagram of an image forming apparatus for performing a job interrupt processing method of the present invention;

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10 control unit 12 operation panel unit

14: scanning unit 16: printing unit

18: memory

The present invention relates to a job interrupt processing method of an image forming apparatus such as a digital copier and a multifunction printer, and more particularly, when a plurality of various interrupt jobs exist in an image forming apparatus such as a digital copier or a multifunction printer. The present invention relates to a job interrupt processing method of an image forming apparatus that enables a user to easily check a resume so that a user can easily resume a job.

As is well known to those skilled in the art, the Job Interrupt function, which is used in digital copiers and multifunction devices as image forming apparatuses, is urgently used by other people during copying operations through the copier or multifunction device. When a copier or a multifunction device is to be used first, it refers to a function of pausing a current copying job and performing another job, and then resuming the paused job again.

When the job interrupt function described above is used in the digital copier or multifunction device, when the current copying job is a long time job, when another job or another user wants to use the copier or multifunction device for a simple job, This is convenient because it allows you to quickly perform other simple tasks without waiting for them.

By the way, it is obvious that the job interrupt function in the copier or multifunction printer provides convenience to users, but the following problems may occur when a plurality of various users use the copier or multifunction printer.

That is, when the first interrupt occurs during the first task, when the second task according to the first interrupt proceeds, and the second interrupt occurs, the third task according to the second interrupt proceeds. In this case, it was difficult for the user to figure out which interrupt task to resume when attempting to resume the tasks that were suspended due to the interrupt.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 1, a job interrupt processing method of the image forming apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment and a problem thereof will be described as follows.

For example, if a user is copying 100 originals from a digital copier or multifunction device, and another user requests a simple copy job, the previous user interrupts the current copy job by generating an interrupt (S11). (S12). It is assumed that the number of 100 original document scans at the time of interrupt generation is 50.

If the current job is stopped by the interrupt, the other user performs his / her job (S13). When the execution of the other job is finished, the user who copies 100 original documents resets 100 original documents for the resume of the copy job, and issues a resume command (S14) (S15) (S16).

When the resume command is issued by the user, the digital copier or multifunction apparatus discharges the previously scanned pages (50 sheets), and performs a copy scan operation from the 51st document (S17). Therefore, the job interrupt processing method of the image forming apparatus according to the prior art has a problem that it is time inefficient.

Accordingly, the technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to allow a user to check the presence of a plurality of various interrupt operations in an image forming apparatus such as a digital copier or a multifunction printer, so that the user can easily resume the work. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for processing a job interrupt of an image forming apparatus, which may further improve convenience and efficiency of the image forming apparatus.

The present invention provides a method for processing a job interrupt in an image forming apparatus such as a digital copying machine and a multifunction machine, in order to achieve the above technical problem. Storing information related to the copy job at the time; And outputting information related to the copy job as a report when resuming the copy job which has been stopped by the job interrupt. An interrupt handling method is provided.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the information related to the copy job includes a scan page, a print page, a date, a time, a copy option, and the like.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, if there are a plurality of job interrupts that are interrupted during a copy job, displaying each piece of information related to the plurality of job interrupts through display means of the image forming apparatus. Can be.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, if there are a plurality of job interrupts that are interrupted during a copy job, the method may include printing each piece of information related to the multiple job interrupts in a report. The report may include the last scanned image when each job interrupt occurs.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a job interrupt processing method of an image forming apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, when it is determined that detailed descriptions of related well-known technologies or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to the intention or custom of a user or an operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

In the following description, when the member according to the prior art and the member according to the present invention are the same, the same reference numerals used in the prior art are used as they are, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

2A and 2B are flowcharts of a job interrupt processing method of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an image forming apparatus for performing the job interrupt processing method of the present invention.

2A and 2B, the job interrupt processing method of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes performing a copy job as in the prior art (S11), and checking whether a job interrupt has occurred (S13). ); If a job interrupt has occurred, storing previous job related information (S15); Performing a task associated with a task interrupt (S17); Checking whether another operation interrupt has occurred (S19); If another task interrupt occurs, performing a task associated with the task interrupt (S21); Confirming whether the task associated with the task interrupt is terminated (S23); Instructing a job resume (S25); Displaying a job interrupt list list according to the job resume command (S27); Selecting a corresponding job to be resumed from the list list (S29); Printing a report on the selected job or displaying a report on the job (S31) (S33) (S35); And selecting (S37) (S39) to select a substantial resume of the job so that the resume job of the job is performed.

The operation of the job interrupt processing method of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. 2A, 3B and 3.

For example, during a copying operation (job 1) in an image forming apparatus such as a digital copier or a multifunction printer, a key input of a job interrupt (job interrupt 1) by the operation panel unit 12 of the image forming apparatus is performed. When input to the control unit 10, the control unit 10 stops the current job and stores the information of the job that has been advanced to the memory 18 in the form of a job interrupt list (S11) (S13) (S15). After storing the information on the job which has been performed so far as the job interrupt list in the memory 18, the controller 10 controls the image forming apparatus to perform the job accompanying the first job interrupt (S17).

If another user is interrupted by another user while the copy operation is being performed (second operation), the control unit 10 is configured to execute the current operation as described above. Stops and stores the information on the job progress so far in the job interrupt list (S19). If the information about the second job is stored in the interrupt list, the controller 10 controls the image forming apparatus to perform the job accompanying the second job interrupt (S21).

When the job accompanying the job interrupt is completed as described above (S23), the control unit 10 checks whether a job resume command is input, and when the job resume command is input, it is stored in the memory 18. A list of job interrupt lists is displayed (S25) (S27). The job interrupt resume key for the job resume command is preferably provided in the operation panel unit 12 as in the prior art.

 An example of the job interrupt list displayed in step S27 may be as follows, and they may be displayed on the LCD display unit 12a provided in the operation panel unit 12. That is, the order, year, month, day, and hour are displayed in the job interrupt list displayed on the LCD display unit 12a of the operation panel unit 12.

<Example of Job Interrupt List>

1 Job: 2004-04-16, 22h: 43m

2 Job: 2004-04-16, 22h: 45m

............

............

When the user selects a corresponding job from the displayed job interrupt list through the direction key and the job interrupt resume key provided in the operation panel unit 12, the controller 10 displays the information on the selected job as follows. Displayed at 12a (S29) (S35). In order to display the information on the selected job, after placing the cursor on the corresponding job, the job interrupt resume key must be pressed for a predetermined time (eg, 3 seconds) or more.

<Example of information display about the job>

-1 Job-

ScanPage: 5, PrintPage: 4, Image: Text, ....

When the user presses the job interrupt resume key again for a predetermined time (for example, 4 seconds) or more in order to know more information about his resume job, the controller 10 prints a detailed report on the resume job. 16) through the printout in the form as follows (S31) (S33).

<Example of detailed report output for this job>

1 Job: 2004-04-16, 22h: 43m

Scanned Page: 5P

Printed Page: 4P

Image: Photo Mode

Print Type: Duplex Long Edge Print

Scan Type: Duplex Scan

Reduce / Enlarge: 100%

Contrast: Lighten

In the detailed lift output for the corresponding job, the control unit 10 may preferably include the image scanned last by the scan unit 14 when the job is interrupted by an interrupt.

As described above, when the user checks the information on the corresponding job, and if the result of the check is that the corresponding job is stopped by the interruption, the resume of the corresponding job is pressed by pressing the resume key provided in the operation panel unit 12. To be performed. That is, when the user presses the resume key, the controller 10 controls the image forming apparatus to perform the resume of the corresponding operation (S37) (S39).

As a result, the present invention can prevent confusion in performing resume even when several job interrupts are applied, and prevent inconvenience and time consumption in starting resume.

The job interrupt processing method of the image forming apparatus according to the present invention as described above, when a plurality of different interrupt operations exist in the image forming apparatus such as a digital copier or a multifunction device, the user can easily check the resume operation By making it possible to provide an advantage that can further improve the convenience and efficiency of the image forming apparatus.

Although a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various changes without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made. Therefore, changes in the future embodiments of the present invention will not be able to escape the technology of the present invention.

Claims (5)

In the image processing apparatus such as a digital copier and multifunction printer, If a job interruption occurs during a copy job in the image forming apparatus, storing information related to the copy job when the job interruption occurs; And Outputting information related to the copy job as a report when resuming the copy job which has been stopped by the job interrupt; Treatment method. The method of claim 1, The information related to the copy job includes a scan page, a print page, a date, a time, a copy option, and the like. The method of claim 1, If there are a plurality of job interrupts that are interrupted during the copying operation, displaying the information related to the plurality of job interrupts through the display means of the image forming apparatus. How to handle interrupts. The method of claim 1, And outputting the respective information related to the plurality of job interrupts in a report when there are a plurality of job interrupts that have been interrupted during the copying job. The method of claim 4, wherein The job output processing method of the image forming apparatus, wherein the printed output report includes a last scanned image when each job interrupt occurs.

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