KR20140020073A - Server for supporting mobile printing, terminal for controlling mobile printing, and mobile printing method thereof - Google Patents

Server for supporting mobile printing, terminal for controlling mobile printing, and mobile printing method thereof Download PDF

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KR20140020073A
KR20140020073A KR1020120086490A KR20120086490A KR20140020073A KR 20140020073 A KR20140020073 A KR 20140020073A KR 1020120086490 A KR1020120086490 A KR 1020120086490A KR 20120086490 A KR20120086490 A KR 20120086490A KR 20140020073 A KR20140020073 A KR 20140020073A
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Abstract

Provided is a method for controlling mobile printing by a mobile printing control terminal, the method comprising the steps of: enabling the control terminal to search a printer through wireless communication; accessing a mobile printing support server; determining a document to be printed among documents managed by the support server; transmitting, to the support server, a message for requesting a spool file for printing the document to be printed through a specific printer; receiving the spool file from the support server; and transmitting the spool file to the specific printer, wherein the spool file is generated based on information about the specific printer, and the information about the specific printer is included in the message. [Reference numerals] (200) Mobile printing support server

Description

Mobile printing support server, mobile printing control terminal, and mobile printing method {SERVER FOR SUPPORTING MOBILE PRINTING, TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE PRINTING, AND MOBILE PRINTING METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a mobile printing support server, a mobile printing control terminal, and a mobile printing method thereof.

Mobile printing is a method of printing by wirelessly transmitting print information from a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a tablet PC to a printer. In this case, the terminal may communicate with the printer using the installed mobile printing application.

Mobile printing has the advantage of using a printer that is not wired, but there are still limitations. For example, the mobile printing application so far may output only documents stored in the terminal. Therefore, the mobile printing application so far has a limitation in outputting documents reflecting real-time data such as documents modified by a plurality of users or documents changed in real time in a collaborative environment.

The mobile printing application so far outputs the screen as it is displayed on the terminal to the printer. Thus, mobile printing up to now cannot output high quality documents as seen on a PC screen.

Also, so far, mobile printing applications can only export output to printers that support specific protocols. Therefore, the mobile printing application up to now is not practical because the printer can not be used if there is a printer in the periphery does not support the corresponding protocol.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method for printing a high-quality document on a mobile by using a mobile printing support server and a mobile printing control terminal.

A method of controlling a mobile printing by a mobile printing control terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: accessing a mobile printing support server, determining a document to be printed from among documents provided by the support server, and to the support server. Transmitting a message requesting a spool file for printing the document to be printed on a specific printer, receiving the spool file from the support server, and transmitting the spool file to the specific printer; The spool file is generated based on the information of the specific printer, and the message includes the information of the specific printer.

The transmitting of the message for requesting the spool file may include searching for a printer around, determining the specific printer among the searched printers, and transmitting information including the information of the specific printer in the message. Can be.

The determining of the specific printer may include determining the default printer as the specific printer when a printer set as the default printer is found among the searched printers.

The determining of the specific printer may determine the printer selected by the user among the searched printers as the specific printer.

The searching of the surrounding printer may collect printer information including at least one of a printer address, a printer model name, and PDL information supported by the printer.

The method may further include requesting a preview of any document provided by the support server to the support server, and displaying preview data received from the support server on the screen.

The determining of the document to be printed may determine the previewed arbitrary document as the document to be printed.

Determining a document to be printed from among the documents provided by the support server may include requesting generation of a real-time document to the support server, and determining a real-time document generated by the support server as the document to be printed. have.

A method for supporting mobile printing by a mobile printing support server according to another embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising: receiving a message requesting a spool file for printing a document on a specific printer from a mobile printing control terminal, the message being included in the message; Generating the spool file based on the information of the specific printer, and transmitting the spool file to the control terminal, wherein the document is a document provided by the support server.

The generating of the spool file may include searching for a printer driver corresponding to the information of the specific printer, and generating the spool file based on the found printer driver.

The method may further include receiving a message requesting preview of the document from the control terminal, and transmitting preview data of the document to the control terminal.

A support server for supporting mobile printing of a mobile printing control terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, a document management unit for managing a document to be provided to the control terminal, and for printing the document from the control terminal to a specific printer And a spool file providing unit for receiving a spool file request message requesting a spool file and transmitting the spool file generated based on the spool file request message to the control terminal.

The spool file providing unit may generate the spool file based on the information of the specific printer included in the spool file request message.

The spool file providing unit may search for a printer driver corresponding to the information of the specific printer and generate the spool file based on the found printer driver.

The support server receives a preview request message requesting a preview of the document from the control terminal, and provides a preview for transmitting the preview data of the document generated based on the preview request message to the control terminal. It may further include wealth.

The document manager may generate and manage the real-time document based on data related to the real-time document when the real-time document is requested to be generated from the control terminal.

As a control terminal for controlling mobile printing according to another embodiment of the present invention, accessing a mobile printing support server to determine a document to print from the documents provided by the support server, and to print the document to be printed on a specific printer Requesting the support server for the spool file, the mobile printing control unit for receiving the spool file from the support server, and a printer output unit for transmitting the spool file transmitted from the mobile printing control unit to the specific printer.

The control terminal further includes a printer search unit for searching the surrounding printers based on a search request message and transferring a search result to the mobile printing controller, wherein the mobile printing controller generates the search request message to generate the printer search unit. The specific printer may be determined from among search results received from the printer search unit.

The mobile printing control unit may transfer information of the specific printer to the support server.

The control terminal further includes a document viewer for displaying preview data on a display device, and the mobile printing controller requests the support server to preview an arbitrary document among documents provided by the support server, and the preview data. And receive the preview data to the document viewer.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile printing control terminal can print a document in any desired printer, without setting a printer driver separately. In addition, the mobile printing control terminal can output a remotely stored document to the printer as well as a file stored therein. Therefore, the user can freely print a document that is changed in real time at a desired place.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a mobile printing support server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of a mobile printing method of a control terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart of a mobile printing method of a control terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an example of a preview screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an illustration of a printer search screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an illustration of a printing progress screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart of a mobile printing method of a support server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart of a mobile printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a block diagram of a mobile printing control terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise.

Now with reference to the drawings will be described a mobile printing support server, a mobile printing control terminal, and their mobile printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile printing system 10 includes a mobile printing control terminal (hereinafter referred to as a control terminal) 100, a mobile printing support server (hereinafter referred to as a support server) 200, and at least one printer 300. , 400, 500).

The control terminal 100 is a device that a user uses to control printing of a document. The control terminal 100 with the help of the support server 200, and prints a document that does not have a peripheral printer (300-500). The document includes various data that can be printed by a printer. In particular, the document may be a real-time document containing real-time data whose data is updated over time.

The control terminal 100 accesses the support server 200 and inquires a document provided by the support server 200, and previews and checks a document to be printed. That is, the control terminal 100 checks the document to be printed by connecting to the support server 200 as if the document stored in the query. The control terminal 100 searches for at least one printer 300-500 located in the periphery and selects a printer 300 to be printed from among the printers 300-500.

The control terminal 100 requests the support server 200 for a spool file, which is a file used when printing a document. At this time, the control terminal 100 transfers the selected printer 300 information to the support server 200 and requests the spool file for the printer 300. That is, the control terminal 100 directly generates a spool file for the printer 300 and does not request printing to the printer 300, but transmits the spool file generated by the support server 200 to the printer 300. Here, the spool file is a file for printing a document by communicating with a slow printer and is generated based on information of a printer to be printed, specifically, printer driver information. The printer prints based on the spool file created for its driver. The control terminal 100 transmits the spool file received from the support server 200 to the selected printer 300.

The control terminal 100 may communicate with the support server 200 and the printer 300-500 by installing a mobile printing application (application) that supports mobile printing. Alternatively, the control terminal 100 may communicate with the support server 200 and the printer 300-500 by accessing the mobile printing support website implemented in the browser base. Here, the control terminal 100 includes various terminals that can use a mobile printing application or a mobile printing support website. For example, the control terminal 100 may be a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a smart pad, a notebook computer, or a tablet PC.

The support server 200 is a remote server to which the control terminal 100 connects, and transmits data necessary for mobile printing to the control terminal 100. Data required for mobile printing includes a document list, preview data, and a spool file provided by the support server 200.

First, the support server 200 provides a document list to the control terminal 100 in response to the inquiry request from the control terminal 100. That is, the control terminal 100 can access the support server 200 to query the document provided by the support server 200. Here, the document provided by the support server 200 includes not only a document already stored before the user request, but also a real-time document generated by the support server 200 based on real-time data at the time of the user request. In addition, the document provided by the support server 200 includes a document accessible by a URL. The support server 200 provides preview data to the control terminal 100. The preview data is information provided for the control terminal 100 to confirm the print appearance of the document before printing. The preview data may be set differently according to the type of document, the type of control terminal, the print quality, and the like, and may be, for example, image data of the document or Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) data.

The support server 200 generates a spool file based on the mobile printer 300 information for the spool file request of the control terminal 100. The printer 300 information may be transmitted from the control terminal 100 as information for identifying a printer, such as a printer model name and PDL (Page Description Language) information supported by the printer. The support server 200 finds a driver of the printer 300 based on the printer 300 information, and generates a spool file based on the driver of the printer 300. The support server 200 transmits the generated spool file to the control terminal 100.

The printer 300-500 is a printer with a built-in wired or wireless communication function. The printer 300-500 receives a spool file from the control terminal 100 and prints a document. The printer 300-500 may include at least one of various wireless communication modules such as Wi-Fi communication, Bluetooth communication, and near field communication (NFC) to communicate with the control terminal 100. Alternatively, the printer 300-500 may communicate with the control terminal 100 by wire. For example, the printer 300-500 may be connected to the control terminal 100 through a universal serial bus (USB).

2 is a block diagram of a mobile printing support server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile printing support server 200 includes a document management unit 210, a control terminal connecting unit 230, a preview providing unit 250, and a spool file providing unit 270.

The document manager 210 manages various kinds of documents to be provided to the control terminal 100. In particular, the document manager 210 may generate and store a real-time document whose data is updated with time. The real time document may be, for example, a document including dynamic data such as current exchange rate data, stock price trends, schedule data, or a document that is jointly modified by group users. That is, when the document management unit 210 receives a real time document generation request from the control terminal 100, the document management unit 210 generates the real time document by bringing up-to-date data necessary for creating the requested document. Through this, the document management unit 210 may provide a report in which dynamic data is linked to the user. At this time, the document management unit 210 may bring in the latest data in conjunction with an external database (not shown).

The control terminal connection unit 230 manages the connection of the control terminal 100, and the document management unit 210, the preview providing unit 250, and the spool file providing unit 270 for various messages received from the control terminal 100. To pass). When the control terminal 100 is connected through the mobile printing application or the mobile printing support website, the control terminal connecting unit 230 may determine whether the control terminal 100 is a terminal permitted to access the document manager 210. . For example, the control terminal connection unit 230 may allow access of the control terminal 100 based on ID and password information or other authentication information transmitted from the control terminal 100. Alternatively, the control terminal connection unit 230 may allow access of the control terminal 100 based on the identification information of the control terminal 100.

When the preview providing unit 250 receives a preview request of the document to be printed from the control terminal 100, the preview providing unit 250 generates preview data of the requested document and transmits the preview data to the control terminal 100. Here, the preview data is data showing the same shape as that output from the printer, and may be in various formats according to the type of document. The preview data may be, for example, image data or HTML data of a document.

When the spool file providing unit 270 receives a spool file request message for a document provided by the document management unit 210 from the control terminal 100, the spool file providing unit 270 generates a spool file of the document and transmits the spool file to the control terminal 100. At this time, the spool file providing unit 270 finds a printer driver based on the printer information included in the spool file request message, and generates a spool file based on the printer driver.

3 is a flowchart of a mobile printing method of a control terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the control terminal 100 accesses the support server 200 (S310). In this case, the control terminal 100 may drive the mobile printing application, or access the support server 200 by accessing the mobile printing support website. Here, the support server 200 may allow only the connection of the authenticated control terminal 100.

The control terminal 100 determines a document to be printed from among documents provided by the support server 200 (S320). The document provided by the support server 200 may be a document already stored before the user's request, or include a real-time document generated by the support server 200 in real time when the user requests.

The control terminal 100 transmits the spool file request message to the support server 200 (S330). In this case, the spool file request message is a message for requesting a spool file required when printing a document in the printer 300. The spool file request message includes printer information for printing a document, for example, information of the printer 300.

The control terminal 100 receives the spool file from the support server 200 (S340). The spool file is a file for printing a document in the printer 300 and is generated based on the printer 300 information.

The control terminal 100 transmits the received spool file to the printer 300 to request printing (S350).

In this way, the support server 200 stores various documents in the document management unit 210, such as a cloud service. In addition, the support server 200 supports the control terminal 100 to access the document stored in the document management unit 210 and print anytime, anywhere. In addition, the support server 200 generates a real-time document reflecting the latest data and provides it to the control terminal 100. In particular, since the support server 200, not the control terminal 100, generates a spool file for printing, the user can print a document on a desired printer even if the control terminal 100 does not have a printer driver. .

In the following, various embodiments that can provide convenience to a user in mobile printing will be described.

4 is a flow chart of a mobile printing method of a control terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is an illustration of a preview screen according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is according to an embodiment of the present invention An example of a printer search screen, FIG. 7 is an example of a printing progress screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, referring to FIG. 4, the control terminal 100 accesses the support server 200 (S410). In this case, the control terminal 100 may drive the mobile printing application, or access the support server 200 by accessing the mobile printing support website. Here, the support server 200 may allow only the connection of the authenticated control terminal 100.

The control terminal 100 inquires the document provided by the support server 200 (S420). In this case, the control terminal 100 may query the real time document generated by the support server 200 based on the latest data after requesting the real time document generation to the support server 200.

The control terminal 100 receives the preview data by transmitting a preview request message of the document to the support server 200 (S430). The control terminal 100 outputs the preview data to a document viewer. At this time, the same shape as the document output to the printer appears. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the control terminal 100 may display preview data created on the basis of HTML in a form that is actually output. Here, the control terminal 100 may store the preview data received from the support server 200 and check the front and rear pages while moving the stored preview data back and forth.

The control terminal 100 receives a print request of the preview document from the user (S440). The control terminal 100 may display a print button on the mobile printing application or the mobile printing support website. When the user wants to output the previewed document, the user can request printing by pressing the print button.

The control terminal 100 searches for a printer around (S450). The control terminal 100 may search for a printer based on information broadcast by surrounding printers or collect printer information based on a simple network management protocol (SNMP) signal. In this case, the printer information is information for identifying and communicating with the printer, such as a printer address, a printer model name, and PDL information supported by the printer. For example, the control terminal 100 displays the searched printer list on the screen as shown in FIG. 6, and may further display the printer information. In addition, the control terminal 100 may detect a printer connected by USB using a USB related API. In addition, the control terminal 100 may obtain printer information of a printer connected by USB.

The control terminal 100 transmits a spool file request message for requesting the spool file of the print request document to the support server 200 (S460). The spool file request message contains printer information to print. Here, a method of determining a printer to be used from among the printers 300 to 500 searched by the control terminal 100 may vary. For example, the control terminal 100 may preset a printer to be used as a default among peripheral printers, for example, the printer 300 as a default printer. Therefore, when the printer 300 is searched among the peripheral printers, the control terminal 100 may request the spool file for the printer 300 from the support server 200 without receiving the printer selection from the user. Alternatively, the control terminal 100 may request the user to select any one of the searched printers 300-500. In this case, the control terminal 100 requests the spool file for the printer selected by the user. Here, it is assumed that the control terminal 100 requested the spool file for the printer 300.

The control terminal 100 receives the spool file for the printer 300 from the support server 200 (S470). The spool file for the printer 300 is a file generated based on the driver of the printer 300. The control terminal 100 transmits the received spool file to the printer 300 (S480). In this case, the control terminal 100 may display a screen indicating a printing progress state as shown in FIG. 7. The printer 300 prints based on the spooled file.

8 is a flowchart of a mobile printing method of a support server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the support server 200 receives a preview request message of a document from the control terminal 100 (S810). Here, the document is a document provided by the support server 200 to the control terminal 100, and includes a document previously stored in the support server 200 or a document generated by the support server 200 in real time.

The support server 200 generates preview data of the requested document and transmits the preview data to the control terminal 100 (S820).

Support server 200 receives a spool file request message for a print request document from the control terminal 100 (S830). The spool file request message includes any one printer information, for example, printer 300 information.

The support server 200 generates a spool file of the print request document based on the printer 300 information (S840). The support server 200 finds a driver of the printer 300 based on the printer 300 information transmitted from the control terminal 100 and generates a spool file based on the driver of the printer 300.

The support server 200 transmits the spool file to the control terminal 100 (S850).

9 is a flowchart of a mobile printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the control terminal 100 accesses the support server 200 and inquires a document provided by the support server 200 (S910).

The control terminal 100 requests a preview of the document inquired by the support server 200 (S920).

The support server 200 generates preview data of the requested document and transmits it to the control terminal 100 (S922).

The control terminal 100 displays the received preview data on the screen (S924). The control terminal 100 displays the same shape as the document output to the printer.

The control terminal 100 receives a print request of the preview document from the user (S930).

The control terminal 100 searches for a printer around (S940).

The control terminal 100 transmits information of any printer 300 of the searched printers 300 to 500 to the support server 200 to request a spool file (S950).

The support server 200 generates a spool file for printing a document based on the printer 300 information (S960). The support server 200 generates a spool file based on the driver of the printer 300.

The support server 200 transmits the spool file to the control terminal 100 (S970).

The control terminal 100 transmits the received spool file to the printer 300 (S980).

The printer 300 prints according to the received spool file (S990).

10 is a block diagram of a mobile printing control terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, the control terminal 100 includes a mobile printing control unit 110, a document viewer 130, and a printer search unit 150. And a printer output unit 170. Here, the mobile printing control unit 110, document viewer 130, printer search unit 150. At least some of the printer output unit 170 may be implemented in a mobile printing application or a mobile printing support website. In addition, the control terminal 100 may use embedded hardware and software such as a processor, a memory, a communication module, and a display device for mobile printing.

The mobile printing controller 110 connects to the support server 200, communicates with the support server 200, and exchanges various messages with the support server 200. The mobile printing controller 110 receives and processes various inputs from a user. The mobile printing controller 110 includes a document viewer 130 and a printer searcher 150. Then, the printer output unit 170 is controlled.

 For the preview request of the user, the mobile printing control unit 110 transmits a preview request message to the support server 200. The mobile printing controller 110 transmits the received preview data to the document viewer 130.

In response to the user's print request, the mobile printing controller 110 transmits a printer search request message to the printer search unit 150. The mobile printing controller 110 displays the received search result on the display device.

The mobile printing controller 110 transmits a spool file request message including printer information to be printed to the support server 200. In addition, the mobile printing controller 110 transmits the received spool file to the printer output unit 170. In this case, the mobile printing controller 110 may inform the printer output unit 170 of the printer to be printed.

The document viewer 130 displays various documents including the preview data transferred from the mobile printing controller 110 on the display device. The document viewer 130 displays the same shape as the document output to the printer.

The printer search unit 150 searches for nearby printers based on the printer search request message. The printer search unit 150 collects printer information by searching for a wired or wireless printer using information broadcast by a printer, an SNMP signal, or a USB-related API. The printer search unit 150 collects information for identifying and communicating with the printer, such as a printer address, a printer model name, and PDL information supported by the printer, and transmits the information to the mobile printing controller 110.

The printer output unit 170 transmits the spool file received from the mobile printing control unit 110 to a printer to print. The printer output unit 170 may transmit the spool file to a preset default printer, or may transmit the spool file to the printer received from the mobile printing controller 110.

As such, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the control terminal 100 can print a document from any printer in the vicinity without setting a printer separately. In addition, the control terminal 100 may output a document stored in the support server 200 as well as a file stored therein to the printer. Therefore, the user can freely output a document that is changed in real time at a desired place.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only by the apparatus and method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

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As a mobile printing control terminal to control mobile printing,
Connecting to the mobile printing support server,
Determining a document to be printed from among documents provided by the support server;
Transmitting a message requesting a spool file for printing the document to be printed on a specific printer to the support server;
Receiving the spooled file from the support server, and
Sending the spooled file to the specific printer,
The spool file is generated based on the information of the specific printer, and the message includes the information of the specific printer. In claim 1,
Sending a message requesting the spooled file
Searching for nearby printers,
Determining the specific printer among the searched printers, and
Transmitting the information of the specific printer in the message;
Mobile printing method comprising a. 3. The method of claim 2,
Determining the specific printer
The mobile printing method of determining a printer selected by the user among the searched printers as the specific printer. 3. The method of claim 2,
Searching for the printer around
A mobile printing method for collecting printer information including at least one of a printer address, a printer model name, and PDL information supported by the printer. In claim 1,
Requesting the support server to preview any document provided by the support server, and
Displaying preview data received from the support server on a screen;
Mobile printing method comprising more. The method of claim 5,
The determining of the document to print
A mobile printing method for determining the previewed arbitrary document as the document to be printed. In claim 1,
Determining a document to print from the documents provided by the support server
Requesting real-time document generation to the support server, and
Determining the real-time document generated by the support server as the document to be printed
Mobile printing method comprising a. As the mobile printing support server supports mobile printing,
Receiving, from the mobile printing control terminal, a message requesting a spool file for printing a document on a specific printer,
Generating the spool file based on the information of the specific printer included in the message, and
Transmitting the spooled file to the control terminal;
The document is a mobile printing method provided by the support server. 9. The method of claim 8,
Generating the spool file
Searching for a printer driver corresponding to the information of the specific printer, and
Generating the spool file based on the found printer driver
Mobile printing method comprising a. 9. The method of claim 8,
Receiving a message requesting preview of the document from the control terminal, and
Transmitting preview data of the document to the control terminal;
Mobile printing method comprising more. As a supporting server that supports mobile printing of mobile printing control terminal,
A document management unit for managing a document to be provided to the control terminal, and
A spool file providing unit for receiving a spool file request message for requesting a spool file for printing the document on a specific printer from the control terminal and transmitting the spool file generated based on the spool file request message to the control terminal
Support server including a. 12. The method of claim 11,
The spool file providing unit
And a support server generating the spooled file based on the information of the specific printer included in the spooled file request message. The method of claim 12,
The spool file providing unit
And a printer driver corresponding to the information of the specific printer, and generating the spool file based on the found printer driver. 12. The method of claim 11,
Receiving a preview request message requesting a preview of the document from the control terminal, and further comprising a preview providing unit for transmitting the preview data of the document generated based on the preview request message to the control terminal Support server. The method of claim 12,
The document management unit
When the real-time document generation is requested from the control terminal, the support server for generating and managing the real-time document based on the data related to the real-time document. As a control terminal for controlling mobile printing,
Connect to a mobile printing support server, determine a document to print from the documents provided by the support server, request the spool file for printing the document to be printed on a specific printer, and request the spool file from the support server. Mobile printing control unit for receiving, and
A printer output unit for transmitting the spool file transmitted from the mobile printing control unit to the specific printer
Control terminal comprising a. 17. The method of claim 16,
The apparatus may further include: a printer searching unit searching for surrounding printers based on the search request message and transferring the search results to the mobile printing control unit.
The mobile printing control unit
And generating the search request message and delivering the search request message to the printer search unit, and determining the specific printer from the search results received from the printer search unit. The method of claim 17,
The mobile printing control unit
Control terminal for transmitting the information of the specific printer to the support server. 17. The method of claim 16,
Further comprising a document viewer for displaying the preview data on the display device,
The mobile printing control unit
A control terminal for requesting a preview of an arbitrary document among the documents provided by the support server to the support server, receiving the preview data, and transferring the received preview data to the document viewer.
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