NL2021995B1 - User Interface for a Printing System - Google Patents

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NL2021995B1
NL2021995B1 NL2021995A NL2021995A NL2021995B1 NL 2021995 B1 NL2021995 B1 NL 2021995B1 NL 2021995 A NL2021995 A NL 2021995A NL 2021995 A NL2021995 A NL 2021995A NL 2021995 B1 NL2021995 B1 NL 2021995B1
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Abstract

A user interface (16) for a printing system (10) capable of printing on a plurality of media webs (18) at a time, the user interface comprising a display screen (30) and a controller 5 (28) configured to run a scheduling application permitting a user to establish and edit a schedule for processing a plurality of printjobs (A - E) to be printed on said plurality of media webs (18), the controller (28) being configured to a display on the screen (30) a print preview showing a graphic representation of the media webs with the printjobs scheduled for being printed thereon, characterized in that the controller (28) is 10 configured to display a job distribution diagram in the form of a number of distribution bars (32), one for each media web (18), each distribution bar (32) being divided into segments (34) that represent the individual printjobs to be printed on that web, with the length of each segment (34) being proportional to a length of the web that will be occupied by the job, and the arrangement of the segments (34) corresponding to the 15 sequence in which the jobs will appear on the web. (Fig. 1)

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User Interface for a Printing System
The invention relates to a user interface for a printing system capable of printing on a plurality of media webs at a time, the user interface comprising a display screen and a controller configured to run a scheduling application permitting a user to establish and edit a schedule for processing a plurality of print jobs to be printed on said plurality of media webs, the controller being configured to display on the screen a print preview showing a graphic representation of the media webs with the print jobs scheduled for being printed thereon.
User interfaces of this type have been described in US 2017052744 A1 and US 2015093049 A1. The print preview displayed on the screen shows the expected appearance of parts of the webs with the contents printed thereon, and the user may scroll along the webs in order to preview the entire print jobs.
It is an object of the invention to give the user a better overview of how the print jobs are distributed over the webs.
In order to achieve this object, in the user interface according to the invention, the controller is configured to display a job distribution diagram in the form of a number of distribution bars, one for each media web, each distribution bar being divided into segments that represent the individual print jobs to be printed on that web, with the length of each segment being proportional to a length of a web that will be occupied by the job, and the arrangement of the segments corresponding to the sequence in which the jobs will appear on the web.
According to the invention, the user can see the scheduled distribution of the print jobs at a glance, simply by looking at the distribution diagram. In particular, this makes it easier for the user to check whether the distribution of the print jobs over the various webs is balanced, and to make best use of the capacities of the various print engines. If the user edits the processing schedule, the job distribution diagram with automatically adapt to the changes.
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The distribution diagram does not only show how the jobs are arranged on each web but also gives an impression of the space on the web that is occupied by each job. For a given printing speed, the distribution bars can also be interpreted as timelines showing how much time will be needed for processing the jobs and permitting to predict when a job will be completed.
More specific optional features of the invention are indicated in the dependent claims.
In a very simple embodiment, the print preview may simply consist in the job distribution diagram. In other embodiments, the job distribution diagram may be combined with a preview image of the webs and/or with other information related to the job specifications and/or the processing schedule.
When scrollable images of the webs are shown on the screen, the distribution bars for each web may be shown immediately adjacent to the image of the corresponding web. For example, if the printing system is a tandem printer in which two media webs are processed in parallel on the same print engine, the display screen will show the two webs or parts of the webs arranged in parallel to one another, with each of the two distribution bars extending along one side of the corresponding web.
In another embodiment, the distribution bars for all webs, e.g. three or more webs, may be shown side-by-side, so that the distribution bars can be compared to one another more easily.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described in conjunction with the drawings, wherein:
Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a printing system and a user interface according to the invention;
Fig. 2 shows a display screen of the user interface according to one embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 is a top plan view of a tandem printer; and
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Fig. 4 is a view of a display screen of a user interface according to another embodiment.
As is shown in Fig. 1, a printing system 10 comprises two printers 12, an electronic system controller 14 and a user interface 16.
In this example, the printers 12 are configured as roll-to-roll-printers. In each of these printers, a media web 18 is withdrawn from a roll 20 and fed through a print engine where an image is printed on the web, whereupon the web is wound again onto another roll 22. In another embodiment, some or all of the printers 12 may be configured as rollto-sheet printers wherein the web with the images printed thereon is cut into separate sheets.
The system controller 14 is configured to control all the printers 12 of the printing system and communicates with the user interface 16. Further, the controller 14 is connected to a network N, to a local raster image processor 24 and a local memory 26. Print jobs may be received via the network N and will then be ripped in the raster image processor 24. The ripped images may be buffered in the memory 26 and will then be sent to the print engines of the printers 12 in accordance with a predetermined processing schedule. As an alternative, print jobs may also be entered via the user interface 16.
The user interface 16 comprises an interface controller 28 and a display screen 30. The display screen 30 may be a touch-sensitive screen which also serves as an input means. As an alternative, separate input means such as a keyboard and a mouse may be connected to the interface controller 28.
Implemented in the interface controller 28 is a scheduling application permitting a user to establish and edit a processing schedule for processing the print jobs. In the example illustrated in Fig. 1, the print schedule is displayed on the screen 30. A total of five print jobs A - E have been scheduled for printing. Since the printing system 10 comprises two printers 12 in this example, each print job may be printed on either of the two webs 18 which are designated here as “web I” and “web II”. The jobs A and E have been scheduled for being printed on web I and have therefore been shown in a left column on
P4062NL00 the screen 30. Jobs B and C are scheduled for being printed on web II and are therefore shown in a right column on the screen. Job D is represented by a box that extends over both columns, which means that this job may be distributed on the webs I and II so as to balance the workload and the processing time of the two printers. The length of the web that will be occupied by each job has been indicated in the respective boxes, i.e. 100 m for job A, 20 m for job B, 60 m for job E, 30 m for job C and 80 m for job D.
In addition to the boxes that represent the jobs, the screen 30 shows a distribution diagram consisting of two distribution bars 32 that are displayed on the left and right margin of the screen 30. The left distribution bar 32 shown on the left side of the left column pertains to web I and is divided into two segments 34, one representing the job A and the other one representing the job E. The ratio between the lengths of these two segments is 100 : 60 which is equal to the ratio between the lengths (100 m and 60 m) of the corresponding jobs. A label (A and E, respectively) is shown at each segment in order to identify the job to which the segment pertains. The sequence in which the jobs are arranged from top to bottom in the distribution bar 32 corresponds to the sequence in which the jobs A and E are scheduled for printing and, accordingly, the sequence in which the printed contents of these two jobs will appear on the web.
Similarly, the right distribution bar 32 shown on the right side of the right column on the screen pertains to the web II and is divided into segments 34 that represent the jobs B, C and D. Again, the length of each segment 34 is proportional to the length of the corresponding job.
In this example, the total length of each distribution bar 32 corresponds to the largest one of the total lengths of the parts of the webs on which contents will be printed. In this example, this maximum length is 160 m, corresponding to the lengths of the jobs A and E on web I. This is why, in the left distribution bar 32, the two segments 34 fill the distribution bar completely. On web II which is represented by the right distribution bar 32, the total lengths of jobs B and C together is only 50 m, so that, as long as job D is not scheduled, a fraction of the distribution bar, corresponding to 110 m, would be left empty. Since the job D has only a length of 80 m, the entire job D can be accommodated in this empty space, as can easily be captioned from the arrangement of the segments 34 in the right distribution bar. The job D has accordingly been reP4062NL00 scheduled for being printed entirely on web II, and there still remains an empty space 36 in the distribution bar. Consequently, if a new job should arrive, the user could recognize at a glance, that, in order to keep the balance between the two webs, it would be best to schedule that new job for web II.
Moreover, the borders between the segments 34 of the right distribution bar (where the labels B, C, and D are displayed) represent the timings at which the processing of these jobs will start. Similarly, the top boundaries of the segments of the left distribution bar (where the labels A and E are shown) represent the timings at which the processing of the jobs A and E will start. Provided that both printers 12 operate with the same printing speed and start printing at the same time, the timings of the job processing on both webs can directly be compared to one another. In the given example it can readily been seen that the job D starts earlier than the job E, although the job D had been entered later than the jobs C and E.
Optionally, a time scale and/or a length scale may be shown along one or both distribution bars.
If the user makes any changes in the job schedule, the resulting changes in the distribution of the jobs on the webs I and II will readily been shown in the distribution bars 32.
The job schedule may be edited in the usual way, by activating a job by means of a cursor 38 and then entering a command for manipulating or shifting the selected job. In Fig. 1, the cursor 38 is hovering on the box that represents the job E, with the result that this job is automatically highlighted (by bolder lines of the bounding box). In order to assist the user in finding the corresponding segment 34 in the distribution bar, this segment is also highlighted.
Fig. 2 shows the screen 30 displaying the same distribution diagram (with distribution bars 32) in a different display mode in which a preview image 40 is shown in place of the processing schedule. The preview image 40 shows parts 18’ of the two webs 18 in parallel to one another, with images 42, 44 and 46 formed on the webs. The images 42 all have the same contents and represent multiple copies of a page to be printed in
P4062NL00 accordance with the job specifications for the job A. Similarly, the images 44 represent multiple copies of a page of the job B, and the images 46 represent multiple copies of a page in the job C. The boundary between the jobs B and C has been marked by a boundary line 48.
A scroll bar 50 is displayed at the right edge of the preview image 40 and permits the user to scroll the preview image along the webs 18. Further, in this example, the parts 18’ of the webs that are presently visibly in the preview image 40 are also indicated by sliders 52 on the distribution bars 32.
In this display mode, the user can inspect details of the print jobs by scrolling the preview image 40. Optionally, additional information on the scheduled print jobs may also be displayed on the screen, e.g. in pop-up windows which are not shown here.
It is observed that, in this example, the information on the distribution of the jobs over the webs 18 can be gathered in two different ways: on the one hand by scrolling the preview image 40 and watching the arrangement of the images 42, 44, 48 on the web, and on the other hand by just looking at the distribution diagram constituted by the distribution bars 32. The distribution diagram has the advantage that all information on the distribution is available at the same time, so that the user does not have to scroll nor to memorize what he has seen before.
The user interface 16 that has been described above is suitable not only for a printing system that comprises a plurality of printers 12 but also for a tandem printer 54 the general design of which has been illustrated in Fig. 3.
In the tandem printer 54, the two webs 18 are withdrawn from rolls 56 which are arranged in the same printer. The webs 18 move past a common print head assembly 58 that extends over the entire width of the two webs. In another embodiment, separate print head assemblies may be provided for each web. The print head assembly or assemblies may also be of a type having a gantry and a print head carriage travelling along the gantry so as to print image swathes in a single-pass or multi-pass mode. The two webs may be driven by a common transport drive system or by separate transport
P4062NL00 drive systems so as to move past the printhead assembly 18 at the same speed while the images are printed.
The user interface 16 is also adaptable to a case where the webs 18 are advanced in the separate printers 12 or in the tandem printer 54 at different speeds. In that case, the distribution bars 32 may optionally be renormalized so as to reflect the different speeds of the webs, so that a given position (in the vertical direction in Fig. 2) on the two distribution bars 32 designates the same point in time rather than the same position on the two webs. Nevertheless, within each individual distribution bar 32, the length of the segments 34 is still proportional to the length of the part of the web that is occupied by the corresponding job.
As another example, Fig. 4 shows a screen 30 of a user interface 16' that is suitable for a printing system in which print jobs, A - H are processed in parallel on three different webs. Accordingly, the preview image 40 shows parts 18’ of three webs arranged in parallel. Again, a scroll bar 50 is provided for scrolling the preview image. Optionally, a separate scroll bar may be provided for each of the three webs, so that the webs can be scrolled independently.
In this embodiment, a distribution diagram 58 is constituted by three distribution bars 32 which are arranged side by side on the right margin of the screen 30. The sequence of the three distribution bars 32 from left to right in the diagram 58 is the same as the sequence of the webs to which they pertain in the preview image 40.
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1. A user interface (16; 16’) for a printing system (10; 54) capable of printing on a plurality of media webs (18) at a time, the user interface comprising a display screen (30) and a controller (28) configured to run a scheduling application permitting a user to establish and edit a schedule for processing a plurality of print jobs (A - H) to be printed on said plurality of media webs (18), the controller (28) being configured to a display on the screen (30) a print preview showing a graphic representation of the media webs with the print jobs scheduled for being printed thereon, characterized in that the controller (28) is configured to display a job distribution diagram (58) in the form of a number of distribution bars (32), in addition to the graphic representation of the media webs and positioned on a left margin and/or a right margin of the screen (30), one distribution bar (32) for each media web (18), each distribution bar (32) being divided into segments (34) that represent the individual print jobs to be printed on that web, with the length of each segment (34) being proportional to a length of the web that will be occupied by the job, and the arrangement of the segments (34) corresponding to the sequence in which the jobs will appear on the web.
2. The user interface according to claim 1, wherein the controller (28) is configured to display, in addition to the distribution bars (32), a job processing schedule wherein the jobs to be processed on different webs (18) are shown in different columns, and the distribution bars (32) extend in vertical direction and are arranged in horizontal direction in a configuration that corresponds to the configuration of the columns for the print jobs to which they pertain.
3. The user interface according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the controller (28) is configured to display, in addition to the distribution bars (32), a preview image (40) showing parts (18’) of the webs (18) with images (42, 44, 46) to be printed thereon in accordance with job specifications, the parts (18’) extending in parallel to one another and to the distribution bars (32), and the configuration of the distribution bars in transverse direction of the distribution bars corresponding to the configuration of the parts (18') of the webs to which they pertain.
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4. The user interface according to claim 3, wherein the controller (28) is configured to display at least one scroll bar (50) for scrolling the parts (18') of the webs, without scrolling the distribution bars (32) which fit into the area of the screen (30) in their entirety.
5. A printing system comprising a tandem printer (54) and a user interface (16’) according to any of the preceding claims.
6. A method of controlling a user interface (16; 16’) for a printing system (10; 54) capable of printing on a plurality of media webs (18) at a time, the user interface comprising a display screen (30) and a controller (28) configured to run a scheduling application permitting a user to establish and edit a schedule for processing a plurality of print jobs (A - H) to be printed on said plurality of media webs (18), in which method a print preview showing a graphic representation of the media webs with the print jobs scheduled for being printed thereon is displayed on the screen (30), characterized in that the method comprises displaying a job distribution diagram (58) in the form of a number of distribution bars (32), in addition to the graphic representation of the media webs and positioned on a left margin and/or a right margin of the screen (30), one distribution bar (32) for each media web (18), wherein each distribution bar (32) is divided into segments (34) that represent the individual print jobs to be printed on that web, with the length of each segment (34) being proportional to a length of the web that will be occupied by the job, and the arrangement of the segments corresponding to the sequence in which the jobs will appear on the web.
7. A software product comprising program code on a computer-readable nontransitory medium, the program code, when run on a computer, causing the computer to perform the method according to claim 6.

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Gebruikersinterface (16; 16’) vooreen printsysteem (10; 54) dat tegelijk op een veelheid aan mediavellen (18) kan afdrukken, de gebruikersinterface omvattende een weergavescherm (30) en een besturingseenheid (28) die is geconfigureerd voor het uitvoeren van een planningsapplicatie waardoor een gebruiker in staat wordt gesteld om een planning voor verwerking van een veelheid aan afdrukopdrachten (A - H) die op genoemde veelheid aan mediavellen (18) moeten worden afgedrukt te bewerkstellingen en te bewerken, waarbij de besturingseenheid (28) is geconfigureerd voor het weergeven op het scherm (30) van een print-preview die een grafische representatie toont van de mediavellen met de afdrukopdrachten die gepland zijn om daarop te worden afgedrukt, gekenmerkt doordat de besturingseenheid (28) is geconfigureerd voor het weergeven van een opdrachtverdelingsdiagram (58) in de vorm van een aantal verdelingsbalken (32), in aanvulling op de grafische representatie van de mediavellen en gepositioneerd in een linkermarge en/of een rechtermarge van het scherm (30), één verdelingsbalk (32) voor elk mediavel (18), waarbij elke verdelingsbalk (32) is onderverdeeld in segmenten (34) die de individuele afdrukopdrachten die op dat vel moeten worden afgedrukt voorstellen, waarbij de lengte van elk segment (34) evenredig is met een lengte van het vel dat in gebruik zal worden genomen door de opdracht, en waarbij de rangschikking van de segmenten (34) overeenkomt met de opeenvolging waarin de opdrachten zullen verschijnen op het vel.A user interface (16; 16 ') for a printing system (10; 54) capable of simultaneously printing on a plurality of media sheets (18), the user interface comprising a display screen (30) and a control unit (28) configured to run a scheduling application enabling a user to edit and edit a schedule for processing a plurality of print jobs (A - H) to be printed on said plurality of media sheets (18), the control unit (28) being configured for displaying on screen (30) a print preview showing a graphical representation of the media sheets with the print jobs scheduled to be printed thereon, characterized in that the control unit (28) is configured to display a job distribution diagram ( 58) in the form of a number of distribution bars (32), in addition to the graphical representation of the media sheets and positions In a left margin and / or a right margin of the screen (30), one dividing bar (32) for each media sheet (18), each dividing bar (32) being divided into segments (34) representing the individual print jobs to be printed on that sheet to be printed, the length of each segment (34) being proportional to a length of the sheet that will be used by the job, and the arrangement of the segments (34) corresponding to the sequence in which the jobs will appear on the sheet. 2. Gebruikersinterface volgens conclusie 1, waarbij de besturingseenheid (28) is geconfigureerd voor het weergeven, naast de verdelingsbalken (32), van een opdrachtverwerkingsschema waarin de opdrachten die moeten worden verwerkt op verschillende vellen (18) zijn weergegeven in verschillende kolommen, en de verdelingsbalken (32) zich uitstrekken in verticale richting en zijn gerangschikt in horizontale richting in een configuratie die overeenkomt met de configuratie van de kolommen voor de afdrukopdrachten waartoe ze behoren.The user interface of claim 1, wherein the control unit (28) is configured to display, next to the distribution bars (32), a job processing scheme in which the jobs to be processed on different sheets (18) are displayed in different columns, and the distribution bars (32) extend vertically and are arranged horizontally in a configuration corresponding to the configuration of the print job columns to which they belong. 3. Gebruikersinterface volgens conclusie 1 of 2, waarbij de besturingseenheid (28) is geconfigureerd voor het weergeven, naast de verdelingsbalken (32), van een previewbeeld (40) dat onderdelen (18’) van de vellen (18) toont met beelden (42, 44, 46) die daarop moeten worden afgedrukt volgens opdrachtspecificaties, waarbij de onderdelen (18’) zich parallel met elkaar en met de verdelingsbalken (32) uitstrekken, The user interface of claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit (28) is configured to display, in addition to the distribution bars (32), a preview image (40) showing parts (18 ') of the sheets (18) with images ( 42, 44, 46) to be printed thereon according to job specifications, the parts (18 ') extending parallel to each other and to the distribution bars (32), P4062NL00 en de configuratie van de verdelingsbalken in dwarse richting van de verdelingsbalken overeenkomt met de configuratie van de onderdelen (18') van de vellen waartoe ze behoren.P4062NL00 and the configuration of the dividing bars in the transverse direction of the dividing bars corresponds to the configuration of the parts (18 ') of the sheets to which they belong. 4. Gebruikersinterface volgens conclusie 3, waarbij de besturingseenheid (28) is geconfigureerd voor het weergeven van ten minste één schuifbalk (50) voor het bladeren door de onderdelen (18') van de vellen, zonder te bladeren door de verdelingsbalken (32) die in hun volledigheid passen in het gebied van het scherm (30).The user interface of claim 3, wherein the control unit (28) is configured to display at least one slider (50) for scrolling the parts (18 ') of the sheets, without scrolling the dividing bars (32) fit completely into the area of the screen (30). 5. Printsysteem omvattende een tandemprinter (54) en een gebruikersinterface (16’) volgens een van de voorgaande conclusies.Printing system comprising a tandem printer (54) and a user interface (16 ') according to any of the preceding claims. 6. Werkwijze voor het besturen van een gebruikersinterface (16; 16’) voor een printsysteem (10; 54) dat tegelijk op een veelheid aan mediavellen (18) kan afdrukken, de gebruikersinterface omvattende een weergavescherm (30) en een besturingseenheid (28) die is geconfigureerd voor het uitvoeren van een planningsapplicatie waardoor een gebruiker in staat wordt gesteld om een planning voor verwerking van een veelheid aan afdrukopdrachten (A - H) die op genoemde veelheid aan mediavellen (18) moeten worden afgedrukt te bewerkstellingen en te bewerken, waarbij in de werkwijze een print-preview die een grafische representatie toont van de mediavellen met de afdrukopdrachten die gepland zijn om daarop te worden afgedrukt is weergegeven op het scherm (30), gekenmerkt doordat de werkwijze het weergeven van een opdrachtverdelingsdiagram (58) in de vorm van een aantal verdelingsbalken (32), in aanvulling op de grafische representatie van de mediavellen en gepositioneerd in een linkermarge en/of een rechtermarge van het scherm (30), één verdelingsbalk (32) voor elk mediavel (18), omvat, waarbij elke verdelingsbalk (32) is onderverdeeld in segmenten (34) die de individuele afdrukopdrachten die op dat vel moeten worden afgedrukt voorstellen, waarbij de lengte van elk segment (34) evenredig is met een lengte van het vel dat in gebruik zal worden genomen door de opdracht, en waarbij de rangschikking van de segmenten (34) overeenkomt met de opeenvolging waarin de opdrachten zullen verschijnen op het vel.A method of controlling a user interface (16; 16 ') for a printing system (10; 54) capable of simultaneously printing on a plurality of media sheets (18), the user interface comprising a display screen (30) and a control unit (28) configured to execute a scheduling application enabling a user to edit and edit a schedule for processing a plurality of print jobs (A - H) to be printed on said plurality of media sheets (18), wherein in the method, a print preview showing a graphical representation of the media sheets with the print jobs scheduled to be printed thereon is displayed on the screen (30), characterized in that the method displays a job distribution diagram (58) in the form of a number of distribution bars (32), in addition to the graphical representation of the media sheets and positioned in a left margin and / or a right margin of the screen (30), comprising one distribution bar (32) for each media sheet (18), each distribution bar (32) being divided into segments (34) representing the individual print jobs to be printed on that sheet, the length of each segment (34) is proportional to a length of the sheet that will be used by the job, and the arrangement of the segments (34) corresponds to the sequence in which the jobs will appear on the sheet. P4062NL00P4062NL00 7. Softwareproduct omvattende programmacode op een computerleesbaar niettijdelijk medium, waarbij de programmacode, wanneer uitgevoerd op een computer, de computer aanzet tot het uitvoeren van de werkwijze volgens conclusie 6.Software product comprising program code on a computer readable non-temporary medium, wherein the program code, when executed on a computer, prompts the computer to perform the method according to claim 6.
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