TWI490777B - Setting method of print device, computer program product, print device and smart mobile device using the same - Google Patents

Description

Printing device mounting method, computer program product, printing device and smart mobile device

The present invention relates to a method of setting a printing device on a mobile device, and more particularly to a method for installing a printing device, a computer program product, a printing device, and a smart mobile device

With the rapid spread of smart mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs in recent years and the enhancement of their functions, users are increasingly using smart mobile devices to perform tasks that traditionally require computer execution.

Traditionally, if you want to print out the data or pictures in a smart mobile device, you usually need to store the data or pictures in the smart mobile device into the computer system, and then connect the computer system to the transaction machine or printer. The machine performs related printing actions. This printing process not only needs to be used as a control medium through the computer system, but also the procedures for accessing and printing are complicated.

With the rapid development of applications, today's smart mobile devices can also directly use the printing program to connect with the printing device for related printing operations. Before connecting, the user must enter the IP address (Internet Protocol) address of the target printer on the smart mobile device and select the print file format (PRN) that the target printer can accept. File format) to complete the corresponding settings.

However, most users do not know how to obtain the network IP address of the target printer, or even know what the network IP address is, so that it is difficult or impossible to complete the corresponding settings. Moreover, the network IP address is a long list of meaningless numbers, which is easy for the user to cause confusion or misidentification, and thus the corresponding setting fails.

Moreover, the user must have an in-depth understanding of the details of the target printer to know the format of the printed file that the target printer can accept. Therefore, the printer setting method for the existing smart mobile device is quite difficult to implement.

In an embodiment, a method for installing a printing device includes: receiving an audio by using a smart mobile device, analyzing the received audio to obtain a network IP (Internet Protocol) address corresponding to one of the printing devices, and A format data and network IP address and format data obtained by linking a printer on a smart mobile device.

In one embodiment, a computer program product is loaded into a program via a computer and executed to implement a method of installing the printing device as described above.

In one embodiment, a printing device includes: a printing module, a control unit, a storage unit, a coding unit, and an output unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the printing module, the storage unit and the coding unit.

The storage unit stores a network IP (Internet Protocol) address and the format data received by the printing module. The coding unit is configured to generate an audio according to the network IP address and format data. Output unit for output encoding The audio generated by the unit.

In an embodiment, the smart mobile device includes a receiving unit, a decoding unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The control unit is electrically connected to the communication unit and the decoding unit.

The receiving unit is configured to receive an audio. The decoding unit is configured to analyze the audio received by the receiving unit, so as to obtain the network IP (Internet Protocol) address and the representative number of the corresponding printing device. The control unit is configured to obtain the corresponding format data according to the representative number, and link the obtained network IP address and format data with the printing program.

In summary, the printing method, the computer program product, the printing device and the smart mobile device according to the present invention transmit the network IP address and print between the printing device and the smart mobile device by means of audio. The file format is used to eliminate the user's manual input and/or selection of setting steps and to simplify the operation of setting the printing device on the smart mobile device.

10‧‧‧Smart mobile device

110‧‧‧Control unit

120‧‧‧Communication module

130‧‧‧ Receiving unit

140‧‧‧Decoding unit

150‧‧‧storage unit

20‧‧‧Printing device

210‧‧‧Control unit

220‧‧‧Printing module

230‧‧‧Output unit

240‧‧‧ coding unit

250‧‧‧ storage unit

260‧‧‧User interface

Sa‧‧‧ audio

S310‧‧‧Using the user interface to generate a consistent energy signal

S320‧‧‧Read the network IP (Internet Protocol) address and the representative number corresponding to the format data from the storage unit

S330‧‧‧The audio unit generates an audio message based on the network IP address and format data.

S340‧‧‧ Output generated by the output unit

S350‧‧‧ Receiving audio from the printing device by the receiving unit of the smart mobile device

S360‧‧‧Analyze the received audio to obtain the representative number of the network IP address and format data of the corresponding printing device

S370‧‧‧According to a correspondence table, the format data of the corresponding representative number is obtained.

S380‧‧‧Linked the network IP address and format information obtained with a printer

Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing the application of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the smart mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 are flow charts showing a method of mounting a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3, the mounting method of the printing apparatus according to the present invention allows the smart mobile device 10 to relatively quickly install the corresponding print setting of the printing apparatus 20. Here, the smart mobile device 10 can be a smart phone or a tablet computer or the like. The printing device 20 can be a transaction machine, a printer, or a photocopier.

For example, the smart mobile device 10 includes a control unit 110, a communication module 120, a receiving unit 130, a decoding unit 140, and a storage unit 150.

The control unit 110 is electrically connected to the communication module 120, the receiving unit 130, the decoding unit 140, and the storage unit 150, and controls the operations of these components. The control unit 110 and the decoding unit 140 may be implemented by one or more processors. The communication module 120 can be connected to a mobile network, such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), LTE (Long Term Evolution), etc., and communicates via a mobile network. In other words, the communication module 120 can be a component generally used for mobile communication.

The printing device 20 includes a control unit 210, a printing module 220, an output unit 230, an encoding unit 240, a storage unit 250, and a user interface 260.

The control unit 210 is electrically connected to the printing module 220, the output unit 230, the encoding unit 240, the storage unit 250, and the user interface 260. And control the operation of these components. The control unit 210 and the encoding unit 240 may be implemented by one or more processors. The printing module 220 can be a component for generally printing a file output such as a document or a picture into a paper document. The storage unit 250 stores at least the Internet Protocol (IP) address and format data of the printing device 20. The format data may be a PRN file format acceptable to the printing module 220, such as PCL3, PCL5, PCL6, GDI, QPDL, or PDL. Here, each format data may have a representative number. In other words, the printing device 20 can store the format data and its corresponding representative number. The user interface 260 can be a touch screen, one or more physical buttons (as shown in FIG. 1), or a combination of a touch screen and a physical button.

The receiving unit 130 of the smart mobile device 10 and the output unit 230 of the printing device 20 may be mutually corresponding audio transceiving units. For example, the receiving unit 130 is a microphone, and the output unit 230 is a speaker.

Referring to FIG. 4, when the user wants to perform the print setting of the printing device 20 on the smart mobile device 10, the user can generate a coincidence signal by manipulating the user interface 260 (step S310).

The control unit 210 reads out the network IP address and the representative number corresponding to each format data by the storage unit 250 in response to the enable signal (step S320). Moreover, the control unit 210 controls the encoding unit 240 to generate an audio Sa according to the network IP address and the format data (step S330). In some embodiments, the encoding unit 240 can convert a string of character information composed of a network IP address and a representative number into an audio having a corresponding audio frequency change. Sa. In other words, the contents of the network IP address and the representative number are a combination of numbers and a comma (,), and in the audio Sa, the voice frequency changes to represent the network IP address and the character of the representative number. .

Then, the generated audio Sa is output to the smart mobile device 10 by the output unit 230 (step S340). Here, the output unit 230 of the printing device 20 can be a speaker, and the speaker Sa is played by the speaker.

Referring to Fig. 5, at this time, the microphone (receiving unit 130) of the smart mobile device 10 receives the audio Sa output from the printing device 20 (step S350).

The decoding unit 140 analyzes and decodes the received audio Sa to generate a network IP address corresponding to the printing device 20 and a representative number corresponding to the format data (step S360).

The control unit 110 can obtain the format data of the corresponding representative number according to a correspondence table stored in the storage unit 150 (step S370), and link the obtained network IP address and format data with a printing program (step S380), Complete the corresponding settings.

After the corresponding setting is completed, the user can execute the printing program on the smart mobile device 10 by the control unit 110, thereby causing the smart mobile device 10 to connect with the printing device 20 to perform the related printing operation.

In some embodiments, the printing method of the printing device according to the present invention can be implemented by a computer program product, so that when the computer (ie, the control unit 110 of the smart mobile device 10) loads the program and executes it, the A method of mounting a printing device according to any of the embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments, the computer program product can be a readable recording medium, and the above The program is stored in a readable recording medium and loaded into the smart mobile device 10 via a computer system. In some embodiments, the program itself may be a computer program product, such as a software or firmware, and transmitted to the smart mobile device 10 via wire or wireless.

In summary, the printing method, the computer program product, the printing device and the smart mobile device according to the present invention transmit the network IP address and print between the printing device and the smart mobile device by means of audio. The file format is used to eliminate the user's manual input and/or selection of setting steps and to simplify the operation of setting the printing device on the smart mobile device.

While the present invention has been described above in the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of patent protection shall be subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached to this specification.

S350‧‧‧ Receiving audio from the printing device by the receiving unit of the smart mobile device

S360‧‧‧Analyze the received audio to obtain the representative number of the network IP address and format data of the corresponding printing device

S370‧‧‧According to a correspondence table, the format data of the corresponding representative number is obtained.

S380‧‧‧Linked the network IP address and format information obtained with a printer

Claims (11)

A method for installing a printing device, comprising: receiving an audio by using a smart mobile device; analyzing the received audio to obtain a network IP (Internet Protocol) address and a format data corresponding to one of the printing devices; And the network IP address and the format data obtained by linking a printer on the smart mobile device. The method for installing the printing device of claim 1, further comprising: encoding, by the printing device, the network IP address and the format data into the audio; and outputting the audio to the smart device by the printing device Mobile device. The method for installing a printing device according to claim 1, wherein the analyzing step comprises: parsing the network IP address and the format data according to the frequency change of the audio. The method for installing a printing device according to claim 1, wherein the analyzing step comprises: parsing the network IP address and a representative number according to the frequency change of the audio; and obtaining the corresponding representative number according to a correspondence table. The format information. A computer program product, which can be implemented by loading a program via a computer and executing the printing device as claimed in claim 1. A printing device comprising: a printing module; a control unit electrically connected to the printing module; a storage unit electrically connected to the control unit to store a network IP (Internet Protocol) address and a format data received by the printing module; a coding unit electrically connected to the control unit to generate an audio according to the network IP address and the format data; and an output unit configured to output the audio generated by the coding unit. The printing device of claim 6, wherein the output unit is a speaker. The printing device of claim 6, further comprising: a user interface for generating a consistent energy signal, so that the output unit outputs the audio. A smart mobile device includes: a receiving unit for receiving an audio message; and a decoding unit for analyzing the audio received by the receiving unit to obtain a network IP corresponding to one of the printing devices (Internet Protocol) a address and a representative number; a communication unit; and a control unit electrically connected to the communication unit and the decoding unit to obtain corresponding format data according to the representative number, and obtain the obtained network IP address and the The format data is linked to a printer. The smart mobile device of claim 9, wherein the receiving unit is a microphone. The smart mobile device of claim 9, wherein the decoding unit decodes the network IP address and the format data according to the audio change of the audio.