WO2004009362A1 - 印刷システム - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a printing system for transmitting a plurality of image files from a host device such as a digital camera and printing the image files.
- Images taken with a digital camera are often output as force prints that can be viewed on a built-in or externally connected moeta display.
- the image file of the digital camera is once transferred to a personal computer and then transmitted from the personal computer to a printer.
- Standards such as Print Order Format are defined, and by pre-recording the captured image file and the print designation information of the image file in the recording medium (memory card, etc.) of the digital camera, it is easier and more automatic.
- Direct printing can be performed.
- DPOF a file for requesting a printer to print is stored in a recording medium in association with an image file. By simply sending the specified file to the printer, the user can print the desired image under specified conditions.
- the digital camera cannot know the current printing status. Therefore, for example, even if a printer jams or runs out of ink, or if the power cable of the printer or the data transfer cable connecting the printer and the digital camera is disconnected, and a printing error occurs, the digital camera side However, it is impossible to know how much printing has been completed successfully and which image file has not been printed.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to perform printing including a plurality of objects, thereby enabling printing to be resumed in units of objects after recovery from a printing error state, thereby achieving printing resources. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing system that can prevent wasteful consumption of paper and improve usability.
- a printing system includes a host apparatus that transmits print job data including a plurality of objects, and a print apparatus that transmits the print job data based on the print job data from the host apparatus.
- the first storage means stores print job data transmitted to the printer.
- the job status monitoring means generates job status information for each object by monitoring a printing operation of the plurality of objects by the printer.
- the second storage unit stores the generated job status information. If a printing error occurs during printing of an object by the printer, the determining means determines whether or not the printer has recovered from the printing error state to a printable state after the occurrence of the printing error.
- the print resuming means when it is determined that the printer has recovered to a printable state, based on the print job data stored in the first storage means and the job status information stored in the second storage means. Then, select one or more objects from the plurality of objects, and resume printing of the selected objects.
- the “object” means data that can be treated as a unit in printing, and corresponds to, for example, image data, character data, graphic data, and the like. More specifically, for example, if two images and one sentence are mixed on a certain page, each image and sentence corresponds to an “object”, and a total of three objects correspond to the page. Will be on top.
- the host device examples include a personal computer, a mobile phone, a mobile information terminal, a digital camera, a digital video camera, and a scanner device. Further, as one preferable example, the host device is realized as an image input device that captures and records an image, the first storage unit is realized as a recording medium detachably provided in the image input device, and the printer is realized as a serial printer. It is possible. .
- the print resuming unit acquires the print job data and the job status information, and based on these data, an object to be printed is printed based on the print job data and the job status information. From the data Select and resume printing the selected object. For example, objects that have been printed before the interruption of printing are not printed, and printing of objects that have not been printed is resumed. This can prevent unnecessary consumption of printing paper and color materials (ink and toner).
- the job status information can include object identification information for specifying an object to be printed and information indicating the number of already printed objects, and Based on the job status information and the print job data, it is possible to determine which object has not been printed and restart printing of the object.
- the host device can include the first and second storage units.
- first storage means and the second storage means can be provided on rewritable storage devices, respectively.
- the first and second storage means can be provided on different storage devices, respectively, or can be provided on the same storage device.
- the first and second storage means can be provided on a rewritable recording medium detachably provided in the host device.
- the removable recording medium include a PC card and a card-shaped memory device.
- the print job data includes one or more image files and the image files. And a print specification file that specifies the printing method of the file.
- the print specification file specifies at least the job identification information for identifying the print job, the information that specifies the type of printing, and the number of copies.
- path information indicating the storage location of the image file.
- the object identification information of the object to be printed which is included in the job status information, can be composed of a part of the path information of the image file related to the object.
- the print resuming unit refers to the job status information and the print job data at the time of resuming the printing, and includes a part of the path information of the image file of the print target object included in the job status information and the print job data.
- the host device can be an image input device such as a camera that captures and records images
- the first storage means can be a detachably provided recording medium
- a host device a printer, and a computer program used in the printing system as described above.
- the computer program according to the present invention can be recorded and distributed on various recording media such as a memory, a hard disk (HD), a CD-ROM, and a DVD-RAM, and can also be distributed via a communication network. is there.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall outline of a printing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a storage structure of a recording medium.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a DPOF printing designation method (a) and a structure (b) of a DPOF script file created by the method.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the DPOF script file.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a printing result when DPOF printing is normally performed.
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a DPOF print instruction process executed on the camera side.
- FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the DPOF printing process executed on the printer side.
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a printing error monitoring process executed on the printer side.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a print result in the print restart mode.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the DPOF printing process according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a print result in the print restart mode according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the DPOF script file according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall outline of a printing system according to the present embodiment.
- a digital camera (hereinafter abbreviated as “camera”) 10 can take an image and hold it as electronic data, and transmit the held image data to a printer 20 for printing. It is like that.
- Camera 10 uses DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) standard.
- DPOF uses a text-based file to store information that specifies the image selected by the user, print designation information such as the number of prints and the printing method.
- DPOF script file (DPOF script file), and by sending this print designation information to a DPOF printer or a lab printer owned by the user, it is specified that automatic printing can be performed without using a personal computer.
- the camera 10 includes an imaging unit 11, a recording medium 12, a control unit 13, a user interface 14, a USB device controller 15, and a storage unit 16.
- the imaging unit 11 includes, for example, a CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) element, a lens, a preprocessing circuit, and the like, and is configured to digitize and output an image of a skin skin object.
- CCD Charge-Coupled Device
- the recording medium 12 is, for example, a rewritable recording medium such as a PC card ⁇ memory card (not necessarily a card), and is detachably attached to a card slot of the camera 10.
- a rewritable recording medium such as a PC card ⁇ memory card (not necessarily a card)
- a DPOF script file D2 for designating printing and job status information D3 are recorded.
- the job status information D3 may be stored in the storage unit 16 including a rewritable nonvolatile memory.
- the control unit 13 is configured as a microcomputer system including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like, and executes various programs.
- the user interface 14 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display, operation switches, and the like, displays a captured image and an operation menu, and receives an instruction from a user.
- the USB device controller 15 is for performing data transfer with the printer 20 via a USB cable.
- the printer 20 includes a printing unit 21, a storage unit 22, a control unit 23, a user interface 24, and a USB host controller 25, and is configured as a DPOF-compatible serial color printer.
- the printing unit 21 includes a print engine and an engine controller.
- the printing unit 21 generates, for example, print image data in band units, and scans the print head in a direction perpendicular to the paper feed direction so that predetermined printing is performed with specified settings. Has become.
- the storage unit 23 is composed of, for example, a hard disk device or a semiconductor memory device, and stores an image file or the like acquired from the camera 10.
- the user interface 24 includes, for example, a liquid crystal panel, operation switches, and the like, and is configured to receive an instruction from a user and display a print progress and the like.
- the USB host controller 25 is for performing data communication with the camera 10 via USB.
- a DCF image directory for still images and an output setting directory (MISC) are formed.
- Image files are stored under the DCF image directory.
- a DCF directory (100 EPSON, 102 EPSON, etc.) is stored for storing.
- the directory numbers of the respective DCF directories are specified in advance so as not to be duplicated.
- One or a plurality of photographed image files are stored in each DCF directory.
- the file name of the image file stored in each DCF directory is specified so that the file number is not duplicated in the same DCF directory. Note that image files in other DCF directories
- the output setting directory contains an automatic print file (AUTPRINT.MRK), a unit code description file (UNICODE.MRK), an automatic transmission file (AUTXFER.MRK), and an automatic playback file (AUTPLAYn.MRK).
- the automatic print file corresponds to the DPOF script file D2, and is a file in which the print instructions necessary to transmit an image file from the camera 10 to the printer 20 and perform automatic printing are described in text format.
- the automatic transmission file is used when transmitting images via a network such as the Internet, and the automatic reproduction file is used when performing a slide show on a television display or a projector, for example. Things.
- the unicode character string description file is used to enable the use of unicode to support multiple languages.
- FIG. 3A is an example of a screen displayed on the user interface 14 of the camera 10.
- Each image file stored in the recording medium 12 is reduced and displayed in a list format.
- the user selects which image file is to be printed, and specifies which image file is to be printed, how many, and how.
- Fig. 3 (a) a black square mark is displayed on the image file selected for printing.
- standard printing (STD) and index printing (IDX) are specified as the printing types. The numbers next to the print type indicate the number of prints.
- a DPOF script file is generated as shown in Fig. 3 (b).
- the DPOF script file is roughly divided into a header section and a job description section.
- the header section contains the corresponding DPOF version number, the model name of the camera 10, the date of creation of the DPOF script file, and user information such as the user name, user address, and telephone number.
- the print description is included in the job description section. ID, print type (standard print or index print, etc.), number of prints, file format, path information to image file, print setting information (whether to insert date or rotate, etc.) Includes definable vendor features. Each of the above items may be mandatory or optional.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of the DPOF script file.
- the DPOF script file includes a header section [HDR] common to all print jobs and a job description section [JOB] for each print job.
- each job description section contains text such as the print product ID, print type, number of copies, and path information to the image file to be printed to identify each print job. It has been described. Therefore, the printer 20 can acquire the image file to be printed from the camera 10 based on the DPOF script file, and can print the acquired image file by the designated method.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which DPOF printing is normally performed.
- the example shown in FIG. 5 shows a case where printing is performed with the following specifications. When standard printing is specified, it is assumed that up to two copies can be printed on the same printing paper.
- the printer 20 constantly monitors the printing state of the printing unit 21, generates job status information D 3 for each object, and notifies the camera 10 of the job status information D 3.
- the job status information includes, for example, a print product ID (PRT PID), a file ID, and the number of printed pages (PRT QTY).
- the file ID is information for specifying the image file currently being printed, and is generated so as to be uniquely determined from the path information of the image file.
- the file ID is generated by concatenating the directory number of the DCF directory where the image file is stored and the file number of the image file.
- the DCF directory number is set in advance so as not to be duplicated with other DCF directories, and the finale number is set in advance so as not to be duplicated in the same DCF directory. Therefore, if a file ID is generated by concatenating a directory number and a file number, a total of seven digits is required, and the data amount is only 7 bytes, and the image file stored on the recording medium 12 with a small amount of information is required. Can be uniquely specified.
- the camera 10 can always keep track of the latest printing progress by storing the job status information notified from the printer 20 in units of objects in the recording medium 12 or the storage unit 16 by overwriting. If the power cable or USB cable is unplugged, or if a paper jam or a broken ink occurs, and printing is interrupted, the latest job status information is transmitted from the camera 10 to the printer 20. Printing can be resumed from the object (image file) of the printer.
- FIG. 6 shows a DPOF print designation process executed on the camera 10 side.
- the user specifies DPOF printing via the user interface 14 (SI).
- S1: YES the user specifies the image to be printed, the number of copies, the print type, and the characters such as the date and message to be printed together
- S2: YES the user specifies the image to be printed, the number of copies, the print type, and the characters such as the date and message to be printed together
- a DPOF script file is generated based on the printing method specified by the user (S3).
- the camera 10 sends the DPOF script file to the printer 20 via the USB cable (S4).
- the printer 20 starts printing requested by the camera 10 based on the received DPOF script file, monitors the printing state, generates job status information, and notifies the camera 10 of the job status information.
- the camera 10 waits for the notification of the job status information from the printer 20 (S5), and upon receiving the job status information, saves it by overwriting (S6). Therefore, the camera 10 always keeps only one latest job status information.
- the camera 10 monitors whether or not a printing error has occurred on the printer side (S7).
- the presence or absence of a printing error can be known, for example, from a printing error notification from the printer 20. Further, for example, if there is no response from the printer 20 before the predetermined time has elapsed, it can be estimated that an error has occurred.
- FIG. 7 shows a DPOF printing process executed on the printer 20 side.
- the printer 20 monitors whether or not a print command has been input from an external device (S21). If a print command has been received (S21: YES), it is determined whether or not a request for DPOF printing has been received, that is, whether or not a DPOF script file has been received (S22). In the case of a command other than DPOF printing, normal processing corresponding to the command is performed (S23). For example, when a print request is received from a personal computer, normal print processing is performed.
- the printer interprets the DPOF script file and sets the print layout (S24). Next, it is determined whether or not the force is the printing restart mode after recovery from the printing machine (S25). In the case of the normal printing mode before the occurrence of the printing error (S25: NO), the image file specified in the job description section of the DPOF script file is obtained from the recording medium 12 (S27). Then, an image for printing is generated (S28), and printing is started (S29).
- the job status information is updated and notified to the camera 10 (S30). Until the printing of the image file is completed (S31), the processing of S28 to S30 is repeated.
- the print image is sequentially formed for each band, and is printed one pass or plural passes. If you print the specified number of image files
- the job status information is updated and notified to the camera 10, and is held on the camera 10 side.
- the printer is ready to resume printing after the printing error occurs, and the DPOF script and job status information are transmitted from the camera 10 to the printer 20 again, it is determined that the printer is in the printing resume mode (S25: YES).
- the print resume mode the DPOF script is interpreted and the file indicated in the latest job status information received from camera 10 is displayed.
- the DP0F script file is skipped until a print job of an image file having a file ID that matches the file ID, and printing is resumed from the image file with the matching file ID (S26). In other words, printing is resumed from the image file where printing was interrupted by the printing operator.
- FIG. 8 shows error processing on the printer 20 side.
- the printer 20 monitors whether or not the printing error has occurred based on a response signal from the printing unit 21 or a change in the voltage of the input / output port (S41). If so, the camera 10 is notified (S42). However, in the case of an error that cannot be detected on the printer side, such as unexpected power shutdown or disconnection of the communication path, the presence or absence of a printing error is determined by timeout processing on the camera side as described above. When the cause of the interruption such as the thread jam and the ink break has been eliminated and the preparation for resuming printing is completed (S43), the camera 10 is notified that printing is possible (S44).
- the host device responds to the user's manual operation or automatically (that is, without the user's manual operation) to resume printing from the unprinted page automatically. 0 can be requested.
- the printing error occurs on the printer side (for example, a paper jam)
- information on the image file currently being printed can be stored as job status information in the host device.
- the printing error occurs due to a cause on the host device side (for example, insufficient battery charge of the camera 10)
- the information of the image file currently being printed is stored in the printer 20 as job status information. It can also be.
- Send the job status information to the host device Can be done. After receiving the job status information from the printer 20, the host device can request the printer 20 to automatically restart printing from an unprinted page.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a state of print output when printing is resumed.
- An example is given in which a printing error occurs during the printing of the image file “EPSN0003” during index printing of the third copy.
- the image file whose printing has been interrupted is a file name "EPSN0003J" saved in the DCF directory of "EPSON100". Therefore, the file ID is a combination of the directory number "100” and the file number "0003”. It becomes “1000003”.
- FIG. 9 (a) shows the fourth page when printing is normally performed
- FIG. 9 (b) shows the fourth page printed in the print resume mode.
- paper is fed for the image files "EPSN0001" and “EPSN0002" that have already been printed, and a margin is created at the top. This is for convenience of explanation. There is no need to provide unnecessary top margins.
- the present embodiment configured as described above, even in DPOF printing in which image data is directly transmitted from a peripheral device to a printer and automatically printed, the latest printing state can be grasped on the camera side. . Therefore, even when printing is interrupted, printing can be resumed from the interrupted object, and wasteful consumption of printing paper, ink, and the like can be prevented. Also, since the printed portion is not printed, the final print result is The waiting time until the user obtains it can be shortened.
- the job status information is retained on the camera 10 side, even if the printing error state of the printer 20 becomes prolonged, it is only necessary to reconnect the camera 10 to another printer of the same type and a printer of the same type. The remaining printing can be resumed. Therefore, it is particularly effective in a printing lab equipped with a plurality of similar printers.
- the job status information consists of the minimum information necessary for resuming printing, and a file ID is generated from a part of the path information to the image file to reduce the amount of data. Since only the job status information is stored, the burden of holding the job status on the camera side can be reduced.
- the job status information is also stored in the recording medium 12, so that even if the camera 10 breaks down during the printing interruption, the recording medium 1 2 By attaching to another camera of the same type, printing can be resumed from the interrupted image file.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a DPOF printing process on the printer side according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
- a feature of the present embodiment is that an image file to be printed is stored in the storage unit 22 of the printer 20 first. That is, when DPOF printing is instructed (S22: YES), the printer 20 acquires all the image files specified by the DPOF script file and stores them in the storage unit 22 (S27).
- FIG. 11 shows how printing is performed when printing is resumed according to the third embodiment.
- the layout is reset in the print restart mode so that no unnecessary margin is generated.
- FIG. 12 shows an example of a DPOF script file according to the fourth embodiment.
- job status information is described in the DPOF script file as indicated by “: E-PRINT”.
- E-PRINT In the case of normal printing, it is possible to declare normal printing by setting “000” to the value of each parameter in the job status information.
- a special code (such as 000) is set in the parameter value of the job status information during normal printing.
- the printer can be notified that the printing is normal printing.
- the type and structure of data transmitted from the camera 10 to the printer 20 can be made common, and the program structure can be simplified.
- camera 10 and printer 20 need not be connected by USB.
- data communication may be performed via an IEEE 1394 interface, wireless LAN, infrared rays, or the like.
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