WO2007110389A1 - Procédé, programme informatique et système informatique permettant de créer un composant de commande de pilote pour un périphérique de sortie dans un système de gestion des sorties de document - Google Patents

Procédé, programme informatique et système informatique permettant de créer un composant de commande de pilote pour un périphérique de sortie dans un système de gestion des sorties de document Download PDF

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WO2007110389A1
WO2007110389A1 PCT/EP2007/052808 EP2007052808W WO2007110389A1 WO 2007110389 A1 WO2007110389 A1 WO 2007110389A1 EP 2007052808 W EP2007052808 W EP 2007052808W WO 2007110389 A1 WO2007110389 A1 WO 2007110389A1
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  • the invention relates to a method, a computer program and a computer system for generating a driver control component for an output device in a document output management system.
  • the invention relates to creating a device-specific interface for an output device, such as a display device. a printing device in a document output management system.
  • Document output management systems serve to control the output of document data from an input system to an output system.
  • Computer systems and / or computer programs running on them are generally provided as the input system in which the document data are generated, for example office application programs such as Microsoft Word or
  • driver programs are usually relatively time consuming, because the device manufacturers often provide driver programs for standard operating systems such. B: Linux or Windows xp® available, but these can often not be directly integrated into an OMS.
  • driver programs have the disadvantage that they each have a manufacturer-specific graphical user interface, which is why the user is often confronted with new models of output devices, whether from different manufacturers or from the same manufacturers, with new interfaces in their structure and Special features he must first familiarize himself.
  • the Oce Group distributes an OMS under the trade name Oce PRISMAsatellite * worldwide.
  • Print data is typically encoded in a print data language, such as e.g. the language PostScript used by the
  • PCL Print Control Language
  • PostScript Printer Description files describe the fonts, paper sizes, resolution options and other properties that are standard for the corresponding PostScript-capable printer.
  • PPD files are used by PostScript * printer drivers to determine how to print a document. If you do not use the correct PPD file when printing, you may not be able to print the document correctly, or you may not have all the printer-supported features available when printing.
  • Translating PPD information into the appropriate control information of a printer driver is a relatively complex process that requires in-depth knowledge of the system about control components of printer drivers.
  • the creation of such driver components can therefore usually only be done by highly trained and specialized development engineers.
  • JDF Job Definition Format
  • JMF Job Messaging Format
  • a printer driver for a network environment in which a common user interface is provided for different printing devices.
  • the printer driver is individually installed on the user's computer. For issuing a print job, a selection of a printing device suitable for the job takes place in the printer driver or in the user computer.
  • US-A-2005/0068558 describes a method of updating a printer driver configuration.
  • US-A-2004/0218201 discloses a method of configuring a cluster printing system.
  • generating a driver control component for an output device is provided in a document output management system.
  • the document output management system processes document output requests received from at least one client system, whereby the client system provides a uniform graphical user interface for the configuration of output requests for several output devices.
  • the document output management system converts a document output request by means of the driver control component into a format which can be interpreted by an output device and corresponds to the output request configuration, and sends the modified output request to the output device.
  • output device-specific data is read into a computer program module, in particular in a predefined format, and control data for controlling the format conversion are generated on the basis of the read-in data.
  • the computer program module provides a graphical user interface in which the read-in data can be displayed and removed or changed and additional control data for the output device can be generated.
  • the invention is based on the recognition that a plurality of client systems are connected to a document output management system on the input side and On the output side of several output devices, the handling of the output device drivers can be simplified if the corresponding device-specific drivers are managed and used centrally in the document output management system.
  • This makes it possible on the one hand to provide a uniform output driver with a corresponding uniform graphical user interface or menu interface for the input-side client systems, which first establishes a connection to the document output management system and then establishes the connection to the output device through the OMS , On the other hand, it is not necessary to install additional drivers corresponding to the new output device when connecting a new output device to the possibly many client systems.
  • the graphical output interface can then be created once OMS-specific and non-device specific user interfaces must be provided and installed on the client system.
  • the invention is further based on the recognition that when connecting a new output device to a document output management system standard drivers that are provided by manufacturers of the output devices are not readily usable and therefore a specific for the OMS driver control component is needed. This is especially necessary if the OMS provides and possibly uses functions that are not provided in the standard driver. With the invention it is possible to relatively easily generate such a driver control component, in which the OMS or its in client systems in stalled graphic user interface functionalities can be performed on the output device, as far as this output device supports these functionalities in principle.
  • the invention makes it possible to support or provide additional data and corresponding functionalities in a corresponding driver interface, which are selected by the user of the OMS or by the graphical user interface . to provide.
  • Such functions can, for example, relate to network-technical information or functions that the
  • Data connection in particular their connection protocols between OMS and output device concern. Furthermore, they can relate to information and / or functions that relate to status messages, processing progress messages or device status messages that are important for monitoring a document output request.
  • control and monitoring functions can be performed via an output device, but also across devices across to several devices provided for processing an output request. For example, when outputting a print job, it may be provided that the printed documents are bound to a booklet.
  • the OMS can then appropriately control and monitor the devices required for this output request, in this case eg a printing device and a binding device, and, if appropriate, after completion of the print job, send a corresponding message to the client system which has generated the request.
  • the document output management system can convert a document output request into a format of a print data language, such as PCL, PostScript or AFP, which can be interpreted by the respective output device and corresponding to the output request configuration, corresponding to the respective output device
  • a print data language such as PCL, PostScript or AFP
  • the driver control component can be generated dynamically, predetermined software modules being bound together to form the control data, and this process being controlled by the read-in data.
  • the software modules may each relate to particular functional groups of the output device, for example printing functions, data transfer functions or device status query functions.
  • the output device-specific data of the predetermined format can be read in particular from a first file in the computer program module. Furthermore, the data can in particular be assigned to corresponding parameters of the document output management system via the graphical user interface.
  • a computer program module for generating a driver control component for a document output management system, with which a first file containing output device-specific data of a predetermined format is read in, the data are respectively assigned to corresponding parameters of the document output management system and a graphical user interface is made available in which the assignments are displayed and can be changed, wherein read data can be removed or changed and additional control data can be generated for the output device.
  • the output device-specific data and / or the additional control data comprise, in particular, control commands for device functions, commands for querying a device state and / or commands for connecting to the output device.
  • data that is read in for the output device can in particular be removed and / or enriched with additional control data.
  • the invention thus provides a user-friendly tool with which output device (driver) control programs can be created relatively quickly and user-friendly from available control data of the output device and a high degree of consistency for available functionalities of a document output management system with those of one connected output device can be achieved.
  • a tool can be provided as a kind of intelligent tool, with the help of which complex relationships of functions, structures and requirements can be Although OMS-specific and device-driver-specific program structures, control and monitoring functions, including finishing options and connection protocol structures, can be supported and taken into account for document output jobs, the user-friendly handling of the tool can still be achieved ,
  • the invention makes it possible for corresponding driver components to be produced by less highly specialized persons. Profound knowledge of the system via the OMS or the driver components available and required in it for the control of output devices are not necessary. As a result, it is not necessary to involve special development personnel to integrate a new output device, which was previously not supported in OMS or for which no driver is yet available, which is often not available at the OMS's application location, but only in the development center of the OMS. By contrast, the desired control components can easily be created on-site by less-trained persons.
  • the computer program module provided in this case comprises, in particular, information about OMS-specific program components contained therein, with which the format conversion of an output request can be controlled.
  • the computer program module may for this purpose contain control parts that automatically according to the read data and / or specified by the user Parameters for generating the Teiber control component includes appropriate program parts of the OMS in the driver control component.
  • the invention makes it possible for the OMS to provide a generic output interface to output devices, which can be adapted to the respective output devices relatively simply by connecting it to a output device-specific driver control component as a so-called plug-in architecture.
  • the driver control component generated to a new output device can be connected as a plug-in technically simple with the generic output interface.
  • data read in by means of a graphical user interface of the computer program are assigned to a predefined structure, displayed accordingly in the user interface and / or the data are defined and / or additional parameters with which the generation of the driver control component in FIG controlled by the computer program module.
  • the computer program module with which the driver control component is generated is a separate executable program from the document output management system.
  • the driver control component can furthermore advantageously be transmitted via a transmission interface from the computer program module to the OMS.
  • the output device-specific data and / or the control data of the driver control component can in particular include control commands and / or references to callable program modules of the OMS.
  • the data to be read in are preferably in a text format, which is standardized in particular.
  • a standardized format may be used a print language such as the format Printer Description File (PPD) of the PostScript language or format ® Generic Printer Description (GPD) for the language Printer Control Language (PCL).
  • PPD Printer Description File
  • GPD Generic Printer Description
  • PCL Printer Control Language
  • the driver control component is designed in particular as a text file and can be created, for example, in the data format Extensible Markup Language (XML).
  • XML Extensible Markup Language
  • FIG. 1 shows a document output system with an OMS
  • FIG. 2 shows a graphical user interface for sending a print job in a client computer
  • FIG. 3 shows a second selection window of the interface of FIG. 2,
  • FIG. 4 shows a system structure for generating a
  • Figure 5 shows the extract of a PostScript 0 Printer
  • Figure 6 shows the extract of a driver control component file
  • FIGS. 7 to 14 different selection windows of a graphical user interface for generating a driver interface.
  • FIG. 1 shows a document issuing system 1 in which document data can be received from different input channels 3 from a document output management server 2 and output selectively at different output channels 4.
  • Input data can from users 5a, 5b via their client computer systems or applications are generated.
  • Document data generated by a user 5b by scanning or conversion in certain data formats, for example Portable Document Format PDF or optical character recognition (OCR), can optionally be cached in a personal document storage 6.
  • the incoming data may be sent to the OMS Server 2 via an OMS specific output driver 7 installed on the application computer (client), for example, in a Windows operating system.
  • data can also be transmitted via a web browser or its associated interface 8, via a Windows shared printer interface 9 or via a scanner interface 11.
  • a hot folder interface 10 also makes it possible to load in so-called legacy applications in which data from largely automated systems, such as databases for printing, are provided. Data via the hot folder
  • the interface 10 in particular, is further processed according to largely automated rules, for example sent to a printing device for joint output, as soon as a predetermined number of data or files have been received in a memory area assigned to the hot folder interface 10.
  • the output driver 7 acts as a mediator, which processes the document data generated in the client system in such a way that the target system, here the OMS Server 2, can interpret the document data.
  • the client driver generates additional job-tracking data (called job ticket data) that intelligently controls the processing of the document output job and enables message exchanges between the devices and systems involved, including feedback to the client computer when a job has been completely processed or errors have occurred ,
  • An output module (backend) contained in the document Output Management System 2 controls the output of the document jobs to the output channels.
  • the document data are parsed according to the selected output device (so-called parsing) and converted as required.
  • the data stream is examined and it is checked whether the print data language in which it is coded can be interpreted by the output device. If necessary, the data stream is converted to a different format.
  • additional information can be included in the print data stream that correspond to the print settings made by the user in the client driver 3 (eg page number, duplex printing, finishing, job tracking, job ticket) and / or settings specified by the administrator of the OMS.
  • settings can be made with regard to the data connection existing between the OMS and the printing device (eg transmission protocol, compression, encryption) and, if appropriate, corresponding control data or commands in the correct manner, according to the print data.
  • language specification-compliant format can be integrated into the data stream.
  • the job ticket data can comply with various conventions, for example a manufacturer-specific format such as the Oce Job Ticket (OJT) or a cross-manufacturer communication protocol such as SMNP / PJL or the standard Job Definition Format (JDF) developed by the CIP 4 Consortium ) and Job Fairing Format (JMF).
  • OJT Oce Job Ticket
  • JDF Job Definition Format
  • JMF Job Fairing Format
  • Status messages in particular according to a standardized job ticket or job messaging format, can be exchanged between the OMS system 2, the output driver 7 and / or the output device specified for the job output.
  • the OMS system 2 regularly or on client-side activation of the output driver 7 a feedback to the output driver 7 via available output devices and / or in the output device or connected to the OMS output devices (incl. which in turn comprise several output devices), whereby the user at the client system can already recognize when issuing the order which output options are available.
  • FIG. 2 shows a selection window of the graphical user interface, which is provided in particular in the OMS-specific output driver 7 and is typically displayed as a so-called pop-up menu on the screen of the client system.
  • the function Print is selected via the selection button 12.
  • encryption Various print parameters can be set via tabs 13 or the selection windows assigned to the function groups "Basic Settings", “Design &Layout”,"Media” and “Finishing”. Settings made can be saved or retrieved via the template buttons 14.
  • print jobs can be sent to a so-called mail box of a printing device, where they are stored in the printing device until a user manually starts the print job there.
  • the display area 16 displays the currently set print options, such as one-sided printing, A4 media size, black-and-white printing and no stacking function.
  • the display or selection of the printing device selection field "Printer” or of the room in which the printing device is set up (selection field "Location”).
  • selection field "Printer” selection field "Printer”
  • selection field "Location” selection field "Location”
  • the printer selection "Best Fit” shown in the OMS is automatically checked on the basis of the other settings selected in the client system and / or in the OMS system and / or the properties of the document data stream (eg print data language, size, color properties) will determine which available output device is best suited for processing and the print job is automatically output to this device.
  • Pressure equipment can be generated and installed in an OMS. It is assumed that the driver control component is created by a trained person (consultant) on a computer 19 independent of the OMS system 2. An independent computer program 20 is installed on this computer 19 for this purpose.
  • the driver control components are configured as OMS-specific printer model decription files (abbreviated PMD).
  • PMD printer model decription files
  • the computer program 20 Print Development Toolkit
  • PMD files from an internal memory 21 of the program 20 can be recreated, duplicated edited or deleted.
  • PMD files can also be imported or exported, in particular via a file interface 23, which is a data connection between the toolkit program 20 and an OMS-side interface 24 (OMS Portal) available.
  • OMS-side interface 24 OMS-side interface 24
  • PMD files that have been generated and imported by the toolkit program 20 can be stored in an internal memory 25.
  • the actual PMD files used in the OMS system are stored in a separate memory 26.
  • the OMS internal management and activation of the PMD files takes place via a configuration file 27.
  • This can be configured via a suitable user interface provided within the OMS, PMD files being uploaded via the portal 24, downloaded, installed, uninstalled and also available printers are listed.
  • These processes can be performed on the OMS server 2 either by the consultant or by another person registered at the OMS server (administrator) who has corresponding access rights there.
  • the interface 23, in particular the access to the OMS portal 24, can take place on a network basis via a browser technology (for example via Internet Explorer).
  • a browser technology for example via Internet Explorer.
  • the driver control component PMD is generated by means of the ToolKit computer program 20.
  • the toolkit computer program reads in a printer description file, assigns the read data to predefined structures, if necessary edited by the user of the ToolKit computer program 20 and adds additional control parameters, and finally from this data automatically a PMD driver control component suitable for the OMS generated.
  • the extract of the PostScript ® Standard appropriate printer description file (File Printer Descripton, PPD) is shown by way of example, which is read as described by the computer program toolkit 20th It contains device-specific data in text form for various printing devices of the models Oce 3165 / VarioPrint 2065 / 70PS3.
  • the illustrated information of the PPD file (OCVP65_3.PPD) contain in a first data area 28 introductory information about the to be described
  • a second data area 29 contains information about installable options of the devices, such as a mailbox function.
  • a third data area 30 contains indications of constraints which can apply to the printing devices, for example if no mailbox is installed or in the input tray 1 only A4 or Letter media can be entered and therefore when this input tray with other formats such as A3 or A5 is not possible.
  • the PPD file contains further information not shown here, for example concerning system management (time out information, etc.), emulation information, resolution information, grayscale rendering, color properties, media selection, media sizes, simplex / dublex properties and character specifications.
  • the PPD file is read into the consultant computer 19 and from this data and the set via the graphical user interface of the toolkit program 20, optionally additional Parameters automatically generates the PMD file. Selected information of the PPD file can also be ignored.
  • information about the interface between the Output Management System and the respective printing device is added to the PMD file when creating the PMD file, for example via the available protocol structures such as Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) or Line Printer Remote (LPR).
  • the PMD file contains additional information or data structures compared to the PPD file, with which order-related data, status messages and information for tracking orders or the processing status of orders can be entered and exchanged. In this regard, data enrichment occurs over the PPD data.
  • FIG. 6 shows an extract of a PMD file generated by the toolkit program 20.
  • the information is encoded in an Extended Markup Language (XML) format.
  • the PMD file has data in a region 31 for describing the associated printer models.
  • references 32 are included, by the OMS specific program components such as dynamic link libaries
  • DLL Dynamic Local Area Network
  • OMS-specific processes can also be optimized when outputting print jobs to printing devices.
  • media sizes are referenced and in the area 34 staple parameters.
  • Area 35 references job-specific information such as job name, name of the user / client, etc.
  • area 36 parameters are referenced for tracking the job or its processing progress.
  • the entry 37 in turn, references a DLL program available in the OMS, which performs monitoring functions.
  • the following describes how a new PMD file is generated using the toolkit program 20. For this purpose, first a description file associated with the corresponding printing device model and the desired print data language is loaded, for the language PostScript corresponding to a PPD file or for the language PCL * a GPD file.
  • the further processing then takes place via the graphical user interface menu-guided in eight steps.
  • FIG. 7 shows the window of the first step displayed by the graphical user interface of the toolkit program 20.
  • This will automatically data in this case the device Kyocery-Mita, model KM-5035KPDL and the PostScript are read from the PPD file and extracted according to predetermined rules, in particular the OMS data and / or processed and transferred into corresponding data fields, for example manufacturer and type information in the fields 38.
  • a database provided in which PPD files and / or PPD fields are automatically recognized by means of key information (keys). Further information, eg in fields 39 concerning the language and the language version, are displayed in corresponding fields.
  • management information about the generating PMD file is displayed editable.
  • FIG. 8 shows the corresponding display window 43 of the second processing step, in which parameters for read-in data of the PPD file are displayed and possibly edited or newly defined, which relate to the post-processing of the print (finishing parameter). It contains two sub-windows 41, 42.
  • the window 41 indicates typical features of printers, such as media parameters, color properties and optionally integrated functions.
  • In the window 42 corresponding current values are given editable for the selected feature group.
  • the editing can be done via corresponding control buttons 44.
  • FIG. 9 shows the corresponding window 45 of the third processing step, in which, for printing devices with feed trays for single sheets, subject-specific parameters are displayed, edited or redefined. It is divided into three sub windows 46, 47, 48.
  • Window 46 shows all the input trays available in the printing device.
  • window 47 different names can be given according to different languages for the selected subjects.
  • buttons 48 can be
  • FIG. 10 shows the window 49 corresponding to the fourth processing step, in which parameters of the print media parameters available in the printer are displayed, edited or newly defined. It comprises subwindows 50, 51 and 52.
  • the window 50 indicates functional features of the printing device
  • the window 51 indicates printer-supported features of print jobs, in this case the orientation of pages
  • the window 52 are features that are firmly connected to one another
  • the basis weight of a paper in a feed tray For example, the basis weight of a paper in a feed tray.
  • Figure 11 shows the corresponding window 53 of the fifth step.
  • functions supported by the printing device can be displayed when calling up jobs or pages, as well as information about the type of call to be made in each case is displayed, edited or newly created. Again, whenever available, information from the PPD
  • the file is extracted and displayed as the default value in the corresponding fields of the selection menu.
  • FIG. 12 shows a window 54 corresponding to the sixth processing step.
  • This processing step presents printer-side functional limitations, particularly the incompatible simultaneous use of various functions. Corresponding parameters or functional states are displayed, edited or redefined. The display is made in window 55 and the definition of new restriction features in window 56.
  • Fig. 13 the display window 57 of the seventh step is shown. This step configures the print device-supported interfaces or protocols for transferring print data and exchanging status messages.
  • window 58 An overview of the available connections is displayed and in window 59 corresponding settings for the respective connections such as port number, time out parameter and the number of retry attempts are defined.
  • the window 60 is shown, which is displayed for connection of the configuration for the PMD file. It can be selected here whether the PMD file should be stored in the internal toolkit memory 21 (repository) and / or in the file system 22, from which it can be exported if necessary.
  • a status report can be generated as a table and a corresponding expression can be created in which the user, in a simple tabular form, determines the specified parameters, i. in particular, can see the functions and / or configured device properties supported according to the generated driver control program in the associated printer. All functions supported by the OMS can be listed and specified whether this function is supported. Furthermore, the device corresponding control commands for the enabled functions can be specified.
  • Embodiments of the invention have been specified, it being understood that the person skilled in the art can indicate further developments at any time.
  • a variety of other settings can be provided, such. Eg mailbox printing, enlargement / reduction, watermark printing etc.
  • the invention has been described in particular in connection with the print languages PostScript * and PCL * . But it can also be used for other document data such as PDF (Portable Data Format) or AFP® (Advanced Function Presentation).
  • the client computer may be a personal computer and / or include a computer program corresponding to the client system as well as user programs such as Microsoft 0
  • the client system may also be installed in a host computer, e.g. with an MVS system and / or appropriate host applications for generating the document data.
  • the invention is advantageously described in the context of a document output management system in which multiple client computers are connected via a network to a server running the OMS application, it is also conceivable that the OMS may be installed directly on a client computer is and the various output devices without the interposition of a server are controlled directly via different channels / interfaces or via a data network. Furthermore, it can be provided that the client system is installed directly in the OMS server or integrated there as an internal component. In this case, e.g. an operator logged in or operating on the OMS server can process, create and / or configure output jobs directly independent of the individual output devices with a correspondingly uniform graphic user interface directly in the OMS server. The assignment of the output request to specific output devices can then only be defined by him at the end of his processing or automatically determined by the OMS.
  • the invention is particularly suitable for being implemented as a computer program (software). It can thus be distributed as a computer program module as a file on a data carrier such as a floppy disk, CD-ROM or DVD or as a file via a data or communication network, eg also via the Internet.
  • a data carrier such as a floppy disk, CD-ROM or DVD
  • Such and comparable bare computer program products or computer program elements are embodiments of the invention.
  • the process according to the invention can be used in a computer, in a printing device or in a printing system with upstream or downstream data processing devices.

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La présente invention concerne un procédé, un programme informatique et un système informatique permettant de créer un composant de commande de pilote pour un périphérique de sortie dans un système de gestion des sorties de document (OMS). Ce système de gestion des sorties de document traite des commandes de sortie de document reçues d'au moins un système client. Dans le système client, une même interface graphique d'utilisateur pour plusieurs périphériques de sortie est prévue pour la configuration de commandes de sortie. Le système de gestion des sorties de document convertit une commande de sortie de document, au moyen du composant de commande de pilote, dans un format qui peut être interprété par un périphérique de sortie et qui correspond à la configuration de commande de sortie, puis envoie la commande de sortie modifiée au périphérique de sortie. Afin de créer le composant de commande de pilote pour le périphérique de sortie, des données spécifiques au périphérique de sortie, en particulier dans un format prédéfini, sont introduites dans un module de programme informatique, puis, sur la base des données introduites, des données de commande permettant de commander la conversion de format sont créées.
PCT/EP2007/052808 2006-03-27 2007-03-23 Procédé, programme informatique et système informatique permettant de créer un composant de commande de pilote pour un périphérique de sortie dans un système de gestion des sorties de document WO2007110389A1 (fr)

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