WO2013097731A1 - Printer and method for controlling printing speed thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a printer (1). The printer comprises a printer body (3) whose body mechanism has a constant working speed and a printing speed control chip (2) embedded with firmware for controlling a printing speed, an original printing speed of the printer corresponding to the working speed of the body mechanism being the top printing speed of the printer; the firmware setting for the printer two or more printing speeds equal to and lower than its original printing speed. Further disclosed is a method for controlling a printing speed. In the case that the working speed of the printer body does not change, a number of printing speeds are output through firmware embedded in a printing speed control chip. In the printer and the method for controlling a printing speed thereof, a printing speed can be selected through design on a single platform, thereby meeting the demands of different users for printing speeds, and also achieving energy conservation and environmental friendliness.

Description

Printer and control method thereof Technical field

  The invention belongs to the technical field of printers, and in particular relates to a printer and a method for controlling the printing speed thereof.

Background technique

      With the rapid development of the printer industry and the application of advanced control technology, printer users have put forward new and higher requirements for printers. Different markets have different choices for printer printing speed, and have higher requirements for printer energy saving and environmental protection. . However, in the prior art, for development and manufacturing manufacturers, color or black-and-white printers, especially laser and electro-photographing (Electro-Photo-Graphy) printers, are extremely expensive to develop, and the development cycle is very lengthy, currently developed on the market. The variable speed printer achieves the purpose of changing the printing speed by changing the working speed of the main body inside the printer. In this way, the internal parameters of the printer need to be changed and optimized when designing the model, the design process is complicated, the development time is long, the cost is high, and the inventory management of the printer product is cumbersome, and the operating cost of the manufacturer increases; For the user, the risk of the printer's failure increases, the printer's service life becomes shorter, which increases the user's use cost, and is also not conducive to energy conservation and environmental protection.

Summary of the invention

 In view of the problems and deficiencies of the prior art described above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a printer that can select a print speed on a single platform and a control method of the print speed thereof, so as to meet different needs of different market users for print speed, and More energy efficient and environmentally friendly.

 In order to achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a printer comprising: a printer body having a fixed working speed of a main body in the printer main body; and a print speed control chip having a built-in firmware for controlling a printing speed Wherein the printer original print speed corresponding to the working speed of the main body in the printer body is the highest print speed of the printer, and the firmware sets the printer with two or less than or below its original print speed More than two print speeds.

 According to an embodiment of the invention, the firmware is provided with two selectable printing speeds for the printer, one of which has a printing speed setting of 1 ppm (Papers Per Minute, the number of pages printed per minute, the same below) to Between 19 ppm (including both ends, the same below); another print speed setting is greater than 19 ppm and less than or equal to 24 ppm.

 In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the firmware is provided with two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting of 19 ppm and another print speed setting of 24 ppm.

 According to an embodiment of the invention, the firmware is provided with two selectable printing speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting between 1 ppm and 24 ppm; the other print speed setting is greater than 24 ppm and Less than or equal to 32ppm.

 In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the firmware is provided with two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting of 24 ppm and another print speed setting of 32 ppm.

  A second aspect of the present invention provides a method for controlling a printing speed of a printer, the printer comprising a printer body and a printing speed control chip, wherein the main body mechanism in the printer body has a fixed working speed, and the corresponding original printing speed It is also fixed, and the control method of the printing speed includes:

 Controlling, by the firmware built in the print speed control chip, stopping the printer from printing a certain number of pages per unit time to delay the printing operation;

 Two or more selectable print speeds are set for the printer, wherein the two or more print speeds include the original print speed and one or more lower than the original print speeds printing speed.

 According to an embodiment of the invention, the printer has a print speed set to two, wherein the original print speed is 24 ppm and the other print speed is 19 ppm.

 According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of pages printed in the unit time to be printed is a default number of printed pages at the original printing speed.

 According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of pages printed in the unit time to be printed is a position at the end of the default number of printed pages at the original printing speed.

 According to an embodiment of the invention, the printer has two printing speeds, wherein the original printing speed is 32 ppm and the other printing speed is 24 ppm.

 According to an embodiment of the invention, the firmware controls the printing action by using a timer, and when the number of printed pages reaches a predetermined number of pages, the printing time for reaching the predetermined number of printed pages is calculated, and if less than one minute, the timer is interrupted. The function, in the interrupt function, delays to one minute full, clears the timer, and then starts printing.

   According to an embodiment of the present invention, the fixing is a unit of a predetermined number of pages, and each time the number of printed pages reaches the value set by the predetermined number of pages, the program delays a certain printing time, thereby controlling the printing operation.

 The following describes the working process of the printer in detail:

 1) The printing paper is finished printing: the paper taking roller takes the printing paper sheet into the printer, and the paper taking roller is controlled by a stepping motor (step-moto, referred to as "motor"), and the printing paper is driven by the motor. After passing through the imaging, fixing and other areas, the printing is completed and sent out to the printer; since the rotation speed of the motor is relatively stable, the process speed is fixed; the original body of the printer corresponds to the original output at the working speed. The print speed is also fixed and is the highest print speed of this printer.

  2) Under the condition that the working speed of the main body in the main body of the printer is fixed, in order to realize that the printer actually outputs a plurality of different printing speeds lower than the original printing speed, the method is based on the original printing speed. Controlling the printer body to stop a certain number of pages per unit time by the firmware built in the print speed control chip to delay the print job task, so that the same printer has different and multiple print speed options. The print job content is continuous and complete.

 3) One of the firmware setting schemes is to use the timer mechanism to control the printing process, and the sensor is provided at the pickup roller, so the software can record the start time of printing, in units of pages, for example, when the number of printed pages reaches On the 20th page, calculate the printing time of these 20 pages. If it is less than one minute, you can start the timer interrupt function, delay it to one minute in the interrupt function, clear the counter, and then start printing. The second setting scheme of the firmware is a certain number of pages as a counting unit. When the number of printed pages reaches the value set by the predetermined number of pages, the program delays a certain printing time, thereby controlling the overall printing process, for example, setting The number of printed pages in 1 minute does not exceed 20 pages. When the printer performance reaches 24 pages per minute, 5 pages are used as a unit. When printing 5 pages, the program delays 1 page printing time, after 4 times. Looping, the number of printed pages in one minute can be reduced from the original 24 pages to 20 pages; the firmware settings include but are not limited to the above scheme.

  4) In order to achieve the user's choice of different print speeds for the printer output, the firmware sets the operating state of the printer to two or more alternative print speeds, including not only the original, highest print speed operation. State, and includes other one or more operating states of lower printing speed. At this time, the number of pages that are stopped per unit time in the operating state of different printing speeds is arbitrarily set by the firmware as needed, and printing is stopped. The distribution status of the page number position in the page number at the original printing speed can be arbitrarily set as needed.

 The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 24 ppm, and the other printing speed is 19 ppm, and the corresponding five pages of the printed page code that are delayed in the unit time are printed at the original printing speed by default. The occupied positions are merged together and arbitrarily distributed.

 The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 24 ppm, and the other printing speed is 19 ppm, and the corresponding five pages of the printed page code that are delayed in the unit time are printed at the original printing speed by default. The occupied positions are randomly distributed among groups of different sizes or equals.

 The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 24 ppm, and the other printing speed is 19 ppm, and the corresponding five pages of the printed page code that are delayed in the unit time are printed at the original printing speed by default. The occupied positions are separately distributed among them.

 The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 24 ppm, and the other printing speed is 19 ppm, and the corresponding five pages of the printed page code that are delayed in the unit time are printed at the original printing speed by default. The occupied positions are uniformly distributed evenly at equal intervals.

 The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 24 ppm, and the other printing speed is 19 ppm, and the corresponding five pages of printed pages that are delayed in printing per unit time are combined and distributed at the original printing speed. Print the last position in the 24 pages to minimize the amount of time users wait.

 The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 32 ppm, and the other printing speed is 24 ppm, and the corresponding printing time is delayed by 8 printing pages per unit time. The default printing is 32 pages at the original printing speed. The occupied positions are merged together and arbitrarily distributed.

 The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 32 ppm, and the other printing speed is 24 ppm, and the corresponding printing time is delayed by 8 printing pages per unit time. The default printing is 32 pages at the original printing speed. The occupied positions are randomly distributed among groups of different sizes or equals.

  The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 32 ppm, and the other printing speed is 24 ppm, and the corresponding printing time is delayed by 8 printing pages per unit time. The default printing is 32 pages at the original printing speed. The occupied positions are separately distributed among them.

   The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 32 ppm, and the other printing speed is 24 ppm, and the corresponding printing time is delayed by 8 printing pages per unit time. The default printing is 32 pages at the original printing speed. The occupied positions are uniformly distributed evenly at equal intervals.

  The printing speed of the printer can be two, wherein the original printing speed is 32 ppm, and the other printing speed is 24 ppm, and the corresponding eight pages of printed pages that are delayed in printing per unit time are combined and distributed at the original printing speed. Print the last position in the 32-page number to minimize the amount of time the user waits.

  The beneficial effects of the invention are:

 1. The printer user has more choices of printing speed to meet different needs of different target market users for printing speed;

 2. For the development and manufacturer of printers, developing printers with different printing speeds on a single platform can greatly save the development, production and management costs of printer products;

 3, the printing speed control method is simple and cheap, the actual operation is convenient;

 4. The printer is an energy-saving and environmentally-friendly model with a longer service life, which can meet the requirements of energy conservation and environmental protection at home and abroad, and at the same time has excellent quality.

DRAWINGS

 Figure 1 is a schematic view showing the structure of a printer of the present invention;

 2 is a schematic diagram of a control method of printing speed;

 Figure 3 is a second schematic diagram of the control method of the printing speed;

 Figure 4 is a third schematic diagram of the control method of the printing speed;

 Figure 5 is a fourth schematic diagram of the control method of the printing speed;

 Figure 6 is a fifth schematic diagram of the control method of the printing speed;

 Figure 7 is a sixth schematic diagram of a control method of printing speed;

 Figure 8 is a seventh schematic diagram of the control method of the printing speed;

 Fig. 9 is a diagram showing the eighth method of controlling the printing speed.

detailed description

 The invention will be further clarified with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments, which are to be construed as illustrative only and not to limit the scope of the invention. Modifications of equivalent forms are intended to fall within the scope defined by the appended claims.

   Embodiment 1

 As shown in FIG. 1, a printer 1 includes a printer main body 3 and a print speed control chip 2, and a working speed of a main body mechanism (not shown) in the printer main body 3 is fixed, so that the printer main body 3 has a fixed Working speed (printing output speed), the printing speed control chip 2 has built-in firmware (not shown) for controlling the printing speed, and the printer 1 has two or more different printing speeds, one of which is the original printing speed. It is also the highest printing speed of the printer, and the other printing speed is one or more printing speeds equal to or lower than the original printing speed.

 Preferably, as shown in FIG. 1, the firmware built in the print speed control chip 2 sets the printer with two selectable print speeds, one of which is set to 1 ppm and the other print speed is set to 20 ppm.

 In another embodiment, the firmware built into the print speed control chip 2 has two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting of 1 ppm (Papers Per Minute, pages printed per minute, The same applies) to between 19 ppm (including both ends, the same below); the other print speed setting is greater than 19 ppm and less than or equal to 24 ppm.

 In another embodiment, the firmware built into the print speed control chip 2 has two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting of 19 ppm and the other print speed of 24 ppm.

 In another embodiment, the firmware built in the print speed control chip 2 has two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which is set to 22 ppm (as long as it is between 1 ppm and 24 ppm); One print speed is set to 30 ppm (as long as it is greater than 24 ppm and less than or equal to 32 ppm).

 In another embodiment, the firmware built into the print speed control chip 2 has two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting between 1 ppm and 24 ppm; the other print speed setting It is greater than 24 ppm and less than or equal to 32 ppm.

 In another embodiment, the firmware built into the print speed control chip 2 has two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting of 24 ppm and the other print speed setting of 32 ppm.

 Referring to Figure 1, the working process of the printer is as follows:

 1) The printing paper is finished printing: the paper taking roller takes the printing paper sheet into the printer, and the paper taking roller is controlled by a stepping motor (step-moto, referred to as "motor"), and the printing paper is driven by the motor. After passing through the imaging, fixing and other areas, the printing is completed and sent out to the printer; since the rotation speed of the motor is relatively stable, the process speed is fixed; the original body of the printer corresponds to the original output at the working speed. The print speed is also fixed and is the highest print speed of this printer.

 2) Under the condition that the working speed of the main body in the main body of the printer is fixed, in order to realize that the printer actually outputs a plurality of different printing speeds lower than the original printing speed, the method is based on the original printing speed. Controlling the printer body to stop a certain number of pages per unit time by the firmware built in the print speed control chip to delay the print job task, so that the same printer has different and multiple print speed options. The print job content is continuous and complete.

 3) One of the firmware setting schemes is to use the timer mechanism to control the printing process, and the sensor is provided at the pickup roller, so the software can record the start time of printing, in units of pages, for example, when the number of printed pages reaches On the 20th page, calculate the printing time of these 20 pages. If it is less than one minute, you can start the timer interrupt function, delay it to one minute in the interrupt function, clear the counter, and then start printing. The second setting scheme of the firmware is a certain number of pages as a counting unit. When the number of printed pages reaches the value set by the predetermined number of pages, the program delays a certain printing time, thereby controlling the overall printing process, for example, setting The number of printed pages in 1 minute does not exceed 20 pages. When the printer performance reaches 24 pages per minute, 5 pages are used as a unit. When printing 5 pages, the program delays 1 page printing time, after 4 times. Looping, the number of printed pages in one minute can be reduced from the original 24 pages to 20 pages; the firmware settings include but are not limited to the above scheme.

 4) In order to achieve the user's choice of different print speeds for the printer output, the firmware sets the operating state of the printer to two or more alternative print speeds, including not only the original, highest print speed operation. State, and includes other one or more operating states of lower printing speed. At this time, the number of pages that are stopped per unit time in the operating state of different printing speeds is arbitrarily set by the firmware as needed, and printing is stopped. The distribution status of the page number position in the page number at the original printing speed can be arbitrarily set as needed.

 Preferably, one of the printer's print control schemes, as shown in FIG. 2, the firmware sets an operational state of the printer at two alternative print speeds, wherein the operating state is one of the original print speeds output by the printer body, for example 24 ppm, The printing speed of the other operating state is set to be lower than the original printing speed by the firmware, for example, 19 ppm, and the corresponding five pages of the printed page code that are stopped for printing in the unit time are the default printing of 24 sheets at the original printing speed. The positions are merged and arbitrarily distributed. The squares in the figure represent the positions of the number of pages that are normally printed, and the circles represent the positions where the number of pages is stopped.

 The second print control scheme of the printer, as shown in FIG. 3, the firmware sets two operational states of the print speed to the printer, wherein one of the operating states is the original print speed output by the printer body, for example, 24 ppm, another operation The print speed of the state is set to be lower than the original print speed by the firmware, for example, 19 ppm, and the corresponding print page number of the five print pages that are stopped in the corresponding unit time is the default print position of the 24 prints at the original print speed. They are placed together at the end of their position to minimize the amount of time the user waits. The square in the figure represents the position of the normal number of printed pages, and the circle represents the position where the number of pages is stopped.

 The third print control scheme of the printer, as shown in FIG. 4, the firmware sets two operational states of the print speed to the printer, wherein one of the operating states is the original print speed output by the printer body, for example, 24 ppm, another operation The printing speed of the state is set to be lower than the original printing speed by the firmware, for example, 19 ppm, and the corresponding five pages of the printed page number that are stopped in the corresponding unit time are printed at the original printing speed by default. The sheet is divided into two groups of 1 sheet and 4 sheets, and is randomly distributed therein. The square in the figure represents the position of the number of pages to be printed normally, and the circle represents the position at which the number of pages to be printed is stopped.

 The fourth print control scheme of the printer, as shown in FIG. 5, the firmware sets two operational states of the print speed for the printer, wherein one of the operating states is the original print speed output by the printer body, for example, 24 ppm, another operation The printing speed of the state is set to be lower than the original printing speed by the firmware, for example, 19 ppm, and the corresponding printing time of the five printing page codes that are stopped in the unit time is the dispersion of the default printing position of 24 sheets at the original printing speed. Wherever it is distributed, the square in the figure represents the position of the number of pages normally printed, and the circle represents the position where the number of pages is stopped.

 The fifth print control scheme of the printer, as shown in FIG. 6, the firmware sets two operational states of the print speed to the printer, wherein one of the operating states is the original print speed output by the printer body, for example, 32 ppm, another operation The print speed of the state is set to be lower than the original print speed by the firmware, for example, 24 ppm, and the corresponding print page number of the 8 print pages that are stopped in the corresponding unit time at the original print speed is the combined position of the 32 prints. Together, and randomly distributed, the square in the figure represents the position of the number of pages normally printed, and the circle represents the position where the number of pages to be printed is stopped.

 The sixth print control scheme of the printer, as shown in FIG. 7, the firmware sets the operation state of the printer to two alternative print speeds, wherein the operating state is one of the original print speeds output by the printer body, for example, 32 ppm, another operation The print speed of the state is set to be lower than the original print speed by the firmware, for example, 24 ppm, and the corresponding print page number of the 8 print pages that are stopped in the corresponding unit time at the original print speed is the combined position of the 32 prints. They are placed together at the end of their position to minimize the amount of time the user waits. The square in the figure represents the position of the normal number of printed pages, and the circle represents the position where the number of pages is stopped.

 Seven of the printer's print control scheme, as shown in Figure 8, the firmware sets the operating state of the printer to two alternative print speeds, where one of the operating states is the original print speed output by the printer body, for example 32 ppm, another operation The print speed of the state is set to be lower than the original print speed by the firmware, for example, 24 ppm, and the corresponding 8 print page numbers that are stopped for printing in the unit time are 8 prints at the original print speed. The sheet is divided into two groups of 1 sheet and 7 sheets, and is randomly distributed therein. The square in the figure represents the position of the number of pages to be printed normally, and the circle represents the position at which the number of pages to be printed is stopped.

 Eight of the printing speed control method, as shown in FIG. 9, the firmware sets the operating state of the printer to two alternative printing speeds, wherein one of the operating states is that the original printing speed of the printer body is 32 ppm. The printing speed of the other operating state is set to 24 ppm by the firmware, and the corresponding printed page number of the eight printed pages that are delayed in the corresponding unit time is distributed in the default printing position of 32 sheets at the original printing speed. In any of these positions, the square in the figure represents the position of the normal number of printed pages, and the circle represents the position at which the number of pages to be printed is stopped.

 While the present invention has been described above by way of example, it is not intended to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. The scope of protection is subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A printer characterized in that the printer comprises:

   The main body of the printer body, the working speed of the main body of the printer is fixed;

   Print speed control chip with built-in firmware for controlling print speed.

   Wherein the original printing speed of the printer corresponding to the working speed of the main body in the printer body is the highest printing speed of the printer, and the firmware sets the printer with two or two equal to and lower than the original printing speed. More than the above print speed.
2. The printer of claim 1 wherein said firmware is provided with two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting between 1 ppm and 19 ppm; another print speed setting The value is greater than 19 ppm and less than or equal to 24 ppm.
3. The printer of claim 1 wherein said firmware is provided with two selectable print speeds for the printer, one of which has a print speed setting between 1 ppm and 24 ppm; another print speed setting The value is greater than 24 ppm and less than or equal to 32 ppm.
4. A method for controlling a printing speed of a printer, characterized in that the printer comprises a printer body and a printing speed control chip, the main body mechanism in the printer body has a fixed working speed, and the corresponding original printing speed is also fixed. Invariably, the control method of the printing speed includes:

   Controlling, by the firmware built in the print speed control chip, stopping the printer from printing a certain number of pages per unit time to delay the printing operation;

   Two or more selectable print speeds are set for the printer, wherein the two or more print speeds include the original print speed and one or more lower than the original print speeds printing speed.
5. The printing speed control method according to claim 4, characterized in that the printing speed of the printer is set to two, wherein the original printing speed is 24 ppm and the other printing speed is 19 ppm.
6. The printing speed control method according to claim 4, wherein the number of pages printed in the unit time to be printed is a default number of printed pages in the original printing speed.
7. The printing speed control method according to claim 4, wherein said page number of pages printed to stop printing in said unit time is distributed at the end of the default number of printed pages at said original printing speed position.
8. The printing speed control method according to claim 4, wherein the printer has two printing speeds, wherein the original printing speed is 32 ppm and the other printing speed is 24 ppm.
9. The printing speed control method according to claim 4, wherein the firmware controls the printing operation using a timer, and when the number of printed pages reaches a predetermined number of pages, the printing time for reaching the predetermined number of printed pages is calculated, if The timer interrupt function is started after less than one minute, and the delay is delayed to one minute in the interrupt function, the timer is cleared, and then the printing is started.
10. A printing speed control method according to claim 4, wherein said fixing is a unit of a predetermined number of pages, and each time the number of printed pages reaches a value set by said predetermined number of pages, the program delays a certain printing. Time to control the print job.

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