CN102915217A - Network printing equipment and printing method for printing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention proposes a network printing device, comprising: a printing device, the printing device includes a peripheral interface for printing received files; and an intelligent storage device, the intelligent storage device passes through the peripheral interface It is connected with the printing device, and is used for receiving the user's demand information, searching and obtaining the corresponding user-required file through the network according to the demand information, and sending the user-required file to the printing device. This network printing device breaks through the interconnection limitation of traditional printing technology, realizes automatic online retrieval and printing of information, and has good compatibility, strong practicability and high security. The invention also proposes a printing method for the printing device.

Description

Network printing device and printing method for printing device

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of mobile Internet, in particular to a network printing device and a printing method for the printing device.

Background technique

As the standard output device of the computer, the printer is mainly used to print the computer processing results on the relevant media. The printing resolution, printing speed and noise have always been the traditional indicators used to measure the performance of the printer. The traditional printer usage mode is that after the user establishes the physical connection between the host and the printer, he adds the printer through the "control panel" of the host and installs the corresponding driver to realize the logical connection between the two, and finally the printer prints the files stored on the host .

Today, with the rapid development of mobile Internet technology, users expect more flexible and efficient printing methods to get rid of the traditional local printing of local files. Therefore, printing technology is developing in the direction of intelligence and multi-interconnection.

As a product of the organic combination of cloud computing technology and traditional printer technology, cloud printing technology is regarded as a solution to realize online resource sharing. For example, a series of cloud printing services provided by Hewlett-Packard Company are based on a randomly generated 12-digit email address for printers that support cloud printing. Or accessories to print out without installing any special drivers or software. Google cloud printing technology allows users to connect to Google's various existing cloud service platforms through Chrome to achieve remote printing. Although these printing technologies have broken through the connectivity limitations of printers, and users can realize remote file printing services anytime and anywhere, they also have great limitations.

The disadvantages of the existing technologies are: firstly, sending the printed documents to the server of the cloud platform operator by email or client has great privacy and security issues; secondly, these technologies require the user to have a printer that supports the cloud printing function, Moreover, the cloud printing solutions launched by each manufacturer only support their own corresponding models of printers, and the compatibility is poor.

Contents of the invention

The present invention aims at solving at least one of the above-mentioned technical drawbacks.

Therefore, the first object of the present invention is to provide a network printing device, which realizes automatic online retrieval and printing of files according to user configuration, and has strong practicability and high security. The second object of the present invention is also to propose a printing method for a printing device.

In order to achieve the above object, the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention proposes a network printing device, including: a printing device, the printing device includes a peripheral interface for printing the received file; and an intelligent storage device, The intelligent storage device is connected to the printing device through the peripheral interface, and is used to receive the user's demand information, and according to the demand information, search and obtain the corresponding user's required files through the network, and store the user's required files The required file is sent to the printing device.

The network printing device according to the embodiment of the present invention breaks through the interconnection limitation of the traditional printing technology, realizes the automatic online retrieval and printing of information, that is, automatically searches and obtains the corresponding files through the Internet according to the user's needs, and prints them by the printer. Improved user experience. At the same time, the network printing device in the embodiment of the present invention has good compatibility, strong practicability, and high security.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the network printing device further includes an information terminal, and the user sends the demand information to the smart storage device through the information terminal.

Moreover, the smart storage device is also used to store files required by the user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after downloading the file required by the user, the intelligent storage device judges whether it has received the user's confirmation print information, and after receiving the confirmation print information, sends the user The required files are sent to the printing device for printing.

In addition, the smart storage device checks for updates of files required by the user at a predetermined cycle.

In an example of the present invention, the peripheral interface of the printing device may be a universal serial bus USB interface and an SD card slot.

The embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention proposes a printing method for a printing device, including the following steps:

The smart storage device receives the demand information sent by the user;

The intelligent storage device searches and obtains the corresponding user-required file through the network according to the requirement information, and sends the user-required file to the printing device; and

The printing device prints the file required by the user.

According to the printing method of the embodiment of the present invention, by configuring the printing device, the automatic online retrieval and printing of the printed file is realized, that is, the corresponding file is automatically searched and obtained through the Internet according to the user's needs, and printed by the printer, which improves the user's ability to print. experience. In addition, it breaks through the interconnection limitation of the traditional printing method, has strong practicability, and has high safety performance.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the user sends the demand information to the smart storage device through an information terminal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the smart storage device stores the file required by the user after downloading the file required by the user.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the printing method further includes the following steps:

After downloading the file required by the user, the intelligent storage device judges whether it has received confirmation printing information from the user; if so, sends the file required by the user to the printing device for printing.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the smart storage device checks for updates of files required by the user at a predetermined period.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Description of drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and comprehensible from the description of the embodiments in conjunction with the following drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a network printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of a printing method for a printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 3 is a specific flowchart of a printing method for a printing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are shown in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals designate the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the figures are exemplary only for explaining the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "first" and "second" are used for description purposes only, and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise specified and limited, the terms "installation", "connection" and "connection" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection or a detachable connection. Connected, or integrally connected; it may be mechanically connected or electrically connected; it may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediary, and it may be the internal communication of two components. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention in specific situations.

The following describes a network printing device according to an embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention with reference to FIG. 1 .

As shown in FIG. 1 , the network printing device provided by the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention includes a printing device 101 and an intelligent storage device 102 . Wherein, the printing device 101 includes an external device interface for printing the received file. The smart storage device 102 is connected to the printing device 101 through an external device interface, and is used to receive the user's demand information, search and obtain the corresponding user-required file through the network according to the demand information, and send the user-required file to the printing device 101 .

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1 , the above-mentioned network printing device further includes an information terminal 103 , and the user sends demand information to the smart storage device 102 through the information terminal 103 .

In an example of the present invention, the information terminal 103 may be a smart phone, a tablet computer, and the like. Specifically, the user enters demand information on the information terminal 103 , and uses the information terminal 103 to send the demand information to the smart storage device 102 through a short message or email.

Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, the printing device 101 supports portable storage devices and has standard peripheral interfaces, such as USB (Universal Serial Bus, universal serial bus) interface, SD card slot, etc., and the printing device 101 101, as an application data output device, can realize printing and sharing of pictures or files.

The smart storage device 102 can be directly inserted into the printing device 101 through the above-mentioned peripheral interface, and is mainly used to realize the network search and download of files required by the user and provide the printing device 101 with necessary file information. Compared with traditional standard portable storage devices, smart storage device 102 has data communication capability to realize data interaction between the system and the network or other interconnected devices, and also has computing power to realize analysis and data retrieval of user needs. Of course, the smart storage device 102 is also used to store files required by the user.

In addition, the user needs to personalize the functions of the smart storage device 102 . That is to say, the user needs to determine the feature information of the picture or file to be collected, such as file attributes, keywords, update time and other information. The functional configuration can be implemented locally on the printing device 101, or can be configured remotely through the information terminal 103 such as a smart phone or a tablet computer.

Therefore, the network printing device according to the embodiment of the present invention breaks through the interconnection limitation of the traditional printing technology, realizes automatic online retrieval and printing of information, and also has strong compatibility.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the smart storage device 102 checks for updates of files required by the user at a predetermined cycle. That is to say, the smart storage device 102 relies on its own computing and communication capabilities to retrieve and download files according to user needs, and periodically checks whether there is an update. For example, the smart storage device 102 will search for pictures in a specific user account on a designated picture sharing website according to user configuration, and the searched results will be automatically downloaded to the smart storage device 102 . Moreover, when the search results are downloaded or updated, the smart storage device 102 will notify the user to check the current results to determine whether they meet the needs of the user.

In one embodiment of the present invention, after downloading the file required by the user, the smart storage device 102 judges whether it has received the confirmation printing information from the user, and after receiving the confirmation printing information, sends the file required by the user to the printing device 101 to print. Of course, users can also choose to automatically print the search results.

The network printing device according to the embodiment of the present invention breaks through the interconnection limitation of the traditional printing technology, realizes the automatic online retrieval and printing of information, that is, automatically searches and obtains the corresponding files through the Internet according to the user's needs, and prints them by the printer. Improved user experience. At the same time, the network printing device in the embodiment of the present invention has good compatibility, strong practicability, and high security.

A printing method for a printing device according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention is described below with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 .

As shown in Figure 2, the printing method for the printing device includes the following steps:

S201. The smart storage device receives demand information sent by a user.

S202. The smart storage device searches and acquires the corresponding user-required file through the network according to the requirement information, and sends the user-required file to the printing device.

S203, the printing device prints the file required by the user.

Specifically, in one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, the above-mentioned printing method for a printing device includes the following steps:

S301. Perform function configuration on the smart storage device.

Specifically, users need to customize the functions of smart storage devices. That is to say, the user needs to determine the feature information of the picture or file to be collected, such as file attributes, keywords, update time and other information. Functional configuration can be implemented locally on the printing device, or can be remotely configured through an information terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet computer.

In an example of the present invention, the user sends the demand information to the smart storage device through the information terminal. Specifically, the user enters the demand information on the information terminal, and uses the information terminal to send the demand information to the smart storage device through SMS or email.

S302. The intelligent storage device automatically retrieves and downloads files required by the user.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the smart storage device checks for updates of files required by the user at a predetermined cycle. That is to say, the smart storage device relies on its own computing and communication capabilities to retrieve and download files according to the user's needs, and periodically checks for updates. For example, the smart storage device will search for pictures in a specific user account on a designated picture sharing website according to user configuration, and the searched results will be automatically downloaded to the smart storage device. Moreover, when the search result is downloaded or updated, the smart storage device will notify the user to check the current result to determine whether it meets the user's needs.

S303. The smart storage device stores the downloaded files required by the user.

S304, the user previews the downloaded file and selects whether to print it. If yes, enter the next step S305; if no, return to step S304.

That is to say, after downloading the file required by the user, the smart storage device judges whether it has received confirmation printing information from the user, and if so, sends the file required by the user to the printing device for printing. Of course, users can also choose to automatically print the search results.

S305, printing the file required by the user.

According to the printing method of the embodiment of the present invention, by configuring the printing device, the automatic online retrieval and printing of the printed file is realized, that is, the corresponding file is automatically searched and obtained through the Internet according to the user's needs, and printed by the printer, which improves the user's ability to print. experience. In addition, it breaks through the interconnection limitation of the traditional printing method, has strong practicability, and has high safety performance.

In the description of this specification, descriptions referring to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific examples", or "some examples" mean that specific features described in connection with the embodiment or example , structure, material or characteristic is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, those skilled in the art can understand that various changes, modifications, substitutions and modifications can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principle and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (11)

1. a network print apparatus is characterized in that, comprising:

Printing equipment, described printing equipment comprises Peripheral Interface, is used for the file that receives is printed; With

Intelligent storage equipment, described intelligent storage equipment links to each other with described printing equipment by described Peripheral Interface, be used for receiving user's demand information, and according to described demand information by web search and obtain the corresponding required file of user, and the required file of described user is sent to described printing equipment.

2. printing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, also comprises:

Information terminal, the user is sent to described intelligent storage equipment by described information terminal with described demand information.

3. printing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described intelligent storage equipment also is used for storing the required file of described user.

4. printing device as claimed in claim 2 or claim 3, it is characterized in that, described intelligent storage equipment is after the required file of described user is finished in download, judge whether to receive user's affirmation type information, and after receiving described affirmation type information, the required file of described user is sent to described printing equipment to print.

5. printing device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described intelligent storage equipment checks the renewal of the required file of described user with predetermined period.

6. such as each described printing device of claim 1-5, it is characterized in that, the Peripheral Interface of described printing equipment is general-purpose serial bus USB interface, SD draw-in groove.

7. a Method of printing that is used for printing device is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:

Intelligent storage equipment receives the demand information that the user sends;

Described intelligent storage equipment by web search and obtain the corresponding required file of user, and is sent to printing equipment with the required file of described user according to described demand information; And

Described printing equipment prints the required file of described user.

8. Method of printing as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, and is further comprising the steps of:

The user is sent to described intelligent storage equipment by information terminal with described demand information.

9. Method of printing as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, and is further comprising the steps of:

Described intelligent storage equipment is stored the required file of described user after the required file of described user is finished in download.

10. such as each described Method of printing of claim 7-9, it is characterized in that, further comprising the steps of:

Described intelligent storage equipment judges whether to receive user's affirmation type information after the required file of described user is finished in download; If so, then the required file of described user is sent to described printing equipment to print.

11. Method of printing as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, and is further comprising the steps of:

Described intelligent storage equipment checks the renewal of the required file of described user with predetermined period.

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