CN103019635B - The printer management method of remote printing e-commerce platform - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to realize the function of printer management, the remote printing e-commerce platform provides a series of printer-side printer interface implementations, including registering printer interfaces, updating printer interfaces, deleting printer interfaces, setting printer access rights interfaces, viewing printer interfaces, and receiving printouts. Task interface, interface for acquiring print tasks, interface for storing printers in a list, and interface for updating print tasks. The realization of these functional interfaces is connected in series to form a set of operations for printer management on the remote printing e-commerce platform, which enriches the functions of printers. It simplifies the realization of the printer, saves the time, effort and cost of printing users, reduces human operation and error rate, and improves work efficiency.

Description

Printer management method for remote printing e-commerce platform

technical field

The invention relates to a method for realizing printer management by a remote printing e-commerce platform, mainly using the remote printing e-commerce platform to manage the operation of the printer at the printer end, and realize registering printers, updating printers, deleting printers, setting printer access rights, viewing Printer, receive print task, obtain print task and list store printer function interface. It belongs to the intersection field of e-commerce and mobile Internet.

Background technique

Traditional printer management monitors local printers or printers in a LAN by installing specific software, mainly including printer monitoring, control and auditing. Specifically, it includes printing event record function, printing audit function, printing control, query and report, printing billing and other functions. The event recording function can record the user name, computer, number of printed pages, printing time, paper size, document name, document type, document content and printing fee, etc.; the printing audit function is mainly used by the administrator, and only approved documents can be printed ;Print control is mainly used to specify different printing strategies for different users; query and report to realize printing log, task analysis report, load analysis report, etc.; printing billing includes billing by paper, billing by ink consumption and other functions.

In recent years, domestic printing services have only appeared on traditional printers, and the service type is only simple printing, that is, electronic documents are printed directly through printers, so printing users need to personally submit the printed documents to the printing shop, and then personally bind and send them to destination. Therefore, expanding the types of printing services on the e-commerce platform to form a service combination, and automatically and reasonably calculating the printing cost on the platform, that is, the combination of remote printing e-commerce services has become an urgent demand in the market; users can search in time on the platform Finding a suitable print shop has become a difficult point on the remote printing e-commerce platform.

For the remote printing platform, in foreign countries, Google provides cloud printing, which is mainly applied to the printing processing platform for individual users. Google cloud printing requires users to install Chrome browser on the computer connected to the printer and register the connected printer. After registration , as long as the user installs the Chrome browser on other computers and logs in the registered account, he can use the printer to print remotely. However, the print management of this platform does not manage details such as the number of printed pages and whether to print on both sides, that is, the types of services are single and need to be used with the Chrome OS platform.

PrinterOn is the first to develop a cloud printing solution and use cloud technology to enable users to print files from any smartphone, laptop or tablet to any printer enabled with PrinterOn technology, to ensure its security, users will receive a PrinterOn The security release code sent by the user must be verified afterwards, so as to ensure that the user can see the document printed by himself. However, when using PrinterOn to serve on the desktop, the user needs to send the file to a specific address or install the driver.

Recently, Ezeep, a Berlin start-up company, also provides a cloud printing service, realizes cloud printing services, and is also a printing service provider that provides desktop and mobile terminals for hotel users. Through Ezeep's subscription system, hotels provide guests with online access, including a pay-per-page mechanism. After uploading the documents, guests can print them through the printer connected to the hotel, and then go to pick up the printed documents. However, the Ezeep service user group is limited to hotel customers.

In addition, the disadvantages of the above remote printing services are that there are few types of services, the printing users have limitations, and none of them involve the management method of the printer and the realization of the functional interface of the printer. However, people's demand for printing has spread to a community or even the entire network, and the types of printing services are no longer limited to printing operations. All service categories related to printing. For these printing services, managing the printer operation and realizing the functional interface of the printer is also a key step, so there is also an urgent need for a remote printing e-commerce platform management printer implementation method.

Contents of the invention

Technical problem: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a printer management method for remote printing e-commerce platform. Through the remote printing e-commerce platform, manage the operation of the printer on the printer side, and realize the related function interface of the printer, including registering the printer, updating the printer, deleting the printer, setting the printer access authority, viewing the printer, receiving the printing task, obtaining the printing task, and storing the printer in the list Function. The present invention also describes in detail the mutual interaction between the remote printing platform and the printer management, tacitly cooperates and complements each other. Saves printing users time, effort and expense.

Technical solution: The steps included in the printer management method of the remote printing e-commerce platform of the present invention are:

Step 1) The printer sends a request to register the printer, and the remote printing platform realizes the registration of the printer:

Step 1.1) The remote printing platform obtains the address of the registration page entered by the user;

Step 1.2) The remote printing platform displays the registration page;

Step 1.3) The remote printing platform obtains all information related to the printer entered by the user, including printer name, agent, function, default setting, status, and description;

Step 1.4) The remote printing platform obtains the user's confirmation of the printer registration information;

Step 1.5) The remote printing platform processes the printer registration information entered by the user, and assigns an identifier to the printer, where the identifier is unique and immutable;

Step 1.6) The remote printing platform displays a successful registration page;

Step 1.7) The remote printing platform returns the printer identifier to the user.

Step 2) The printer sends a request to update the printer information, and the remote printing platform implements the printer information update:

Step 2.1) The remote printing platform obtains information updates from the printer;

Step 2.2) The remote printing platform sends a request to view printer information to view the current information of the printer:

Step 2.2.1) The remote printing platform obtains a request to view printer information;

Step 2.2.2) The remote printing platform obtains the printer identifier;

Step 2.2.3) The remote printing platform judges whether the printer identifier exists according to the printer identifier, if it exists, go to step 2.2.5), otherwise, go to step 2.2.4);

Step 2.2.4) The remote printing platform returns the prompt message "The printer does not exist, please re-enter the printer identifier", go to step 2.2.2);

Step 2.2.5) The remote printing platform obtains the current information of the printer;

Step 2.3) The remote printing platform extracts the current information of the printer and overwrites the original information of the printer;

Step 2.4) The remote printing platform shows that the printer information has been updated successfully.

Step 3) The printer sends a request to delete the printer, and the remote printing platform realizes the deletion of the printer:

Step 3.1) The remote printing platform obtains the printer identifier input by the user;

Step 3.2) The remote printing platform finds the printer according to the printer identifier entered by the user;

Step 3.3) The remote printing platform deletes all information of the printer;

Step 3.4) The remote printing platform displays the information about successfully deleting the printer.

Step 4) The remote printing platform implements a list to store printer information with the same printer agent number:

Step 4.1) The remote printing platform obtains the agent number P of the printer to be stored in the list;

Step 4.2) The remote printing platform obtains all the different printer agent numbers that exist on the remote printing platform, and arranges them in queues;

Step 4.3) The remote printing platform obtains the length of the queue;

Step 4.4) Determine whether the queue length is greater than 0, if the queue length is greater than 0, go to step 4.5), otherwise, go to step 4.9);

Step 4.5) Get the agent number of the printer i at the head of the queue and delete it from the queue;

Step 4.6) The remote printing platform obtains the current printer agent number Pi;

Step 4.7) The remote printing platform judges whether the printer agent number P to be stored in the list is equal to Pi according to the obtained current printer agent number Pi, if they are equal, go to step 4.8), otherwise, go to step 4.3);

Step 4.8) The remote printing platform adds the printer to the list whose agent number is Pi, then go to step 4.11);

Step 4.9) The remote printing platform creates a new list according to the agent number P;

Step 4.10) The remote printing platform adds the printer to the list with the proxy number P;

Step 4.11) The remote printing platform displays the information of successfully joining the list.

Step 5) The printer sends a request to set printer permissions, and the remote printing platform realizes the user access permissions settings of the printer:

Step 5.1) The remote printing platform obtains the user access permission request for setting up the printer;

Step 5.2) The remote printing platform obtains the identifier of the printer;

Step 5.3) The remote printing platform obtains the user's identifier;

Step 5.4) The remote printing platform obtains the permission confirmation of the user to access the printer;

Step 5.5) The remote printing platform adds users to the printer permissions;

Step 5.6) The remote printing platform shows that the printer permissions have been successfully set.

Step 6) The printer receives the task submitted by the printing user forwarded by the remote printing platform:

Step 6.1) The remote printing platform obtains the identifier of the printer;

Step 6.2) The remote printing platform matches the printer;

Step 6.3) The remote printing platform obtains the task information submitted by the printing user and forwards it to the printer;

Step 6.4) Obtain the identifier of the task on the printer side;

Step 6.5) The printer gets the task from the printing platform and sends it to the task queue of the printer;

Step 6.6) The remote printing platform modifies the task status to be in the queue.

Step 7) The printer completes the current task, and obtains the next task through the remote printing platform:

Step 7.1) The remote printing platform obtains the identifier of the printer;

Step 7.2) According to step 2.2), the remote end sends a request to view the printer information to view the current information of the printer;

Step 7.3) The remote printing platform displays the detailed information of the printer;

Step 7.4) The remote printing platform obtains the task queue of the printer;

Step 7.5) The remote printing platform extracts the task at the head of the queue;

Step 7.6) The remote printing platform returns the task at the head of the queue to the printer.

Step 8) The printer sends a request to update the print task information, and the remote printing platform implements the update of the print task information:

Step 8.1) The remote printing platform obtains information updates for printing tasks;

Step 8.2) The remote printing platform checks the current information of the printing task;

Step 8.3) The remote printing platform extracts the current information of the printing task and overwrites the original information of the printing task;

Step 8.4) The remote printing platform shows that the print task information has been updated successfully.

Beneficial effects: compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following innovations:

1) The remote printing e-commerce platform and the printer management cooperate with each other to manage the operation of the printer on the printer side and realize the functional interface of the printer management part;

2) The remote printing e-commerce platform not only provides printing users with all printing-related services, but also provides centralized printing services for printing users, helping printing users save time.

In short, it improves efficiency, saves time and saves cost.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following significant advantages:

1) Enrich the realization function of the printer;

2) Improve the types of printing services;

3) Meet various printing needs of various users in a wider range;

4) Not only commercialization of services, but also automatic billing.

Description of drawings

Figure 1: Flowchart of registering printers on the remote printing platform;

Figure 2: Flowchart of updating printer information on the remote printing platform;

Figure 3: The remote printing platform deletes the registered printer flow chart;

Figure 4: The remote printing platform list stores the printer information flow chart with the same printer agent number;

Figure 5: Flow chart of setting printer permissions on the remote printing platform;

Figure 6: The flow chart of viewing printer information on the remote printing platform;

Figure 7: The printer receives and prints the task flow chart submitted by the user;

Figure 8: The printer completes the current task and obtains the next task flow chart on the remote printing platform;

Figure 9: The remote printing platform updates the printer task flow chart.

Detailed ways

The printer management method of the remote printing e-commerce platform of the present invention realizes all functional interfaces related to printer management through the remote printing e-commerce platform, including registering the printer/Register interface, updating the printer/UpdatePrinter interface, deleting the printer/DeletePrinter interface, Set printer access rights/AuthSetting interface, check printers/CheckPrinter interface, receive print tasks/Receive interface, obtain print tasks/Fetch interface, list store printers\List interface, update print tasks/UpdateJob interface. The specific implementation steps are as follows:

Step 1) The printer side sends a printer registration request, and the remote printing platform realizes the registration of the printer, that is, the registration printer interface/Register is realized. The specific process is shown in Figure 1:

Step 1.1) The user enters the address URL of the registration page to enter the registration page;

Step 1.2) The user enters all information related to the printer, including printer name, agent, function, default setting, status, and description, to register the printer;

Step 1.3) The remote printing platform processes the printer registration information entered by the user, and assigns an identifier to the printer, where the identifier is unique and immutable;

Step 1.4) After the remote printing platform finishes processing the printer registration information input by the user, it returns the successful registration information to the user;

Step 1.5) Finally, the remote printing platform will also return the printer identifier to the user.

Step 2) The printer sends a request to update printer information, and the remote printing platform implements the update of printer information, that is, the update printer/UpdatePrinter interface is realized. The specific process is shown in Figure 2:

Step 2.1) After the information on the printer is updated, the printer will call the information interface and send the updated information to the remote printing platform;

Step 2.2) After the remote printing platform receives the update information, it will send a request to check the printer information to check the current information of the printer, that is, the check printer/CheckPrinter interface is realized. The specific process is shown in Figure 6:

Step 2.2.1) The remote printing platform obtains the printer identifier while sending a request to view the printer information;

Step 2.2.2) The remote printing platform judges whether the printer identifier exists according to the printer identifier, if it exists, go to step 2.2.4), otherwise, go to step 2.2.3);

Step 2.2.3) The remote printing platform returns the prompt message "The printer does not exist, please re-enter the printer identifier", go to step 2.2.2);

Step 2.2.4) The remote printing platform obtains the current information of the printer;

Step 2.3) The remote printing platform extracts the current information of the printer, overwrites the original information of the printer, and updates the information;

Step 2.4) The remote printing platform returns successfully updated printer information to the user.

Step 3) The printer side sends a request to delete the printer, and the remote printing platform realizes the deletion of the printer, that is, the delete printer/DeletePrinter interface is realized. The specific process is shown in Figure 3:

Step 3.1) The user enters the printer identifier to be deleted;

Step 3.2) The remote printing platform finds the printer according to the printer identifier entered by the user;

Step 3.3) The remote printing platform deletes all information of the printer;

Step 3.4) The remote printing platform returns successfully deleted printer information to the user.

Step 4) The remote printing platform realizes the list storage of the printer information with the same agent number of the printer, that is, realizes the list storage printer\List interface, and the specific process is shown in Figure 4:

Step 4.1) Enter the agent number P of the printer to be stored in the list;

Step 4.2) Obtain all the different printer agent numbers that already exist on the remote printing platform, arrange the queues, and calculate the length of the queues;

Step 4.3) The remote printing platform judges whether the queue length is greater than 0 according to the obtained queue length, if the queue length is greater than 0, go to step 4.4), otherwise, go to step 4.7);

Step 4.4) Take the agent number Pi of the printer i at the head of the queue, and decrease the queue length by 1;

Step 4.5) The remote printing platform judges whether the printer agent number P to be stored in the list is equal to Pi according to the acquired current printer agent number Pi, if they are equal, go to step 4.6), otherwise, go to step 4.3);

Step 4.6) The remote printing platform adds the printer to the list whose proxy number is Pi, then go to step 4.8);

Step 4.7) The remote printing platform creates a new list according to the agent number P, and adds the printer to the list with the agent number P;

Step 4.8) The remote printing platform returns successfully added list information to the user.

Step 5) The printer side sends a request to set printer permissions, and the remote printing platform realizes the user access permissions setting of the printer, that is, the interface of setting printer access permissions/AuthSetting is realized, and the specific process is shown in Figure 5:

Step 5.1) The remote printing platform obtains the printer's identifier and the user's identifier while obtaining the user's access permission request for setting the printer;

Step 5.2) After the user confirms the user's permission to access the printer, the remote printing platform adds the user to the printer permission;

Step 5.3) The remote printing platform returns the information that the printer permission has been successfully set to the user.

Step 6) The printer receives the printing task submitted by the printing user forwarded by the remote printing platform, that is, the receiving printing task/Receive interface is realized, and the specific process is shown in Figure 7:

Step 6.1) Enter the identifier of the printer that will accept the job;

Step 6.2) The remote printing platform matches the printer according to the input printer identifier;

Step 6.3) The remote printing platform obtains the task information submitted by the printing user and obtains the unique identifier of the task;

Step 6.4) After the remote printing platform sends the task to the task queue of the matched printer, change the task status to Queued;

Step 6.5) The remote printing platform returns successfully received task information to the user.

Step 7) The printer completes the current task and obtains the next task through the remote printing platform, that is, the acquisition of printing task/Fetch interface is realized. The specific process is shown in Figure 8:

Step 7.1) The user enters the identifier of the printer;

Step 7.2) According to step 2.2), the remote end sends a request to view the printer information to view the current information of the printer;

Step 7.3) After checking the current information of the printer, and display the detailed information of the printer;

Step 7.4) According to the detailed information of the printer, the remote printing platform obtains the task queue of the printer, and extracts the task at the head of the queue;

Step 7.5) The remote printing platform returns the task at the head of the queue to the printer.

Step 8) The printer sends a request to update the print job information, and the remote printing platform implements the update of the print job information, that is, the update print job/UpdateJob interface is realized. The specific process is shown in Figure 9:

Step 8.1) When the printing task has information update, call the information interface and send the update information to the remote printing platform;

Step 8.2) After receiving the updated information, the remote printing platform immediately uses the function of viewing the current information of the printing task to view the updated printing task information;

Step 8.3) The remote printing platform extracts the current information of the printing task, overwrites the original information of the printing task, and updates the information of the Jinxi printing task;

Step 8.4) The remote printing platform returns successfully updated printing task information to the user.

Claims (1)

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A printer management method for remote printing e-commerce platform, characterized in that the method The steps involved in the method are: Step 1) The printer sends a request to register the printer, and the remote printing platform realizes the registration of the printer: Step 1.1) The remote printing platform obtains the address of the registration page entered by the user; Step 1.2) The remote printing platform displays the registration page; Step 1.3) The remote printing platform obtains the information of the printer name, agent, function, default setting, and status input by the user; Step 1.4) The remote printing platform obtains the user's confirmation of the printer registration information; Step 1.5) The remote printing platform processes the printer registration information entered by the user, and assigns an identifier to the printer, where the identifier is unique and immutable; Step 1.6) The remote printing platform displays a successful registration page; Step 1.7) The remote printing platform returns the printer identifier to the user; Step 2) The printer sends a request to update the printer information, and the remote printing platform implements the printer information update: Step 2.1) The remote printing platform obtains information updates from the printer; Step 2.2) The remote printing platform sends a request to view printer information to view the current information of the printer: Step 2.2.1) The remote printing platform obtains a request to view printer information; Step 2.2.2) The remote printing platform obtains the printer identifier; Step 2.2.3) The remote printing platform judges whether the printer identifier exists according to the printer identifier, if it exists, go to step 2.2.5), otherwise, go to step 2.2.4); Step 2.2.4) The remote printing platform returns the prompt message "The printer does not exist, please re-enter the printer identifier", go to step 2.2.2); Step 2.2.5) The remote printing platform obtains the current information of the printer; Step 2.3) The remote printing platform extracts the current information of the printer and overwrites the original information of the printer; Step 2.4) The remote printing platform displays that the printer information has been successfully updated; Step 3) The printer sends a request to delete the printer, and the remote printing platform realizes the deletion of the printer: Step 3.1) The remote printing platform obtains the printer identifier input by the user; Step 3.2) The remote printing platform finds the printer according to the printer identifier entered by the user; Step 3.3) The remote printing platform deletes all information of the printer; Step 3.4) The remote printing platform displays the printer information successfully deleted; Step 4) The remote printing platform implements a list to store printer information with the same printer agent number: Step 4.1) The remote printing platform obtains the agent number P of the printer to be stored in the list; Step 4.2) The remote printing platform obtains all the different printer agent numbers that exist on the remote printing platform, and arranges them in queues; Step 4.3) The remote printing platform obtains the length of the queue; Step 4.4) Determine whether the queue length is greater than 0, if the queue length is greater than 0, go to step 4.5), otherwise, go to step 4.9); Step 4.5) Get the agent number of the printer i at the head of the queue and delete it from the queue; Step 4.6) The remote printing platform obtains the current printer agent number Pi; Step 4.7) The remote printing platform judges whether the printer agent number P to be stored in the list is equal to Pi according to the acquired current printer agent number Pi, if they are equal, go to step 4.8), otherwise, go to step 4.3); Step 4.8) The remote printing platform adds the printer to the list whose agent number is Pi, then go to step 4.11); Step 4.9) The remote printing platform creates a new list according to the agent number P; Step 4.10) The remote printing platform adds the printer to the list with the proxy number P; Step 4.11) The remote printing platform displays the information of successfully joining the list; Step 5) The printer sends a request to set printer permissions, and the remote printing platform realizes the user access permissions settings of the printer: Step 5.1) The remote printing platform obtains the user access permission request for setting up the printer; Step 5.2) The remote printing platform obtains the identifier of the printer; Step 5.3) The remote printing platform obtains the user's identifier; Step 5.4) The remote printing platform obtains the permission confirmation of the user to access the printer; Step 5.5) The remote printing platform adds users to the printer permissions; Step 5.6) The remote printing platform shows that the printer permissions have been successfully set; Step 6) The printer receives the task submitted by the printing user forwarded by the remote printing platform: Step 6.1) The remote printing platform obtains the identifier of the printer; Step 6.2) The remote printing platform matches the printer; Step 6.3) The remote printing platform obtains the task information submitted by the printing user and forwards it to the printer; Step 6.4) Obtain the identifier of the task on the printer side; Step 6.5) The printer gets the task from the printing platform and sends it to the task queue of the printer; Step 6.6) The remote printing platform modifies the task status to be in the queue; Step 7) The printer completes the current task, and obtains the next task through the remote printing platform: Step 7.1) The remote printing platform obtains the identifier of the printer; Step 7.2) According to step 2.2), the remote end sends a request to view the printer information to view the current information of the printer; Step 7.3) The remote printing platform displays the detailed information of the printer; Step 7.4) The remote printing platform obtains the task queue of the printer; Step 7.5) The remote printing platform extracts the task at the head of the queue; Step 7.6) The remote printing platform returns the task at the head of the queue to the printer; Step 8) The printer sends a request to update the print task information, and the remote printing platform implements the update of the print task information: Step 8.1) The remote printing platform obtains information updates for printing tasks; Step 8.2) The remote printing platform checks the current information of the printing task; Step 8.3) The remote printing platform extracts the current information of the printing task and overwrites the original information of the printing task; Step 8.4) The remote printing platform shows that the print task information has been updated successfully.