KR101876875B1 - System for remote printing using identifying code - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a printer to which an identification code is attached, comprising: an unattended printer for printing and outputting a printing file received from an unattended printer operating server; The printing information including the selected printing file information and the number of printing sheets is transmitted to the unmanned printer operating server, and the identification information of the unattended printer to be printed is selected A mobile terminal for scanning the code to read the unattended printer identification information and transmitting the read unattended printer identification information to the unattended printer operating server; And printing information including printing file information selected by a user and printing information including a printing number is transmitted to an unattended printer having unattended printer identification information received from the mobile terminal, And a printer operation server.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a remote printing system using identification codes,

The present invention relates to a remote printing system, and to a remote printing system through identification code recognition.

Generally, an unmanned document issuer issuing a certificate such as a transcript, a registered copy, etc., prints a document to a printer by placing a printer therein. Especially, most documents such as certificates are printed on standardized paper such as A4, B4, letter, etc. Therefore, the unmanned document issuer uses a universally used small printer. That is, an unmanned printer that prints and issues a non-standard paper such as a movie ticket, a meal ticket, or the like, uses a self-manufactured or specially customized printer, while an unattended document issuer that issues a certificate And prints the document to be issued. This is because it is more economical to purchase and install commercialized printers rather than specialized printers.

On the other hand, existing unmanned printers provide a printed matter issued by a company, such as a movie ticket, a meal ticket, etc., to be outputted, and there is a problem that each individual can not use it privately.

In particular, smart office has recently become a smart work era that enables users to view their work efficiently whenever and wherever they want, even when they are not in the office due to the cloud environment of Smart Office. However, There is a problem in that the inefficiency of the business is not provided.

The applicant of the present invention has disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-1581827 that a kiosk is used for printing through an unattended printer so that prints can be printed anywhere easily.

However, the existing Korean Patent No. 10-1581827 has inconveniences that the user has to input the information about the printer ID and the print file to be printed through the kiosk one by one. In addition, there was a problem that the unattended printer could not be used if the kiosk failed.

Korean Patent No. 10-1581827

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a remote printing method capable of remote printing through identification code recognition.

The embodiment of the present invention is a printer to which an identification code is attached. The printer includes an unattended printer that prints and prints a printing file received from an unattended printer operating server, And transmits the printing information including the selected printing file information and the number of printing sheets to the unattended printer operating server. The unattended printer identification information is read by scanning the identification code attached to the unattended printer to be printed out, A printing method for printing printing information including printing file information selected by a user and printing information including printing number information selected from a user, tablet By sending an unattended printer operation may include a server having your printing.

The identification code may include at least one of a QR code and a bar code.

The unmanned printer operating server includes a server communication unit for communicating with the unattended printer and the mobile terminal, a file storage unit for assigning and managing a unique password for each file registered by the user, unattended printer identification information to be printed and printing information A remote printing screen providing unit for generating a remote printing screen to be provided to the mobile terminal; A payment processing unit for performing payment for remote printing; and a printing command unit for transmitting printing information to an unattended printer having unattended printer identification information input through the remote printing screen when remote printing is completed, thereby performing printing; . ≪ / RTI >

The remote printing screen may include a first remote printing screen on which printing file selection and identification code reading are performed; And a remote printing second screen for receiving the printing number and the monochrome selection. When the file selection and the identification code reading are completed through the remote printing first screen, the remote printing second screen is displayed can do.

The remote printing first screen may include a list of files registered by the user on the unattended printer operating server and an ID code scan button for each file, The unidentified printer identification information can be read by scanning the identified identification code.

The unattended printer management server includes an electronic map providing unit for generating an electronic map displaying an unattended printer installation point and providing the electronic map to the mobile terminal, wherein the electronic map is allocated and stored with an identification code image for each unattended printer installation point .

Wherein the remote printing screen includes an electronic map display field in which the electronic map is displayed, and wherein the mobile terminal is configured to display, when one of the unattended printer installation points is selected on the electronic map, The identification information of the code image can be read and transmitted to the unmanned printer operating server.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, remote printing can be performed through identification code recognition, so that printing can be easily performed regardless of the type of all unattended printers in each place.

1 is a configuration diagram of a remote printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is an illustration of an identification code according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a configuration of an unattended printer operation server according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is an illustration of a first remote printing screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is an illustration of a second remote printing screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is an illustration of an electronic map showing an unattended printer installation point according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and how to achieve them, will be apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments thereof taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being limited to the exemplary embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. And the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a remote printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram of an identification code according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The remote printing system of the present invention may include a wired / wireless communication network (not shown), an unattended printer 100, a mobile terminal 200, and an unattended printer operation server 300, as shown in FIG.

A wired / wireless communication network (not shown) provides wireless communication or wired communication between the unattended printer 100, the mobile terminal 200, and the unattended printer operation server 300. When the wired / wireless communication network is implemented as a wireless communication network, data is transmitted using a wireless mobile communication network including a base transceiver station (BTS), a mobile switching center (MSC), and a home location register (HLR) Communication can be performed. In addition, when a wired / wireless communication network is implemented as a wired communication network, it can be implemented as a network communication network, and data communication can be performed according to Internet protocols such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

The unattended printer 100 is a specially customized printer. When the payment is completed, the unattended printer 100 prints and prints the printing file received from the unattended printer operating server 300. The unattended printer 100 can be installed in any place such as a government office, a school, a hospital, a subway station, a cafe, and the like. In some cases, the user can browse the advertisement contents through the unattended printer 100 and proceed to settle the printing fee using the advertisement browsing fee accumulated as the price for the browsing. The payment of the print fee using the advertisement viewing ratio can be made only by a part of the print fee, and the remaining amount can be paid directly by the user, or the entire printing fee can be covered by the advertisement viewing ratio.

Particularly, in the unattended printer 100 of the present invention, an identification code is attached. The identification code may correspond to a QR code as shown in Fig. 2 (a), or may correspond to a bar code as shown in Fig. 2 (b). Other than the QR code and the bar code, various other identification codes may be applicable.

For reference, in the case of a QR code, which is a kind of identification code, 0 and 1 are distinguished according to whether the checkerboard pattern of the data area is a bright color or a dark color. The more dense the checkered pattern, the more data can be stored. Depending on the amount of information entered, the number of checkers can be different, and the current version 1 (21 checkerboards × 21 checkerboards) to version 40 (177 × 177) is available. Converting the highest version 40 to data is 23,648 bits. 7,089 numbers, 4,296 alphabetic characters, 2,953 binary numbers.

Accordingly, identification information capable of identifying the unattended printer 100 can be recorded according to the pattern of the QR code.

Although the mobile terminal 200 is a terminal used by a user who wants to print using the unmanned printer 100, a smart phone is shown in the drawing, but other various mobile terminals 200 such as a tablet, .

The mobile terminal 200 selects the printing file information and the printing number to print from among the files registered and stored by the user in the unattended printer operating server 300 and transmits the printing information including the selected printing file information and the printing number to the unattended printer To the operation server (300).

In addition, the mobile terminal 200 scans the identification code attached to the unattended printer 100 for printing, reads the unattended printer identification information, and transmits the read unattended printer identification information to the unattended printer operating server 300. That is, the user scans the identification code attached to the unattended printer 100 to be used by his / her own mobile terminal 200. For example, when the third unattended printer 100c located in the waiting area of Seoul station is to be used, the identification code attached to the third unattended printer 100c provided in the Seoul station waiting room is scanned to read the unattended printer identification information, To the operation server 300.

For reference, a mobile terminal 200 implemented by a smart phone or the like is installed with an unattended printer use application (APP) distributed by the unattended printer operation server 300, Input and so on.

The unattended printer operating server 300 is a server that stores various contents files such as photographs, documents, and videos registered by a user, and connects the Internet to provide cloud services that can be used in various devices such as a notebook computer, a smart phone, and the like.

The unmanned printer operating server 300 has the same configuration as that of a typical web server in terms of hardware and is implemented in various types of languages such as C, C ++, Java, Visual Basic, Visual C, And a program module that performs branch functions.

The unattended printer management server 300 of the present invention stores files registered by the user and notifies the unattended printer 100 having unattended printer identification information received from the mobile terminal 200 of the printing file information selected by the user Printing information including the number of printing sheets is transmitted to perform printing.

For example, when the first user uses the third unattended printer 100c located in the waiting room in the Seoul Station, the user's mobile terminal 200 transmits an identification code attached to the third unattended printer 100c provided in the Seoul Station waiting room It is assumed that the unattended printer identification information is scanned to be read and transmitted to the unattended printer operation server 300 together with information on the printing file to be printed. In this case, the unmanned printer operating server 300 transmits a control command to the third unattended printer 100c provided in the Seoul Station waiting room by transmitting the printing file and the number of prints, so that printing is performed, .

The existing shared printer system has been provided by installing a printer to print out the printout and an internal network computer (kiosk, tablet pc, etc.) to issue print commands in a package format. In other words, the internal network computer at the place of service has served as the server of the printer.

However, in the specific code identification service of the present invention, the printer registers with the operation server without registering in an internal network computer (kiosk, tablet pc, etc.) serving as a server, Forwarding registration), which is an unattended shared printer service device provided by the present invention.

Hereinafter, the printing operation server will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an unattended printer operating server according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a view illustrating an example of a first remote printing screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 6 is an exemplary diagram of an electronic map showing unattended printer installation points according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

3, the unattended printer operation server 300 includes a server communication unit 310, a file storage unit 320, a remote printing screen providing unit 330, a payment processing unit 340, and a printing command unit 350 ). In addition, an electronic map provider 360 may be further included.

The server communication unit 310 supports hardware and software protocols for communicating with the unmanned printer 100 and the mobile terminal 200, respectively. The server communication unit 310 can perform data communication in accordance with an Internet protocol such as TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol).

The file storage unit 320 is a storage body storing various files such as photographs, documents, and moving pictures registered by the user. A unique ID or unique number is assigned and stored for each file to be registered. Such a storage body may be a hard disk drive, an SSD drive (Solid State Drive), a flash memory, a CF card (Compact Flash Card), an SD card (Secure Digital Card) Card, an MMC card (Multi-Media Card), a memory stick, and the like, or may be provided in a separate device.

In addition, the file storage unit 310 assigns and manages a unique password for each file registered by the user. Therefore, not only can the user print out the uploaded file, but also share the password of the file with e-mail, text, sns, etc., so that all the users who installed the app can access documents or photos Can be output.

The remote printing screen providing unit 330 generates a remote printing screen for receiving unattended printer identification information and printing information to be printed, and provides the remote printing screen to the mobile terminal 200.

As shown in FIG. 4, the remote printing screen includes a remote printing first screen on which printing file selection and identification code reading are performed, a printing file name selected as shown in FIG. 5, and a printing number and a black- Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > remote printing < / RTI > After the file selection and the identification code reading are completed through the remote printing first screen, the remote printing second screen is displayed.

The first screen of remote printing displays a list of files registered by the user in the unattended printer operation server 300 and an ID code scan button 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d for each file. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, the mobile terminal 200 scans the identification code attached to the unattended printer 100 when the identification code scan button 10 is selected, and reads the unattended printer identification information.

When the reading of the unattended printer identification information is completed, the remote printing second screen shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, and the number of printing and the printing black and white selection are received.

The settlement processing unit 340 performs settlement for remote printing. The payment can be made by card payment, point payment, etc., and in some cases, it is possible to browse the advertisement displayed on the unattended printer and process all or part of the printing settlement ratio as the price for viewing the advertisement.

When the remote printing settlement is completed, the printing command unit 350 transmits printing information to the unattended printer 100 having the unattended printer identification information input through the remote printing screen to perform printing. Accordingly, the unattended printer 100 receiving the printing information prints and prints the print, and the user can obtain the print on the spot.

On the other hand, there may be a case where a remote third party is required to provide a print to a remote third party. For example, suppose that a student in 'Hong Kil-dong' should submit a report assignment, but submit it only as a print. If 'Hong Gil-dong' is suddenly in a hurry and you can not go to school on the report day, you can ask the college student 'imiza' at school to submit a report. In case that there is no PC room in the school campus and printing is difficult, 'imiza' college student will be able to receive the printing materials of 'Hong Gil-dong' report through the unmanned printer 100 provided at the student hall.

For this purpose, 'Hong Kil-dong' should request the output of his report assignment to the unmanned printer (100) located at the student hall of the university from a distance, not from the school.

To this end, the unmanned printer operating server 300 of the present invention includes an electronic map providing unit 360 for generating an electronic map on which an installation point of the unattended printer 100 is displayed and providing the generated electronic map to the mobile terminal 200. Here, the electronic map is such that an identification code image is assigned and stored for each unattended printer installation point.

Accordingly, the remote printing screen of the mobile terminal 200 includes an electronic map display field in which the electronic map is displayed. When the mobile terminal 200 selects one of the unattended printer 100 installation points on the electronic map, The identification information of the identification code image assigned to the installation point of the printer 100 is read and transmitted to the unmanned printer operating server 300.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6 (a), 'Hong Gil Dong' at home can select an unattended printer 100 provided at a student hall of a university where he / she is staying on an electronic map displayed on his mobile terminal, An identification code image of the point-of-unattended printer 100 is displayed as shown in Fig. 6 (b). Accordingly, the mobile terminal 200 can scan the ID code image and send the ID code information, which is read, to the unmanned printer operating server 300 to request the output of the report assignment work.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are selected and presented in order to assist those of ordinary skill in the art from among various possible examples. The technical idea of the present invention is not necessarily limited to or limited to these embodiments Various changes, modifications, and other equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

100: Branch office unattended printer
200: mobile terminal
300: Unattended printer operating server

Claims (7)

An unattended printer for printing and printing a printing file received from an unattended printer operating server;
The printing information including the selected printing file information and the number of printing sheets is transmitted to the unmanned printer operating server, and the identification information of the unattended printer to be printed is selected A mobile terminal for scanning the code to read the unattended printer identification information and transmitting the read unattended printer identification information to the unattended printer operating server; And
An unattended printer that stores printing files including information on printing files selected by a user and printing information to an unattended printer having unattended printer identification information received from the mobile terminal, An operating server,
Wherein the unattended printer operation server comprises:
A server communication unit for respectively communicating with the unmanned printer and the mobile terminal;
A file storage unit for giving and managing a unique password for each file registered by the user;
A remote printing screen providing unit for generating a remote printing screen for receiving unattended printer identification information and printing information to be printed and providing the remote printing screen to the mobile terminal;
A payment processing unit for performing payment for remote printing; And
A printing command unit for transmitting printing information to an unattended printer having unattended printer identification information input through the remote printing screen when the remote printing settlement is completed;
The remote printing system comprising:
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
A QR code, and a bar code.
delete The remote printing method according to claim 1,
A first remote printing screen on which printing file selection and identification code reading are performed;
And a remote printing second screen for displaying the selected printing file name and receiving the number of prints and the black and white selection,
And displaying the remote printing second screen when the file selection and the identification code reading are completed through the remote printing first screen.
The method of claim 4,
In the remote printing first screen, a file list registered by a user is displayed on an unattended printer operating server, an ID code scan button is provided for each file,
Wherein the mobile terminal scans the identification code attached to the unattended printer and reads the unattended printer identification information when the identification code scan button is selected.
The printer according to claim 1,
An electronic map providing unit for generating an electronic map displaying an unattended printer installation point and providing the generated electronic map to the mobile terminal,
Wherein the electronic map is assigned and stored with an identification code image for each unattended printer installation point.
The remote printing method according to claim 6,
And an electronic map display field in which the electronic map is displayed,
Wherein the mobile terminal reads the identification information of the identification code image assigned to the selected unattended printer installation point and transmits it to the unmanned printer operating server when the unattended printer installation point is selected on the electronic map, Printing system.

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