Printing method and device

Abstract

The invention discloses a printing method and device. The method comprises the steps that S1, a printed file is orderly divided into N unit pages, the unit pages are numbered by using 1, 2, ...N, and N=>2; S2, at most previous M unit pages, which are not stored currently, are stored according to the number order of the unit pages, M is an integer, and 1<=M<=N; and then the currently stored at most previous M unit pages are read and printed, and the process returns to the step S2 until all the N unit pages of the printed file are completely printed. Data are received, and receiving is performed with the unit pages with less page length acting as units so that limitation of the size of storage space capacity is reduced. When the data are printed, the printed file acts as one unit to be printed and seamless printing among all the unit pages is realized so that continuous printing of the printed file is realized, a defect of limitation of printing page length of existing printing equipment due to limitation of storage space is overcome, and thus any lengths of files can be printed.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of digital printing, in particular to a printing method and device. Background technique [0002] The printing process of the current digital printing system is: receive the print job in units of pages, where the print job includes one or more pages, and first judge whether a page can be stored in the remaining storage space of the memory before receiving the print data of each page data, if the remaining storage space can store one page of print data, it will receive this page of print data and store it, and then read the page of print data from the memory for printing; if the remaining storage space cannot store one page of print data, it will not The print data for this page is received and cannot be printed. [0003] At present, customers have a demand for long-format printing, such as printing long-format scrolls, posters, advertisements on elevator handrails, etc. For example, if you want to print a ...

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Problems solved by technology

For example, if you want to print a picture scroll, if you print according to the above process, the picture scroll is one page of print data. When the storage space can only store the print data with a page length of 2 meters at most, if the page length of the picture scroll exceeds 2 meters , the entire picture scroll cannot be stored due to insufficient storage space, and it cannot be printed

Therefore, when performing long-format printing, it is limited by the size of the storage space, and the size of the storage space limits the page length of the printed data, which becomes the bottleneck of long-page printing.

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