Printer remote control method and system based on Internet of Things

Abstract

The invention provides a printer remote control method and system based on the Internet of Things. The printer remote control method based on the Internet of Things comprises the following steps: S1, pre-obtaining a pre-printing task of a printer; s2, uploading printing task data, and uploading the pre-printing task pre-obtained in the step S2 to a cloud server for storage; s3, establishing a local area network, and connecting a plurality of printers through Bluetooth to realize mutual time data sharing; s4, the printing states of the printers are uploaded, and the multiple printers upload the working states of the printers at the current time and the printing tasks in the list to the cloud server; s5, creating a printing task, wherein the cloud server performs printing according to the state information of the plurality of printers; according to the printer remote control method based on the Internet of Things, remote convenient control over the printer is achieved through all the steps, and therefore the convenience degree when a user uses the printer is improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the technical field of line printers, in particular a printer remote control method and system based on the Internet of Things. BACKGROUND

[0002] In printing, for printing products with high precision and high printing quality requirements, the amount of printing data required for transmission during printing is huge, and the data transmission time is too long. However, with the maturity of 5G mobile network communication technology, data transmission speed is above 1Gb / s, and high-speed communication technology with communication delay below 2ms will also be applied in the industrial printing field to meet the increasingly high printing effect requirements. With the rapid development of mobile Internet technology, the limitations of local computer printing are becoming more and more obvious. The locally installed driver can usually only be used for local area network printing. If the computer and other user terminals leave the local area network environment, the staff cannot use the printer through the local area network, so that the staff cannot print the required paper documents, affecting the work progress and bringing many inconveniences.

[0003] Therefore, it is urgent to redesign a new printer remote control method and system based on the Internet of Things to solve the above problems. SUMMARY

[0004] The present application provides a printer remote control method and system based on the Internet of Things to solve the technical problems raised in the background art.

[0005] The present application provides a printer remote control method and system based on the Internet of Things, which comprises the following steps: S1, printer pre-printing task pre-acquisition; S2, print task data upload, uploading the pre-printing task pre-acquired in step S2 to the cloud server for storage; S3, local area network establishment, multiple printers are connected through Bluetooth to realize mutual time data sharing; S4, printer printing state upload, multiple printers upload their own working state and printing tasks in the list to the cloud server at the current time; S5, create a printing task, the cloud server sends the pre-printing task to the printer according to the state information of multiple printers; S6, execute the printing action, multiple printers perform the printing action after receiving the printing task.

[0006] Optionally, in the step S1, the pre-printing task includes customer identity information, pre-printing printing data, printing quantity and printing expected time.

[0007] Optionally, the printer performs the printing action in step S6, and then processes the printing data according to the security level of the printing task; if the printing task received by the printer from the cloud server is of a security level, the printer deletes the printing data after the printing task is performed; if the printing task received by the printer from the cloud server is of a confidential level, the printer transmits the printing data to the cloud server after the printing task is performed, and the cloud server encrypts and stores the printing data.

[0008] Optionally, the cloud server distributes the printing task according to the working state of the printer; the expected completion time of the printing task being performed by the printer N1 is T1; the expected completion time of the printing task being performed by the printer N2 is T2; if T1>T2, the cloud server divides the printing task to be performed into a first printing task to be performed and a second printing task to be performed; the cloud server allocates the first printing task to be performed to the printer N1 and the second printing task to be performed to the printer N2.

[0009] Optionally, the working state of the printer includes whether the printing task is performed and the expected completion time of the printing task being performed.

[0010] Optionally, the application further discloses a printer remote control system based on the Internet of Things, which comprises a task pre-acquisition module, a cloud server module, a data receiving module and a printer module; the task pre-acquisition module uploads a pre-printing task to the cloud server module; the cloud server module allocates a printing task to the data receiving module; the data receiving module sends the printing task to the printer module; and the printer module performs the printing task.

[0011] Optionally, the printer module is further provided with a task distinguishing module for distinguishing the printing task in the printer module.

[0012] Optionally, the cloud server module is further provided with a data storage module for storing the printing data in the printer module; and the data storage module is provided with an encryption identification module.

[0013] Optionally, the encryption identification module comprises a password random generation module, a password sending module and a password matching module; the password random generation module randomly generates a digital password; the password sending module sends the digital password to a user receiving end; and the password matching module is used for comparing whether the password is correct.

[0014] Optionally, the printer module is provided with a printing monitoring module for real-time detection of the working state of the printer.

[0015] The application has the following advantages: The printer remote control method based on the Internet of Things comprises the following steps: S1, a printer pre-printing task is pre-acquired; S2, a printing task data is uploaded, and the pre-printing task pre-acquired in step S2 is uploaded to a cloud server for storage; S3, a local area network is established, and multiple printers are connected with each other through Bluetooth to realize mutual time data sharing; S4, a printer printing state is uploaded, and the multiple printers upload their working states and printing tasks in a list to the cloud server at the current time; S5, a printing task is created, and the cloud server sends the pre-printing task to the printers according to the state information of the multiple printers; and S6, a printing action is performed, and the multiple printers perform the printing action after receiving the printing task, wherein the printer remote control method based on the Internet of Things realizes convenient control of the printers remotely through the steps, thereby improving the convenience of users when using the printers. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained without creative effort based on these drawings.

[0017] Fig. 1 is a flowchart of the printer remote control method based on the Internet of Things provided by the present application; Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the printer remote control system based on the Internet of Things provided by the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application. It can be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application, but not to limit the present application. In addition, it should be noted that only the parts related to the present application are shown in the drawings, but not all the structures. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the scope of protection of the present application.

[0019] In this document, reference to“an embodiment” means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase“in an embodiment” in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are they necessarily mutually exclusive of one another. Those skilled in the art will understand that the embodiments described herein are merely exemplary and that a general scope of the application is provided by the appended claims.

[0020] Please refer to Figs. 1-2 The printing machine remote control method based on the Internet of Things comprises the following steps: S1, a printing machine preprints a task and preacquires; S2, printing task data is uploaded, and the preprinted task preacquired in step S2 is uploaded to a cloud server for storage; S3, a local area network is established, and multiple printing machines are connected with each other through Bluetooth to realize mutual time data sharing; S4, printing machine printing state uploading, multiple printing machines upload their working states and printing tasks in a list to the cloud server at the current time; S5, creating a printing task, the cloud server distributes the preprinted task to the printing machine according to the state information of the multiple printing machines; and S6, executing a printing action, the multiple printing machines perform a printing action after receiving the printing task. The cloud server and the printing machine can be connected through a mobile communication network, thereby realizing wireless remote control of the printing machine, multiple printing machines are connected to form a local area network, thereby realizing data transmission between the printing machine and the cloud server, and further realizing the purpose of remote control of the printing machine by the user. Meanwhile, the user can send information to the cloud server through a handheld terminal, and the handheld terminal includes a mobile phone, a notebook computer and the like.

[0021] In the step S1, the preprinted task comprises customer identity information, preprinted printing data, printing quantity and printing expected time.

[0022] In the step S6, after the printing machine performs the printing action, the printing data is processed according to the security level of the printing task; if the printing task received by the printing machine from the cloud server is of a security level, the printing data can be deleted after the printing machine performs the printing task; if the printing task received by the printing machine from the cloud server is of a confidential level, the printing data is transmitted back to the cloud server after the printing machine performs the printing task, and the cloud server saves the printing data after encryption.

[0023] The security level of the printing task is distinguished, which is beneficial to selectively saving the printing data by the printing machine according to different importance of customers, so as to be viewed or traced by the user later.

[0024] In the embodiment, the cloud server distributes the printing task according to the working state of the printing machine; the expected completion time of the printing task performed by the printing machine N1 is T1, and the expected completion time of the printing task performed by the printing machine N2 is T2; if T1>T2, the cloud server divides the printing task into a first printing task and a second printing task; the cloud server distributes the first printing task to the printing machine N1 and the second printing task to the printing machine N2.

[0025] The printing task with more printing tasks is divided into multiple parts for printing, so that multiple printers can print the same printing task at the same time, thereby improving the printing efficiency of the printing task.

[0026] In the embodiment, the working state of the printer includes whether to execute a printing task and an expected completion time of the printing task in execution.

[0027] In the embodiment, the application further discloses a printer remote control system based on the Internet of Things, which comprises a task pre-acquisition module, a cloud server module, a data receiving module and a printer module.

[0028] The task acquisition module is mainly connected with the user's handheld terminal to obtain the printing task.

[0029] In the embodiment, the printer module is further provided with a task distinguishing module for distinguishing the printing tasks in the printer module.

[0030] The task distinguishing module distinguishes the printing products belonging to the same printing task when multiple printers print the same printing task. Specifically, the task distinguishing module can set different color or number distinguishing blocks for different printing tasks by using color or number distinguishing blocks, so that the user can easily screen the printing products belonging to the same printing task.

[0031] In the embodiment, the cloud server module is further provided with a data storage module for storing the printing data in the printer module.

[0032] The encryption identification module comprises a password random generation module, a password sending module and a password matching module.

[0033] The password random generation module generates a random digital password, which is sent to the user's handheld terminal through the password sending module.

[0034] In the embodiment, the printer module is provided with a printing monitoring module for real-time detection of the working state of the printer.

[0035] The printing monitoring module can detect the printing speed and printing time of each printer in real time and determine whether the printing time corresponds to the expected time, so that the user can adjust the printing plan in real time for different printing tasks.

[0036] The printing machine remote control method based on the Internet of Things comprises the following steps: S1, pre-printing task pre-acquisition of the printing machine; S2, printing task data uploading, uploading the pre-printing task pre-acquired in step S2 to the cloud server for storage; S3, local area network establishment, multiple printing machines are connected with each other through Bluetooth to realize mutual sharing of time data; S4, printing machine printing state uploading, multiple printing machines upload their working states and printing tasks in the list to the cloud server at the current time; S5, creating a printing task, the cloud server sends the pre-printing task to the printing machine according to the state information of the multiple printing machines; S6, performing a printing action, multiple printing machines perform a printing action after receiving the printing task, wherein the printing machine remote control method based on the Internet of Things realizes convenient control of the printing machine remotely through the steps, thereby improving the convenience of the user when using the printing machine.

[0037] The above is only an embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application, and any equivalent structure or equivalent flow transformation using the content of the specification and drawings, or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields, are also included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for remotely controlling a printer based on the Internet of Things, characterized in that, It comprises the following steps: S1, the printer preprints the task pre-acquisition; S2, print task data upload, upload the pre-printing task pre-acquired in step S2 to the cloud server for storage; S3, LAN group building, multiple printers are connected with each other through Bluetooth to realize mutual time data sharing; S4, print state upload, multiple printers upload their working status and print tasks in the list to the cloud server at the current time; S5, create a print task, the cloud server sends the pre-printing task to the printer according to the status information of multiple printers; S6, execute the printing action, multiple printers perform the printing action after receiving the print task.

2. The Internet of Things based printer remote control method according to claim 1, wherein, In the step S1, the pre-printing task includes customer identity information, pre-printing print data, print quantity and print expected time.

3. The Internet of Things based printer remote control method according to claim 1, wherein, In the step S6, after the printer executes the printing action, the print data is processed according to the security level of the print task; If the print task received by the printer from the cloud server is of security level, the printer can delete the print data after executing the print task; If the print task received by the printer from the cloud server is of security level, the printer will return the print data to the cloud server after executing the print task, and the cloud server will save the print data after encryption.

4. The Internet of Things based printer remote control method according to claim 1, wherein, The cloud server sends the print task according to the working status of the printer; The expected completion time of the print task being executed by the printer N1 is T1; The expected completion time of the print task being executed by the printer N2 is T2; If T1>T2, the cloud server divides the print task to be printed into a first print task to be printed and a second print task to be printed; The cloud server assigns the first print task to be printed to the printer N1 and the second print task to be printed to the printer N2.

5. The Internet of Things based printer remote control method according to claim 4, wherein, The working status of the printer includes whether to execute the print task and the expected completion time of the print task being executed.

6. A printer remote control system based on Internet of Things, comprising a task pre-acquisition module, a cloud server module, a data receiving module and a printer module, the task pre-acquisition module uploads the pre-printing task to the cloud server module, the cloud server module assigns the print task to the data receiving module, the data receiving module sends the print task to the printer module, and the printer module executes the print task.

7. The Internet of Things based printer remote control system as claimed in claim 6, wherein, The printer module is also provided with a task distinguishing module for distinguishing the print task in the printer module. 8.The Internet-of-Things based printer remote control method of claim 6, wherein, The cloud server module is also provided with a data storage module for saving the print data in the printer module, and the data storage module is provided with an encryption identification module. 9.The Internet-of-Things based printer remote control method of claim 8, wherein, The encryption identification module comprises a password random generation module, a password sending module and a password matching module, the password random generation module randomly generates a digital password, the password sending module sends the digital password to the user receiving end, and the password matching module is used to compare whether the password is correct.

10. The Internet of Things based printer remote control system as claimed in claim 6, wherein, The printer module is provided with a print monitoring module for real-time detection of the working status of the printer.

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