Cloud Print Printer Replacement Using Connection Information
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cloud print services require manual deletion and registration of printers upon replacement, which is cumbersome and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A printer equipped with a processor that facilitates the replacement process by searching for candidate printers, acquiring connection information, and transmitting a replacement request to the cloud print server, thereby automating the registration of a new printer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual deletion and registration of printers is performed in cloud print service, then printer replacement is achieved, but administrative effort and time are excessive
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having the new printer automatically search for and identify candidate printers to be replaced before the replacement process is initiated. The new printer proactively acquires connection information and prepares replacement requests, eliminating the need for manual deletion and registration steps.
Solution Approach 2:
The replacement process is automated through self-service mechanisms where the new printer autonomously performs search, identification, information acquisition, and replacement request transmission. The system uses feedback loops to confirm successful replacement, enabling the整个过程 to occur without administrative intervention.
2Ease of operation
If manual deletion and registration of printers is performed, then printer replacement is achieved, but the operation process is cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple discrete operations (deletion of old printer, registration of new printer, configuration transfer) are merged into a single automated replacement process. The new printer combines multiple functions including search, identification, information acquisition, and replacement request transmission in one integrated operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The complex manual operations of deletion and registration are extracted from the administrator's workflow and transferred to the automated system. The cumbersome administrative tasks are removed from the user's responsibility and handled autonomously by the printer replacement mechanism.
3Extent of automation
If automated replacement is implemented, then administrative effort is reduced, but network search and information acquisition are required
Solution Approach 1:
The new printer acts as an intermediary that mediates between the cloud print server and the old printer. It uses the old printer's connection information as an intermediary step to establish communication with the cloud server, facilitating the automated replacement without requiring complex direct protocols between the server and replacement printer.
Data Source
AI summary
A printer includes a processor configured to: receive a replacement instruction of printers used in a cloud print service; in response to the reception of the replacement instruction, search for, via a network, each of the printers used in the cloud print service as a candidate of a printer to be replaced; receive a designation of the printer to be replaced by presenting, to a user, identification information on the candidates of the printers to be replaced; acquire, via the network and from the printer to be replaced, printer-to-be-replaced connection information used to connect to a cloud print server; and transmit to the cloud print server a replacement request used to replace the printer to be replaced with the printer by connecting to the cloud print server via the network using the printer-to-be-replaced connection information.