Print Control Device Selective Data Exclusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current print systems cannot selectively exclude specific print data items from a print unit, leading to inefficiencies when printing multiple data items, as they require printing the entire unit even if only some items are desired, which can result in resource wastage and management issues due to changes in requirements or deadlines.
Innovation Solution
A print control device that extracts multiple print data items, excludes specific items from the print unit, and controls the printing device to print the unit without the excluded item, allowing for selective printing and efficient resource management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the entire print unit is printed as a sequential printing unit, then the printing process is simplified and execution is efficient, but it becomes impossible to selectively exclude specific print data items, leading to resource wastage when some items are no longer needed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the print unit into individually controllable print data items. Each print data item can be independently managed, excluded, or selected for printing. This segmentation allows the system to maintain the efficiency of batch processing while enabling selective exclusion of specific items through individual flags or markers assigned to each print data item within the unit.
2Device complexity
If all print data items in a print unit are printed together, then resource management is simplified, but it causes resource wastage when requirements change and some items should be excluded
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the ability to selectively exclude specific print data items from the print unit while maintaining the overall batch processing structure. By introducing exclusion flags or markers at the individual item level, the system can identify and exclude specific items without disrupting the resource management of the entire print unit, thus preventing resource wastage while keeping management complexity low.
3Speed
If the print unit structure is maintained for sequential printing, then processing efficiency is improved, but it prevents flexible handling of changes in requirements or deadlines for specific items
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic control capabilities within the sequential print unit structure by allowing individual print data items to have可变 exclusion status. This enables the system to maintain fast batch processing while allowing operators to dynamically adjust which items are printed based on changing requirements or deadlines, combining speed with operational flexibility.
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AI summary
A print control device includes: an extraction section that extracts plural print data items to be included in a print unit, the print unit being a unit of sequential printing by a printing device; an exclusion section that excludes a specific print data item among the plural print data items extracted by the extraction section, from the print unit; and a control section that performs control such that the print unit from which the specific print data item is excluded by the exclusion section is printed by the printing device.