Print Control Device Storage Status Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printing systems face challenges in efficiently managing and accessing image and print data stored across multiple networked storage devices, leading to uncertainties in print request fulfillment, as users are not informed until an error occurs whether printing can be performed due to inaccessible data links or changes in storage configurations.
Innovation Solution
A print control device that acquires and displays operation status and attribute information of storage devices, allowing users to determine data accessibility and desired data integrity before printing, and provides options to exclude inaccessible data or switch storage devices, ensuring smooth printing operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple storage media are connected to the network to store print data and image data, then the printing system can flexibly handle more data and effectively utilize resources, but it becomes impossible to determine whether printing can be performed when data associated with the link is inaccessible
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary verification of data accessibility and link validity before processing print requests. The control unit checks whether print data and image data can be accessed from storage media before attempting printing, and displays verification results to users in advance, allowing them to confirm printability before committing to the printing operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to users regarding the accessibility status of print data and image data. The control unit displays information about whether data can be accessed from connected storage media, enabling users to understand the current state of data availability and make informed decisions about print requests.
2Productivity
If print data and image data are stored in network attached storage, then data can be shared and reused across multiple printing apparatuses, but printing cannot be performed when the storage device is not activated or data links become inaccessible
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit performs preliminary checks to verify whether print data and image data can be accessed from the storage device before processing print requests. It displays the verification results to users in advance, allowing them to confirm data accessibility and printability before initiating the printing operation, thus preventing unexpected printing failures.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to users regarding the accessibility status of data stored in the network attached storage. The control unit displays information about whether print data and image data can be successfully accessed, enabling users to understand the current state of data availability and make informed decisions about print requests.
3Extent of automation
If data links in reprint request files are used to access stored data, then reprinting can be performed through file manipulation without reviewing identification information lists, but printing fails when the linked data becomes inaccessible
Solution Approach 1:
The control unit performs preliminary verification of data accessibility through the data links in reprint request files before processing automated reprint operations. It checks whether the print data and image data associated with the links can be successfully accessed from the storage media, and displays the verification results to users in advance, allowing them to confirm that reprinting can proceed without unexpected failures.
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AI summary
A print control device includes a control unit configured to acquire print image data from a storage device according to a print request and to cause a printer 100 which is configured to execute printing based on the print image data to execute the printing, wherein the control unit acquires from the storage device, operation status information of the storage device storing the print image data and attribute information of the print image data stored in the storage device and enables the operation status information and the attribute information to be displayed on a display unit.