Print Network Display Terminal Layout Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional display technologies for print network systems lack sufficient information display, making it difficult for users to understand the positional relationships, statuses, and connection relationships between terminals and printers, thereby hindering effective management and decision-making.
Innovation Solution
A display terminal equipped with position, status, and connection relationship storage, along with a display device that visualizes the print network system layout, including terminal objects, printer objects, and communication path objects, allowing users to see the positional and status information of each device and their connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If conventional display technology is used to show printer and PC objects, then the basic layout can be displayed, but the amount of information displayed is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The display system segments information into distinct components: terminal objects, printer objects, and communication path objects. Each object type displays specific attributes (terminal names, printer statuses, connection relationships) separately, allowing comprehensive information presentation without overwhelming complexity. This segmentation enables the display to show detailed positional, status, and connection information while maintaining clear visual organization.
2Ease of operation
If detailed positional and status information is displayed for each device, then user understanding and management capability improve, but the display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display terminal acts as an intermediary between the complex print network system and the user. It collects detailed information from multiple sources (position storage, status storage, connection relationship storage) and transforms it into a simplified visual layout with terminal objects, printer objects, and communication path objects. This intermediary function provides comprehensive management information while shielding the user from underlying system complexity.
3Loss of information
If the layout shows all connection relationships between terminals and printers, then user awareness of system topology improves, but the visual clutter increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display applies local quality by giving each object type distinct visual characteristics. Terminal objects, printer objects, and communication path objects are differentiated through specific display attributes (icons, colors, connection line styles). This allows the display to show all connection relationships clearly while maintaining visual organization, as each element's local visual properties help users distinguish and track connections without overwhelming clutter.
Data Source
AI summary
A display terminal comprises a position storage, a status storage, a connection relationship storage, and a display device. The position storage stores a position of each of the terminals and the printers. The status storage stores a status of each of the printers. The connection relationship storage stores a connection relationship between each of the terminals and each of the printers. The display device displays a layout of a print network system. The layout comprises a plurality of terminal objects, a plurality of printer objects, and a communication path object. Each of the terminal objects and the printer objects is disposed at a corresponding position stored in the position storage. Each of the printer objects is displayed in a manner that represents a status of a corresponding printer stored in the status storage. The communication path object is disposed between each of the terminal objects and each of the printer objects based on the connection relationship stored in the connection relationship storage.