Automatic Default Printer Selection via User Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in setting a preferred printing apparatus as the default in a network environment, especially when multiple printing apparatuses are connected, requiring manual selection and often necessitating administrator inquiries.
Innovation Solution
A printing system that includes a terminal apparatus and a printing apparatus interconnected via a network, where the printing apparatus identifies the user, acquires terminal information, and transmits its own information to the terminal apparatus, allowing the terminal to set the printing apparatus as the default without user intervention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple printing apparatuses are connected to the network, then printing options and versatility are improved, but user operation complexity and difficulty in selecting the preferred apparatus increase
Solution Approach 1:
The printing apparatus automatically performs user identification and transmits its own information to the terminal apparatus without requiring user intervention. The terminal apparatus automatically sets the received printing apparatus as the default, eliminating manual selection and configuration steps while maintaining support for multiple printing apparatuses on the network.
2Ease of operation
If manual selection of default printing apparatus is required, then user control is improved, but time consumption and operational steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The printing apparatus pre-performs user identification and prepares its own information before the user needs to set the default. The information is transmitted to the terminal apparatus in advance, and the terminal apparatus automatically completes the default setting without requiring the user to spend time on manual selection and configuration.
3Extent of automation
If user information is not automatically transmitted, then network security is improved, but automation level and convenience decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The printing apparatus acts as an intermediary that identifies the user and transmits only the necessary printing apparatus information to the terminal apparatus. This intermediary role enables automatic default setting while controlling information flow to include only what is needed for the function, avoiding excessive or sensitive data transmission.
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AI summary
a printing system comprising a terminal apparatus and a printing apparatus interconnected via a network, and said printing apparatus comprising: an identifier that identifies a user making access; an information acquirer that acquires information of a terminal apparatus used by the user who is identified by said identifier; and a transmitter that transmits printing apparatus information that is information of the printing apparatus itself, to the user's using terminal apparatus that is indicated in the information acquired by said information acquirer, and said terminal apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives the printing apparatus information transmitted from said printing apparatus; and a setter that sets said printing apparatus as the default printing apparatus according to the printing apparatus information received by said receiver.