Printer RFID Tag Automation for Wireless Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing printers require cumbersome manual operations to connect with access points for wireless communication, making it difficult for users to set up and perform desired printing quickly and easily.
Innovation Solution
A printer equipped with a printer RFID tag for tag communication and a communication antenna for mutual wireless communication, allowing access point information to be acquired and stored, enabling automatic connection to the access point for data transmission and printing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual connection setting is used between printer and access point, then connection reliability is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The printer automatically acquires access point information from the RFID tag and performs connection setting without user intervention. The control device executes automated processes including information acquisition from the RFID tag, access point connection setting, and print data acquisition, making the system self-configuring and eliminating manual operations.
Solution Approach 2:
Access point information is pre-stored in the RFID tag before the printer needs to connect. The tag contains essential connection parameters that the printer can acquire automatically, preparing the connection data in advance and eliminating the need for manual input during the connection process.
2Ease of operation
If automated connection process is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The RFID tag serves as an intermediary component that stores access point information and enables automated communication between the user (via handheld terminal) and the printer. The tag mediates the transfer of connection parameters, simplifying the overall system architecture while enabling automated operation.
3Productivity
If RFID tag communication is used for automatic connection, then productivity is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The RFID tag and communication antenna are integrated into the printer system, combining identification and communication functions in a unified structure. This merging reduces the number of separate components needed while enabling rapid automated connection and print data acquisition.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to easily connect to access points without manual intervention, facilitating quick and convenient printing by automating the connection process through RFID tag communication and mutual wireless communication.
Implementation Method 1
a printer RFID tag comprising a tag antenna configured to transmit and receive information by predetermined tag communication
Implementation Method 2
a communication antenna configured to transmit and receive information by mutually recognized wireless communication
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure discloses a printer comprising a feeder, a printing head, a printer RFID tag comprising a tag antenna and an IC circuit part, a communication antenna, and a control device. The control device being configured to execute an information acquisition process for acquiring access point information via a wired communication connecting part from the printer RFID tag, the access point information being acquired by the printer RFID tag by tag communication, a transmission and reception attempting process for attempting information transmission and reception with an access point, by means of the mutually recognized wireless communication, a data acquisition process for acquiring desired print data acquired by the mutually recognized wireless communication when information transmission and reception by the transmission and reception attempting process succeed, and a printing control process for controlling the feeder and the printing head so that printing is performed on a print-receiving medium.