Printer Support Program for Duplex and Single-Sided Page Ordering
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies for controlling printers without vendor-specific drivers lack a method to efficiently set the printing order for duplex and single-sided printing, leading to potential user inconvenience and inefficiencies.
Innovation Solution
A support program for an information processing device that adjusts the printing order based on the specified printing mode, either single-sided or duplex, by reversing or maintaining the page order to optimize sheet discharge and ink drying.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the printing order is set to normal order (same as page order), then the printing process can start sooner, but the user must manually rearrange printed sheets and may stain hands with colorant
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies inversion by reversing the printing order to normal order when single-sided printing is selected. This causes the printer to print pages in reverse sequence (last page first, then second-to-last, etc.), so that sheets are discharged with the printed surface facing upward in the correct reading order, eliminating the need for manual rearrangement and preventing colorant staining.
2Ease of operation
If the printing order is set to reverse order (opposite to page order), then manual sheet rearrangement is eliminated, but the printing process takes longer
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the printing order configurable based on the printing mode selected by the user. The system dynamically adjusts the printing sequence: using reverse order for single-sided printing to achieve automatic sheet arrangement, and normal order for duplex printing to optimize printing speed. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to optimize between ease of operation and printing time based on actual usage conditions.
3Productivity
If duplex printing is performed with normal order, then printing efficiency is maximized, but both surfaces of sheets are printed surfaces with no priority for ink drying
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by treating the first and second surfaces of sheets differently in terms of ink drying priority. When duplex printing is selected, the system sets the printing order to normal order (same as page order) to maximize printing efficiency. The conveying mechanism is configured to discharge sheets with the first surface facing downward and the second surface facing upward, allowing the first surface (printed first) to have priority for ink drying while maintaining high productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a support program for an information processing device communicable with a printer. The support program corresponds to the printer. The support program, when executed by a computer of the information processing device, causes the information processing device to perform, when a printing target corresponding to a print instruction includes a plurality of target images corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of pages: controlling a printing order of the plurality of target images for acquiring print data to be transmitted to the printer. The controlling includes: when a print setting corresponding to the print instruction includes a setting specifying duplex printing, setting the printing order for the print data to a normal order; and when the print setting corresponding to the print instruction does not include the setting specifying the duplex printing, setting the printing order for the print data to a reverse order.