Automated Setup Information Transfer Between Terminal and Printer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face time-consuming and cumbersome initial setup processes for devices like printers, requiring manual confirmation of multiple settings, which degrades usability.
Innovation Solution
A communication system between a terminal apparatus and a printing apparatus that automates the setup process by transmitting and receiving necessary information, allowing for automatic transmission of setting items based on the terminal apparatus's settings, thereby streamlining the setup process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual confirmation of multiple settings is required during initial setup, then setting accuracy can be ensured, but setup time and user effort increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal apparatus automatically transmits its own setting information to the external apparatus without requiring manual user input. The system performs self-service by autonomously completing the setting transmission process, thereby reducing both setup time and user effort while maintaining setting accuracy through automated data exchange
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal apparatus prepares and transmits its setting information in advance during the initial connection phase. By performing the setting information preparation and transmission as a preliminary automated action before user confirmation is needed, the system reduces subsequent setup steps and overall setup time while ensuring accurate setting transfer
2Reliability
If multiple setting items need to be confirmed manually, then completeness of settings can be ensured, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal apparatus autonomously identifies and transmits all its setting information to the external apparatus without requiring the user to manually check or confirm each setting item. This self-service approach ensures complete setting transfer while dramatically simplifying the user's operation to merely initiating the process
Solution Approach 2:
The automated setting transmission mechanism serves multiple functions simultaneously: it transfers all setting items, validates the transmission, and ensures completeness in a single unified process. This multi-functional approach replaces multiple separate manual confirmation steps with one automated operation, reducing complexity while maintaining reliability
3Productivity
If automated transmission of setting information is implemented, then setup time is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal apparatus acts as an intermediary that automatically packages and transmits its setting information to the external apparatus. This intermediary role automates the complex data exchange process, reducing setup time while containing the complexity within the terminal apparatus rather than requiring complex user-side operations
Solution Approach 2:
The terminal apparatus creates a copy of its internal setting information and transmits this copy to the external apparatus. This copying mechanism enables automated setting transfer without requiring the external apparatus to access or interpret the terminal's internal structure, thereby reducing setup time while managing complexity through standardized data replication
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program causes a computer of an information processing apparatus including a communication unit communicable with an external apparatus to function as each of a reception unit configured to receive first information concerning a setting item of the external apparatus transmitted from the external apparatus an acquisition unit configured to acquire second information concerning a setting of the information processing apparatus and a transmission unit configured to cause the communication unit to transmit third information concerning the setting item of the external apparatus based on the first information and the second information to external apparatus.