KR20060120958A - How to Print a Network Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

A printing method of a network printer is disclosed. In this method, when the host and the printer are connected by a network, the step of transmitting a font change command together with the print data to the printer, the step of changing the font of the print data according to the font change command, and the print data of which the font has been changed Characterized in that it comprises a step of printing. Thus, according to the present invention, the printer can be used without the aid of a computer by using a network address for a web server having information desired by the user (eg, font information, commuter bus information, weather information, news information, mail information, etc.). Easily access and print the desired information.

Description

Printing method of network printer {Method and apparatus for printing using a network printer}

1 is a flowchart of an embodiment for explaining a printing method by changing a conventional typeface.

2 is a flowchart of an embodiment for explaining a method of printing retrieved information after retrieving information by a conventional computer.

3 is a flowchart of an embodiment for explaining a printing method of a network printer according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an exemplary embodiment for explaining the step 102 of FIG. 3.

5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a printing method of a network printer according to the present invention.

6 is a flowchart of still another embodiment for explaining a printing method of a network printer according to the present invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to printing of print data, and more particularly, to output data (typeface information, commuter bus information, current weather information, etc.) desired by a user in a network printer incorporating a hard disk drive (HDD) without computer assistance. A printing method of a network printer.

1 is a flowchart of an embodiment for explaining a printing method by changing a conventional typeface. Conventionally, when printing print data, a font is selected from a program used by a user in a computer PC to print. In order to print the print data in the font desired by the user, a program embedded in the computer must support the font desired by the user, and the printer must also support the same font. The reason for registering fonts in the printer is because of the need to use a font that the user wants without using any dedicated format or the font supported by the printer. However, if the font desired by the user does not exist in the computer or printer, the font is found and registered in the computer (step 12), or registered in the printer (step 16), and then printing is performed by the printer (step 18). ).

As a result, when the font desired by the user is not present in any of the devices of the computer and the printer, it is difficult to obtain the output of the font desired by the user because the above-described process must be performed.

2 is a flowchart of an embodiment for explaining a method of printing retrieved information after retrieving information by a conventional computer. The computer accesses the web server through the Internet (step 30), and retrieves desired information from the web server and requests output (step 32). When the desired information is transmitted to the printer via the network (step 34), the transmitted information is stored in the hard disk drive of the printer (step 36), and the stored information is printed by the print engine (step 38). As described above, the hard disk drive of the printer has been in charge of a function of receiving information retrieved by a computer, storing information that needs to be stored for a long time, or storing a secret document that needs security.

As such, a network printer incorporating a hard disk drive has been subordinate to a computer, and without a computer, its use of the function is significantly reduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a method of printing a network printer, which enables a user to easily access and output desired information without a computer.

In order to achieve the above object, the printing method of the network printer according to the present invention, when the host and the printer is connected by a network, the step of transmitting a font change command with the print data to the printer, according to the font change command, printing And changing the font of the data and printing the print data in which the font is changed.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a method of printing a network printer according to the present invention includes: matching a predetermined button of a printer with a connection command to a predetermined web server, detecting operation of the predetermined button, and providing predetermined information of the web server. Receiving step and printing a predetermined information provided.

Hereinafter, a printing method of a network printer according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart of an embodiment for explaining a method of printing a network printer according to the present invention.

First, when the host and the printer are connected by a network, a font change command is transmitted to the printer together with the print data (step 100). When the font desired by the user is not provided in the host, a command for instructing the printer to convert and output the font desired by the user is a font changing command. The font change command is sent to the printer along with the print data.

After step 100, the font of the print data is changed according to the font change command (step 102). When the printer receives a font change command for the print data from the host, the printer changes the print data to a font corresponding to the font change command.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an exemplary embodiment for explaining the step 102 of FIG. 3.

First, it is checked whether the font information corresponding to the font change command is provided in the printer (step 200). Check whether font information corresponding to the font change command sent from the host exists in the printer's hard disk drive.

If font information corresponding to the font change command is provided in the printer, the flow proceeds to step 206.

However, if font information corresponding to a font change command is not provided in the printer, font information is provided from a web server connected through a network (step 202). If font information corresponding to a font change command is not provided in the printer, such font information should be provided from the outside. The network printer receives font information corresponding to a font change command from a web servo connected on-line via a network such as the Internet. At this time, the network printer is provided with network address information for a web server having font information corresponding to a font changing command in advance.

After step 202, the provided font information is stored in a predetermined storage space (step 204). Font information provided from the web server is stored in a predetermined storage space, that is, a hard disk drive.

After step 204 or after step 200, the font of the print data is changed using the provided font information (step 206). The font of the print data is changed using font information provided from a web server or previously stored on the hard disk drive. At this time, a font information changing utility is used.

After step 102, the print data on which the font is changed is printed (step 104).

5 is a configuration diagram illustrating a printing method of a network printer according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, when data before a font change is transmitted from the host to the printer, the printer interprets a font change command included in the received data, and prints font information corresponding to the font change command according to the analyzed result. The font of the print data is changed by receiving font information provided from a server or stored in a previous hard disk drive. Then, the print data in which the font is changed is printed.

6 is a flowchart of still another embodiment for explaining a printing method of a network printer according to the present invention.

First, a predetermined button of a printer is matched with an access command for a predetermined web server (S300). For example, referring to FIG. 5, button 1 of the printer's keypad is matched with an access command of a weather information site, button 2 is matched with an access command of a commuter bus information site, and button 3 is connected with a news information site. Match button 4 with the mail site's access command.

After operation 300, a manipulation of a predetermined button is sensed to receive predetermined information of a web server (operation 302). If the user has operated a predetermined button, the user senses such an operation and connects with a web server corresponding to the predetermined button operated by the user. Receives predetermined information of the web server from the connected web server. Referring to Fig. 5, for example, when a user presses button 3, a news information site, which is a web server corresponding to button 3, is connected and receives news information from the connected news information site.

After step 302, the provided predetermined information is stored in a predetermined storage space (step 304). The predetermined information provided from the web server is stored in a predetermined storage space, that is, a hard disk drive. The predetermined information stored in the hard disk drive can be stored in accordance with the need for long term storage.

After step 304, the provided predetermined information is printed (step 306). Print predetermined information stored in the hard disk drive.

Meanwhile, the above-described method invention of the present invention may be implemented by computer readable codes / instructions / programs, and the codes / instructions may be implemented using a medium, for example, a computer readable recording medium. / Can be implemented in a general-purpose digital computer for operating the program. The computer-readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium (eg, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, etc.), optical reading medium (eg, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.) and carrier wave (eg Storage media, such as through the Internet). In addition, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as a medium (s) containing computer readable code, such that a plurality of computer systems connected through a network may be distributed and processed. Functional programs, codes and code segments for realizing the present invention can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

The printing method of the network printer according to the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings for clarity, but this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art may various modifications and other equivalent implementations therefrom. It will be appreciated that examples are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the appended claims.

The printing method of a network printer according to the present invention is a computer that uses a network address for a web server having information desired by a user (eg, font information, commuter bus information, weather information, news information, mail information, etc.). Easily access and print the information you want without the help of.

Therefore, the printing method of the network printer according to the present invention can utilize a hard disk drive (HDD) of the printer used only for storage as a hard disk drive of a computer, and executes a font change or the like in the printer to change the changed print data. You can print the printout according to.

Claims (5)

(a) when the host and the printer are connected by a network, sending a font change command together with print data to the printer; (b) changing a font of the print data according to the font change command; And and (c) printing the print data whose font is changed. The method of claim 1, wherein step (b) (b1) checking whether font information corresponding to the font change command is provided in the printer; (b2) if font information corresponding to the font change command is not provided in the printer, receiving the font information from a web server connected through a network; And (b3) changing the font of the print data using the provided font information, And if the font information corresponding to the font change command is provided in the printer, proceeding to step (b3). The method of claim 2, wherein step (b) And after the step (b2), storing the provided font information in a predetermined storage space. (a) matching a predetermined button of a printer with a connection command to a predetermined web server; (b) detecting operation of the predetermined button and receiving predetermined information of the web server; And (c) printing the provided predetermined information. The method of claim 4, wherein the printing method of the network printer is And after step (b), storing the provided predetermined information in a predetermined storage space.

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