CN116594573A - Printing consumable identification method and device, printing equipment and storage medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
The embodiment of the application discloses a method, a device, printing equipment and a storage medium for identifying printing consumables, which relate to the field of computers, wherein the printing equipment comprises a consumable driving unit, a radio frequency identification antenna and a consumable storage component; after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag; and if the radio frequency identification antenna does not identify the radio frequency tag, controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment, the printing consumable is identified by arranging the single radio frequency identification antenna, so that the manufacturing cost of the printing equipment is reduced; when the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, the consumable driving unit is controlled to be started so as to drive the printing consumable to rotate, and the recognition efficiency of the printing consumable can be improved.
Description
Technical Field
The embodiment of the application relates to computer technology, in particular to a method and a device for identifying printing consumables, printing equipment and a storage medium.
Background
Along with the continuous development of thermal transfer technology and thermal printing technology, commercialization is more and more prominent, and printer products of various application scenes, such as express bill printers, price label printers, industrial label printers, small portable thermal printers and the like, are induced to grow, printing consumables such as color tapes, printing papers and the like used by the printers are mostly placed in the printers in a coiled form, and the coiled consumables rotate during working to release the consumables for printing. Since different types of printing apparatuses need to use printing consumables of a fixed type or a fixed manufacturer, in order to ensure the normal operation of the printing apparatus, before a print job is started, the printing consumables need to be identified to prevent the print job from failing due to the use of wrong printing consumables.
At present, the identification of consumable materials is mostly carried out in the field of printers by using an RFID identification technology, RFID tags are added on the consumable materials, and then an RFID read-write device is arranged on printer equipment for reading and writing the RFID tags stored with consumable material information. Because when printing, the consumptive material can rotate in the printer, in order to ensure that RFID read-write device can read the RFID label, generally set up the RFID label at a terminal surface of consumptive material along its axial, because along with the going on of printing, the diameter of consumptive material can reduce gradually, therefore need set up extra fixed knot structure at the terminal surface of consumptive material because place the RFID label, lead to the cost increase of consumptive material. Therefore, how to realize simple and rapid identification of printing consumables without increasing cost is an important problem to be solved urgently.
Disclosure of Invention
The embodiment of the application provides a printing consumable identification method, a printing device, printing equipment and a storage medium, which can improve the existing scheme for identifying the printing consumable.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a method for identifying a printing consumable, which is applied to a printing apparatus, where the printing apparatus includes a consumable driving unit, a radio frequency identification antenna, and a consumable storage component, where the radio frequency identification antenna is disposed on one side of the consumable storage component, the consumable storage component is used for placing coiled printing consumable, and a radio frequency tag that is deployed along an axial direction of the printing consumable is disposed on the printing consumable; the method comprises the following steps:
acquiring a print job, and determining a target consumable identification according to the print job;
after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag;
if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, controlling a consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, wherein the actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier;
and when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, starting the printing task.
Optionally, when the consumable driving unit drives the printing consumable to rotate, the method further comprises:
acquiring a rotation period of the printing consumable, and controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag in the process of rotating the printing consumable;
if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna in a preset rotation period, an error signal is sent to a state indicating unit, so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the error signal.
Optionally, when the target consumable information and the actual consumable information are consistent, the method further includes:
and sending a normal signal to the state indicating unit so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the normal signal.
Optionally, when the target consumable identifier and the actual consumable identifier are consistent, the method further includes:
and controlling the radio frequency storage unit to store the actual consumable information.
Optionally, the actual consumable information further includes a current consumable amount;
after the print job is started, further comprising:
acquiring the required consumable amount of the printing task;
obtaining the residual consumable quantity according to the current consumable quantity and the required consumable quantity;
and after the printing task is finished, updating the current consumable amount into the residual consumable amount, and storing the residual consumable amount into the radio frequency storage unit.
Optionally, the method further comprises:
and when the current consumable quantity is smaller than the required consumable quantity, sending preset prompt information.
Optionally, the trigger detection signal is generated by:
after receiving the power supply starting signal;
or when the closing state of the consumable storage assembly is changed from the opening state to the closing state.
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an identification device for a printing consumable, where the printing apparatus includes a consumable driving unit, a radio frequency identification antenna, and a consumable storage component, where the radio frequency identification antenna is disposed on one side of the consumable storage component, the consumable storage component is used for placing coiled printing consumable, and a radio frequency tag that is deployed along an axial direction of the printing consumable is disposed on the printing consumable; the device comprises:
the task acquisition module is used for acquiring a print task and determining a target consumable identifier according to the print task;
the tag identification module is used for controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag after receiving the trigger detection signal;
the motor control module is used for controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, wherein the actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier;
and the task starting module is used for starting the printing task when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification.
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a printing apparatus, including:
at least one processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein,,
the memory stores a computer program executable by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the method of identifying a printing consumable according to any one of the embodiments of the application.
In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application further provides a computer readable storage medium, where computer instructions are stored, where the computer instructions are configured to cause a processor to implement the method for identifying a printing consumable according to any one of the embodiments of the present application when executed.
The identification scheme of the printing consumable provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to printing equipment, the printing equipment comprises a consumable driving unit, a radio frequency identification antenna and a consumable storage component, the consumable storage component is used for placing coiled printing consumable, and a radio frequency label which is unfolded along the axial direction of the printing consumable is arranged on the printing consumable. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment, the radio frequency identification antenna is arranged on one side of the consumable storage assembly, and the printing consumable is identified in a mode of arranging a single radio frequency identification antenna, so that the manufacturing cost of the printing equipment is reduced. Specifically, the scheme includes the steps that firstly, a print task is obtained, and a target consumable identification is determined according to the print task; then after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag; if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, wherein the actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier; and finally, when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, starting a printing task. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment, when the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, the consumable driving unit is controlled to be started so as to drive the printing consumable to rotate, so that the recognition efficiency of the printing consumable can be accelerated.
It should be understood that the description in this section is not intended to identify key or critical features of the embodiments of the application or to delineate the scope of the application. Other features of embodiments of the present application will become apparent from the description that follows.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a printing-consumable provided by an embodiment of the present application with a radio-frequency tag;
FIG. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method for identifying printing consumables according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 4 is another flow chart of a method for identifying printing consumables according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a configuration of a device for identifying printing consumables according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.
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In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present application, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present application without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present application.
The application is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the application and are not limiting thereof. It should be further noted that, for convenience of description, only some, but not all of the structures related to the present application are shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a printing-consumable provided by an embodiment of the present application with a radio-frequency tag; the embodiment is applicable to the case that the printing apparatus identifies the printing consumable, the method may be performed by the apparatus for identifying the printing consumable, the apparatus may be implemented in hardware and/or software, and the apparatus may be configured in the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus provided in this embodiment includes a consumable driving unit (not shown in the figure), a radio frequency identification antenna 10 and a consumable storage component 20, wherein the radio frequency identification antenna 10 is disposed on one side of the consumable storage component 20, the consumable storage component 20 is used for placing a printing consumable 21, and the printing consumable 21 is provided with a radio frequency tag 30 that is deployed along an axial direction thereof; in the embodiment of the application, the printing consumable comprises an ink ribbon for thermal transfer printing or thermal sublimation printing, thermal printing paper and common printing paper, the printing consumable is arranged in the consumable storage component 20 in a coiled form, and the printing consumable is provided with a radio frequency label recorded with consumable information, and the radio frequency label is unfolded along the axial direction of the printing consumable. As shown in fig. 2, in some implementations, a print label 30 is affixed to the hub of the printing consumable 21. The rfid antenna 10 is used to identify the printed label 30 in the printed consumable 21.
In fig. 1, only a side view of one relative positional relationship between the rfid antenna 10 and the consumable storage block 20 is shown, and the present embodiment is not limited to the positional relationship set in the drawings, and the rfid antenna 10 may be disposed on either side of the consumable storage block 20 as long as the rfid antenna 10 can scan the print tag 30 on the printing consumable 21 when the printing consumable 21 is placed in the consumable storage block 20. In this embodiment, the printing consumables are identified by setting a single rfid antenna 10, so that the manufacturing cost of the printing apparatus can be reduced compared with the setting mode of dual rfid antennas.
Furthermore, in this embodiment, the identification efficiency of the printing consumables needs to be improved on the basis of setting a single rfid antenna. Specifically, referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic flow chart of a method for identifying printing consumables according to an embodiment of the present application; the scheme can comprise the following steps:
s110, acquiring a print job, and determining a target consumable identification according to the print job.
The printing task is a task corresponding to the function of the current printing equipment, and when the printing equipment has a single function, the target consumable mark is the mark of the function of the current printing equipment; when the printing equipment comprises a plurality of printing functions, the situation that printing consumables required by different printing functions are different possibly exists, a function-consumable identification mapping relation table is contained in the memory, and when the printing equipment receives a target printing task, a target consumable identification is determined in the function-consumable identification mapping relation table according to the function corresponding to the target printing task.
The target print job is any print job corresponding to a plurality of print functions. The purpose of determining the target consumable identification is that the consumable types required for the possibly different tasks are different, and there are also cases where the current printing apparatus can only use printing consumables produced by a fixed manufacturer. Therefore, before the print job is started, the target consumable identification required by the current print job needs to be determined,
the types of the printing apparatus described above may be: the type of the office printing apparatus, the hospital report printing apparatus, the express bill printing apparatus, the price tag printing apparatus, or the like, and the specific embodiment of the printing apparatus is not limited herein.
S120, after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag.
The trigger detection signal is used for enabling the printing equipment to definitely identify the printing consumables in the printing equipment under which operation, and the aim of the trigger detection signal is to prevent the situation that the printing equipment does not identify the printing consumables or identifies the printing consumables for a plurality of times when executing a printing task.
In one implementation, the trigger detection signal may be generated by:
after receiving the power-on signal, the trigger detection signal is received. The aim of setting is that the operation of placing the printing consumable on the consumable storage component is likely to be completed in a shutdown state, and whether the placed consumable information meets the requirement cannot be confirmed, so that after the power supply starting signal is received, the radio frequency identification antenna is required to be controlled to identify the radio frequency tag on the printing consumable.
The power-on signal may be a power-on signal received from a control panel of the printing device, or may be a signal that a user controls the power-on of the printing device through the mobile terminal, and the mode of specifically generating the power-on signal is not limited herein.
In another implementation, the trigger detection signal may be generated as follows:
when the closing state of the consumable storage assembly is changed from the opening state to the closing state, namely, the trigger detection signal is received, the purpose of the setting is that when the closing of the consumable storage assembly is opened and closed, the condition that the consumable is replaced halfway exists, and therefore the radio frequency identification antenna needs to be controlled to identify the radio frequency tag on the printing consumable, so that the printing consumable which is replaced halfway is prevented from not meeting the current printing requirement.
When the radio frequency identification antenna identifies the radio frequency tag on the printing consumable, the radio frequency tag can be directly identified according to the initial position state that the user puts the printing consumable into the consumable storage component, and under the condition, the actual consumable information of the printing consumable can be directly obtained.
And S130, if the radio frequency identification antenna does not identify the radio frequency tag, controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate so as to obtain the actual consumable information of the printing consumable.
When a single radio frequency identification antenna is used for identifying the radio frequency tag, if the radio frequency tag cannot be identified, the radio frequency tag is possibly perpendicular to the radio frequency identification antenna, and the radio frequency tag cannot be scanned at the moment, then when the radio frequency tag cannot be identified by the radio frequency identification antenna, rotation information can be sent to a consumable driving unit so as to control the consumable driving unit to drive printing consumables placed in a consumable storage component to rotate, identification of the radio frequency tag is achieved in the process of rotation of the printing consumables, and therefore actual consumable information of the printing consumables is obtained.
In some embodiments, the consumable drive unit is a motor directly associated with the coiled printing consumable, by which the coiled printing consumable is directly driven to rotate; in some embodiments, the consumable driving unit includes a rubber roller driven to rotate by a motor, a printing head or a driven roller matched with the rubber roller, the rubber roller and the printing head or the driven roller are respectively located at two opposite sides of the printing consumable to clamp a part released from coiled printing consumable paper, and when the rubber roller is driven to rotate by the motor, the rubber roller drives the printing consumable to advance through friction force so as to drag the coiled printing consumable to rotate.
The consumable information is information corresponding to printing consumables stored in the radio frequency tag, and can include consumable identification, consumable quantity, consumable specification, consumable production date and the like, and contents contained in the specific consumable information are not limited herein.
The actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier; the actual consumable information is the consumable information corresponding to the current printing consumable placed in the consumable storage component, and the actual consumable identifier is the identifier corresponding to the current printing consumable.
And S140, when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, starting a printing task.
When the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, that is, the printing consumable is confirmed to be the consumable required by the printing task, the printing task can be started to be executed. Thereby preventing the occurrence of a print job failure due to the use of erroneous printing consumables.
The identification method of the printing consumable provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to printing equipment, the printing equipment comprises a consumable driving unit, a radio frequency identification antenna and a consumable storage component, the consumable storage component is used for placing coiled printing consumable, and a radio frequency label which is unfolded along the axial direction of the printing consumable is arranged on the printing consumable. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment, the radio frequency identification antenna is arranged on one side of the consumable storage assembly, and the printing consumable is identified in a mode of arranging a single radio frequency identification antenna, so that the manufacturing cost of the printing equipment is reduced. Specifically, the scheme includes the steps that firstly, a print task is obtained, and a target consumable identification is determined according to the print task; then after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag on the printing consumable; if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, wherein the actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier; and finally, when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, starting a printing task. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment, when the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, the consumable driving unit is controlled to be started so as to drive the printing consumable to rotate, so that the recognition efficiency of the printing consumable can be accelerated.
Fig. 4 is another flow chart of a method for identifying printing consumables according to an embodiment of the present application, where the relationship between the present embodiment and the above embodiment further refines the corresponding features of the above embodiment. As shown in fig. 4, the method may include the steps of:
s210, acquiring a print job, and determining a target consumable identification according to the print job.
S220, after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag on the printing consumable.
S230, judging whether the radio frequency identification antenna identifies the radio frequency tag on the printing consumable.
If yes, go to step S240; if not, step S250 is performed.
S240, obtaining actual consumable information of the printing consumable.
S250, controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumables to rotate.
S260, acquiring a rotation period of the printing consumable, and controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag in the rotation process of the printing consumable.
If the radio frequency identification antenna does not identify the radio frequency tag, the printing consumables do not meet the production specification, and the radio frequency tag is not contained; or the radio frequency tag is perpendicular to the radio frequency identification antenna, and when the radio frequency identification antenna does not identify the radio frequency tag, the radio frequency identification antenna is controlled to identify the radio frequency tag in the process of printing consumable rotation.
When the radio frequency identification antenna identifies the radio frequency tag, a scanning range exists, so that when the radio frequency tag is not scanned in the current range, the consumable driving unit is controlled to drive the printing consumable to rotate for half a cycle, and printing consumables in other ranges can be identified. The rotation period is not limited to a half cycle, but may be one or two cycles.
S261, judging whether the radio frequency identification antenna identifies the radio frequency tag in a preset rotation period,
if yes, go to step S262; if not, step S263 is performed.
S262, obtaining the actual consumable information of the printing consumable.
And S263, transmitting an error signal to the state indicating unit so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the error signal.
If consumable information is not recognized after the printing consumable rotates, indicating that the current printing consumable does not meet the specification requirement, sending an error signal to the state indicating unit, so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the error signal.
The state indicating unit can be embodied in the form of a signal lamp, if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna in a preset rotation period, the signal lamp is controlled to flash to red light, so that staff is warned of printing consumable errors, and the staff can check timely.
And S270, when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, sending a normal signal to the state indicating unit, so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the normal signal.
The normal signal can be used for controlling the signal lamp to flash the green light to embody, so that the staff definitely prints the end of the consumable identification process, and the current printing consumable identification is correct.
Correspondingly, when the target consumable identifier is inconsistent with the actual consumable identifier, an error signal is sent to the state indicating unit, so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the error signal.
S280, controlling the radio frequency storage unit to store the actual consumable information.
S290, starting a printing task.
In a preferred embodiment, the actual consumable information further includes a current consumable amount, and after the print job is started, the method provided in this embodiment further includes: acquiring the required consumable amount of a print job; obtaining the residual consumable quantity according to the current consumable quantity and the required consumable quantity; and after the printing task is finished, updating the current consumable quantity into the residual consumable quantity, and storing the residual consumable quantity into the radio frequency storage unit.
In the current step, the current consumable quantity is indicated to meet the current printing requirement, the printing consumable in the consumable storage assembly is not required to be replaced midway, the residual consumable quantity is calculated according to the current consumable quantity and the required consumable quantity, the residual consumable quantity is written into an audio tag after the printing task is finished, the current consumable quantity of actual consumable information is updated to the residual consumable quantity, and the purpose of the method is that when the residual consumable quantity of the current printing consumable is used for next printing operation, whether the next printing requirement is met or not is determined according to the current residual consumable quantity.
In another preferred embodiment, the scheme provided in this embodiment sends the preset prompting message when the current consumable amount is smaller than the required consumable amount.
The prompt message is used for warning staff, and the consumptive material is not enough to add in time, prevent to have the printing equipment to stop printing midway because of the printing consumptive material is not enough, the problem of the increase printing duration that leads to. To repeat the identification operation of the printing consumable after being added to a new printing consumable.
According to the identification method of the printing consumable provided by the embodiment of the application, the radio frequency identification antenna is arranged on one side of the consumable storage component, and the printing consumable is identified by arranging the single radio frequency identification antenna, so that the manufacturing cost of the printing equipment is reduced. Meanwhile, when the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, the consumable driving unit is controlled to be started so as to drive the printing consumable to rotate, so that the recognition efficiency of the printing consumable can be accelerated.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for identifying printing consumables according to an embodiment of the present application, where the device is suitable for executing the method for identifying printing consumables according to the embodiment of the present application. The device is integrated in printing apparatus, printing apparatus includes consumable drive unit, radio frequency identification antenna and consumable storage module, the radio frequency identification antenna sets up one side of consumable storage module, the consumable storage module is used for placing coiled printing consumables, be equipped with the radio frequency label of expanding along its axial on the printing consumables, as shown in fig. 5, the device specifically can include: a task acquisition module 310, a tag identification module 320, a task initiation module 330, and a motor control module 340, wherein:
a task obtaining module 310, configured to obtain a print task, and determine a target consumable identifier according to the print task;
the tag identification module 320 is configured to control the rfid antenna to identify the rfid tag after receiving the trigger detection signal;
the motor control module 330 is configured to control the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, where the actual consumable information includes an actual consumable identifier;
and a task starting module 340, configured to start the print task when the target consumable identifier is consistent with the actual consumable identifier.
The identification device of the printing consumable provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to printing equipment, the printing equipment comprises a consumable driving unit, a radio frequency identification antenna and a consumable storage component, the consumable storage component is used for placing coiled printing consumable, and a radio frequency label which is unfolded along the axial direction of the printing consumable is arranged on the printing consumable. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment, the radio frequency identification antenna is arranged on one side of the consumable storage assembly, and the printing consumable is identified in a mode of arranging a single radio frequency identification antenna, so that the manufacturing cost of the printing equipment is reduced. Specifically, the scheme includes the steps that firstly, a print task is obtained, and a target consumable identification is determined according to the print task; then after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag on the printing consumable; if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, wherein the actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier; and finally, when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, starting a printing task. According to the scheme provided by the embodiment, when the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, the consumable driving unit is controlled to be started so as to drive the printing consumable to rotate, so that the recognition efficiency of the printing consumable can be accelerated.
In one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises: the device comprises a period acquisition module and a signal transmission module, wherein:
the period acquisition module is used for acquiring the rotation period of the printing consumable and controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag in the process of rotating the printing consumable;
and the signal sending module is used for sending an error signal to the state indicating unit if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna in a preset rotation period, so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the error signal.
In an embodiment, the signal sending module is further configured to send a normal signal to the status indication unit when the target consumable information is consistent with the actual consumable information, so that the status indication unit displays corresponding indication information according to the normal signal.
In one embodiment, when the target consumable identifier and the actual consumable identifier are consistent, the apparatus further includes: an information storage module;
and the information storage module is used for controlling the radio frequency storage unit to store the actual consumable information.
In an embodiment, the actual consumable information further includes a current consumable amount; the apparatus further comprises: the consumable acquisition module, the consumable calculation module and the consumable update module, wherein:
the consumable acquisition module is used for acquiring the required consumable quantity of the printing task;
the consumable calculation module is used for obtaining the residual consumable quantity according to the current consumable quantity and the required consumable quantity;
and the consumable updating module is used for updating the current consumable amount into the residual consumable amount and storing the residual consumable amount into the radio frequency storage unit after the printing task is finished.
In an embodiment, the signal sending module is further configured to send a preset prompting message when the current consumable quantity is smaller than the required consumable quantity.
In one embodiment, the trigger detection signal is generated by:
after receiving the power supply starting signal;
or when the closing state of the consumable storage assembly is changed from the opening state to the closing state.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-described division of the functional modules is illustrated, and in practical application, the above-described functional allocation may be performed by different functional modules according to needs, i.e. the internal structure of the apparatus is divided into different functional modules to perform all or part of the functions described above. The specific working process of the functional module described above may refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiment, and will not be described herein.
The embodiment of the application also provides a printing device, which comprises: at least one processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; the memory stores a computer program executable by the at least one processor, and the computer program is executed by the at least one processor, so that the at least one processor can execute the method for identifying printing consumables according to any embodiment of the present application.
The embodiment of the application also provides a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores computer instructions, and the computer instructions are used for enabling a processor to implement the identification method of the printing consumable according to any embodiment of the application when being executed.
Referring now to FIG. 6, a schematic diagram of a computer system 500 suitable for use in implementing a printing device of an embodiment of the present application is shown. The printing apparatus shown in fig. 6 is merely an example, and should not impose any limitation on the functions and the scope of use of the embodiment of the present application.
As shown in fig. 6, the computer system 500 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 501, which can perform various appropriate actions and processes according to a program stored in a Read Only Memory (ROM) 502 or a program loaded from a storage section 508 into a Random Access Memory (RAM) 503. In the RAM 503, various programs and data required for the operation of the system 500 are also stored. The CPU 501, ROM 502, and RAM 503 are connected to each other through a bus 504. An input/output (I/O) interface 505 is also connected to bus 504.
The following components are connected to the I/O interface 505: an input section 506 including a keyboard, a mouse, and the like; an output portion 507 including a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), and the like, and a speaker, and the like; a storage portion 508 including a hard disk and the like; and a communication section 509 including a network interface card such as a LAN card, a modem, or the like. The communication section 509 performs communication processing via a network such as the internet. The drive 510 is also connected to the I/O interface 505 as needed. A removable medium 511 such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like is mounted on the drive 510 as needed so that a computer program read therefrom is mounted into the storage section 508 as needed.
In particular, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, the processes described above with reference to flowcharts may be implemented as computer software programs. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include a computer program product comprising a computer program embodied on a computer readable medium, the computer program comprising program code for performing the method shown in the flow chart. In such an embodiment, the computer program may be downloaded and installed from a network via the communication portion 509, and/or installed from the removable media 511. The above-described functions defined in the system of the present application are performed when the computer program is executed by a Central Processing Unit (CPU) 501.
The computer readable medium shown in the present application may be a computer readable signal medium or a computer readable storage medium, or any combination of the two. The computer readable storage medium can be, for example, but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or a combination of any of the foregoing. More specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium may include, but are not limited to: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a hard disk, a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber, a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), an optical storage device, a magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In the present application, however, the computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal propagated in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, with the computer-readable program code embodied therein. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination of the foregoing. A computer readable signal medium may also be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to: wireless, wire, fiber optic cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.
The flowcharts and block diagrams in the figures illustrate the architecture, functionality, and operation of possible implementations of systems, methods and computer program products according to various embodiments of the present application. In this regard, each block in the flowchart or block diagrams may represent a module, segment, or portion of code, which comprises one or more executable instructions for implementing the specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that, in some alternative implementations, the functions noted in the block may occur out of the order noted in the figures. For example, two blocks shown in succession may, in fact, be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, depending upon the functionality involved. It will also be noted that each block of the block diagrams or flowchart illustration, and combinations of blocks in the block diagrams or flowchart illustration, can be implemented by special purpose hardware-based systems which perform the specified functions or acts, or combinations of special purpose hardware and computer instructions.
The modules and/or units involved in the embodiments of the present application may be implemented in software, or may be implemented in hardware. The described modules and/or units may also be provided in a processor, e.g., may be described as: a processor comprises a task acquisition module, a tag identification module, a motor control module determination module, a creation module and a task starting module. The names of these modules do not constitute a limitation on the module itself in some cases.
As another aspect, the present application also provides a computer-readable medium that may be contained in the apparatus described in the above embodiments; or may be present alone without being fitted into the device. The computer readable medium carries one or more programs which, when executed by a device, cause the device to include: acquiring a print job, and determining a target consumable identification according to the print job; after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag on the printing consumable; if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, wherein the actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier; and when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, starting the printing task.
According to the technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the application, the radio frequency identification antenna is arranged on one side of the consumable storage component, and the printing consumable is identified by arranging the single radio frequency identification antenna, so that the manufacturing cost of the printing equipment is reduced. Meanwhile, when the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, the consumable driving unit is controlled to be started so as to drive the printing consumable to rotate, so that the recognition efficiency of the printing consumable can be accelerated.
The above embodiments do not limit the scope of the present application. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and alternatives can occur depending upon design requirements and other factors. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the scope of the present application.
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1. The identification method of the printing consumable is characterized by being applied to printing equipment, wherein the printing equipment comprises a consumable driving unit, a radio frequency identification antenna and a consumable storage component, the radio frequency identification antenna is arranged on one side of the consumable storage component, the consumable storage component is used for placing coiled printing consumable, and a radio frequency label which is unfolded along the axial direction of the printing consumable is arranged on the printing consumable; the method comprises the following steps:
acquiring a print job, and determining a target consumable identification according to the print job;
after receiving the trigger detection signal, controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag;
if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna, controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, wherein the actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier;
and when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification, starting the printing task.
2. The method for identifying a printing consumable according to claim 1, wherein when the consumable driving unit rotates the printing consumable, the method further comprises:
acquiring a rotation period of the printing consumable, and controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag in the process of rotating the printing consumable;
if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna in a preset rotation period, an error signal is sent to a state indicating unit, so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the error signal.
3. The method of identifying a printing consumable according to claim 2, wherein when the target consumable information and the actual consumable information agree, the method further comprises:
and sending a normal signal to the state indicating unit so that the state indicating unit displays corresponding indicating information according to the normal signal.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein when the target consumable identification and the actual consumable identification agree, the method further comprises:
and controlling the radio frequency storage unit to store the actual consumable information.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the actual consumable information further comprises a current consumable amount;
after the print job is started, further comprising:
acquiring the required consumable amount of the printing task;
obtaining the residual consumable quantity according to the current consumable quantity and the required consumable quantity;
and after the printing task is finished, updating the current consumable amount into the residual consumable amount, and storing the residual consumable amount into the radio frequency storage unit.
6. The method of identifying a printing consumable of claim 5, further comprising:
and when the current consumable quantity is smaller than the required consumable quantity, sending preset prompt information.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger detection signal is generated by:
after receiving the power supply starting signal;
or when the closing state of the consumable storage assembly is changed from the opening state to the closing state.
8. The identification device of the printing consumable is characterized by being integrated in printing equipment, wherein the printing equipment comprises a consumable driving unit, a radio frequency identification antenna and a consumable storage component, the radio frequency identification antenna is arranged on one side of the consumable storage component, the consumable storage component is used for placing coiled printing consumable, and a radio frequency tag which is unfolded along the axial direction of the printing consumable is arranged on the printing consumable; the device comprises:
the task acquisition module is used for acquiring a print task and determining a target consumable identifier according to the print task;
the tag identification module is used for controlling the radio frequency identification antenna to identify the radio frequency tag after receiving the trigger detection signal;
the motor control module is used for controlling the consumable driving unit to drive the printing consumable to rotate if the radio frequency tag is not recognized by the radio frequency identification antenna so as to obtain actual consumable information of the printing consumable, wherein the actual consumable information comprises an actual consumable identifier;
and the task starting module is used for starting the printing task when the target consumable identification is consistent with the actual consumable identification.
9. A printing apparatus, characterized in that the printing apparatus comprises:
at least one processor; and
a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; wherein,,
the memory stores a computer program executable by the at least one processor to enable the at least one processor to perform the method of identifying a printing consumable according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
10. A computer-readable storage medium, on which a computer program is stored, characterized in that the program, when executed by a processor, implements a method of identifying a printing consumable according to any of claims 1-7.
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