The present application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-69806, which was filed on Mar. 26, 2012, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Field
The present disclosure relates to a printer that performs desired printing on a print-receiving medium.
Description of the Related Art
The prior art for transmitting and receiving print data for printing by wireless communication using a printer that performs printing on a print-receiving medium is already known. According to this prior art, the printer acquires the desired print data from a base station (access point) of a wireless LAN that covers the used location of the printer, and performs printing based on the print data.
As described above, in a case of a printer that acquires print data from an access point by wireless communication, the prior art described above which requires the printer to be connected to the access point in an information transmittable and receivable manner requires the user who newly purchased the printer to set a connection between the access point and printer by manually operating a specific button on the operation panel provided to the access point, for example. Further, in addition to the technique of the prior art described above, a technique for connecting an operation terminal, such as a PC, to a printer by a wired connection and setting the connection between the printer and access point by an operation from the operation terminal is also known, for example. In either case, however, the user must manually operate the access point and operation terminal, which is extremely troublesome. As a result, the user cannot perform desired printing quickly and easily.
It is therefore an object of the present disclosure to provide a printer that does not require troublesome manual operations for connection with an access point, making it possible for the user to perform desired printing quickly and easily.
In order to achieve the above-described object, according to the aspect of the present application, there is provided a printer comprising a feeder configured to feed a print-receiving medium, a printing head configured to perform printing on the print-receiving medium fed by the feeder, a printer RFID tag comprising a tag antenna configured to transmit and receive information by predetermined tag communication, and an IC circuit part configured to store information, a communication antenna configured to transmit and receive information by mutually recognized wireless communication, which differs from the tag communication performed by the tag antenna, and a control device. The control device being configured to execute an information acquisition process for acquiring access point information related to an access point by wired communication via a wired communication connecting part from the printer RFID tag, the access point information being acquired by the printer RFID tag from a handheld terminal by the tag communication using the tag antenna, the access point being a base station of the mutually recognized wireless communication, a transmission and reception attempting process for attempting information transmission and reception with an access point corresponding to the access point information acquired by the information acquisition process, by means of the mutually recognized wireless communication using the communication antenna, a data acquisition process for acquiring desired print data acquired by the mutually recognized wireless communication using the communication antenna 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 of the print data acquired by the data acquisition process is performed on the print-receiving medium.
According to the printer of the present disclosure, when feeder feeds a print-receiving medium, printing head performs printing on that fed print-receiving medium. At this time, the print data for printing is acquired by mutually recognized wireless communication. That is, the printer of the present disclosure comprises a communication antenna. In the data acquisition process, the desired print data is acquired by mutually recognized wireless communication via the communication antenna. In the print control process, the feeder and printing head is controlled, thereby the printing linked to the desired print data is performed on the print-receiving medium.
As described above, in a case of a printer that acquires print data by mutually recognized wireless communication, the printer must be connected to an access point, which is a base station of mutually recognized wireless communication that covers the used area of the printer, in an information transmittable and receivable manner. As a result, the user who newly purchased the printer must normally, for example, connect an operation terminal, such as a PC, to the printer by a wired connection and set the connection between the printer and access point by the mutually recognized wireless communication by performing an operation from the operation terminal, which is troublesome.
Here, in response to the above, the present disclosure utilizes tag communication between a handheld terminal and the printer to improve the convenience of setting the mutually recognized wireless communication. That is, a printer RFID tag comprising a tag antenna that performs tag communication is provided to the printer. Further, in addition to a function that performs the mutually recognized wireless communication, the handheld terminal is provided with a function that performs tag communication with the printer RFID tag. Then, first the mutually recognized wireless communication is performed with a suitable access point by the handheld terminal, and the handheld terminal acquires the access point information related to the access point, which includes an access point ID, etc., in advance. In this state, for example, the handheld terminal is brought near the printer RFID tag, causing the access point information acquired by the handheld terminal to be written to the printer RFID tag via the tag communication.
The written access point information is acquired in the information acquisition process by the printer via wired communication with the printer RFID tag. Then, using this acquired access point information, information transmission and reception with the linked access point is attempted by mutually recognized wireless communication in the transmission and reception attempting process. If information transmission and reception by the transmission and reception attempting process succeed, the desired print data is acquired by mutually recognized wireless communication with the access point in the data acquisition process.
As described above, the present disclosure delivers the access point information acquired by the handheld terminal in advance to the printer RFID tag, making the printer easily connectable to the access point in an information transmittable and receivable manner using that access point information. With this arrangement, the user can quickly and easily perform desired printing, even in a case where the user newly purchased the printer, for example.
The following describes one embodiment of the present disclosure with reference to accompanying drawings.
System Configuration
The operation terminal 200, for example, is an information terminal such as a PDA (handheld information terminal) comprising a function linked to the above described mutually recognized wireless communication, a smart phone (handheld telephone comprising a PDA function), etc. This operation terminal 200 comprises a touch panel 201 and an operation button 202, for example. The touch panel 201 comprises a display function that displays various information and messages by a liquid crystal display, etc., and permits the operator to input desired instructions and information in conjunction with the above described operation button 202. Accordingly, hereinafter, the above described display function section of the touch panel is simply referred to as the “display part 201”, and the above described operation function section of the touch panel and the above described operation button are simply referred to as the “operation part 202.” The operation terminal 200, for example, is capable of transmitting print data to the handheld printer 101 by mutually recognized wireless communication via one of the access points ACP, and causing the desired printing to be performed by the handheld printer 100.
Printer Configuration
The following describes the general configuration of the above described handheld printer 100 with reference to
The handheld printer 100 comprises a housing 102 formed into an overall substantially cuboid shape. A cover member 103 is openably and closeably provided to the upper surface of the housing 102 on the rear side in the drawing. During printing, a print-receiving paper S (refer to
A platen roller 111 and a thermal line head 112 are provided inside the housing 102. The platen roller 111 is rotatably supported in the interior of the housing 102, and the print-receiving paper S is fed when rotationally driven by a drive mechanism (not shown). The thermal line head 112 is provided to the above described platen roller 111 so that it can make contact with or part from the platen roller 111, contacts the platen roller 111 under a predetermined contact pressure during printing, and performs desired printing on the print-receiving paper S inserted therebetween.
Normally, the print-receiving paper S is inserted into the feeding path of the gap with the cover member 103 closed, causing the print-receiving paper S to be fed by the platen roller 111 and desired printing to be performed by the thermal line head 112 on the print-receiving paper S. Note that the cover member 103 is opened for paper jam removal. At this time, the platen roller 111 is released from the thermal line head 112, making it possible to easily take out the paper.
The housing 102 comprises a top cover 121, an undercover 131, and two side covers (not shown).
Functional Configuration of Printer and Operation Terminal
The functional configuration of the handheld printer 100 and the operation terminal 200 will now be described with reference to
In
The printer RFID tag T comprises the tag antenna 151, and an IC circuit part 150 that is connected to the tag antenna 151 and capable of storing received access point information P.
The tag antenna 151 is capable of receiving the access point information P (the access point ID which is the identification information of the access point ACP, password, etc.; refer to
The IC circuit part 150 comprises a control part 157 that controls the operation of the circuit element of the IC circuit part 150, and a memory part 155 that constitutes a dual port type memory, for example. One port 155a of the memory part 155 is connected with the control part 157. Further, the other port 155b of the memory part 155 is an external output terminal, and is connected with the above described control circuit 143 via a wired connecting part 154 for performing wired communication.
The operation terminal 200 comprises a CPU 203, a memory 204 made of RAM, ROM, etc., for example, the above described operation part 202, the above described display part 201, a high capacity memory 205 that is made of a solid state drive device (SSD), etc., and stores various information, an RFID wireless transmitting and receiving part 208 comprising a first antenna 208A, and a mutually recognized wireless communication control part 206 comprising a second antenna 206A.
The RFID wireless transmitting and receiving part 208 transmits the above described access point information P to the handheld printer 100 and writes the access point information P to the printer RFID tag T (refer to
The mutually recognized wireless communication control part 206 controls the transmission and reception of various information, such as the reception of print data transmitted from the operation terminal 200, for example, by mutually recognized wireless communication via the second antenna 206A and the above described access point ACP, in accordance with the control of the CPU 203. According to this communication, the communication distance is assumed as a range of about 10-100 m.
The CPU 203 processes signals in accordance with a program stored in advanced in ROM while utilizing the temporary storage function of RAM, thereby transmitting and receiving various instruction and information signals with the handheld printer 100. Note that the programs stored in ROM include a program for executing the printing process.
A program for converting a printing instruction to printer code (details omitted) per predetermined format type, such as character style, font, etc., is stored in the high capacity memory 205 (or the memory 204).
Process Flow of Operation Terminal
Next, the functional configuration and flow of the processing within the operation terminal 200 will be described with reference to
In
The application program AP and the printer driver PD are both executed by the single above described CPU 203 of the operation terminal 200. That is, each are individually and independently executed on the CPU 203 by time sharing interrupt control of a known time sharing system (TSS), for example. Further, in the printer driver PD, there may be a program that is incorporated in advance in the fundamental OS of the operation terminal 200 or individually started on the OS in the same manner as other applications.
Here, the application program AP is a document generation or image generation application program, such as, for example, a document management application program for the generation and management of documents or an image management application program for the generation and management of images such as photographs and illustrations, etc. Then, the application program AP generates a print job that includes a printing instruction linked with an operation of the operation part 202 by the operator, and that generated print job is output from the application program AP to the printer driver PD.
Then, as shown in
Special Characteristics of this Embodiment
In the above described basic configuration, the special characteristics of the handheld printer 100 of this embodiment lie in the fact that the above described access point information P related to the access point ACP is acquired by tag communication, automatically setting the connection with the access point ACP (without a manual operation by the user). In the following, the details of this procedure will be described in order.
According to the handheld printer 100 of this embodiment, print data (the above described printer code) is acquired by the above described mutually recognized wireless communication with the access point ACP via the printer-side antenna 141, as previously described. Thus, in a case where print data is to be acquired by mutually recognized wireless communication, the handheld printer 100 must be connected to the above described access point ACP that covers the used area of the handheld printer 100 in an information transmittable and receivable manner. For example, in a case where the user newly purchased the above described handheld printer 100, for example, the user must connect the PC, etc., by wire to the above described handheld printer 100 and set the connection between the handheld printer 100 and the access point ACP by the above described mutually recognized wireless communication by performing an operation from the PC, etc., which is troublesome.
Technique of this Embodiment
Here, according to this environment, the access point information P acquired by the operation terminal 200 in advance is delivered to the printer RFID tag T by the above described tag communication. With this arrangement, the handheld printer 100 is reliably connected to the access point ACP in an information transmittable and receivable manner using that access point information P.
That is, as shown in
In this state, as shown in
Then, as shown in
Control Procedure of Operation Terminal
The control contents that are based on the above described printing process program and executed by the above described CPU 203 of the operation terminal 200 in order to achieve the above described contents will now be described with reference to
First, in step S10, the CPU 203 searches for the access point ACP of mutually recognized wireless communication using a known suitable technique, via the mutually recognized wireless communication control part 206 and the second antenna 206A.
Subsequently, in step S20, the CPU 203 determines whether or not there is an access point ACP detected by the search of step S10. In a case where there is not a detected access point ACP, the decision is made that the condition of step S20 is not satisfied (S20: No), the flow returns to step S10, and the same procedure up to and including the search for the access point ACP is repeated. In a case where there is a detected access point ACP (in this case, the access point ID of the access point ACP is acquired), the decision is made that the condition of step S20 is satisfied (S20: Yes), and the flow proceeds to step S30.
In step S30, the CPU 203 determines whether or not an operator manually input the password of the operation terminal 200 via the operation part 202. Until the password is manually input, the decision is made that the condition of step S30 is not satisfied (S30: No), and the flow loops and enters a standby state. When the password is manually input, the decision is made that the condition of step S30 is satisfied (S30: Yes), and the flow proceeds to step S40.
In step S40, the CPU 203 stores the access point information P (the access point ID “xxmobile WiFi xxxxx” acquired by the search of step S10 and the password input in step S30 in the above described example) related to the access point ACP found in step S20 in the memory 204 (or the high capacity memory 205) of the operation terminal 200.
Subsequently, in step S50, the CPU 203 generates an inquiry signal that requests a response from the printer RFID tag T, and transmits the signal to the printer RFID tag T of the handheld printer 100 via the RFID wireless transmitting and receiving part 208 and the first antenna 208A.
Then, in step S60, the CPU 203 determines whether or not a response signal from the above described printer RFID tag T was received via the first antenna 208A and the RFID wireless transmitting and receiving part 208 in response to the above described inquiry signal. Until the response signal is received, the decision is made that the condition of step S60 is not satisfied (S60: No), and the flow loops and enters a standby state. When the response signal is received, the decision is made that the condition of step S60 is satisfied (S60: Yes), and the flow proceeds to step S70.
In step S70, the CPU 203 transmits the access point ID (“xxmobile WiFi xxxxx” in the above described example) and password of the access point ACP stored in the above described step S40 to the printer RFID tag T via the first antenna 208A and the RFID wireless transmitting and receiving part 208. After this step S70 is completed, the flow is terminated.
Printer Control Procedure
On the other hand, the printing process contents executed by the control circuit 143 of the handheld printer 100 will be described with reference to
In
In step S245, the control circuit 143 acquires the access point information P acquired in the printer RFID tag T in step S240 via the above described wired communication and stores it in the memory 144, for example.
Subsequently, in step S250, the control circuit 143 attempts information transmission and reception with the access point ACP linked to the access point information P (that is, identified by the access point ID) acquired in the above described step S240, by mutually recognized wireless communication using the communication control part 142 and the printer-side antenna 141.
Then, the flow proceeds to step S255 where the control circuit 143 determines whether or not the attempted communication of information transmission and reception in step S250 succeeded. In a case where the attempted communication has not succeeded, the decision is made that the condition is not satisfied (S255: No), the flow returns to step S250, and the same procedure is repeated. In a case where the above described attempted communication succeeded, the decision is made that the condition is satisfied (S255: Yes), and the flow proceeds to step S260.
In step S260, the control circuit 143 acquires print data from the access point ACP by mutually recognized wireless communication using the communication control part 142 and the printer-side antenna 141.
Note that the acquisition of the print data in this step S260 may be performed by the above described mutually recognized wireless communication from a terminal other than the operation terminal 200 of the PDA (handheld information terminal) or smart phone (handheld telephone comprising the PDA function), etc., described above, such as from a general-purpose computer PC (refer to
Subsequently, in step S265, the control circuit 143 stores the print data acquired in the above described step S260 in the above described memory 144 made of RAM, ROM, etc., for example.
Then, in step S270, the control circuit 143 controls the platen roller 111 and the thermal line head 112 in coordination, and performs desired printing on the print-receiving paper S using the print data stored in the memory 144 in the above described step S265.
Then, in step S275, the control circuit 143 deletes the above described print data linked to the contents printed in the above described step S270 from the above described memory 144. Subsequently, the flow returns to step S240, and the same procedure is repeated.
As described above, according to this embodiment, the access point information P acquired by the operation terminal 200 in advance is delivered to the printer RFID tag T, causing the handheld printer 100 to be connected to the access point ACP in an information transmittable and receivable manner using that access point information P. With this arrangement, when the user purchases and arranges the new handheld printer 100 in the building (home) H, for example, the desired print data can be easily transmitted from the operation terminal 200, etc., to the handheld printer 100 via the access point ACP inside the building H. Accordingly, the user can perform desired printing quickly or easily.
Note that the present disclosure is not limited to the above described embodiment, and various modifications may be made without deviating from the spirit and scope of the disclosure. The following describes such modifications one by one. Note that components identical to those in the above described embodiment are denoted using the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof will be omitted or simplified as appropriate.
(1) When the Printer Transmits a Transmission and Reception Success Report to the Operation Terminal
According to this modification, as shown in
Subsequently, as shown in
At this time, in the example shown, the IP address “001987 xxxxx” of the above described address information Q, etc., is displayed on the display part 201 of the operation terminal 200 in addition to the same above described “Sent SSID & PW to RFID-tag” indicating that the access point information P was acquired, the communication time “2011-10-30 00:06:17”, and the access point information P “xxmobile WiFi xxxxx” as previously described. The access point information P and the address information Q thus written are acquired by the memory 144 of the handheld printer 100 via the above described wired communication, as previously described.
Subsequently, as shown in
Control Procedure of Operation Terminal
Printer Control Procedure
That is, after the same step S240 as that of the above described
The subsequent steps S250, S255, and S260 are the same as those of the above described
In step S261, the control circuit 143 transmits a communication completed report to the address of the above described operation terminal 200 via the access point ACP by the above described mutually recognized wireless communication using the address information of the operation terminal 200 acquired in step S245′. The above described communication completed report reports that communication with the access point ACP in the above described step S255 succeeded and information transmission and reception were performed.
Further, according to this modification, the access point ID of the access point that succeeded in information transmission and reception (while acquired from the printer RFID tag T in step S245′ of the above described
In this modification, the success of the printer 100 in performing information transmission and reception with the access point ACP as well as the access point ACP with which the successful connection was made are acquired by the operation terminal 200 by the above described communication completed report. As a result, for example, the operation terminal 200 issues a notification linked to the above described communication completed report, making it possible for the user to recognize by sight or by sound, etc., that the handheld printer 100 definitely connected with the access point ACP and the access point ACP with which the connection was made.
(2) When a Plurality of Access Points Exists
For example, as shown in
The handheld printer 100 that acquired the above described plurality of sets of access point information P uses the plurality of sets of access point information P to sequentially attempt information transmission and reception with the plurality of access points ACP. At that time, the access point information of the plurality of access points ACP is acquired in list format, for example, and the handheld printer 100 attempts information transmission and reception with each of the access points ACP following the order of that access point information listed. With this arrangement, for example, as shown in
Printer Control Procedure
The following describes the printing process contents executed by the control circuit 143 of the handheld printer 100 of this modification in order to achieve the above described technique, with reference to the flow of
According to the flow of
In
In step S246, the control circuit 143 determines whether or not there was a plurality of sets of access point information P acquired in the above described step S245′ (in other words, whether or not a plurality of sets of accessible access points ACP exists). When a plurality of sets of the access point information P exists, the decision is made that the condition of step S246 is satisfied (S246: Yes), and the flow proceeds to step S251.
In step S251, the control circuit 143 attempts information transmission and reception with one of the plurality of access points ACP made accessible as described above, by mutually recognized wireless communication using the communication control part 142 and the printer-side antenna 141, in the same manner as in the above described step S250 of
In step S252, the control circuit 143 determines whether or not the attempted communication of information transmission and reception in step S251 succeeded in the same manner as step S252 of the above described
In step S253, the control circuit 143 determines whether or not the above described attempted communication sequentially performed by repeating the above described steps S251 and S252 was performed with all of the access points ACP for which the access point information P was acquired in the above described step S245′. In a case where the attempted communication has not been completed with all of the access points ACP, the decision is made that the condition is not satisfied (S253: No), the flow returns to step S251, and the same procedure is repeated. With this arrangement, in a case where information transmission and reception could not be performed with one of the access points ACP, an attempt is made to perform information transmission and reception with another of the access points ACP, with the same being performed with all of the access points ACP. In a case where attempted communication is completed with all of the access points ACP by such repetition, the decision is made that the condition is satisfied (S253: Yes), and the flow proceeds to step S254.
In step S254, in response to the unsuccessful attempted communication with each of the access points ACP despite the repetition of the above described steps S252→S253→S251→ . . . , the control circuit 143 displays an error message on the display part (not shown) of the handheld printer 100 (error process). After the above described step S254 is completed, the flow is terminated.
On the other hand, in the above described step S246, in a case where only one set of the access point information P acquired in the above described step S245′ exists, the decision is made that the condition of step S246 is not satisfied (S246: No), and the flow proceeds to step S247.
In step S247, the control circuit 143 attempts information transmission and reception with the above described one access point ACP by mutually recognized wireless communication, in the same manner as in the above described step S251. Subsequently, the flow proceeds to step S248.
In step S248, the control circuit 143 determines whether or not the attempted communication of information transmission and reception in step S247 succeeded, in the same manner as in the above described step S252. In a case where the attempted communication did not succeed, the decision is made that the condition is not satisfied (S248: No), and the flow proceeds to the above described step S254 where the above described error process is performed. On the other hand, in a case where the attempted communication succeeded, the decision is made that the condition is satisfied (S248: Yes) and the flow proceeds to step S260 in the same manner as in the above described
When step S260 is completed, the flow proceeds to the newly provided step S262. In step S262, the control circuit 143 transmits the communication completed report to the address of the above described operation terminal 200 via the access point ACP using the address information of the operation terminal 200 acquired in step S245′, in the same manner as in the step S261 of the above described
At that time, according to this modification, the access point ID of each of the access points ACP as well as the communication result of each of the access points ACP linked to the access point IDs (including information indicating that communication failed) are transmitted to the operation terminal 200. With this arrangement, the above described communication completed report and the communication result per access point ID are acquired by the operation terminal 200. The subsequent steps S265, S270, and S275 are the same as those of
As indicated above, according to this modification, it is possible to attempt information transmission and reception with another access point ACP in a case where information transmission and reception could not be performed with one access point ACP, thereby improving the possibility of connection success of the handheld printer 100 with the access point ACP. Further, it is possible to transmit detailed information from the handheld printer 100 to the operation terminal 200, such as the access point ACP of the plurality of access points ACP with which the handheld printer 100 performed information transmission and reception, as well as the access points ACP with which information transmission and reception failed and the access point ACP with which information transmission and reception subsequently succeeded.
(3) Other
Note that, while the above has described an illustrative scenario of a case where the operation terminal 200 and the handheld printer 100 are connected with the access point ACP by WiFi (registered trademark) communication, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. That is, even in a case where the operation terminal 200 and the handheld printer 100 are connected with the access point ACP by suitable mutually recognized wireless communication, such as Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication or ad hoc communication of wireless LAN, the present disclosure can be applied in the same manner as described above and the same advantages are achieved.
Note that, while the above has described an illustrative scenario in which the present disclosure is applied to a case of the handheld printer 100 driven by a battery power source, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. That is, as another example of the printer, the present disclosure may be applied to a printer that forms an image or prints characters on a regular print-receiving medium of a size such as A4, A3, B4, or B5, for example, or to a printed label producing apparatus that performs desired printing on a print-receiving tape to produce a printed label, etc. In each of these cases as well, the same advantages are achieved.
Note that, in the above, the arrow shown in the
Also note that the present disclosure is not limited to the procedures illustrated in the flowcharts of
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