Image forming apparatus, drive download prompting method thereof, and printing system

文档序号：1956887 发布日期：2021-12-10 浏览：14次中文

阅读说明：本技术 图像形成装置及其驱动下载提示方法、打印系统 (Image forming apparatus, drive download prompting method thereof, and printing system ) 是由蒋奇锋张军于 2021-09-16 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请涉及图像形成装置及其驱动下载提示方法、打印系统,其中,方法包括：图像形成装置生成触发指令,触发指令用于指示输出驱动下载提示信息；图像形成装置输出驱动下载提示信息,以使得用户基于驱动下载提示信息进行驱动安装包的下载和安装。本申请实施例提供的驱动下载提示方法,无需通过光盘安装驱动,可以实现驱动的快速下载,节省了费用,提升用户体验感。(The application relates to an image forming apparatus, a drive download prompting method thereof and a printing system, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the image forming device generates a trigger instruction, and the trigger instruction is used for indicating output of drive downloading prompt information; the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information so that the user downloads and installs the drive installation package based on the drive download prompting information. The drive download prompting method provided by the embodiment of the application does not need to install the drive through the optical disk, can realize the quick download of the drive, saves the cost and improves the user experience.)

1. A method for prompting drive download of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

the image forming device generates a trigger instruction, wherein the trigger instruction is used for indicating output of drive downloading prompt information;

the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information so that a user downloads and installs a drive installation package based on the drive download prompting information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus generates the trigger instruction, and specifically comprises:

generating a trigger instruction when the image forming device is started for the first time; or

Generating a trigger instruction when the image forming device is firstly connected with a server through a wireless network; or

When the image forming device detects that a drive installation package is to be updated, generating a trigger instruction; or

When the image forming device detects that a wireless network module is inserted or a wireless network is activated, generating a trigger instruction; or

When the image forming apparatus detects a change in the placement position of the apparatus, a trigger instruction is generated.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the image forming apparatus generates the trigger instruction and before the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information, the method further comprises:

the image forming apparatus acquires drive download prompting information from a server.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus outputs drive download prompting information, and specifically comprises:

the image forming device prints a driver download prompt message; and/or

Displaying a drive download prompt message through a display panel of the image forming apparatus; and/or

The image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompt information to the electronic device through wireless network and/or wired connection.

5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the drive download prompting message comprises at least one of a two-dimensional code, a drive download link and a bar code.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information, the method further comprises:

the image forming apparatus receives a driver installation package transmitted by a server, wherein the driver installation package is transmitted by the server based on a driver download request of a user;

the image forming apparatus transmits the driver installation package to an electronic device through a wireless network and/or a wired connection.

7. An image forming apparatus, characterized by comprising:

the trigger module is used for generating a trigger instruction, and the trigger instruction is used for indicating output of drive downloading prompt information;

and the output module is used for outputting the drive downloading prompt information so that a user can download and install the drive installation package based on the drive downloading prompt information.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the triggering module is further configured to:

generating a trigger instruction when the image forming device is started for the first time; or

Generating a trigger instruction when the image forming device is firstly connected with a server through a wireless network; or

When the image forming device detects that a drive installation package is to be updated, generating a trigger instruction; or

When the image forming device detects that a wireless network module is inserted or a wireless network is activated, generating a trigger instruction; or

When the image forming apparatus detects a change in the placement position of the apparatus, a trigger instruction is generated.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the output module comprises at least one of a print output unit, a display output unit, and an information transmission unit,

the printing output unit is used for printing the download prompt information of the driver;

the display output unit is used for displaying drive downloading prompt information through a display panel of the image forming device;

and the information transmission unit is used for outputting the drive download prompt information to the electronic equipment through a wireless network and/or wired connection.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the image forming apparatus further comprises:

and the wireless network module is used for acquiring the drive downloading prompt information from the server.

11. The device according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the drive download prompting message comprises at least one of a two-dimensional code, a drive download link and a bar code.

12. The apparatus of claim 10,

the wireless network module is further used for receiving a drive installation package sent by a server, wherein the drive installation package is sent by the server based on a drive downloading request of a user;

the information transmission unit is also used for sending the drive installation package to the electronic equipment through a wireless network and/or wired connection.

13. A computer nonvolatile storage medium characterized in that the storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, a device on which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute the drive download method of the image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

14. A computer device comprising a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, the processor implementing the drive download method of the image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6 when executing the computer program.

15. A document printing system comprising an image forming apparatus and a server, wherein the image forming apparatus is connected to the server via a wireless network, and the server stores a driver installation package and driver download prompting information, wherein the image forming apparatus comprises a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and operable on the processor, and the processor implements the driver download method of the image forming apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6 when executing the computer program.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of printing technologies, and in particular, to an image forming apparatus, a drive download prompting method thereof, and a printing system.

Background

At present, when a common user uses an image forming apparatus, the common user may not know that a print driver needs to be downloaded first when the image forming apparatus is used, so that the user needs to perform a cumbersome operation to print a file to be printed if the corresponding print driver is not downloaded when the user uses the image forming apparatus.

When a user wants to download a drive, because the drive installation package of the current image forming apparatus is imprinted in an optical disc, the user needs to acquire the drive installation package from the optical disc for installing the print drive, however, many existing notebook computers do not have an optical disc interface, and only a small number of desktop computers exist, when the user needs to install the print drive for electronic equipment such as the notebook computer, the user needs to read the print drive from the optical disc or search the print drive installation package in a special website to download and install the print drive, the installation procedure is cumbersome and troublesome, and the existing drive is stored in the optical disc, and extra cost for imprinting the optical disc is also needed.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides an image forming device, a drive download prompting method thereof and a printing system, which can realize the quick download of a drive without installing a drive program through an optical disk, save the cost and improve the experience of a user.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a method for prompting drive download of an image forming apparatus, the method comprising:

the image forming device generates a trigger instruction, wherein the trigger instruction is used for indicating output of drive downloading prompt information;

the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information so that a user downloads and installs a drive installation package based on the drive download prompting information.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the generating of the trigger instruction by the image forming apparatus specifically includes:

generating a trigger instruction when the image forming device is started for the first time; or

Generating a trigger instruction when the image forming device is firstly connected with a server through a wireless network; or

When the image forming device detects that a drive installation package is to be updated, generating a trigger instruction; or

When the image forming device detects that a wireless network module is inserted or a wireless network is activated, generating a trigger instruction; or

When the image forming apparatus detects a change in the placement position of the apparatus, a trigger instruction is generated.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, after the image forming apparatus generates the trigger instruction and before the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information, the method further includes:

the image forming apparatus acquires drive download prompting information from a server.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, the outputting, by the image forming apparatus, drive download prompting information specifically includes:

the image forming device prints a driver download prompt message; and/or

Displaying a drive download prompt message through a display panel of the image forming apparatus; and/or

The image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompt information to the electronic device through wireless network and/or wired connection.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the drive download prompting message includes at least one of a two-dimensional code, a drive download link, and a barcode.

With reference to the first aspect, in one possible implementation manner, after the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information, the method further includes:

the image forming apparatus transmits the driver installation package to an electronic device through a wireless network and/or a wired connection.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an image forming apparatus comprising:

the trigger module is used for generating a trigger instruction, and the trigger instruction is used for indicating output of drive downloading prompt information;

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the triggering module is further configured to:

generating a trigger instruction when the image forming device is started for the first time; or

Generating a trigger instruction when the image forming device is firstly connected with a server through a wireless network; or

When the image forming device detects that a drive installation package is to be updated, generating a trigger instruction; or

When the image forming device detects that a wireless network module is inserted or a wireless network is activated, generating a trigger instruction; or

When the image forming apparatus detects a change in the placement position of the apparatus, a trigger instruction is generated.

In a possible embodiment, in combination with the second aspect, the output module includes at least one of a print output unit, a display output unit, and an information transmission unit, wherein,

the printing output unit is used for printing the download prompt information of the driver;

the display output unit is used for displaying drive downloading prompt information through a display panel of the image forming device;

and the information transmission unit is used for outputting the drive download prompt information to the electronic equipment through a wireless network and/or wired connection.

With reference to the second aspect, in one possible implementation, the image forming apparatus further includes: and the wireless network module is used for acquiring the drive downloading prompt information from the server.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the drive download prompting message includes at least one of a two-dimensional code, a drive download link, and a barcode.

With reference to the second aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the wireless network module is further configured to receive a driver installation package sent by a server, where the driver installation package is sent by the server based on a driver download request of a user;

the information transmission unit is also used for sending the drive installation package to the electronic equipment through a wireless network and/or wired connection.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a non-volatile storage medium of a computer, where the storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, the apparatus on which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute the drive download prompting method according to the first aspect.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer device, including a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, where the processor implements the method for prompting driver download according to the first aspect when executing the computer program.

In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a document printing system, including an image forming apparatus and a server, where the image forming apparatus is connected to the server through a wireless network, the server stores a driver installation package and driver download prompting information, the image forming apparatus includes a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable on the processor, and the processor implements the driver download method of the image forming apparatus according to the first aspect when executing the computer program.

Compared with the prior art, the method has the following beneficial effects:

1. according to the image forming device and the drive download prompting method, the storage medium, the computer device and the printing system, the trigger instruction is generated through the trigger condition, so that the image forming device can receive the sent drive download prompting information and output the drive download prompting information to a user, the user can download and install the drive installation package according to the download prompting information, the problem that the user does not know how to install the drive or how to download the drive can be effectively solved, the drive download and installation programs are simplified, and the user experience is improved.

2. At least one of the two-dimensional code, the drive download link and the bar code is used as a download path of the drive installation package, so that a user does not need to download and install the print drive through a compact disc or a manual access drive download website, the cost is saved, and the user experience is improved.

3. The image forming device receives the drive installation package sent by the server, the optical disk storage drive installation package is not needed to be used, the cost for engraving the optical disk by the storage drive is saved, the operation such as the installation of the optical disk drive is not needed, and the user experience is improved.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printing system provided by an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for prompting a driver download of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic interface diagram of a display panel of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is another schematic flowchart of a drive download prompting method of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of another interface of a display panel of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is another schematic flowchart of a drive download prompting method of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is another schematic flowchart of a drive download prompting method of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of still another interface of a display panel of an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a functional block diagram of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

For better understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention, the following detailed descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention are provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe the terminals in the embodiments of the present invention, the terminals should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one terminal from another. For example, a first terminal may also be referred to as a second terminal, and similarly, a second terminal may also be referred to as a first terminal, without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present invention.

The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination" or "in response to a detection", depending on the context. Similarly, the phrases "if determined" or "if detected (a stated condition or event)" may be interpreted as "when determined" or "in response to a determination" or "when detected (a stated condition or event)" or "in response to a detection (a stated condition or event)", depending on the context.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a framework of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 1, the printing system of the present invention includes an image forming apparatus 100, a server 200, and an electronic device 300, where the image forming apparatus 100 is connected to the server 200 via a wireless network, the server 200 stores a driver installation package and driver download prompting information, and the electronic device 300 can implement control over the image forming apparatus 100 after the driver installation package is installed, so as to drive the image forming apparatus 100 to perform an image forming operation.

The image forming apparatus 100 is used to perform image forming operations such as generating, printing, receiving, and transmitting image data, and examples of the image forming apparatus include: an inkjet printer, a laser printer, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) printer, a copier, a scanner, or a multifunction Peripheral (MFP) that performs the above functions in a single device.

The image forming apparatus 100 and the electronic device 300 may be connected by a wireless network and/or a wire, thereby realizing data communication. Wireless networks can be classified into Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), and the like, and the Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs) are based on mobile communication infrastructures, such as 2G networks, 3G networks, 4G networks, and 5G networks, and are responsible for communication services in all areas of a country or a city. The wireless lan is responsible for short-range access to a network with wireless communication access function, such as Wi-Fi (wireless communication technology). The electronic device 300 includes, but is not limited to, a Personal Computer (PC), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a wireless handheld device, a Tablet Computer (Tablet Computer), a mobile phone, and the like. For example: the image forming apparatus 100 may be connected to the electronic device 300 through a Universal Serial Bus (USB), and the electronic device 300 and the image forming apparatus 100 may be connected in a manner that the electronic device 300 and the image forming apparatus 100 are connected together in a specific lan, which may be established by using a gateway device such as a router. When the electronic device 300 installs the correct driver, the operating system of the electronic device 300 can control the image forming apparatus 100 to perform the image forming operation.

The image forming apparatus 100 and the server 200 may be connected via a wireless network, thereby realizing data communication. Specifically, the image forming apparatus 100 includes a wireless network module 110, where the wireless network module 110 may be a 2G network communication module, a 3G network communication module, a 4G network communication module, a 5G network communication module, or a Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) module, and the like, and the wireless network module is not limited herein, and the wireless network module can be used for transmitting and receiving information, and can also be connected to a network to download files. In another embodiment, the wireless network may be a cloud service protocol defined by the image forming apparatus manufacturer itself, and may be connected to the server. The server 200 may be a computing device such as a desktop computer, a notebook, a palm top computer, and a cloud server. The server 200 runs faster, has higher load and is more expensive than a common computer, and provides calculation or application services for other clients (such as mobile terminals, smart phones, ATM and other terminals, even large equipment such as train systems and the like) in the network.

Since the driver installation package of the current image forming apparatus 100 is imprinted in the optical disc, the user needs to obtain the driver installation package from the optical disc for installing the print driver, however, many existing notebook computers do not have an optical disc interface, and only a small number of desktop computers exist, when the user needs to install the print driver for the electronic device such as the notebook computer, the user needs to read the print driver from the optical disc or search the print driver installation package in a special website to download and install the print driver, the installation procedure is cumbersome and troublesome, and the existing driver is stored in the optical disc, which also needs additional cost for imprinting the optical disc.

In order to solve the problem, the present application provides a method for prompting driver download of an image forming apparatus, and fig. 2 is a schematic flowchart of the method for prompting driver download of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present application, and as shown in fig. 2, the method includes:

s10, the image forming device generates a trigger instruction, and the trigger instruction is used for instructing to output drive download prompting information;

s20, the image forming device receives the drive download prompt information sent by the server;

s30, the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information so that the user performs download and installation of the drive installation package based on the drive download prompting information.

In the above scheme, when the image forming apparatus generates the trigger instruction through the trigger condition, and sends the trigger instruction to the server, the image forming apparatus can trigger the server to send the drive download prompting information and receive the drive download prompting information sent by the server, and output the drive download prompting information to the user through various ways, so that the user can download and install the drive installation package according to the drive download prompting information, the problem that the user does not know how to install the drive or how to download the drive can be effectively solved, the drive download and installation programs are simplified, and the user experience is improved.

A detailed description will be given below of a specific technical solution of the drive download presenting method of the image forming apparatus according to the present embodiment.

S10, the image forming apparatus generates a trigger instruction for instructing output of the drive download instruction information.

In the actual application process, the image forming device can generate a trigger instruction under a specific trigger condition, the trigger instruction is sent to the server through the wireless network, and the server sends the latest drive downloading prompt information to the image forming device after receiving the trigger instruction. Specifically, the drive download prompting message may include at least one of a two-dimensional code, a drive download link, and a barcode, which is not limited herein. The two-dimensional code is obtained by compiling the drive download link through a two-dimensional code compiler, and the barcode is obtained by compiling the drive download link through a barcode compiler.

Specifically, the specific trigger conditions include the following:

the first trigger condition is to generate a trigger instruction when the image forming apparatus first establishes a connection with a server via a wireless network.

Specifically, after the image forming apparatus is first connected to the wireless network, a network connection may be established with the server based on the access address of the server. In a specific embodiment, the wireless network may be a mobile communication network, such as a 2G network, a 3G network, a 4G network, a 5G network, or a Wi-Fi (wireless communication technology) local area network, and is not limited herein.

The manner of connecting the image forming apparatus to the network is of two types:

the first type is that the image forming apparatus directly establishes a connection with a router to access a network, and includes that a user directly inputs a network name and a password of the router as a hot spot on a user interface of the image forming apparatus to access the image forming apparatus to the router; or when the image forming device and the router are respectively provided with the WPS buttons, the user presses the WPS button on the image forming device and the WPS button on the router, so that the image forming device and the router both enter a WPS pairing mode, and when the WPS button and the WPS button are successfully paired, the image forming device can be connected to the router.

The second type is that the image forming apparatus accesses the network through a third-party device, which may be an electronic device, including the following ways:

1. the image forming apparatus first establishes a wired or wireless connection with the electronic device, and then the electronic device transmits a network name and password information of the router to the image forming apparatus so that the image forming apparatus is connected to the router, i.e., the image forming apparatus is connected to the network. Further, there are many ways of establishing a connection between the electronic device and the image forming apparatus, for example, the electronic device may establish a connection with the image forming apparatus based on a network name and a password of the image forming apparatus when the image forming apparatus is in a softap (wireless soft AP) mode, may establish a bluetooth connection between the image forming apparatus and the electronic device, may establish a wired connection between the image forming apparatus and the electronic device, or may establish a Near Field Communication (NFC) connection between the image forming apparatus and the mobile terminal, which is not limited herein.

2. And controlling the image forming device to enter a wireless promiscuous monitoring promiscuous mode, and monitoring broadcast information which is sent by other equipment and contains the network name and the password information of the router by the image forming device so as to be connected to the router after the network name and the password information of the router are acquired.

It is understood that, after the image forming apparatus and the server establish a connection for the first time, the server receives a trigger instruction of the image forming apparatus, and the server sends a drive download prompting message to the image forming apparatus. The image forming device can store the drive download information in the memory and then output the drive download prompt information; of course, the image forming apparatus may directly output the drive download instruction information. The driver downloading prompt information is directly sent to the image forming device through the server, when a user needs to download the driver installation package, the user does not need to access the driver downloading link through an optical disk or manually, the downloading path of the driver installation package can be directly found according to the driver downloading prompt information provided by the image forming device, the downloading efficiency of the driver installation package can be improved, and the user experience is improved.

The second trigger condition is to generate a trigger command when the image forming apparatus is first started.

Specifically, the user can control the start of the image forming apparatus by a power switch key of the image forming apparatus, and when the image forming apparatus is started for the first time, a processor of the image forming apparatus generates a trigger instruction. The first startup here refers to the first startup after the image forming apparatus is shipped from the factory.

And the third trigger condition is that when the image forming device detects that the wireless network module is inserted or the wireless network is activated, a trigger instruction is generated.

When the processor of the image forming apparatus detects that a wireless network module is inserted or a wireless network is activated, a trigger instruction is generated. The wireless network module may be a wireless network module, such as a 2G network communication module, a 3G network communication module, a 4G network communication module, a 5G network communication module, or a Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) module, installed in the image forming apparatus, and when the image forming apparatus needs to be activated by a network, etc., which is not limited herein.

The fourth trigger condition is that a trigger instruction is generated when the image forming apparatus detects a change in the placement position of the image forming apparatus. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

when the image forming device detects that the self placing position is changed through the positioning module, a processor of the image forming device generates a trigger instruction. The Positioning module may be a Global Positioning System (GPS) module or a wireless network module, such as a 2G network communication module, a 3G network communication module, a 4G network communication module, a 5G network communication module, or a Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) module, and may also be other modules capable of implementing a Positioning function, which is not limited herein.

A fifth trigger condition is that a trigger instruction is generated when the image forming apparatus detects that the drive installation package is to be updated. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

firstly, when the image forming apparatus detects whether the driver installation package needs to be updated, the server needs to determine whether the driver installation package with the latest version exists and issue a reminder to the image forming apparatus that the driver installation package needs to be updated, which specifically includes the following steps:

the server acquires the latest version information of the first driver installation package from a specific website such as an official website downloaded by the image forming apparatus print driver;

the server acquires version information of a second drive installation package installed on the current electronic equipment and uploaded by the image forming device;

the server judges whether the version information of the first drive installation package is the same as that of the second drive installation package;

specifically, whether the second driver installation package needs to be updated may be determined by comparing the version numbers of the first driver installation package and the second driver installation package, and certainly, the version information may also include other information used for indicating the size of the current version, which is not limited herein.

If not, the server determines that a second driver installation package installed on the electronic equipment needs to be updated, and the server sends a prompt for the driver installation package to be updated to the image forming device;

the image forming device receives a prompt that the driver installation package is to be updated and sent by the server, determines that the driver installation package is to be updated, and generates a trigger instruction.

In a specific implementation process, the server may send a to-be-updated reminder of the driver installation package to the image forming apparatus by using a wireless network, and the image forming apparatus may also receive the to-be-updated reminder of the driver installation package by using the wireless network.

By setting various trigger conditions, the trigger server sends drive downloading prompt information to the image forming device, so that a user can be reminded of installing and downloading the printing drive in time, and the problem that the user does not know about installing the drive or how to download the drive can be effectively solved.

S20, the image forming apparatus receives the drive download instruction information transmitted from the server.

Specifically, the server may send the driver download prompting message through a wireless network, and it is understood that the electronic device needs to install a driver to control the image forming apparatus to perform the image forming operation. When the server directly sends the drive downloading prompt information to the image forming device, the drive downloading prompt information is output by the image forming device to prompt a user, so that the user downloads and installs the drive installation package based on the drive downloading prompt information. The trouble that a user downloads and installs the drive installation package through an optical disk and a manual access drive link (such as a drive downloading website) can be avoided, and the user experience is improved.

S30, the image forming apparatus outputs the drive download prompting information so that the user performs download and installation of the drive installation package based on the drive download prompting information.

The user can rapidly download and install the driver installation package according to the driver download prompt information output by the image forming device.

In one embodiment, the download prompting information may be displayed by a display panel of the image forming apparatus. The prompt information is displayed through the display panel of the image forming device, so that a user can visually see the prompt information and know that if the image forming device needs to be controlled to perform image forming operation, a corresponding printing driver needs to be installed for the electronic equipment, and if the printing driver needs to be downloaded and installed, the corresponding operation can be performed according to the drive downloading prompt information, and the problems that when a common user uses the image forming device for the first time, the common user possibly does not know that the printing driver needs to be downloaded firstly when using the image forming device and the problems that the printing driver needs to be read from an optical disk or a printing driver installation package is searched in a special website to perform downloading and installation of the printing driver are complicated are solved.

After the drive download prompting information is displayed on the display panel of the image forming device, a user can select to manually download the print drive according to the drive download prompting information or click an automatic download drive button displaying a drive download prompting information interface on the display panel based on own will, so that the image forming device automatically obtains the print drive from the server and transmits the print drive to the electronic equipment.

The specific implementation mode is as follows:

the first method is as follows: the user manually downloads the driver, and the driver download prompt information is displayed on the interface of the image forming apparatus.

The user can visually see the drive download prompting information through the display panel on the image forming apparatus. As shown in fig. 3 (interface display diagram), a control is provided on the display panel, and the user can select whether to send the drive download prompting message to a corresponding electronic device, for example, a notebook computer connected to the image forming apparatus, or other electronic devices. When the user selects not to send the drive download prompting message to the corresponding electronic equipment, the display panel of the image forming device can also display a prompting message for prompting the user, and the prompting message can be, for example, "the driver is not installed and the printer cannot be used", so that the user is guided to install the drive, and the situation that the user cannot use the image forming device without installing the print driver is avoided.

In yet another embodiment, the image forming apparatus may output the drive download instruction information to the electronic device through a wireless network and/or a wired connection. The electronic device here may be a computer device, a mobile device (cell phone, etc.).

In another embodiment, the image forming apparatus prints the driver download notice information. That is, the image forming apparatus can directly print the drive download instruction information transmitted from the server, so that the user can download and install the drive installation package according to the information.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, after S30, the method further includes: s40, the image forming apparatus sends the drive download instruction information to the electronic device via a wireless network and/or a wired connection.

Specifically, S40 specifically includes:

s41, the image forming device sends a first transmission request to the electronic equipment, wherein the first transmission request is an instruction for a user to instruct and transmit the download prompting information of the drive;

s42, the image forming apparatus receives the transmission approval instruction sent by the electronic device based on the first transmission request, and then sends the drive download instruction to the electronic device.

In a particular embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the first transfer request may be generated by a user clicking a control on a display panel in the image forming apparatus. In the actual drive installation process, a user can send drive download prompt information to the electronic equipment by clicking the control when seeing the drive download prompt information on the display panel of the image forming device.

The drive download prompting information includes at least one of a two-dimensional code, a drive download link, and a barcode, which is not limited herein.

The image forming device outputs the drive download prompting information in various ways, so that a user can know how to acquire the print drive and manually download the print drive according to the indication of the drive download prompting information.

The second method comprises the following steps: the user selects the automatic download drive installation package, and displays an interface on the interface of the image forming apparatus whether to automatically download the drive installation package from the server.

Further, as shown in fig. 6, after S30, the method further includes:

s50, the image forming apparatus transmits a drive download request to the server.

After the user sees the drive download instruction information output from the image forming apparatus, the user can acquire the latest drive installation package through the image forming apparatus wirelessly connected to the server. For example, as shown in fig. 3, the user may generate a drive download request by clicking a control on the display panel, and if the user does not select download, the display panel may prompt the user that the image forming apparatus cannot be used without installing a drive. The user selects to install the printer driver for the electronic device and controls the image forming apparatus to automatically download the driver according to the automatic download of the display panel.

And S60, the image forming device receives the drive installation package sent by the server and stores the drive installation package in the memory of the image forming device.

In a particular embodiment, the driver installation package is sent by the server based on a driver download request from the user. The memory may be a double-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory, which automatically clears files stored in the memory after power failure, or may be other memories with a storage function, which is not limited herein. The wireless module stores the drive installation package into the memory after receiving the drive installation package, the processor directly receives the stored drive installation package through the image forming device, when a user needs the drive installation package, the user can directly send the drive installation package stored in the memory to the electronic equipment by clicking a control button on the display panel, and the electronic equipment can quickly install the drive.

The method further comprises the following steps: s70, the processor of the image forming apparatus checks the drive installation package, and determines whether or not there is an error in the drive installation package stored in the memory.

Further, after S70, the method further includes:

s80, when it is determined that the driver installation package stored in the memory is correct, the image forming apparatus transmits the driver installation package to the electronic device through a wireless network and/or a wired connection.

And S90, when the driver installation package stored in the memory is determined to be wrong, automatically clearing the driver installation package in the memory.

And the image forming apparatus retransmits the drive download request to the server.

It can be understood that when the driver installation package stored in the memory is determined to be correct, the driver installation package stored in the memory can be sent to the electronic device, so that the electronic device can conveniently install the driver. And when the driver installation package stored in the memory is determined to be wrong, automatically clearing the driver installation package in the memory, and retransmitting a driver downloading request to the server so as to download the driver installation package again. Through the verification comparison of the drive installation package, whether errors occur in the transmission process of the drive file data, such as whether file omission exists in the transmission process of the drive installation package, whether the transmitted data is correct and the like, can be detected, if the verification fails, the drive installation package indicates that errors occur in the transmission process, and if the verification passes, the drive installation package is proved to be correct. The downloaded drive installation package can be ensured to be correct, and the situation that the sent drive installation package has potential safety hazards and is not complete in function is avoided, so that the installed drive installation package cannot be used. The driver installation package is obtained from the server for installation, the upgrade driver installation package can be downloaded remotely, the driver installation package is not required to be stored in a specific storage device (such as an optical disc), cost and resources are saved, the upgraded latest driver installation package can be directly sent to the electronic device, the driver installation package is not required to be manually searched and downloaded, the Internet of things of the image forming device can be realized, the development of the Internet is met, and the convenience in use is brought to a user.

In a specific embodiment, the specific verification process of the driver installation package includes the following steps:

generating a check code after the data frame to be sent, wherein the check code can enable the newly generated data frame to be divided by a preset numerical value;

generating a new data frame and sending the new data frame to a receiving end;

the receiving end receives a new data frame and divides the new data frame by a preset numerical value;

if the result has no remainder, the new data frame is confirmed to be error-free; if the result has a remainder, the new data frame is determined to be erroneous.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, S80 includes the following steps:

s81, the image forming apparatus sends a second transmission request to the electronic device, the second transmission request being an instruction for a user to instruct transmission of the driver installation package;

s82, the image forming apparatus receives the transmission approval instruction sent by the electronic device based on the second transmission request, and then sends the driver installation package to the electronic device.

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the second transmission request may be generated by the user by clicking a control on a display panel in the image forming apparatus. In the actual drive installation process, a user can click a control on a display panel of the image forming device to send the drive installation package to the electronic equipment.

The image forming device automatically acquires the drive installation package from the server, and when a user needs to drive the installation package, the user only needs to select the automatic installation button to acquire the drive installation package from the server without manually operating, so that the time of the user is saved, and the installation efficiency is improved.

The method fully considers the condition that the user computer does not have the optical disk interface, does not need to install the drive of the image forming device through the optical disk, reduces the steps of downloading and installing the drive, and improves the user experience.

In a second aspect, the present application provides an image forming apparatus, as shown in fig. 1, comprising:

a trigger module 120, configured to generate a trigger instruction, where the trigger instruction is used to instruct to output a driver download prompt message;

the wireless network module 110 is configured to receive a driver download prompting message sent by a server;

and the output module 130 is configured to output the driver download prompting information, so that a user downloads and installs the driver installation package based on the driver download prompting information.

In the actual application process, the image forming device can generate a trigger instruction under certain trigger conditions, the trigger instruction is sent to the server through the wireless network, and the server sends the latest drive downloading prompt information to the image forming device after receiving the trigger instruction. Specifically, the drive download prompting message includes at least one of a two-dimensional code, a drive download link, and a barcode. It should be noted that the two-dimensional code is obtained by compiling the drive download link through a two-dimensional code compiler, and the barcode is obtained by compiling the drive download link through a barcode compiler.

The first trigger condition is to generate a trigger instruction when the image forming apparatus first establishes a connection with a server via a wireless network.

The manner of connecting the image forming apparatus to the network is of two types:

The second type is that the image forming apparatus accesses the network through a third-party device, which may be an electronic device, including the following ways:

In the second trigger condition, the trigger module 120 generates a trigger instruction when the image forming apparatus is first started.

Specifically, the user may control the image forming apparatus to start up by a power switch of the image forming apparatus, and the processor 140 of the image forming apparatus generates a trigger instruction when the image forming apparatus starts up for the first time. The first startup here refers to the first startup after the image forming apparatus is shipped from the factory.

In a third trigger condition, the trigger module 120 generates a trigger instruction when the image forming apparatus detects that a wireless network module is inserted or a wireless network is activated.

A fourth trigger condition is that the trigger module 120 generates a trigger instruction when the processor 140 of the image forming apparatus detects a change in the placement position of itself. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

the image forming apparatus detects a change in the placement position thereof by the processor 140, and generates a trigger instruction. The processor can judge whether the image forming device is changed in position by acquiring data of a positioning module in the image forming device. The Positioning module may be a Global Positioning System (GPS) module or a wireless network module, such as a 2G network communication module, a 3G network communication module, a 4G network communication module, a 5G network communication module, or a Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) module, and may also be other modules capable of implementing a Positioning function, which is not limited herein.

In a fifth trigger condition, when the image forming apparatus detects that the driver installation package is to be updated, the trigger module 120 generates a trigger instruction. The method specifically comprises the following steps:

the server acquires the latest version information of the first driver installation package from a specific website such as an official website downloaded by the image forming apparatus print driver;

the server acquires version information of a second drive installation package installed on the current electronic equipment and uploaded by the image forming device;

the server judges whether the version information of the first drive installation package is the same as that of the second drive installation package;

Specifically, the server may transmit the drive download prompting information through a wireless network, and the wireless network module of the image forming apparatus receives the drive download prompting information transmitted by the server. It is understood that the electronic device needs to be equipped with a driver to control the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming operation. When the server directly sends the drive downloading prompt information to the image forming device, the drive downloading prompt information is output by the image forming device to prompt a user, so that the user downloads and installs the drive installation package based on the drive downloading prompt information. The trouble that a user downloads and installs the drive installation package through an optical disk and a manual access drive link (such as a drive downloading website) can be avoided, and the user experience is improved.

After the output module 130 outputs the driver download prompting information, the user can quickly download and install the driver installation package according to the driver download prompting information through the driver download prompting information output by the image forming apparatus.

The specific implementation mode is as follows:

the first method is as follows: the user manually downloads the driver, and the driver download prompt information is displayed on the interface of the image forming apparatus.

The image forming apparatus may output the drive download instruction information to the electronic device through a wireless network and/or a wired connection. The electronic device here may be a computer device, a mobile device (cell phone, etc.).

The image forming apparatus may also print drive download prompting information. That is, the image forming apparatus can directly print the drive download instruction information transmitted from the server, so that the user can download and install the drive installation package according to the information.

Further, the image forming apparatus further includes an information transmission unit for outputting the drive download instruction information to the electronic device through a wireless network and/or a wired connection. It should be noted that the information transmission unit may also be the wireless network module described above. In this embodiment, the drive download prompting message sent by the server may be stored in a memory of the image forming apparatus, where the memory may be a double-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory, and the memory automatically clears a file stored in the memory after power failure, and may also be other memories with a storage function, which is not limited herein.

Specifically, the wireless network module 110 is further configured to send a first transmission request to the electronic device, where the first transmission request indicates, to the user, an instruction for transmitting the driver download prompt information;

the wireless network module 110 is further configured to send a drive download prompting message to the electronic device after receiving a transmission approval instruction sent by the electronic device based on the first transmission request.

The drive download prompting information includes at least one of a two-dimensional code, a drive download link, and a barcode, which is not limited herein.

Further, the wireless network module 110 is further configured to send a drive downloading request to the server.

And a processor 140 of the image forming apparatus for receiving the driver installation package transmitted by the server and storing the driver installation package in a memory 150 of the image forming apparatus.

Further, the processor 140 of the image forming apparatus is further configured to check the driver installation package and determine whether the driver installation package stored in the memory has an error.

In a specific embodiment, the specific verification process of the driver installation package includes the following steps:

generating a check code after the data frame to be sent, wherein the check code can enable the newly generated data frame to be divided by a preset numerical value;

generating a new data frame and sending the new data frame to a receiving end;

the receiving end receives a new data frame and divides the new data frame by a preset numerical value;

if the result has no remainder, the new data frame is confirmed to be error-free; if the result has a remainder, the new data frame is determined to be erroneous.

The processor 140 may be a chip of the image forming apparatus, and is an integrated circuit that contains the complete system and embeds the entire contents of the software. The memory 150 may be a double-data-rate synchronous dynamic random access memory, an erasable programmable read only memory, an electrically erasable programmable read only memory, etc., and the memory 150 automatically clears the files stored in the memory 150 after power failure.

It is to be understood that when it is determined that the driver installation package stored in the memory 150 is error-free, the driver installation package stored in the memory 150 may be transmitted to the electronic device to facilitate driver installation of the electronic device. When it is determined that the driver installation package stored in the memory 150 is faulty, the driver installation package in the memory 150 is automatically cleared, and a driver download request is re-sent to the server for re-downloading. Through the operation, the downloaded drive installation package can be ensured to be correct, and the conditions that the sent drive installation package has potential safety hazards and incomplete functions are avoided.

Further, after verifying the driver installation package and determining that the driver installation package stored in the memory 150 is error-free, the image forming apparatus transmits the driver installation package to the electronic device through a wireless network and/or a wired connection. When the driver installation package is sent, the driver installation package can be sent through a USB interface, a wired network, a wireless network module, and the like, and only the image forming apparatus needs to be in communication connection with the electronic device, which is not described herein again.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a non-volatile storage medium of a computer, where the storage medium includes a stored program, and when the program runs, a device in which the storage medium is located is controlled to execute the above-mentioned drive download prompting method.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a computer device, and fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a computer device provided in an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 9, the computer device 300 of this embodiment includes: the processor, the memory, and the computer program 303 stored in the memory and capable of running on the processor, when the processor executes the computer program 303, the driver download prompting method in the embodiment is implemented, and in order to avoid repetition, details are not repeated herein. Alternatively, the computer program is executed by the processor to implement the functions of the models/units in the image forming apparatus in the embodiments, which are not described herein again to avoid redundancy.

The computer device 300 may be a desktop computer, a notebook, a palm computer, a cloud server, an image forming apparatus, or other computing devices. The computer device may include, but is not limited to, a processor, a memory. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that fig. 9 is merely an example of a computer device 300 and is not intended to limit the computer device 300 and may include more or fewer components than those shown, or some of the components may be combined, or different components, e.g., the computer device may also include input output devices, network access devices, buses, etc.

The Processor may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic device, discrete hardware component, or the like. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The storage may be an internal storage unit of the computer device 300, such as a hard disk or a memory of the computer device 300. The memory may also be an external storage device of the computer device 300, such as a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), etc., provided on the computer device 300. Further, the memory may also include both internal and external storage units of the computer device 300. The memory is used for storing computer programs and other programs and data required by the computer device. The memory may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.

It is clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes of the above-described systems, apparatuses and units may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In the embodiments provided in the present invention, it should be understood that the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other ways. For example, the above-described apparatus embodiments are merely illustrative, and for example, the above-described division of units is merely one type of division of logical functions, and there may be other divisions when actually implemented, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The integrated unit implemented in the form of a software functional unit may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The software functional unit is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) or a Processor (Processor) to execute some steps of the above methods according to various embodiments of the present invention. And the aforementioned storage medium includes: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a removable hard disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

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