CN-122008711-A - Multi-card synchronous printing control method and device, printer and storage medium

CN122008711ACN 122008711 ACN122008711 ACN 122008711ACN-122008711-A

Abstract

The application relates to the technical field of multi-card synchronous printing control and discloses a multi-card synchronous printing control method, a multi-card synchronous printing control device, a printer and a storage medium, wherein the multi-card synchronous printing control method comprises the steps of determining the number of current remaining cards to be printed based on a printing task, controlling a card issuing device to convey the corresponding number of cards to be printed to a corresponding card positioning area, and acquiring first position information; when the first position information characterizes that the card to be printed is in place, the card conveying device is controlled to convey the card to be printed in the card positioning area to the corresponding printing area, second position information is acquired, and the limiting mechanism is driven to clamp the card to be printed according to the second position information and the printing mechanism is controlled to execute printing. The application can complete the parallel printing of a plurality of cards in the same printing period, and reduces the time consumption brought by the successive printing, thereby improving the overall printing efficiency. Meanwhile, the continuity and stability of the printing process are maintained, and the multi-card printing operation is more orderly and reliable.

Inventors

MA YONGGANG
TIAN JUNJIE

Assignees

得实打印机(江门)有限公司
江门市得实计算机外部设备有限公司

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20260306

Claims (10)

1. A multi-card synchronous printing control method, characterized in that the method comprises: receiving a print job, and determining the number of currently remaining cards to be printed based on the print job; Controlling a card issuing device to convey a corresponding number of cards to be printed to a corresponding card positioning area according to the number of the cards to be printed currently, and acquiring first position information corresponding to the card positioning area; when the first position information characterizes that the card to be printed is in place, synchronously controlling a card conveying device to convey the card to be printed in the card positioning area to a corresponding printing area, and acquiring second position information corresponding to the printing area; based on the second position information, the limiting mechanism is driven to clamp the card to be printed in the printing area, and the printing mechanism is controlled to execute synchronous printing operation on the clamped card to be printed.
2. The multi-card synchronous print control method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving a print job and determining the number of cards currently remaining to be printed based on the print job includes: acquiring a target printing number corresponding to the printing task and a preset maximum card arranging capacity; Updating the target printing quantity based on the number of the cards which are printed, so as to obtain the residual task quantity; comparing the residual task quantity with the preset maximum card arranging capacity to generate the number of the card arranging of the present round, and taking the number of the card arranging of the present round as the number of the current residual cards to be printed; When the residual task quantity is greater than or equal to the maximum card arranging capacity, determining the number of the card arranging wheels as the maximum card arranging capacity; and when the residual task quantity is smaller than the maximum card arranging capacity, determining the card arranging quantity of the round as the residual task quantity.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the controlling the card issuing device to convey the corresponding number of cards to be printed to the corresponding card positioning area according to the number of the cards to be printed currently remaining, and acquiring the first position information corresponding to the card positioning area, includes: Controlling the card issuing device to convey the corresponding number of cards to be printed to the corresponding card positioning areas through the first conveying channels according to the number of the current remaining cards to be printed; And controlling a first position sensor arranged in each card positioning area to acquire corresponding first position information, wherein the first position information represents whether the card to be printed reaches the corresponding card positioning area.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the first position information indicates that the card to be printed is in place, the synchronous control card conveying device conveys the card to be printed in the card positioning area to the corresponding printing area, and acquires the second position information, comprising: Based on the first position information, synchronously controlling a plurality of card hooking conveyor belts to convey the cards to be printed in each card positioning area to the corresponding printing area along a second conveying channel, wherein the second conveying channels are perpendicular to the first conveying channels, and each second conveying channel corresponds to one card positioning area; and in the process of conveying the cards to the corresponding printing areas, controlling second position sensors arranged on the second conveying channels to acquire second position information of the cards to be printed, wherein the second position information represents whether the cards to be printed reach the printing areas or not.
5. The multi-card synchronous printing control method according to claim 1, wherein the driving limiting mechanism clamps the card to be printed in the printing area based on the second position information, and controlling the printing mechanism to perform the printing operation on the clamped card to be printed comprises: Responding to the second position information, and judging whether the card to be printed reaches a printing area or not; When the card to be printed reaches a printing zone, controlling the limiting mechanism to execute clamping operation so as to fix the card to be printed in the printing zone; and after the limiting mechanism completes the clamping operation, controlling the printing mechanism to synchronously execute the printing operation on the card to be printed in the printing area.
6. The multi-card synchronous print control method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises: Continuously acquiring card supply state information of the card issuing device in the process of executing the printing task; suspending execution of the print task and storing the current running state when the card supply state information characterizes card exhaustion; and when the card supply state information characterizes that the card supplement is completed, continuing to execute the printing task according to the current running state.
7. The multi-card synchronous print control method according to claim 1, characterized in that the method further comprises: And after finishing the printing operation of the card to be printed, controlling the card recovery device to convey the card to be printed to a preset recovery position.
8. A multi-card synchronous print control apparatus, comprising: the system comprises a task receiving unit, a printing unit and a printing unit, wherein the task receiving unit is used for receiving a printing task and determining the number of the current remaining cards to be printed based on the printing task; The card issuing unit is used for controlling the card issuing device to convey the corresponding number of cards to be printed to the corresponding card positioning area according to the number of the cards to be printed currently, and acquiring first position information corresponding to the card positioning area; The conveying unit is used for synchronously controlling the card conveying device to convey the card to be printed in the card positioning area to the corresponding printing area when the first position information represents that the card to be printed is in place, and acquiring second position information corresponding to the printing area; And the printing unit is used for driving the limiting mechanism to clamp the card to be printed in the printing area based on the second position information and controlling the printing mechanism to execute synchronous printing operation on the clamped card to be printed.
9. A printer comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing a computer program, the processor being configured to execute the computer program to implement the multi-card synchronous print control method of any one of claims 1 to 7.
10. A computer-readable storage medium, characterized in that it stores a computer program which, when executed on a processor, implements the multi-card synchronous print control method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

Description

Multi-card synchronous printing control method and device, printer and storage medium Technical Field The present application relates to the field of multi-card synchronous printing control technologies, and in particular, to a multi-card synchronous printing control method, device, printer, and storage medium. Background The current card printing equipment generally adopts a single-channel serial operation mode, wherein control logic comprises that after an upper computer issues a printing task, a main control board sequentially drives a card issuing device to output a single card, the single card is conveyed to a single printing station through a conveying belt, positioning, clamping and printing are finished, then processing of the next card is carried out, a plurality of printing heads or parallel conveying paths are configured in part of multi-card printing equipment, but the number of channels of the multi-card printing equipment is fixed and can not be dynamically adjusted, the main control board uniformly enables all hardware resources according to the preset maximum number of channels (such as 5) regardless of the actual task size, on the one hand, the channel resource configuration is rigidified, when the printing task size is smaller than the maximum number of channels of the equipment, the non-enabled channels lead to idle hardware resources, and when the task size exceeds the maximum number of channels, the processing is carried out in batches, linear matching of throughput rate and task size can not be realized, on the other hand, the existing control logic generally adopts open-loop or coarse-granularity control, for example, after the card is sent out, all hardware resources are uniformly enabled after fixed time delay, and clamping and printing is directly started. The method lacks a closed loop confirmation mechanism for the actual physical position of the card, is easy to clamp or print the card without accurate positioning due to transmission delay fluctuation, false detection of a sensor or mechanical accumulated errors, causes the problems of image offset, edge printing omission, transmission clamping stagnation and the like, and seriously influences the reliability and the finished product qualification rate of multi-card synchronous printing. Disclosure of Invention In view of this, embodiments of the present application provide a multi-card synchronous printing control method, apparatus, printer and storage medium, which can effectively solve the problems in the prior art that the printing throughput rate cannot be dynamically and linearly matched with the task amount, the multi-card job rhythm is out of step, and the printing quality is unstable due to the stiffness of channel resource allocation and the lack of in-place confirmation mechanism in multi-card synchronous control. In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a multi-card synchronous print control method, including: receiving a print job, and determining the number of currently remaining cards to be printed based on the print job; Controlling a card issuing device to convey a corresponding number of cards to be printed to a corresponding card positioning area according to the number of the cards to be printed currently, and acquiring first position information corresponding to the card positioning area; when the first position information characterizes that the card to be printed is in place, synchronously controlling a card conveying device to convey the card to be printed in the card positioning area to a corresponding printing area, and acquiring second position information corresponding to the printing area; based on the second position information, the limiting mechanism is driven to clamp the card to be printed in the printing area, and the printing mechanism is controlled to execute synchronous printing operation on the clamped card to be printed. In some embodiments, the receiving a print job and determining a current number of cards remaining to be printed based on the print job includes: acquiring a target printing number corresponding to the printing task and a preset maximum card arranging capacity; Updating the target printing quantity based on the number of the cards which are printed, so as to obtain the residual task quantity; comparing the residual task quantity with the preset maximum card arranging capacity to generate the number of the card arranging of the present round, and taking the number of the card arranging of the present round as the number of the current residual cards to be printed; When the residual task quantity is greater than or equal to the maximum card arranging capacity, determining the number of the card arranging wheels as the maximum card arranging capacity; and when the residual task quantity is smaller than the maximum card arranging capacity, determining the card arranging quantity of the round as the residual task quantity. In some embodiments, the co