GROUP PRINTING METHOD AND SYSTEM

摘要

A group printing method and a group printing system are provided. The group printing system includes a control point, an intermediary printing device, and plural digital media printers. The group printing method includes following steps. The control point and the intermediary printing device issue device search broadcasts. The intermediary printing device and each of the digital media printers issue response broadcast to the control point and the intermediary printing device. At least two of the plural digital media printers are set as a printer group. The intermediary printing device splits the print command into plural split print commands and transmits the plural split print commands to the digital media printers of the printer group. Since the print command is split into the plural split print commands and the plural split print commands are executed by respective digital media printers, the printing speed is enhanced.

主权项

1. A group printing method, comprising steps of:
(A) allowing a control point to issue a first device search broadcast, and allowing an intermediary printing device to issue a second device search broadcast; (B) allowing the intermediary printing device to receive the first device search broadcast and issue a first response broadcast to the control point, allowing each of the plural digital media printers to receive the first device search broadcast and issue a second response broadcast to the control point, and allowing each of the plural digital media printers to receive the second device search broadcast and issue a third response broadcast to the intermediary printing device, wherein the plural digital media printers provide printing functions in a Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) architecture; (C) allowing the control point to acquire a first equipment and service description information from the intermediary printing device according to the first response broadcast, allowing the control point to acquire a second equipment and service description information from each of the plural digital media printers according to the second response broadcast, and allowing the intermediary printing device to acquire the second equipment and service description information from each of the plural digital media printers according to the third response broadcast; (D) setting a printer group, wherein the printer group comprises at least two of the plural digital media printers; (E) allowing the intermediary printing device to receive a print command from the control point and split the print command into plural split print commands; and (F) allowing the plural split print commands to be transmitted from the intermediary printing device to the digital media printers of the printer group, so that the plural split print commands are executed by the digital media printers, respectively.