JP2003099599A - Method and device for accepting printing order - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and device for accepting a printing order that allow orderers with the same attribute (for example, belonging to a company) to freely reference, change, and order printing data to be printed on printing materials. SOLUTION: An orderer enters a log-in ID to log into a printing order acceptance system according to this invention. In response to orderer's log-in ID, a printing acceptance device 101 searches accumulated company names and domain names of E-mail addresses for another log-in ID associated with the same company name and the domain name of the E-mail address and sends printing data, which was ordered with the same company name and the domain name of the E-mail address, to a client device 102.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a print ordering method and apparatus, and more particularly to a print ordering method and apparatus capable of ordering and ordering printing performed by an orderer and a business operator using a network. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, orders and orders for printed materials are
In this method, a print manuscript is brought in or mailed to a printing company, and the orderer confirms and prints a constituent print of the print manuscript created by the printing company.

In recent years, an increasing number of methods of receiving and ordering printed matter using a network. For example, the templates of several kinds of printed matter prepared in the printing order receiving apparatus of the printing company are transmitted to the terminal of the orderer who is connected to the network, and the orderer selects and prints the most favorite template of the several kinds of printed matter templates. The print content data (character information, etc.) is input and transmitted to the print order receiving apparatus, and the printing company generates and prints print data of the printed matter based on the received template and print content data, and prints the generated printed matter. The data and the print content data are stored in the print order receiving device. When a reordering request for printing the same printed matter is received, reprinting is performed based on the print data and the print content data of the printed matter stored in the print order receiving apparatus.

Further, when reprinting a printed matter owned by the orderer, the orderer mails the printed matter owned by the orderer to the printing company, and the printing company reprints the mailed printed matter and uses a scanner or the like. Generate print data for printed matter,
The print data of the generated printed matter and the print content data printed on the printed matter are stored in the print order receiving apparatus. When a reordering request for printing the same printed matter is received, reprinting is performed based on the print data and the print content data of the printed matter stored in the print order receiving apparatus. In this case, the print content data written on the printed matter includes image data of a complicated mark such as a logo (a company's symbol mark) in addition to the character information.

[0005]

However, the orderer was able to reorder only the print data of the printed matter that he had previously ordered. Further, if the print data and the print content data of the printed matter stored in the print order receiving apparatus are disclosed to all the orderers, a problem such as misuse of the print data will occur.

Therefore, the present invention provides a printing order receiving method and apparatus in which an orderer can use print data of a printed matter ordered by a customer who has the same attribute as the orderer (belongs to the same company, etc.). With the goal.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is a print order receiving method for receiving an order for a printed matter via a network, wherein identification information is input from an external device on the orderer side. Then, the attribute of the orderer is specified based on the input identification information, and the print data of the printed matter ordered by the orderer having the same attribute as the specified attribute is entered by inputting the identification information. It is characterized by allowing the person to use.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the personal information of the orderer and the identification information are stored in association with each other, and the personal information of the first orderer and the second order are stored. When the personal information of the person concerned is the same, it is determined that the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are the same.

According to the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 2, the personal information of the first orderer is a domain name included in the electronic mail of the first orderer, and When the domain name of the orderer and the domain name of the second orderer are the same, it is determined that the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are the same. .

Further, the invention of claim 4 is the same as the invention of claim 1, wherein the address of the network terminal device used by the first orderer and the address of the network terminal device used by the second orderer are compared. It is characterized in that whether or not the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are the same is determined based on the above.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the identification information and the attribute information indicating the attribute are stored in advance in association with each other, and the stored identification information and the attribute information are associated with each other. According to the above, the attribute of the orderer is specified.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in a print order accepting device for accepting an order for a printed matter via a network, a receiving means for inputting identification information from an external device on the orderer side and receiving the identification information. A specifying unit for specifying an attribute of the orderer based on the identification information received by the receiving unit; and print data of a printed matter ordered by the orderer having the same attribute as the attribute specified by the specifying unit. And a permission unit that permits the orderer who has input the identification information to use the identification information.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, in the sixth aspect of the invention, a personal information accumulating means for accumulating the personal information of the orderer and the identification information in association with each other, and personal information of the first orderer. And the personal information of the second orderer matches,
It is characterized by comprising personal information judging means for judging that the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are the same.

According to the invention of claim 8, in the invention of claim 7, the personal information of the first orderer is a domain name included in the electronic mail of the first orderer, and the personal information is When the domain name of the first orderer and the domain name of the second orderer match, the determining means determines that the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are the same. It is characterized by judging.

The invention of claim 9 relates to the invention of claim 6, in which the address of the network terminal device used by the first orderer and the address of the network terminal device used by the second orderer are compared. It is characterized by further comprising address determining means for determining whether or not the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are the same based on the above.

The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claim 6, further comprising attribute information storage means for storing the identification information and the attribute information indicating the attribute in association with each other in advance. The attribute of the orderer is specified according to the correspondence between the identification information and the attribute information accumulated by the attribute information accumulating means.

[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a printing order receiving method and apparatus according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the configuration of a print order receiving system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the print order receiving system according to the first embodiment of the present invention is configured by connecting a print order receiving apparatus 101, a client apparatus 102, and a printing machine 103 via a network 104. . The network 104 is the Internet or LAN (Local Ar).
ea Network) and WAN (Wide Ar)
ea Network) and the like. In addition, the client device 102 is a PC owned by an individual or a corporation.
(Personal computer) and the like.

Hereinafter, in the print order receiving system according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the case where the character information of the business card of the customer belonging to the same company, the image data of the logo, and the attribute information of the electronic version are used will be described below. This will be described as an embodiment.

The orderer who makes an initial order for printing a business card to the print order accepting apparatus 101 accesses the print order accepting apparatus 101 from the client apparatus 102 via the network 104 and logs in to log in to the print order accepting system according to the present invention. User registration is performed so that the print order accepting apparatus 101 can issue an ID.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a “user registration” screen 201 displayed on the client device 102.

As shown in FIG. 2, the orderer inputs user information such as name, company name, E-mail address and password on the “user registration” screen 201 and operates the “send” button 202. When the user operates the keyboard (mouse, light pen, etc.), the input user information is transferred to the print order receiving apparatus 101 via the network 104.
Sent to. However, in addition to name, company name and E-mail address, user information includes address, telephone number, FAX
You may make it the structure which inputs a number etc.

Upon receiving the user information, the print order accepting apparatus 101 issues a login ID and associates the user information with the login ID to create an HD (Hard Disk).
k) etc.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the user information table 301 stored in the print order receiving apparatus 101.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user information table 3
01 is the name, company name and E-mail of each orderer
User information of address and login I issued to each orderer
D and are accumulated.

The print order receiving apparatus 101 has issued the login I
E entered in user information with D attached to e-mail, etc.
-Send to the mail address.

FIG. 4 shows an e-mail 40 for "Notice of issuance of login ID" displayed on the client device 102.
It is a figure which shows an example of 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, the print order receiving apparatus 101 is included in the e-mail 401 of the "login ID issuance notice".
The login ID issued by is attached. Alternatively, the login ID may not be attached to an e-mail or the like, and a URL for accessing a screen displaying the login ID may be attached to an e-mail or the like and transmitted to an E-mail address.

The orderer who has performed user registration logs in to the print order receiving system according to the present invention by using the issued login ID. At this time, the print order receiving apparatus 101 searches for a print image of a business card of a customer who belongs to the same company as the orderer, and sends the searched print image to the client apparatus 102.

A print order receiving apparatus that searches for customers who belong to the same company as the orderer among the customers who have performed user registration in the print order receiving system according to the first embodiment of the present invention based on the login ID of the orderer. The processing procedure of 101 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The orderer inputs the login ID and logs in to the print order receiving system according to the present invention (step S50).
1) The print order receiving apparatus 101 searches the user information table 301 for user information stored corresponding to the login ID of the orderer (step S502), and stores the user information corresponding to the login ID of the orderer. When the company name of the information and the domain name of the E-mail address are confirmed (step S503), other user information in which the same company name and domain name of the E-mail address as the confirmed orderer are stored is searched. Yes (step S504).

If other user information in which the same company name and domain name of the E-mail address are stored cannot be confirmed (NO in step S505), the print data previously ordered by the login ID of the orderer is saved. It transmits to the client apparatus 102 (step S506), and complete | finishes a process procedure.

If other user information in which the same company name and domain name of the E-mail address are accumulated is confirmed (YES in step S505), the login ID corresponding to the confirmed other user information is used. All the print data ordered to the client device 102 and the print data previously ordered with the login ID of the orderer are transmitted to the client device 102 (step S507), and the processing procedure is ended.

For example, at the time of user registration, if a person who does not belong to "○○ Co., Ltd." inputs "○○ Co., Ltd." in the item of company name on the "User registration" screen 201, only the company name is used for other fields. When searching for user information, a person who does not belong to “XX Co., Ltd.” can also refer to the print data, which causes a security problem such as misuse of the print data.

Therefore, the domain name of the E-mail address of a company owned by a person who belongs to the same company is often the same, so that the same company name and E-mail address are used as in the above processing procedure. Security measures are taken by searching other user information in which the domain name of the address is stored.

In the above embodiment, the same company name and E-
Other user information in which the domain name of the mail address is stored is searched, but the same address, the same telephone number, the same FAX number, etc. and the domain name of the E-mail address are stored in addition to the same company name. The user information may be retrieved.

Then, when the above processing procedure is completed, the print order accepting apparatus 101 transmits a "business card list" screen 601 to the client apparatus 102 via the network 104.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a “business card list” screen 601 displayed on the client device 102.

In this embodiment, "Fuji Saburo", "Fuji Shiro" and "Fuji Shiro" belonging to "XX Co., Ltd." to which the orderer who entered the login ID and logged in to the print order receiving system according to the present invention belongs. Business cards ordered by "Fuji Goro" are displayed in the business card list 602.

Here, if the orderer has placed an order for printing a business card in the print order receiving system according to the present invention in the past, the business card ordered in the past is also displayed in the business card list 602. Also,
When the orderer logs in to the print ordering system according to the present invention for the first time and no customer belonging to the same company is found, the print ordering apparatus 101 does not send the “business card list” screen 601 to the client apparatus 102, and Send the screen to perform the work to order printing.

The name card list 602 displays the name of the orderer, the affiliation of the orderer, a "preview" button 603, and a "change" button 604. In addition to the name and affiliation of the orderer, the address, telephone number, FAX number, etc. may be displayed.

When the "preview" button 603 of "Fuji Saburo" displayed in the business card list 602 is operated, the print image of the business card ordered by "Fuji Saburo" is sent from the print order accepting apparatus 101 via the network 104. It is transmitted to the client device 102. Here, the print image is a GIF image, a JPEG image, a PDF image, or the like that can be confirmed on the Web screen of the client device 102.

Then, the orderer is sent "Fuji Saburo"
If you like the printed image of the business card you ordered, you can operate the “Change” button 604 of “Fuji Saburo” displayed in the business card list 602 to display the character information and logo of the business card ordered by “Fuji Saburo”. Image data and electronic version attribute information (font size, font type, decoration, character pitch, color, position) can be changed before ordering. The same applies to reference and change of business cards ordered by "Fujishiro" and "Fujigoro". If the desired business card is not found in the business card list 602, the orderer may create the business card print data.

Further, the print order accepting apparatus 101 may search for customers who are registered as users and belong to the same company as the orderer based on the IP address of the client apparatus 102.

Further, in the above embodiment, the print order receiving apparatus 10
In No. 1, the print data ordered by a customer belonging to the same company or the like is transmitted to the client device 102. However, the ordered print data may be referred to by a customer belonging to the same company or the orderer may be referred to. It may be configured to confirm.

The print order receiving system according to the first embodiment is a form in which an individual prints a business card.
If the size of the company is large to some extent, the general affairs may collectively make an order for printed materials, etc. by concluding a contract between the company and the printing company. Furthermore, in large companies with multiple branch offices,
In some cases, general affairs are not collectively performed, but general affairs are set up for each branch office, etc., and a contract with the printing company is made for each general affairs to order printed matter.

The printing order receiving system according to the present invention will be contracted with general affairs provided for each branch office,
A case will be described as a second embodiment in which the character information of a business card, the image data of a logo, and the electronic version of attribute information for each branch office are used.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the configuration of a print order receiving system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 7, parts having the same functions as those of the print order receiving system according to the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

The print order receiving system according to the second embodiment includes a print order receiving apparatus 101 and client apparatuses (client apparatus 102a at the head office, client apparatus 102b at the A branch office, client apparatus 102c at the B office).
The printer and the printing machine 103 are connected to each other via the network 104, which is similar to the print order receiving system according to the first embodiment.

Here, the printing company that manages and operates the printing order receiving system according to the present invention, the head office 701, the A branch office 702, and the B sales office 703 have individual contracts. Then, when the employee 704 belonging to the head office desires to log in to the print order receiving system according to the present invention, the general affairs 705 of the head office accesses the print order receiving apparatus 101 from the client apparatus 102a of the head office via the network 104 to perform user registration. I do. By performing user registration, the print order accepting apparatus 101 issues a login ID, and transmits the issued login ID to the client apparatus 102a at the head office.
Upon receiving the issued login ID, the general affairs 705 of the head office sends the login ID to the employee 704 belonging to the head office who desires to log in to the print order receiving system according to the present invention by using e-mail or the like. The employee 704 belonging to the head office can log in to the print order receiving system according to the present invention by inputting the login ID. Also, A branch 702 and B
The method of issuing a login ID for the business office 703 is similar to that for the head office 701.

Here, although the individual login IDs issued to a plurality of employees are all different, the login ID issued by the print order accepting apparatus 101 and the company name are stored in association with each other.
When the login ID is entered, a screen for referring to print data ordered within the same company is sent.

When an employee 704 belonging to the head office inputs a login ID into the print order receiving system according to the present invention, the print order accepting apparatus 101 sends a "business card list" screen 801 to the client apparatus via the network 104. The client device is not limited to the client device 102a at the head office, and any client device may be used.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a “business card list” screen 801 displayed on the client device.

In this embodiment, by selecting "A branch" in the combo box 802, the business cards ordered by the "General Affairs Department" and "Sales Department" of the "A Branch" are displayed in the business card list 803.

In the business card list 803, the affiliation to which the business card is ordered, the “preview” button 804, and the “change” button 805 are displayed. Further, the name of the orderer may be displayed in addition to the affiliation to which the business card is ordered.

When the "preview" button 804 of "general affairs department" displayed in the business card list 803 is operated, the print image of the business card ordered by the "general affairs department" is sent from the print order accepting apparatus 101 via the network 104. Sent to client device.

Then, the orderer operates the “change” button 805 of the “general affairs department” displayed in the business card list 803 if he / she likes the print image of the business card ordered by the “general affairs department” transmitted. By doing so, it is possible to order by changing the character information of the business card ordered by the "General Affairs Department", the image data of the logo, and the attribute information of the electronic version (font size, font type, decoration, character pitch, color, position). . The same applies to the reference and change of the business card ordered by the “sales department”. Also, the business card list 802 of "A branch"
If a favorite business card is not found, a branch office or the like may be selected in the combo box 802, or an employee 704 at the head office may create business card print data.

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention, the orderer can use the print data of the customer having the same attribute as the orderer based on the login ID input when the orderer orders the printed matter. Has the effect that it becomes possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a configuration of a print order receiving system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a “user registration” screen 201 displayed on the client device 102.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a user information table 301 stored in the print order receiving apparatus 101.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an electronic mail of “login ID issuance notice” displayed on the client device 102.

FIG. 5 is a print order for searching for a customer who belongs to the same company as the orderer among the customers who have performed user registration in the print order receiving system according to the first embodiment of the present invention based on the login ID of the orderer. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the device 101.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a “business card list” screen 601 displayed on the client device 102. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of a configuration of a print order receiving system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[FIG. 8] “Business card list” displayed on the client device
It is a figure which shows an example of the screen 801.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 print order receiving apparatus 102 client apparatus 103 printing machine 104 network 201 "user registration" screen 202 "send" button 301 user information table 401 "login ID issuance notice" e-mail 601 "business card list" screen 602 business card list 603 ""Preview" button 604 "Change" button 102a Head office client device 102b A branch client device 102c B sales office client device 701 Head office 702 A branch office 703 B sales office 801 "Business card list" screen 802 Combo box 803 Business card list 804 "Preview" button 805 "Change" button

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Hideaki Sogawa             Setagaya, Tokyo 4-10-1 Yoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo             Business Square Fuji Xerox Stock Association             In-house F-term (reference) 2C061 AP01 CL10 HJ06 HK11

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A print order receiving method for receiving an order for printed matter via a network, wherein identification information is input from an external device on the orderer side, and the attribute of the orderer is specified based on the input identification information. A print order receiving method, wherein the print data of the printed matter ordered by the orderer having the same attribute as the specified attribute is permitted to be used by the orderer who inputs the identification information. 2. The personal information of the orderer and the identification information are stored in association with each other, and when the personal information of the first orderer and the personal information of the second orderer match each other, the first information The print order receiving method according to claim 1, wherein it is determined that the orderer and the second orderer have the same attribute. 3. The personal information of the first orderer is a domain name included in the electronic mail of the first orderer, and the domain name of the first orderer and the second orderer. 3. The print order accepting method according to claim 2, wherein when the domain names match, it is determined that the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are the same. 4. The first orderer and the second order based on a comparison between the address of the network terminal device used by the first orderer and the address of the network terminal device used by the second orderer. The print order receiving method according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether or not the attributes of the person are the same. 5. The identification information and the attribute information indicating the attribute are stored in association with each other in advance, and the attribute of the orderer is specified according to the correspondence between the stored identification information and the attribute information. The printing order receiving method according to claim 1. 6. A print order accepting apparatus for accepting an order for a printed matter via a network, receiving means for accepting the identification information by inputting the identification information from an external device on the orderer side, and the acceptance means for accepting the identification information. Inputting the identification information, the specifying means for specifying the attribute of the orderer based on the identification information, and the print data of the printed matter ordered by the orderer having the same attribute as the attribute specified by the specifying means A print order receiving apparatus, comprising: a permitting unit that permits the orderer to use the print ordering unit. 7. The personal information accumulating means for accumulating the personal information of the orderer and the identification information in association with each other, and the personal information of the first orderer and the personal information of the second orderer are the same. 7. The print order accepting device according to claim 6, further comprising personal information determining means for determining that the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are the same. 8. The personal information of the first orderer is a domain name included in the electronic mail of the first orderer, and the personal information determining means is the domain name of the first orderer. 8. The print order according to claim 7, wherein when the domain name of the second orderer matches, the attributes of the first orderer and the second orderer are determined to be the same. apparatus. 9. The first orderer and the second order based on a comparison between the address of the network terminal device used by the first orderer and the address of the network terminal device used by the second orderer. 7. The print order accepting apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising an address determining unit that determines whether or not the attributes of the person and the person are the same. 10. The apparatus further comprises an attribute information storage unit that stores the identification information and the attribute information indicating the attribute in association with each other in advance, wherein the specifying unit includes the identification information and the attribute stored in the attribute information storage unit. 7. The print order accepting device according to claim 6, wherein the attribute of the orderer is specified according to the correspondence with the information.