JP3308261B2 - Method of manufacturing flyer block and production system of flyer block - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for producing a flyer plate for a flyer distributed with a newspaper and a system for producing a flyer plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method of advertising merchandise at a retail store, there has recently been an advertisement using the Internet in addition to radio and television. A common advertisement is a flyer distributed with newspapers. In particular, it is a well-known fact that weekend morning newspapers contain a large number of flyers. When browsing the website using the Internet, telephone charges, etc. will be incurred, but flyers will be distributed indiscriminately to the delivery area of the newspaper, and users (consumers) will be able to get it free of charge. It can be put in.

[0003] It is necessary for a seller of a product to actively advertise the sales period and price of the product using a flyer, and moreover, the advertisement using the flyer is most effective. Also, when distributing flyers, if the products sold at a low price and the price are the same every week, there is no effect of the flyer,
Product types, prices, and sales periods are constantly changing.
It's enough for store owners to decide which products to sell and at what price next week, and simply order them from a company that produces flyers, such as a printing company.

[0004]

However, for a printing company that produces flyers, orders for flyers, manuscripts, proofreading, confirmation to clients, final determination of copies, printing, delivery of flyers to newspaper delivery offices There is such a hard work. In recent years, the competition between printing companies has become extremely severe, and even for the same flyer, the delivery date and time from receiving an order to delivery to a newspaper delivery place and cost are taken into consideration. For this reason, it was necessary to propose a faster delivery time and lower cost than competitors, and it was a problem how to achieve and execute this.

FIGS. 10 and 11 are flow charts showing a conventional method of manufacturing a flyer. A description will be given by taking a supermarket as an example of a client for a printing company. A flyer distributed by a supermarket needs to describe a large number of products, a selling price (retail price) of each product, and a period during which sales are performed, and the flyers are distributed every week. In addition, the products sold at a low price every week and the selling prices also differ.

First, as shown in step S21 of FIG.
The name, selling price, etc. of the product during the period to be sold are written, and the written manuscript is transmitted to the printing company by facsimile using a telephone line as shown in step S22. next,
As shown in step S23, the printing company receives the flyer from the client by facsimile, looks at the document, and arranges for confirmation of the original document having a layout corresponding to the document (see step S24).

[0007] Next, as shown in step S25, a printing company worker inputs a product name, a selling price, and the like according to the manuscript using a computer according to the layout of the flyer. Here, the merchandise name, selling price and the like designated by the client are adjusted at a predetermined position on the flyer while looking at the screen of the computer, but the size of the characters and the selling price are adjusted while looking at the screen. In addition, characters and numbers such as a product name, a selling price, and a sales period are directly input by a worker using a computer keyboard or mouse.

When the flyer is constructed on the screen in this way, as shown in step S26, it is printed out, and the result is calibrated in the printing company for letters, numbers, sizes, and the like. If it is determined that there is no error, the client requests confirmation of the printed leaflet manuscript by facsimile (step S27).
reference). After obtaining the consent of the client, next, the colors of the input letters and numbers are specified in-house, and at the same time, the product name and the product photo are synthesized while looking at the screen (see step S28).

Next, as shown in step S29, the client is requested to confirm the original of the flyer on which the color designation and the photograph synthesis have been performed. In this case, a flyer manuscript (a manuscript printed out in color) is mailed, or if there is no date or time, a person directly goes to the client and requests confirmation. If the client accepts the confirmation manuscript, the flyer manuscript is determined based on the manuscript, but correction may be required in some cases. In such a case, confirmation is performed using the corrected manuscript.

When the original of the flyer is determined as described above, as shown in step S30 in FIG. 11, a film is output, and an aluminum plate for printing is printed (see step S31). Printing is performed using the aluminum plate (see step S32).
Then, a predetermined number of printed leaflets are delivered to a newspaper delivery place.

In the flyer making process shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, it took about one week from receiving a leaflet manuscript from a client to a newspaper delivery place for distributing the flyer. In addition, on the computer screen, characters such as product names, sales prices, sales periods, and other numbers must be manually entered by workers, which often results in mistakes. It was labor intensive. Therefore, there is a fatal problem for a flyer requiring quickness and accuracy, in which the cost of one leaflet increases and the delivery time becomes longer. Further, there is a problem that eyestrain is easily generated for workers.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and when making a flyer composition, there is almost no mistake, the cost of the flyer is reduced, and the delivery time is extremely reduced. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a shortened flyer plate and a system for manufacturing a flyer plate.

[0013]

Therefore, in the method of manufacturing a flyer plate according to the first aspect of the present invention, a layout of a place where a product and a selling price are to be printed on a flyer is determined in advance. a layout file 30 code specifying the location is provided to each print location, codes corresponding to a plurality kinds of product names and quotient product name is described
And the product code file 36 are are provided in advance,
The code of the layout file 30 and the product code file
Reading means for reading the code of the file 36;
An input means for inputting a price, a database corresponding to the layout of the layout file 30, the product name, and the printing location of the selling price ; This database
And a control unit 25 for controlling the source unit 24.
And the layout file 30
Printed by the above reading means from any code of
Location data, product code to be printed on the printing location
Read from the code of the code file 36 by the reading means.
Data of the product name entered and entered by the input means
Based on the selling price data of the product
The database stored in the database unit 24
It is characterized in that the printing place, the product name, and the selling price are determined .

In the method of manufacturing a flyer plate according to the present invention, a layout of a place where a product and a selling price are to be printed on the flyer is determined in advance. a layout file 30 code is provided to each print location, and the quotient <br/> article code file 36 code corresponding to a plurality of types of product names and quotient product name is described previously provided And the above
Code of Iout file 30 and product code file 3
And reading means for reading the code No. 6
Input means for inputting the information , the layout, the product name, the selling price , the store name,
A database corresponding to the printing place during the delivery period , and a database unit 24 in which the product names are stored in advance as data.
And a control unit 25 for controlling the database unit 24.
Computer, and the layer
Read from the code of the outfile 30 by the above reading means
Data for the store name displayed, data for any printing location,
The product code file 3 to be printed at the printing location
Of the product name read by the reading means from the code of No. 6
Data and the selling period entered by the above input means
Control based on the data for
Stored in the database unit 24 by the unit 25
In the database, the printing location, store name, sales period,
The product name and selling price are determined .

[0015] In the method of manufacturing a flyer intaglio according to the third aspect of the present invention, the layout of the place where the product and the selling price are to be printed on the flyer is predetermined, and the printing place is designated, the shop name is displayed, and the selling period is used. Are provided in advance in a layout file 30 in which each code is provided in each printing place, and a product code file 36 in which a plurality of types of product names and the product names are described.
30 code data and product code file 36 code
A first input unit 14 for inputting data,
Second input unit 1 for inputting data of a period and a selling price of a product
3 from the first input unit 14 and the second input unit 13
Data is input and the host computer is connected via the communication line 3.
And a control unit 16 for sending the data to the terminal , and a database corresponding to the layout of the layout file 30, the product name, the sales price , the store name, the printing location during the selling period , and the product name are stored in advance. A database unit 24 that stores data and a system for controlling the database unit 24
Connected to the terminal via the communication line 3
The above host computer is configured and
For displaying the store name received via the communication line 3 of
Data for the sale period, the printing location data, the trade name
Based on the data and the selling price data, the controller 25
From the database stored in the database unit 24,
Place the above printing location, store name, selling period, product name, sales
The price is determined .

According to the manufacturing method of the present invention, the code at a desired position in the layout file 30 is read, the product name is read from the product code file 36, and further, the selling price of the product is input. , Product name, printing location, selling price, etc. can definitely be set in the database, so that it is possible to create a flyer copy early, reduce the cost of the flyer, and from the order of the flyer to the newspaper delivery office The number of days is reduced from one week to 2
~ 3 days.

In the method for manufacturing a flyer plate according to the fourth aspect, the layout of the place where the product and the selling price are to be printed on the flyer is predetermined, and the layout for the printing place designation, the shop name display, and the selling period are provided. Are provided in advance in a layout file 30 in which each code is provided in each printing place, and a product code file 36 in which a plurality of types of product names and the product names are described.
30 code data and product code file 36 code
A first input unit 14 for inputting data,
Second input unit 1 for inputting data of a period and a selling price of a product
3 from the first input unit 14 and the second input unit 13
Data is input and the host computer is connected via the communication line 3.
A control unit 16 for exchanging data with the control unit;
And a display unit 11 displayed by the display unit 6. A database corresponding to the layout of the layout file 30, the product name, the selling price , the store name, the printing location during the selling period , and the product name are stored in advance. Database part 24 which is stored in a format and a system for controlling this database part 24.
Connected to the terminal via the communication line 3
The above host computer is configured and
For displaying the store name received via the communication line 3 of
Sales period data, printing location data, product name
Based on the data and the selling price data, the controller 25
From the database stored in the database unit 24,
Place the above printing location, store name, selling period, product name, sales
Each time the price is determined, the content of the determination is
From the terminal via the communication line 3 to the terminal.
The determined contents are displayed on the display unit 11 by the control unit 16 on a screen.
It is characterized in that indicated.

[0018] by the production method according to claim 4, call the host computer from the end of the end, while watching the screen of the database that you created in the host computer, can create a database of artwork, moreover, since it is created in real time, goods It can be created without errors in name, selling price, printing place, etc. In addition, in the present manufacturing method, unlike the case where the worker of the printing company has conventionally created the database, the database of the flyer composition is created on the terminal of the client. in other words it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost of the flyers, moreover, also check the database to the printing company or client from no longer required, delivery is also very would need in a short period of time.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the method of manufacturing a flyer plate, the code is displayed as a bar code, and the bar code is displayed as a code corresponding to the product name in the product code file.

As a result, the barcode can be easily displayed on the layout file 30 and the barcode reader 14 is inexpensive, so that the system cost can be reduced.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the layout file 30 is characterized in that the layout file 30 includes a plurality of preset patterns.

As a result, it is possible to cover almost all patterns in the case of creating a flyer, and to quickly create a composition database even when changing the layout.

In the method of manufacturing a flyer plate according to the present invention, the product name and the product photograph are integrated and stored in the database unit 24 in advance, and when the product photograph printing is requested, it is designated. It is characterized in that the characters of the designated product name and the product photo are set in the printing place.

Therefore, the work of combining the product and the product photograph on the personal computer in the past becomes unnecessary, and
There is no mistake between the product and the product photo, and therefore, a database of the composition can be created in a short time.

In the method of manufacturing a flyer plate according to the present invention, characters and numbers of a product name and a selling price are stored in the database unit 24 in advance by giving colors as attributes.

As a result, the colors are also set in advance, so that color matching and color confirmation to the client 1 are not required, and the database of the composition can be quickly created.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, a layout of a place where a product and a selling price are printed on a flyer is predetermined, and a code for designating a print place is provided for each print place. Provided layout file 30, multiple types of product names and corresponding to the product names
The product code file 36 that the code has been described
Are provided in advance, and the layout file 30
Read the code and the code in the product code file 36
And input means for inputting the selling price of the product.
Vignetting is, the layout file 30 layout, trade name, database and corresponding to the printing place selling price, a database unit 24 that stores in advance data of a trade name, control unit for controlling the database unit 24
25 and a computer comprising
Read from any code in the layout file 30
Data of the printing place read by the means,
Is the code in the product code file 36 to be printed
Product name data read by the above-mentioned reading means, and
Based on data of the selling price of the product that has been input by the input means Dzu
And the data stored in the database unit 24
A control unit that determines the printing location, product name, and selling price on the base
25 is provided .

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, a layout of a place where a product and a selling price are to be printed on a flyer is predetermined, and a layout for designating a print place is provided.
Store name display, the layout file 30 code for sale period is provided to each print location, codes corresponding to a plurality kinds of product names and quotient product name is described
And the product code file 36 are are provided in advance,
The code of the layout file 30 and the product code file
Reading means for reading the code of the file 36;
Input means for inputting a price , the layout of the layout file 30, the product name, the selling price ,
A database corresponding to the name and the printing place of the selling period , a database unit 24 in which the product names are stored in advance as data, and a control unit for controlling the database unit 24
25 and a computer comprising
From the code in the layout file 30 to the reading means
Data for display of shop names read from
Data and the product code file to be printed at the printing location.
Read from the code of the file 36 by the reading means.
Product name data and sales entered by the above input means
Based on the data for the launch period and data on the selling price of the product,
Database stored in the database section 24
Enter the above printing location, store name, sale period, product name, and selling price.
It is characterized by having a control unit 25 for determining .

[0029] In the flyer plate making system according to the eleventh aspect, a layout of a place on the flyer in which a product and a selling price are to be printed is determined in advance, and
A layout file 30 in which codes for a store name display and a selling period are provided in each printing location, and a product code file 36 in which a plurality of types of product names and the product names are described, are provided in advance. The above layout
Code data of the file 30 and the product code file 36
The first input unit 14 to be input and the selling period and the quotient
A second input unit 13 into which data of the selling price of the article is input;
The data from the first input unit 14 and the second input unit 13
It entered 該De to host computer via the communication line 3
A terminal unit comprising a control unit 16 for sending data, a database corresponding to the layout of the layout file 30, the product name, and the printing location of the selling price, and a database unit 24 in which the product name is stored in advance as data , This database
Control unit 25 for controlling the communication unit 24
3 is connected to the host computer.
And received via the communication line 3 from the terminal.
Data for store name display, data for sale period, printing area
Location data, product name data and sales price data
The database stored in the database unit 24
Place the above printing location, store name, selling period, product name, sales
The price is determined by the control unit 25 .

According to the flyer intaglio production system of claims 9 to 11, a code at a desired position of the layout file 30 is read, a product name is read from the product code file 36, and furthermore, the selling price of the product is determined. By simply inputting, you can definitely set the product name, printing place, selling price, etc. on the database, so you can create flyer artwork early, reduce the cost of flyers, and The number of days to the newspaper delivery office can be reduced from one week to two to three days.

In the system for producing a flyer composition according to the twelfth aspect , the code is displayed as a bar code, and the bar code is displayed as a code corresponding to the product name in the product code file.

As a result, the barcode can be easily displayed on the layout file 30 and the barcode reader 14 is inexpensive, so that the system cost can be reduced.

[0033] In the flyer plate making system according to the thirteenth aspect , the layout file 30 is prepared by preparing a plurality of types of preset patterns.

As a result, it is possible to cover almost all patterns in the case of creating a flyer, and to quickly create a composition database even when changing the layout.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, a product name and a product photograph are integrated and stored in the database unit 24 in advance, and when a product photograph print is requested, the product name is designated. It is characterized in that the characters of the designated product name and the product photo are set in the printing place.

This eliminates the necessity of combining the product and the product photograph on a personal computer in the past.
There is no mistake between the product and the product photo, and therefore, a database of the composition can be created in a short time.

In the system for producing a flyer composition according to a fifteenth aspect, the characters and numbers of the product name and the selling price are stored in the database unit 24 in advance with colors as attributes.

As a result, the colors are also set in advance, so that color matching and color confirmation to the client 1 are not required, and a database of the composition can be created quickly.

[0039]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 shows an overall schematic system block diagram of the present invention. A client 1 orders a leaflet, a printing company 2 receives an order from the client 1 and produces a leaflet, and data and the like are exchanged between the client 1 and the printing company 2. Communication line 3 as a means for performing transmission
It is mainly composed of Note that, for example, a supermarket will be described as an example of the client 1 and will be described below. Also, the client 1 may be one company,
Further, it may be constituted by a plurality of clients 1. The communication line 3 uses, for example, a telephone line, but may use a dedicated line or the Internet. Furthermore, a supermarket is given as an example of the client 1, but any type of company or organization that distributes flyers may be used.

On the client 1 side, a computer as a terminal as viewed from the printing company 2 is installed, and this terminal (computer) is, as shown in FIG.
Display section 11 for displaying flyer manuscripts and the like transmitted from
An output unit 12 including a color printer, an input unit 13 including a keyboard and a mouse, a barcode reader 14 for reading a barcode described later, a storage unit 15 for storing a program, and controls the entire control. Control unit 16
It is composed of

The printing company 2 has a function as a host computer, and includes a display unit 21 for displaying a leaflet document on a screen, an input unit 22 including a keyboard and a mouse, and an output unit including a color printer. 23, a database unit 24 in which various databases described later are stored in advance, a control unit 25 for controlling the entire system, and the like. The database section 24 is a concept as a storage unit that also stores a control program in advance.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a flyer layout file 30 to be stored in the client 1 in advance, and the layout file 30 is printed out. The composition of the flyers distributed by clients 1, for example, supermarkets, has many similar patterns,
The only difference is the date of the sales period, the product to be inserted, the selling price, and the like. In addition, the printing company 2 prepares a plurality of other layouts of the flyer distributed by the supermarket in advance, and stores a layout collection including a layout file 30 including a plurality of types of pattern layouts as shown in FIG. Keep it on the side.

As a feature of the present invention, a bar code is read, a store name, a date, a product, a selling price, and the like are acquired, and the acquired information is reflected on the printing company 2 side. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the barcodes corresponding to various data are
The product is printed on the layout file 30 so that any product can be printed at any location. In the example of FIG. 7, a store name code input unit 31 for inputting a store name code of the supermarket is provided at the upper right of the layout file 30.
And a date code input unit 32 for inputting a sales period is provided at the upper left. Further, in the layout file 30, a place for printing the product is determined in advance,
Location code input unit 3 for recognizing the location of the product
3 are provided.

The place code input section 33 has a product name and a selling price printed thereon. When a product photograph is to be printed at the same time, a place code input section 35 having a photo arrangement section 34 is provided. Are also provided. In the example of FIG. 7, “photographs” are described in a rectangular frame, indicating the photo layout unit 34, and a substantially circular portion near the photo layout unit 34 is the place code input unit 35. The location code input unit 35 set with the photo placement unit 34 for printing product photos and the location code input unit 33 for printing product names and selling prices without printing product photos may be provided at arbitrary positions. Of course, FIG. 7 shows an example. FIG. 6 shows a partially enlarged view.

In the supermarket, a product code file 36 as shown in FIG. 5 is simultaneously stored in addition to a plurality of types of layout files (see FIG. 4). In the product code file 36, the name of the product sold by the supermarket and the barcode corresponding to the product are described. In the example of FIG. is there. Then, a bar code is described next to the product name.

On the other hand, the printing company 2 has a database corresponding to FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 shows this database. The layout file 30 shown in FIG. 7 and the database shown in FIG. 8 stored in the database unit 24 correspond to each other. Before characters or numbers such as a product name and a selling price are actually input, the corresponding database is used. The location is displayed as zero. Here, in the database, the size of characters and numbers, such as a product name and a selling price, is determined in advance, and the characters and numbers input next to the designated place code are determined to have the predetermined size. Become. In the case of performing color display, color attributes are determined in advance together with the size of characters and numbers. For example, the selling price is red.

The composition of the flyer is, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, and the database shown in FIG.
By printing out a printout of the print example shown in (1) as a file and passing it to the client 1 together with the layout file 30, the client 1 creates a leaflet of any layout when creating a leaflet document. Can be easily grasped. Further, whether the flyer is to be printed in monochrome or in color may be created as the layout file 30.
May be read and the presence or absence of color printing may be determined by reading it.

Next, the operation for creating a leaflet composition will be described with reference to a flowchart. As shown in FIG. 1, first, an arbitrary layout file 30 is selected from the layout collection shown in FIG. 4 (see step S1).
Then, the client 1 uses the bar code reader 14 shown in FIG. 3 to read the store name code using the store name code input section 31 as shown in step S2. Note that the shop name code input section 31 simultaneously reads which layout file 30 is selected. Next, as shown in step S3, the date code input unit 3
In step 2, the barcode is read, and the sales period (for example, March 2 to March 4) is input from the keyboard. Next, a location code is input (see step S4), and at this time, it is determined which location of the flyer to put what product.

For example, the layout file 3 shown in FIG.
When the location code is read by designating the location code input unit 35 at the upper left of 0, the position is determined, and then the product code corresponding to the product (for example, carrot) to be printed at that location is input ( Step S5). For example, a bar code written next to the carrot is read from the product code file 36 shown in FIG. Then, since the place code input unit 35 is set with the photograph arrangement unit 34, the "carrot photograph" is automatically entered. Next, the selling price of the carrot is directly input from the numeric keypad of the keyboard (see step S6). As a result, the carrot photograph, name, and selling price are set in the upper left corner of the flyer. As described above, by reading the barcodes of the place code input sections 33 and 35 and inputting the product code and the selling price to be put in the place, the client 1 can make a document. This result is transmitted to the printing company 2 via the communication line 3 as shown in step S7.

Next, the operation of the printing company 2 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As shown in step S11, when the document data is received from the client 1 side, the process proceeds to step S12 to determine which layout is to be used first from the received data and to correspond to the layout file 30 used by the client 1. The database as shown in FIG. Next, step S
As shown in FIG. 13, it is determined whether or not a product photograph is attached to the designated place code. If the product photograph is not set, the process proceeds to step S14, where the designated place code is designated by a bar code. The designated product name and selling price are set in the designated location.

When a product photograph is to be printed at a designated location, as shown in step S15, a photograph of the designated product, a product name, a selling price, and the like are set at the designated location. Here, the product photograph, the product name, and the like are set and stored in advance in the database unit 24, and in the case of a place code in which the product photograph is set, the data is taken out as it is, and the selling price is stored in the place. In the case where the product photograph is not set and only the product name is set, only the product name is extracted from the database unit 24 and set at that location together with the selling price.

In this way, the printing company 2 fetches the database corresponding to the layout file 30 selected by the client 1, and stores the location code specified by the client 1 and the product name, selling price, etc. associated with the location code. By setting each data in the database from the data attached to the code, a composition is created and registered as shown in step S16. Next, the client 1 checks the composition created as described above on the screen of the display unit 11 of its own terminal as shown in step S17. In step S7 shown in FIG. 1, when the original of the flyer is transmitted to the printing company 2, the printing company 2 instantaneously performs steps S11 to S16 shown in FIG. On the first side, when the data of the document is transmitted, the copy of the flyer can be immediately confirmed on the screen on the display unit 11. In addition, since the screen is displayed in color, the color can be checked immediately.

Next, a confirmation is made on the screen of the client 1 side.
The process moves to 20, and the composition is completed. Step S
In step 18, if the composition needs to be modified, the client 1
The side requests the printing company 2 to make a correction on its own terminal or by means such as telephone or facsimile. The printing company 2 that has received the request for correction makes appropriate corrections, returns to step S17, and requests the client 1 to confirm on the screen as described above.

In this way, when the composition is completed, FIG.
As shown in, the database of the composition is output to the platesetter, and the flyer is printed. After printing, deliver it to the newspaper delivery office. Printing may be performed at that location of the printing company 2, or only the printing machine may be installed at another location, and the composition data may be transmitted to the printing location by optical communication and printed there. You may do it. For example, if a printing place is installed near a newspaper delivery place, the delivery time can be shortened as much as possible.

As described above, according to the present invention, the number of days from the receipt of a leaflet to the delivery of a newspaper can be reduced to about two to three days, and the delivery time can be greatly reduced. Also,
The client 1 sets the location of the flyer, what product and at what price, so there is no mistake on the printing company 2 side as before, and the positioning of the product, selling price, and location is eliminated. There is no adjustment and therefore the cost of the flyer can be very low. For example, making a flyer in color could be as expensive as a traditional monochrome flyer. In addition, there is no need to combine products and product photos on the screen as in the past,
Eye fatigue of workers can also be prevented. Also, since the product photos are stored in advance as a database, there is no need for adjustment work on the screen between the product photos and the product names.In the past, when printing product photos, the cost of flyers was high, According to the present invention, a low-cost flyer can be created regardless of the presence or absence of a product photograph.

(Second Embodiment) In the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, after the client 1 inputs all the bar codes along the layout file 30, the data is transmitted to the printing company 2 side. However, in this embodiment, the composition of the flyer is created in real time. This embodiment is basically the same as the previous embodiment, so that the illustration is omitted. First, the client 1 connects to the host computer of the printing company 2 via the communication line 3, and then the client 1 selects an arbitrary layout file 30.

When the store name code of the layout file 30 is read, the store name of the client and the database (see FIG. 8) corresponding to the selected layout file 30 are called from the store name code, and the database shown in FIG. This is displayed on the display unit 11 of the client 1. Next, while reading the bar code of the date code input unit 32 of the sales period and inputting the sales period from the keyboard, the input result is transmitted to the printing company 2 side, and the input result is displayed on the display unit 11 of the client 1 in real time. Is displayed with. Next, the location code is read, the product to be printed at that location is read as a bar code from the product code file 36, and the data is transmitted from the client 1 to the printing company 2 each time a selling price or the like is input. The printing company 2 transmits the product name and the product name from the database unit 24 based on the received data.
The product photos are called and set to the location specified in the database.

The product name, product picture, selling price, and the like set in the database are displayed on the display unit 11 of the client 1 side.
At the same time as reading the place code and inputting the product code and the selling price, the product photo, the product name, the selling price, etc. are set in the database of the printing company 2 and the database is displayed on the display unit 11 of the client 1. It can be confirmed in real time. Therefore, the client 1 can check the status every time the code is input, and can check for errors at that time. When all the items are input, the copy of the flyer is completed. Become.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the composition of the flyer created in each of the above embodiments. The composition of the flyer can be easily created by the above-described method and system. Basically, the composition can be instantaneously created after data is input. In addition, in the example of the composition shown in FIG. 9 or a general flyer, the quantity and weight of the product may be input from the keyboard every time the product code is input. Also, for example, phrases such as "up to two per person" may be provided separately in the software,
An operator of the printing company 2 may specify and input a location before the composition is completed.

In each of the above embodiments, the client 1 and the printing company 2 are connected via the communication line 3, and the client 1 transmits data to the printing company 2 to copy the flyer. It was created, but it is not limited to these. For example, the client 1 describes a product, a location, a product photograph, a selling price, and the like in a document created by the client 1 and a layout file 30 as shown in FIG. Enter the code and product code.
The composition as shown in FIG.

In the above-described embodiment, the barcode is read to recognize the printing place, the product name, and the like. However, the barcode may be read by other means. For example, the product code file 36 may be one that can directly recognize the characters of the product name. However, in the case of a barcode, it can be easily displayed and a reading device (barcode reader 14)
Also, barcodes are preferable because they are also inexpensive.

[0062]

According to the present invention, the number of days to the newspaper delivery office can be reduced to about 2 to 3 days, and the delivery time can be greatly reduced. In addition, since the client determines which product is to be placed in which location on the flyer, and at what price, there is no error on the part of the printing company as in the past. No adjustment,
Therefore, the cost of the flyer can be extremely reduced. For example, making a flyer in color could be as expensive as a traditional monochrome flyer. In addition, there is no need to combine the product with the product photograph on the screen as in the related art, and the eye fatigue of the worker can be prevented. Also,
Product photos are also stored in advance as a database,
There is no need to adjust the product photo and product name on the screen,
In the past, when printing product photos, the cost of flyers was high, but with the present invention, low cost flyers can be created regardless of the presence or absence of product photos. Thus, the composition database can be created while viewing the database created by the printing company on the terminal side thereof, so that the composition database can be created in a short time and without fail.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an operation on a client side according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the printing company according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing the entire system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of a layout collection showing a number of layout files according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of a product code file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a main part of a layout file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram of a layout file according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram of a database according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 9 is a composition diagram created by setting data in a database according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart in a case where a composition of a flyer of a conventional example is created.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart in the case of creating a composition of a leaflet of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 client 2 printing company 3 communication line 24 database unit 30 layout file 36 product code file

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Claims (15)

(57) [Claims] 1. A layout file (30) in which a layout for printing a product and a selling price in a flyer is predetermined, and a code designating the printing location is provided in each printing location. Type of product name and the product
A product code file (36) in which a code corresponding to the name is described is provided in advance, and the code of the layout file (30) and the product code
Reading means for reading the code of the file (36);
An input means for inputting a selling price of a product, a database corresponding to the layout of the layout file (30), the product name, and the printing location of the selling price, or a database storing the product names in advance as data Part (2
4) and a control unit for controlling the database unit (24)
(25) is provided.
From any code in the above layout file (30)
Data of the printing place read by the reading means,
The product code file (36) to be printed on the place
Of the product name read by the reading means from the code
Data and the sales price of the product entered by the input means.
Based on the data, the control unit (25) uses the data
The database stored in the base unit (24)
A method for producing a flyer plate, wherein a printing place, a product name, and a selling price are determined . 2. A layout in which a product and a selling price are printed on a flyer is determined in advance, and codes for designating a printing location, displaying a store name, and a selling period are provided at each printing location. Layout file (30)
When product code file (36) a code corresponding to a plurality of types of product names and quotient product name are serial <br/> mounting and is previously provided
Is and, code and product code of the layout file (30)
Reading means for reading the code of the file (36);
An input means for inputting the selling price of the product is provided , and a database corresponding to the layout of the layout file (30), the product name, the selling price , the store name, the printing place of the selling period , and the product name are converted into data in advance. The stored database unit (24) and this database unit (2)
4) A computer configured with a control unit (25) for controlling
Data from the code in the layout file (30).
For display of shop name read by means, optional printing
Location data, product code to be printed on the printing location
Read from the code of the load file (36)
Enter the data of the product name and the above input means
Data for sale period, data of product price
Based on the database, the control unit (25)
In the database stored in the section (24),
A method for producing a flyer plate, wherein a place, a store name, a selling period, a product name, and a selling price are determined . 3. A layout for printing a product and a selling price on a flyer is determined in advance, and codes for designating a printing location, displaying a store name, and a selling period are provided at each printing location. Layout file (30)
If, commodity code file in which a plurality of types of product names and quotient product name is described and (36) are provided in advance, the code data and the items of the layout file (30)
The code data of the code file (36)
1 input unit (14) and the selling period and the selling price of the product
A second input unit (13) to which the data of
Data from the first input unit (14) and the second input unit (13)
Input to the host computer via the communication line (3).
And a control unit (16) for sending the data to the terminal.
Is, the layout file (30) layout, trade name, sales price, store name, database and corresponding to the printing location for sale period, a database unit that stores in advance data of a trade name (24), the database unit (2
4) The control unit (25) for controlling the terminal and the communication line
The above host computer connected via (3)
And the store name received from the terminal via the communication line (3)
Data for display, data for sale period, print location
Data, based on the data of the data and the selling price of the product name,
The database unit (24) by the control unit (25)
The print location, store name,
A method for producing a flyer plate, wherein a selling period, a product name, and a selling price are determined . 4. A layout for determining where to print the merchandise and selling price on the flyer is predetermined, and codes for specifying the printing location, displaying the store name, and selling period are provided at each printing location. Layout file (30)
If, commodity code file in which a plurality of types of product names and quotient product name is described and (36) are provided in advance, the code data and the items of the layout file (30)
The code data of the code file (36)
1 input unit (14) and the selling period and the selling price of the product
A second input unit (13) to which the data of
Data from the first input unit (14) and the second input unit (13)
Input to the host computer via the communication line (3).
A control unit (16) for exchanging data with the data,
The terminal is connected to the display unit (11) displayed by the unit (16).
Constructed, the layout file (30) layout, trade name, sales price, store name, database and corresponding to the printing location for sale period, a database unit that stores in advance data of a trade name (24), the database Part (2
4) The control unit (25) for controlling the terminal and the communication line
The host computer connected via (3) is configured, and the shop name received from the terminal via the communication line (3)
Data for display, data for sale period, print location
Based on the data, product name data and selling price data,
The database unit (24) by the control unit (25)
The print location, store name,
Each time the launch period, product name, and selling price are determined,
The contents are transmitted from the host computer via the communication line (3).
The signal is transmitted to the terminal, and is transmitted by the control unit (16) of the terminal.
A method for producing a flyer plate, wherein the determined content is displayed on a screen on the display section (11) . 5. The product according to claim 1, wherein the code is displayed as a bar code, and the bar code is displayed as a code corresponding to the product name in the product code file.
A method for producing a flyer plate according to claim 4. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of types of preset patterns are prepared in the layout file. 7. A product name and its product photograph are integrated and stored in advance in a database unit (24), and when a product photograph print is requested, the character of the designated product name and the product photograph are displayed. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the printing place is set at the printing place. 8. The database according to claim 1, wherein the characters and numerals of the product name and the selling price are stored in the database section (24) in advance with the color as an attribute. A method for producing a flyer plate. 9. A layout file (30) in which a layout of a place where a product and a selling price are to be printed on a flyer is predetermined, and a code for designating a print place is provided in each print place, Type of product name and the product
A product code file (36) in which a code corresponding to the name is described is provided in advance, and the code of the layout file (30) and the product code
Reading means for reading the code of the file (36);
An input means for inputting a selling price of a product, a database corresponding to the layout of the layout file (30), the product name, and the printing location of the selling price, or a database storing the product names in advance as data Part (2
4) and a control unit for controlling the database unit (24)
(25) is provided.
From any code in the above layout file (30)
Data of the printing place read by the reading means,
The product code file (36) to be printed on the place
Of the product name read by the reading means from the code
Data and the sales price of the product entered by the input means.
Based on the data stored in the database unit (24).
The above printing location, product name, and selling price
A system for producing a flyer composition, comprising a control unit (25) for determining . 10. A layout for printing a product and a selling price on a flyer is determined in advance, and codes for designating a printing location, displaying a store name, and a selling period are provided at each printing location. Layout file (30)
When product code file (36) a code corresponding to a plurality of types of product names and quotient product name are serial <br/> mounting and is previously provided
Is and, code and product code of the layout file (30)
Reading means for reading the code of the file (36);
An input means for inputting the selling price of the product is provided, and a database corresponding to the layout of the layout file (30), the product name, the selling price , the store name, the printing place of the selling period , and the product name are converted into data in advance. The stored database unit (24) and this database unit (2)
4) A computer configured with a control unit (25) for controlling
Data from the code in the layout file (30).
For display of shop name read by means, optional printing
Location data, product code to be printed on the printing location
Read from the code of the load file (36)
Enter the data of the product name and the above input means
Data for sale period, data of product price
And stored in the database unit (24).
The above print location, store name, sale period,
A system for producing a flyer composition, comprising a control unit (25) for determining a product name and a selling price . 11. A layout for printing a product and a selling price on a flyer is determined in advance, and codes for designating a printing location, displaying a store name, and a selling period are provided at each printing location. Layout file (30)
When a plurality of types of product names and quotient commodity code file item name is described and (36) are provided in advance, the layout file (30) and product code files
First input code data is input (36) (1
4) and the data of the selling period and the selling price of the product are input
A second input unit (13) to be executed, and the first input unit (1)
4) and data from the second input unit (13) are input and transmitted.
The data to the host computer via the communication line (3)
A terminal is constituted by the sending control unit (16), a database corresponding to the layout of the layout file (30), the product name, and the printing location of the selling price, and a database unit (2) in which the product name is stored in advance as data.
4) and a control unit for controlling the database unit (24)
(25) is connected to the terminal via the communication line (3).
The host computer is configured and receives the store name received from the terminal via the communication line (3).
Data for display, data for sale period, print location
Based on the data, product name data and selling price data,
The database stored in the database unit (24)
Place the above printing location, store name, selling period, product name, sales
A system for producing a flyer composition, wherein the price is determined by the control unit (25) . 12. The product according to claim 9, wherein the code is displayed as a bar code, and the bar code is displayed as a code corresponding to the product name in the product code file.
A system for producing a flyer composition according to any one of claims 11 to 11 . 13. The layout file (30), according to claim 9 fabrication system flyer for block copy according to any one to claims 12, characterized in that the pattern previously set are multiple types available. 14. A product name and its product photograph are integrated and stored in advance in a database unit (24), and when a product photograph print is requested, the character of the designated product name and the product photograph are replaced. The system according to any one of claims 9 to 13 , wherein the printing location is set at the printing location. Letters and numbers 15. trade name and selling price, according to any one to claims 9 14, characterized in that stored by previously have color as an attribute in the database unit (24) A production system for flyers .