JPS6250834A - Formation of rule block copy for printed matter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form rule block copy efficiently by inputting line art, a photograph, and characters to a computer and allotting them on a graphic display, and superimposing respective rules one over another on the basis of the allocation data and outputting them as rule block copy. CONSTITUTION:A draft to be printed is divided into line art 1, a photograph 2, and characters 3 by a rule artwork forming method for printed matter and data on those divided line art 1, photograph 2, and characters 3 are inputted to the computer separately and stored in a storage device. Then, those inputted photograph 2 and characters 3 are allotted on the graphic display device. Then, the rule 1' of the line art, the rule 2' of the photograph, and rule 3' of the characters are superimposed one over another on the basis of the allocation data and outputted as rule artwork. Thus, the rule block copy is formed efficiently.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a method for automatically outputting ruled lines on printed matter, and particularly to a method for automatically outputting ruled lines on printed matter using a computer and a graphic display.

[Prior art and its problems]

When printing printed materials, especially flyers and catalogs, line drawings, photographs, and characters are the basic design components. For example, the first
A flyer like the one shown in Figure (a) has a line drawing 1 as a frame.
, 2 photos, and 3 letters. In the process of printing such flyers, it is necessary to create a lithographic plate as shown in FIG. 1(b). At the bottom of this stone tablet are written a line 1' for the line drawing, a line 2' for the photo, and a line 3' for the text. The border line 2' for the photo indicates the layout position of the photo 2 with its outline, and the border line 3' for the text
' indicates the allocation position of character 3. This slate allows you to check the overall layout, and also serves as a base for creating text and photo slates.

Conventionally, the creation of this lithograph was done by a drafter by hand based on a design paper drawn by a designer with a composition as shown in Figure 1 <a), and this method requires manual drawing. The drawback is that it requires a lot of work, and when corrections are made, the work burden is very heavy. In particular, the layout of flyers and catalogs often needs to be revised many times, making conventional methods extremely inefficient.

[Purpose of the invention]

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a method that can efficiently create a lithograph of a printed matter.

[Summary of the invention]

A feature of the present invention is that, in the method for creating a lined version of printed matter, a design to be printed is divided into line drawings, photographs, and characters, data for the divided line drawings, photographs, and characters are input into a computer separately, and the data is displayed on a graphic display. Line drawings, photos,
Characters are laid out, and this layout is done by overlapping the lines of the line drawing, the lines around the text, and the lines around the photo based on the data and outputting it as a lithographic underprint, making it possible to efficiently create a lithographic underprint. At the point.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below based on one embodiment. Now, the first
Let us consider the case of creating a lithograph for a flyer as shown in Figure (a). First, data for line drawings, photographs, and text are input separately into a computer. Line drawing data can be input using the keyboard, for example, while looking at the graphic display.
Two-dimensional coordinates may be specified using a coordinate input device such as a tablet or a mouse, and input as if drawing on a graphic display. Further, the photo data may be inputted as raster data by subjecting the film original of the photo to color scanner decomposition, and inputting the trimming position using a coordinate input device to obtain ruled line data around the photo. Furthermore, character data may be input as a character code string using a word processor. The data thus input is stored in the computer's storage device.

Next, the input photographs and characters are allocated on the graphic display. Since the line drawing was drawn on the graphic display as described above, it has already been laid out on the graphic display. FIG. 2 shows the graphic display screen while the photographs and characters are being allocated. The screen is allocated area 10
．． Assignment command menu area 20, photo text menu area 3
It is composed of three areas of 0, and one point within the screen can be specified using a coordinate input device. Various command groups necessary for layout are displayed in the layout command menu area 20, and each command can be made to function by specifying a desired command using the coordinate input device. The photo and text menu area 30 displays the photo and text input in the previous step, and when one of these is selected using the coordinate input device, subsequent layout operations will target this selected photo or text. It will be done.

Layout area 10 shows a state in the middle of a layout operation.

In this way, layouts are made on the graphic display and modifications are made if necessary.

When the allocation is completed as described above, all the data related to the allocation will be stored in the storage device. Therefore, a data file for lithographic drawing is created from these data. That is, a file is created by extracting positional information about the ruled line of the laid out line drawing, the lithograph around the photo, and the ruled line around the text from the data related to the layout. Next, based on this file, if you output the line drawing tiQ1', the photo border 2', and the text border 3' to the XY plotter, the bottom of the ruled screen as shown in Figure 1(b) will be automatically created. will be obtained. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to draw the drawings manually as in the past. Furthermore, since the data is in a file format, it can be easily recalled, and corrections and additions can be made easily.

Under the ruled screen shown in FIG. 1(b), the layout positions of photographs and characters can be recognized, but the attributes of the photographs and characters cannot be recognized. Therefore, it is convenient to have the XY plotter output the ruled lines around the photo or text by distinguishing them by thickness, color, line quality (solid line, broken line, one-dot chain line, etc.) according to this attribute. If you make this distinction, you can easily determine attributes such as whether the character assigned there is a heading character, a product name, a description, or a product price just by looking at the line around the character. can be judged.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, in a method for creating a ruled base for printed matter, line drawings, photographs, and characters are input into a computer and laid out on a graphic display, and this layout is performed based on the data. , the ruled line around the text and the ruled line around the photo are overlapped and output as the ruled base, making it possible to efficiently create the ruled base.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 (a) is a configuration diagram of the flyer to be printed, Figure 1 (b)
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the bottom of the ruled board for printing the flyer shown in FIG. 2A, and FIG. 1... line drawing, 1'... ruled lines of line drawing, 2... photo,
2'... ruled lines around the photo, 3... text, 3'...
・Ruled lines around characters, 10...allocation area, 20...
Layout command menu area, 30... photo character menu area.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Divide the design to be printed into line drawings, photographs, and characters, input the data of the divided line drawings, photographs, and characters into a computer separately, and display the line drawings, photographs, and characters on a graphic display. A method for creating a ruled base for a printed matter, characterized in that the ruled lines of the line drawing, the ruled lines around the characters, and the ruled lines around the photograph are overlapped and output as a ruled base based on this layout data. 2. The method for creating a ruled plate for a printed matter according to claim 1, wherein the line drawing data is input by specifying two-dimensional coordinates while looking at a graphic display. 3. A method for creating a ruled plate for a printed matter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the photo data is input using a color scanner. 4. A method for creating a ruled plate for printed matter according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that character data is input using a word processor. 5. A method for creating a ruled base for a printed matter according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the ruled base is outputted to an XY plotter. 6. Adjust the thickness, color, and line quality of the ruled lines around the text or photo.
6. A method for creating a ruled plate for a printed matter according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the printed matter is outputted while being changed in accordance with the attributes of characters or photographs.