CN104391663A - One-bit lattice file output control system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of printing technology, and discloses a one-bit dot matrix file output control system and method. The system includes: a hot folder module, used to receive and store dot matrix files; a file processing module, used to process the hot The dot matrix file received by the folder module is processed; the file output module is used to output the dot matrix file processed by the file processing module to the computer-to-plate-making equipment. Utilizing the present invention, the one-bit dot matrix output control can be independent of the workflow, and can be conveniently connected with the own and third-party workflows to meet the complex and changeable needs of users.

Description

One bit dot matrix file output control system and method

technical field

The invention relates to the field of printing technology, in particular to a system and method for controlling the output of a one-bit dot matrix file.

Background technique

With the widespread application of digital printing workflow and the gradual popularization of CTP (Computer-to-plate) equipment in China's printing industry, the one-bit dot matrix output control system that acts as a bridge between the two, namely TDL (Tiff Downloader), its importance and application frequency are becoming more and more, and the industry's attention and requirements for it are also increasing.

On the whole, as far as the process, TDL, and CTP equipment are concerned, especially the connection between the process and TDL, at present, well-known foreign manufacturers usually adopt the method of integrating TDL into the process, that is, in their own workflow contains a TDL middleware as part of the process. This method aims to realize the connection between its own process and CTP. For the purpose of promoting its own process or even a specific CTP device, its TDL middleware processes the proprietary file format used in the process, so there is no connection with it. Other third-party processes form a connection or support.

But in actual production, with the diversification and complexity of customer needs, processes or RIP (Raster Image Processor, Raster Image Processor), and even CTP equipment, correspondingly, users may need a more flexible way: develop An independent TDL that does not depend on the process or even the equipment at the same time, so that it can form a flexible connection with its own and third-party processes and even CTP equipment, so as to build a connected network between diverse processes and diverse equipment Bridge, promote the application of process and CTP technology.

Contents of the invention

The present invention provides a 1-bit dot matrix file output control system and method, so that the 1-bit dot matrix output control does not depend on the work flow, and can be conveniently connected with the own and third-party work flow to meet the needs of complex users. Changeable needs.

For this reason, the present invention provides following technical scheme:

A one-bit dot matrix file output control system, including:

Hot folder module, used to receive and store dot matrix files;

A file processing module, configured to process the dot matrix file received by the hot folder module;

The file output module is used to output the dot matrix file processed by the file processing module to the computer-to-plate equipment.

Preferably, the hot folder module includes:

Built-in hot folder module for receiving and storing own bitmap files output from own print digitization process; and/or

The custom hot folder module is used to receive and store standard 1-bit dot matrix files output by third-party printing and digitization processes.

Preferably, said own bitmap file is an encrypted bitmap file; said device also includes:

The decryption module is used to decrypt the encrypted lattice file received by the built-in hot folder module to obtain the decrypted lattice file.

Preferably, the file processing module is specifically used for adding, previewing, rotating, merging, paging, and cutting the dot matrix file.

Preferably, the system also includes:

The interface and control module is set in the self-owned printing digitization process, and is used to output the self-owned bitmap file to the built-in hot folder module.

A method for controlling the output of a one-bit dot matrix file, comprising:

Receive and store bitmap files through hot folder;

Processing the dot matrix file;

Output the processed dot-matrix file to computer-to-plate equipment.

Preferably, the hot folder includes: a built-in hot folder and a custom hot folder; the receiving and storing the dot matrix file through the hot folder includes:

receive and store own bitmap files output from own print digitization process via said built-in hot folder; and/or

Receive and store the standard 1-bit dot matrix file output by the third-party printing digitization process through the custom hot folder.

Preferably, said own bitmap file is an encrypted bitmap file; said method also includes:

Before processing the own dot matrix file, the self dot matrix file is decrypted to obtain a bit dot matrix file.

Preferably, said processing said dot matrix file includes:

Adding, previewing, rotating, merging, paging and cutting are performed on the bitmap file.

Preferably, the method also includes:

The self-owned printing digitization process outputs the self-owned bitmap file to the built-in hot folder module through the interface and control module.

The 1-bit dot matrix file output control system and method provided by the embodiments of the present invention separate the output control of the 1-bit dot matrix file from the printing digital workflow, rather than integrating it into the workflow. The output control is integrated in the printing digital workflow, and it is not bound to the CTP equipment, which facilitates the connection between the system and its own processes and third-party processes, greatly improving the application breadth of the system. When connecting with its own process, it adopts a modular design and supports internal proprietary formats to avoid complicating its own process to the greatest extent while ensuring the security of customer data. When connecting with a third-party process, there is no need for any special configuration or modification of the third-party process or RIP, and the adoption of the hot folder method realizes the automation of the connection between the process and the output control system of a bitmap file .

Description of drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the accompanying drawings that are required in the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only described in the present invention For some embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can also obtain other drawings according to these drawings.

Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a dot matrix file output control system of the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the connection between the one-bit dot matrix file output control system and its own flow and third-party flow in the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of a method for controlling output of a one-bit dot matrix file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the drawings and implementations.

The basic function of TDL is to send the raster dot matrix file stored in TIFF format to an imagesetter or CTP device to form an exposed film or plate. Its biggest function is to completely separate the RIP process from the output process. However, in the prior art, TDL is usually integrated into the process, so that the application of TDL in the digital printing workflow is highly exclusive, and it is difficult to support dot matrix files of other workflows. To solve this problem, the embodiment of the present invention provides a bit matrix file output control system and method, which makes TDL independent and does not depend on the workflow, so that it can be easily integrated with its own and third-party workflows. Convergence to meet the complex and changing needs of users.

As shown in FIG. 1 , it is a schematic structural diagram of a one-bit dot matrix file output control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the system includes:

The hot folder module 101 is used to receive and store dot matrix files.

Specifically, the hot folder module 101 can create multiple subfolders, and put the received dot matrix files into the corresponding subfolders according to their status. For example, when using in conjunction with your own process, you can create multiple hot folders according to the dot matrix resolution that the CTP device can support.

The file processing module 102 is configured to process the bitmap file received by the hot folder module 101 .

Specifically, the processing of the dot matrix file by the file processing module 102 mainly includes processing such as adding, previewing, rotating, merging, paging, and cutting.

The file output module 103 is configured to output the dot matrix file processed by the file processing module 102 to the computer-to-plate equipment.

The 1-bit dot matrix file output control system of the embodiment of the present invention separates TDL from the digital printing workflow, rather than integrating it into the workflow, and can easily connect with its own and third-party workflows.

It should be noted that the connection with the self-owned process or the third-party process can be realized through different modules, or the connection with the self-owned process and the third-party process can be realized at the same time. The manner in which the one-bit matrix file output control system of the embodiment of the present invention is connected with its own and third-party workflows will be described in detail below.

As shown in FIG. 2 , it is a schematic diagram of the connection between the one-bit dot matrix file output control system and its own process and third-party process in the embodiment of the present invention.

In this embodiment, the above-mentioned hot folder module 101 includes: a built-in hot folder module and/or a custom hot folder module. in:

The built-in hot folder module is used to receive and store its own dot matrix files output by its own printing and digitization process;

The self-defined hot folder module is used to receive and store standard one-bit dot matrix files output by third-party printing digital processes.

Correspondingly, the interface and control modules can be installed, configured, and activated in the own flow, so as to output the own dot matrix files to the built-in hot folder module.

The interface and control module can automatically identify the TDL system installed and used on the computer where the self-owned process is located, and then automatically configure and activate the built-in hot folder specially used for connecting TDL and the self-owned process in the process.

In the self-owned process, like other processing modules, the interface and control module are added to the job processing process, located behind the net-hanging module, and after the net-hanging, the interface and control module will put the generated encrypted lattice into the built-in hot file folder to enter the TDL system.

When connecting with a third-party workflow or RIP, a hot folder can be created by the custom hot folder module. According to the actual equipment situation and related needs, define the hot folder name and related parameter settings such as resolution, media, and imposition. After creation, specify the hot folder as the output path of the standard 1-bit matrix of the third-party workflow or RIP. Correspondingly, the third-party workflow can use the standard 1-bit matrix generation/export module to transfer the corresponding bitmap file to in the hot folder. In this case, the address of the hot folder may be pre-agreed with the third-party workflow, or the address of the hot folder may be transmitted to the third-party workflow after establishing communication with the third-party workflow . The above-mentioned communication may be point-to-point communication, communication within a local area network, or communication realized by means of the Internet. Of course, in practical applications, the standard 1-bit bitmap file output by the third-party workflow can also be manually copied to the hot folder. This embodiment of the present invention does not limit it.

It should be noted that the self-owned bitmap file from the self-owned process can be an encrypted bitmap file or a standard bitmap file.

For this reason, as shown in Figure 2, in the embodiment of the present invention, in the one bit lattice file output control system, also can further comprise: decryption module, is used for decrypting the encrypted lattice file that described built-in hot folder module receives , to obtain the decrypted dot matrix file to ensure that the dot matrix can be output correctly on the device.

However, the standard one-bit dot matrix file from the self-owned process or the third-party process is not encrypted, so the standard one-bit dot matrix file can be directly processed by the file processing module without decryption.

It can be seen that, the one-bit dot matrix file output control system provided by the embodiment of the present invention separates the output control of one-bit dot matrix files from the printing digital workflow, rather than integrating it into the workflow. The output control of the document is integrated in the printing digital workflow, and it is not bound to the CTP device, which facilitates the connection of the system with its own process and the third-party process, and greatly improves the application range of the system. When connecting with its own process, it adopts a modular design and supports internal proprietary formats to avoid complicating its own process to the greatest extent while ensuring the security of customer data. When connecting with a third-party process, there is no need for any special configuration or modification of the third-party process or RIP, and the adoption of the hot folder method realizes the automation of the connection between the process and the output control system of a bitmap file .

Correspondingly, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a method for controlling output of a one-bit dot matrix file, as shown in FIG. 3 , which is a flow chart of the method, including the following steps:

Step 301, receiving and storing the dot matrix file through the hot folder.

In order to realize connection with self-owned processes and third-party processes at the same time, the hot folders may include: built-in hot folders and custom hot folders.

Correspondingly, the built-in hot folder can be used to receive and store the own dot matrix files output by the own printing digital process; and/or receive and store the standard bitmap files output by the third-party printing digital process through the self-defined hot folder bitmap file.

The establishment and application of the above-mentioned built-in hot folders and custom hot folders have been described in detail above, and will not be repeated here.

Step 302, process the dot matrix file.

The processing of the dot matrix file mainly includes: adding, pre-displaying, rotating, merging, paging, cutting and other processing operations. The specific processing methods can adopt some conventional processing methods, which are not limited in this embodiment of the present invention .

Step 303, output the processed dot matrix file to the computer-to-plate equipment.

In the one-bit dot matrix file output control method of the embodiment of the present invention, TDL is independent from the printing digital workflow, rather than integrated into the workflow, and can be easily connected with the own and third-party workflow.

It should be noted that the self-owned bitmap file from the self-owned process can be an encrypted bitmap file or a standard bitmap file.

For this reason, in another embodiment of the control method for bitmap file output of the present invention, it may further include the following steps: before processing the own bitmap file, decrypt the self bitmap file to obtain Bitmap file to ensure that the bitmap can be output correctly on the device.

However, the standard 1-bit dot matrix file from its own process or a third-party process is not encrypted, so the standard 1-bit dot matrix file can be processed directly without decryption.

It can be seen that, in the method for controlling the output of one-bit dot matrix files provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the output control of one-bit dot matrix files is independent of the printing digital workflow, rather than integrated into the workflow, neither the one-bit dot matrix The output control of the document is integrated in the printing digital workflow, and it is not bound to the CTP device, which facilitates the connection of the system with its own process and the third-party process, and greatly improves the application range of the system. When connecting with its own process, it adopts a modular design and supports internal proprietary formats to avoid complicating its own process to the greatest extent while ensuring the security of customer data. When connecting with a third-party process, there is no need for any special configuration or modification of the third-party process or RIP, and the adoption of the hot folder method realizes the automation of the connection between the process and the output control system of a bitmap file .

Each embodiment in this specification is described in a progressive manner, the same and similar parts of each embodiment can be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. Moreover, the system embodiments described above are only illustrative, wherein the modules described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is It can be located in one place, or it can be distributed to multiple network elements. Part or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. It can be understood and implemented by those skilled in the art without creative effort.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, and the present invention has been described using specific implementation methods herein. The descriptions of the above embodiments are only used to help understand the method and equipment of the present invention; meanwhile, for those of ordinary skill in the art, According to the idea of the present invention, there will be changes in the specific implementation and scope of application. To sum up, the contents of this specification should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A bit matrix file output control system, is characterized in that, comprises: Hot folder module, used to receive and store dot matrix files; A file processing module, configured to process the dot matrix file received by the hot folder module; The file output module is used to output the dot matrix file processed by the file processing module to the computer-to-plate equipment. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the hot folder module comprises: Built-in hot folder module for receiving and storing own bitmap files output from own print digitization process; and/or The custom hot folder module is used to receive and store standard 1-bit dot matrix files output by third-party printing and digitization processes. 3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the self-dot matrix file is an encrypted dot matrix file; the device also includes: The decryption module is used to decrypt the encrypted lattice file received by the built-in hot folder module to obtain the decrypted lattice file. 4. The device of claim 1, wherein The file processing module is specifically used for adding, previewing, rotating, merging, paging, and cutting the dot matrix file. 5. The device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the system further comprises: The interface and control module is set in the self-owned printing digitization process, and is used to output the self-owned bitmap file to the built-in hot folder module. 6. A method for controlling the output of a one-bit dot matrix file, comprising: Receive and store bitmap files through hot folder; Processing the dot matrix file; Output the processed dot-matrix file to computer-to-plate equipment. 7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the hot folder includes: a built-in hot folder and a custom hot folder; the receiving and storing the dot matrix file through the hot folder includes: receive and store own bitmap files output from own print digitization process via said built-in hot folder; and/or Receive and store the standard 1-bit dot matrix file output by the third-party printing digitization process through the custom hot folder. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein said own bitmap file is an encrypted bitmap file; said method also includes: Before processing the own dot matrix file, the self dot matrix file is decrypted to obtain a bit dot matrix file. 9. The method according to claim 7, wherein said processing said dot matrix file comprises: Adding, previewing, rotating, merging, paging and cutting are performed on the bitmap file. 10. The method according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising: The self-owned printing digitization process outputs the self-owned bitmap file to the built-in hot folder module through the interface and control module.