CN114734717A

CN114734717A - TIFF image exposure method

Info

Publication number: CN114734717A
Application number: CN202210353262.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈乃奇; 胡学艳
Original assignee: Shenzhen Anteland Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Anteland Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-04-06
Filing date: 2022-04-06
Publication date: 2022-07-12
Anticipated expiration: 2042-04-06
Also published as: CN114734717B

Abstract

The invention discloses a TIFF image exposure method, which comprises the following steps: adding various information related to the plate making process in the TIFF format file and storing the information; opening a laser plate making device to enable a computer processing system of the laser plate making device to read a TIFF format file; and the laser plate-making equipment controls a plurality of working modules to work cooperatively based on the various information so as to expose the image to the screen frame. The invention improves the automation degree of image exposure and improves the working efficiency.

Description

TIFF image exposure method

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the field of laser plate making, and particularly relates to a TIFF image exposure method.

Background

Referring to fig. 1, in the field of laser platemaking, the method for exposing images in TIFF format by using existing laser platemaking equipment generally comprises: processing TIFF format images to be exposed, storing and transferring the TIFF format images to an operator of laser platemaking equipment. When the operator operates the laser plate-making apparatus, a series of parameters of the plate-making process required for exposing the image are input and exposed again in a computer system of the laser plate-making apparatus, and the series of parameters may be, for example: 1. a frame parameter comprising: the horizontal size of the screen frame, the vertical size of the screen frame, the horizontal offset position of the screen frame and the vertical offset position of the screen frame; 2. image parameters, including: shifting an image in a horizontal direction, shifting an image in a vertical direction, aligning the image in the horizontal direction, aligning the image in the vertical direction, overturning the image in the horizontal direction and overturning the image in the vertical direction; 3. expansion and contraction parameters comprising a horizontal expansion and contraction ratio and a vertical expansion and contraction ratio; 4. exposure parameters including: output speed, output power, output horizontal resolution, output vertical resolution, and output mode. Since the operator inputs and exposes a series of parameters of the plate making process of the image in the computer system of the laser plate making device, the working efficiency is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a laser plate-making device, which aims to solve the problem of low automation degree of laser plate-making equipment.

The scheme of the invention is as follows:

a TIFF image exposure method comprising:

adding various information related to a plate making process in a TIFF image in a TIFF format file, and storing the information;

opening a laser platemaking device to enable a computer processing system of the laser platemaking device to read the plurality of information;

and the laser plate-making equipment controls a plurality of working modules to work cooperatively based on the various information so as to expose the image to the screen frame.

Further: the plurality of information includes: frame parameters, image parameters, harmomegathus parameters, and exposure parameters.

Further: the screen frame parameters comprise a screen frame horizontal size, a screen frame vertical size, a screen frame horizontal offset position and a screen frame vertical offset position; the image parameters comprise an image horizontal direction offset, an image vertical direction offset, an image horizontal direction alignment mode, an image vertical direction alignment mode, whether the image is horizontally turned or not, whether the image is vertically turned or not and an image rotation angle; the exposure parameters include laser output speed and output power.

Furthermore, the various information is obtained by clicking the attributes of the image to be exposed and then checking.

Further, the content of the TIFF format file storage may be increased or decreased.

Further, the various information are noted in a blank area at the upper end of the TIFF format file.

The invention has the technical effects that: a TIFF file of information on a plate making process is added to a TIFF image to be exposed and saved. And sending the stored data to an operator of the laser plate-making equipment, or directly uploading the data to the laser plate-making equipment. And operating the laser plate-making equipment by an operator, reading various plate-making process parameters by the laser plate-making equipment, controlling the working modules to work cooperatively, and exposing the image to be exposed on the screen frame. Since the remark information related to the plate making process is added by the operator on the input interface of the laser plate making equipment, the automation degree is low. The remark information is stored in the TIFF image to be exposed in a TIFF format file form, an operator does not need to input relevant parameters of a plate making process on an input interface of the laser plate making equipment, and the laser plate making equipment realizes full-automatic work according to the previously stored parameters of the plate making process and exposes the image on a screen frame. Therefore, the invention greatly improves the automation degree of the laser plate-making equipment and improves the working efficiency.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an image to be exposed;

FIG. 2 is a diagram of the method steps of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a screenshot of an interface displayed after clicking on an attribute of the image to be exposed shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an interface screenshot obtained by processing various information added to a TIFF format file with software hexcmp2.exe and displaying the processed information.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention; the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used merely to describe differences and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance, and moreover, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Referring to fig. 2, the invention discloses an image exposure method with a file in TIFF format, comprising:

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 1 is an image that needs to be exposed on a frame, which is in TIFF format. Before exposing the image, some information about the process parameters related to exposing the image needs to be added to the computer program. In the application, since the image format is in the TIFF format, the added remark information is also stored in the TIFF format file, so that the data in the TIFF format file is compatible with the data of the TIFF image.

The content added in the tiff format file can be, for example, one of the expression modes:

{"CTSAUTO":{"Frame":{"width":600,"length":800,"xoff":0,"yoff":0},"Image":{"xoff":600,"yoff":600,"xalign":0,"yalign":0,"xflip":0,"yflip":0,"negtive":0,"rotate":0},"Scale":{"x":1.0,"y":1.0},"Exposure":{"Speed":300,"Power":100,"XResolution":1270,"YResolution":1270,"Mode":0}}}。

or remarking the information in another expression mode in a JSON format:

the information comprises contents related to the plate making process, and specifically comprises the following steps: screen frame parameters, screen frame horizontal size 800mm, screen frame vertical size 600mm, screen frame horizontal offset position 0, and screen frame vertical offset position 0; image parameters: the image horizontal direction is deviated by 600mm, the image vertical direction is deviated by 800mm, the image horizontal direction alignment mode is left alignment, the image vertical direction alignment mode is left alignment, the image horizontal direction is not turned, the image vertical direction is not turned, the direction is negative, and the image rotation angle is 0 degree; expansion and shrinkage parameters: the expansion-contraction ratio in the horizontal direction is 1.0, and the expansion-contraction ratio in the vertical direction is 1.0; exposure parameters: output speed 300mm/s, output power 100mmj, output horizontal resolution 1270, output vertical resolution 1270, and output mode is normal output.

The above contents are the contents remarked in the tiff format file. Of course, these are merely exemplary, and other parameters related to the plate making process are also possible, and are not limited herein.

Clicking on the image name named "test" in fig. 3 (the image is the exemplary image shown in fig. 1) to find the remark column, it can be found that the following information is already stored in the remark column:

in addition, the word document storing the remark information is dragged into software hexcmp2, and is processed by software hexcmp2 to obtain data as shown in fig. 4, and the data is analyzed by software, so that the remark information content can be analyzed reversely, and the relevant process parameters can be searched.

After various information related to the plate making process is stored in the data storage device in a TIFF format file, a computer processing system of the laser plate making device reads the various information related to the plate making process stored in the TIFF format file, controls a plurality of working modules of the laser plate making device to work cooperatively to expose the image to a screen frame, and completes the exposure process of the image.

The plurality of working modules described herein may be, for example, an optical module, an electrical module, a control module, and a mechanical structure module, which work together to perform an exposure process on an image.

It should be noted that, in the present application, the size of the content stored in the TIFF format file is not limited, that is, in the TIFF format file, the remark information related to the plate making process may be increased or decreased, that is, the remark content may not be limited. In addition, the suffix of the document may be. tiff, which is different in form but substantially the same, in addition to being. tif.

In addition, information related to the plate making process is generally noted in a blank area at the upper end of the TIFF format file, so that the information is more convenient to view and edit.

The invention has the technical effects that: by adding a TIFF format file to a TIFF image to be exposed, information relating to a plate making process is remarked in the TIFF format file and saved. And sending the stored information to an operator of the laser plate-making equipment, or directly uploading the information to the laser plate-making equipment. And operating the laser plate-making equipment by an operator to ensure that all the working modules work cooperatively to expose the image to be exposed on the screen frame. Since the remark information related to the plate making process is added by the operator on the input interface of the laser plate making equipment, the automation degree is low. The remark information is stored in the TIFF image to be exposed in a TIFF format file, so that the laser platemaking device can realize full-automatic work according to the stored plate making process parameters and expose the image on a screen frame. Therefore, the invention greatly improves the automation degree of the laser plate-making equipment and improves the working efficiency.

Finally, it should be noted that: although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art can still make modifications to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or make equivalent substitutions for some technical features, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A TIFF image exposure method, comprising:

opening a laser plate-making device to enable a computer processing system of the laser plate-making device to read the various information;

2. The TIFF image exposure method according to claim 1, wherein: the plurality of information includes: frame parameters, image parameters, harmomegathus parameters, and exposure parameters.

3. The TIFF image exposure method according to claim 2, wherein the frame parameters include a frame horizontal size, a frame vertical size, a frame horizontal offset position, and a frame vertical offset position; the image parameters comprise an image horizontal direction offset, an image vertical direction offset, an image horizontal direction alignment mode, an image vertical direction alignment mode, whether the image is horizontally turned or not, whether the image is vertically turned or not and an image rotation angle; the exposure parameters include laser output speed and output power.

4. The TIFF image exposure method according to claim 2, wherein said plurality of information is obtained by clicking on an attribute of said image to be exposed and then viewing.

5. The TIFF image exposure method according to claim 1, wherein the contents of the TIFF format file storage can be increased or decreased.

6. The TIFF image exposure method according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of information are remarked in a blank area at the upper end in the TIFF format file.