CN114734717B

CN114734717B - TIFF image exposure method

Info

Publication number: CN114734717B
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: 2023-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2042-04-06
Also published as: CN114734717A

Abstract

The invention discloses a TIFF image exposure method, which comprises the following steps: adding various information related to a plate making process into 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 a TIFF format file; the laser platemaking equipment controls a plurality of working modules to cooperatively work based on the various information, and exposes the image to the screen frame. The invention improves the degree of automation 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 plate making, a conventional method for exposing TIFF format images by using laser plate making equipment generally comprises: the TIFF format image to be exposed is firstly processed, stored and transferred to an operator of the laser plate making equipment. When an operator operates the laser plate making apparatus, a series of parameters of a plate making process required for exposing the image are input into a computer system of the laser plate making apparatus, and the series of parameters may be, for example: 1. frame parameters, including: the horizontal dimension of the net frame, the vertical dimension of the net frame, the horizontal offset position of the net frame and the vertical offset position of the net frame; 2. image parameters, including: image horizontal direction offset, image vertical direction offset, image horizontal direction alignment, image vertical direction alignment, image horizontal direction overturn, image vertical direction overturn; 3. the expansion and contraction parameters comprise 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. Because an 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 equipment, the working efficiency is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

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

The scheme of the invention is as follows:

a TIFF image exposure method, comprising:

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

opening a laser platemaking apparatus to cause a computer processing system of the laser platemaking apparatus to read the plurality of information;

the laser platemaking equipment controls a plurality of working modules to cooperatively work based on the various information, and exposes the image to the screen frame.

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

Further: the screen frame parameters comprise a screen frame horizontal dimension, a screen frame vertical dimension, 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 turned over in the horizontal direction, whether the image is turned over in the vertical direction and an image rotation angle; the exposure parameters include laser output speed and output power.

Further, the plurality of information is obtained by clicking the attribute of the image to be exposed and then looking up the information.

Further, the content stored in the TIFF format file may be increased or decreased.

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

The invention has the technical effects that: and adding and storing a TIFF file of the information related to the plate making process in the TIFF image to be exposed. And after being stored, the product is sent to an operator of the laser plate making equipment or directly uploaded to the laser plate making equipment. The operator operates the laser platemaking equipment, the laser platemaking equipment reads various platemaking technological parameters, and controls each working module to work cooperatively to expose the image to be exposed on the screen frame. Since remark information related to the plate making process is added by an operator on an input interface of the laser plate making equipment before, the automation degree is low. The remark information is stored in a TIFF image to be exposed in the form of a TIFF format file, an operator does not need to input relevant parameters of a plate making process on an input interface of laser plate making equipment, and the laser plate making equipment realizes full-automatic work according to the previously stored plate making process parameters to 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.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an image to be exposed;

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

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

FIG. 4 is a screen shot showing the various information added to the TIFF format file after processing with software hexcmp2.exe.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, directions or positional relationships indicated by terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., are based on directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description and simplification of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element to be referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in the specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention; the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like, are used merely to describe differences and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance, and furthermore, unless otherwise expressly specified and defined, the terms "mounted," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

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

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is an image that needs to be exposed on a frame, the image being in TIFF format. Before exposing the image, it is necessary to add some information about the process parameters associated with exposing the image in a computer program. In the present application, since the image format is the TIFF format, the added remark information is also stored in the TIFF format file, so that the data in the TIFF format file and the data of the TIFF image are compatible.

The content added in the tiff format file may 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 remark the above information in another expression in JSON format:

the information comprises the content related to the plate making process, and specifically comprises the following steps: frame parameters, a frame horizontal dimension of 800mm, a frame vertical dimension of 600mm, a frame horizontal offset position of 0, and a frame vertical offset position of 0; image parameters: the horizontal direction of the image is offset by 600mm, the vertical direction of the image is offset by 800mm, the horizontal direction of the image is aligned in a left direction, the vertical direction of the image is aligned in a left direction, the horizontal direction of the image is not turned over, the vertical direction of the image is not turned over, the negative direction is generated, and the rotation angle of the image is 0 degree; swelling and collapsing parameters: the horizontal expansion-contraction ratio is 1.0, and the vertical expansion-contraction ratio is 1.0; exposure parameters: the output speed is 300mm/s, the output power is 100mmj, the horizontal resolution 1270 and the vertical resolution 1270 are output, and the output mode is normal output.

The content is remarked in the tiff format file. Of course, these are merely examples, and other parameters related to the plate making process are also possible, and are not limiting herein.

Clicking on the image name named "test" in fig. 3 (this image is the exemplary image shown in fig. 1) finds a remark column, and can find that the following information is already stored in the remark column:

in addition, the word document storing the remark information is dragged into the software hexacmp 2, the data shown in fig. 4 is obtained after the processing of the software hexacmp 2, the data is analyzed through the software, the information content of the remark can be reversely analyzed, and the related 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 cooperatively work, exposes the image to the screen frame, and completes the exposure process of the image.

The working modules can be, for example, an optical module, an electrical module, a control module and a mechanical structure module, and the modules work together to complete the exposure process of the 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. Tif, but not tif, and both may be in different forms but essentially the same.

In addition, information related to the plate making process is generally noted in the upper blank area in the TIFF format file, which 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 related to a plate making process is noted in the TIFF format file and saved. And after being stored, the product is sent to an operator of the laser plate making equipment or directly uploaded to the laser plate making equipment. An operator operates the laser platemaking equipment to enable the working modules to work cooperatively to expose an image to be exposed on the screen frame. Since remark information related to the plate making process is added by an operator on an input interface of the laser plate making equipment before, the automation degree is low. The remark information is stored in a TIFF image to be exposed in a TIFF format file, so that the laser platemaking equipment can realize full-automatic work according to stored platemaking process parameters, and the image is exposed 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: the foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is not intended to be limiting, but rather, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention can be modified or equivalents can be substituted for some of the features thereof, and any modification, equivalent substitution, improvement or the like that is within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A TIFF image exposure method, comprising:

the laser platemaking equipment controls a plurality of working modules to cooperatively work based on the various information, and exposes the TIFF image to a screen frame;

the plurality of information includes: frame parameters, TIFF image parameters, collapsible parameters, and exposure parameters;

the screen frame parameters comprise a screen frame horizontal dimension, a screen frame vertical dimension, a screen frame horizontal offset position and a screen frame vertical offset position; the TIFF image parameters comprise a TIFF image horizontal direction offset, a TIFF image vertical direction offset, a TIFF image horizontal direction alignment mode, a TIFF image vertical direction alignment mode, whether the TIFF image is turned over horizontally, whether the TIFF image is turned over vertically and a TIFF image rotation angle; the exposure parameters include laser output speed and output power.

2. The TIFF image exposure method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of information is viewed by clicking on an attribute of said TIFF image.

3. The TIFF image exposure method of claim 1, wherein the stored contents of said TIFF format file can be increased or decreased.

4. The TIFF image exposure method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of information notes a blank area at an upper end in said TIFF format file.