JP2000326472A - Check supporting device with press plate surface - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To check whether the processing of a page unit image data is proper or not in a press plate image data by displaying a processing image data, a page dividing information list and the page unit image data respectively output from processing information. SOLUTION: Processing information 9 is input and stored in a storage section 4 by a processing image forming means of a press plate processing check supporting device 1, and a processing image data is formed based on processing information 9 stored in the storage section 4. The page dividing information is input and stored in the storage section 4 by a page dividing information display means, and a list data of data type is formed by a computing section 3 based on the page dividing information stored in the storage section 4. Plate image information 10 and page finishing dimension frame control information are input by a page unit image display means and stored in a storage section 4, and the page unit image data is formed on the computing section 3 based on the pieces of above information. The above data are displayed on respective areas 6-7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention belongs to the technical field of printing. In particular, the present invention relates to a printing plate imposition confirmation support device that displays information necessary for confirming the imposition of a printing plate on a monitor screen and assists an operator with the confirmation work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a direct printing plate process, imprinted and imprinted plate image data is generated from page unit image data transferred from a plate making process. This printing plate image data is converted into C by a RIP (raster image processor) device.
It is converted into a data format to be output to a TP (computer-to-plate) device. Then, an image is directly exposed from the digitized plate image data to obtain a plate.

[0003]

In such a direct printing plate process, there is no conventional process of outputting an imposed image on a film so that the imposed image can be visually recognized. Therefore, confirmation is performed by printing on an ink jet large format printer or the like. To ensure accuracy, print the front and back sides, glue the front and back sides, and actually fold and check the page order. Further, in addition to the arrangement, in order to inspect the replacement of the contents due to the mistake of the page data, confirmation is performed one page at a time while referring to the book layout table in which the book contents and the page contents are described. As for the saddle stitch book, the page order is skipped except for the innermost fold, so that further confirmation work is required. This process has a problem that the material is consumed only for the inspection, and at the same time, it takes a long time to perform a large-format printing and a checking operation.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to confirm whether or not imposition of page unit image data in plate image data is proper during a direct plate process, particularly before output to a CTP device. To provide a printing plate imposition confirmation support device for the same.

[0005]

The above object is achieved by the present invention described below. That is, a printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to claim 1 of the present invention includes printing plate image displaying means for displaying printing plate image data, imprinting image generating means for generating imposition image data from imposition information, Imposition information display means for displaying the imposition image data, layout information display means for displaying layout information as a list, and page unit image display means for displaying page unit image data. is there.

According to the present invention, the plate image data is displayed by the plate image display means, the imposed image data is generated from the imposition information by the imposed image generating means, and the imposed image data is generated by the imposed information display means. The image data is displayed, the layout information is displayed as a list by the layout information display means, and the page image data is displayed by the page image display means. Therefore, during the direct printing process, particularly, C
Prior to outputting to a TP device, a printing plate imposition confirmation support device for checking whether imposition of page unit image data in printing plate image data is appropriate is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to the first invention, wherein the printing plate image display means, the imprint information display means, The display by the frame information display means and the page unit image display means is performed in a predetermined divided display area corresponding to each divided one display screen. According to the present invention, information used to confirm whether imposition is appropriate can be monitored on one display screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing plate imposition confirmation assisting device according to the first or second aspect, further comprising a button object for instructing input of a preceding page and a following page. The page unit image display means displays the previous page of the page unit image data by instructing input of the previous page in the button object, and the page unit image display means by instructing the rear page in the button object. The page after the page unit image data is displayed. According to the present invention, the front page or the rear page of the page unit image data is displayed by the instruction input of the previous page or the rear page in the button object.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to any one of the first to third inventions, wherein the board layout information display means includes the page unit image. The portion of the board layout information corresponding to the page unit image data displayed by the display means is highlighted. According to the present invention, the portion of the table layout information corresponding to the displayed page unit image data is highlighted.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to any one of the first to fourth inventions, wherein the imprinted image data is at least a page finish size. This is to include a frame. According to the present invention, the imposed image data is displayed including the page finish size frame.

[0011]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the printing plate imposition confirmation support device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a printing plate imposition confirmation support device. In the printing plate imposition confirmation support device 1, reference numeral 2 denotes an input unit, 3 denotes a calculation unit, 4 denotes a storage unit, and 5 denotes a display unit.
In the display unit 5, reference numeral 6 denotes a single-page image display area, 7 denotes a whole plate image display area, and 8 denotes a board list display area. Reference numeral 9 denotes imposition information, 10 denotes plate image information, 21 denotes a single-page image file, 22 denotes an imposition step, 23 denotes an imposed file, 2
4 is a RIP device, 25 is a ripped file, 26 is CT
The P output unit 27 is a printing plate.

The printing plate imprinting confirmation support device 1 can be constituted by software and hardware of a data processing device such as a personal computer and a workstation. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the printing plate imprinting confirmation support device 1 includes an input unit 2 including
It comprises an arithmetic unit 3 composed of a U (central processing unit) and the like, a storage unit 4 composed of a main memory and a hard disk device and the like, and a display unit 5 of a CRT (cathode ray tube) or a liquid crystal.

The printing plate imposition confirmation support device 1 has printing plate image display means, imposition image generation means, imposition information display means, board layout information display means, and page unit image display means. The plate image display means displays plate image data. The imposed image generating means generates imposed image data from the imposition information. The imposition information display means displays imposition image data. The layout information display means displays the layout information as a list. The page unit image display means displays page unit image data. These printing plate image display means, imposition image generation means, imposition information display means, board layout information display means, and page unit image display means are constituted by the software and hardware of the data processing apparatus described above.

The printing plate image display means inputs the plate image information 10 and stores it in the storage unit 4, and converts the plate image data in a data format to be displayed on the display unit 5 from the plate image information 10 stored in the storage unit 4. It is generated in the arithmetic unit 3 and the generated plate image data is displayed in the plate image entire display area 7 of the display unit 5. The imposition image generating means inputs the imposition information 9 and stores it in the storage unit 4, and generates imposition image data from the imposition information 9 stored in the storage unit 4. The imposed image data includes at least a page finish size frame. And
The imposition information display means generates imposition image data in a data format to be displayed on the display unit 5 from the imposition image data in the arithmetic unit 3, and displays the imposition image data in the entire plate image display area 7 of the display unit 5. Are displayed in addition to the above-described plate image data.

[0015] The table information display means displays the table information (FIG. 3).
) Is stored in the storage unit 4, list data in a data format to be displayed on the display unit 5 is generated in the calculation unit 3 from the table information stored in the storage unit 4, and the generated list data is displayed. It is displayed in the board list display area 8 of the section 5. Further, the page unit image display means is provided with the plate image information 10.
And the page finish dimension frame control information (see FIG. 2) and store them in the storage unit 4. The arithmetic unit 3 generates page unit image data from the information and stores it in the storage unit 4.
The page unit image data in the data format to be displayed on the display unit 5 is generated from the page unit image data stored in the display unit 5 in the arithmetic unit 3, and the generated page unit image data is displayed in the single page image display area 6 of the display unit 5. .

In FIG. 1, the drawing drawn on the left side of the printing plate imposition confirmation support device 1 shows the processing in the direct printing plate process and data before and after the process. First, the single page image file 21 is imposed in the imposition step 22 to obtain an imposed file 23. Of course, when the printed material is folded in the folding unit to form a signature, the page-by-page images must be arranged (imposed) on the printing plate so that the order of the pages and the top and bottom are appropriate. However, it is extremely difficult to completely avoid errors in the imposition step as described above.

Next, the imposed file 23 is transferred to the RIP device 2
4 to obtain a ripped file 25. The RIP-completed file 25 has a data format for performing direct printing on a CTP output device. This RI
The P-completed file 25 is input by the printing plate imposition confirmation support device 1 for the purpose of confirming whether imposition has been properly performed. Finally, the RIP file 25 is stored in CTP (computer
-to-plate) An image is output by an output device to form a plate image, and a printing plate 27 is obtained.

Next, the operation and display contents of the printing plate imposition confirmation support device 1 of the present invention will be described in more detail. FIG. 2 is a table showing the page finish size frame control information in the imposition information. FIG. 3 shows the table information as a table. FIG. 4 shows an example of a display screen in the printing plate imposition confirmation support device 1 of the present invention. A description will be given with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 4, the display screen of the printing plate imposition confirmation support device 1 of the present invention has a single-page image display area 6, a whole plate image display area 7, and a board list display area 8. In the single-page image display area 6, image data generated from the plate image information 10 and the page finish dimension frame control information is displayed. This image data is Cyan, Mgenta, Yellow, Black, feature 1,
.. Are composed of image data in page units corresponding to the respective ink colors. In the single page image display area 6, an image in a state where image data of each ink color is synthesized and printed, that is, a printed image is displayed by the page unit image display means. This image is an image of a page designated by the operator of the printing plate imposition confirmation support device 1 and is a specific one page image imposed on the entire plate image display area 7. Further, in the table layout list display area 8, the page portion specified by the operator is highlighted.

The plate image information 1 is displayed in the plate image entire display area 7.
The image data of 0 (see FIG. 1) is displayed by the plate image display means. This image data is a file obtained from a RIP-completed file 25 (see FIG. 1) which is image data for a direct printing plate produced in a pre-printing process. That is, the RIP-completed file 25 composed of image data of each ink color of Cyan, Mgenta, Yellow, Black, spot color 1,. In the plate image entire display area 7, an image in a state where image data of each ink color is synthesized and printed, that is, a print image is displayed.

In addition, in the plate image entire display area 7, imposition image data generated by the imposition image generation means from the imposition information 9 (see FIG. 1) is displayed by the imposition information display means. The imposition information 9 is information output in the imposition step 22 (see FIG. 1), and includes, for example, the coordinates of the start position (x, y) of the page,
Information such as width / height. The imposition information 9 includes page finish size frame control information. FIG. 2 (Table 1) shows an example of the page finish size frame control information as a table. As shown in FIG. 2, the page finish size frame control information has page number, front / back, start position x coordinate, start position y coordinate, width, height, and top and bottom attribute values.

For example, for a single page image file of page number "1", the front / back is "front" and the start position x coordinate is "5".
0, the start position y coordinate is “100”, the width is “300”,
The height is “200” and the top direction is “right”. For the single-page image file with page number “2”, the front / back is “back”, the start position x coordinate is “50”, the start position y coordinate is “100”, the width is “300”, and the height is “300”. Is "200" and the top direction is "left". For a single page image file with a page number “9”, the front / back is “front”, the start position is “50”, the start position y coordinate is “300”, and the width is “30”.
0, the height is “200”, and the top direction is “right.” For a single-page image file with page number “10,” the front / back is “back” and the start position x coordinate is “ 50 ", starting position y
The coordinates are “300”, the width is “300”, and the height is “20”.
0 ”and the top direction is“ left ”.

The imposed image generating means generates imposed image data from the page finish size frame control information. The imposed image data in this case is the finish dimension frame 41 shown in FIG.

In the table layout list display area 8, imposition information 9 is displayed.
The table allocation information included in the table (see FIG. 1) is displayed as a list by the table allocation information display means. Imposition information 9 is imposition process 2
2 (see FIG. 1), which is information output in FIG.
(Table 2) includes table layout information showing an example. As shown in FIG. 3, the board layout information has page number, main book, front / back, and content attribute values. For example, for a single page image file with a page number “1”, the main book is “51”, the front / back is “front”, and the content is “world flag PART1”. For a single page image file with page number “2”, the main page is “5”.
2), the front / back is “back”, and the content is “world flag PART2.” For a single page image file with page number “9”, the main page is “59” and the front / back is For the single-page image file with page number “10”, the main book is “60”, the front / back is “back”, and the content is “front” and the content is “world flag PART9”. World flag PART10 ".

In the example shown in FIG. 4, in the table layout list display area 8, "content" and "honcho" of the attribute values of the table layout information are displayed as a list. As described above, when the operator of the printing plate imprinting confirmation support device 1 specifies a page (single page image file), the image of the page is displayed in the single page image display area 6. This specification is performed, for example, by placing the mouse pointer on the line corresponding to the page to be specified in the list displayed in the table layout list display area 8 and double-clicking the mouse button. At this time, the image of the page is displayed in the single-page image display area 6, and the designated line in the list displayed in the table layout list display area 8 is highlighted.

This highlighting changes the background color of the character string on the line to an emphasized color different from the other parts.
Change the display color of the character string on the line to a different emphasized color from other character strings, change the font of the character string on the line to a different emphasized font from other character strings, etc. It is performed by

As shown in FIG. 4, the single-page image display area 6 has button objects for instructing input of the previous page and the next page. By instructing and inputting the previous page in the button object, the page unit image display means displays the previous page of the page unit image data. Also, by instructing and inputting the rear page in the button object, the page unit image display means displays the rear page of the page unit image data. Instruction input is performed by placing an instruction point of a mouse on a designated button object and double-clicking a mouse button. At this time, the image of the page for which the instruction is input is displayed in the single-page image display area 6, and the designated line in the list displayed in the board list display area 8 is highlighted.

[0028]

As described above, according to the printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to the first aspect of the present invention, during the direct printing plate process, particularly before output to the CTP device,
A printing plate imposition confirmation support device for checking whether imposition of page unit image data in printing plate image data is proper is provided. According to the printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to the second aspect of the present invention, information used for confirming whether imposition is appropriate can be monitored on one display screen. Further, according to the printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the front page or the rear page of the page unit image data is displayed by inputting the instruction of the front page or the rear page in the button object. According to the printing plate imposition confirmation support device of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the portion of the board layout information corresponding to the displayed page unit image data is highlighted. Further, according to the printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to claim 5 of the present invention, the imposition image data is displayed including the page finish size frame.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing plate surface confirmation support device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table showing page finish dimension frame control information in imposition information;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing table allocation information as a table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen in the printing plate imprinting confirmation support device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 printing plate imposition confirmation support device 2 input device 3 operation unit 4 storage unit 5 display unit 6 single-page image display area 7 plate image entire display area 8 car layout list display area 9 imposition information 10 plate image information 21 single-page image file 22 Imposition process 23 File with imposition 24 RIP 27 Plate 41 Finished dimension frame 42 Folding register mark 43 Cutting register mark

Continued on front page (72) Inventor Kazunari Iyoda 1-1-1 Ichigaya-Kaga-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo F-term in Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (reference) 2H084 AE05 AE06 5B009 NB14 NC01 NC07 NE01 RB06 RB32 5C076 AA14 AA17 CA02

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Plate image display means for displaying plate image data, imposed image generation means for generating imposed image data from imposition information, and imposition information display means for displaying the imposed image data And a layout information display unit for displaying layout information as a list; and a page unit image display unit for displaying page unit image data. 2. The printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to claim 1, wherein said printing plate image display means, said imposition information display means, said board information display means, and page unit image display means. Is performed in a predetermined divided display area corresponding to each of a plurality of divided display screens. 3. The printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to claim 1, further comprising a button object for designating and inputting a previous page and a subsequent page, wherein the page object is designated by designating and inputting the previous page with the button object. The image display means displays the previous page of the page unit image data, and the button object designates and inputs the next page, and the page unit image display means displays the next page of the page unit image data. Verification confirmation support device. 4. A printing plate imposition confirmation support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said board layout information display means is provided with said board layout information corresponding to page unit image data displayed by said page unit image display means. A printing plate imprinting confirmation support device characterized by highlighting a portion of a printing plate. 5. The printing plate imposition confirmation support device according to claim 1, wherein the imposed image data includes at least a page finish size frame.