JP2001051982A - Corrective editing device and correction indication data generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To process a corrected place without any omission by receiving position information on the corrected position sent from a correction indicating process means and displaying object make-up compiled data around the position. SOLUTION: The correction indication processing means 21 reads correction indication data outputted by a correction indication data generating device 10 and sends the position information on the corrected position to the make-up compiling means 22 according to operator's operation. At this time, the processing means 21 sends plate surface coordinate data to the make-up compiling means 22, which receives the plate surface coordinate data and displays the object make-up compiled data around the position. Then the operator makes corrections on the screen of the make-up compiling means 22. Consequently, the corrected place can be processed without any omission.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plate making process for digitally producing commercial prints such as flyers and catalogs by using DTP (Desktop Publishing) technology and the like. The present invention relates to a correction editing apparatus for performing a correction operation in accordance with a correction instruction instructed by a print orderer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the field of plate making work of commercial printed materials such as flyers and catalogs, a method of editing and processing all characters and images with digital data using DTP technology or the like has become mainstream.

[0003] In the field of ordinary printing plate making, before entering the printing process, a proof print is given to the orderer to confirm whether the plate has been made as intended by the orderer.
The orderer returns the repair instruction in red letters on the proof.

[0004]

In the case of a commercial printed matter, especially a large flyer, there are a lot of deficit spots, which may be overlooked by a skilled worker.

Further, when working in a digital process, it is necessary to work on a screen of a limited size on a computer, so that scrolling and enlargement / reduction display are repeated in order to display a red character portion of the proof paper on the screen. It is necessary to compare the computer screen and the proof paper many times to find a correction point, which is unexpectedly troublesome. In particular, in the case of a large-sized flyer or the like, processing such as scrolling requires time, which further irritates the worker.

The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and when a work of correcting plate making and editing data is performed in a digital process, a correction portion of a proof sheet is easily displayed on a screen of a plate making and editing apparatus. It is an object of the present invention to realize a mechanism that allows the user to make sure that a mechanism for making corrections and corrections can be processed without fail.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in order to solve the above-described problem, correction instruction data obtained by digitizing correction instruction information of a proof sheet is read, and an instruction for a correction portion is interactively received. Correction instruction processing means for displaying the correction contents of the correction part on the screen and transferring the position information of the correction part to the plate making and editing means, and receiving the position information of the correction part sent from the correction instruction processing means, And a plate making / editing means for displaying the target plate making / editing data with a focus on the target plate making / editing device, thereby realizing a mechanism for easily displaying a correction portion of the proof paper on the screen of the plate making / editing device.

[0008] The correction instruction processing means sends the position information of the correction portion to the plate making and editing means, and the plate making and editing means displays the plate making data centering on the position, so that the operator scrolls the screen of the plate making and editing apparatus. The repair work can be started very easily.

Further, in the correction editing apparatus, the correction instruction processing means may indicate a correction position again while pressing a specific button at the corrected position.
By giving some instructions, the corrected location is displayed as corrected, a corrected mark is displayed, and a function is provided so that the correction instruction data can be updated. It becomes possible to process.

[0010] In the second invention, for each correction location on the proof paper, the position coordinates of the location and the content of the correction instruction of the location selected from a menu prepared in advance are designated. This is a correction instruction data creating device that creates correction instruction data. The correction instruction data read by the correction instruction processing means of the correction editing apparatus according to the first invention is created in advance by the correction instruction data creation apparatus.

[0011] The correction instruction data creating apparatus can be configured using a digitizer so that a correction location on the proof paper is designated by a digitizer and the content of the correction instruction is selected from a menu prepared on the digitizer.

Alternatively, without using a digitizer, image data obtained by reading a proof sheet with a scanner is displayed on a computer screen, a correction portion is designated on this screen, and a correction instruction prepared on this screen is provided. It is also possible to configure such that a corresponding correction content is selected from a content selection menu.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, coordinate data is received.
Proof sheet coordinate instructing means for converting the coordinate data into coordinates on the proof sheet and transferring the coordinates to the stencil editing means; and stencil editing means for receiving the proof sheet coordinate data and displaying the target stencil editing data centering on the position. Then, a correction editing device is configured.

With such a configuration, the calibration paper coordinate reading means sends the position information of the corrected portion to the plate making and editing means, and the plate making and editing means displays the plate making data centering on the position. It is not necessary to search for a correction point on the screen of the plate making / editing apparatus and scroll, and it is possible to start the correction operation of the correction point part very easily.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, image data obtained by reading a proof sheet with a scanner is displayed on a computer screen, coordinates of a designated portion on the screen are calculated on the proof sheet, and the coordinate data is calculated. Is transferred to the plate making and editing means. The correction and editing apparatus is composed of a school correction portion instructing means for receiving the calibration sheet coordinate data and displaying the target plate making and editing data centering on this position. With such a configuration, the same effect as in the third invention can be obtained.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The details of the present invention will be described below based on embodiments.

FIG. 1 shows a combination of a correction editing device according to the first invention and a correction instruction data creating device according to the second invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an entire configuration of the first embodiment. Reference numeral 10 denotes a correction instruction data creation device. It is composed of a digitizer 11 for inputting proof paper, a control unit 12, and a keyboard 13.
The control unit 12 includes a digitizer control unit 121 that receives status information and coordinate data from the digitizer, and a correction instruction input unit 122 that supervises an interactive input process on the digitizer and creates correction instruction data. Control unit 12
Can be constituted by a normal personal computer or the like. The digitizer 11 is connected to an input / output interface (such as a serial interface) of a computer constituting the control unit 12.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a correction editing device. It includes a correction instruction processing means 21 and a plate making and editing means 22. The correction instruction processing means 21 reads the correction instruction data output from the correction instruction data creating device 10 and sends the position information of the correction portion to the plate making and editing means 22 according to the operation of the operator. The prepress editing means 22 interactively performs preparation and editing of prepress data. The correction editing device can be constituted by a normal personal computer or the like. The correction instruction processing means 21 and the plate making and editing means 22 can be realized by activating a program stored in an external storage device of the computer.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation flow of the correction instruction data creating apparatus 10. The operation of the correction instruction data creating device will be described with reference to FIG. First, the operator pastes a calibration paper on the input table of the digitizer 11 (S1).
0). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a state in which a calibration sheet is pasted on the input table of the digitizer 11 of the correction instruction data creating device 10. An input menu table is located on the lower right side of the input table. This input menu table is used to indicate the content of the correction. The correction instruction input means 122 stores the contents of each correction displayed in the input menu table and the corresponding coordinate range in an internal memory. After pasting the proof paper,
As shown in FIG. 5, the operator inputs two points, upper left and lower right, as reference points from the marks defining the four corner plates on the proof paper. This reference point is stored in the correction instruction input means 122 (S12).

Next, the operator inputs the coordinates of the correction location on the proof paper (S14). The correction instruction input means 122 receives the coordinate data, calculates plate coordinates on the proof paper from the stored reference point coordinates, and uses the calculated coordinates as position information of the corrected portion (S16). Next, the operator selects the content of the correction instruction of the relevant part from the input menu table shown above (S1).
8). This is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6A,
After inputting the coordinates of the heading character portion of the correction portion, input a "character correction" block indicating the corresponding correction content from the input menu table, and use the keyboard 13 to select "super"
Is keyed in. Similarly, (C) shows a case of color tone correction. After inputting the coordinates of the correction location and instructing the block of “color tone correction” from the input menu table, an additional instruction “bright” is input from the keyboard 13. (B) shows the case of giving an instruction of “delete dust / dust”. In this case, no keyboard input is required. Correction instruction input means 122
Identifies the correction instruction from the coordinate values instructed in the input menu table, accepts the input value (text) from the keyboard 13, combines it with the previously stored position information of the correction location, and records one record. Is written in the correction instruction file (S20). S for all corrections below
14 to S20 are repeated.

As a result, a correction instruction file as shown in FIG. The correction instruction file is a file in which a serial number, position information, correction contents, and a modification text are recorded as one record for each correction location. The meaning of the qualification text depends on the modification. Modification text may not be required for some modifications.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the editing apparatus 20. The operation of the editing device will be described with reference to FIG. First, the operator specifies the correction instruction file and starts the correction instruction processing means 21 (S30). Next, the prepress editing means 22 is activated. This step can be realized in such a manner that the correction instruction processing unit 21 gives an edit data file name for performing the repair work and starts up.
The prepress editing means 22 displays the target editing data on the screen (S32). At this time, the screen of the monitor 23 is displayed as shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), a window screen of the correction processing unit 21 (display of a list of correction points and the like is displayed) and a window screen of the plate making and editing unit 23 (plate making data editing screen) are displayed.

Next, the operator designates a reference point on the screen of the plate making and editing means 22 displaying the target editing data (S).
34). In this case, the same point as the reference point specified in step S12 is specified on the screen when the correction instruction data is created on the correction instruction data creation device. Next, the operator selects one correction location displayed on the screen of the correction instruction processing means 21, and displays the content of the correction by the operation of the correction instruction processing means 21 (S36). At this time, the correction instruction processing means 2
1 sends the plate coordinate data to the plate making and editing means (S
37). The plate making and editing means 22 receives the plate surface coordinate data and displays the edited data with the relevant portion as the center. That is, the screen is automatically scrolled (S38). The operator performs a correction process on the screen of the plate making and editing means (S3).
9). After finishing the correction of the location, the operator gives a corrected instruction on the screen of the correction instruction processing means 21. Then, the corrected mark is displayed on the screen, and the status of the corresponding correction record of the correction instruction data is changed to corrected (S40). The operator checks whether there is any unprocessed correction part on the screen of the correction instruction processing means 21 (S4).
2) If there is an unprocessed portion, the process returns to S36 and is repeated.

The above is the description of the operation of the first embodiment whose configuration is shown in FIG. Reading the proofreading paper correction instruction requires some skill, but according to the present embodiment, the proofreading paper correction instruction reading and the actual re-editing work can be performed by special tasks. Since the correction instruction file is a list of all the contents of the correction instruction, there is no need to correct and omit the parts to be corrected. The screen editing scrolling operation of the plate making edit data to be corrected is automatically performed by the operation of the correction editing device, so that the correction work is efficiently performed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a second embodiment in which the first invention and the second invention are combined.
Reference numeral 30 denotes a correction instruction data creation device. It comprises a scanner 31 for inputting proof paper, a control unit 32, a keyboard 33, and a monitor 34. The control unit 32 issues a scanner command to drive the scanner 31.
And a correction instruction input means 322 for displaying the image data obtained as a result of inputting with the scanner, interactively indicating the correction location and the content of the correction, and creating a correction instruction file. The control unit 32 can be constituted by a normal personal computer or the like. The scanner 31 is connected via an input / output interface of a computer constituting the control unit 32.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a correction editing device. In this embodiment, the correction instruction processing means 21 and the plate making / editing means 22 are activated on other computers 201 and 202 on the network via the network 25, and the coordinate data of the correction location is transmitted from the correction document means 21 via the network. The data is transferred to the prepress editing means 22.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the correction instruction data creating device 30. The operation of the correction instruction data creating device 30 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the operator causes the scanner 31 to read the proof paper (S5).
0). The correction instruction input means displays the image data obtained by scanning on the screen (S52). FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen display of the correction instruction data creating device 30. Next, in step S53, as shown in FIG. 9A, the operator specifies on the screen the upper left point and the lower right point indicating the boundary of the printing plate on the displayed image data. To input a reference point. This reference point is stored in the correction instruction input means 322.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9B, the operator inputs the coordinates of the correction point on the displayed image data (S54). The correction instruction input means 322 receives the coordinate data, calculates plate coordinates on the proof paper from the stored reference point coordinates, and uses the calculated coordinates as position information of the corrected portion (S
56). Next, the operator selects the content of the correction instruction at the relevant location from an input menu table (not shown) in the window displayed by the correction instruction input means (S58). At this time, the operator inputs a decoration text from the keyboard 33 according to the content of the correction instruction. Then, the correction instruction data is written into the correction instruction data as one record, together with the previously stored position information of the correction part (S60). Thereafter, steps S54 to S60 are repeated for all correction points. Thus, a correction instruction file is obtained in the same manner as in the correction instruction data creating device.

The above is the description of the operation of the correction instruction data creating device 30. The function of the editing device is the correction instructing means 21.
The only difference is that the prepress / editing means 22 is divided into two computers, which is not different from that in the first embodiment. Therefore, the functions and effects obtained by the second embodiment are equivalent to those of the first embodiment. Scanners can also be used in this way to digitize proofreading instructions. If the plate size is relatively small, it can be realized at lower cost than in the first embodiment.

The correction instruction data creating device 10 or 30
The main point of the correction instruction data created by the is that the position information and the correction content of the part to be corrected for all the corrected parts are described, and the correction instruction data is not limited to the text file as shown in FIG. For example, in the case of the correction instruction data creating device 30, a data file having a configuration in which the above-described correction information is added to image data read by a scanner may be used.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the third embodiment. In FIG. 11, a PDF (Portable Doc) that includes image data with the same precision as the plate making data and in which a correction instruction can be entered.
In this embodiment, the digital editing apparatus 40 receives a digital file 101 such as a u. Hereinafter, a case where PDF is used as an embodiment will be described. In the operation of the present embodiment, the PDF prepress company creates the PDF file 101 from the prepress / editing data using dedicated software. In this case, the print orderer enters a correction instruction and returns it to the printing plate making company. By using the functions of commercially available PDF file editing software, mark addition, horizontal bar entry, red entry, and digital sticking can be performed on any part of the data. This can be used as correction instruction data. it can.

In FIG. 11, the correction instruction processing means 41
Need to be implemented to support PDF format files. That is, when a PDF file is read and displayed, and when an arbitrary location of the PDF data is designated, the plate coordinates of the location are converted into the plate making / editing unit 22 in the same data format as the correction instruction processing unit 21 of the first embodiment. To be able to send to. Since the PDF file is created by converting the plate making and editing data, in this case, it is not necessary to perform the origin matching using the coordinate reference points.
Therefore, the operation flow of the editing device 40 is step S34.
Is the same as the flow of FIG.

The first to third embodiments are all embodiments using correction instruction data. FIG. 12 shows a fourth embodiment based on the fourth invention, which does not use correction instruction data. 12 includes a scanner 31, an input keyboard 13, a monitor 23, and a scanner control unit 32.
1. It is composed of a correction location indicating means 61 and a plate making and editing means 22.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the function and use of the editing device 60. The proof paper is read by a scanner and digitized (FIG. 9A), and this data is displayed on the screen by the correction location indicating means 61 (FIG. 9B). When the repair work is started, the prepress / editing means 22 is activated to display an editing screen. Therefore, as shown in FIG.
One screen is displayed on the monitor. Next, the operator designates the reference point of the plate coordinate of the proof paper displayed on the screen from the display screen of the correction position indicating means 61 (FIG. 9C). The reference point coordinates are stored in the memory of the correction location indicating means 61. Next, the operator instructs a correction portion on the proof paper display screen on the screen (FIG. 9D). The correction location designating means 61 converts the designated position coordinates into plate coordinates and converts the plate making / editing means 2.
Transfer to 2. The plate making / editing means receives the position coordinates, and automatically scrolls and displays the plate making / editing data around the position (FIG. 9 (E)).

According to the fourth embodiment, it is possible to reduce the trouble of searching for a correction point on the display screen of the plate making / editing data at the time of repair work. The operator is required to have a skill of reading the proofreading paper correctly without fail, but such a method is also effective when it is only necessary to reduce the trouble of searching for a correction place on the screen.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a fifth embodiment of the correction editing apparatus 70 based on the third invention, using a digitizer instead of the input scanner of the fourth embodiment.
The correcting / editing device 70 includes a digitizer 11, an input keyboard 13, a monitor 23, a digitizer control means 121, a calibration sheet coordinate instructing means 71, and a plate making / editing means 22. The proof sheet coordinate indicating means 71 stores the reference coordinate values of the proof sheet in a memory in advance,
When the coordinate data is received through 21, the coordinate data is converted into plate coordinates based on the stored reference coordinate values and transferred to the plate making and editing means 22. Therefore, the functions and effects obtained as a system are the same as those of the re-editing device 60 of the fourth embodiment. When handling large flyers, etc., digitizer input is advantageous.

[0037]

As described above in detail, according to the rectifying and editing apparatus according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, when the lithographic editing data is to be rectified in the digital process, the proofreading paper is corrected. Can be easily displayed on the screen of the plate making / editing apparatus, and furthermore, a mechanism can be realized in which the corrected portion can be processed without fail and without forgetting. As a result, the work load at the time of the repair work is considerably reduced, the forget to repair is eliminated, and the work efficiency is improved.

Further, by using the re-editing device based on the third or fourth invention, it is possible to realize a mechanism for easily displaying the correction point of the proof paper on the screen of the plate making and editing device. Load and efficiency are improved.

In any case, since the repair work in the plate making operation is often performed on a very short time without margin, the effect of the present invention for reducing the load on the repair worker is great.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an entire configuration of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an entire configuration of a second embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the correction instruction data creating device 10.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the editing device 20;

FIG. 5 shows a digitizer 11 of the correction instruction data creating device 10.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a proof paper is pasted on the sheet.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an input operation of a correction content in the correction instruction data creating device 10.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a file structure of a correction instruction file.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the correction instruction data creation device 30.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the operation of a correction editing apparatus 60 according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a monitor screen of the editing device;

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 correction instruction data generating device 11 digitizer 12 control unit of correction instruction data generating device 13 keyboard 121 digitizer control means 122, 322 correction instruction input means 100 correction instruction data 20, 30 correction editing device 21 correction instruction processing means 22 plate making editing means 23 Monitor 25 Local area network 31 Scanner 321 Scanner control means 60, 70 Straightening / editing device 61 Correction location indicating means 71 Calibration paper coordinate indicating means

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method of reading correction instruction data obtained by digitizing correction instruction information of a proof sheet, interactively accepting an instruction of a correction part, displaying the correction content of the correction part on a screen, and displaying the position of the correction part. Correction instruction processing means for transferring information to the plate making and editing means; and plate making and editing means for receiving position information of a correction portion sent from the correction instruction processing means and displaying target plate making and editing data centering on this position. An editing apparatus characterized by the following. 2. The correction instruction processing means according to claim 1, wherein the correction portion corrected by the plate making and editing means is given an instruction to display the corrected mark as the corrected part being corrected. The correction editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction instruction data can be updated together with the correction instruction data. 3. For each correction location on the proof paper, the correction instruction data is created by designating the position coordinates of the location and the correction instruction content of the location selected from a menu prepared in advance. Correction instruction data creation device. 4. The correction instruction data creating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a correction position on the proof paper is specified using a digitizer. 5. The correction instruction data generating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a correction position is specified using image data obtained by reading the proof paper with a scanner. 6. Receiving the coordinate data, converting the coordinate data into position coordinates on a proof sheet, and transferring the coordinate data to a plate making and editing means.
A correction editing apparatus comprising: calibration sheet coordinate designating means; and plate making / editing means for receiving the position coordinate data and displaying target plate making / editing data centered on the position. 7. The image data obtained by reading the proof paper with a scanner is displayed on a monitor screen, the position coordinates on the proof paper of a designated position on the display screen are calculated, and the position coordinates are used as plate making editing means. Correction point indicating means for transferring to
And a plate making / editing means for receiving the calibration sheet coordinate data and displaying target plate making / editing data centered on the position.