JP2004171428A - Network printed matter order receiving system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network printed matter order receiving/production system for receiving an order for the production and delivery of printed matters and producing and delivering the printed matters so that memorials more reflecting the atmosphere or the like of an event such as a wedding can be distributed to attendants. <P>SOLUTION: At receiving an order for the production and delivery of printed matters, an order receiver's terminal 2 transmits a request for platemaking, a request for the production of printed matters and a request for the delivery of printed matters to a plate-maker's terminal 4, a printer's terminal 5 and a deliverer's terminal 6 on the basis of the number of printed matters and the delivery time of the printed matters before the time at which print data are generated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a network print order manufacturing system that receives a print order for production and delivery via a network, and performs the production and delivery.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an event performed for a predetermined time, for example, a wedding or the like, articles prepared in advance of the wedding are distributed to the participants as souvenirs.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, with the articles prepared in advance of the event as described above, the actual atmosphere or the like of the event itself cannot be reflected on the article. Therefore, it was difficult to directly remind the participants of the atmosphere of the event or the events during the event later from the article.
[0004]
Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has been ordered to manufacture and deliver printed matter, and to produce and deliver the souvenir that reflects the atmosphere and the like of the event to attendees of the event. It is an object to provide an order manufacturing system.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides an order receiving terminal that receives an order for production and delivery of printed matter from an orderer, and transmits the generated print data installed at a place where the print data is generated to the order receiving terminal. A print data generating terminal, a plate making company terminal provided for a plate making company that makes a plate for printing based on print data, a printing company terminal provided for a printing company that makes a printed material using the plate, A network having a delivery terminal provided for a delivery company to deliver, wherein the order receiving terminal, the print data generating terminal, the plate making terminal, the printing terminal, and the delivery terminal are mutually connected via a network. In the printed matter order receiving system, the order receiving party terminal specifies at least the generation time of print data to be printed on the printed matter, the number of printed matters, and the delivery time and delivery place of the printed matter. Means for receiving an order for the manufacture and delivery of the printed matter, and the time at which the print data is generated based on the time at which the print data specified in the received order is generated, the number of prints, and the delivery time of the print. Before, the plate making terminal including the plate making end time, the plate making request based on the print data generated later, the print making end time, A request transmitting unit for transmitting a request for delivery of the manufactured printed matter, including a request for manufacturing of the printed matter used, and a delivery end time of the printed matter; and the plate making company when print data is transmitted from the print data generating terminal. A print data transmission unit for transmitting print data to a terminal is provided.
[0006]
According to this, an orderer such as an event organizer places an order for production and delivery of printed matter before the event is held, and the orderer terminal receives the order. The contractor terminal sends a request for plate making and a request for print production to the plate making terminal, the printing terminal and the delivery terminal by the request transmitting means before the time when the print data during the event occurs. , Send a print delivery request. Then, when print data is generated during the event, the print data is transmitted to the contractor terminal by the print data generating terminal, and the contractor terminal receiving the print data is printed by the print data transmitting means to the plate making terminal. Send data. Thereafter, the plate making company performs plate making according to the plate making end time included in the plate making request, the printing company manufactures printed matter according to the printed matter manufacturing end time included in the printed matter manufacturing request, and the delivery company makes a printed material delivery. The printed matter is delivered to a designated delivery destination such as an event venue according to the printed matter delivery end time included in the request.
[0007]
Further, the order receiving party terminal may receive an order for production and delivery of a printed matter in which the print data, the number of the printed matter, the delivery time and the delivery place of the printed matter are designated, from the order terminal.
[0008]
In addition, the plate making company terminal, the printing company terminal and the delivery company terminal are provided for a plurality of plate making company, printing company and delivery company, respectively, and the contractor terminal stores a database on the plate making company, printing company and delivery company. In addition to the above, the above three databases may be searched based on the delivery place of the printed material specified in the received order, and a selection means for selecting a plate making company, a printing company and a delivery company may be provided.
[0009]
In addition, a database relating to a plate making company having the terminal of the plate making company, a database relating to a printing company having the terminal of the printing company, and a database relating to a delivery company having the terminal of the delivering company are respectively provided by the plate making company, the printing company, and the delivery company. Preferably, it includes location data. Also, the plate making company terminal, the printing company terminal and the delivery company terminal are a request receiving means for receiving a plate making request, a printed matter manufacturing request and a delivery request sent from the order receiving party terminal, and whether to accept the received request. It is preferable to include an acceptance transmitting means for transmitting to the contractor terminal whether or not the request is received. Further, it is preferable that the contractor terminal includes print data processing means for processing the received print data, and transmits the processed print data to the plate making company terminal.
[0010]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a network print product order manufacturing system for receiving an order for manufacture and delivery of a print product via a network and performing the manufacture and delivery.
[0011]
The network print order manufacturing system 1 is provided with a contractor terminal 2. The contractor terminal 2 performs ordering of print production and delivery performed by the orderer using a predetermined interface such as a personal computer or a telephone tone signal. It is for receiving.
[0012]
An event site E such as a wedding hall, a party hall, a concert hall, and a baseball stadium is provided with a print data generating terminal 3. The print data generating terminal 3 is connected to a contractor terminal via a predetermined network N. 2 so that data can be mutually transmitted and received. The print data generating terminal 3 is for transmitting print data generated during an event performed at the event site E to the contractor terminal 2.
[0013]
Referring to FIG. 2, each of a plurality of platemakers M is provided with a platemaker terminal 4. The platemaker terminal 4 is connected to the contractor terminal 2 via a predetermined network N, and is mutually connected. Data can be sent and received. The prepress company terminal 4 receives a prepress request and print data from the contractor terminal 2, and transmits the fact to the contractor terminal 2 when accepting the request.
[0014]
Further, each of the plurality of printers P includes a printer terminal 5, and the printer terminal 5 is connected to the contractor terminal 2 via a predetermined network N, and can mutually transmit and receive data. It has become. The printer terminal 5 receives a print request from the contractor terminal 2, and transmits the fact to the contractor terminal 2 when accepting the request.
[0015]
Each of the plurality of delivery agents D has a delivery agent terminal 6, and the delivery agent terminal 6 is connected to the contractor terminal 2 via a predetermined network N, and can mutually transmit and receive data. It has become. The delivery company terminal 6 is for receiving a delivery request from the contractor terminal 2 and transmitting the request to the contractor terminal 2 when accepting the request.
[0016]
The contractor terminal 2 includes a database 7 relating to a plate making company M having the terminal 4 of the plate making company, a database 8 relating to a printing company P having the terminal 5 of the printing company, and a delivery company D having the terminal 6 of the delivery company. A database 9 is provided. In these databases 7, 8, and 9, the location data of the plate making company M, the printing company P, and the delivery company D, the speed of each operation, and the capacity of each operation are input.
[0017]
Next, a processing procedure in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0018]
First, an orderer who orders printed materials to be distributed at the event, such as the organizer of the event, sends an order for production and delivery of the printed materials to the contractor terminal 2 using a predetermined interface such as a personal computer or a telephone tone signal. I do. The transmitted order is received by the contractor terminal 2, and the order is completed (order receiving means, S1). In this order, the type of the print medium, the generation time of the print data to be printed on the print medium, the number of prints, the delivery time and the delivery place of the prints are specified. As the type of the designated printing medium, for example, when the event is a wedding reception, a drawer bag is designated. In addition, as the time of occurrence of the print data to be printed, when printing a postcard of a wedding reception participant in a gift bag, the time at which the postscript is finished is specified, and when printing a photograph at the moment of cake cutting, The time at which the cake is cut is designated. In addition, the number of printed materials is specified for the number of reception participants, and the delivery time and the delivery location of the printed materials are specified 30 minutes before the end of the wedding reception and the wedding hall.
[0019]
The contractor terminal 2 that has received the order searches the databases 7, 8, and 9 based on the number of prints specified in the order, the delivery location of the prints, and the time from the time of generation of the print data to the time of delivery of the prints. Based on predetermined conditions, a prepress company M, a printing company P, and a delivery company D, which request the plate making, printing of the printed material, and delivery of the printed material of this order, are selected (selecting means, S2). Here, the method of selecting the plate making company M, the printing company P, and the delivery company D will be specifically described. First, the plate making company M, the printing company P, and the delivery company D of the location data near the delivery place of the printed matter are listed. Out of the listed plate-making companies M, printing companies P, and delivery companies D, each having the capacity of the number of prints and calculated from the time from the time of generation of the print data to the time of delivery of the prints. A list of a plate making company M, a printing company P, and a delivery company D having a speed capable of performing each operation within the allocated time of the operation are listed. If a plurality of traders are listed at this stage, the plate making company M, the printing company P, and the delivery company D of the location data near the delivery location of the printed matter are selected.
[0020]
Subsequently, the contractor terminal 2 sends the plate making company terminal 4 of the selected plate making company M, the printing company terminal 5 of the printing company P, and the delivery company terminal 6 of the delivery company D each of the plate making company based on the print data generated later. A request, a request for production of a printed material using the plate made by the plate making, and a request for delivery of the produced printed material are transmitted (request transmitting means, S3). The request sent to the prepress terminal 4 includes a date and time at which the print data to be prepressed is transmitted to the prepress terminal 4, and a prepress end calculated from the time from when the print data is generated to the time when the printed material is delivered. The time is included. The request sent to the printer terminal 5 includes the type of the medium to be printed, the number of printed materials, the time at which the prepress is sent, and the time from when the print data is generated to when the printed material is delivered. The issued print end time is included. In addition, the request transmitted to the delivery company terminal 6 includes the capacity when packing the printed materials determined from the number of printed materials, the location of the printing company P, the printing end time of the printing company P, and the generation of print data. The delivery end time calculated from the time from the time to the delivery time of the printed matter is included.
[0021]
Each request from the contractor terminal 2 is received by the plate making company terminal 4, the printing company terminal 5, and the delivery company terminal 6, respectively (request receiving means, S10). The plate making company M, the printing company P, and the delivery company D of each of the terminals 4, 5, and 6 that have received the request determine whether or not to accept the request, and receive the determined result from each of the terminals 4, 5, and 6 To the client terminal 2 (acceptance transmission means, S11).
[0022]
When the contractor terminal 2 receives the information that the request is not accepted from the terminals 4, 5, and 6 (S4), the process returns to S2, and the database 7, 8, 9 for the type of the trader who did not accept the request. Search and select a company. Then, the processes from S2 to S4 are performed until the contractor terminal 2 receives the request from the terminals 4, 5, and 6 (S5).
[0023]
When an event is performed at an event site E such as a wedding hall, and print data is generated during the event (for example, a message written by a participant at a wedding reception), the print data is output from the print data generating terminal 3 provided at the event site E. Is transmitted, and the order receiving party terminal 2 receives the print data (S6). Specifically, when the image to be printed is an image, the image is scanned by a scanner or a film scanner and transmitted as image data, or image data captured by a digital camera is transmitted as it is. If the text to be printed is a text, it is converted to an appropriate document file and transmitted.
[0024]
The contractor terminal 2 receiving the print data appropriately processes the print data (processing means, S7). The processing of the print data includes design processing in consideration of the appearance when the print data is printed on the print medium, and data format processing for facilitating the transfer of the print data to the plate making operation.
[0025]
The contractor terminal 2 transmits the processed print data to the plate making company terminal 4 (print data transmitting means, S8).
[0026]
Upon receiving the print data from the plate making company terminal 4 (S12), the plate making company M performs a plate making operation on the print data, and ends the plate making operation by the plate making end time specified in the accepted request.
[0027]
The prepressed plate is sent to the printing company P, and the printing company P performs a printing operation using the original plate. Specifically, the printing operation is completed by the specified number of print media of the type specified in the accepted request by the printing end time. The printed printed matter is appropriately packed.
[0028]
The packed printed matter is shipped by the delivery company D and delivered to the event site E, for example, a wedding hall, by the delivery end time specified in the accepted request.
[0029]
The delivered printed matter, for example, a gift bag on which a postcard written by the participant during the wedding reception is printed is distributed to the participant on the way home from the wedding reception, with the gift put in.
[0030]
In the above embodiment, printing and delivery of printed matter are received before print data is generated. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5, print data printed by the orderer at least on printed matter, as shown in FIG. An orderer terminal 10 is provided for transmitting the order of manufacture and delivery of the printed matter by designating the number of printed matter, the delivery time and the delivery place of the printed matter, and the orderer terminal 2 is provided with the print data, the number of printed matter, and the delivery of the printed matter. The order of the manufacture and delivery of the printed matter in which the time and the delivery place are designated may be received from the orderer terminal.
[0031]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be variously modified as needed.
[0032]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, an orderer such as an event organizer places an order for production and delivery of printed matter before the event is held, and the orderer terminal receives the order. The contractor terminal sends a request for plate making and a request for print production to the plate making terminal, the printing terminal and the delivery terminal by the request transmitting means before the time when the print data during the event occurs. , Send a print delivery request. Then, when print data is generated during the event, the print data is transmitted to the contractor terminal by the print data generating terminal, and the contractor terminal receiving the print data is printed by the print data transmitting means to the plate making terminal. Send data. Thereafter, the plate making company performs plate making according to the plate making end time included in the plate making request, the printing company manufactures printed matter according to the printed matter manufacturing end time included in the printed material manufacturing request, and the delivery company makes a printed material delivery. The printed matter is delivered to a designated delivery destination such as an event venue according to the printed matter delivery end time included in the request.
[0033]
Therefore, it is possible to distribute to the participants of the event a memorabilia that more closely reflects the atmosphere of the event, etc., which allows the participants to directly recall the atmosphere of the event and the events during the event from the article after the event. become.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network print order receiving system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a plate making company terminal. FIG. 1B is a diagram showing a printing company terminal. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a contractor terminal; FIG. 4 (a) is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a plate making company terminal; FIG. 4 (b) is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a printing trader terminal / delivery trader terminal; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a network print order receiving system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
2 Contractor terminal 3 Print data generation side terminal 4 Plate making company terminal 5 Printing company terminal 6 Delivery company terminal

Claims (7)

An order receiving terminal for receiving an order for production and delivery of printed matter from an orderer, a print data generating terminal installed at a place where the print data is generated, and transmitting generated print data to the order receiving terminal; Terminal provided in a plate making company that makes a printing original plate, a printing company terminal provided in a printing company that manufactures printed matter using the original plate, and a delivery terminal provided in a delivery company that delivers printed matter A network print order receiving system in which an order receiving terminal and a print data generating terminal, a plate making terminal, a printing terminal and a delivery terminal are mutually connected via a network,
The order receiving party terminal includes: an order receiving means for receiving an order for production and delivery of a print product in which at least the generation time of the print data to be printed on the print product, the number of print products, the delivery time of the print product, and the delivery place are specified; In accordance with the time at which the print data is generated, the number of prints, and the delivery time of the prints, the prepress terminal, the print terminal, and the delivery terminal are each transmitted before the time at which the print data is generated. A request for plate making based on print data generated later, including a plate making end time, a request for production of printed matter using a plate made by plate making, including a print production end time, and a print production end time including a printed matter delivery end time. Request sending means for sending a delivery request, and print data to the plate making company terminal when print data is sent from the print data generating terminal. Network printed matter ordering system, characterized in that it comprises a print data transmitting means for transmitting the data. An orderer terminal that sends an order for production and delivery of printed matter by designating at least print data to be printed on the printed matter, the number of printed matter, the delivery time and delivery place of the printed matter, and receiving an order from the orderer terminal Terminal of a contractor, a terminal of a plate making company that makes a printing plate based on print data, a terminal of a printing company that makes a printed material using the plate, and delivery of the printed material. A network print order receiving system having a delivery terminal provided for a delivery company, and an order receiving terminal, an order terminal, a plate making terminal, a printing terminal, and a delivery terminal connected to each other via a network. And
Based on the print data specified in the received order, the number of prints, and the delivery time of the prints, the contractor terminal sends print data and print data to the plate making terminal, the print terminal, and the delivery terminal, respectively. A network printing product order, comprising: a request for plate making based on print data; a request for production of a printed material using the plate made by the plate making; and a request transmitting means for transmitting a request for delivery of the produced printed material. system. An order receiving terminal for receiving an order for production and delivery of printed matter from an orderer, a print data generating terminal installed at a place where the print data is generated, and transmitting generated print data to the order receiving terminal; Terminals provided to a plurality of platemakers who make plate precursors for printing, respectively, printer terminals provided for a plurality of printers that manufacture printed materials using the plate, and multiple deliveries that deliver printed materials. A print order receiving terminal, a print data generating terminal, a plate making terminal, a printing agent terminal, and a delivery agent terminal, which are connected to each other via a network. The system
The contractor terminal includes a database relating to a plate making company having the terminal of the plate making company, a database relating to a printing company having the terminal of the printing company, and a database relating to a delivery company having the terminal of the delivering company, and prints at least on printed matter. An order receiving means for receiving an order for production and delivery of a print product in which the generation time of the print data, the number of print products, the delivery time and the delivery place of the print product are specified, and the delivery location of the print product specified in the received order. Selecting means for searching the above three databases to select a plate making company, a printing company and a delivery company; and a time at which print data specified in the received order is generated, the number of printed materials, and a delivery time of the printed materials. Before the time when the print data is generated, the plate making company terminal of the plate making company selected by the selecting means, A request for plate making based on print data generated later, a request for production of printed matter using the plate made by the plate making, and a delivery of the produced printed matter to the terminal of the trader and the terminal of the delivery company. Request transmission means for transmitting a request; and print data transmission means for transmitting print data to the plate making company terminal when print data is transmitted from the print data generation terminal. Network print order system. An orderer terminal that sends an order for production and delivery of printed matter by designating at least print data to be printed on the printed matter, the number of printed matter, delivery time and delivery place of the printed matter, and receiving an order from the orderer terminal Terminal of a contractor, a platemaker terminal provided for each of a plurality of platemakers that make a plate for printing based on print data, and a printer provided for each of a plurality of printers that manufacture printed matter using the plate. A terminal, and a delivery terminal provided for each of a plurality of delivery companies that deliver printed materials. The order receiving terminal, the orderer terminal, the plate making company terminal, the printing company terminal, and the delivery company terminal mutually connect to the network. Network print order system connected via the
The contractor terminal includes a database relating to a platemaker having the terminal of the platemaker, a database relating to a printer having the terminal of the printer, and a database relating to a distributor having the terminal of the distributor. Selection means for searching the above three databases and selecting a plate making company, a printing company, and a delivery company based on the designated printed matter delivery location, print data designated by the order from the orderer terminal, and the number of printed matter And the print data and the plate making based on the print data for the plate making company terminal of the plate making company, the printing company terminal of the printing company, and the delivery company terminal of the delivery company selected by the selection means based on the delivery time of the printed material. Request for the production of printed matter using the plate made by the plate making, and a request for delivery of the produced printed matter. Network printed matter ordering system, characterized in that and a request transmission unit. The database relating to the platemaker having the terminal of the platemaker, the database relating to the printer having the terminal of the printer, and the database relating to the distributor having the terminal of the distributor are respectively the location data of the platemaker, the printer and the distributor. The network print order manufacturing system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the system includes: The plate making company terminal, the printing company terminal and the delivery company terminal are request receiving means for receiving a plate making request, a printed matter manufacturing request and a delivery request transmitted from the order receiving party terminal, and whether or not to accept the received request. 6. A network print order receiving system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising an acceptance transmitting means for transmitting a message to the effect on the order receiving party terminal. 7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the contractor terminal includes print data processing means for processing the received print data, and transmits the processed print data to a plate making company terminal. 2. The network print order manufacturing system according to claim 1.

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