JP2005025349A - Printed matter production device, printed matter production method, and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printed matter production device capable of improving efficiency of production work or conversion work of printed matter. <P>SOLUTION: A designation acceptance means accepts instruction of selection of material data from a user, and a material data reading means reads the material data from a material data storage means on the basis of instruction from the user. A plate data generation means generates plate data of the printed matter by use of the material data read by the material data reading means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a computer system, and more particularly to a printed material creating apparatus, a printed material creating method, and a program therefor.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when creating a printed matter such as an application form or a pamphlet, first, printing surface data is created using DTP (Desk Top Publishing) software, and the data is printed on a positive film. Then, printing is performed on a sheet of paper using the positive film as an original drawing to produce a printed matter. Also, when correcting the printed matter, etc., check the positive film to determine the correction part, re-create the print surface data with the correction part corrected, and print the re-created data on the positive film again. To do. In addition, a technology has been disclosed in which a bid for creation of a printed matter (form) is made via a communication network, and a printer that has made the bid creates a block of a printed matter in PDF (Portable Document Format) data format by DTP ( For example, see Patent Document 1.)
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-273459
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, with the conventional method for creating a printed material, data for the entire printed surface is recreated from the beginning even if part of the printed surface of the newly created printed material is the same as part of the printed surface of the previously created printed material. As a result, the efficiency of creating printed materials was poor. In addition, for example, when conversion work such as the date of issue of the printed matter has to be converted to another date occurs, the person in charge of the conversion checks all the contents of the positive film and looks for the conversion part, The data of the printing surface was created again by DTP. Here, when there are many conversion points, the person in charge has to spend a lot of time and effort to check the conversion points and re-create the print surface data. In addition, in the conventional method for creating a printed material, even when some of the printed surfaces of a plurality of printed materials are the same, it is necessary to recreate the data of the printed surface corresponding to each printed material separately from the beginning. It was over.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a printed material creating apparatus, a printed material creating method, and a program thereof that can improve the efficiency of creating and converting printed materials.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and includes a material data storage unit that stores material data of parts constituting a printing surface of a printed material, and a designation receiving unit that receives designation of the material data from a user. , Material data reading means for reading the material data from the material data storage means based on the instruction, and plate data creation means for creating plate data of the printed matter using the material data read by the material data reading means And a printed matter creating apparatus.
[0006]
According to the above configuration, according to the present invention, the designation receiving unit receives the designation of the material data from the user, and the material data reading unit reads the material data from the material data storage unit based on the instruction from the user. Then, the plate data creating means creates plate data of the printed matter using the material data read by the material data reading means. Accordingly, since the material data can be repeatedly used in the correction and recreation of the plate data serving as the printing surface data, it is not necessary to recreate the data from the beginning, and the efficiency of the plate data creation work can be improved. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the work for creating and converting the printed matter.
[0007]
According to the present invention, in the above-described printed material creation apparatus, the usage history storage unit that stores a usage history for each material data held in the material data storage unit, and the usage data for each material data read by the material data reading unit. And a history management means for writing the usage history in the history storage means. As a result, the usage history of the material data can be stored, so it is possible to grasp information such as which printed material the material data is used for, for example, a specific material used for a plurality of printed materials. Data can be converted at once.
[0008]
Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the above-described printed matter creating apparatus, there is provided a character converting means for collectively replacing character data included in the material data. Thereby, the character data included in the material data can be easily converted at once without correcting the contents described in the plate data one by one.
[0009]
According to the present invention, in the above-described printed matter creation apparatus, the character conversion unit collectively converts character data to be converted into converted character data based on attribute data associated with the character data. Thereby, even when one character data is used in a plurality of different meanings, only character data having the same attribute can be batch-converted based on the attribute data.
[0010]
The present invention also relates to a printed matter creating method in a printed matter creating apparatus provided with material data storage means for holding material data of parts constituting a printed surface of a printed matter, and a designation receiving process for accepting designation of the material data from a user A material data reading process for reading out the material data from the material data storage unit based on the instruction, and plate data generation for generating plate data of the printed matter using the material data read in the material data reading process A printed matter creating method characterized by comprising a process.
[0011]
The present invention is also a program to be executed by a computer of a printed material creation apparatus having material storage means for storing material data of parts constituting a printed surface of a printed material, wherein the designation reception for accepting designation of the material data from a user Plate data for creating plate data of the printed matter using the material data read process in the process, the material data read process for reading the material data from the material data storage means based on the instruction, and the material data read process A program that causes a computer to execute the creation process.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a printed material creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a printed material creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a printed material creating apparatus. Reference numeral 2 denotes a user terminal. Here, the user is a person in charge of a company that creates printed matter. In the present embodiment, the process of the printed material creation apparatus when the person in charge of creating the application form creates the application form will be described.
[0013]
In the printed material creation apparatus 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a master file storage unit that stores a master file serving as an original for creating plate data. The master file storage unit 101 stores a master file and its identification number in association with each other. The plate data is data representing the printing surface of the printed material, and the printed material creating apparatus 1 creates a positive film on the printing surface based on the plate data. The master file is data on a printed surface on which a material data pasting area divided into a plurality of sections and a design area where a user can freely design a design are displayed. The master file stores data in which the number of each section in the material data pasting area is associated with the coordinates in the pattern of the master file of the section indicated by the number. The material data can be pasted on the master file by the number of sections of the master file. The master file storage unit 101 stores a plurality of master files having different numbers of sections of the material data pasting area. A user designates a master file and selects material data corresponding to the number of sections in the material data pasting area of the master file, and creates plate data.
[0014]
The material data is data to be pasted in the material data pasting area of the master file, and in this embodiment, one field constituting the application form, for example, this symbol is an email address field, an identity confirmation field, and a work place. This is data representing the design of each column constituting the printing surface of a printed matter (application form) such as a confirmation column, a parental authority confirmation column, and a payment account column.
Here, the characters displayed in the pattern represented by the material data are described in XML (extensible Markup Language). For example, when the characters “April 1, 2003” are displayed in the pattern represented by the material data, attributes such as “application form issue date” and “service start date” can be associated with the characters. Specifically, the characters displayed in the pattern represented by the material data are “<application issue date> April 1, 2003 <// application issue date>” and “<service start date> April 1, 2003. Day </ service start date> ”is described in XML. In the description of XML, descriptions of “<application issue date>”, “</ application issue date>”, “<service start date>”, and “</ service start date>” are attribute data. A description sandwiched between “<application issue date>” and “</ application issue date>” or “<service start date>” and “</ service start date>” is character data. As will be described in detail later, the material data stores XML data including character data and attribute data, and a plurality of symbol data constituting the symbol represented by the material data.
[0015]
Reference numeral 102 denotes a material data storage unit (material data storage means) that stores material data and a material data identification number in association with each other. Reference numeral 103 denotes a usage history storage unit (usage history storage means) that stores the usage history of the material data selected by the user. In the present embodiment, the use history is a table in which a user identification number, a material data identification number, a printed material identification number, and a date on which the user designates use are associated with each other. As a result, it is possible to identify a user who uses each material data and a printed matter in which each material data is used. A plate data storage unit 104 stores plate data created by the printed material creation apparatus 1. Each of the storage units 101 to 104 is a storage medium such as a hard disk or a memory.
[0016]
Reference numeral 105 denotes a master file designation accepting unit (designation accepting unit) that accepts designation of a specific master file from a plurality of master files having different numbers of sections in the material data pasting area. Reference numeral 106 denotes a design creation unit that draws a design in the design area of the print surface represented by the master file based on a user instruction. Reference numeral 107 denotes a material data reading unit (material data reading unit) that reads material data from the material data storage unit 102 based on an instruction from the user. Reference numeral 108 denotes a plate data creating unit (plate data creating means) for creating plate data by pasting the read material data into a section of the master file.
[0017]
Reference numeral 109 denotes a history management unit (history management unit) that writes the usage history of the material data into the usage history storage unit 103. A version data output unit 110 outputs the version data created by the version data creation unit 108 to the terminal 2 or the like. A version data conversion processing unit (character conversion unit) 111 converts the version data based on the attribute data held by the character data to be converted and the usage history stored in the usage history storage unit 103. Reference numeral 112 denotes a usage history output unit that outputs the usage history stored in the usage history storage unit 103 to the monitor of the user terminal 2.
[0018]
The printed material creation apparatus 1 accepts a master file designation, material data designation, and design creation instruction from the user terminal 2 to create plate data. The printed material creation apparatus 1 stores a usage history of material data used for creating plate data. The printed material creation apparatus 1 also stores the version data storage unit 104 based on the character data designated by the user terminal 2, the attribute data held by the character data, and the usage history stored in the usage history storage unit 103. Convert stored version data. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a master file to which six material data can be pasted. As shown in this figure, the master file is data on the printing surface on which the material data pasting area and the design area are displayed.
[0019]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a design of the identity verification column. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the design of the employee confirmation column, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the design of the parental authority confirmation column, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the design of the payment account column, and FIG. 7 is a diagram of the email address column. Each material data for displaying the diagrams shown in FIGS. 3 to 7 is recorded in the material data storage unit 102. The material data representing the design of FIG. 3 includes, for example, a 4-digit entry frame design data for writing a mark of a circle or a PIN indicating the location of the seal as shown in FIG. 3 and a design shown in FIG. XML data describing the written characters is stored.
[0020]
FIG. 8 shows the data structure of the material data. As shown in this figure, the material data includes an identification number of one material data, a piece of XML data describing characters displayed in the design represented by the material data, and a plurality of 1 or 1 constituting the design represented by the material data. Is stored. For example, the identification number of the material data is recorded from the head address (AD00 address) to the AD01 address, the XML data is recorded from the address next to the AD01 address to the AD02 address, and the address next to the AD02 address is changed to the AD03 address. The second symbol data is recorded from the address next to AD03 to the AD04 address, and the third symbol data is recorded from the address next to the AD04 address to the AD05 address. When other symbol data is included, other symbol data is stored after the AD05 address.
[0021]
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing XML data. In the material data for storing the XML data shown in this figure, the characters “About special contract” and “Yearly insurance special contract with disaster premium guarantee with interest dividend every five years '03” are displayed on the symbol. In addition, “<Heading>” and “</ Heading>” attribute data are associated with the character data “About Special Provisions”, and the characters “Yearly Life Insurance Special Contract '03 with 5-year Profit from Dividends with Dividends” are added. The attribute data of “<subheading>” and “</ subheading>” is associated with the data.
[0022]
FIG. 10 shows the data structure of the usage history. As shown in FIG. 10, the usage history is data in which the identification number of the user, the identification number of the material data, the identification number of the printed matter, and the date on which the user designates use are associated with each other. Here, the identification number of the printed matter is an identification number of the printed matter that uses the material data associated with the identification number of the printed matter. Although only one line of usage history data is shown in FIG. 10, when a plurality of material data is used for one printed matter, the usage history is data obtained by increasing the number of lines by the number of material data. Hold.
[0023]
Next, the printed matter creation method in the printed matter creation apparatus 1 will be described in order.
First, a user uses the terminal 2 to access the printed material creation apparatus 1 connected via a communication network. Then, the master file designation receiving unit 105 of the printed material creation apparatus 1 presents a list of master files to the terminal 2. The user selects the master file identification number from the list presented on the terminal 2. Here, it is assumed that the user designates an identification number of a master file to which 6 material data can be pasted. Then, the terminal 2 notifies the printed material creation apparatus 1 of the master file identification number specified by the user. Based on the master file identification number, the master file designation receiving unit 105 reads the master file designated by the user from the master file storage unit 101 and transfers it to the design creation unit 106.
[0024]
Next, the design creation unit 106 presents a design creation acceptance screen on the terminal 2. Then, the user issues a design creation instruction from the design creation reception screen presented on the terminal 2. This design creation instruction is, for example, an instruction for selecting a character, a figure, or the like, or an instruction for coloring a color. The design creation unit 106 receives a design creation instruction from the user, creates a design in the design area indicated by the master file, transfers the master file containing the design to the version data creation unit 108, The data reading unit 107 is notified to present a list of material data to the terminal 2. The master file in which the design is posted is specifically data obtained by synthesizing the master file data and the design data.
[0025]
Next, the material data reading unit 107 presents a list of material data to the terminal 2. Then, the user selects six identification numbers of material data to be pasted in each section of the material data pasting area of the master file from the list presented on the terminal 2. The user also designates a section in the material data pasting area of the master file for each selected material data. In addition, the user inputs the identification number of the user and the identification number of the printed matter (application form). Then, the terminal 2 displays the identification number of the material data selected by the user, the number of the material data pasting area designated for each material data, the identification number of the user, and the identification number of the printed matter. Notify the creation device 1. Next, the material data reading unit 107 reads the material data selected by the user from the material data storage unit 102 based on the identification number of the material data. Then, the material data reading unit 107 transfers the read material data to the plate data creation unit 108.
[0026]
Next, the plate data creating unit 108 pastes the material data transferred from the material data reading unit 107 into a section designated by the user in the material data pasting area of the master file, and creates plate data. Specifically, the material data transferred from the material data reading unit 107 and the number of the pasting section of the material data are combined with the data obtained by combining the master file data and the design data. Here, when the plate data creating unit 108 displays the pattern of the plate data on the terminal 2 during the plate data creation, first, master file data, design data, material data, and material data are created from the created plate data. The number of each pasting section is read. Then, the plate data creation unit 108 displays the design data in the design area of the master file, and arranges each material data at the coordinates recorded in the master file corresponding to the number of the pasting section of each material data. indicate.
[0027]
Then, the plate data creation unit 108 records the user identification number, the print identification number, and the plate data received from the user terminal 2 in the plate data storage unit 104 in association with each other. Further, the plate data creation unit 108 receives the material data identification number, the user identification number, the printed material identification number, and the date on which the user specified the material data from the material data reading unit 107, and the history management unit 109 receives the material data identification number. Notice. The history management unit 109 records the information received from the version data creation unit 108 in the usage history storage unit 103 in association with each other.
[0028]
Here, FIG. 11 shows the data structure of the plate data. As shown in this figure, the master data is recorded from the head address (AD000 address) to the AD001 address, and the design data to be displayed in the design area is recorded from the address next to the AD001 address to the AD002 address. The material data A is recorded from the address next to the AD002 address to AD003, and the number of the pasting section in the master file of the material data A is recorded from the address next to the AD003 address to the AD004 address. Further, the material data B data is recorded from the address next to AD004 to the AD005 address, and the number of the pasting section in the master file of the material data B is recorded from the address next to the AD005 address to the AD006 address. After the AD0006 address of the plate data, combinations of material data and material data pasting section numbers are recorded by the number of pasting sections in the master file. The data structures of the material data A and material data B shown in FIG. 11 are those shown in FIG.
[0029]
Next, processing when the user performs conversion work for the contents of the printed matter will be described.
First, the user notifies the print creation apparatus 1 of a conversion request using the terminal 2. Then, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 instructs the terminal 2 to notify the user identification number and the printed matter identification number. The terminal 2 accepts an input of the user identification number and the printed matter identification number from the user by displaying a screen prompting the user to input the user identification number and the printed matter identification number on a monitor or the like. . Then, the terminal 2 notifies the printed material creation apparatus 1 of the user identification number and the printed material identification number.
[0030]
Next, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 reads the plate data associated with the user identification number and the printed product identification number from the plate data storage unit 104. Then, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 converts the character data to be converted in the read plate data and the combination of the attribute data held by the character data and the converted character data, or the identification number of the conversion target material data and the converted data. The terminal 2 is instructed to notify any one of the combinations of identification numbers of the material data. The terminal 2 gives the user a combination of the character data to be converted and the attribute data held by the character data and the converted character data, or the combination of the identification number of the material data to be converted and the identification number of the converted material data. By displaying a screen prompting input of any of the above on the monitor, etc., the combination of the character data to be converted and the attribute data held by the character data and the character data after conversion, or the material data to be converted An input of any combination of the identification number and the identification number of the converted material data is accepted. The terminal 2 is either a combination of character data to be converted and attribute data held by the character data and character data after conversion, or a combination of an identification number of material data to be converted and an identification number of material data after conversion. Is transmitted to the printed material creation apparatus 1.
[0031]
Next, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 of the printed material creation apparatus 1 receives the combination of the character data to be converted, the attribute data held by the character data, and the character data after conversion from the terminal 2, and stores the plate data. The character data to be converted and the attribute data held by the character data are read from the plate data read from the unit 104. Then, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 converts the conversion in the plate data when the combination of the character data to be converted and the attribute data read from the plate data is the same as the combination of the character data to be converted and the attribute data received from the terminal 2. Batch conversion of target character data to converted character data. That is, since the plate data includes the material data, the character data of the material data is converted. Then, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 records the converted plate data, the user identification number, and the printed material identification number in the plate data storage unit 104 in association with each other.
[0032]
When the plate data conversion processing unit 111 of the printed material creation apparatus 1 receives the identification number of the material data to be converted and the identification number of the converted material data from the terminal 2, the plate data read from the plate data storage unit 104 is received. The material data corresponding to the identification number of the material data received from the terminal 2 and the identification number are deleted from the data. Then, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 reads the material data from the material data storage unit 102 based on the identification number of the converted material data received from the terminal 2, and calculates the read material data and the identification number from the plate data. Store in the data area of the deleted material data.
[0033]
The plate data conversion processing unit 111 also performs a process of collectively converting the specific material data into other material data for all the plate data holding the specific material data. In this case, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 first receives the identification number of the material data and the identification number of the converted material data from the terminal 2. Then, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 reads the identification number of the printed matter corresponding to the identification number of the material data from the usage history storage unit 103 based on the received identification number of the material data. Then, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 reads the plate data associated with the identification number of the printed matter read from the usage history storage unit 103 from the plate data storage unit 104. Next, the plate data conversion processing unit 11 deletes the identification number of the material data received from the terminal 2 and the material data corresponding to the identification number from the plate data. Then, the plate data conversion processing unit 111 reads the converted material data from the material data storage unit 102 based on the identification number of the converted material data received from the terminal 2, and reads the converted material data and its identification. The number is stored in the data area of the material data deleted from the plate data.
[0034]
When the user inputs an identification number of a printed material and requests data transfer, for example, the plate data output unit 110 reads the plate data from the plate data storage unit 104 based on the identification number of the printed material input by the user, It transmits to the terminal 2 of the user. The user prints the received plate data on a positive film, and prints the paper using the positive film as an original drawing to create a printed matter.
[0035]
Next, processing of the printed material creation apparatus 1 when the user gives an instruction to output a usage history of material data will be described.
First, the user inputs the identification number of the specific material data and the identification number of the user at the terminal 2, and instructs the output of the usage history of the material data specified by the identification number of the material data. Then, the terminal 2 transmits the material data identification number and the user identification number to the printed material creation apparatus 1. Next, when the usage history output unit 112 of the printed material creation apparatus 1 receives the material data identification number and the user identification number transmitted from the terminal 2, the usage history output unit 112 stores the user history in the usage history storage unit 103. The identification number of the printed matter recorded in association with the combination of the identification number of the material data received from the terminal 2 and the identification number of the user and the date on which the material data is designated are read. Then, the usage history output unit 112 transmits, for example, a list of identification numbers of printed materials in which specific material data is used to the user terminal 2. As a result, the user can grasp to which printed matter the specific material data is used.
[0036]
Note that the above-described printed material creation apparatus has a computer system therein. The process described above is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above process is performed by the computer reading and executing this program. Here, the computer-readable recording medium means a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, the designation receiving unit receives the designation of the material data from the user, and the material data reading unit reads the material data from the material data storage unit based on the instruction from the user. Then, the plate data creating means creates plate data of the printed matter using the material data read by the material data reading means. Accordingly, since the material data can be repeatedly used in the correction and recreation of the plate data serving as the printing surface data, it is not necessary to recreate the data from the beginning, and the efficiency of the plate data creation work can be improved. Therefore, it is possible to improve the efficiency of the work for creating and converting the printed matter.
Further, according to the present invention, the printed matter creating apparatus described above includes a usage history storage unit that stores a usage history for each material data held in the material data storage unit, and a usage history for each material data read by the material data reading unit. And a history management means for writing a usage history in the storage means. As a result, the usage history of the material data can be stored, so it is possible to grasp information such as which printed material the material data is used for, for example, a specific material used for a plurality of printed materials. Data can be converted at once.
[0038]
Further, according to the present invention, the printed matter creating apparatus includes a conversion unit that collectively replaces character data included in the material data. Thereby, the character data included in the material data can be easily converted at once without correcting the contents described in the plate data one by one.
Further, according to the present invention, the character conversion means converts the character data to be converted into converted character data at once based on attribute data associated with the character data. Thereby, even when one character data is used in a plurality of different meanings, only character data having the same attribute can be batch-converted based on the attribute data.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printed material creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a master file according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing identity verification column material data according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing material data in a work place confirmation column according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing material data in a parental authority confirmation column according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing material data in a payment account column according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing material data in an e-mail address field according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a data structure of material data according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing XML data according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a data structure of a usage history according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a data structure of plate data according to the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Printed material creation device
2 terminal
101 Master file storage
102 Material data storage unit
103 Usage history storage
104 version data storage
105 Master file designation reception part
106 Design creation department
107 Material data reading unit
108 version data creation part
109 History Management Department
110 version data output part
111 version data conversion processor
112 Usage history output section

Claims (6)

Material data storage means for holding material data constituting the printing surface of the printed matter;
Designation accepting means for accepting designation of the material data from a user;
Material data reading means for reading the material data from the material data storage means based on the instructions;
Plate data creating means for creating plate data of the printed matter using the material data read by the material data reading means;
A printed matter creating apparatus comprising: Usage history storage means for holding a usage history for each material data held in the material data storage means;
History management means for writing the usage history to the usage history storage means for each material data read by the material data reading means;
The printed matter creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: The printed material creation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a character conversion unit that collectively replaces character data included in the material data. 4. The printed matter creating apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the character conversion unit collectively converts character data to be converted into converted character data based on attribute data associated with the character data. A printed matter creation method in a printed matter creation device comprising material data storage means for holding material data of parts constituting a printed surface of a printed matter,
A designation acceptance process for accepting designation of the material data from a user;
A material data reading process of reading the material data from the material data storage means based on the instruction;
A plate data creating process for creating plate data of the printed matter using the material data read in the material data reading process;
A printed matter producing method characterized by comprising: A program to be executed by a computer of a printed material creation apparatus having material storage means for storing material data of parts constituting a printed surface of a printed material,
A designation acceptance process for accepting designation of the material data from a user;
A material data reading process of reading the material data from the material data storage means based on the instruction;
A plate data creating process for creating plate data of the printed matter using the material data read in the material data reading process;
A program that causes a computer to execute the process.

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