JP2005148811A - Manufacturing instruction issue method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing instruction issue method and its program capable of issuing a manufacturing instruction while maintaining predetermined image quality. <P>SOLUTION: A client terminal 30 extracts image resolution and an image size from a drawing file retrieved from a drawing management server 20 based on an instruction record, and according to the image resolution and the image size, a vertical length and a horizontal length (print size) of the image to be formed is found. A paper size is selected on which the image with the found print size can be printed. Either of a standard printer 51 or a large width printer 52 is decided as an output destination to which a print sheet with the selected paper size is outputted, and print data of the manufacturing instruction generated based on a drawing file are transmitted to the decided standard printer 51 or the large width printer 52. The standard printer 51 or the large width printer 52 receiving the print data of the manufacturing instruction prints the manufacturing instruction by using the print paper of the selected paper size. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

      The present invention relates to a manufacturing instruction issuing method and a manufacturing instruction issuing program for controlling an image forming apparatus to form an image on printing paper.

  There are various sizes of printing paper used in the image forming apparatus, such as “A2 size”, “B3 size”, “A3 size”, “B4 size”, and the like. For this reason, it may be required to print on a printing paper having a size suitable for an image to be printed. In such a case, a method of automatically selecting a paper size in which the output image fits according to the size of the output image is disclosed (for example, refer to Patent Document 1).

On the other hand, in the manufacturing industry, design drawings of products to be manufactured are often created as image files in the TIFF format or the like. When a design drawing corresponding to each product is printed, if an appropriate paper size is different for each design drawing, it is necessary to print using the appropriate paper size.
JP 2001-229005 A (page 6-10)

  However, when a blueprint is printed, if the person in charge selects an appropriate paper size or an image forming apparatus to be used and executes the printing, the burden on the person in charge is heavy and may not be efficient. . In addition, when printing is performed based on a bitmap image file such as the TIFF format, an image (output image) formed on the printing paper can be enlarged or reduced. However, if the output image is too large, Jagged edges, called jaggy, appear in the contours of diagonal lines and curves.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing instruction issuing method and a manufacturing instruction issuing program capable of efficiently issuing a manufacturing instruction while maintaining a predetermined image quality. It is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is an image management for storing a bitmap-based image file having information on image resolution and image size prepared corresponding to manufacturing of each product. A manufacturing instruction issuance method for issuing a manufacturing instruction for a product using a computer connected to a server and a plurality of image forming apparatuses each handling printing paper of different paper sizes, wherein the computer A first stage of acquiring an image file from the image management server based on an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product, and a second step of extracting an image resolution and an image size from the image file A third step of calculating a dimension of an image to be formed based on the image resolution and the image size, and the calculated dimension. Selecting a paper size capable of containing the image, and selecting an image forming apparatus that can print using a printing paper of the selected paper size from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses, and The fifth aspect of the present invention includes a fifth stage in which print data based on a file is transmitted to form an image, and a manufacturing instruction is issued.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the manufacturing instruction issuance method according to the first aspect, the first stage receives an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured. The gist is to acquire a drawing file by instructing the image management server to search for an image file based on the received instruction record and receiving the searched image file from the management server.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the manufacturing instruction issuance method according to the first or second aspect, in the fourth stage, the entire image having the calculated dimension is used as the image of the usable paper size. The gist is to select the smallest paper size that is included in the formation area.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the manufacturing instruction issuance method according to any one of the first to third aspects, at least one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses is a printing paper having a plurality of paper sizes. In the fifth stage, when an image forming apparatus capable of forming an image using a plurality of printing paper sizes is used, the selected paper size is designated to form an image. The main point is to execute.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the manufacturing instruction issuance method according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the fifth stage includes a display based on data recorded in the instruction record. The gist is to form it on the instruction sheet.

  The invention according to claim 6 is an image management server for storing a bitmap-type image file having information on image resolution and image size prepared corresponding to the manufacture of each product, and printing paper having a different paper size. A manufacturing instruction issuance program for issuing a product manufacturing instruction using a computer connected to each of a plurality of image forming apparatuses each handling the computer, wherein the computer is assigned to each product to be manufactured A first means for acquiring an image file from the image management server based on an instruction file including one or more instruction records; a second means for extracting an image resolution and an image size from the image file; And a third means for calculating the dimensions of the image to be formed based on the image size and the calculated dimensions. And a fourth means for selecting a usable paper size, and an image forming apparatus capable of printing the selected paper size is selected from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, and print data based on the image file is transmitted. The gist is to perform image formation and to function as a fifth means for issuing a manufacturing instruction.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the manufacturing instruction document issuing program according to the sixth aspect, the first means receives an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured. The gist is to function as means for storing, means for instructing the image management server to search for an image file based on the received instruction record, and means for receiving the searched image file from the management server. .

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the manufacturing instruction document issuing program according to the sixth or seventh aspect, the fourth means is configured to image the entire image of the calculated dimension among usable paper sizes. The gist of the invention is to make it function as means for selecting the minimum paper size that is the paper size included in the formation area.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the manufacturing instruction issuance program according to any one of the sixth to eighth aspects, at least one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses is a printing paper having a plurality of paper sizes. When the image forming apparatus capable of forming an image using a plurality of paper sizes is used as the fifth means, the selected paper size is designated to form an image. The gist is to make it function as a means for executing.

  The invention described in claim 10 is the manufacturing instruction issuance program according to any one of claims 6 to 9, wherein the fifth means displays the display based on the data recorded in the instruction record. The gist is to make it function as means for forming on the instruction sheet.

(Function)
According to the first or sixth aspect of the present invention, the image management server can search for the image file prepared corresponding to the manufacture of each product based on the instruction record. Then, an image can be formed with dimensions calculated based on the image resolution and image size of the image file, and a manufacturing instruction can be issued. Further, it is possible to select a paper size capable of forming an image of that size and issue a manufacturing instruction using a printing paper of that paper size. Accordingly, a manufacturing instruction can be efficiently issued based on the image file retrieved from the image management server based on the instruction record while maintaining a predetermined image quality. Further, when a plurality of instruction records are included in the instruction file, a plurality of manufacturing instruction sheets can be issued efficiently.

  According to the invention described in claim 2 or 7, based on an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured, the image management server having a search function is instructed to search for an image file, The searched image file can be acquired.

  According to the invention described in claim 3 or 8, among a plurality of usable paper sizes, a paper size capable of forming the entire image based on the image file, and using a printing paper having a minimum paper size. An image can be formed.

  According to the invention described in claim 4 or 9, it is possible to form an image by designating the paper size of the printing paper to be used, using an image forming apparatus that handles printing paper of a plurality of paper sizes.

  According to the invention described in claim 5 or 10, it is possible to specify items to be displayed on the manufacturing instruction sheet in the instruction record and print a display based on the designated item on the manufacturing instruction sheet. Further, when a manufacturing instruction is issued according to a plurality of instruction records, the manufacturing instruction can be easily identified.

  According to the present invention, a manufacturing instruction can be efficiently issued while maintaining a predetermined image quality.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, a manufacturing instruction issuance method and a manufacturing instruction issuance for selecting a paper size based on a drawing file searched based on instruction data and issuing a manufacturing instruction using a printing paper of the paper size Explain as a program.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the drawing management server 20 is connected to a client terminal 30. Further, the drawing management server 20 and the client terminal 30 are connected to the order / production management system 40, the standard printer 51, and the wide-width printer 52 via the network 25.

  The order / production management system 40 generates an instruction file made up of instruction records relating to the manufacture of the product produced on the day based on the order data of the product input by the sales representative. Then, the order / production management system 40 records this instruction file in the storage means of the order / production management system 40. The instruction file recorded in the storage means of the order / production management system 40 is read into the client terminal 30 in accordance with a read request from the client terminal 30.

The drawing management server 20 includes a control unit 21 constituting a control unit (CPU), a communication unit, and the like, and a storage unit (RAM, ROM, hard disk, etc.) including a drawing data storage unit 22 as a drawing file storage unit. Yes. In the present embodiment, the drawing data storage unit 22 is composed of hierarchized directories (folders), and a plurality of lower folders are associated under the upper folder. Drawing data is stored in the folder. In the present embodiment, a TIFF format image file is used as the drawing file. The drawing file is created by a person in charge of design when the product is designed in the design department, and is stored in the drawing data storage unit 22. In the present embodiment, this drawing file is stored in the drawing data storage unit 22 in advance. The control unit 21 controls processing on the drawing file in accordance with an instruction from the client terminal 30. For example, when a search instruction is input from the client terminal 30, the control unit 21 searches the drawing data storage unit 22 for a drawing file.

  The client terminal 30 includes a control unit 31 as a computer constituting a control unit (CPU), a communication unit, and the like, and a storage unit (RAM, ROM, hard disk, etc.). The storage means includes an instruction data storage unit 32 and a search result data storage unit 33 as instruction data storage means. The client terminal 30 is installed with a manufacturing instruction issuance program. The control unit 31 executes the manufacturing instruction issuance program to perform processing described later (processing including a first stage, a second stage, a third stage, a fourth stage, a fifth stage, etc.) I do. The manufacturing instruction issuance program is composed of various programs, and the control unit 31 executes these various programs to perform data transmission / reception, data processing described later, and the like. That is, in the present embodiment, the control unit 31 functions as a first unit, a second unit, a third unit, a fourth unit, a fifth unit, and the like. Further, a printer driver for the standard printer 51 and a printer driver for the wide printer 52 are installed in the client terminal 30.

  The instruction data storage unit 32 stores an instruction file 320 received from the order / production management system 40. The instruction file 320 is a CSV file, and includes one or more instruction records 321. Each instruction record 321 corresponds to a manufacturing instruction for one product. In the present embodiment, each instruction record 321 has 30 fields. In each field of each instruction record 321, a drawing file search condition such as a drawing name or drawing number and information used for editing / printing a manufacturing instruction sheet are set. That is, the instruction record 321 is used for retrieving a drawing file from the drawing management server 20 and for printing a drawing name, a drawing number, and the like on the manufacturing instruction sheet in combination with the drawing. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, a search condition a1, a drawing name a2, a drawing number a3, a number of copies a4, and other items a5 to a30 are set in each field of each instruction record 321. In the present embodiment, the search condition a1, the drawing name a2, and the drawing number a3 are used as the search condition.

  The search condition a1 is a condition when the drawing management server 20 searches for a drawing file. Specifically, data relating to a document type, a search key (search target), a search field, and a search mode are recorded as the search condition a1.

  The document type is a document specification (for example, a drawing, a specification, etc.) and corresponds to a document type included in the attribute information of the drawing file. The search key is a search target when searching for a drawing file, and specifically specifies one of the drawing name, drawing number, and other attribute information of the document file. The search field specifies which field of the instruction record 321 is to be searched based on the data set. The search mode is a matching condition with the search key of the data recorded in the search field of the instruction record 321, and one of “complete match”, “forward match”, “backward match”, and “partial match” is selected. It is specified.

Drawing name a2 and drawing number a3 are drawing name a2 and drawing number a3 of the drawing file, respectively. The number of copies a4 is the number of copies of the manufacturing instruction sheet to be printed.
The other items a5 to a30 are other items related to the manufacturing instruction, and for example, information related to drawing files such as creation date, registration date, creator, order number, customer name, and the like are set.

The number of copies a4 is not an essential item. Therefore, the number of copies a4 can be utilized when the instruction record 321 is set.
As shown in FIG. 3, the search result data storage unit 33 stores a search result file 330 based on the drawing file extracted from the drawing management server 20. Each search result file 330 includes a drawing name b1, a drawing number b2, attribute information b3, and drawing information b4.

The drawing name b1 is the file name of the search result file 330. The drawing number b2 is a number for the drawing management server 20 to manage drawing files.
The attribute information b3 includes information regarding attributes of the search result file 330 such as the creator, registration date, and update date.

  The drawing information b4 is an extracted drawing file. In the present embodiment, as described above, the drawing file is a TIFF format image file. In the image file in the TIFF format, data relating to the image resolution for each of the vertical and horizontal directions and data relating to the image size for each of the vertical and horizontal directions are recorded in the header portion. This search result file 330 is stored when a drawing file is extracted from the drawing management server 20 in accordance with the instruction file 320.

  The standard printer 51 is a printer that performs printing using printing paper having a paper size normally used in an office or the like, such as “A3 size”, “B4 size”, and “A4 size” size. In the present embodiment, the standard printer 51 is loaded with printing sheets having respective sheet sizes of “A3 size” and “A4 size” in a horizontally long state.

  The wide-width printer 52 is a printer that performs printing using a printing paper having a paper size that cannot be handled by a printer that handles a normal paper size. In the present embodiment, this wide printer 52 is used when printing is performed using printing paper of each paper size of “A2 size” and “A1 size”.

  Next, in the system configured as described above, a processing procedure when the client terminal 30 issues a search request to the drawing management server 20 and issues a manufacturing instruction based on the instruction record 321 will be described with reference to FIG. .

  The sales representative inputs data relating to the ordered product to the order / production management system 40. Then, the order / production management system 40 generates an instruction file made up of instruction records relating to the manufacture of the product to be produced on the day based on the order data input by the sales staff, and the order / production management system 40 stores the instruction file. Record on means.

  On the other hand, the person in charge who uses the client terminal 30 displays a drawing file search screen (not shown) on the display means of the client terminal 30. Then, the person in charge designates the instruction file 320 stored in the storage means of the order reception / production management system 40 on the search screen, and makes a request to read the instruction file 320. In response to this, the control unit 31 of the client terminal 30 reads the instruction file 320 from the storage means of the order / production management system 40 and stores it in the instruction data storage unit 32 (step S1-1). Then, the client terminal 30 displays the contents of the instruction file 320 on the display unit (step S1-2). As described above, the instruction file 320 is a CSV format file, and the contents of the instruction file 320 are displayed in a tabular format on the search screen. That is, the instruction record 321 is displayed for each line.

  Next, the person in charge selects one or more folders for storing files as a search range. The client terminal 30 sets the search range (step S1-3). Specifically, the folders are displayed as a tree, and the person in charge selects a folder within the search range from the displayed folders. The client terminal 30 sets the selected folder as a search range. If there is a subordinate folder under the selected folder, all subordinate folders of the selected folder become the search range.

  Next, the client terminal 30 sets search conditions (step S1-4). Specifically, the client terminal 30 uses the document type, the search key as a search condition based on the document type, the search key (search target), the search field, and the search mode data included in the search condition a1 of the instruction record 321. (Search target), search field and search mode are set. The person in charge can also input a search condition using the client terminal 30. In this case, the client terminal 30 sets the input search condition.

  Next, the client terminal 30 makes a drawing file search request to the drawing management server 20 based on the designation by the instruction file 320 and the setting of the search range and search condition (step S1-5). In response to this, the drawing management server 20 searches for a drawing file and transmits the drawing file as a search result to the client terminal 30. The client terminal 30 stores the received drawing file as a search result file 330 in the search result data storage unit 33 (step S1-6). Then, the client terminal 30 displays a list of search results on the display means (step S1-7).

  Next, the person in charge selects a necessary drawing from the search result, and inputs the number of copies to be printed. The client terminal 30 sets the number of prints based on the input number of prints (step S1-8). If the number of copies a4 is set in the instruction file 320, the client terminal 30 displays the number of copies to be printed. When the person in charge changes the number of copies, the number is set as the number of copies.

  Next, the client terminal 30 extracts the image resolution and the image size based on the search result file 330 (step S1-9). Specifically, the client terminal 30 extracts data relating to the image resolution and data relating to the image size, respectively, from the header portion of the image file of the search result.

  Then, the client terminal 30 determines the print size as the dimension of the drawing to be printed (step S1-10). Specifically, the client terminal 30 calculates an appropriate length (print size) for each of the vertical direction and the horizontal direction based on data regarding the image resolution and the image size. Here, the appropriate print size is a print size in which jaggies are unlikely to appear in the print result. In this embodiment, by dividing the vertical image size by the vertical image resolution and dividing the horizontal image size by the horizontal image resolution, the length (print size) in each vertical and horizontal direction is obtained. calculate.

Then, the client terminal 30 selects a paper size based on the determined print size (step S1-11). In the present embodiment, the smallest paper size that is the paper size that includes the entire image of the determined printing size in the image forming area (printing area) is selected. Specifically, the client terminal 30 compares the calculated lengths in the vertical and horizontal directions with the lengths in the vertical and horizontal directions after adding a correction margin for each paper size. Here, the length in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction after adding the correction margin is a length obtained by adding some length as a correction margin to the actual length in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction of the paper size. The comparison is also made when the vertical and horizontal directions are switched. Then, the client terminal 30 selects the minimum paper size among the determined vertical and horizontal lengths that are equal to or smaller than the vertical and horizontal lengths of the paper size after the addition of the correction margin.

  Next, the client terminal 30 edits the manufacturing instruction based on the instruction file 320 and the search result file 330 (step S1-12). Specifically, the manufacturing instruction is edited using a layout in which the positions of the characters and images are determined so that the drawing and the characters do not overlap.

  This layout is created in advance by determining the arrangement position of the character object and the image object so that the drawing does not overlap the character and the image. For the character object, attribute information such as display content specification, display position, width, height, font type, rotation angle, line width, line color, and composite pattern is set. As the designation of the display content, a specified value or a field of the instruction record 321 into which a set value is to be fetched is designated. For example, when the value set in the sixth field of the instruction record 321 is captured, “sixth field” is designated as the designation of display content. The image object has information for setting the display position, width, height, rotation angle, and the like as attributes.

  Next, the client terminal 30 distributes the printer to which the manufacturing instruction is output (step S1-13). Specifically, the client terminal 30 specifies a printer that uses printing paper of the selected paper size, and converts the edited manufacturing instruction file into print data by the printer driver of the printer.

  In this embodiment, it is possible to set a threshold value for assigning output destination printers according to selection by the user. Here, “A3 size” is set as a threshold value in advance, and the standard printer 51 is used when “A3 size” or smaller, and the wide printer 52 is used when larger than “A3 size”. Then, the client terminal 30 distributes output destination printers based on the set threshold value. Here, when the paper size is “A3 size” or smaller, the client terminal 30 converts the manufacturing instruction file into print data using the printer driver of the standard printer 51. On the other hand, when the paper size is larger than “A3 size”, the client terminal 30 uses the printer driver of the wide printer 52 to convert the manufacturing instruction file into print data.

  When the manufacturing instruction file is converted into print data (print data of the manufacturing instruction) by the specified printer driver, the client terminal 30 transmits the print data to the corresponding printer. Then, the printer that has received the print data of the manufacturing instruction prints the manufacturing instruction (step S1-14). In the present embodiment, when the paper size is “A3 size” or smaller, the client terminal 30 transmits the print data of the manufacturing instruction generated by the printer driver of the standard printer 51 to the standard printer 51, and the standard printer 51 issues the manufacturing instruction. Print the letter. On the other hand, when the paper size is larger than “A3 size”, the client terminal 30 transmits the print data of the manufacturing instruction generated by the printer driver of the wide printer 52 to the wide printer 52, and the wide printer 52 prints the manufacturing instruction. To do. Note that the standard printer 51 and the wide-width printer 52 perform printing by rotating the image by 90 degrees as necessary in order to match the vertical and horizontal directions of the image to be printed with the vertical and horizontal directions of the printing paper.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
In the above embodiment, the client terminal 30 acquires a drawing file from the drawing management server 20 based on an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured. Then, an image resolution and an image size are extracted from the drawing file, a print size is determined based on the image resolution and the image size, and a paper size capable of printing an image with the determined print size is selected. Then, one of the standard printer 51 and the wide printer 52 is determined as an output destination for outputting the printing paper of the selected paper size, and the determined standard printer 51 or the wide printer 52 is generated based on the drawing file. Send print data of manufacturing instructions. The standard printer 51 or the wide-width printer 52 that has received this prints the manufacturing instruction using the printing paper of the selected paper size.

  For this reason, the drawing file prepared corresponding to the time of manufacture of each product can be acquired from the drawing management server 20 based on the instruction record. Then, it is possible to form a drawing image with a vertical and horizontal length (print size) calculated based on the image resolution and image size of the drawing file and issue a manufacturing instruction. Further, it is possible to select a paper size capable of printing an image of the vertical and horizontal length, and issue a manufacturing instruction using the printing paper of the paper size. Therefore, based on the drawing file acquired from the drawing management server 20 based on the instruction record, a manufacturing instruction can be efficiently issued while maintaining a predetermined image quality for the drawing.

  In the above embodiment, the client terminal 30 receives and stores an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured, and stores an image file in the drawing management server 20 based on the instruction records. And the retrieved drawing file is received from the image management server. For this reason, based on an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured, an image management server having a search function can be instructed to search for an image file, and the searched image file can be acquired.

  In the above embodiment, the client terminal 30 determines the vertical and horizontal lengths (print size) of the formed image under predetermined conditions based on the image resolution and image size of the drawing file. For this reason, a predetermined level of image quality can be secured.

  In the above embodiment, the client terminal 30 selects the smallest paper size that is the paper size that includes the entire image of the determined print size in the print area among the usable paper sizes. For this reason, it is possible to print the manufacturing instruction using the smallest paper size among the paper sizes that can print the entire image (drawing) based on the drawing file among a plurality of usable paper sizes.

  In the above embodiment, the standard printer 51 can print using printing papers having a plurality of paper sizes. When printing using the standard printer 51, the client terminal 30 designates the selected paper size and causes the standard printer 51 to print a manufacturing instruction. Therefore, when printing is performed using the standard printer 51 that handles printing paper of a plurality of paper sizes, the standard printer 51 can be designated and printed.

  In the above embodiment, the threshold value for distributing the output destination printer can be set by user selection. For this reason, it is possible to effectively use printers having different printable paper sizes by changing the threshold setting in accordance with the paper sizes that can be printed by each printer.

  In the above embodiment, when the paper size is selected, the vertical and horizontal lengths of the calculated print size are set to the vertical and horizontal lengths after the correction margin is added for each paper size, Each was compared. For this reason, even when the printing size is slightly larger than the actual paper size, printing can be performed using printing paper having a paper size of a closer size. In particular, for TIFF files created by reading a drawing with a scanner, the print size may be larger than the actual drawing size depending on how it is read. Printing can be performed using printing paper.

In the above embodiment, a display based on the data recorded in the instruction record 321 is printed on the manufacturing instruction sheet. For this reason, it is possible to efficiently issue a manufacturing instruction sheet that combines a drawing based on the drawing file and a display based on the data recorded in the instruction record 321. Further, when a manufacturing instruction is issued according to a plurality of instruction records 321, the manufacturing instruction is easily identified.

In addition, you may change the said embodiment into the following aspects.
In the above embodiment, the standard printer 51 prints using “A3 size” and “A4 size” paper sizes, and the wide printer 52 uses “A2 size” and “A1 size”. Printing was performed using a paper size printing paper. Then, the client terminal 30 designates the paper size and transmits the print data of the manufacturing instruction sheet to each of the printers 51 and 52, and executes printing using the printing paper of the designated paper size. Instead, a different printer may be used for each paper size to be used. In this case, when the client terminal 30 transmits the print data of the manufacturing instruction sheet to the selected printer, it is not necessary to specify the paper size for the printer.

  In the above embodiment, “A3 size” is set as the threshold value, and when the paper size is “A3 size” or smaller, printing is performed by the standard printer 51. When the paper size is larger than “A3 size”, the wide-width printer is used. 52. Alternatively, a different paper size may be set as the threshold value. For example, a printer capable of printing up to “A2 size” may be used and “A2 size” may be designated as the threshold value. If the paper size is “A2 size” or smaller, printing may be performed by the printer, and if the paper size is larger than “A2 size”, printing may be performed by the wide printer 52.

  In the above embodiment, the threshold value for distributing the output destination printer can be set by the user's selection, but the threshold value for distributing the output destination printer is a predetermined value set in advance. It may be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the standard printer 51 and the wide-width printer 52 that handle printing sheets of different sheet sizes are used, and a plurality of printers do not handle printing sheets of the same sheet size. Instead of this, there may be a plurality of printers that handle printing paper of the same paper size. In this case, the paper size may be selected based on the image resolution and the image size, and which printer that handles the paper size may be determined based on other conditions. For example, based on the attribute information of the drawing file and the conditions set in the instruction record, which printer among the printers that handle printing paper of the same paper size may be determined to print the manufacturing instruction. .

  In the above embodiment, the vertical and horizontal lengths are calculated as the dimensions of the image to be formed. However, the calculated dimensions may be other sizes. For example, the length of the diagonal line may be calculated as the size of the image to be formed.

  In the above embodiment, when the paper size is selected, the vertical and horizontal lengths of the calculated print size are set as the vertical and horizontal lengths after the correction margin is added for each paper size. Compared. Instead, select the paper size by comparing the vertical and horizontal lengths of the calculated print size with the vertical and horizontal lengths of the actual paper size without a correction margin. May be.

In the above embodiment, the client terminal 30 instructs the drawing management server 20 to search for an image file based on the received instruction record 321 of the instruction file 320, and receives the searched drawing file from the drawing management server 20. The drawing file was acquired. Alternatively, the client terminal 30 may extract the drawing file directly from the drawing management server that stores the drawing file based on the instruction record 321 of the received instruction file 320.

The system schematic of one Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing of the data memorize | stored in the instruction data storage part. Explanatory drawing of the data memorize | stored in the search result data storage part. Explanatory drawing of the process sequence of one Embodiment of this invention.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 ... Image management server, 30 ... Client terminal, 31 ... Control part as computer, 32 ... Instruction data storage part as instruction file storage means, 51 ... Standard printer as image forming apparatus, 52 ... Wide as image forming apparatus Printer.

Claims (10)

An image management server for storing bitmap image files having information relating to image resolution and image size, prepared in correspondence with the manufacture of each product, and a plurality of image forming apparatuses each handling printing paper of different paper sizes A manufacturing instruction issuance method for issuing a manufacturing instruction for a product using a computer connected to
The computer is
A first stage of acquiring an image file from the image management server based on an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured;
A second stage of extracting image resolution and image size from the image file;
A third step of calculating a size of an image to be formed based on the image resolution and the image size;
A fourth step of selecting a paper size capable of accommodating the calculated dimensions;
The image forming apparatus capable of printing using the selected paper size of the plurality of image forming apparatuses is selected, print data based on the image file is transmitted, image formation is performed, and a manufacturing instruction A manufacturing instruction issuance method comprising: a fifth stage for issuing a document. The first stage includes
Receive and store an instruction file containing one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured;
Instructing the image management server to search for an image file based on the received instruction record,
2. The manufacturing instruction issuance method according to claim 1, wherein the drawing file is obtained by receiving the searched image file from a management server. The fourth stage includes
The manufacturing method according to claim 1, wherein a minimum paper size is selected that is a paper size that includes an entire image having the calculated dimensions in an image forming area among usable paper sizes. Instruction issuance method. At least one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses can form an image using a plurality of paper sizes of printing paper,
The fifth stage includes
The image formation is executed by designating the selected paper size when an image forming apparatus capable of forming an image using a plurality of paper sizes is used. The manufacturing instruction issuance method according to one. The fifth stage includes
5. The manufacturing instruction issuance method according to claim 1, wherein a display based on data recorded in the instruction record is formed on the manufacturing instruction. An image management server for storing bitmap image files having information relating to image resolution and image size, prepared in correspondence with the manufacture of each product, and a plurality of image forming apparatuses each handling printing paper of different paper sizes A manufacturing instruction issuance program for issuing a manufacturing instruction for a product using a computer connected to
The computer,
First means for obtaining an image file from the image management server based on an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured;
A second means for extracting an image resolution and an image size from the image file;
A third means for calculating a size of an image to be formed based on the image resolution and the image size;
A fourth means for selecting a paper size capable of accommodating the calculated dimensions;
Selecting an image forming apparatus capable of printing the selected paper size from among the plurality of image forming apparatuses, transmitting print data based on the image file to execute image formation, and issuing a manufacturing instruction; 5. A manufacturing instruction issuance program for functioning as means 5. The first means;
Means for receiving and storing an instruction file including one or more instruction records assigned to each product to be manufactured;
Means for instructing the image management server to search for an image file based on the received instruction record;
7. The manufacturing instruction issuance program according to claim 6, wherein the manufacturing instruction document is made to function as means for receiving the searched image file from a management server. The fourth means,
8. The paper size that includes the entire image having the calculated dimensions in an image forming area among usable paper sizes, and functions as means for selecting a minimum paper size. The manufacturing instruction issuance program described in 1. At least one of the plurality of image forming apparatuses can form an image using a plurality of paper sizes of printing paper,
The fifth means;
7. When an image forming apparatus capable of forming an image using a plurality of paper sizes is used, the image forming apparatus is caused to function as means for executing image formation by designating the selected paper size. The manufacturing instruction issuance program according to any one of claims 8 to 8. The fifth means;
10. The manufacturing instruction issuance program according to claim 6, wherein the manufacturing instruction issuance program is caused to function as means for forming a display based on data recorded in the instruction record on the manufacturing instruction.

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