JP2006099922A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor for controlling a printing/recording device which prints labels or records data in a recording medium such as an optical disk, capable of eliminating useless work as much as possible when a printing error occurs. <P>SOLUTION: In an initial processing menu screen for prompting a user to select printing+recording processing, data recording processing, or printing processing, not only a recommendation message is displayed for prompting the user to execute the printing processing prior to the data recording processing, but also the checking message indicating recording stop/continuance is displayed together with the recommendation message when no added print image is present in the label surface of an optical disk during the single execution process of the data recording processing. During the single execution process of the printing processing, when the recording of electronic data in the optical disk is detected and determined, a recommendation message for prompting the user to execute the printing processing prior to the data recording processing from now on is displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that controls a printing / recording apparatus for performing label printing on a surface of a recording medium such as an optical disk or recording electronic data on a data recording surface of the recording medium.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, music and video data are recorded on a recording surface of an optical disc such as a CD or DVD in advance, and a title print corresponding to the content of the recorded data is pre-sold on the label surface and sold by the user. The case was common. Recently, with the widespread use of personal computers equipped with a data writable optical disk driver, the user himself / herself records arbitrary data on an unrecorded optical disk or uses the label printing apparatus for the optical disk. The user can individually create an optical disc with original contents and print notation by performing desired title printing.

  Then, an optical disk information recording apparatus has been considered in which data recording on an optical disk and desired title printing on the disk label surface can be performed by a single apparatus and in a series of steps (for example, see Patent Document 1). .)

In this optical disk information recording apparatus, the switch is switched after the data recording unit finishes recording data on the optical disk, and the print data input and created in advance is printed on the label surface of the optical disk by the label printing unit. It is. As described above, the data recording and printing operations on the optical disc can be easily performed by performing the process in one apparatus and in a series of processes.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-031906

  However, in the conventional optical disk information recording apparatus, first, data is recorded on an unused optical disk by the data recording unit, and then the recording is performed by switching to the label printing unit. If you make a mistake in inputting the title to be printed corresponding to, and notice after printing that the misprinted print data has been printed, the data recorded in the previous stage is valid. In some cases, the completed optical disc must be discarded due to a title printing mistake. In addition to simply wasting the optical disc, the recording work that was effectively performed in the preceding stage was wasted due to this printing work error, and this series of recording / printing work needs to be redone. .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and has a function of recording electronic data on a recording medium such as an optical disk, a function of printing a title or the like on a recording medium corresponding to the data recording, or a function thereof. An information processing apparatus for controlling a printing / recording apparatus having both functions, even if a printing error occurs in printing on a recording medium using the printing function, the recording medium corresponding to the printing It is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus capable of minimizing the waste of electronic data recording work due to the printing error.

  The invention according to claim 1 is an information processing apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus having a function of recording electronic data on a recording medium and a function of printing print data on the recording medium, the display means, and the electronic apparatus Display control means for displaying a guide message for performing recording and printing processing on the display means, the display control means at least before the recording and printing operations on the recording medium in the electronic device A predetermined guide message that prompts the user to perform printing on the recording medium prior to recording on the recording medium is displayed on the display means.

  The invention according to claim 2 is an information processing apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus having a function of recording electronic data on a recording medium, wherein a display means and a guide message for performing a recording process in the electronic apparatus Display control means for displaying on the display means, the display control means at least before the recording operation on the recording medium in the electronic device, to the surface of the recording medium prior to recording on the recording medium A predetermined guide message that prompts the user to perform printing is displayed on the display means.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect, when the display control unit does not detect an arbitrary print image on the surface of the recording medium by a print image detection unit included in the electronic device. In addition, the predetermined message is displayed on the display means.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus having a function of printing print data on a surface of a recording medium, the display means and a guide for performing a printing process in the electronic apparatus. Display control means for displaying a message on the display means, the display control means at least prior to printing on the recording medium in the electronic device before recording on the recording medium. A predetermined message urging that printing on the front surface should be performed is displayed on the display means.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, when the display control unit detects recording of electronic data on the recording medium by a recording detection unit included in the electronic device, The predetermined message is displayed on the display means.

  The invention according to claim 6 is an information processing apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus having a function of recording electronic data on a recording medium and a function of printing print data on a surface of the recording medium, the display means; The display means includes display control means for displaying a guide message for performing recording and printing processing in the electronic device, and control means for controlling the information processing device, and the display control means includes the display means. Display in order of a print guide message for printing on the surface of the recording medium, a confirmation guide message for prompting confirmation of print contents on the recording medium, and a recording guide message for recording electronic data on the recording medium The control means is configured to perform the electronic control based on an operation performed in response to the print guide message displayed by the display control means. The printing data is transferred to a device, and after the confirmation operation performed in response to the confirmation guide message, the electronic data is transferred to the electronic device based on the operation performed in response to the recording guide message. It is said.

  According to the information processing apparatus of claim 1, before the recording and printing operations on the recording medium in the electronic apparatus having the function of recording the electronic data on the recording medium and the function of printing the print data, the recording medium A predetermined guide message that prompts the user to perform printing before recording on the recording medium, and guides that the printing and printing work procedures to be performed on the recording medium should be performed first. Therefore, it is possible to give the user who works according to the guidance instruction the opportunity to determine whether or not to perform the recording work after confirming the result of the printing work. Therefore, a user who records electronic data on a recording medium and wants to perform predetermined printing such as a title corresponding to the electronic data can check the printing result after printing on the recording medium, and finds a printing error there. In such a case, it is possible to cancel the subsequent recording operation, so that it is possible to prevent the user from performing the unnecessary recording operation in advance.

  According to the information processing apparatus of the second aspect, before the recording operation on the recording medium by the electronic apparatus having a function of recording the electronic data on the recording medium, the recording medium is recorded before the recording on the recording medium. Since it is configured to display a predetermined guide message that prompts the user to perform printing on the front side, the user is instructed to perform printing before performing the recording operation on the recording medium. It is possible to give the user who confirms the printing result and performs the recording operation only on the recording medium in which the printing result is correct. Therefore, a user who records electronic data on a recording medium and intends to perform predetermined printing such as a title corresponding to the electronic data performs printing prior to recording, and checks the printing result to record that has failed to print. Since recording can be performed only on a recording medium that does not have a printing mistake by excluding the medium, it is possible to avoid the disadvantage that the recording work is wasted due to a printing mistake.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the second aspect, the print image detecting means for detecting an arbitrary print image such as a title character applied to the surface of the recording medium If no print image is detected, printing of title characters, etc. is unprocessed, so printing on the surface of the recording medium should be performed prior to recording on the recording medium in order to avoid waste of recording work due to printing mistakes. A predetermined guide message for prompting the user can be generated to alert the user to follow a predetermined work procedure.

  According to the information processing apparatus of the fourth aspect, before the recording operation on the recording medium by the electronic apparatus having a function of printing the print data on the surface of the recording medium, the information is recorded before the recording on the recording medium. Since a predetermined message that prompts the user to perform printing on the surface of the recording medium is displayed, this message is displayed regardless of whether the electronic data is recorded on the recording medium or not recorded. By the display, it is possible to give the user awareness that it is desirable to perform the printing process next time or before the next time. Then, by accelerating the user's work behavior along with the awareness that this printing process should precede the recording process, recording due to a printing mistake that may occur when the recording process precedes the printing process It is possible to minimize the waste of work.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in the information processing apparatus according to the fourth aspect, when the recording detection unit detects that electronic data is recorded on the recording medium to be printed, the printing process The work is progressing in the middle of the procedure contrary to the work procedure that should be preceded by the recording process, but it is urged to print on the surface of this recording medium prior to recording on the recording medium. By displaying a predetermined message, the user can be aware that the printing process will be performed first in accordance with this message display, and a recording caused by a printing error that may occur when the recording process precedes the printing process. It is possible to minimize the waste of work.

  According to the information processing apparatus of the sixth aspect, the electronic device having a function of recording electronic data on the recording medium and printing data on the surface of the recording medium is controlled to continue recording and printing on the recording medium. Are displayed in the order of a print guide message for printing, a confirmation guide message for prompting confirmation of the print contents, and a record guide message for recording. Operations related to each work process of recording can be made to correspond to the user. Accordingly, the recording work can be advanced after the printing work, and when the recording work is performed prior to the printing work, it is possible to eliminate the waste of reworking the recording work that may be caused by a printing mistake. In addition, the printing result can be confirmed before the recording work, and the chance of finding a printing mistake more reliably increases, so that useless work can be avoided as much as possible. Therefore, according to the present invention, when controlling a printing / recording apparatus that performs label printing or data recording on a recording medium such as an optical disk, it is possible to eliminate unnecessary work when a printing error occurs. An information processing apparatus can be provided.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of an optical disc recording / printing system according to the first embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

  In this optical disk recording / printing system, a personal computer 10 which is the main body of the system control is provided. This personal computer 10 records electronic data and titles on an optical disk (recording medium) 18 such as a CD or a DVD. Is connected to a recording / printing device 14 for printing.

  The personal computer 10 includes a computer main body 11, a keyboard 12, and a display 13. A user operates the keyboard 12 and refers to a guide message displayed on the display 13, and the like, and a recording / printing apparatus for the computer main body 11. 14 for controlling the recording / printing operation.

  The apparatus main body 14a of the recording / printing apparatus 14 is provided with a disk tray 15 that is slid and pulled out in the front direction, and a power button 16 and a disk eject button 17 are provided on the front panel. In response to the operation of the eject button 17, the disc tray 15 slides from the inside of the apparatus main body 14a to the outside or from the outside to the inside, and the optical disc 18 is ejected / stored.

  FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of the recording / printing apparatus 14 in the optical disc recording / printing system.

  FIG. 2 shows a state in which the disc tray 15 is completely stored in the apparatus main body 14 a of the recording / printing apparatus 14.

  On the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 14a in which the disk tray 15 is stored, a tray motor 20 for storing / discharging the disk tray 15 is fixed to the rotating shaft of the tray motor 20, and the rotational force of the tray motor 20 is applied to the disk tray. A screw shaft 21 that converts and transmits 15 slide operations is mounted.

  On the disc tray 15, a pick motor 22 </ b> A equipped with a spindle motor 19 for rotating the optical disc 18, a pickup unit 22 necessary for optical reading and writing, a screw shaft 24, a thread motor 23 and the like is mounted.

  A claw-shaped chucking portion 19 a is provided at the upper end portion of the rotation shaft of the spindle motor 19, and the optical disk 18 is fixed to the rotation shaft of the spindle motor 19 by the chucking portion 19 a.

  The pick-up portion 22 of the pick module 22A is restricted by the screw shaft 24 along the radial direction from the vicinity of the central axis of the optical disc 18 when the disc tray is stored. The thread motor 23 moves the pickup unit 22 in the radial direction between the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the optical disk 18 by rotating the screw shaft 24. Then, the pickup unit 22 optically reads and optically reads electronic data on the back surface (data recording surface) of the optical disc 18 by a built-in pick (not shown) while moving between the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the optical disc 18. Record.

  The printing module 29 includes a guide rail 25 fixed to the apparatus main body 14a for the purpose of causing the carriage 26 to reciprocate horizontally between the illustrated depth direction and the near direction facing the surface (label surface) of the optical disk 18; The print head 28 is mounted on the carriage 26 and discharges ink. As the carriage motor 27 rotates, the carriage 26 reciprocates on the label surface of the optical disk 18 along the guide rail 25.

  Further, above the surface (level surface) of the optical disk 18 accommodated in the apparatus main body 14a by the disk tray 15, there are three positions facing the inner and outer peripheral sides of the optical disk 18 and the intermediate position thereof. There is provided a printing surface sensor unit 30 in which light reflection sensors 30a, 30b and 30c for optically detecting the printing pattern on the disk surface are arranged.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit in the optical disc recording / printing system.

  The computer main body 11 includes a CPU as a control center (not shown), a hard disk memory storing a system control program for controlling operation by the CPU, a flash ROM for writing / reading various data associated with the control operation as necessary, etc. The recording / printing apparatus 14 connected via the external device interface 11a is controlled by a control command signal from the computer main body 11.

  The recording / printing apparatus 14 includes a CPU 31 and a ROM 32.

  The CPU 31 activates a data recording control program or a print control program stored in advance in the ROM 32 in accordance with a control command signal from the personal computer main body 11, and performs an operation control process for each part of the circuit.

  In the ROM 32, in addition to the data recording control program and the print control program, preprinted pattern data preprinted on the surface (label surface) of each of various commercially available optical discs 18 (CD-RW and DVD-RW) is stored. These are stored in advance in association with various product numbers. Note that the preprint pattern data of the optical disk 18 stored here includes preprinted images printed on the surface (label surface) of the optical disk 18 at three locations, the inner periphery side, the outer periphery side, and the intermediate position. Is a line-shaped black and white binary pattern data read by rotating once. Therefore, the print pattern data of the optical disk 18 detected while rotating the optical disk 18 by the printing surface sensor unit 30 shown in FIG. 2 is the print pattern data when the additional printing is not performed in the pre-printing state. In some cases, it can be determined that the original additional printing by the individual user is not performed because it matches the pre-print pattern data of any kind of optical disk 18 stored in advance in the ROM 32.

  In addition to the ROM 32 and the print surface sensor unit 30, the CPU 31 is connected to a RAM 33 for temporarily storing various data input and output in accordance with data recording control and print control performed by the CPU 31. Furthermore, the driver circuit 19D of the spindle motor 19, the driver circuit 20D of the tray motor 20, the driver circuit 22D of the pickup unit 22, the driver circuit 23D of the thread motor 23, the driver circuit 27D of the carriage motor 27, and the driver of the print head 28 A circuit 28D is connected.

  The CPU 31 drives and controls the carriage motor 27 and the print head 28 in accordance with a print control program activated in response to a control command signal from the personal computer main body 11, and is created and transferred by the personal computer main body 11. The print data is printed on the label surface of the optical disk 18 from the print head 28, and the spindle motor 19, the thread motor 23 and the pickup unit 22 are driven and controlled according to the data recording control program, and the personal computer is rotated while the optical disk 18 is rotated. Electronic data arbitrarily selected and transferred from the main body 11 is recorded on the data recording surface of the optical disk 18 from the pickup unit 22.

  Next, the operation of the optical disc recording / printing system according to the first embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the overall processing of the optical disc recording / printing system.

  In the personal computer 10, based on the operation of the keyboard 12 by the user, any one of continuous control of printing + recording on the optical disk 18 set in the recording / printing device 14, single control of data recording, or single control of label printing is performed. When control for selectively performing is started, a processing menu screen for allowing the user to select the printing + recording process, the data recording process, or the printing process is displayed on the display 13, and this processing menu screen is displayed. Displays message data that prompts the user to perform printing processing prior to data recording (step S1).

  The user sees the message displayed on the display 13 and recognizes that it is recommended that the optical disc 18 be printed before data recording. According to this message recognition, for example, label printing is performed. If data recording is performed after the data recording, for example, by performing label printing after performing data recording, it is possible to eliminate waste of data recording when a printing error occurs.

  Then, when printing + recording processing is selected in the processing menu display on the display 13 of the personal computer 10, the processing proceeds to recording and printing processing shown in FIG. 5 (step S2 → SA), or data recording processing is selected. Then, the process proceeds to the recording process shown in FIG. 6 (step S2 → SB), or when the print process is selected, the process proceeds to the print process shown in FIG. 7 (step S2 → SC).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing recording and printing processing by the optical disk recording / printing system.

  When the recording and printing process (step SA) is started in the personal computer 10, the print data input editing process to be label-printed on the optical disk 18 is entered (step A1). In this print data input editing processing state, for example, when a predetermined label printing format pattern or print font type is set and the title of data to be recorded on the optical disc 18 is input and the print data is determined, A guide message that prompts the user whether or not to execute label printing with this print data is displayed on the display 13 (step A2).

  According to the print execution guide message screen, for example, when the “execute” button indicated in the message screen is designated and determined to be print execution (step A3), label printing is performed using the print data, for example. When executed, a print preview screen is displayed on the display 13, and the user is prompted to confirm whether or not the print state is acceptable (steps A4 and A5).

  According to the print preview screen, for example, when the “OK” button indicated on the screen is designated and confirmed as OK, the confirmed print data is recorded / printed from the personal computer main body 11. The data is transferred to the device 14 and developed as print dot pattern data in the print buffer in the RAM 33. Then, the print head 28 is driven by the driver circuit 28D according to the print dot pattern data, and the carriage motor 27 is driven by the driver circuit 27D, and the surface (label surface) of the optical disk 18 placed and set on the disk tray 15 is set. ) The print data is printed in the predetermined print area (step A5 → A6).

  Thus, when label printing with desired print data is performed on the optical disk 18, the tray motor 20 is driven by the driver circuit 20D after the printing, and the disk tray 15 is ejected (step A7). A print confirmation guide message is displayed on the display 13 to confirm the label printing state and prompt the user whether or not to continue the processing (step A8).

  In accordance with this print confirmation guide message screen, for example, when the “execute” button indicated in the message screen is designated and determined to continue execution (step A9), the tray motor 20 is moved by the driver circuit 20D. The disc tray 15 on which the label-printed optical disc 18 has been set is stored (step A9 → A10).

  Then, the desired electronic data to be recorded on the optical disc 18 specified in response to a user operation on the personal computer 10 is read from, for example, a hard disk memory of the personal computer main body 11 and transferred to the recording / printing device 14. While being stored in the recording buffer in the RAM 33 (step A11), a recording execution guide message prompting the user whether or not to record the electronic data on the optical disc 18 is displayed on the display 13 (step A12).

  According to the recording execution guide message, for example, when the “execution” button indicated in the message screen is designated and determined to be recording execution (step A13), the spindle motor 19 and 23D are driven by the driver circuits 19D and 23D. As the sled motor 23 is driven and rotation of the optical disk 18 and movement scanning of the pickup unit 22 are started, the pickup unit 22 is driven by the driver circuit 22D in accordance with the electronic data transferred and stored in the recording buffer in the RAM 33. Then, electronic data desired by the user is recorded on the back surface (data recording surface) of the optical disk 18 placed on the disk tray 15 (step A14).

  On the other hand, in step A9, according to the print confirmation guide message screen, for example, a label input on the optical disc 18 is found to have an input error or print defect such as a title error, and the “cancel” displayed in the message screen. "" Button is designated and if it is determined that the continuation is to be stopped (step A9), the process is stopped without shifting to the subsequent data recording process (step A9 (No)).

  Therefore, in this case, since the data recording process is not performed without knowing the optical disk 18 in which the label printing error has occurred, the data recording operation is not wasted.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing recording processing by the optical disk recording / printing system.

  When the data recording process is selected in the process menu display (step S1) on the personal computer 10 (step S2) and the recording process (step SB) shown in FIG. Desired electronic data to be recorded on the optical disc 18 specified in accordance with a user operation is read from, for example, a hard disk memory of the personal computer main body 11 and transferred to the recording / printing device 14 and stored in a recording buffer in the RAM 33. Stored (step B1). Then, a recording execution guide message for prompting the user to execute recording of the electronic data on the optical disk 18 is displayed on the display 13 (step B2).

  In accordance with the recording execution guide message, for example, when the “execution” button indicated in the message screen is designated to perform recording (step B3), the spindle motor 19 is driven by the driver 19D. As the optical disk 18 is rotated, print pattern data on the surface (label surface) of the optical disk 18 is detected by the printing surface sensor unit 30 and stored in the RAM 33 (step B4). Then, a comparison process with each pre-print pattern data of the various optical disks 18 stored in advance in the ROM 32 is performed, and all the types of pre-print pattern data are inconsistent, that is, an optical disk that is currently a data recording target. It is determined whether or not the original label printing (additional printing) by the individual user has already been performed on the surface 18 (label surface) or has not yet been performed (step B5).

  Here, the printing pattern data on the surface (label surface) of the optical disk 18 detected by the printing surface sensor unit 30 is inconsistent with all kinds of pre-printing pattern data of the various optical disks 18 previously stored in the ROM 32, If it is determined that the original label printing (additional printing) by the individual user has already been performed on the optical disk 18 (step B5 (Yes)), the spindle motor 19 and the thread motor 23 are driven by the driver circuits 19D and 23D. Is driven to start the rotation of the optical disk 18 and the moving scanning of the pickup unit 22, the driver circuit 22D drives the pickup unit 22 in accordance with the electronic data transferred and stored in the recording buffer in the RAM 33, and the user The desired electronic data is It is recorded with respect to the rear surface of the optical disk 18 placed on the Kutorei 15 (data recording surface) (step B6).

  On the other hand, in step B5, the print pattern data on the surface (label surface) of the optical disk 18 detected by the print surface sensor unit 30 is one of the various pre-print pattern data stored in the ROM 32 in advance. If it is determined that the original label printing (additional printing) by the individual user has not yet been performed on the optical disc 18 (step B5 (No)), the desired recording is performed prior to the data recording process. A confirmation message prompting the user to select whether to stop or continue the data recording process is displayed on the display 13 together with a message recommending the user to perform the label printing process (step B7).

  Then, according to the confirmation message display of the data recording stop / continuation, when the “stop” button indicated in the message screen is designated and determined to stop recording (Step B8 (Yes)), The process is stopped without shifting to the subsequent data recording process (step B6).

  Therefore, in this case, before the first data recording process is performed on the optical disc 18, label printing processing corresponding to the electronic data scheduled to be recorded can be performed in advance, for example, after data recording. When a printing error occurs due to label printing, it is possible to avoid in advance the risk of wasting the series of operations and the optical disc 18.

  On the other hand, in step B8, according to the data recording stop / continuation confirmation message display, if the "execute" button indicated in the message screen is designated and operated, it is determined not to stop recording (step) B8 (No)), the process proceeds to the data recording process of step B6, and the optical disk 18 on which the user desired electronic data is placed on the disk tray 15 according to the electronic data transferred and stored in the recording buffer in the RAM 33. Is recorded on the back surface (data recording surface).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a printing process by the optical disk recording / printing system.

  When a printing process is selected in the processing menu display (step S1) on the personal computer 10 (step S2) and the printing process (step SC) shown in FIG. 7 is started, label printing is performed on the optical disc 18. The print data input edit processing state is set (step C1). In this print data input editing processing state, for example, when a predetermined label printing format pattern or print font type is set and the title of data to be recorded on the optical disc 18 is input and the print data is determined, A guide message that prompts the user to execute label printing with this print data is displayed on the display 13 (step C2).

  According to the print execution guide message screen, for example, when the “execution” button indicated in the message screen is designated to perform print execution (step C3), the spindle motor 19 is driven by the driver 19D. As the optical disk 18 is rotated, electronic data on the back surface (data recording surface) of the optical disk 18 is detected by the pickup unit 22 (step C4). Whether or not electronic data has already been recorded has not yet been determined. (Step C5).

  Here, if it is determined that electronic data is not yet recorded on the optical disc 18 to be subjected to label printing this time (step C5 (No)), the personal computer main body 11 sends the recording / printing device 14 to the recording / printing device 14. The print data is transferred and developed as print dot pattern data in the print buffer in the RAM 33. Then, the print head 28 is driven by the driver circuit 28D in accordance with the print dot pattern data, and the carriage motor 27 is driven by the driver circuit 27D, so that the surface of the optical disk 18 on which no electronic data is recorded ( The print data is printed in a predetermined print area on the label surface (step C7).

  Therefore, in this case, it is possible to confirm the optical disk 18 on which no electronic data is recorded and to perform a user-desired label printing process corresponding to the electronic data to be recorded in advance, for example, by label printing after data recording. When a printing mistake occurs, the series of operations and the optical disc 18 are not wasted.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step C5 that electronic data has already been recorded on the optical disk 18 to be subjected to label printing this time (step C5 (Yes)), label printing desired by the user will be performed in the future. A message recommending the user that the process should be performed before the data recording process is displayed on the display 13 (step C6), and a predetermined print area on the surface (label surface) of the optical disc 18 on which electronic data has already been recorded. Is printed (step C7).

  Therefore, in this case, when an original optical disc is to be created in the future for the user based on a recommendation message that label printing should be performed prior to data recording, the data recording process is first performed. In addition, it is possible to recognize that it is better to perform label printing processing in advance. For example, when a printing error occurs due to label printing after data recording, the series of operations and the optical disc 18 are wasted. Risk can be avoided in advance.

  Therefore, according to the optical disk recording / printing system according to the first embodiment having the above-described configuration, the printing process is the data recording process on the first process menu screen that allows the user to select the printing + recording process, the data recording process, or the printing process. In addition to displaying a recommended message prompting the user to perform the process earlier, in the single execution process of the data recording process, when it is detected that there is no additional print image on the label surface of the optical disk 18, the same message is displayed. A confirmation message for stopping / continuing recording is displayed together with a recommended message display. In the single execution process of the printing process, when it is detected that the electronic data has already been recorded on the optical disk 18, the data recording process will be performed in the future. Since a recommended message is displayed to prompt the user to perform the printing process before Before the first data recording process is performed on the optical disc 18, a label printing process corresponding to the electronic data scheduled to be recorded can be performed in advance. For example, a printing error is caused by the label printing after the data recording. If this occurs, the risk of wasting the series of operations and the optical disc 18 can be avoided in advance.

  In addition, in the selection execution process of the printing + recording process, not only a procedure for performing a recording process of electronic data arbitrarily designated by the user after performing a label printing process corresponding to the print data desired by the user, Before the actual printing is performed, the print content is confirmed and displayed. After the printing is performed, the optical disk 18 is ejected, and a message for prompting whether or not to continue the data recording process is displayed together with the user confirmation of the printing state. As a result, the data recording process is not performed on the optical disc 18 in which the label printing error has occurred without knowing it, and the situation where the data recording operation is wasted can be avoided in advance. it can.

  In the optical disk recording / printing system of the first embodiment, the recording / printing apparatus 14 capable of performing the label printing process and the electronic data recording process on the optical disk 18 as a series of steps with one apparatus is a personal computer. As described in the second embodiment, the data recording / reproducing device 14R capable of performing only data recording / reproducing processing with respect to the optical disc 18 and the printing device capable of performing only label printing are described. Even when 14P is connected to the personal computer 10 separately, the recording process (see FIG. 6) and the printing process (see FIG. 7) similar to those in the first embodiment are performed, for example, after data recording. Due to a printing error in label printing, the series of operations and the optical disk 18 are not performed. The risk of can be maximally avoided.

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of a recording device 14R used in an optical disc recording / printing system according to the second embodiment of the information processing apparatus of the present invention.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit in which a recording device 14R is connected to the personal computer 10 in the optical disk recording / printing system of the second embodiment.

  The recording device 14R is configured from the recording / printing device 14 according to the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 to a printing module 29 (guide rail 25, carriage 26, carriage motor 27) as a printing function unit. , The print head 28) is omitted, and the description of the recording function unit is given the same reference numerals and the description is omitted. The recording device 14R is also provided with a printing surface sensor unit 30 as in the recording / printing device 14 of the first embodiment.

  When performing recording processing of electronic data on the optical disc 18 using the recording device 14R, the recording processing (steps B1 to B8) in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. 6 is the same. Process the recording.

  Therefore, in this case, when it is determined that there is no additional print image on the label surface of the optical disc 18, a confirmation message for stopping / continuing recording is displayed together with a recommended message display that should be printed before this recording process. Thus, before the first data recording process is performed on the optical disc 18, a label printing process corresponding to the electronic data scheduled to be recorded can be performed in advance. For example, a label after data recording is performed. When a printing error occurs due to printing, the risk of wasting the series of operations and the optical disk 18 can be avoided in advance.

  For the configuration of the main part of the printing apparatus 14P used in the optical disc recording / printing system according to the second embodiment, refer to the main part of the recording / printing apparatus 14 shown in FIG. Illustration is omitted.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit in which a printing device 14P is connected to the personal computer 10 in the optical disk recording / printing system of the second embodiment.

  The configuration of the printing device 14P is the same as the thread motor except that only the pickup unit 22 of the pick module 22A as the recording function unit is left from the recording / printing device 14 in the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 23, the screw shaft 24 is excluded, and the description of the print function unit is denoted by the same reference numeral, and the description thereof is omitted. The printing device 14P is not provided with the printing surface sensor unit 30 mounted in the recording / printing device 14 of the first embodiment.

  When a desired label printing process is performed on the optical disc 18 using the printing device 14P, the printing process (steps C1 to C7) in the first embodiment described with reference to FIG. Perform the printing process.

  Therefore, in this case, it is confirmed that there is no electronic data recorded on the optical disc 18 and the printing process is executed. Since a recommendation message for prompting the user to perform the printing process prior to the recording process is displayed, when the original optical disc is created for the user before the data recording process is first performed, In addition, it is possible to recognize that it is better to perform label printing processing in advance. For example, when a printing error occurs due to label printing after data recording, the series of operations and the optical disc 18 are wasted. Risk can be avoided in advance.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention at the stage of implementation. Further, each of the embodiments includes inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in each embodiment or some constituent features are combined, the problems described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved. When the effects described in the column of the effect of the invention can be obtained, a configuration in which these constituent elements are deleted or combined can be extracted as an invention.

1 is a diagram showing an external configuration of an optical disc recording / printing system according to a first embodiment of an information processing apparatus of the present invention. Sectional drawing which shows the structure of the principal part of the recording / printing apparatus 14 in the said optical disk recording / printing system. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit in the said optical disk recording / printing system. 3 is a flowchart showing the overall processing of the optical disc recording / printing system. 6 is a flowchart showing recording and printing processing by the optical disc recording / printing system. 5 is a flowchart showing recording processing by the optical disc recording / printing system. 6 is a flowchart showing a printing process by the optical disc recording / printing system. Sectional drawing which shows the structure of the principal part of recording apparatus 14R used with the optical disk recording and printing system concerning 2nd Embodiment of the information processing apparatus of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit which connected the recording device 14R to the personal computer 10 with the optical disk recording and printing system of the said 2nd Embodiment. The block diagram which shows the structure of the electronic circuit which connected the printing apparatus 14P to the personal computer 10 with the optical disk recording and printing system of the said 2nd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Personal computer 11 ... Personal computer main body 11a ... External apparatus interface 12 ... Keyboard 13 ... Display 14 ... Recording / printing apparatus 14R ... Recording apparatus 14P ... Printing apparatus 15 ... Disc tray 16 ... Power button 17 ... Disc eject button 18 ... Optical disc DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 19 ... Spindle motor 19a ... Chucking part 20 ... Tray motor 21 ... Screw shaft (for tray slides)
22A ... Pick module 22 ... Pick-up part 23 ... Thread motor 24 ... Screw shaft (for pick-up slide)
25... Guide rail 26... Carriage 27... Carriage motor 28... Print head 29.
30 ... Printing surface sensor unit 30a, 30b, 30c ... Light reflection type sensor 31 ... CPU (for printing / recording drive control)
32 ... ROM
33 ... RAM

Claims (6)

An information processing apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus having a function of recording electronic data on a recording medium and a function of printing print data on the recording medium,
Display means;
Display control means for displaying a guide message for performing recording and printing processing in the electronic device on the display means;
The display control means outputs a predetermined guide message that prompts the user to perform printing on the recording medium prior to recording on the recording medium, at least before recording and printing operations on the recording medium in the electronic device. An information processing apparatus displaying on the display means. An information processing apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus having a function of recording electronic data on a recording medium,
Display means;
Display control means for displaying a guide message for performing recording processing in the electronic device on the display means,
The display control means outputs a predetermined guide message that prompts the user to perform printing on the surface of the recording medium before recording on the recording medium at least before the recording operation on the recording medium in the electronic device. An information processing apparatus displaying on the display means.   The display control unit displays the predetermined message on the display unit when an arbitrary print image on the surface of the recording medium is not detected by a print image detection unit included in the electronic apparatus. 3. The electronic device according to 2. An information processing apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus having a function of printing print data on a surface of a recording medium,
Display means;
Display control means for displaying a guide message for performing printing processing in the electronic device on the display means,
The display control means sends a predetermined message prompting the user to perform printing on the surface of the recording medium prior to recording on the recording medium at least before the printing operation on the recording medium in the electronic device. An information processing apparatus characterized by displaying on a display means.   The display control means displays the predetermined message on the display means when recording of electronic data is detected on the recording medium by a recording detection means provided in the electronic device. The information processing apparatus described. An information processing apparatus for controlling an electronic apparatus having a function of recording electronic data on a recording medium and a function of printing print data on a surface of the recording medium,
Display means;
Display control means for displaying a guide message for performing recording and printing processing in the electronic device on the display means;
Control means for controlling the information processing apparatus,
The display control means records on the display means a print guide message for printing on the surface of the recording medium, a confirmation guide message for prompting confirmation of print contents on the recording medium, and recording of electronic data on the recording medium. Display in the order of recording guide messages to do,
The control unit transfers print data to the electronic device based on an operation performed in response to the print guide message displayed by the display control unit, and a confirmation operation performed in response to the confirmation guide message After, the electronic data is transferred to the electronic device based on an operation performed in response to the recording guide message.

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