JP2008152712A - Printed matter preparing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare a printed matter without requiring labor hour even when the printed matter having different paper types is provided. <P>SOLUTION: This printed matter preparing system comprises a data acquisition section 11 for acquiring and managing information for specifying print data to be printed on the printed matter and information showing the paper type of the printed matter for each presenting destination of the printed matter, an individual print file editing section 12 for editing the individual print file consisting of information for specifying the print data to be printed on the printed matter for each presenting destination of the printed matter, a print file dividing section 13 by book and a print file dividing section 15 by printer for dividing the individual print file edit by the individual print file editing section 12 into each paper type of the printed matter based on the information showing the paper type of the printed matter and summarizing the printed matters of the same paper type as one print job, and a print data distribution section 16 for the print data according to the print job to printers 20-1 to 20-4 according to the paper type of the printed matter in the print job. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printed material production system for producing printed material, and more particularly to a printed material production system for producing printed material by distributing print data to a plurality of printers due to different types and sizes of paper.

  In recent years, as the performance of printing systems has improved, so-called on-demand printing has become possible, and it is possible to produce and distribute printed materials with the same or different contents to multiple customers. It is getting done.

For example, textbooks tailored to the curriculum and progress of each distance learning student are prepared and delivered for distance learning materials for individuals. In this case, text is created for each distance learning student, but in order to improve the efficiency, the print data posted in the text is made into a database, and the curriculum and progress for each student are recorded. Based on this, a technique is considered in which print data published in a text, its layout, and the like are searched, print data is allocated on the paper according to the layout, and print processing is performed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-46314 A

  In a booklet such as the correspondence learning material described above, for example, a resin-coated coated paper is used as a cover, and a plurality of plain papers are bound to the cover to form one booklet. In some cases, different materials are used for one booklet. For example, in the case of correspondence learning materials, the size of the paper used for the question booklet is different from the size of the paper used for the answer booklet, and a booklet having a different size may be produced for each student.

  Here, in general, in a printer that prints out a printed matter, the type and the material of the paper to be printed out as the printed matter are determined. For this reason, as described above, when producing printed materials having different types such as the material and size of paper, it is necessary to prepare print data for each printer.

  However, in the above-described on-demand printing, print data is created and managed for each of a plurality of customers. Therefore, when a printed matter having a different paper type for each of a plurality of customers is produced, There is a problem in that print data must be prepared and it takes time and effort. For example, in the learning materials for correspondence education as described above, since print data is managed for each student, this print data must be reassembled for each paper type.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the conventional techniques as described above, and it is possible to produce a printed matter without trouble even when providing a printed matter with different types of paper. An object of the present invention is to provide a print production system that can be used.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
A printed matter production system for producing a printed matter by distributing the print data to a plurality of printing means according to the type of paper on which the print data is printed,
Data acquisition means for acquiring information for designating print data to be printed on the printed material and information indicating the paper type of the printed material for each destination of the printed material, and managing the information as a database;
An individual print file editing means for editing an individual print file including information for designating print data to be printed on a printed material for each destination of the printed material with reference to the database;
The individual print file edited by the individual print file editing unit with reference to the database is divided for each paper type of the printed material based on the information indicating the paper type of the printed material, and Print file dividing means for collecting the same type as one print job;
A print data distribution unit that distributes print data corresponding to the print job to a printing unit according to the type of paper of the printed material in the print job;

  In the present invention configured as described above, the information for specifying the print data to be printed on the printed material and the information indicating the paper type of the printed material are acquired by the data acquisition means for each destination of the printed material. Then, these pieces of information are managed as a database. Then, the individual print file editing means refers to the database and edits the individual print file including information for designating print data to be printed on the printed material for each destination of the printed material. The individual print file edited by the individual print file editing means is divided by the print file dividing means for each paper type of the printed material based on the information indicating the paper type of the printed material. Things are collected as one print job. Thereafter, in the print data distribution unit, the print data corresponding to the print job is distributed to the printing unit according to the type of paper of the printed material in the print job, and the printed material is produced using the print data distributed in the printing unit. The

  As described above, the information for specifying the print data to be printed on the printed material and the information indicating the paper type of the printed material are obtained for each destination of the printed material, and the paper type of the printed material is the same. Print files are collected as one print job, and print data corresponding to the print job is distributed to the printing means according to the type of paper of the printed material in the print job. It is produced.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the paper for printed matter can be obtained only by acquiring information for specifying print data to be printed on the printed matter and information indicating the type of paper for the printed matter for each destination of the printed matter. Since the print files of the same type are collected as one print job, the print data corresponding to the print job is distributed to the printing means according to the paper type of the printed material in the print job. However, even if a different printed material is provided, the printed material can be produced without taking time and effort.

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

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a printed material production system of the present invention, which is a system for producing correspondence learning materials.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the present embodiment includes printers 20-1 to 20-4 that are printing units that print teaching material sheets constituting teaching materials to be printed using paper of a predetermined material and size, Personal data 1, teaching material designation data 2, printing content designation data 3 and paper data 4 are acquired, and based on these data, the printing job of the teaching material paper in the printers 20-1 to 20-4 is controlled, and the teaching material information database 5 The print job control server 10 for distributing print data corresponding to the print job among the print data registered in the printer 20-1 to 20-4, and the teaching material paper printed by the printer 20-1 to 20-4 are bound. The bookbinding machines 30-1 to 30-3 collate the combination of the teaching material sheets and their order using the collation data 6-1 to 6-3. It is constructed from. In this embodiment, four printers 20-1 to 20-4 and three bookbinding machines 30-1 to 30-3 are provided, and the teaching material paper printed by the printers 20-1 and 20-2 is bound. The teaching material sheets bound by the machine 30-1 and produced by the printers 20-3 and 20-4 are bound by the bookbinding machines 30-2 and 30-3, respectively. The number is appropriately set according to the number of booklets sent to the students and the number of different types and sizes of paper included in one booklet. In the present invention, the material and size of the teaching material paper on which the print data is printed are referred to as the kind of teaching material paper.

  The print job control server 10 includes a data acquisition unit 11, an individual print file editing unit 12, a sheet assembling unit 14, a book-by-booklet print file dividing unit 13 and a printer-by-printer print file dividing unit 15. And a print data distribution unit 16.

  The data acquisition unit 11 acquires personal data 1, teaching material designation data 2, print content designation data 3, and paper data 4, and these are acquired as a personal information database 1 a, teaching material designation information database 2 a, print content designation information database 3 a, and paper information. Each database 4a is managed.

  The individual print file editing unit 12 refers to the teaching material designation information database 2a, and edits an individual print file for preparing a teaching material for each correspondence learning student who is a provision destination of the teaching material.

  The booklet-specific print file dividing unit 13 refers to the print content designation information database 3a, divides the individual print file edited by the individual print file editing unit 12 into booklet units of the teaching materials, and forms one print file for each booklet. Put together.

  The sheet assembling unit 14 refers to the print content designation information database 3a, and for each of the individual print files divided in booklet units by the booklet-specific print file dividing unit 13, the sheet assembling paper is actually based on the individual print file. Imposition is performed for each sheet when printing is performed, and a print file for each sheet is managed. Further, identification information is given as barcode information for each sheet.

  The printer-specific print file dividing unit 15 refers to the paper information database 4a, and uses the print files managed for each sheet by the sheet assembling unit 14 to print the teaching material paper using the print files. Divided into four units and collected as one print job for each of the printers 20-1 to 20-4.

  The print data sorting unit 16 takes out print data corresponding to the print job collected by the printer-specific print file dividing unit 15 from the teaching material information database 5, and uses the retrieved print data as the type of paper used for the teaching material in the print job. Are distributed to the printers 20-1 to 20-4 according to the material and size.

  Below, the preparation method of the teaching material in the printed matter preparation system comprised as mentioned above is demonstrated.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining a production method of teaching materials in the printed material production system shown in FIG.

  First, when the personal data 1, the teaching material designation data 2, the printing content designation data 3 and the paper data 4 are acquired by the data acquisition unit 11, these data are stored in the personal information database 1a, the teaching material designation information database 2a, and the printing content designation. The information database 3a and the paper information database 4a are managed (step S1).

  3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a database managed by the data acquisition unit 11 shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a configuration of the personal information database 1a, and FIG. 3B is a teaching material designation information database 2a. (C) is a diagram showing the configuration of the print content designation information database 3a, and (d) is a diagram showing the configuration of the paper information database 4a.

  When the personal data 1 is acquired by the data acquisition unit 11, the acquired personal data 1 is, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), the name of the distance learning student and the class given in advance to the student. It is managed as a personal information database 1a composed of a student ID and a student's address. The personal data 1 configured as such a personal information database 1a is provided from an educational institution that conducts distance learning, and is acquired by the data acquisition unit 11.

  When the teaching material designation data 2 is acquired by the data acquisition unit 11, the acquired teaching material designation data 2 is sent to the correspondence ID of the student of the distance learning as shown in FIG. It is managed as a teaching material designation information database 2a composed of information for designating the contents printed on the teaching material paper constituting the teaching material to be provided. Note that the information for specifying the content to be printed on the educational material paper indicates which question print data is provided to the student and whether the answer data corresponding to the question is provided. The content ID of the print data to be printed on the learning material sheet is selected for each student with respect to the content ID that can identify the print data registered in the learning material information database 5. By setting the print data to be provided for each student in this way, it is possible to create a teaching material that matches the curriculum and progress of each distance learning student. The teaching material designation data 2 configured as such a teaching material designation information database 2 a is also provided from an educational institution that conducts distance learning and is acquired by the data acquisition unit 11.

  When the print content specifying data 3 is acquired by the data acquisition unit 11, the acquired print content specifying data 3 is the content ID shown in FIG. 3B, as shown in FIG. 3C. , The subject name of the print data identified by the content ID, the type such as the question or the answer, the booklet ID indicating the booklet on which the paper material on which the print data is printed is bound, and the print data on the paper material It is managed as a print content information database 3a including the occupation ratio in one page. For example, the booklet with the booklet ID “S001” is a Japanese language problem booklet in which questions corresponding to the students among the Japanese language problems 1 to 5 are posted. Each page is posted on each page, and problems 4 and 5 are each posted on a half page. The print content designation data 3 configured as such a print content designation information database 3 a is also provided from an educational institution that conducts distance learning and is acquired by the data acquisition unit 11. Therefore, the teaching material information database 5 is also constructed using the print data provided from the educational institution that conducts distance learning and the content ID assigned thereto.

  When the paper data 4 is acquired by the data acquisition unit 11, the acquired paper data 4 is, as shown in FIG. 3 (d), for each booklet to be produced, a paper sheet of teaching material that constitutes the booklet. Are managed as a paper information database 4a composed of information indicating whether the cover is present in the booklet. Furthermore, although not shown, when a cover exists, information indicating the type of the cover is included.

  Next, the individual print file editing unit 12 refers to the teaching material designation information database 2a, and the individual print file for preparing the teaching material is edited for each student of the distance learning (step S2).

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of an individual print file edited by the individual print file editing unit 12 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the individual print file edited by the individual print file editing unit 12 is printed on the student ID of the correspondence learning student and the teaching material paper constituting the learning material provided to the student. It consists of a content ID indicating print data. That is, the individual print file edited by the individual print file editing unit 12 indicates which print data among print data registered in the teaching material information database 5 is printed on the teaching material paper for each distance learning student. It is shown.

  Next, in the booklet-specific print file dividing unit 13, the print content information database 3a is referred to, and the individual print file edited by the individual print file editing unit 12 is divided into booklet units of the teaching material, and one print is printed for each booklet. The files are collected (step S3).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of an individual print file divided in booklet units by the booklet-specific print file dividing unit 13 shown in FIG.

  The booklet-specific print file dividing unit 13 first refers to the print content information database 3a, and recognizes the booklet ID on which the print data designated by the content ID is printed for each student ID shown in FIG. . Then, as shown in FIG. 5, the content IDs associated with the same booklet ID in the print content information database 3a are collected as one print file.

  For example, referring to the individual print file shown in FIG. 4, content IDs “KM001”, “KK001”, “KM003”, “KK003”, “KM004”, A booklet having a teaching material sheet on which print data designated by “KK004”, “KM005”, “KK005”, “SM001”, “SK001”,... Is printed is provided. Referring to the print content information database 3a shown in c), only the print data designated by the content IDs “KM001”, “KM003”, “KM004”, “KM005” is designated by the booklet ID “S001”. Will be printed on the educational material that makes up the booklet. For this reason, content IDs “KM001”, “KM003”, “KM004”, and “KM005” are stored as one print file for the student with the student ID “J0001” for the booklet specified by the booklet ID “S001”. It will be summarized.

  Next, in the sheet assembling unit 14, the print content information database 3a is referred to, and for each of the print files divided in booklet units by the booklet-specific print file dividing unit 13, the teaching material sheet is actually based on the print file. Imposition for each sheet when printing is performed (step S4).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an image of the sheet assembling process in the sheet assembling unit 14 shown in FIG.

  In the sheet assembly unit 14, the print content instruction information database 3a is referred to, and the print file shown in FIG. 5 is printed for each student booklet based on the occupation ratio of the print data on one page of the teaching material paper. Data imposition is performed. For example, in the print content instruction information database 3a shown in FIG. 3C, the occupation ratio of the content ID “KM001” is “1”, the occupation ratio of the content ID “KM003” is “1”, and the content ID “KM004”. Is occupied by “1/2” and the content ID “KM005” is occupied by “1/2”. Therefore, the booklet ID “S001” provided to the student whose student ID is “J0001” As for the booklet, as shown in FIG. 6A, on one side, print data designated by the content ID “KM003” is arranged over one page, and designated by the content IDs “KM004” and “KM005”. The print data to be processed is arranged for each half page, and the content ID “KM001” is displayed on the other side as shown in FIG. Print data designated I is placed over one page, so that each is imposition.

  In the sheet assembling unit 14, a sheet ID is assigned to each sheet assembled in this way.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing data for managing sheets assembled by the sheet assembling unit 14 shown in FIG.

  In the sheet assembling unit 14, when a sheet is assembled as described above, a sheet ID is assigned to each assembled sheet and managed. For example, as described above, the print data designated by the content IDs “KM001”, “KM003”, “KM004”, and “KM005” are included in one sheet. Therefore, as shown in FIG. A sheet ID “SH001” indicating one sheet is assigned to the ID. This sheet ID is managed for each booklet. That is, when one booklet is composed of a plurality of sheets, a plurality of sheet IDs are associated with one booklet ID. Further, when the sheet information database 4a is referred to and a cover is present for each booklet, a sheet ID is also given to the cover. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 7, since a cover is present in the booklet with the booklet ID “S001”, the sheet ID “SY000” is given to the cover, and print data to be printed on the cover is designated. Is associated with the content ID “H001”.

  When one booklet provided to one student consists of a plurality of sheets, the sheet ID assigned in this way is serially assigned to the plurality of sheets.

  Next, in the print file dividing unit 15 for each printer, the paper information database 4a is referred to, and the print file impositioned for each sheet by the sheet assembling unit 14 uses the print file to print the teaching material paper. It is divided into units of −1 to 20-4 and is collected as one print job for each of the printers 20-1 to 20-4 (step S5).

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing print jobs collected for each of the printers 20-1 to 20-4 in the printer-specific print file dividing unit 15 shown in FIG.

  The printer-specific print file dividing unit 15 refers to the paper information database 4a, and recognizes the material and size of the teaching material paper constituting the booklet specified by the booklet ID for the print file shown in FIG. The type of cover to be given to the booklet is recognized, and the same material and size are collected as one print job. For example, in the booklet designated by the booklet ID “S001” and the booklet ID “S003” in the print file shown in FIG. 7, when the paper information database 4 a shown in FIG. Because of the size, as shown in FIG. 8, the print jobs for the sheets having the sheet IDs “SH001”, “SH101”, and “SH201” constituting them are the print jobs for the printer identified by the printer ID “P001”. Will be combined into one. In the printer-specific print file dividing unit 15, a printer capable of printing is set in advance according to the material and size of the teaching material paper, and the printer ID indicating the printer is associated with the material and size of the teaching material paper. It is managed.

  Next, the teaching material information database 5 is referred to in the print data distribution unit 16, and specified by the content ID for each print job collected by the printers 20-1 to 20-4 by the printer-specific print file division unit 15. The acquired print data is extracted from the teaching material information database 5, and the extracted print data is distributed to the printers 20-1 to 20-4 designated by the printer ID (step S6). Further, at this time, the sheet IDs of the teaching material sheets printed by the print jobs collected for each of the printers 20-1 to 20-4 by the printer-specific print file dividing unit 15 are printed by the printers 20-1 to 20-4. The prepared teaching material sheet is given as collation data 6-1 to 6-3 according to the bookbinding machines 30-1 to 30-3. Thereby, in collation data 6-1 to 6-3, when one booklet provided to one student consists of a plurality of sheets, sheet IDs serially assigned to the plurality of sheets are managed. It will be.

  In the printers 20-1 to 20-4 to which the print data is distributed by the print data distribution unit 16, the distributed print data is printed on the teaching material paper (step S7). At this time, the sheet ID assigned to each sheet in the sheet assembling unit 14 is printed as barcode information on the teaching material sheet.

  Thereafter, the teaching material sheets printed by the printers 20-1 to 20-4 are respectively sent to the bookbinding machines 30-1 to 30-3, and are bound for each booklet to prepare the teaching materials (step S8). In the bookbinding machines 30-1 to 30-3, for each booklet, a combination of teaching material sheets printed by the printers 20-1 to 20-4 is given in advance from the print job control server 10, and the sheet ID is used. Are managed. Therefore, the barcode information printed on the learning material paper is read, and the combination of the learning material paper is determined based on the read barcode information, and bookbinding is performed. At this time, the read barcode information is collated with the collation data 6-1 to 6-3. In the collation data 6-1 to 6-3, when one booklet provided to one student is composed of a plurality of sheets, the sheet IDs serially assigned to the plurality of sheets are managed. By comparing this sheet ID with the barcode information read from the learning material paper, the combination and order of the teaching material paper in one booklet can be verified.

  In this embodiment, the print file dividing unit divides the individual print file edited by the individual print file editing unit 12 into the booklet unit of the teaching material in order to produce a booklet in which a plurality of teaching material sheets are bound. Then, a book-by-booklet print file dividing unit 13 that collects a single print file for each booklet, and a printer 20-1 that prints the teaching paper using the print file, the print file managed for each sheet by the sheet assembly unit 14. It is composed of a printer-specific print file dividing unit 15 that divides into 20-4 units and collects them as one print job for each of the printers 20-1 to 20-4. If the data is only distributed to a plurality of printers to produce a printed material, that is, if it does not constitute a booklet, one print file It is only providing a means.

  In this embodiment, a system for creating correspondence learning materials has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and print data is transferred to a plurality of printers due to different paper materials and sizes. Any material can be used as long as it can be used to produce printed materials.

It is a figure which shows one Embodiment of the printed matter production system of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the preparation method of the teaching materials in the printed matter preparation system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the database managed by the data acquisition part shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a figure which shows the structure of a personal information database, (b) is a figure which shows the structure of a teaching material designation | designated information database, (c) is a diagram showing a configuration of a print content designation information database, and (d) is a diagram showing a configuration of a paper information database. It is a figure which shows the structure of the separate print file edited by the separate print file edit part shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the separate print file divided | segmented into the booklet unit in the print file division | segmentation part classified by booklet shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an image of sheet assembly processing in a sheet assembly unit illustrated in FIG. 1. It is a figure which shows the data for managing the sheet | seat assembled in the sheet | seat assembly part shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating print jobs collected for each printer by a printer-specific print file dividing unit illustrated in FIG. 1.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal data 1a Personal information database 2 Teaching material designation | designated data 2a Teaching material designation | designated information database 3 Printing content designation | designated data 3a Printing content designation | designated information database 4 Paper data 4a Paper information database 5 Teaching material printing database 6-1 to 6-3 Collation data 10 Print job Control server 11 Data acquisition unit 12 Individual print file editing unit 13 Booklet-specific print file division unit 14 Sheet assembly unit 15 Printer-specific print file division unit 16 Print file distribution unit 20-1 to 20-4 Printer 30-1 to 30- 3 Binding machine

Claims (1)

A printed matter production system for producing a printed matter by distributing the print data to a plurality of printing means according to the type of paper on which the print data is printed,
Data acquisition means for acquiring information for designating print data to be printed on the printed material and information indicating the paper type of the printed material for each destination of the printed material, and managing the information as a database;
An individual print file editing means for editing an individual print file including information for designating print data to be printed on a printed material for each destination of the printed material with reference to the database;
The individual print file edited by the individual print file editing unit with reference to the database is divided for each paper type of the printed material based on the information indicating the paper type of the printed material, and Print file dividing means for collecting the same type as one print job;
A printed matter production system comprising: a print data distribution unit that distributes print data corresponding to the print job to a printing unit according to a type of paper of the printed matter in the print job.

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