JP2014144563A - Booklet creation method and booklet creation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent problems such as wrinkles generated on a sheet during the second folding or when the sheet is folded in half in a direction orthogonal to a sheet longitudinal direction without the need for any cutting processing before folding, in the case of creating a booklet from one sheet on which the image of a plurality of pages is imposed to be printed.SOLUTION: The booklet is created by applying an adhesive on the sheet longitudinal center line of one sheet on which the image of the plurality of pages is imposed to be printed, folding the sheet in the sheet longitudinal direction by a plurality of times, then folding the sheet in half in a direction orthogonal to the sheet longitudinal direction, and cutting a top, a bottom, and a small lot against the background of the folded part. In this case, by disposing the image data of each page of the booklet offset to a side where the first folding page of the sheet in the longitudinal direction is present, the image of the plurality of pages is imposed so that a margin width of the side where the fist folding page of the sheet in the longitudinal direction is present can be narrower than the cut width of the top-bottom part.

Description

  The present invention relates to a booklet, a booklet creation device, and a booklet creation method.

  Patent Document 1 discloses that a booklet-like printed matter having a stepped step portion and having a plurality of sheets stacked thereon is created from two types of continuous paper on which information is recorded in advance.

Japanese Patent No. 4803481

  It is an object of the present invention to create a booklet from a sheet of paper on which images of a plurality of pages are impositioned and printed, without requiring a cutting process before the folding process. It is another object of the present invention to provide a booklet, a booklet creating apparatus, and a booklet creating method capable of preventing problems such as wrinkling of a sheet when folded in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sheet.

[booklet]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, an adhesive is applied to the center line in the longitudinal direction of a sheet of paper on which a plurality of pages are imprinted and printed, and then bent multiple times in the longitudinal direction of the sheet. A booklet that is created by folding in half in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the paper and cutting the top and bottom with the folded part as the back,
By arranging the image data of each page constituting the booklet offset to the side where the first page is folded in the longitudinal direction, the margin width on the side where the page is folded first in the longitudinal direction is reduced. The booklet is created from a sheet on which images of a plurality of pages are impositioned so as to be narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom portion.

  In the present invention according to claim 2, when a sheet of paper on which a plurality of pages of images are printed is imprinted and bent several times in the longitudinal direction of the sheet, the first folded page is wound a plurality of times. When folding, place the image data of each page constituting the booklet by offsetting the paper to the side where the page to be folded first exists in the longitudinal direction, and bending it multiple times so that the first folded page is wound inside If not, the booklet according to claim 1, wherein the image data of each page constituting the booklet is arranged without being offset to the side where the page on which the sheet is first folded in the longitudinal direction is present.

[Booklet creation device]
According to the third aspect of the present invention, an adhesive is applied to the center line in the longitudinal direction of a sheet of paper on which a plurality of pages are imprinted and printed, and then bent multiple times in the longitudinal direction of the sheet. A booklet creation device for folding a booklet in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the paper and creating a booklet by cutting the top and bottom with the folded portion as the back,
By arranging the image data of each page constituting the booklet offset to the side where the first page is folded in the longitudinal direction, the margin width on the side where the page is folded first in the longitudinal direction is reduced. The booklet creation device creates a booklet from a sheet on which images of a plurality of pages are impositioned so as to be narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom portion.

[Booklet creation method]
In the present invention according to claim 4, an adhesive is applied to the center line in the longitudinal direction of a sheet on a sheet of paper on which a plurality of pages of images are imprinted, and then bent multiple times in the longitudinal direction of the sheet. A booklet creation method in which a booklet is created by folding in half in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the paper and cutting the top and bottom with the folded portion as the back,
By arranging the image data of each page constituting the booklet offset to the side where the first page is folded in the longitudinal direction, the margin width on the side where the page is folded first in the longitudinal direction is reduced. In this booklet creation method, a booklet is created from a sheet on which images of a plurality of pages are impositioned so as to be narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom portions.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a booklet is created from a sheet of paper on which images of a plurality of pages are imprinted and printed, the second time without the need for cutting processing before folding. It is possible to provide a booklet that can prevent problems such as wrinkling of the paper when the paper is folded or folded in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the paper.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect obtained by the first aspect of the present invention, when there is no need to offset and arrange the image data of each page constituting the booklet, the margin is sufficient. It is possible to secure a large margin in the cutting process.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when a booklet is created from a sheet of paper on which images of a plurality of pages are imprinted and printed, the second time without the need for cutting processing before folding. Thus, it is possible to provide a booklet creation device that can prevent problems such as wrinkling of a sheet when the sheet is folded or folded in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the sheet.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a booklet is created from a sheet of paper on which images of a plurality of pages are imprinted and printed, the second time without the need for cutting processing before folding. Thus, it is possible to provide a booklet creation method capable of preventing problems such as wrinkling of a sheet when the sheet is folded or folded in a direction perpendicular to the sheet longitudinal direction.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the booklet production system of one Embodiment of this invention. 4 is a diagram illustrating a layout configuration of print data for printing a print sheet 40 generated in the terminal device 20. FIG. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the process at the time of producing a booklet with the booklet production system of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the adhesive agent coating process and folding process in the booklet production method of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the folding process in the booklet production method of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the folding process in the booklet production method of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the printing sheet 40 of the state in the process after a folding process. It is a figure for demonstrating the cutting process in the booklet production method of one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the booklet produced with the booklet production apparatus 50 in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the printing sheet at the time of arrange | positioning offset the image data of each page which comprises a booklet. It is a figure which shows a mode that the front-end | tip part of the printing sheet arrange | positioned by offsetting image data was expanded. It is a figure which shows a mode that the front-end | tip part of the printing sheet at the time of arrange | positioning without offsetting image data was expanded. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a margin on a page (P3, P8, P2, P9) side where a sheet is first folded in the longitudinal direction and a cutting width when the sheet is folded first in the longitudinal direction. It is a figure for demonstrating a state that the folding process is further performed in the state by which the front-end | tip of the margin was bent by arrange | positioning without offsetting image data. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the booklet preparation method at the time of switching between arrange | positioning by offsetting and arrange | positioning equally as usual without offsetting. It is a figure which shows the layout structure of the imposition arrangement | positioning of the image of each page at the time of creating the booklet of a 4 sheet (8 pages) structure. It is a figure which shows the layout structure of the imposition arrangement | positioning of the image of each page at the time of producing the booklet of 8 sheets (16 pages) structure.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a booklet creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the booklet creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a printing device 10, a terminal device 20, and a booklet creation device 50 that are connected to each other via a network 30. The terminal device 20 generates print data and transmits it to the printing device 10 via the network 30. The printing apparatus 10 receives the print data transmitted from the terminal device 20, and generates the print sheet 40 by outputting the received print data on a sheet.

  The printing apparatus 10 is an apparatus that performs digital printing by an electrophotographic method, and has a function of printing paper in the vicinity of a B2 size (728 mm × 515 mm).

  Then, the booklet 60 is generated by performing a cutting process, an adhesive application process, a folding process, and the like on the print sheet 40 generated by the printing apparatus 10 in the booklet creation apparatus 50.

  Specifically, the booklet 60 applies adhesive to the center line in the longitudinal direction of a sheet on a sheet of paper on which a plurality of pages of images are imprinted and bent a plurality of times in the longitudinal direction of the sheet. Thereafter, the sheet is folded in two in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sheet, and the top and bottom are cut off with the folded portion as the back. Details of the method of creating the booklet 60 will be described later.

  In such a booklet creation method, the number of pages of the booklet to be created changes according to the number of times of folding in the paper longitudinal direction. In the present embodiment described below, a six-sheet configuration (12 pages) created by folding twice in the longitudinal direction of the paper and then folding it in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the paper. A case of creating a saddle-stitched booklet will be described.

  First, FIG. 2 shows a layout configuration of print data to be printed on a sheet when a saddle-stitch booklet having a 6-sheet (12 pages) configuration is created. Since this booklet includes a front cover (H1) and a back cover (H4), the booklet has 10 pages (P1 to P10). Also, the arrows in FIG. 2 indicate the top and bottom of the image on each page, and the images P4 to P7 indicate that the images are assigned in the opposite direction to the other pages. The print data includes a so-called registration mark so that the cutting position, folding position, etc. can be known.

  In the printing apparatus 10, printing is performed based on the print data having such a configuration, and the booklet 60 is created by processing the created print sheet in the booklet creation apparatus 50.

  Next, processing when a booklet is created by the booklet creation system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. As described above, in the following description, a description will be given using a case where a booklet having a 6-sheet (12-page) configuration is created.

  First, as described above, in the terminal device 20, as shown in FIG. 2, the imposition arrangement of the image data of each page constituting the booklet is determined and assigned (step S101).

  In the terminal device 20 of the present embodiment, the image data of each page constituting the booklet is arranged offset to the side on which the page to be folded first in the longitudinal direction is present, whereby the paper is first printed in the longitudinal direction. Print data is generated so that images of a plurality of pages are impositioned such that the margin width on the side where the page to be folded is present is narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom (step S102). The reason why the image data of each page constituting the booklet is offset and arranged will be described later.

  Next, the print data created by the terminal device 20 is transmitted to the printing device 10, print processing is performed, and a print sheet 40 in which images of each page are arranged on both sides is created (step S103).

  Then, the printed sheet 40 is first applied with an adhesive to a designated portion of the center line in the longitudinal direction of the paper as shown in FIG. 4 in the booklet creation device 50 (step S104).

  Next, a folding process is performed on the print sheet 40 to which the adhesive is applied (step S105).

  Initially, a process of bending twice in the longitudinal direction of the paper is performed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, first, folding is performed so that images of P3 (third page) and P8 (8th page) are matched with images of P4 (fourth page) and P7 (seventh page). Processing is performed (first winding and folding). Then, as shown in FIG. 5, folding processing is performed so that the images of P2 (second page) and P9 (9th page) are matched with the images of P1 (first page) and P10 (10th page) ( Second winding process).

  Next, a folding process is performed so that the sheet is folded in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the sheet. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, folding processing is performed so that the image of P5 (fifth page) is matched with the image of P6 (sixth page).

  FIG. 7 shows the printed sheet 40 in a state of being processed as described above.

  Next, in the booklet processing apparatus 50, as shown in FIG. 8, a booklet is created by cutting the top and bottom and the fore edge with the folded portion when folded in half as the back. The appearance of the booklet created in this way is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the booklet of this embodiment is created by the creation method as described above, and the front cover (H1), the first to tenth pages (P1 to P10), and the back cover (H4). ) Are bound in order.

  Next, in the booklet creation method of the present embodiment, the reason why the image data of each page constituting the booklet is offset and arranged on the side where the first page to be folded in the longitudinal direction exists will be described below.

  In the present embodiment, since the folding process is performed in the above-described procedure, the side on which the page (P3, P8, P2, P9) for first folding the paper in the longitudinal direction is present is the leading side of the print sheet. Become.

  First, FIG. 10 shows a printed sheet in which image data of each page constituting the booklet is offset. In the print sheet shown in FIG. 10, since the image data is arranged offset, it can be seen that the margin width a1 at the front end of the paper is narrower than the margin width a2 at the rear end side of the paper.

  When the image data of each page constituting the booklet is not offset and arranged as in the present embodiment, the margin width a1 at the front end of the sheet and the margin width a2 at the rear end side of the sheet are substantially equal. For example, the margin width a1 at the front end of the sheet and the margin width a2 at the rear end side of the sheet are equally arranged to be 6 mm.

  On the other hand, by arranging the offset as in the present embodiment, for example, the margin width a1 at the leading end of the sheet is 4 mm and the margin width a2 at the trailing end of the sheet is 8 mm. > The margin width a2 on the rear end side of the sheet.

  FIG. 11 shows an enlarged view of the leading end portion of the print sheet on which the image data is offset. For comparison, FIG. 12 shows an enlarged view of the leading end portion of the print sheet when the image data is arranged without offset. It can be seen that the margin width a1 (FIG. 11) of the print sheet when arranged offset is narrower than the margin width a1 (FIG. 12) of the print sheet when arranged without offset.

  In this embodiment, the image data of each page constituting the booklet is arranged by offsetting the sheet to the side on which the page to be folded first in the longitudinal direction is present, so that the page to be folded first in the longitudinal direction can be obtained. The margin width on the existing side is narrower than the cut width of the top and bottom.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 13, when the paper is first folded in the longitudinal direction, the margins on the page (P3, P8, P2, P9) side where the paper is first folded in the longitudinal direction are within the trimming width. I understand that.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 13, the cutting width is 6 mm, and the margin width a1 on the page (P3, P8, P2, P9) side where the paper is first folded in the longitudinal direction is 4 mm, which is narrower than the cutting width. Therefore, the margin is accommodated inside the cutting width at the first winding and the leading end of the margin does not exceed the second folding position. Therefore, by arranging the image data so as to be offset as in the present embodiment, it is possible to prevent the margin part from being folded together at the time of the second winding and the second folding position. A gap is secured between the leading edge of the margin.

  That is, when the length in the height direction of each page is the same as in this embodiment, the margin at the front end of the paper is made narrower than the cutting width, so that from the first folding position when winding three folds to the front end of the paper Can be made shorter than the length between the first folding position and the second folding position.

  Here, if the image data is arranged without being offset, and the page side margin for folding the paper first in the longitudinal direction does not fit inside the trimming width, the margin leading edge will also be used during the second folding process. It will be bent. As a result, as shown in FIG. 14, the folding process is further performed in a state where the leading end of the margin is bent, and a problem such as wrinkling of the paper occurs when the folding process is performed. there is a possibility.

  Even if the image data is arranged without being offset as in the present embodiment, the above-mentioned problem does not occur if the margin part is trimmed before the folding process, but the trimming process is increased by one step. This leads to labor and cost increase during booklet creation.

  Thus, as in the booklet creation method of the present embodiment, the leading edge position of the sheet when it is folded for the first time in the longitudinal direction of the paper by reducing the margin of the leading edge of the paper by arranging the image data offset. And a second folding position in the longitudinal direction of the paper, a gap is formed. When the second folding in the longitudinal direction of the paper is performed and then folded in the right-angle direction, In addition, an escape path is formed with respect to the air inside the sheet that is on the upper side, and even if the sheet is folded in a right angle direction, the sheet is not wrinkled, and a beautiful finish can be achieved.

  Note that, in the booklet creation method of the present embodiment described above, layout is performed such that image data of each page constituting the booklet is offset and arranged regardless of what folding processing is performed. It was a thing. However, based on the content of the folding processing performed when creating the booklet, it is also possible to switch between the offset arrangement and the normal arrangement without offset.

  In other words, when a sheet of paper printed with an imposition of multiple pages is bent multiple times in the longitudinal direction of the paper, the booklet must be If the image data of each page to be configured is offset and placed on the side where the page that bends the paper first in the longitudinal direction is present, and the first folded page is not folded multiple times so as to be wound inside, a booklet is You may make it arrange | position the image data of each page which comprises, without offsetting to the side in which the page which bends a sheet | seat first to a longitudinal direction exists.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a booklet creation method in the case where switching between offset arrangement and normal arrangement without offset is performed. The flowchart of FIG. 15 is obtained by adding steps S201 and S202 to the flowchart of the booklet creation method shown in FIG.

  In the terminal device 20, whether or not a folding process of three or more windings is performed in the booklet creation process performed by the booklet creation device 60, that is, the first folded page is folded twice or more so as to be wound inside. It is determined whether or not processing is to be performed (step S201), and image data is offset only when folding processing of three or more windings is performed (step S102). Otherwise, image data is not offset. (Step S202).

  By making such a determination, when there is no need to offset the image data, a sufficient margin is ensured, and a margin in subsequent cutting processing is sufficiently ensured.

[Modification]
In the above-described embodiment, the case where a booklet having a 6-sheet (12 pages) configuration is created has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and 4 sheets (8 pages), 8 sheets ( (16 pages) The present invention can be similarly applied even when a booklet having a configuration or the like is created.

  FIG. 16 shows the layout configuration of the imposition arrangement of images on each page when creating a four-sheet (8 pages) booklet, and FIG. 17 shows an eight-sheet (16 pages) booklet. The layout structure of the imposition arrangement of the image of each page at the time of creation is shown.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 16 and 17, it is possible to change the number of pages constituting the booklet by changing the number of times of folding in the longitudinal direction of the paper.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Printing apparatus 20 Terminal apparatus 30 Network 40 Print sheet 50 Booklet production apparatus 60 Booklet

[Booklet creation method]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, an adhesive is applied to the center line in the longitudinal direction of a sheet on a sheet of paper on which a plurality of pages of images are imprinted, and the surface on which the adhesive is applied is bending direction, further subjected to winding folding process a plurality of times Ru folded paper longitudinally so as to cover the bent portion, and then folded two in a direction perpendicular to the sheet longitudinal direction, top and bottom of the folded portion as the back And a booklet creation method for creating a booklet by cutting a fork,
By arranging the image data of each page constituting the booklet offset to the side where the first page is folded in the longitudinal direction, the margin width on the side where the page is folded first in the longitudinal direction is reduced. In this booklet creation method, a booklet is created from a sheet on which images of a plurality of pages are impositioned so as to be narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom portions.
[Booklet creation system]
The present invention according to claim 2 folds the paper first in the longitudinal direction by arranging the image data of each page constituting the booklet offset to the side on which the paper is first folded in the longitudinal direction. A printing apparatus for imposing images of a plurality of pages so that the margin width on the side where the page is present is narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom, and printing on one sheet;
An adhesive is applied to the center line in the longitudinal direction of one sheet printed by the printing apparatus, and the surface to which the adhesive is applied is folded in the longitudinal direction of the sheet so as to cover the folded portion. A booklet creation system including a booklet creation device that performs a plurality of times of folding processing to bend in the longitudinal direction of the paper, then folds in two directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the paper, and cuts the top and bottom with the folded portion as the back It is.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a booklet is created from a sheet of paper on which images of a plurality of pages are imprinted and printed, the second time without the need for cutting processing before folding. Thus, it is possible to provide a booklet creation method capable of preventing problems such as wrinkling of a sheet when the sheet is folded or folded in a direction perpendicular to the sheet longitudinal direction.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a booklet is created from a sheet of paper on which images of a plurality of pages are imprinted and printed, the second time without the need for cutting processing before folding. Thus, it is possible to provide a booklet creation system that can prevent problems such as wrinkling of a sheet when the sheet is folded or folded in a direction perpendicular to the sheet longitudinal direction.

Claims (4)

A direction in which an adhesive is applied to the center line in the longitudinal direction of a sheet of paper on which a multi-page image is imprinted, bent multiple times in the longitudinal direction of the sheet, and then perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sheet The booklet is created by folding it in half and cutting the top and bottom with the folded part as the back,
By arranging the image data of each page constituting the booklet offset to the side where the first page is folded in the longitudinal direction, the margin width on the side where the page is folded first in the longitudinal direction is reduced. A booklet created from a sheet of paper on which images of a plurality of pages are impositioned so as to be narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom.   When a sheet of paper on which a multi-page image is imprinted is bent a plurality of times in the longitudinal direction of the paper, a booklet is formed when the first folded page is bent a plurality of times so as to be wound inside. If the image data of each page is offset and placed on the side where the first page to be folded in the longitudinal direction is present and the first folded page is not folded multiple times so as to be wound inside, a booklet is formed. The booklet according to claim 1, wherein the image data of each page is arranged without being offset to a side where a page on which a sheet is first folded in a longitudinal direction is present. A direction in which an adhesive is applied to the center line in the longitudinal direction of a sheet of paper on which a multi-page image is imprinted, bent multiple times in the longitudinal direction of the sheet, and then perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sheet A booklet creation device for creating a booklet by folding the top and bottom of the folding part into two,
By arranging the image data of each page constituting the booklet offset to the side where the first page is folded in the longitudinal direction, the margin width on the side where the page is folded first in the longitudinal direction is reduced. A booklet creation device that creates a booklet from a sheet on which images of a plurality of pages are imprinted so as to be narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom. A direction in which an adhesive is applied to the center line in the longitudinal direction of a sheet of paper on which a multi-page image is imprinted, bent multiple times in the longitudinal direction of the sheet, and then perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sheet The booklet creation method is to create a booklet by folding it into two and cutting the top and bottom with the folded part as the back,
By arranging the image data of each page constituting the booklet offset to the side where the first page is folded in the longitudinal direction, the margin width on the side where the page is folded first in the longitudinal direction is reduced. A booklet creation method for creating a booklet from a sheet on which images of a plurality of pages are impositioned so as to be narrower than the cutting width of the top and bottom portion.

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