JP2014153877A - Image forming system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming system which adds URL information of a hidden link destination as a two-dimensional code, and reads the two-dimensional code to enable direct and easy access to the link destination, while outputting a convenient printed matter.SOLUTION: An image forming system includes: external communication means 20 for acquiring information on a Web page; analysis means 18 which extracts a link tag included in HTML data of the Web page and URL information of a link destination; conversion means 19 which converts te URL information into a two-dimensional code; editing means 15 which forms a print image by adding the two-dimensional code to the Web page; operation display means 11; control means 12; and image output means 14, at least. The editing means 15 creates a print image including the converted two-dimensional code and a character or an image of the Web page associated with the unconverted URL information, in association with each other.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming system.

In recent years, various types of information have been published on Web pages, and it is possible to acquire a lot of information by connecting to the Internet.
A personal computer has been conventionally used as a means for accessing a Web page, but recently, a portable information terminal such as a mobile phone with a browser function, a smartphone, or a tablet is increasingly used.

When printing a browsed Web page on a paper medium or the like, generally, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that is address information of the Web page can be printed on a header or a footer part.
When the Web page information is received as a printed matter, in order to access the Web page, it is necessary to input the URL printed in the header or footer into the address bar of the browser. If there is another URL described in the Web page, it can be accessed by inputting the URL into the address bar of the browser.

  Since the portable information terminal places importance on portability, the terminal itself is miniaturized, and there are restrictions on the number of keys and the place where keys for inputting characters are placed. Therefore, there is a problem that it is not easy to input a URL that is a list of character strings in order to access a Web page as described above.

  On the other hand, portable information terminals equipped with a camera are widely equipped with a function of reading a two-dimensional code, and can be accessed by reading and analyzing a two-dimensional code in which URL information is embedded. It is.

  Encoding binary data or character data into image data using a two-dimensional code has become widespread. For example, QR code (registered trademark), which is one of two-dimensional codes, is a highly reliable encoding means having an error collection code, and is standardized by JIS (Japan Industrial Standards Committee).

Therefore, a technique for converting a character string of address information included in print data into a two-dimensional code has been proposed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2).
In Patent Document 1, in order to easily access a home page indicated by a URL printed on a printed material from a portable information terminal, a document is read to obtain first image data, and a specific character string is extracted. And recognizing a character string portion from the read first image data, extracting address information from the recognized character string, converting the extracted address information into two-dimensional barcode image data, An apparatus and system for generating second image data to which the two-dimensional barcode image data generated by the conversion in addition to the image data of 1 is added and printing the generated image data are disclosed.
In Patent Document 2, a specific character string included in print data is converted into a two-dimensional code, and the specific character string specified by the user is detected from the print data in order to print the converted two-dimensional code together with the print data. Specific character string detecting means, code converting means for converting the specific character string detected by the specific character string detecting means into a code, and code providing means for giving the code converted by the code converting means to the print data A printer driver and a printer are disclosed.

  However, the printers described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 convert and print URLs that are actually displayed character strings, and link destination address information that does not display URLs such as link characters and icons. Will not be printed.

  If the URL is two-dimensionally encoded, the Web page can be easily accessed, but a link destination that is not two-dimensionally encoded cannot be directly accessed. To access the link destination, it is necessary to perform an operation for further displaying the link destination from the Web page screen accessed by reading the two-dimensional code.

For example, when the touch panel operation is performed with the user's finger, the selected link destination character or icon is required to have a certain size or more. For this reason, in a small terminal such as a mobile phone, it is necessary to perform an enlargement operation in order to select small characters and icons, and less information is displayed by the enlargement operation. There is a problem that becomes complicated.
In addition, when an operation is performed without enlarging, there is a possibility that an unintended nearby link destination may be selected. There is also a problem that time is lost by going through a plurality of Web pages due to the connection speed and the congestion of access destinations.

  Even in the case of a button operation, when a large number of link destinations are displayed, it may be necessary to repeatedly perform a detailed operation, which causes a problem that the operation becomes complicated.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention can add URL information of a link destination that is not displayed as a two-dimensional code, and is convenient for realizing direct and easy access to the link destination by reading the two-dimensional code. An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming system capable of outputting a printed material having high characteristics.

  In order to solve the above problems, an image forming system according to the present invention analyzes external communication means for acquiring information on a Web page stored in a Web server on a network and markup language data of the acquired Web page. And adding the two-dimensional code to the web page, the analyzing means for extracting the link tag and link destination URL information included in the markup language, the converting means for converting the URL information into a two-dimensional code, and the Web page. An editing unit that creates the printed image, a display unit that displays the setting item of the printing image and the printing condition, an operation display unit that accepts an input operation of the printing condition, and an input to the input printing condition Control means for controlling the editing means based on the image output means for outputting the printing image, and the editing means comprises a conversion Wherein the 2-dimensional code, an image forming system characterized by creating a printing image of a character or an image displayed in correspondence of the Web page that is linked to the URL information before conversion.

  According to the present invention, URL information of a link destination that is not displayed can be added as a two-dimensional code, and a highly convenient printed matter that realizes direct and easy access to the link destination by reading the two-dimensional code. Can be provided.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of an image forming system according to an exemplary embodiment. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of creating a printing image by the image forming system according to the present embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed flow of step S001 shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the screen of the operation display means in initial setting. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed flow of step S002 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed flow of step S204 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed flow of step S310 and S312 shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the state by which the web page of printing object was displayed on the operation display means. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example of the output process screen of an operation display means. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a web page and the HTML data of this web page. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a part of HTML data of the web page shown in FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the web page printed by the conventional printing system. It is a schematic diagram showing an example of an image printed by the image forming system according to the present embodiment. It is a schematic diagram showing an example of an image printed by the image forming system according to the present embodiment. It is a schematic diagram showing an example of an image printed by the image forming system according to the present embodiment. 1 is an external view illustrating an example of an image forming apparatus that constitutes an image forming system according to an exemplary embodiment.

  The image forming system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments of the examples shown below, and other embodiments, additions, modifications, deletions, and the like can be changed within a range that can be conceived by those skilled in the art. Any aspect is included in the scope of the present invention as long as the operations and effects of the present invention are exhibited.

  As an image forming apparatus constituting the image forming system of this embodiment, a copy function, a facsimile (FAX) function, a print function, a scanner function, and a function for distributing input images (images input in the above-described functions) are combined. An example applied to a so-called MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) digital color multifunction peripheral is shown.

  FIG. 16 is an external perspective view schematically showing the digital color MFP as an example of the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus (digital color multifunction peripheral) 10 includes an image reading apparatus 10b as an image reading means for reading an image from a document on an upper part of a printing apparatus 10a that is an image forming means for forming an image on a medium such as transfer paper. It is set as the set-up.

  On the outer surface of the image reading apparatus 10b, there is provided an operation display means (operation panel) 11 that allows display to the operator and various inputs from the operator. Furthermore, below the operation display means 11 is a device that reads a program code, image data, etc. stored in a storage medium M (not shown) or writes a program code, image data, etc. to the storage medium M. An external media input / output device 9 is provided with an insertion port that allows insertion of the storage medium M exposed outside.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the image forming system according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, as a hardware configuration of the image forming system, an external communication unit 20 that acquires information of a Web page stored in a Web server on a network, and markup language data (HTML data) of the acquired Web page. , XML data, etc., HTML data is taken as an example below), analysis means 18 for extracting the link tag and link destination URL information contained in the HTML data, and converting the URL information into a two-dimensional code Conversion means 19 for editing, editing means 15 for creating a print image with the two-dimensional code added to the Web page, and a display unit for displaying the print image and setting items for print conditions. Operation display means 11 for receiving a condition input operation, and control means for controlling the editing means based on the inputted printing conditions Comprising a 2, and an image output unit 14 for outputting the print image at least.

As shown in FIG. 1, each means constituting the system is connected to the control means 12, and each means is controlled by the control means 12.
The control means 12 includes, for example, a CPU that is a main processor, a memory device that temporarily stores image data for image formation by the printing apparatus 10a, a ROM that stores a control program, a system log, system settings, It is possible to adopt a microcomputer configuration in which NVRAM capable of holding data even when the power is turned off for recording log information or the like is connected by bus.

Connected to the control means 12 are an image output means 14 for controlling the printing apparatus 10a and an image input means 13 for controlling the image reading apparatus 10b.
The image output unit 14 outputs a print instruction including image data to the printing apparatus 10a, and causes the printing apparatus 10a to form and output an image on a medium such as transfer paper.
The image input means 13 drives the image reading device 10b, condenses and reads the reflected light of the lamp irradiation on the surface of the document by a mirror and a lens on a light receiving element (for example, CCD), performs A / D conversion, and performs digital image Generate data.

  The control unit 12 includes a primary storage unit 16 that temporarily stores information for the Web page acquired from the external communication unit 20 and storage for image processing and processing control, and a large amount of image data and print condition setting information. Secondary storage means for holding storage, job history, and the like is connected. The primary storage unit 16 stores the HTML data of the Web page and is used to secure the initial setting of the position and size of the two-dimensional code.

The operation display unit 11 may be a touch panel whose display unit has a function of accepting an input operation of the printing conditions. In addition to the display unit, a button for an input operation may be provided.
In addition, the display unit can browse a Web page based on information acquired by the external communication unit 20.

  The editing unit 15 performs editing operations such as image enlargement, reduction, rotation, and composition. Specifically, an image for printing is generated in which the converted two-dimensional code and the character or image of the Web page associated (associated) with the URL information before conversion are displayed in correspondence with each other.

  The analysis means 18 analyzes the HTML data of the web page. As described above, the link tag and link destination URL information included in the HTML data are extracted. In addition, the designated layout or command is executed on the display unit of the operation display unit 11 to display the web page.

The conversion unit 19 converts the link destination URL information extracted by the analysis unit 18 into a two-dimensional code.
The two-dimensional code is not particularly limited as long as it can be output by the image forming apparatus and can be read by the portable information terminal. In the present embodiment, a mode of outputting a QR code (registered trademark) as a two-dimensional code will be described.

  Further, the conversion means 19 can convert a plurality of URL information included in the Web page into one two-dimensional code.

The editing unit 15 creates an image for printing in which the converted two-dimensional code and the character or image of the Web page associated with the URL information before conversion are displayed in association with each other.
The print image is printed on a desired medium (for example, paper) by the printing apparatus 10a constituting the image output means 14.
Thereby, the link information embedded in the HTML file can be easily traced even after being output as a printed matter.

  The editing unit 15 can further add a symbol for associating the two-dimensional code with the character or image on the Web page associated with the URL information.

  The editing means 15 can change at least one of the display position and size of the two-dimensional code.

  Based on the printing image displayed on the operation display means 11, the printing conditions are set so that characters and images on the Web page to be printed and the two-dimensional code do not overlap, and according to the printing conditions Thus, at least one of the display position and size of the two-dimensional code is adjusted by the editing means 15.

  In addition, as the printing condition, at least one of the display position and the display size of the two-dimensional code can be set (initially set) in advance.

  In the image forming system according to the present embodiment, in addition to the Web page based on the information acquired by the external communication unit 20, the character information in the document is analyzed not only in the printing of the document read by the image reading device 10b. The means 18 analyzes and extracts URL information, the conversion means 19 converts the URL information into a two-dimensional code, and the editing means 15 associates the converted two-dimensional code with the URL character string before conversion. The print image displayed can be created.

  Based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 5, in the image forming system according to the present embodiment, when printing a Web page, the two-dimensional code and the URL information before conversion are associated with each other. A flow of creating a print image displayed in correspondence with characters or images of the Web page will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 2, first, printing is initialized (S001), and then a process for outputting a two-dimensional code is performed (S002). FIG. 3 shows a detailed flow of the initialization step S001, and FIG. 5 shows a detailed flow of the step S002 of the two-dimensional encoding process.

FIG. 3 shows the flow of initialization. First, it is determined whether or not to perform initial setting (S101), and when the initial setting is not performed, the initialization is terminated.
If initialization is to be performed, it is determined whether to perform print settings (S102). The print setting is, for example, a setting for printing a symbol such as a character or a code for associating the converted two-dimensional code with the URL character string before the conversion. The print setting is determined according to the determination in step S102. (S103).

Next, it is determined whether to automatically set the display position and display size of the converted two-dimensional code (S104). If automatic setting is selected, automatic setting is performed (S105). If automatic setting is not performed, it is first determined whether or not to set the display position of the two-dimensional code (S106).
If it is selected that the setting is not performed, the initial setting of the display position of the two-dimensional code is performed (S107).

The initial setting screen in step S107 is shown in FIG.
FIG. 4A shows a display screen 30 displayed on the display unit (operation panel) of the operation display unit 11, and the display screen 30 includes a status display unit 31a and an operation button display unit 31b.
In the example of FIG. 4A, the display position of the two-dimensional code can be set in advance by selecting the display position with the button 33 and confirming with the determination button 34.

  When the initial setting in step S107 is not performed, the display position of the two-dimensional code is set to an arbitrary position each time (S108).

  Next, it is determined whether to set the display size of the two-dimensional code (S109). Here, when selection not to be performed is performed, the display size of the two-dimensional code is initially set (S110).

The initial setting screen in step S110 is shown in FIG.
FIG. 4B shows a display screen 30 displayed on the display unit (operation panel) of the operation display unit 11, and similarly to FIG. 4A, a status display unit 31a and an operation button display unit 31b. Consists of.
In the example of FIG. 4B, the display size is selected by an input means such as an operation panel or an operation button, and the value displayed on the size display unit 35 is confirmed by the determination button 34, thereby displaying the display size of the two-dimensional code Can be set in advance.

  When the initial setting in step S110 is not performed, the display size of the two-dimensional code is set to an arbitrary size each time (S111).

Next, when a plurality of link destination URL information exists in the Web page, it is determined whether the URL information is collectively converted into one two-dimensional code and displayed (S112).
If multiple URL information is converted into a single two-dimensional code (S113), if the number of characters in the URL information is large even if not converted all together, the capacity of the two-dimensional code may be exceeded. Is determined (S114).

If the capacity of the two-dimensional code is exceeded, it is determined whether to divide a plurality of URL information to be converted (S115). If it is selected not to divide the URL information, the maximum number of characters that satisfy the capacity is converted, but this may include partially incomplete URL information.
On the other hand, when the division of URL information is set (S116), all the converted URL information is converted into a complete form, but a new two-dimensional code is generated while leaving space in the capacity. It will be.

FIG. 5 shows the flow of the two-dimensional encoding process. First, it is determined whether a Web page to be printed is displayed (S201). The web page is obtained by the external communication unit 20 acquiring information stored in a web server on the network.
If the Web page is being displayed, it is determined whether there is a request for print output (S202).

  When there is an output request, the Web page data is expanded into output data. Specifically, the analysis unit 18 analyzes the acquired HTML data of the Web page, and extracts the link tag and link destination URL information included in the HTML data (S203).

  Next, the conversion means 19 converts the extracted URL information into a two-dimensional code (S204). The detailed flow of step S204 is shown in FIG.

  Next, the converted two-dimensional code and the output data for which printing has been developed are output (S205), and the two-dimensional encoding process ends.

FIG. 6 is a detailed flow of step S204 of FIG. 5, and shows a flow of creating (two-dimensional coding) a two-dimensional code from tag information of HTML data when printing a Web page.
First, HTML data of a Web page to be printed is analyzed, and link destination URL information is extracted from tag information (S301).
Next, when a plurality of link destination URL information exists in the Web page, it is determined whether these URL information are collectively converted into a two-dimensional code (S302).
When a plurality of URL information is collectively converted into a two-dimensional code, the plurality of URL information is collected in a buffer (S303), and whether or not the plurality of URL information in the buffer exceeds the capacity of the two-dimensional code. Judgment is made (S304).

When the URL information in the buffer exceeds the capacity of the two-dimensional code, it is determined whether to divide the plurality of URL information (S305). If it is selected not to divide the URL information, the maximum number of characters that satisfy the capacity is converted, but this may include partially incomplete URL information.
On the other hand, when setting the division of URL information, a second buffer is created, and URL information that has not been collected in the first buffer is collected (S306).

  If the setting is such that the plurality of URL information are not collected, it is next determined whether to print by specifying the position (S308). When printing is performed by designating the position, the character or image of the Web page linked to the URL information before conversion is specified and associated with the two-dimensional code (S309). Then, a two-dimensional encoding process is performed (S310). Details of the flow of the two-dimensional encoding in step S310 are shown in FIG.

Next, it is determined whether all the HTML data of the Web page to be printed has been analyzed (S307). If all of the data has not been analyzed, the process returns to step S301 to perform processing for extracting URL information from unanalyzed data.
When all the analysis of the HTML data is completed, it is determined whether or not the setting is to combine a plurality of URL information (S311).
On the other hand, if the setting is to combine, a two-dimensional encoding process is performed on the plurality of URL information collected in the buffer (S312). Details of the flow of the two-dimensional encoding in step S312 are shown in FIG.

  Next, it is determined whether printing is performed by designating a position (S313). If not, two-dimensional coding is terminated. On the other hand, when printing is performed by designating a position, the character or image of the Web page linked to the URL information before conversion is specified and associated with the two-dimensional code (S314), and the two-dimensional coding is finished. To do.

  FIG. 7 is a detailed flow of the two-dimensional encoding process shown in steps S310 and S312 of FIG. 6, and is a process of creating a two-dimensional code (two-dimensional encoding) from tag information of HTML data when printing a Web page. It shows the flow.

  First, it is determined whether to automatically set the display position of the two-dimensional code (S401). If automatic setting is not performed, the display size is set on the initial setting screen as shown in FIG. 4B (S402), and the display position is set on the initial setting screen as shown in FIG. (S403).

  When performing automatic setting of the display position of the two-dimensional code, it is determined whether the output position of the two-dimensional code is inside the image of the Web page to be printed or a blank area of the paper outside the image ( S404).

  When displaying the two-dimensional code inside the image of the Web page to be printed, the display position is set so that the two-dimensional code does not overlap with the character or image of the Web page associated with the URL information before conversion. Then, at least one of the display size is adjusted (S405).

  When outputting outside the image of the Web page to be printed, information on the margin area of the paper (for example, the margin area and shape) is acquired (S406). Then, based on the acquired blank area information, the display size of the two-dimensional code is determined (S407), and the display position is determined (S408).

  Next, the URL information in the buffer is two-dimensionally encoded (S409). Then, the two-dimensional code is developed in the output data of the printing image (S410), and the two-dimensional encoding process is terminated.

As a result of the above-described flow, a print image in which a converted two-dimensional code and a character or image of a Web page associated with the URL information before conversion are displayed as a Web page print image is displayed. It is formed.
FIGS. 8 and 9 show images on the display unit of the operation display unit 11 in the formation of the print image of the Web page.

  FIG. 8 schematically shows a state in which a Web page to be printed is displayed on the display unit (display screen) 30 of the operation display unit (touch panel) 11. And the status is displayed. In this embodiment, “browsing” is displayed.

  The operation display means (touch panel) 11 further includes a Web page display unit 53, a URL display unit 54 being accessed, an operation unit 55 for inputting a request for the Web page, an operation unit 56 for inputting a request for browsing processing, and a Web page. An operation button 56a for instructing output, an operation unit 57 for inputting a request to change the display size of the Web page on the display unit 30, an operation unit 58 for adjusting the position of the browsing location, and an operation unit 59 for switching to a mode other than browsing. These are displayed on the display unit 30.

FIG. 9 shows a state in which a screen for executing an output process in response to an input from the operation button 56a instructing the output of the Web page shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.
In the output processing screen shown in FIG. 9, an operation unit 61 for selecting an operation in the output setting is displayed. The operation unit 61 has a “print (normal)” setting button 61a for performing printing with the image on the display screen, a link “Print (link)” setting button 61b for printing with information added, “Output (normal)” setting button 61c for displaying the image on the display screen, and “Output” for displaying with link information added (Link) "setting button 61d is displayed.

An operation unit 62 for selecting the type of paper on which the Web page is printed and an operation unit 63 for instructing various options at the time of printing are displayed.
The other URL display unit 54, the operation unit 55 for inputting a request for a Web page, and the operation unit 59 for switching to a mode other than browsing are the same as those in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows HTML data (tag information) of the Web page 70a to be printed displayed on the Web page display unit 53 displayed in FIGS.
In the example shown in FIG. 10, the Web page 70a to be printed is composed of three frames: an upper stage 71a, a middle stage 72a, and a lower stage 73a.
The upper row 71a is composed of “Top Page” characters, the middle row 72a is further divided, has a link to another Web page, and the lower row 73a is composed of an image showing a weather map.

  As shown in the HTML data 70b of the Web page 70a, each frame is read from “top.html” 71b in the upper row, “middle.html” 72b in the middle row, and “bottom.html” 73b in the lower row. Is displayed.

FIG. 11 shows the HTML data of the web page middle stage 72a shown in FIG.
The middle row 72a is divided into a left column 74a and a right column 75a, and the right column 75a is further divided into an upper row 76a, a lower left column 77a, and a lower right column 78a.
The HTML data 72b in the middle row 72a, the HTML data 74b in the left column 74a, and the HTML data 75b in the right column 75a are shown.

In the left column 74a, "weather", "news", "map", and "moving image" link characters are displayed.
As described in the HTML data 74b in the left column 74a, the link destination of the letters “weather” is “tenki.html”, the link destination of the letters “news” is “news.html”, “ The link destination of the characters “Map” is “tenki.html”, and the link destination of the characters “Movie” is “movie.html”. Thus, the URL information of the link destination of the link character is displayed in the HTML data, but is not displayed as a character string on the screen.
Therefore, in the present embodiment, the HTML data acquired by the analysis unit 18 is analyzed, and the link tag and the link destination URL are extracted.

In FIG. 11, a “weather” page is displayed. Generally, the color of the linked character that has been referred to is displayed in a different color (not shown).
Furthermore, in the lower left column 77a, a link character of a place name linked to a page where weather information of each place can be referred is displayed. The URL data of the link destination is displayed in the HTML data 78a (not shown), but is not displayed as a character string on the screen.

FIG. 12 shows an output example of the Web page 70a when the operation unit 61 shown in FIG. 9 receives an input from the “print (normal)” setting button 61a for printing the image on the display screen.
FIG. 12 shows an image 70c printed on the paper P. In the image 70c, the area displayed on the browser is printed in the same manner as the display.
Note that even when an input of an “output (normal)” setting button 61c for displaying the image on the display screen is received, an image similar to 70c is displayed at the output destination.

In the operation unit 61 shown in FIG. 9, examples of the output of the Web page 70a when receiving an input from the “print (link)” setting button 61b for printing with link information added are shown in FIGS. Show.
FIGS. 13 to 15 show images printed on the paper P, but when an input is received from the “output (link)” setting button 61d that adds and displays link information. Images similar to these images are displayed at the output destination.

FIG. 13 shows an example in which two-dimensional encoding processing is performed by selecting automatic setting in step S401 in the flow shown in FIG. 7 and selecting not to output to a blank area in step S404. The printing conditions are set so that the two-dimensional code and the character and the image are not overlapped with each other, and at least one of the display position and the size of the two-dimensional code is adjusted by the editing unit 15 according to the printing condition. It is an image.
Specifically, information on a blank area in which characters and images in the Web page are not displayed is acquired, and the display position and size of the two-dimensional code are adjusted so that the information is displayed in the blank area.
Furthermore, the two-dimensional code is displayed in the last area of the character string so as to correspond to the character or image of the Web page associated with the URL information before conversion.

  As shown in FIG. 13, when a two-dimensional code is displayed inside an image of a Web page, an excessive number of two-dimensional codes are displayed in addition to not overlapping with characters and images in the Web page. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent difficulty in identifying and reading the two-dimensional code.

FIG. 14 shows an example in which two-dimensional encoding is performed by selecting printing setting in step S102 of the flow shown in FIG. 3 or step S308 of the flow shown in FIG. 6, and URL information is added to the two-dimensional code. An image 83 to which characters (“* 1” to “* 14”) for associating characters or images on a Web page associated with the web page are added to the margin area of the paper P outside the Web page image 82 Is displayed.
Inside the image 82 of the Web page, a symbol (“* 1” to “* 14”) for associating with the two-dimensional code is displayed at the end of the link character.
For example, the image 83 is an image created by selecting the lower row in the initial position setting shown in FIG. 4A and selecting 8 points in the initial size setting shown in FIG. 4B.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the flow shown in FIG. 3 in step S112 in the flow shown in FIG. 3 or the setting in step S302 in the flow shown in FIG. In this example, two-dimensional encoding is performed by selecting to perform division setting in step S305, and two-dimensional codes 85a to 89a in which a plurality of URLs are collected are sheets P outside the image 84 of the Web page. Is displayed in the margin area.

  Here, the two-dimensional codes 85a to 89a are examples divided into a plurality of parts because the capacity has been exceeded. If the capacity does not exceed, the two-dimensional codes 85a to 89a can be displayed by one two-dimensional code.

Hereinafter, as an example, it is assumed that the capacity of the two-dimensional code is 100 characters.
15, the URL information indicated by 85b is stored in the two-dimensional code 85a, the URL information indicated by 86b is stored in the two-dimensional code 86a, and the URL information indicated by 87b is stored in the two-dimensional code 87a. The code 88a stores URL information indicated by 88b, and the two-dimensional code 89a stores URL information indicated by 89b.

In 85a, as shown in 85b, four pieces of URL information "http://abcd_tenki.jp (20 characters)", "http://abcd_news.jp (19 characters)", "http://abcd_map.jp (18 characters) Character) ”and“ http://abcd_movie.jp (20 characters) ”are stored, and the total number of these characters is 77 characters.
Up to 100 characters, which is the upper limit of the capacity of 85a, there is room for storing 23 characters of information. However, since the URL information to be collected next is “http://abcd_tenki.sapporo.jp” of 28 characters, it is not possible to store all the information in 85a. Therefore, “http://abcd_tenki.sapporo.jp” is stored in the following two-dimensional code 86a.
In this way, the plurality of URL information collected is appropriately divided so that individual URL information is stored as complete information.

  The image forming system of the present embodiment can output a printed matter in which link destination information that is not normally displayed is displayed as a two-dimensional code. The printed matter can directly and easily access a link destination without directly inputting a URL character string by reading a two-dimensional code from a mobile terminal with a camera such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, or a tablet. . In the output of the two-dimensional code, the display position and the display size can be appropriately adjusted according to the margin in the image of the Web page to be printed and the area and shape of the margin outside the Web page image with respect to the printed paper. Therefore, a more convenient printed matter can be output.

  Further, according to the image forming system of the present embodiment, the link destination information disclosed at the time of printing execution can be left as a printed matter recorded in a two-dimensional code, so that the link destination information may be deleted later or Even when it is changed, the link destination information before deletion or before change can be easily followed using the printed matter.

  Note that it is possible to provide the same high convenience by outputting an image to a display unit of an external display means (for example, digital signage) as an output means other than printing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image forming apparatus 11 Operation display means 12 Control means 13 Image input means 14 Image output means 15 Editing means 16 Primary storage means 17 Secondary storage means 18 Analysis means 19 Conversion means 20 External communication means

JP 2009-141772 A Japanese Patent No. 4470828

Claims (6)

An external communication means for acquiring information on a web page stored in a web server on the network;
Analyzing means for analyzing the acquired markup language data of the Web page, and extracting link tag and link destination URL information included in the markup language data;
Conversion means for converting the URL information into a two-dimensional code;
Editing means for creating a print image with the two-dimensional code added to the web page;
An operation display unit that includes a display unit that displays the printing image and setting items of printing conditions, and that accepts an input operation of the printing conditions;
Control means for controlling the editing means based on the inputted printing conditions;
Image output means for outputting the printing image, at least,
The editing unit creates a print image in which the converted two-dimensional code and a character or image of the Web page associated with the URL information before conversion are displayed in correspondence with each other. Image forming system.   The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the editing unit changes at least one of a display position and a size of the two-dimensional code.   The said edit means further adds the symbol for making the said two-dimensional code and the character or image on the said Web page linked | related with the said URL information correspond. Image forming system.   The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein the conversion unit converts a plurality of URL information included in the Web page into a single two-dimensional code.   5. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a display position and a size of the two-dimensional code is preset as the printing condition. Based on the printing image displayed on the operation display means, the printing conditions are set so that characters and images on the web page to be printed and the two-dimensional code do not overlap,
6. The image forming system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a display position and a size of the two-dimensional code is adjusted by the editing unit according to the printing condition.