JP2016033749A - Printing sheet surface creation support method and printing sheet surface creation support program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to efficiently create a printing sheet surface using document creation software.SOLUTION: A list 11 indicates information related to elements which are confirmed so that they can be converted into a predetermined printing format and printing can be performed properly, out of available elements in document creation software. A user creates (S12, S13) a printing sheet surface using the document creation software, a computer performs processing (S14) for confirming whether or not, about printing sheet surface data, elements other than the elements indicated in the list 11 are included, and when the printing sheet surface data does not include elements other than the elements indicated by the list 11, the computer converts the printing sheet surface data into a predetermined printing format (S16).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for supporting creation of a print sheet using document creation software.

  Conventionally, in the field of commercial printing such as flyers and pamphlets, for example, a user edits the paper surface of a printed material on a Web screen, and sends the generated printing paper surface data to a printing company via a network such as the Internet for printing. Is being requested. Such a printing form is called on-demand printing or Web to Print printing.

  In Patent Document 1, a general consumer can select a content to be printed on a paper surface of a printed material from the candidates, customize the printed material, and easily obtain an original printed material according to preference. A printed matter order receiving system is disclosed.

JP 2007-4348 A

  Production of printed materials usually requires dedicated software and advanced technology. On the other hand, it is possible to create printing paper using document creation software such as Microsoft Office (Power Point, Word, Excel) that is widely used, but in this case, for example, fonts for characters, methods for creating line drawings, Due to the influence of the color of the image, it may not always be printed properly.

  In order to avoid this problem, for example, a method is used in which Office data representing a printing paper surface is converted into PDF data, which is a representative example of a print format, and the printing status is checked using the PDF data.

  However, in this method, when correction is necessary as a result of checking the PDF data, it is necessary to correct the Office data before conversion. Therefore, conversion to PDF data is required again after correction. In Office, the fonts that can be used, the method of creating line drawings, and the degree of freedom of the images to be used are high, so the user often does not know what is not suitable for printing at the stage of creating or modifying the printing paper. . For this reason, the correction of the printing paper surface and the conversion of PDF data are repeatedly performed, which is very inefficient.

  An object of the present invention is to enable a user to efficiently create a printing paper surface using document creation software.

  In one aspect of the present invention, in a method for supporting creation of a print sheet using document creation software, a service provider appropriately converts the elements available in the document creation software into a predetermined printing format. Information regarding elements that are confirmed to be printed is listed, and the user creates a print sheet using the document creation software, and the computer adds the print sheet data created by the user to the list. A process of confirming whether or not the element other than the indicated element is included, and as a result of the confirmation process, when the data on the printing paper does not include an element other than the element indicated in the list, the computer Data on the printing paper surface is converted into the predetermined printing format.

  According to this aspect, out of the elements that can be used in the document creation software, information on elements that have been confirmed to be printed properly after being converted into a predetermined printing format is listed, and the print created by the user A process of checking whether or not the data on the page includes elements other than the elements shown in the list is performed. This makes it possible to check whether or not the printing paper created using the document creation software is suitable for printing before it is converted into a predetermined printing format, so that the labor for correction can be greatly reduced.

  Further, in the printing paper surface creation support method, the service provider registers a template database in which paper templates using only the elements shown in the list are registered, and a material including only the elements shown in the list. The material library prepared in advance may be prepared in advance, and the user may call the paper template from the template database and paste the material called from the material library on the paper template when creating the print paper.

  This simplifies the user's work of creating a print sheet.

  In the printing paper surface creation support method, the list is preferably prepared for each printing company or for each printing machine.

  Thereby, it is possible to cope with variations in quality characteristics of printed matter for each printing company or for each printing machine.

  In another aspect of the present invention, a program for supporting creation of a print sheet using document creation software is converted into a predetermined printing format from among elements available in the document creation software and printed appropriately. Whether or not the computer includes data other than the elements shown in the list on the printing paper data created by the user using the document creation software, using a list showing information on the elements confirmed to be printed And when the result of the confirmation process is that the data on the printing paper does not contain any element other than the elements shown in the list, the data on the printing paper is converted into the predetermined printing format. Process.

  According to this aspect, among the elements that can be used in the document creation software, a computer is created by the user using a list of information on elements that have been confirmed to be properly printed after being converted into a predetermined printing format. For the data on the printed paper, a process for confirming whether or not an element other than the elements shown in the list is included is performed. This makes it possible to check whether or not the printing paper created using the document creation software is suitable for printing before it is converted into a predetermined printing format, so that the labor for correction can be greatly reduced.

  According to the present invention, since it is possible to check whether or not the printing paper created using the document creation software is suitable for printing before it is converted into a predetermined printing format, it is possible to greatly reduce the trouble of correction. Therefore, the user can efficiently create a print sheet using the document creation software.

Overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment An example of an element listed The flowchart which shows the example of the flow of a process in the printing paper surface creation assistance method which concerns on embodiment Image of support for creating printed paper according to an embodiment

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

  FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the system according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, the user creates a printing paper surface using the document creation software 21 in the user PC 2. Then, the generated print sheet data is converted into a predetermined printing format and transmitted to the printing company. The transmitted data is stored in the submission data storage 3 of the printing company and printed by the printing machine. Thereby, so-called on-demand printing (Web to Print) is realized. As the document creation software 21, for example, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is used, and as the predetermined printing format, for example, the PDF format is used.

  In this embodiment, the service provider provides a service that supports the user's work of creating a print sheet using the document creation software 21. The service provider provides the printing paper surface creation support software 22 which is an application for creating a printing paper surface in cooperation with the document creation software 21 to the user PC 2.

  Further, the service provider has a server 1 having a list 11, a template database 12, a material library 13, and a printing paper storage 14. In the list 11, information on elements that are confirmed to be appropriately printed when converted into a predetermined printing format from among the elements that can be used in the document creation software 21 is shown. . The elements shown in the list 11 are, for example, fonts, line drawings, images, and the like. In the template database 12, paper templates using only the elements shown in the list 11 are registered. In the material library 13, materials consisting only of the elements shown in the list 11 are registered. The user can call up a desired paper surface template from the template database 12 in creating the print paper surface. Further, the material called from the material library 13 can be pasted on the paper template. The printing paper surface storage 14 stores data of the printing paper surface created by the user or being created.

  FIG. 2 is an example of the elements shown in the list 11. The list 11 in FIG. 2 shows information about fonts, line drawings, and images as elements. For example, with regard to fonts, information on sizes, styles, families, etc. that have been confirmed to be printed appropriately is shown for Mincho in Japanese, Gothic, and Arial in English. In addition, information such as a series and shape may be indicated. For line drawings, for example, for arrows, information such as line color, line type, and thickness that has been confirmed to be printed properly is shown, and for cylinders, lines that have been confirmed to be printed properly Information such as color, line type, paint color and paint pattern is shown. Regarding the image, information such as the resolution, the number of pixels, the rotation angle, and the presence / absence of reversal confirmed to be printed appropriately is shown. In addition, information such as the number of bits and the file format may be indicated.

  When the data on the printing paper created by the user using the document creation software 21 includes only the elements shown in the list 11 as shown in FIG. 2, the data on the printing paper is converted into a predetermined printing format. After that, it will be guaranteed that it will be printed properly.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing flow in the printing paper surface creation support method according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an image diagram of the printing paper surface creation support according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 3, the user activates the document creation software 21 and the printing paper surface creation support software 22 on the user PC 2 to start the printing paper surface creation operation (S11). First, referring to the template database 12 of the server 1, a desired paper template is called (S12). In the example shown in FIG. 4A, the page template P including the image A1, the line drawings B1, B2, and the text C1 is called. D1 and D2 are image frames. The page template P uses only the elements shown in the list 11.

  Next, the user creates a print sheet based on the called sheet template (S13). Here, the material called from the material library 13 is pasted on the paper template, or the user inputs arbitrary text or line drawing, or the material uniquely acquired by the user from a source other than the material library 13 is pasted. Or attach. In the example of FIG. 4B, the user pastes the images A2 and A3 called from the material library 13 on the image frames D1 and D2 of the paper template P, respectively. Further, the text C1 and the line drawing B3 edited independently by the user are added to the empty space of the paper template P.

  When the creation of the print sheet is completed, the user PC 2 performs a confirmation process on the print sheet data created by the user by the function of the print sheet creation support software 22 (S14). This confirmation process is started, for example, in response to a user operation.

  In the confirmation process here, it is confirmed whether or not the data on the print sheet includes an element other than the elements shown in the list 11. When the data on the printing paper is created only from the elements shown in the list 11, it is guaranteed that the data is properly printed when the data is converted into a predetermined printing format and printed. On the other hand, when the data on the printing paper includes an element other than the elements shown in the list 11, it is not always guaranteed that the data is properly printed when converted into a predetermined printing format. . In this case, the user is requested to correct the data on the printing paper.

  Specifically, for example, first, it is checked that the data of the printing paper is created from the paper template called from the template database 12. This check can be easily realized by using the property information of the paper template. Then, it is checked that the material on the printing paper is called from the material library 13. This check can also be easily realized using property information of each material. In addition, when the material called from the material library 13 is corrected after being pasted on the printing paper, it is preferable not to regard the material called from the material library 13 as being called.

  Further, it is checked whether the elements on the print sheet data other than the sheet template called from the template database 12 and the material called from the material library 13 match the elements shown in the list 11. When all of these checks are OK, it is determined that the data on the printing paper does not contain any elements other than the elements shown in the list 11.

  If the result of the confirmation process is not OK (NO in S15), the process returns to step S13, and the user starts creating the printing paper again. If necessary, the process is executed again from the page template call in step S12. On the other hand, if the result of the confirmation process is OK (YES in S15), the process proceeds to step S16, and the user PC 2 converts the data on the print sheet into a predetermined print format by the function of the print sheet creation support software 22 ( S16).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, among the elements that can be used in the document creation software 21, information related to elements that have been confirmed to be appropriately printed after being converted into a predetermined printing format is stored in the list 11. Then, a process for confirming whether or not the data on the printing paper created by the user includes an element other than the elements shown in the list 11 is performed. Thus, since it is possible to check whether or not the printing paper created using the document creation software 21 is suitable for printing before being converted into a predetermined printing format, it is possible to greatly save the trouble of correction.

  In the above embodiment, the template database 12 in which paper templates using only the elements shown in the list 11 are registered, or the material library 13 in which materials consisting only of the elements shown in the list 11 are registered. However, the present invention is not limited to this. However, it is preferable to prepare the template database 12 and the material library 13 because the user can easily create a printing paper surface.

  In the above embodiment, in the confirmation process, it is checked whether the data on the printing paper is created from the paper template called from the template database 12, or the material on the printing paper is called from the material library 13. These checks are not necessarily required. For example, it may be checked that all elements in the print sheet data match the elements shown in the list 11.

  In the above embodiment, the list 11 is preferably prepared for each printing company or each printing machine. Since the quality characteristics of the printed material often vary from printing company to printing machine or from printing machine to printing machine, it is preferable to prepare the list 11 according to each quality characteristic.

  Further, when the confirmation process does not result in OK, for example, a portion unsuitable for printing may be shown to the user on the screen on which the printing paper surface is displayed. In the example of FIG. 4B, for example, the line drawing B3 may be highlighted or a comment may be displayed.

  Furthermore, information about recommended elements and candidates for alternative materials may be shown to the user at locations that are inappropriate for printing. For example, when a certain text is unsuitable for printing, another font name that is print OK with the same language, the same style, and the same size is presented from the list 11, or the print OK is performed with the same font name. Other sizes and other style information may be presented. If an image is unsuitable for printing, an image showing the same or similar subject may be presented as an alternative candidate from the material library 13.

  In the present invention, since the user can efficiently execute the creation of the printing paper surface using the document creation software, for example, in commercial printing, the time from the printing paper surface creation to the printing can be shortened.

1 Server 2 User PC
11 List 12 Template database 13 Material library 21 Document creation software 22 Printing paper page creation support software P Paper template A1, A2, A3 Image B1, B2, B3, B4 Line drawing C1, C2 Text

Claims (6)

A method for supporting the creation of printed paper using document creation software,
Among the elements available in the document creation software, the service provider converts the information into elements that have been confirmed to be properly printed after being converted into a predetermined printing format,
A process in which a user creates a printing sheet using the document creation software, and a computer checks whether or not the printing sheet data created by the user includes an element other than the elements shown in the list And
As a result of the confirmation processing, when the data on the printing paper does not include any element other than the elements shown in the list, the computer converts the data on the printing paper into the predetermined printing format. To support printing paper creation. The printing paper surface creation support method according to claim 1,
The element shown in the list includes at least one of a font, a line drawing, and an image. The printing paper surface creation support method according to claim 1 or 2,
The service provider prepares in advance a template database in which a paper template using only the elements shown in the list is registered, and a material library in which materials consisting only of the elements shown in the list are registered,
A printing paper surface creation support method, wherein a user calls a paper surface template from the template database and pastes a material called from the material library on the paper surface template in creating the printing paper surface. The printing paper surface creation support method according to claim 3,
In the confirmation process, it is checked that the data on the printing paper is created from a paper template called from the template database, and that the material on the printing paper is called from the material library. A printing paper surface creation support method characterized by: The printing paper surface creation support method according to claim 1,
The list is prepared for each printing company or for each printing machine. A program for supporting the creation of printed paper using document creation software,
Among the elements that can be used in the document creation software, a list indicating information on elements that are confirmed to be appropriately printed after being converted into a predetermined printing format is used.
On the computer,
A process of checking whether or not the data on the printing paper created by the user using the document creation software includes an element other than the elements shown in the list;
As a result of the confirmation processing, when the data on the printing paper does not include any element other than the elements shown in the list, the processing for converting the data on the printing paper into the predetermined printing format is executed. A special feature to support printing paper.

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