JP2018129575A - Image data output device, image data output system, and image data output method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image data output device which, when an identification code is disposed at another position, allows the correspondence between a disposition source position and a disposition destination position to be grasped easily.SOLUTION: On the basis of the disposition source position 71 of image data 51 to 53, a control apparatus 41 determines an additional position 73 in a page where the disposition source position 71 is included. The control apparatus 41 disposes identification codes 51A to 53A at a disposition source position 75 and prints sheets 61 to 63 having positional information 77 indicating the disposition source position 75 added at the additional position 73.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to an image data output device, an image data output system, and an image data output method for outputting an image from image data having an identification code.

  Conventionally, there is a technique for printing an identification code (such as a bar code or a two-dimensional code) in addition to text when printing a document (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). The information indicated by the identification code includes information on a printer, information on a printing date and time, information on a storage destination (link destination) in which drawing data referred to when reading a document is stored, and the like.

  In the image data output apparatus described in Patent Document 1, when two-sided copying of two originals with a two-dimensional code, the two-dimensional code on the back side is printed on the front surface, and the two-dimensional code printed on the front surface is close Print the identification message. Further, in this image data output apparatus, the same identification message as that on the front side is printed at the original position where the identification code on the back side has been arranged.

  Further, in the image data output apparatus described in Patent Document 2, when two originals with two-dimensional codes are collected and printed on one page, a page in which only two-dimensional codes are collected separately from the collected originals. To print. This image data output apparatus prints a barcode identification image (such as alphabetic characters) for identifying a two-dimensional code instead of printing a two-dimensional code on a page where documents are collected. In addition, a two-dimensional code and a barcode identification image corresponding to the two-dimensional code are printed on a page in which the two-dimensional code is collected.

JP2009-251168A (FIG. 4) JP 2006-262078 A (FIG. 6)

  In the image data output device described above, the same identification information (identification message or barcode identification image) is printed on the movement source and the movement destination of the two-dimensional code. Then, by comparing the two pieces of identification information, it is possible to grasp to which page the two-dimensional code originally on which page has been moved. For this reason, for example, just looking at the identification information printed beside a two-dimensional code, which page the two-dimensional code originally was on, that is, what text should be referred to It becomes difficult to grasp.

  This problem is the same when the arrangement of the identification code is changed (moved, duplicated, etc.) within the same page. For example, only by looking at the identification information of a two-dimensional code moved to the outside of the page, it is difficult to know where the two-dimensional code originally was in the page text. In particular, when a plurality of identification codes are collected in one place, it becomes more difficult to grasp.

  The technology disclosed in the present application has been proposed in view of the above problems. Provided is an image data output device, an image data output system, and an image data output method capable of easily grasping the correspondence between the position of the arrangement source and the position of the arrangement destination when the identification code is arranged at another position The purpose is to do.

  (1) In order to solve the above problem, an image data output device of the present invention includes an image data output unit that outputs image data, a memory, and a control device, and the control device includes an identification code, Storage processing for storing original image data, which is image data including a page having an object different from the identification code, in the memory, and an arrangement that is the position of the identification code in the original image data stored in the memory Based on the placement source position detection process that detects the original position, the placement destination position determination process that determines the placement destination position that is different from the detected placement source position, and the placement source position that is detected, the placement source An additional position determination process for determining an additional position in a page where the position exists, and the identification code is arranged at the determined arrangement destination position with respect to the original image data. Placement processing, addition processing for adding information indicating the placement destination position to the determined additional position for the original image data, the identification code is placed at the placement destination position, and at the additional position. And an output process for controlling the image data output unit to output the image data to which the information indicating the arrangement destination position is added.

  According to this, the identification code is arranged at the arrangement source position in the original image data. The control device arranges the identification code in the arrangement destination position different from the arrangement source position with respect to the original image data. Further, the control device determines an additional position on the page where the arrangement source position exists based on the arrangement source position. The control device adds information indicating the arrangement destination position to the original image data at the additional position. The control device outputs image data in which an identification code is arranged at the arrangement destination position and information indicating the arrangement destination position is added to the additional position. As a result, the user can grasp the placement location where the identification code that needs to be referred to is placed by confirming only the information on the added position of the output image (information indicating the placement location).

  (2) In the image data output device of the present invention, the image data output device may be a printer that outputs image data to a sheet as a print image by the image data output unit.

  According to this, the user can easily grasp the position of the identification code printed on the sheet by looking at the information indicating the position of the placement destination printed on the sheet.

  (3) In the image data output device of the present invention, the control device may be configured to execute a process of deleting the identification code from the arrangement source position.

  According to this, for example, for a sheet on which an image based on image data is printed by a printer, an identification code at an arrangement source position or an identification code at an arrangement destination position may be used, which is unnecessary for the user. You can avoid making a choice.

  (4) In the image data output device of the present invention, the arrangement destination position may be a page different from the arrangement source position.

  According to this, the identification code can be arranged on a page that is not restricted by an object included in the page at the arrangement source position.

  (5) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the control device executes a process of determining, in the additional position determination process, an area overlapping the arrangement source position from which the identification code is erased as the additional position. It is good also as a structure.

  According to this, since the information indicating the placement destination position can be added using the placement source position from which the identification code is deleted, it is easy to secure an area to which the information indicating the placement destination position is added, and It is easy to grasp that the identification code was originally arranged near the position to which the information indicating the arrangement destination position is added.

  (6) Also, in the image data output device of the present invention, the control device determines how many pages in the original image data correspond to the number of pages on which the identification code is placed as information indicating the placement destination position. It is good also as a structure using the information which shows.

  According to this, even when the object and the identification code are output on separate pages, it is necessary to refer to the information indicating the arrangement destination position (comparison information with the number of pages of the original image data). It is possible to grasp the page of the arrangement destination position where a certain identification code is arranged.

  (7) In the image data output device of the present invention, the control device may be configured to use the number of pages for outputting the identification code as information indicating the placement destination position.

  According to this, even if the object and the identification code are output on different pages, it is necessary to refer to the page if the number of pages on which the identification code is actually output indicated in the information indicating the arrangement destination position is confirmed. It is possible to grasp the page of the arrangement destination position where a certain identification code is arranged. For example, by executing double-sided printing, even if the number of pages in the original image data is different from the number of pages after printing (after output) (number of sheets), the actual number of pages for outputting the identification code is By using it, it is possible to appropriately grasp the placement destination position.

  (8) In the image data output device of the present invention, the placement destination position is a page different from the placement source position, and the control device uses the identification code as the page where the placement source position exists. It is good also as a structure made into a page ahead compared with the page to arrange | position.

  According to this, an arrangement source position where an object (text or the like) is arranged is a previous page, and an arrangement destination position where an identification code is arranged is a subsequent page. For this reason, for example, when the user views a printed matter of a plurality of pages, the user can check the sentence first, so that the entire printed matter can be easily grasped.

  (9) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the control device may be configured such that the same identification code at the placement destination position is determined in response to the plurality of the same identification codes being included in the original image data. It is good also as a structure which unifies to one, adds the information of the unified said identification code to the information of the said arrangement | positioning destination position, and arrange | positions to the said arrangement | positioning origin position.

  According to this, it is possible to collect information by combining the same identification codes into one. In addition, it becomes easy for the user to grasp the identification code.

  (10) In order to solve the above problem, an image data output device of the present invention includes an image data output unit that outputs image data, a memory, and a control device, and the control device includes an identification code. And storage processing for storing original image data, which is image data including a page having an object different from the identification code, in the memory, and the position of the identification code in the original image data stored in the memory Based on the placement source position detection process for detecting a placement source position, the placement destination position determination process for determining a placement destination position that is a position different from the detected placement source position, and the determined placement destination position, An additional position determination process for determining an additional position in a page where the arrangement destination position exists, and the identification code at the determined arrangement destination position with respect to the original image data A placement process to be placed; an addition process for adding information indicating the placement source position to the determined additional position to the original image data; and the identification code is placed at the placement destination position and the addition And an output process for controlling the image data output unit to output the image data in which the information indicating the arrangement source position is added to the position.

  According to this, the identification code is originally arranged at the arrangement source position in the image data. The control device arranges the identification code in the arrangement destination position different from the arrangement source position with respect to the original image data. Further, the control device determines an additional position on the page where the placement destination position exists based on the placement destination position. The control device adds information indicating the arrangement source position to the additional position with respect to the original image data. The control device outputs image data in which an identification code is arranged at the arrangement destination position and information indicating the arrangement source position is added to the additional position. As a result, if the user confirms only the information on the added position of the output image (information indicating the position of the original position), the user knows the position of the original position where the sentence (object) that needs to refer to the identification code is placed. it can.

  (11) In the image data output device of the present invention, the arrangement destination position may be a page different from the arrangement source position.

  According to this, the identification code can be arranged on a page that is not restricted by an object included in the page at the arrangement source position.

  (12) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the page where the arrangement destination position exists may be a page that does not include the object.

  According to this, on the page of the arrangement destination position, the information indicating the identification code and the arrangement source position can be collected without outputting the object image.

  (13) In the image data output device of the present invention, the control device may be configured to execute a process of controlling the image data output unit to output image data including the object.

  According to this, the image data of the object is output to a page different from the page from which the information indicating the identification code and the arrangement source position is output. The user can confirm the output state of the object.

  (14) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the control device may execute a process of deleting the identification code from the arrangement source position.

  According to this, for example, for a sheet on which an image based on image data is printed by a printer, an identification code at an arrangement source position or an identification code at an arrangement destination position may be used, which is unnecessary for the user. You can avoid making a choice.

  (15) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the control device may be configured to determine the region of the placement destination position and the region of the additional position as adjacent regions in the additional position determination process. .

  According to this, the user can easily grasp the correspondence relationship by arranging the identification code of the arrangement destination position and the information of the additional position close to each other.

  (16) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the control device, as information indicating the placement source position, corresponds to how many pages in the original image data the page number of the page where the placement source position exists. It is good also as a structure using the information which shows.

  According to this, even when the object and the identification code are output to different pages, if the position information indicating the arrangement source position (comparison information with the number of pages of the original image data) is confirmed, the identification code is changed. It is possible to grasp a page at an arrangement source position where a sentence or the like (object) that needs to be referred to is arranged.

  (17) In the image data output device of the present invention, the control device may be configured to use a peripheral image at the arrangement source position as information indicating the arrangement source position.

  According to this, by confirming the peripheral image arranged at the additional position, it is possible to visually grasp the arrangement source position where the sentence or the like (object) that needs to refer to the identification code is arranged.

  (18) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the control device may use the number of pages in which the arrangement source position exists at the time of output as the information indicating the arrangement source position.

  According to this, even when the object and the identification code are output to different pages, the number of pages on which the arrangement source position is actually arranged indicated by the information indicating the arrangement source position (the arrangement source position at the time of output) If the number of pages is confirmed, it is possible to grasp the page at the arrangement source position where the sentence or the like (object) that needs to refer to the identification code is arranged. For example, by executing double-sided printing, even if the number of pages in the original image data is different from the number of pages after printing (after output) (the number of sheets), the actual arrangement position is arranged at the time of output. By using the number of pages, it is possible to appropriately grasp the arrangement source position.

  (19) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the placement destination position is a page different from the placement source position, and the control device uses the identification code as the page where the placement source position exists. It is good also as a structure made into a page ahead compared with the page to arrange | position.

  According to this, an arrangement source position where an object (text or the like) is arranged is a previous page, and an arrangement destination position where an identification code is arranged is a subsequent page. For this reason, for example, when the user views a printed matter of a plurality of pages, the user can check the sentence first, so that the entire printed matter can be easily grasped.

  (20) Further, in the image data output device of the present invention, the control device receives the same identification code at the arrangement destination position in response to a plurality of the same identification codes being included in the image data. A configuration may be adopted in which the information indicating the arrangement source positions corresponding to the respective identification codes before the unification is gathered together and arranged at the additional position corresponding to the unified identification code.

  According to this, it is possible to collect information by combining the same identification codes into one. In addition, it becomes easy for the user to grasp the identification code.

  Furthermore, the invention according to the present application is not limited to the invention of the image data output device, but can also be implemented as an invention of an image data output system including the image data output device and an image data output method.

  According to the image data output device or the like described in the present invention, when the identification code is arranged at another position, it is possible to easily grasp the correspondence between the position of the arrangement source and the position of the arrangement destination.

It is a network block diagram of the image data output system of embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a personal computer and a printer. It is a flowchart of an identification code printing process. It is a flowchart of an identification code printing process. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the contents of a print job and the contents of a print result. It is a figure which shows the result of having printed the identification code and the positional information on the arrangement source position in a list. It is a figure which shows the result of having printed a peripheral image as position information of an arrangement | positioning origin position. It is a figure which shows the printing result of double-sided printing. It is the figure which has arrange | positioned the arrangement | positioning origin position and arrangement | positioning destination position of another example on the same page.

(1. Configuration of image data output system)
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present application will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a network configuration of an image data output system in the embodiment. An image data output system 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes, for example, a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) connected to a local area network (LAN) provided in an office via a wire (such as a LAN cable). 14) (processing device) and a printer 15 (image data output device).

  The user operates one of the plurality of PCs 14 to transmit the print job D1 from the operated PC 14 to one of the plurality of printers 15. The print job D1 is, for example, image data (original image data) for outputting (printing or the like) an image having an identification code. The identification code is, for example, a barcode or a two-dimensional code. Here, the printer 15 according to the present embodiment executes an identification code printing process to be described later, and executes an identification code layout change or the like when the received print job D1 includes an identification code.

  FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the PC 14 and the printer 15. As shown in FIG. 2, the PC 14 includes a control device 21, an operation unit 23, a storage unit 25, a communication unit 27, and a display unit 29. The control device 21 includes, for example, a plurality of CPUs (Central Processing Units), a memory storing a program executed by each CPU, a RAM for temporarily storing data when the program is executed by each CPU, An internal bus for connecting these devices to each other is provided (not shown). The PC 14 implements various functions by executing various programs by the CPU of the control device 21. For example, the control device 21 may realize at least a part of an identification code printing process executed on the printer 15 side, which will be described later, by executing a program. This processing may be realized, for example, by executing a printer driver program corresponding to the printer 15 by the CPU of the control device 21.

  The operation unit 23 is an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse. The storage unit 25 is, for example, an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) that stores data in a rewritable manner, and stores one or a plurality of printing data. This print data is data that can be printed by the printer 15. For example, the user causes the storage unit 25 to store data such as a text file, an image, and a photo created by operating the operation unit 23 in advance as print data. As will be described later, this print data is transmitted to the printer 15 as a print job D1 and stored in the storage unit 44 (memory) of the printer 15 (storage processing). The communication unit 27 transmits / receives information such as print data to / from a plurality of printers 15 via the LAN based on the control of the control device 21. The control device 21 converts the print data into a print job D1 that is data that can be printed by the printer 15 and transmits it to the printer 15. The display unit 29 functions as a display device in the PC 14 and displays various information.

  The printer 15 includes a control device 41, an operation unit 43, a storage unit 44, a display unit 45, a communication unit 47, and a printing unit 49 (image data output unit). The control device 41 includes, for example, a plurality of CPUs and the like, and various functions are realized by each CPU executing various programs. The operation unit 43 is provided with a switch and the like for receiving an operation instruction from the user. The control device 41 changes the display content of the display unit 45 according to the content of the operation instruction to the operation unit 43 from the user, or realizes a copy function or a FAX function. In the present embodiment, the printer 15 executes the identification code printing process on the print job D1 (original image data) received from the PC 14, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the printed matter is read by the copy function The identification code included in the image data may be detected, and the identification code printing process may be executed on the read image data (original image data). In this case, an apparatus (such as a laser light source or a polygon mirror) that reads printed matter and forms image data corresponds to the image data output unit of the present application. The printer 15 may transmit (output) the formed image data to the PC 14 without printing.

  The storage unit 44 is, for example, an EEPROM, and stores a program for executing an identification code printing process. The printer 15 temporarily stores the print job D1 (original image data) received from the PC 14 in the storage unit 44 (storage process), and executes an identification code printing process described later. The communication unit 47 transmits and receives data to and from the PC 14 and other printers 15 via the LAN based on the control of the control device 41. The printing unit 49 prints on a sheet (paper, OHP sheet, etc.) based on the print job D1 received from the PC. The printer 15 is, for example, a laser printer, and includes a toner supply device, a photosensitive drum, a fixing device, and the like as the printing unit 49.

(2. Identification code printing process)
Next, the printing process of the printer 15 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the identification code printing process executed by the printer 15. For example, the control device 41 of the printer 15 starts the processing operation illustrated in FIG. 3 in response to receiving the print job D1 from any one of the PCs 14.

  For example, the PC 14 generates PDL data (page description language data) from print data (document file) designated by the user at the time of print processing, and transmits the generated PDL data to the printer 15 as a print job D1. For example, the printer 15 stores the print job D1 received from the PC 14 in the storage unit 44, and generates vector format data or bitmap format data from image data (PDL data) included in the print job D1. The printer 15 performs color space conversion (conversion from RGB to CMYK) of the generated bitmap data to generate printable data. The printer 15 prints printable data by the printing unit 49. For example, the control device 41 executes an identification code printing process after receiving the above-described print job D1 (PDL data) until printing is performed by the printing unit 49.

(2-1. When the print job D1 does not include an identification code)
First, in step (hereinafter, simply referred to as “S”) 11 shown in FIG. 3, the control device 41 determines whether or not an identification code is included in the target page. The control device 41 executes the identification code printing process shown in FIG. 3 for each page of image data included in the print job D1. Therefore, in S11, the control device 41 determines whether or not an identification code is included in a target page (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “target page”).

  A method for determining whether or not an identification code (bar code or two-dimensional code) is included is not particularly limited. For example, the barcode detection method uses pattern matching to determine whether the target page included in the print job D1 includes a set (array) of bars compliant with a predetermined barcode standard, a start character, or the like. You may implement | achieve by determining using a technique etc. Further, for example, the two-dimensional code detection method may be realized by determining whether or not a predetermined finder pattern is included in the target page included in the print job D1 using a pattern matching technique or the like. Good.

  In response to determining that the identification code is not included in the target page (S11: NO), the control device 41 performs the processing from S25 onward in FIG. The control device 41 causes the printing unit 49 to print the image data included in the target page without changing the printing conditions / settings set in the print job D1. That is, when the identification code is not included, the printer 15 performs a normal printing operation on the target page.

  Next, the control device 41 determines whether or not the target page is the last page of the image data included in the print job D1 (S27). In response to determining that the target page is the last page (S27: YES), printing of a consolidated page described later is executed (S29). However, when the identification data is not included in the image data of the print job D1, the process for generating the aggregate page (S17 in FIG. 3) is not executed. For this reason, the control device 41 ends the identification code printing process shown in FIG. 3 without executing the printing of the consolidated page in S29.

  In S27, when it is determined that the target page is not the last page (S27: NO), the control device 41 ends the identification code printing process shown in FIG. If the target page is not the final page, the control device 41 sets the image data of the next page included in the print job D1 as a new target page, and executes the processing from S11 in FIG. 3 again. The printer 15 prints image data that does not include the identification code for each page.

(2-2. When an identification code is included in the print job D1)
FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents of the print job D1 and the contents of the print result when the identification code is included. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the print job D1 includes three pages of image data 51, 52, 53 (original image data). The image data 51, 52, and 53 are the first page, the second page, and the third page in this order. In the print result, each of the image data 51 to 53 is printed on each of the sheets 61, 62, and 63. The sheets 61, 62, and 63 are printed with the image data 51 to 53 of the first page, the second page, and the third page in this order. That is, in this case, the print setting of the print job D1 is to print on one sheet for each page without performing double-sided printing or 2-in-1 printing or the like for each page of the image data 51 to 53. It is set. In FIG. 5, only an arrangement source position 71, an addition position 73, an arrangement destination position 75, and an addition position 76, which will be described later, corresponding to the identification code 51A are shown in order to avoid making the drawing complicated. Yes.

  Each of the image data 51 to 53 includes an identification code 51A, 52A, 53A. The identification codes 51A and 53A are, for example, bar codes. The identification code 52A is, for example, a two-dimensional code. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the identification code 51A for the first page and the identification code 53A for the third page are the same barcode. The same bar code may include not only the case where the number, arrangement, and number of bars completely match, but also the case where the indicated information (value) is the same.

  Each of the image data 51 to 53 includes objects 51B, 52B, and 53B as image data other than the identification codes 51A, 52A, and 53A. The objects 51B, 52B, and 53B are sentences created by the user, for example. Note that the objects 51B to 53B are not limited to text, and may be photographs, computer graphics, or the like. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the objects 51B to 53B are printed in the same manner on the sheets 61 to 63 having the same number of pages as the image data 51 to 53.

  In the print result, a sheet 64 is added to the last page (fourth page). The sheet 64 is a consolidated page in which the identification codes 51A to 53A are collected and printed. Therefore, in this case, the control device 41 executes the identification code printing process for the three pages of image data 51 to 53 (print job D1) and prints the printed matter of four pages (sheets 61 to 64).

(Page 2-2.1.1)
First, the control device 41 sets the first page (image data 51) read from the print job D1 as a target page. Then, in S11 of FIG. 3, the control device 41 determines that the identification code 51A is included in the target page (S11: YES), and an identification code identical to the identification code 51A detected in S11 is obtained. Then, it is determined whether or not it has already been detected in the same print job D1 (S13). That is, it is determined whether or not the identification code 51A detected in S11 has already been detected. This is because, when the same identification code 51A is already detected in the same print job D1, the control device 41 generates an aggregate page (S15, S17) that aggregates the identification codes 51A to 53A, and the detected identification. This is because it is not necessary to execute the process (S19) of arranging the codes 51A to 53A on the aggregate page. Further, the control device 41 sets the position where the identification code 51A in the image data 51 is detected as an arrangement source position 71 as shown in FIG. 5 (arrangement source position detection processing). The arrangement source position 71 is information indicating an area including the entire identification code 51A, for example.
(Placement source position detection process)

  A method for determining the identity between the detected identification code and the newly detected identification code is not particularly limited. For example, the identity of the barcode may be determined by comparing numbers attached to the barcode. Alternatively, two-dimensional code pattern matching may be performed to determine the identity of the two-dimensional code. The same bar code may include not only the case where the number, arrangement, and number of bars completely match, but also the case where the indicated information (value) is the same.

  At this time, the control device 41 has only processed the first page and has detected only the identification code 51A. Therefore, in response to determining that the identification code 51A detected in S11 has not been detected in the same print job D1 (S13: YES), the control device 41 determines whether or not a consolidated page has been generated. Is determined (S15).

  At this time, an image of the aggregate page (sheet 64) has not yet been formed. For this reason, the control apparatus 41 produces | generates an aggregation page (S17), when it determines with not producing | generating the aggregation page (S15: YES). The control device 41 according to the present embodiment generates an aggregate page as the last page of pages included in the print job D1 (S17). As shown in FIG. 5, the sheet 64 that is an aggregate page is added as the last page (fourth page) of the original image data 51 to 53 that is three pages. Note that the page on which the identification codes 51A to 53A are collected is not limited to the last page, but may be the first page or a middle page.

  Next, in S19, the control device 41 sets the placement destination position 75 where the identification code 51A is placed to a position different from the placement source position 71 detected in S11 described above (placement location determination process). The arrangement destination position 75 is information indicating an area having a size in which the identification codes 51A to 53A can be arranged, for example. The control device 41 of the present embodiment is configured to collect the identification codes on the last page (sheet 64) of the print result. The control device 41 sets an arrangement destination position 75 in the sheet 64 (aggregated page). The control device 41 sequentially sets the placement destination positions 75 corresponding to the identification codes 51A to 53A, for example, from the upper end of the sheet 64 downward.

  In S19, the control device 41 arranges the identification code 51A detected in S11 at the arrangement destination position 75 of the aggregate page (arrangement process). As shown in FIG. 5, the identification code 51A detected from the image data 51 of the first page is printed on the sheet 64 of the fourth page of the print result.

  Next, in S21, the control device 41 adds the position information 79 (see FIG. 5) of the arrangement source position 71 detected in S11 to the identification code 51A side of the aggregated page (addition process). In S <b> 21, the control device 41 determines an additional position 73 in the page where the arrangement source position 71 exists based on the arrangement source position 71 (additional position determination process). The control device 41 according to the present embodiment executes a process of deleting the identification code 51A from the arrangement source position 71. The control device 41 sets the arrangement source position 71 from which the identification code 51A has been deleted as the additional position 73. For this reason, the control device 41 of the present embodiment determines an area overlapping the arrangement source position 71 from which the identification code 51A is erased as the additional position 73. As shown in FIG. 5, the additional position 73 is the same position as the original position 71 in the sheet 61 of the first page of the print result.

  Note that, for example, when printing to reduce a document (such as 2-in-1 printing), even if the identification code 51A is printed at the additional position 73, there is a possibility that the identification code 51A cannot be read correctly due to the reduction. In this case, if only the identification code 51A is moved to the fourth page which is an aggregate page, the identification code 51A can be printed in a size that can be read. In addition, the object 51B and the position information 77 on the first page can be enlarged by the area secured by deleting the image of the identification code 51A to make it easy to see.

  Further, the control device 41 determines the additional position 76 in the page where the placement destination position 75 exists based on the placement destination position 75 determined in S19 (additional position determination process). The additional position 76 is information indicating an area having a size where the position information 79 can be arranged, for example. The control device 41 according to the present embodiment determines the region at the placement destination position 75 and the region at the additional position 76 as adjacent regions. As shown in FIG. 5, the additional position 76 is set as an area adjacent to the placement destination position 75 below the placement destination position 75 in the sheet 64. The additional position 76 (position information 79) may be set at a position separated from the placement destination position 75 (identification code 51A). For example, as shown in FIG. 6, an additional position 76 where a list of a plurality of pieces of position information 79 is arranged and an arrangement destination position 75 where a list of a plurality of identification codes 51A to 53A are arranged are set to positions apart from each other. A symbol indicating a correspondence relationship may be printed between the information 79 and the identification code 51A.

  Then, in S21 of FIG. 3, the control device 41 arranges position information 79 indicating the position of the arrangement source position 71 (addition position 73) of the first page at the addition position 76 of the fourth page that is a consolidated page. The control device 41 generates an image in which the identification code 51A is arranged at the arrangement destination position 75 and the position information 79 is arranged at the additional position 76. The control device 41 of the present embodiment uses the number of pages in which the placement source position 71 exists as the position information 79 indicating the placement source position 71 (additional position 73). That is, the position information 79 is a value indicating the actual number of pages at the arrangement source position 71 after printing. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 5, position information 79 (“P1”) indicating the first page, which is the number of pages on which the additional position 73 is arranged, is printed at the additional position 76 of the sheet 64. As a result, the user only needs to see the position information 79 of the fourth page (sheet 64) of the printed material, and the object 51B that needs to refer to the identification code 51A is printed on the first page (sheet 61). Can be grasped.

  The position information 79 is not limited to the actual number of pages after printing. For example, a peripheral image of the arrangement source position 71 in the original image data 51 may be used. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the position information 79 may be a certain range of peripheral images including the identification code 51A. As a result, the user can check the surrounding text and the like by looking at the position information 79 of the surrounding image, and can grasp the position (page, paragraph, etc.) of the sentence that needs to refer to the identification code 51A. .

  Moreover, the control apparatus 41 of this embodiment sets the code information 81 (refer FIG. 5) for mutually identifying the identification codes 51A-53A. For example, when the control device 41 detects new identification codes 51A to 53A that have not been detected in S13, alphabetical characters (A, B, C...) Are sequentially assigned to the identification codes 51A to 53A as code information 81. Append to In the first detected identification code 51 </ b> A, an alphabet letter “A” is set as code information 81. In addition, an alphabet character “B” is set as the code information 81 in the identification code 52A newly detected second. On the other hand, the third identification code 53A detected is the same as the first identification code 51A. Therefore, the same alphabet character “A” as the identification code 51A is set as the code information 81 in the identification code 53A. In S21, the control device 41 adds code information 81 for identifying the identification code 51A to the position information 79. As shown in FIG. 5, the code information 81 of the alphabet character “A” is added to the position information 79 corresponding to the identification code 51A.

  Moreover, the control apparatus 41 performs S23 after performing S21 of FIG. In S23, the control device 41 arranges position information 77 indicating the position of the arrangement destination position 75 of the final page at the addition position 73 of the first page that is the target page. As described above, the control device 41 erases the identification code 51 </ b> A from the arrangement source position 71 and sets the erased arrangement source position 71 as the additional position 73. The control device 41 generates an image including the image in which the position information 77 of the arrangement destination position 75 is arranged at the additional position 73 and the object (in this case, the object 51B) that was originally arranged. The control device 41 uses the number of pages on which the identification code 51A is printed (output) as the position information 77 indicating the position of the arrangement destination position 75. That is, the position information 77 is the number of pages of the last page after printing.

  As shown in FIG. 5, at the additional position 73 of the sheet 61, position information 77 indicating the fourth page (P4), which is the number of pages on which the identification code 51A is printed, is printed. Accordingly, the user can grasp that the identification code 51A to be referred to is printed on the fourth page (sheet 64) only by looking at the position information 77 of the first page (sheet 61) of the printed matter.

  The position information 77 and 79 described above is not limited to the actual number of pages after printing. For example, information indicating the number of pages in the original image data 51 to 53 corresponding to the number of pages on which the identification code 51A is arranged may be used as the position information 77. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the original image data 51 to 53 and the number of pages of the printed sheets 61 to 63 match. For this reason, even if compared with the number of pages in the original image data 51 to 53, the number of pages of the page (sheet 64) on which the identification code 51A is arranged corresponds to the fourth page. Accordingly, the printing result is the same as that shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, FIG. 8 shows a printing result when double-sided printing is executed. In FIG. 8, the illustration of the object 51 </ b> B is partially omitted for easy viewing of the position information 77. The consolidated page on which the identification codes 51A to 53A are printed is the back surface of the second sheet 62. On the other hand, the original image data 51 to 53 forms an image only on the surface. For this reason, it becomes difficult to compare the number of pages of the page (the back surface of the sheet 62) on which the identification code 51A is arranged with the number of pages of the original image data 51 to 53, and the number of pages may not be specified. On the other hand, when the actual number of pages after printing is used as the position information 77, as shown on the surface of the sheet 61 of FIG. Thereby, even when the correspondence between the original image data 51 to 53 and the printed page is different, the position information 77 can be expressed more appropriately.

  In S23, the control device 41 adds code information 81 for identifying the identification code 51A to the position information 77. As shown in FIG. 5, the alphabet information “A” for identifying the identification code 51A is added to the position information 77 on the first page.

  Next, the control device 41 prints the image of the first page formed by the above processing on the sheet 61 in S25 of FIG. As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, an image including the position information 77 (including code information 81) arranged in place of the identification code 51A and the object 51B is printed on the sheet 61.

  Next, in S27, the control device 41 determines whether or not the target page (image data 51) is the last page. Since the target page is not the last page (S27: NO), the control device 41 ends the first identification code printing process.

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Next, the control device 41 sets the second page (image data 52) read from the print job D1 as the target page, and executes the identification code printing process shown in FIG. In the following description, the description of the same processing as that for the above-described one page is omitted.

  The control device 41 executes S13 after detecting the identification code 52A in S11. The identification code 51A and the identification code 52A are different identification codes (S13: YES). For this reason, the control apparatus 41 performs S15. In S13, the control device 41 adds the alphabet character “B” as the code information 81 to the identification code 52A.

  As described above, the aggregate page has already been generated in the process of the first page. For this reason, in response to determining that the aggregate page has already been generated in S15 (S15: NO), the control device 41 executes the process of S19. This is because if the aggregate page has already been generated, the control device 41 does not need to execute S17 again.

  The control device 41 executes the same processing as that of the above-described identification code 51A in the processing after S19. The control device 41 executes S19, S21, S23, and S25. As shown in FIG. 5, an image including position information 77 (including code information 81) arranged in place of the identification code 52A and an object 52B is printed on the sheet 62 of the second page.

  In S27, since the target page (image data 52) is not the final page (S27: NO), the control code 41 ends the second identification code printing process. At this point, the sheet 64 is not printed. On the other hand, the identification code 52A of the second page is arranged at an arrangement position (not shown) corresponding to the identification code 52A in the sheet 64 of the fourth page, like the identification code 51A of the first page.

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Next, the control device 41 sets the third page (image data 53) read from the print job D1 as a target page, and executes the identification code printing process shown in FIG. After detecting the identification code 53A in S11, the control device 41 executes S13. In this case, the identification code 53A detected in S11 is the same as the identification code 51A that has already been detected in the same print job D1. For this reason, since it has already detected (S13: NO), the control apparatus 41 performs the process after S21. In S13, the control device 41 sets the same alphabet character “A” as the detected identification code 51A for the identification code 53A.

  In S21, the control device 41 changes the position information 79 corresponding to the identification code 51A. The control device 41 unifies the same identification codes 51A and 53A into one, and sets code information 81 (alphabet letter “A”) as unified bar code information. The set code information 81 is added to the position information 79 of the additional position 76 corresponding to the identification codes 51A and 53A. As a result, the information of the position information 79 corresponding to the identification codes 51A and 53A is changed from “P1: A” to “P1,3: A”.

  Next, in S23, the control device 41 arranges position information 77 indicating the position of the arrangement destination position 75 of the final page at the addition position 73 of the third page which is the target page. The control device 41 uses the number of pages on which the identification code 53A is arranged as the position information 77 indicating the position of the arrangement destination position 75. Further, the control device 41 adds code information 81 for identifying the identification code 53A to the position information 77.

  In step S <b> 25, the control device 41 prints the image of the third page formed by the above processing on the sheet 63. As shown in FIG. 5, at the additional position (not shown) of the sheet 63, information ("P4: A") in which code information 81 is added to position information 77 indicating the fourth page (P4) in which the identification code 53A is arranged. ) Is printed.

  Next, in S27, the control device 41 determines whether or not the target page (image data 53) is the last page. Since the target page is the last page (S27: YES), the control device 41 executes printing of the consolidated page (sheet 64) (S29, output processing). As a result, an image in which the identification codes 51A to 53A and the position information 79 shown in FIG. Since the control device 41 has processed the image data 51 to 53 up to the final page, the identification code printing process ends.

  Incidentally, the PC 14 is an example of a processing device. The printer 15 is an example of an image data output device. The printing unit 49 is an example of an image data output unit. The storage unit 44 is an example of a memory. The position information 77 is an example of information indicating the arrangement destination position. The code information 81 is an example of unified identification code information.

As mentioned above, according to above-mentioned embodiment, there exist the following effects.
(1) In the present embodiment, the identification codes 51A to 53A are arranged at the arrangement source position 71 in the image data 51 to 53 (original image data). The control device 41 arranges the identification codes 51 </ b> A to 53 </ b> A at the arrangement destination position 75 different from the arrangement source position 71 for the image data 51 to 53. Further, the control device 41 determines the additional position 73 in the page where the arrangement source position 71 exists based on the arrangement source position 71. The control device 41 adds information (position information 77) indicating the arrangement destination position 75 to the addition position 73 with respect to the image data 51 to 53. The control device 41 prints the sheets 61 to 63 in which the identification codes 51A to 53A are arranged at the arrangement destination position 75 and the position information 77 indicating the arrangement destination position 75 is added to the addition position 73. As a result, if the user confirms only the position information 77 (information indicating the arrangement position 75) of the additional position 73 of the printed sheets 61 to 63, the arrangement in which the identification codes 51A to 53A that need to be referred to are arranged. The previous position 75 can be grasped.

  (2) Further, the control device 41 according to the present embodiment determines the additional position 76 in the page where the placement destination position 75 exists based on the placement destination position 75. The control device 41 adds information (position information 79) indicating the arrangement source position 71 to the additional position 76 with respect to the image data 51 to 53 (original image data). The control device 41 prints the sheet 64 in which the identification codes 51A to 53A are arranged at the arrangement destination position 75 and the position information 79 indicating the arrangement source position 71 is added to the addition position 76. Thus, if the user confirms only the position information 79 (information indicating the arrangement source position 71) of the additional position 76 of the printed sheet 64, the text or the like (object 51B) that needs to refer to the identification codes 51A to 53A. To 53B) can be grasped.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, It is possible to implement in the various aspect which gave various change and improvement based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the image data output apparatus of the present application has been described by taking the printer 15 (multifunction machine) having a copy function and a FAX function in addition to the print function as an example, but is not limited thereto. For example, the image data output device of the present application may be a scanner or a copier. In this case, when the scanner or the copier detects the identification code from the image data (original image data) read from the printed material, the scanner or the copier performs the same process as the identification code printing process (see FIG. 3) of the above embodiment. Also good. Further, the scanner or the copier may output the processed image data to, for example, the PC 14 via a network without printing. That is, it may be handled as electronic data without printing.

Further, the control device 41 may not delete the identification codes 51A to 53A from the arrangement source position 71. In this case, the identification codes 51 </ b> A to 53 </ b> A can be confirmed also on the page of the arrangement source position 71.
Further, the control device 41 may arrange the arrangement source position 71 and the arrangement destination position 75 in the same page (sheets 61 to 63). FIG. 9 shows a print example in which the arrangement source position 71 (addition position 73) and the arrangement destination position 75 are arranged on the same page. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the identification codes 51A and 52A are moved from the body portion where the object 51B is arranged to the margin at the bottom of the page. In this case, the position information 77 may be information indicating where the identification codes 51A and 52A are arranged outside the field, such as “first from the left outside the field”. Further, the position information 79 may be information indicating where the additional position 73 is arranged in the page, such as “right end of first row”. Thus, even within the same page, the other reference destination can be grasped only by looking at only one of the position information 77 and the position information 79.
Further, the additional position 73 may be a position that does not overlap with the arrangement source position 71 or a position away from the arrangement source position 71.
Further, the page on which the arrangement source position 71 (additional position 73) is printed may be a page after the page on which the arrangement destination position 75 is printed.
Further, when the image data 51 to 53 includes the same identification code 51A, 53A, the control device 41 does not have to unify the same identification code 51A, 53A into one.

Further, at least a part of the objects 51B to 53B may be printed on a page (sheet 64) on which the identification codes 51A and 53A and the position information 79 are printed. In this case, the objects 51B to 53B can also be confirmed on the page at the arrangement destination position 75.
Further, the control device 41 may be configured to print only one of the sheets 61, 62, and 63 where the arrangement source position 71 (additional position 73) exists and the sheet 64 where the arrangement destination position 75 exists. In this case, for example, the user prints only the sheet 64 and confirms the objects 51B to 53B with the image data 51 to 53 (electronic data) while appropriately identifying the identification codes 51A to 53A of the printed sheet 64 with a barcode reader or the like. You can read it with

In addition, when the region of the additional position 76 is printed across a plurality of pages, the control device 41 may print the position information 79 on each page that spans. Accordingly, the position information 79 can be confirmed by looking at any of the plurality of sheets across the printing result.
Further, when executing poster printing, the control device 41 may print the position information 79 only on one of the pages when the region of the additional position 76 extends over a plurality of pages. As a result, the position information 79 is always printed on any of a plurality of sheets configured as a poster, and it is not necessary to print a lot of position information 79 unnecessarily.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Image data output system, 14 PC (processing apparatus), 15 Printer (image data output apparatus), 41 Control apparatus, 49 Printing part, 51-53 Image data (original image data), 51A-53A Identification code, 51B-53B Object, 61-63 sheet, 71 Arrangement source position, 75 Arrangement destination position, 73, 76 Additional position, 77, 79 Position information.

Claims (22)

An image data output unit for outputting image data;
Memory,
A control device,
The controller is
A storage process for storing, in the memory, original image data which is image data including an identification code and a page having an object different from the identification code;
An original position detection process for detecting an original position that is the position of the identification code in the original image data stored in the memory;
A placement destination position determination process for determining a placement destination position that is a position different from the detected placement source position;
An additional position determination process for determining an additional position in a page where the arrangement source position exists based on the detected arrangement source position;
Arrangement processing for arranging the identification code at the determined arrangement destination position with respect to the original image data;
An addition process of adding information indicating the placement destination position to the determined addition position with respect to the original image data;
Output processing for controlling the image data output unit to output image data in which the identification code is arranged at the arrangement destination position and information indicating the arrangement destination position is added to the additional position;
An image data output device for executing   The image data output device according to claim 1, wherein the image data output device is a printer that outputs image data to a sheet as a print image by the image data output unit.   The image data output device according to claim 1, wherein the control device executes a process of deleting the identification code from the arrangement source position.   The image data output apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the placement destination position is a page different from the placement source position.   5. The image data output according to claim 3, wherein the control device executes a process of determining, in the additional position determination process, an area overlapping with the arrangement source position from which the identification code is erased as the additional position. apparatus.   6. The control device according to claim 1, wherein the control device uses information indicating how many pages in the original image data correspond to the number of pages on which the identification code is arranged, as information indicating the arrangement destination position. The image data output device according to any one of the above.   The image data output device according to claim 1, wherein the control device uses the number of pages to which the identification code is output as information indicating the placement destination position. The placement destination position is a page different from the placement source position,
The image data output device according to claim 1, wherein the control device sets a page on which the arrangement source position exists as a previous page compared to a page on which the identification code is arranged.   The control device unifies the same identification code at the arrangement destination position into one according to the fact that the original image data includes a plurality of the same identification codes, and unified identification code information The image data output device according to claim 1, wherein the image data output apparatus adds the information to the information of the arrangement destination position and arranges the information at the arrangement source position. An image data output unit for outputting image data;
Memory,
A control device,
The controller is
A storage process for storing, in the memory, original image data which is image data including an identification code and a page having an object different from the identification code;
An original position detection process for detecting an original position that is the position of the identification code in the original image data stored in the memory;
A placement destination position determination process for determining a placement destination position that is a position different from the detected placement source position;
An additional position determination process for determining an additional position in a page where the placement destination position exists based on the determined placement destination position;
Arrangement processing for arranging the identification code at the determined arrangement destination position with respect to the original image data;
An addition process of adding information indicating the arrangement source position to the determined addition position with respect to the original image data;
Output processing for controlling the image data output unit to output image data in which the identification code is arranged at the arrangement destination position and information indicating the arrangement source position is added to the additional position;
An image data output device for executing   The image data output apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the placement destination position is a page different from the placement source position.   The image data output apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the placement destination position is a page that does not include the object.   The image data output device according to claim 12, wherein the control device executes a process of controlling the image data output unit to output image data including the object.   The image data output device according to claim 10, wherein the control device executes a process of deleting the identification code from the arrangement source position.   The image data output device according to any one of claims 10 to 14, wherein, in the additional position determination process, the control apparatus determines the area of the placement destination position and the area of the additional position as adjacent areas. .   16. The control device uses information indicating how many pages in the original image data correspond to the number of pages where the arrangement source position exists as information indicating the arrangement source position. The image data output device according to any one of the above.   The image data output device according to any one of claims 10 to 15, wherein the control device uses a peripheral image of the arrangement source position as information indicating the arrangement source position.   The image data output device according to any one of claims 10 to 15, wherein the control device uses, as information indicating the arrangement source position, the number of pages in which the arrangement source position exists at the time of output. The placement destination position is a page different from the placement source position,
The image data output device according to any one of claims 10 to 18, wherein the control device sets a page on which the arrangement source position is present as a page ahead of a page on which the identification code is arranged.   The control device unifies the same identification code at the arrangement destination position into one according to the fact that the original image data includes a plurality of the same identification codes, The image data output device according to any one of claims 10 to 19, wherein information indicating the corresponding arrangement source positions is collected and arranged at the additional position corresponding to the unified identification code. An image data output device for outputting image data;
Memory,
A processing device connected to the image data output device,
The processor is
A storage process for storing, in the memory, original image data which is image data including an identification code and a page having an object different from the identification code;
An original position detection process for detecting an original position that is the position of the identification code in the original image data stored in the memory;
A placement destination position determination process for determining a placement destination position that is a position different from the detected placement source position;
An additional position determination process for determining an additional position in a page where the arrangement source position exists based on the detected arrangement source position;
Arrangement processing for arranging the identification code at the determined arrangement destination position with respect to the original image data;
An addition process of adding information indicating the placement destination position to the determined addition position with respect to the original image data;
Output processing for controlling the image data output device to output image data in which the identification code is arranged at the arrangement destination position and information indicating the arrangement destination position is added to the additional position;
Execute image data output system. An image data output method for outputting an image based on image data,
A storage process for storing original image data, which is image data including an identification code and a page having an object different from the identification code;
An original position detection process for detecting an original position that is the position of the identification code in the stored original image data;
A placement destination position determination process for determining a placement destination position that is a position different from the detected placement source position;
An additional position determination process for determining an additional position in a page where the arrangement source position exists based on the detected arrangement source position;
Arrangement processing for arranging the identification code at the determined arrangement destination position with respect to the original image data;
An addition process of adding information indicating the placement destination position to the determined addition position with respect to the original image data;
Output processing for outputting image data in which the identification code is arranged at the arrangement destination position and information indicating the arrangement destination position is added to the additional position;
Image data output method including

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