JP2019181779A - Sealed letter production system - Google Patents

Abstract

To produce a sealed letter P3 without discarding the same in a useless state.SOLUTION: An envelope determination part 119a determines whether or not a kind of an envelope sheet P1 is a window envelope sheet P11, based on an envelope production job, and if it is determined that the sheet kind is the window envelope sheet P11 by the envelope determination part 119a, a sample production control part 119b creates a first sealed letter P3 as a sample sealed letter P31 based on the envelope production job, then, a production control part 119c sets the sample sealed letter P31 to a first sealed letter (first sealed letter P3), then produces a second and following sealed letters P3 based on the envelope production job.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a sealed letter creation system for creating a sealed letter without wastefully disposing an envelope with a window.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a sealed letter creating system including a printing apparatus that prints an envelope and contents based on an envelope creating job, and an enclosed sealing apparatus that creates a sealed letter by folding and sealing the contents printed by the printing apparatus. is there.

  In this envelope creation system, in order to check the finished state of whether the combination of the address printed on the envelope and the contents enclosed in the envelope is correct, a sample print is made before making the envelope. You may only create a sealed letter. Then, after confirming the sample print, a sealed letter is finally created based on a user operation.

  In Patent Document 1, when an instruction to create a sample is received, an additional image indicating that the envelope is a sample is added to the envelope body belonging to the first passage, and only the envelope body and the inclusion belonging to the first passage are added. A technique related to a data processing apparatus to be printed is disclosed.

JP 2013-228769 A

  Here, when creating a direct mail with this envelope creation system, an envelope with a window is often used. The envelope with a window is provided with a transparent window, and the contents are enclosed and sealed so that the address of the delivery destination printed on the contents can be seen from the window. Therefore, it is possible to confirm whether the combination of the address printed on the envelope and the content enclosed in the envelope is correct without opening the envelope.

  Thus, since it is possible to confirm whether or not the combination is appropriate without opening, the sealed letter confirmed to be an appropriate combination can be used as an official letter without being discarded.

  However, as in the technique of Patent Document 1, if an additional image indicating a sample is added and printed on an envelope, it cannot be used as an official sealed letter, and the sealed letter is wasted accordingly. There was a case.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a sealed letter creation system that creates a sealed letter without wastefully disposing an envelope with a window.

In order to achieve the above object, the first feature of the sealed letter preparation system according to the present invention is:
A envelope creation system comprising: a printing device that prints an envelope and contents based on an envelope creation job; and a sealed sealing device that folds the content printed by the printing device and seals the sealed envelope in the envelope,
An envelope determination means for determining whether the envelope is an envelope with a window based on the envelope creation job;
Sample creation control means for creating the first envelope as a sample envelope based on the envelope creation job when the envelope determination means determines that the envelope is a window,
Creation control that, when it is confirmed that the sample envelope created by the sample creation control means is appropriate, sets the sample envelope as the first envelope and creates subsequent envelopes based on the envelope creation job. Means.

  According to the first feature of the sealed letter creating system according to the present invention, a sealed letter can be created without wastefully disposing of an envelope with a window.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the sealed letter production system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a functional lineblock diagram showing typically the sealed letter creation system concerning an embodiment of the invention. It is the figure explaining the flow in which a sealed letter is produced by the sealed letter production system which concerns on embodiment of this invention using the envelope paper with a window and content paper, when it determines with it being an envelope paper with a window. It is a figure explaining the flow in which a sealed letter is created by a sealed letter creating system according to an embodiment of the present invention using a windowless enveloped sheet and a contents sheet when it is determined that the enveloped sheet is a windowless enveloped sheet. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the sealed letter preparation system which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same or equivalent parts and components are denoted by the same or equivalent reference numerals. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic and different from the actual ones. Moreover, the part from which the relationship and ratio of a mutual dimension differ also in between drawings is contained.

  Further, the embodiment described below exemplifies an apparatus or the like for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and the technical idea of the present invention is to arrange the components and the like as follows. It is not something specific. The technical idea of the present invention can be variously modified within the scope of the claims.

[Basic configuration of sealed letter creation system]
A basic configuration of the sealed letter creation system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a configuration of a sealed letter creating system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram schematically showing the sealed letter creating system according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an envelope creation system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a printing device 2 that prints and discharges on envelope paper P1 and content paper P2, and envelope paper printed by the printing device 2. An envelope sealing device 3 that forms an envelope from P1 and stores the content paper P2 printed by the printing device 2 in the envelope to create a sealed letter P3 is provided. Note that the envelope paper P1 used here includes an envelope paper P11 with a window and an envelope paper P13 without a window. As will be described later, the envelope paper P11 with a window is an envelope paper P1 provided with a transparent window so that the content paper P2 enclosed therein can be seen, and the envelope paper P13 without a window is provided with a window. It is envelope paper P1 which is not carried out.

  The printing apparatus 2 includes a paper feeding unit 111 inside or on a side surface of a housing that stores each unit. The paper feed unit 111 includes a first paper feed tray 111a on which envelope paper P1 is placed, and second paper feed trays 111b to 111d on which content paper P2 is placed.

  A conveyance path 113 is connected to each of the sheet feeding sections 111, and a conveyance section 112 composed of conveyance rollers or the like is provided at a plurality of locations on the conveyance path 113. The transport unit 112 takes out the envelope sheets P1 placed on the first paper feed tray 111a one by one and transports them on the transport path 113. Similarly, the transport unit 112 takes out the content sheets P2 placed on the second paper feed trays 111b to 111d one by one and transports them on the transport path 113.

  The printing apparatus 2 includes a printing unit 114 composed of four inkjet heads C, K, M, and Y that discharge inks of cyan (C), black (K), magenta (M), and yellow (Y), respectively. is doing. A detection unit 118 is provided upstream of the printing unit 114 on the conveyance path 113, and detects the envelope paper P1 and the content paper P2 being conveyed.

  In addition, the printing apparatus 2 includes a sending unit 115 that discharges the envelope paper P1 and the content paper P2 to the sealed sealing device 3, a paper discharge unit 116 that discharges the envelope paper P1 and the content paper P2 to the outside of the printing device 2, and A reversing unit 117 is provided for reversing the content sheet P2 conveyed on the conveyance path 113 and returning it to the conveyance path 113 to invert the content sheet P2.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the enclosing / sealing device 3 includes a content folding part 121, an envelope forming part 123, a sealing part 126, and a discharge part 127.

  The content folding unit 121 accumulates and aligns printed content sheets P2 sent from the printing apparatus 2 for each number of envelope sheets, and aligns the aligned content sheets as necessary. , A mechanism that folds into an outer trifold or an inner trifold.

  The envelope forming unit 123 forms the envelope from the printed envelope paper P1 sent from the printing apparatus 2, stores the content paper P2 in the envelope, and rehumidifies the envelope paper P1 provided at a predetermined position. Water is applied to the glue, and the envelope is formed by adhering the facing surfaces at predetermined positions while bending the envelope paper P1. Specifically, the envelope forming unit 123 encloses the content paper P2 while conveying the envelope paper P1 serving as an envelope. Then, the water application processing unit 124 applies water to the rewet glue portion formed on the envelope paper P1 enclosing the content paper P2 with the water application unit 124a, and the paper folding unit 125 applies the water to the envelope paper P1 after water application. A predetermined folding process is performed along the fold line while conveying the sheet. Note that a folding part 122 is connected to the envelope forming part 123, and this folding part 122 is a mechanism used for a four-fold envelope (that is, when the envelope paper P1 is folded three times). When the envelope is a three-fold envelope, the folding part 122 is not used, and the envelope forming part 123 performs folding and sealing at the same time.

  The sealing unit 126 seals the envelope formed by the envelope forming unit 123 and containing the content paper P2, and completes the sealed letter P3. In the sealing part 126, it can also seal by pressure-bonding the pressure sensitive adhesives of an envelope. The discharge unit 127 lifts and conveys the sealed letter P3 that has been sealed to the outside of the apparatus housing, and then horizontally discharges and conveys the sealed letter P3 to the discharge tray 127a.

  The printing apparatus 2 of the sealed letter creating system 1 includes a control unit 119 that performs overall control of each part of the sealed letter creating system 1.

  The control unit 119 controls the overall operation of the printing apparatus 2 and the overall operation of the enclosing / sealing apparatus 3. The control unit 119 includes a CPU, RAM, ROM, hard disk, and the like. An operation panel 120 is connected to the control unit 119.

  The operation panel 120 includes a display / input panel (not shown), a start key for starting reading and printing, a stop key for stopping reading and printing, a numeric keypad for inputting the number of prints, etc. And an operation signal based on a user operation is supplied to the control unit 119.

  The control unit 119 controls to select and feed the envelope paper P1 and the content paper P2 from the paper feeding unit 111 based on the envelope creation job at the time of printing for envelope creation. The envelope creation job includes setting information for printing and sealing, such as the type of envelope paper P1 (envelope paper P11 with window or envelope paper P13 without window) and the number of contents paper P2, in addition to the print image data. It is transmitted from the external terminal device to the printing device 2 at the time of sealed letter creation printing.

  Further, the control unit 119 controls the printing apparatus 2 and the enclosing sealing apparatus 3 so as to create a sealed letter without wasting the sealed letter P3. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, it has an envelope determination unit 119a, a sample creation control unit 119b, and a creation control unit 119c.

  The envelope determining unit 119a determines whether the envelope paper P1 is the windowed envelope paper P11 or the windowless envelope paper P13 based on the envelope creation job.

  When the envelope determination unit 119a determines that the envelope paper P11 has a window, the sample generation control unit 119b generates the first envelope P3 as a sample envelope based on the envelope generation job.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a flow in which a sealed letter P3 is created by the sealed letter creating system 1 using the enveloped paper P11 with window and the content paper P21 when it is determined that the enveloped paper P11 has a window. The content sheet P21 is the content sheet P2 on which the address is printed.

  The envelope paper P11 with window is provided with a transparent window portion P1a so that the content paper P21 can be seen. The envelope paper P1 is folded along folding lines P11b and P11c to form an envelope P12 (P11).

  The content sheet P21 is folded at fold lines P21b and P21c and enclosed in an envelope P12 (P11). The content sheet P21 is provided with a window frame area P21a as an area overlapping the window portion P1a. By printing the address in the window frame region P21a, the address can be seen from the outside through the window portion P1a.

  The folding method of the content sheet P21 includes an outer trifold and an inner trifold. Here, an example of the outer trifold is shown. The outer tri-fold is also called a so-called Z-fold, and is folded so that the address printed on the upper left part of the content paper P21 is at the top as shown in the folded content paper P22 (P21).

  The folded content sheet P22 (P21) folded three times outside is enclosed and sealed in an envelope P12 (P11), and a sample sealed letter P31 is created.

  Here, an example is shown in which the content sheet P21 is folded in three. However, when the inner sheet is folded in three, the contents sheet P21 is sandwiched between the fold line P21b and the fold line P21c. The address is printed on the left side of the marked area. And the printed address becomes the upper part by folding in three.

  On the other hand, the sample creation control unit 119b determines that the envelope determination unit 119a determines that it is not the windowed envelope paper P11, that is, the windowless envelope paper P13, based on the first envelope generation job. An image indicating a sample is added to the paper P13 and the content paper P23 to create an image-added sample sealed letter.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a flow of creating a sealed letter P33 by the sealed letter creating system 1 using the windowless envelope paper P13 and the contents paper P23 when it is determined that the envelopeless paper P13 is a windowless envelope paper P13.

  On the windowless envelope paper P13, an address P13d and a sample print P13e as an image indicating a sample are printed in an area sandwiched between the fold lines P13b and P13c.

  Similarly to the windowless envelope paper P13, a sample print P23e as an image indicating a sample is also printed on the content paper P23.

  The content sheet P23 is folded along folding lines P23b and P23c and enclosed in an envelope P14 (P13).

  The folding method of the content sheet P23 includes an outer trifold and an inner trifold. Here, an example of the outer trifold is shown. The outer trifold is also called a so-called Z-fold, and as shown in the folded content sheet P24 (P23), the sample print P23e printed on the upper left part of the content sheet P23 is folded upward.

  The folded content sheet P24 (P23) folded three times outside is enclosed and sealed in an envelope P14 (P13), thereby creating an image-added sample sealed letter P33.

  Here, an example is shown in which the content sheet P23 is folded three times outside, but when the inner sheet is folded three times, the contents sheet P23 is sandwiched between the fold line P23b and the fold line P23c. A sample print P23e is printed on the left side of the marked area. Then, the printed sample print P23e becomes the upper portion by being folded in three.

  When the sample sealed letter P31 or the image-added sample sealed letter P33 is created and discharged to the discharge unit 127, the user confirms whether the discharged sample sealed letter P31 or the image-added sample sealed letter P33 is appropriate. Specifically, for the sample sealed letter P31, whether or not the address in the window frame area P21a printed on the contents paper P21 is appropriately printed by the user through the window part P1a of the envelope paper P11 with window. Confirm. For the image-added sample envelope P33, the user opens the image-added sample envelope P33, and whether the combination of the address printed on the windowless envelope paper P13 and the content paper P23 sealed in the envelope P14 (P13) is correct. Check if. When the user confirms that the sample sealed letter P31 or the image-added sample sealed letter P33 is appropriate, for example, the user presses a confirmation button displayed on the operation panel 120.

  When the user confirms that the sample sealed letter P31 is appropriate, it is not opened and the sample is not printed, so that the sample sealed letter P31 can be used as the created sealed letter P3.

  Therefore, the creation control unit 119c sets the sample sealed letter P31 as the first sealed letter (first sealed letter P3), and creates the sealed letter P3 for the second and subsequent letters based on the envelope creation job.

  As a result, the sealed letter P3 can be created without being wasted.

  On the other hand, when the user opens the image-added sample letter P33 and confirms that the image-added sample letter P33 on which the sample is printed is appropriate, the sample-added image letter-added letter P33 is printed on the booklet. It cannot be used as the created sealed letter P3.

  Therefore, the creation control unit 119c creates a sealed letter from the first letter (first letter P3) based on the envelope creation job. Thus, the user can create the sealed letter P3 after confirming whether or not the combination of the address and the enclosed content paper P23 is correct.

[Action]
Next, the operation of the sealed letter creation system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the sealed letter creating system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  When the control unit 119 receives the envelope creation job and receives a sample print instruction (step S101; YES), the envelope determination unit 119a determines that the envelope paper P1 type is enveloped paper with window P11 based on the envelope creation job. Or the windowless envelope paper P13 (step S103).

  When the envelope determination unit 119a determines that the envelope paper P11 has a window (step S103; an envelope with a window), the sample creation control unit 119b does not print the sample, but samples the first envelope P3 based on the envelope creation job. Create as P31 (step S105).

  For example, the operation panel 120 displays a message such as “Is the sealed letter properly created?” (Step S107).

  When the user depresses the confirmation button displayed on the operation panel 120 (step S109; YES), the user confirms that the sample letter P31 is appropriate.

  Therefore, the creation control unit 119c sets the sample sealed letter P31 as the first sealed letter (first sealed letter P3) and creates the sealed letter P3 after the next letter based on the envelope creation job (step S111).

  When the confirmation button displayed on the operation panel 120 is not pressed (step S109; NO), the user has determined that the sample letter P31 is not appropriate.

  Therefore, the control unit 119 stops creating the sealed letter (step S113).

  On the other hand, when the envelope determination unit 119a determines that the windowless envelope paper P13 (step S103; envelope without window), the sample creation control unit 119b applies the first windowless envelope paper P13 based on the envelope generation job. The destination and the “sample” character are printed, and the content image and the “sample” character are printed on the first content sheet P23 (step S121).

  Then, the sample creation control unit 119b encloses the content paper P23 in the printed windowless envelope paper P13 and creates the image-added sample sealed letter P33 without sealing (step S123).

  For example, the operation panel 120 displays a message such as “Is the sealed letter properly created?” (Step S125).

  When the user depresses the confirmation button displayed on the operation panel 120 (step S127; YES), the user confirms that the image-added sample sealed letter P33 is appropriate.

  Therefore, the creation control unit 119c causes the user to discard the image-added sample sealed letter P33, and creates a sealed letter from the first letter (first letter P3) based on the envelope creation job (step S129).

  If the confirmation button displayed on the operation panel 120 is not pressed (step S127; NO), the user has determined that the image-added sample sealed letter P33 is not appropriate.

  Therefore, the control unit 119 stops creating the sealed letter (step S113).

  As described above, when the envelope determination unit 119a determines whether the type of the envelope paper P1 is the windowed envelope paper P11 based on the envelope creation job, and the envelope determination unit 119a determines the envelope paper P11 with the window The sample creation control unit 119b creates the first sealed letter P3 as the sample sealed letter P31 based on the envelope creation job, and the creation control part 119c sets the sample sealed letter P31 as the first sealed letter (first sealed letter P3). The sealed letter P3 is created based on the envelope creation job.

  Therefore, since the sealed letter P3 is created based on the envelope creation job by effectively using the sample sealed letter P31, the sealed letter P3 can be created without being wasted.

  If the envelope determination unit 119a determines that the windowless envelope paper P13, the sample creation control unit 119b indicates that the first windowless envelope paper P13 and the content paper P23 are samples based on the envelope creation job. An image is added to create an image-added sample sealed letter, and the creation control unit 119c creates a sealed letter from the first letter (first letter P3) based on the envelope creation job. Thus, the user can create the sealed letter P3 after confirming whether or not the combination of the address and the enclosed content paper P23 is correct.

  Note that the sealed letter creation system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can also be applied when restarting after an error such as a paper jam has occurred.

  Specifically, when an error such as a paper jam occurs, the user removes the paper on which the paper jam has occurred, and then performs an operation to instruct sample printing from an external terminal device. Thereafter, processing is executed according to the procedure of the flowchart shown in FIG. At this time, the sealed letter P3 is created with the first message to resume.

(Appendix)
The present application discloses the following inventions.

(Appendix 1)
A envelope creation system comprising: a printing device that prints an envelope and contents based on an envelope creation job; and a sealed sealing device that folds the content printed by the printing device and seals the sealed envelope in the envelope,
Envelope determination means for determining whether the envelope is an envelope with a window based on the envelope creation job;
Sample creation control means for creating the first envelope as a sample envelope based on the envelope creation job when the envelope determination means determines that the envelope is a window,
Creation control that, when it is confirmed that the sample envelope created by the sample creation control means is appropriate, sets the sample envelope as the first envelope and creates subsequent envelopes based on the envelope creation job. Means,
A sealed letter creation system characterized by comprising:

(Appendix 2)
The sample creation control means includes
When the envelope determination unit determines that the envelope is not a windowed envelope, an image indicating that the sample is a sample is added to the first envelope and the contents based on the envelope creation job, and the first envelope is added to the image Let me create a sample letter
The creation control means includes
The sealed envelope according to (Appendix 1), wherein when it is confirmed that the image-added sample envelope created by the sample creation controller is appropriate, the envelope is created from the first envelope based on the envelope creation job. Creation system.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Seal letter production system 2 Printing apparatus 3 Encapsulation sealing apparatus 111 Paper feed part 112 Conveyance part 113 Conveyance path 114 Printing part 115 Sending part 116 Paper discharge part 117 Reversing part 118 Detection part 119 Control part 119a Envelope determination part 119b Sample preparation control part 119c Creation control unit 120 Operation panel 121 Contents folding unit 122 Folding unit 123 Envelope forming unit 124 Water application processing unit 124a Water application unit 125 Paper folding unit 126 Sealing unit 127 Discharge unit 127a Discharge tray

Claims (2)

A envelope creation system comprising: a printing apparatus that prints an envelope and contents based on an envelope creation job; and an encapsulating sealing apparatus that folds the contents printed by the printing apparatus and encloses and seals the envelope in the envelope,
An envelope determination means for determining whether the envelope is an envelope with a window based on the envelope creation job;
Sample creation control means for creating an initial envelope as a sample envelope based on the envelope creation job when the envelope determination means determines that the envelope is a window,
Creation control that, when it is confirmed that the sample envelope created by the sample creation control means is appropriate, sets the sample envelope as the first envelope and creates the subsequent envelopes based on the envelope creation job. Means,
A sealed letter creation system characterized by comprising: The sample creation control means includes
When the envelope determination unit determines that the envelope is not a windowed envelope, an image indicating that the sample is a sample is added to the first envelope and the contents based on the envelope creation job, and the first envelope is added to the image Let me create a sample letter
The creation control means includes
2. The envelope creation according to claim 1, wherein when it is confirmed that the image-added sample envelope created by the sample creation control unit is appropriate, the envelope creation job is created from the first envelope based on the envelope creation job. system.

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