JP4524450B2 - Print content confirmation system and print content confirmation program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a print content confirmation system and a print content confirmation program, and more particularly to a print content confirmation system and a print content confirmation program via the Internet.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, when manufacturing printed matter such as greeting cards, business cards, postcards with photos, etc., personal information (address, name, phone number, e-mail address, etc.) of the customer entered on the order form is read visually or with a scanner and a personal computer The printed matter can be printed by using the input character data as is for printing or by converting the character data into image data and combining it with other image data (photographs, templates, etc.). It is manufactured.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, there are many customers' personal information entered on the order form where it is difficult to determine the character due to the shape of the character or the handwriting of the customer. In particular, E-mail addresses use similar symbols such as “-” and “_”, “•” and “.”, And in the case of handwriting, the letters “n” and “h” It is difficult to determine the symbols and characters used, such as distinction, and there are many cases where a correct E-mail address is not input. Therefore, when it is difficult to determine the characters and symbols entered on the order form, inquiries are made by telephone to the orderer. However, it takes time and labor to make inquiries over the telephone, and work efficiency is poor. There is a problem of becoming.
[0004]
Also, in printed materials such as postcards with photographs, the orderer's needs for layouts such as the layout and size of photos and characters vary, but the orderer checks the contents of the printed sample, There was a problem that the work of making fine corrections to the arrangement and size of photographs and characters was not performed.
[0005]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and provides a print content confirmation system and a print content confirmation program capable of easily confirming and correcting the content of a completed sample of a printed matter. For the purpose.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the print content confirmation system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a creation unit that creates print content data including a print layout display based on a print order from an orderer, and the print content data. Recording means for recording, print content transmission means for transmitting the print content data to the orderer over the Internet, and based on a correction instruction from the orderer for the transmitted print content data, And update means for updating the print content data recorded in the recording means.
[0007]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print content confirmation program for creating a print content data including an e-mail address based on a print order from an orderer, recording the print content data in a recording unit, and printing the print content. Data is transmitted to the orderer via the Internet, and the recorded print content data is updated based on a correction instruction from the orderer with respect to the transmitted print content data. is there.
[0008]
According to the print content confirmation system of the first invention and the print content confirmation program of the third invention, based on the print order from the orderer, the print content including the print layout, such as characters, images, the number of sheets, etc. Print content data is created and the print content data is recorded on a server or the like. Here, the case where the print order from the orderer is made via the Internet or the case where the order is made via a document such as an application form is included. When the print order is made via the Internet, the print content data is automatically created based on the received order data. When the print order is made via a written document such as an application form, the content described in the document Is input, and print content data is created based on the input content. Then, the print content data is transmitted to the orderer via the Internet, and the orderer confirms the content of the transmitted print content data and issues an instruction to correct the characters and layout to be printed. Since the print content data recorded based on the correction instruction from the orderer is automatically updated, the time and labor for correction can be reduced, and the orderer confirms and corrects the print layout display. Therefore, printing adapted to the needs of the orderer can be performed.
[0009]
In the print content confirmation system according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the print content data includes a mail address, the print content transmission means transmits to the mail address, and the transmission is not properly performed. Further, it may be configured to further include a correcting means for correcting the mail address based on the information from the orderer.
[0010]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the print content confirmation program, wherein the print content data includes an e-mail address, the transmission is performed to the e-mail address, and if the transmission is not properly performed, the orderer The e-mail address can also be corrected based on information from.
[0011]
According to the print content confirmation system and the print content confirmation program, the print content data includes an email address as the content to be printed, and the print content data is transmitted to the email address. As a result, an unknown user or the like If the email was not sent properly, it was found that the email address of the print content data was incorrect, and the email address that was found to be incorrect was used as the input data of the orderer, application form, response to inquiries by telephone, etc. Therefore, it is possible to easily find and correct an e-mail address and prevent printing of a character error.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print content confirmation system for creating print content data including a mail address based on a print order from an orderer, a recording means for recording the print content data, and a mail address. A print content transmitting means for transmitting the print content data; and a correcting means for correcting an email address recorded in the recording means based on information from the orderer when the transmission is not properly performed. , Including.
[0013]
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print content confirmation program that creates a print content data including an email address based on a print order from an orderer, records the print content data in the recording means, and The print content data is transmitted to an address, and when the transmission is not properly performed, the mail address recorded in the recording means is corrected based on information from the orderer. It is.
[0014]
According to the print content confirmation system of the second invention and the print content confirmation program of the fourth invention, the print content data including the mail address is created based on the print order from the orderer, and the print content data is recorded. The print content data is transmitted to the mail address recorded in the recording means and to the orderer via the Internet. If this transmission is not properly performed by an unknown user or the like, it is found that the email address of the print content data is incorrect, and the email address in which the error is found is used as input data of the orderer, application form, Since correction is made based on information from the orderer such as a reply to an inquiry by telephone, an error in the mail address can be easily found and corrected, and printing of a character error can be prevented.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a print content confirmation system and a print content confirmation program according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
As shown in FIG. 1, the printing content confirmation system according to the present embodiment includes a printing company computer 10, the Internet 18, a provider server 20, and an orderer's personal computer (hereinafter referred to as “PC”) 22. ing. Connected to the printing company computer 10 are a print order input unit 12 for inputting the received contents, a printer 14 for printing the input contents, and a server 16 for recording and managing the order contents and other customer information.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 2, the server 16 includes an order data file 102, a character content data file 104, a character layout file 106, an image layout file 108, an order notification file 110, a confirmed response file 112, and a final character image file. A database in which various files such as 114 are recorded is stored. In the order data file 102, order data including an order number, a fee payment method, a handling store, an ordered product, the number of copies, a price, characters to be printed, and the like of an ordered print is recorded. In the character content data file 104, character content data relating to character content (for example, address, name, telephone number, E-mail address, etc.) used for printing based on the order data is recorded. In the character layout file 106, character layout data created based on the character content data is recorded.
[0018]
The character layout created here is automatically created by a character layout creation program recorded in advance in a recording unit (not shown) of the printing company computer 10 and includes a zip code, address, number of names, and age display. Based on a plurality of pieces of information such as presence / absence and telephone number, it is created to fit the character area. For example, processing for changing the arrangement of the entire characters according to the number of names is performed, and when there are two or more addresses, processing for reducing the character font size is performed. In addition, when there are characters such as maiden name / age that come after the name, the name character string is shifted so that the character string of the name and maiden name / age do not overlap. In the above case, in order to prevent the character area from being over, processing is performed in which the maiden name / age and the like are arranged below the name character string. In addition, in the case of a vertically written layout image, arithmetic numbers (half-width / full-width) are converted into full-width Chinese characters (for example, 10-year-old is changed to 10-year-old), Katakana (half-width) is converted to full-width katakana characters.
[0019]
The image layout file 108 records image data such as photographs used for printing. The order report file 110 stores order report data for notifying the orderer that the order has been received and its contents. In the confirmed answer file 112, confirmed answer data regarding an answer indicating that the content of printing has been confirmed by the orderer is recorded. In the final character image file 114 for creating the final character image, image data, character image data, character data, character size data, and character layout position data for creating the final character image are recorded. As image data, data in a format such as BMP, JPEG, TIFF, EPS, and PDF can be recorded. As character image data, text characters (comma-separated CSV, TEXT, etc.), binary characters (word processor data) can be recorded. , Structure files, etc.) can be recorded.
[0020]
The server 16 is connected to the Internet 18 through connection means such as a modem, a router, and a TA (Terminal Adapter) not shown.
[0021]
A provider server 20 serving as a window for connecting to the Internet 18 and a personal computer 22 of an ordering customer are connected to the Internet 18 via connection means such as a modem, a router, and a TA (Terminal Adapter) not shown.
The server 16 and the personal computer 22 function as a WWW (World Wide Web) server and a WWW client, respectively, through mutual communication via the Internet 18.
That is, a WWW browser is installed in the personal computer 22, and the server 16 can be accessed via the Internet 18 by starting the WWW browser.
When there is an access request from the personal computer 22, the server 16 transmits the data at the position specified by the URL to the personal computer 22 that is the access source via the Internet 18.
The personal computer 22 displays the data transmitted from the server 16 on a display provided in the personal computer 22 by a WWW browser (so-called home page or WEB page is displayed). In addition, the personal computer 22 transmits various instructions and data input by the user operating the mouse and keyboard provided in the personal computer 22 to the server 12 to be accessed.
By such communication via the Internet 18, the server 16 transmits home page data for ordering prints to the personal computer 22 and receives order data from the personal computer 22.
[0022]
Next, a print content confirmation procedure in the print content confirmation program and the print content confirmation system according to the present invention will be described.
[0023]
The orderer inputs order data including necessary items such as print contents and the number of prints from the print application homepage displayed on the display of the personal computer 22, and sends the order data to the printing company via the Internet 18. Send. When the order data is transmitted, the server 16 of the printing company starts the order notification process shown in FIG.
[0024]
Order data is received in step 30, and based on the order data received in step 32, order data, character content data, character layout, and order report as print content data are created. In step 34, the order data, character content data, character layout, order report, and image data such as photos received from the orderer are received as the order data file 102, character content data file 104, character layout file, respectively. 106, the order report file 110, and the image data file 108 are registered. In step 36, the order receipt report shown in FIG. 5 is transmitted to the E-mail address where the order has been placed. As shown in FIG. 5, the order report includes an address, an order number, an order date, an orderer's name, a telephone number, E- Information such as a mail address, a payment method, a receiving store, an ordered product name, the number of sheets, and a product price is included.
[0025]
According to this processing, it is possible to automatically create order data, character content data to be printed, character layout, and order report, and automatically confirm that the order has been received and the contents of the order. Order report can be sent for.
[0026]
In this process, an order report is sent to the E-mail address where the order has been placed. If there is an E-mail address in the print content data, the order report is sent to this E-mail address. Can also be sent. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, after each data is registered in step 34, it is determined in step 35 whether there is an E-mail address in the print content data. If there is an E-mail address in the print content data, the E-mail address data in the print content data is used in step 36-2 by, for example, clicking on the E-mail address in the print content data. The order report is automatically transmitted to the E-mail address. In step 37, it is determined whether or not an order report has been transmitted to the E-mail address via the provider. Here, if the transmission is OK, it can be confirmed that the E-mail address of the print content data is correct. If the transmission cannot be performed by the unknown user, the E-mail address of the print content data is incorrect. I can confirm. Therefore, if the transmission is not OK, check the E-mail address sent from the orderer, or confirm by making an inquiry to the orderer by telephone or the like, and enter the correct E-mail address. In step 38, the E-mail address is corrected on the basis of this input, and the process returns to step 36-2 to transmit the order report to the corrected E-mail address again.
[0027]
If the transmission is OK, this process is terminated. If there is no E-mail address in the print content data, in step 36-1, an order report is transmitted to the E-mail address for which the order has been received, and this process ends.
[0028]
According to this processing, since the order report is automatically transmitted to the E-mail address using the E-mail address in the print content data, and the correctness of the E-mail address is determined. The correctness of the E-mail address can be determined by the method.
[0029]
On the other hand, the orderer confirms the order contents according to the procedure shown in FIG. In step 40, the order report is received by the personal computer 22. In step 42, the orderer confirms the contents of the order report. In step 44, when the address of the correction website of the printing company is accessed, the corresponding correction data recorded in the server 16 is transmitted to the orderer, and the character correction screen shown in FIG. It is displayed on the personal computer 22. As shown in FIG. 6, the character correction screen includes the type of print layout that has been ordered, vertical / horizontal distinction, name layout, typeface, postal code, address, telephone, etc. A window displaying item contents, maiden name / age distinction, etc., buttons for executing registration, correction, deletion, and other information are arranged.
[0030]
In step 46, the print content displayed on the character correction screen by the orderer is confirmed, and in step 48, it is determined whether or not there is correction (registration, correction, deletion) of characters. If there is no character correction, the process proceeds to step 56. If there is a character correction, the character is corrected in step 50. To correct the text, the orderer selects the content of the process by clicking one of the buttons for registration, correction, or deletion, and inputs the correction content from the mouse or keyboard (not shown) to the window for the item to be corrected. By doing. If the correction has not been completed, the execution button is not clicked in step 52, and the procedure returns to step 50 to continue the correction. When correction of all items desired to be corrected is completed, the execution button is clicked by the orderer in step 52, and character correction items are registered on the web in step 54.
[0031]
When a layout image display button (not shown) is clicked in step 56, a print layout image shown in FIG. 8A is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 8A, there are five families and three age displays. In this case, the illustrated layout image is automatically set.
[0032]
In step 58, the layout image is confirmed by the orderer, and in step 60, it is determined whether or not the layout image is corrected. If there is no correction, a confirmed reply is sent to the printing company in step 70, and this processing is terminated. If there is correction, the character size, font, and character position used in the layout image are corrected in step 62. The character size, font, and character position used in the layout image are corrected by clicking and inverting the character string that the orderer desires to correct, and operating and inputting from a mouse or keyboard (not shown). In the example shown in FIG. 8, the character strings of the names of (A), Hanako, Seiya, Aiya, and age (7 years old) are moved to the positions shown in (B) and displayed in two places. One of the character strings (five months twins) is deleted, and the other display is moved to the position shown in (B) to correct the layout image desired by the orderer.
[0033]
When the correction of the layout image is completed, the execution button is clicked by the orderer in step 64, and the corrected layout image is registered on the web in step 66. In step 68, when the orderer clicks an update button (not shown), the corresponding data in the printing company server 16 is updated to the corrected content registered on the web in steps 54 and 66. At the same time, a confirmed response is transmitted to the printing company in step 70, and this processing is terminated.
[0034]
According to this process, since the orderer can display the corresponding character content data, the character layout, etc. recorded in the server 16 of the printing company on the screen of the orderer's personal computer, the character content of the ordered print And layout image can be easily confirmed. In addition, the corresponding character content data, character layout, etc. recorded in the server 16 of the printing company can be directly modified on the personal computer by the orderer, so that the character content and layout suitable for the orderer can be obtained. Can be corrected. Further, since the corrected content is transmitted, the corresponding character content data and the character layout in the server 16 are automatically updated, so that the time and labor for the correction work in the printing company are reduced.
[0035]
When a confirmed response is transmitted from the orderer, the printing company server 16 starts the final character image creation process shown in FIG.
[0036]
In step 80, a confirmed response from the orderer is received, and in step 82, a character check is performed. Characters are checked for easily mistaken characters, symbols, and other matters based on a character check program registered in advance. In step 84, it is determined whether or not the character correction is necessary based on the character check result. If no character correction is necessary, the process proceeds to step 88. If the character needs to be corrected, at step 86, the character is corrected. In step 88, a layout check is performed based on a pre-registered layout check program, and a print sample is output from the printing unit 14. Based on this print sample, the operator checks whether there is a problem with the layout. The In step 90, it is determined whether layout correction is necessary based on the layout check result. If layout correction is not necessary, the process proceeds to step 94. When the layout needs to be corrected, the layout is corrected. In step 94, the image is output to the final character image file for creating the final character image, and this processing is terminated.
[0037]
According to this process, the confirmed response from the orderer and the character content data and character layout modified by the orderer are further checked to create the final character image before printing. Therefore, it is possible to output a more accurate print in which the image is prevented.
[0038]
(Second Embodiment)
Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Note that the configuration of the system of the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment, and thus detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0039]
In the present embodiment, the print application is made by filling in the order contents in the order form and submitting the order form to each print dealer. FIG. 10 shows an example of a postcard print order form. The purchase order includes the order type number, order quantity, order original type, order frame number, postcard type, and other necessary information such as address, name, phone number, and e-mail address. Completed by the orderer and submitted to the dealer.
[0040]
The contents of the submitted application form are input from the print order input unit 12. There are two methods for inputting: a method in which an operator reads the application form and inputs it from the keyboard, a method in which the application form is read by OCR and automatically converted into characters, and a method in which the worker reads the application form by voice and inputs it. However, in this embodiment, a method is adopted in which an operator reads an application form and inputs it from a keyboard. When the input of the application form is completed, the E-mail confirmation process shown in FIG. 11 is started.
[0041]
In step 120, order data, character content data, a character layout, and an order report are created based on the input information. In step 122, the order data, the character content data, the character layout, the order report, and the image data from the negative film of the photograph deposited from the orderer are respectively received in the order data file 102, the character content data file 104, the character layout file 106, The order report file 110 and the image data file 108 are registered. In step 124, it is determined whether or not the orderer's E-mail address is included in the order data. If there is no E-mail address of the orderer, this process is terminated.
[0042]
If there is an orderer's E-mail address, an order report is transmitted to the input orderer's E-mail address in step 126. In step 128, it is determined whether an order report has been transmitted to the orderer's E-mail address via the provider. In other words, misleading symbols such as “-” (hyphen) and “_” (underscore) are used for the E-mail address, and there is a high probability that the E-mail address is input erroneously. Therefore, the order receipt report is transmitted to the E-mail address of the orderer that is actually input, and if the transmission is OK, it can be confirmed that the E-mail address of the orderer is correctly input, and the unknown user can If transmission has failed, it can be confirmed that the input E-mail address is incorrect. If the transmission has failed, the e-mail address is corrected in step 130, the process returns to step 126, and the above processing is repeated. If the transmission is OK, this process is terminated.
[0043]
According to this processing, since the order report is transmitted to the input E-mail address, it is possible to transmit the order report for confirming the order received and the contents of the order to the orderer, while the input E- It is possible to easily check whether the mail address is correct.
[0044]
Since the order character confirmation procedure on the orderer side and the confirmed response from the orderer are received and the final character image creation process in the server 16 of the printing company is the same as that in the first embodiment, here. Description is omitted.
[0045]
Also according to this embodiment, the confirmed response from the orderer and the character content data and the character layout corrected by the orderer are further checked to create the final character image before printing. It is possible to output a more accurate print in which errors are prevented.
[0046]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the print content confirmation system of the first invention and the print content confirmation program of the third invention, based on the print order from the orderer, characters, images, Print content data relating to the print content such as the number of copies is created and the print content data is recorded in a server or the like. Then, the print content data is transmitted to the orderer via the Internet, and the orderer confirms the content of the transmitted print content data and issues an instruction to correct the characters and layout to be printed. Since the print content data recorded based on the correction instruction from the orderer is automatically updated, the time and labor for correction can be reduced, and the orderer confirms and corrects the print layout display. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an effect that printing adapted to the needs of the orderer can be performed.
[0047]
According to the print content confirmation system of the second invention and the print content confirmation program of the fourth invention, the print content data including the mail address is created based on the print order from the orderer, and the print content data Is recorded in the recording means, and the print content data is transmitted to the orderer via the Internet to the mail address recorded in the recording means. If this transmission is not properly performed by an unknown user or the like, it is found that the email address of the print content data is incorrect, and the email address in which the error is found is used as input data of the orderer, application form, Since corrections are made based on information from the orderer, such as answers to inquiries by telephone, it is possible to easily detect and correct email addresses and to prevent printing of character errors. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a database recorded in a server.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of order notification processing;
FIG. 4 is another flowchart of order notification processing;
FIG. 5 is a display example of an order report on a personal computer screen.
FIG. 6 is an example of a screen for correcting character data.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of print content confirmation processing.
8A is an example of character layout display before correction, and FIG. 8B is an example of character layout display after correction.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart of final character image creation processing.
FIG. 10 is an example of an application form according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of E-mail confirmation processing according to the second embodiment;
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Printing company computer
12 Print order input section
14 Printer
16 servers
18 Internet
22 PC
32 Each data creation process (creating means)
34 Registration process
36 Order Report Sending Processing
44 Character correction screen display processing (print content transmission means)
50 Correction processing (update means)
56 Layout image display processing (print content transmission means)
62 Correction processing (update means)
68 Transmission processing (update means)
104 Character content data (print content data)
106 Character layout data (print content data)
108 Image data (print content data)
110 Order report data

Claims (4)

  A creation means for creating print content data including an email address based on a print order from an orderer,
  Recording means for recording the print content data;
  Print content transmission means for transmitting the print content data to the e-mail address;
  When the transmission is not properly performed, a correction unit that corrects an email address recorded in the recording unit based on information from the orderer;
  Print content confirmation system with   2. The printing according to claim 1, further comprising an updating unit that updates the printing content data recorded in the recording unit based on a correction instruction from the orderer with respect to the transmitted printing content data. Content confirmation system. Computer
  Based on the print order from the orderer, create print content data including the email address,
  Recording the print content data in a recording means;
  Sending the print content data to the email address;
  A print content confirmation program for causing a function to correct an e-mail address recorded in the recording means based on information from the orderer when the transmission is not properly performed. The computer according to claim 3, further causing a computer to function to update the print content data recorded in the recording unit based on a correction instruction from the orderer with respect to the transmitted print content data. Print content confirmation program.

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