JP4788886B2 - Print processing system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a print processing system capable of creating album prints, and more particularly to a print processing system capable of interrupting / resuming album print processing.

  The print processing system can create an album print in which a plurality of frame images are arranged on one photosensitive material. In such a case, the print processing system has the following configuration. An album print is a print of a plurality of frame images together on a single photosensitive material (or photographic paper). For example, a frame size of 54 mm × 81 mm size is printed on A4 size for 6 frames at the same time. Is. There is an advantage that there is no need to troubleshoot the photo print for each frame image and paste it on the album.

  For example, image data is read from a developed negative film for each frame image by a film scanner, and the read image data is pre-judged to set correction data (for example, color / density) for each frame image. In the album print, setting of the number of pasted images per sheet is performed. Subsequently, the image data and the set correction data are transmitted to the image processing means, where album image data is generated. The album image data is generated according to the setting of the number of pasted images per sheet. If the setting is 3 images per sheet, the album image data is composed of 3 frame images. . Then, based on the album image data, the print processing unit performs exposure processing on the cut photosensitive material, and then develops and drys it to create an album print.

  Also, a system is known in which an orderer accesses a server from a personal computer at home and orders the creation of an online album via the server (see Patent Document 1). This system downloads image data for album creation, print data (number of prints, print size), order information (ID, name), etc. from a server, and creates an album print based on the image data. is there.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-167692

  By the way, in the photo processing apparatus, the album print process may be interrupted when an urgent order is received during the creation of the album print, or due to troubles of the apparatus or the like. At this time, if the album print processing is interrupted, the above-described print processing system and the system disclosed in Patent Document 1 indicate how many album prints have been processed and the number of album prints discharged outside the apparatus. It was only possible for the operator to see it.

  Also, when resuming the interrupted album print process, the read image data and correction data are deleted because the process was interrupted in the middle. Needed to be read and prejudged. Since the image data acquired from the network is stored in the storage device or the like in advance, it is not necessary to download the image data from the server device again, but it is still necessary to newly judge.

  Furthermore, even image data that has already been processed is transmitted again to the image processing means to create album image data, resulting in poor processing efficiency.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and the problem is that, in the process of creating an interrupted and resumed album print, no new prejudgment is performed, and further, when the resume is resumed Another object of the present invention is to provide a print processing system that can create an album print from the image data of the image and improve the print processing efficiency.

In order to solve the above problems, a print processing system according to the present invention provides:
An order data storage unit for storing order data including image data for creating an album print in units of orders;
A print processing control unit for instructing album print processing based on order data when creating an album print;
Image processing means for generating album image data in accordance with an album print processing command;
A print processing unit for creating an album print based on the album image data generated by the image processing means;
A print creation control unit that transmits information on the number of processed album prints to the print processing control unit every time an album print is created by the print processing unit;
An information storage control unit that stores information on the number of processed album prints received when the album print creation is interrupted,
The print processing control unit
When the interrupted album print process is resumed, control is performed such that the album print process is resumed based on the stored information on the number of processed album prints.

  The operation and effect of such a print processing system is as follows. That is, image data is acquired in units of orders, and after pre-judgement of image data, order data including image data and correction data is stored in the order data storage unit. In the pre-judge, creation of album print can be set, and the setting data is included in the order data. The order data is sequentially stored and print processing is executed according to a predetermined processing order. When the album print creation is set, the print process control unit instructs the album print process when executing the print process. In response to this instruction, the image processing means generates album image data based on the album print setting data, image data, and correction data.

  Next, the print processing unit creates an album print based on the album image data generated by the image processing means. At this time, each time an album print is created by the print processing unit, the print creation control unit transmits information on the number of processed album prints to the print processing control unit. When the album print creation is interrupted, the information storage control unit stores the received information on the number of processed album prints.

  Then, the print processing control unit controls the album print processing to be restarted based on the stored information on the number of processed album prints when the interrupted album print processing is restarted.

  According to such a configuration, when the album print creation process is interrupted, information on the number of album prints is stored, and further, the image data and correction data are stored in the order data storage unit. When resuming the album print process, it is not necessary to perform a new pre-judgement. Further, since the album print can be created from the unprinted image data, the print processing efficiency is improved.

In the print processing system according to the present invention, the print processing control unit
In the case of resuming the interrupted album printing process, it is a preferred embodiment to control to transmit unprinted image data to the image processing means.

  According to such a configuration, when resuming the interrupted album print processing, unprinted image data can be transmitted to the image processing means, so that album image data can be generated from unprinted image data. The processing efficiency for generating data is improved.

In the print processing system according to the present invention, the image processing means includes:
It is another preferred embodiment that the data stored in the image processing means is deleted when the album print creation is interrupted.

  According to such a configuration, when the album print creation is interrupted, the image processing unit deletes the data stored in the image processing unit, so that, for example, a film is used without pressing the memory capacity of the image processing unit. The memory of the image processing means can be used as a buffer memory for inputting image data read by the scanner.

  In the present invention, an “order” is an order unit when creating a photo print or an album print. “One order” refers to a group of image data relating to a print order for one film or one recording medium, but is not limited to this, and the concept of one order is appropriately set by an operator. can do. The same applies hereinafter.

  In addition, “pre-judge” is an operation for determining whether or not a photo print of an appropriate quality is created before creating a photo print based on image data. In the above, settings for color, density correction value, sharpness correction, red-eye correction, setting the number of prints, setting the print size, etc. are appropriately set for each frame image. The same applies hereinafter.

  A preferred embodiment of a photographic processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an entire photographic processing system including a photographic processing apparatus.

<Overall system configuration>
In FIG. 1, a photo processing apparatus 100 has a function of creating a photo print based on acquired digital image data. The image data is transmitted through a network from the image data of the developed negative film frame image acquired from a film scanner (corresponding to one of the image input means) provided in the photographic processing apparatus 100 or from the server 60 or the like. The image data that comes. The photo processing apparatus 100 has a function of creating photo prints and creating album prints.

  The reception terminal 20 is installed in a store and can receive image data stored in a recording medium of a digital camera or other recording media. Examples of recording media include Compact Flash (registered trademark), SmartMedia (registered trademark), Memory Stick (registered trademark), CD-R, and DVD-R. The reception terminal 20 is mainly operated by a customer, and can insert a recording medium brought by the customer himself, select image data to be printed, set the number of prints, print size, and the like. it can. Of course, the store clerk may operate the reception terminal 20.

  The recording device 40 has a function of writing image data acquired by the photo processing device 100 to a recording medium such as a CD-R and a DVD-R, and a function of reading image data from the recording medium. The network reception terminal 50 (configured by a personal computer) has a function of receiving image data relating to a print order via the Internet. The photo processing device 100, the reception terminal 20, the recording device 40, and the network reception terminal 50 are connected by a network (for example, a LAN). Further, the number of installed photo processing apparatuses 100, reception terminals 20, recording apparatuses 40, and net reception terminals 50 is not limited to one, and a plurality of apparatuses can be installed as necessary.

  A server 60 installed on the Internet provides a function of accepting an online print order. When placing a print order, image data relating to print processing is uploaded from a personal computer 70 connected to the Internet, and the image data is stored in the server 60. Printing processing can be performed by downloading the image data from the server 60 from the network reception terminal 50. As a system that accepts print processing online, a known system can be used.

<Functional block configuration of photo processing system>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the photographic processing apparatus 100 that forms the center of the photographic processing system. The film scanner 1 acquires digital image data by scanning a frame image formed on a developed negative film (photographic film). The image acquisition unit 2 acquires image data transmitted mainly via a network. A communication control unit 3 is provided for performing communication via a network. The image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 2 is image data stored in the recording medium of the digital camera or image data stored in the Internet server 60. It should be noted that the photo processing apparatus 100 itself may be configured to be able to attach a recording medium and to acquire image data directly from the recording medium.

<Configuration of image determination unit>
The image determination unit 4 provides a function for the operator to make a determination on the acquired image data, and this function is mainly provided by software. This is to determine whether or not a photographic print having an appropriate image quality is created before creating a photographic print based on the image data, and such work is referred to as pre-judgement. The image determination unit 4 is provided with a correction data setting unit 4a, a print data setting unit 4b, and a thumbnail image creation unit 4c as main functions, which will be described with reference to FIG. The pre-judge is not necessarily performed, and the pre-judge can be omitted and the printing process can be performed.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a monitor screen for performing pre-judgement. On the screen, frame images to be printed are displayed every six frames. The frame image to be prejudged is surrounded by the image selection frame 30. The frame number of the frame image is displayed in the frame number display field 31. The print size of the photo print is displayed in the print size display field 32. The number of prints can be set in the print number setting column 33. Color and density correction data can be input to the color correction data setting field 34 and the density correction data setting field 35. The correction data setting unit 4a provides a function of inputting correction data for correcting the color and density as described above, and the input of the correction data is set as necessary. Examples of other correction data settings include special correction settings such as red-eye correction and backlight correction.

  When setting for album print creation, it is possible to select a setting screen (not shown), set the print channel to album print, and set the number of images (or the number of frame images) per album print. it can. For the album print channel, for example, 2L size, 210 × 297 mm (A4 size), 203 × 356 mm (six cut) can be set as the print size. Further, the number of images (or the number of frame images) per album print can be set as appropriate, for example, 3 frames, 6 frames, 8 frames, and the size of the frame images can be set individually. Also, various settings such as album print background and frame can be made. When the print channel, the number of frame images per album print, the size thereof, and the like are set, the frame images are set in a predetermined arrangement and displayed on one album print. Then, the number of prints per album print can be set. Normally, the number of prints is set to 1 by default, but can be changed by an operator's input operation. Regarding the order of album prints acquired via the network, it is preferable that the operator cannot change the setting because the number of album prints to be ordered is already set by the customer.

  Incidentally, as the setting of the number of prints of a normal photographic print, 1 is set by default for the image data acquired from the film scanner 1, but it can be changed by an input operation of the operator. For image data acquired via the network, it is preferable that the operator cannot change the setting because the number of prints to be ordered has already been set by the customer.

  The setting data of the number of album prints and the number of normal photo prints are included in the print data and are provided by the function of the print data setting unit 4b. In addition to the number of prints, the print data includes the print size, paper surface quality (such as glossy surface and silk), and whether or not the print has a border.

  The frame image shown in FIG. 3 is a thumbnail image, and is obtained by reducing the acquired image data. In the case of image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 2, a thumbnail image can be created based on the acquired original image data. This is provided by the function of the thumbnail image creation unit 4c. When obtaining negative film image data from the film scanner 1, a thumbnail image can be created based on image data obtained by pre-scanning the negative film.

  Here, the pre-scan and the main scan, which are scanning modes of the negative film, will be described. The pre-scan is a process of reading a developed negative film image with a rough number of pixels, and is performed to display the above-described thumbnail image. When pre-judgement is performed, high-resolution image data is not required, and scanning is performed with a coarse number of pixels in order to shorten the reading processing time.

  The main scan is a process for reading each frame image of the negative film at a high resolution, and is image data used to actually create a photographic print. Read high-resolution frame images to create high-quality photo prints. Also, during the main scan, the frame image for which the number of prints is set to 0 is not read.

<Configuration of order control unit>
The order control unit 5 provides a function of managing image data to be printed in order units. The order registration unit 5a has a function of registering and storing the order data for which pre-judgement has been completed by the image determination unit 4 in the storage device 6 (corresponding to the order data storage unit). The storage device 6 is conceptually composed of a part called a spooler 6a and another storage unit 6b. All order data to be printed is stored in the spooler 6a. Therefore, the order can be managed by storing the order data in the spooler 6a, and the print processing order and interrupt can be controlled. Both the spooler 6a and the storage unit 6b can be configured by a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk, but the spooler 6a and the storage unit 6b may be configured by separate hard disks in terms of hardware, A storage area of one hard disk may be divided to form an area that functions as the spooler 6a and other areas.

  The order data refers to data for one order, but specifies the image data group included in one order, the correction data set by the pre-judge, the print data such as the print size and the number of prints, and the order. It consists of data (order identification ID, customer name, address, member ID, etc.). The order data for album print further includes data such as information on the number of images per album print, album print size, and the like. In the case of image data obtained from a negative film, it is preferable to store not only main scan image data but also pre-scan image data as order data.

  The print processing control unit 5b gives a command to print the order data of an order to be printed, for example, an order for album printing. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the order management screen, in which a list of orders waiting to be processed and a list of completed orders are displayed. The list of orders waiting for processing basically displays a list of orders in the order in which print processing is performed. The status display column shows the processing status of the order, indicating that the top order is being printed, and that other orders are waiting for print processing. When the print processing is completed, the display shifts to the display column of the completed order, and the status display also changes to completion of the print processing. Normally, print processing is performed in the order according to the reception number. The order type may be displayed on the order management screen. For example, if the “Type” field is provided and the order is an album print, “Album” is displayed in the field, and “Normal” is displayed for normal photo prints. / Album "may be displayed. Such display processing depends on the function of the order control unit 5.

  In addition, the print processing control unit 5b transmits a print processing command to an image processing board 9 (corresponding to an image processing unit) described later. In accordance with this command, the image processing board 9 performs image processing based on the order data. If it is an album print order, album image data is created.

  Then, every time a photo print or album print is created by the print processing unit, the print creation control unit 19 transmits information on the number of print processed sheets to the print processing control unit 5b.

  When the album print creation is interrupted, the information storage control unit 5e stores the received information on the number of processed album prints in the storage device 6 in association with the interrupted order data. In addition, when the album print creation is interrupted, the data stored in the image processing board 9 is deleted.

  When resuming the interrupted album print process, the print process control unit 5b performs control so that the album print process is resumed based on the stored information on the number of processed album prints. For example, it is preferable that unprinted image data is transmitted to the image processing board 9 to create album image data. By doing so, it is possible to improve the processing efficiency without transmitting album-printed image data to the image processing board 9 again and creating album image data.

  The priority processing unit 5d provides a function of interrupting the print processing instructed by the print processing control unit 5b and executing the print processing of an order with high priority.

  The order data deletion unit 5c deletes the order data for which the normal print process or the album print process has been completed from the spooler 6a. Thereby, the storage capacity of the spooler 6a can be secured. When deleting the data, the order data of the spooler 6a may be completely deleted, or the order data may be moved to the storage unit 6b or other external storage device in preparation for a request for a reprinting process at a later date. May be.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the monitor 7 displays a screen for pre-judgement (see FIG. 3), an order management screen, and the like, and provides a screen necessary for performing print processing and the like. The input operation unit 8 is configured by a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and performs data input and settings necessary for print processing, and various commands.

  The image processing board 9 (corresponding to image processing means) receives image data and correction data from the spooler 6a, performs image processing on the image data based on the correction data, and is used for creating a photographic print. Generate data. In the case of order data for album print creation, image processing is performed on the image data based on the correction data to create album image data. The image processing board 9 includes an input memory, a processing circuit unit, and a development memory, and performs image processing specified in the processing circuit unit. Specifically, color / density correction based on the correction data, data expansion / contraction processing according to the set print size, and the like.

  Next, the configuration of the print processing unit will be briefly described with reference to FIG. In the paper magazine 10, paper as a photographic photosensitive material is accommodated in a roll shape. Two paper magazines 10 can be installed. For example, papers having different paper widths can be set in advance. The paper cutter 11 cuts long paper drawn from the paper magazine 10 so as to have a set print size.

  The exposure engine 12a receives print image data or album image data transmitted from the development memory of the image processing board 9, and prints an image on the emulsion surface of the paper based on the print image data or album image data. To do. The exposure engine 12a is not limited to a specific type, and for example, a laser engine, a CRT engine, a PLZT engine, or the like can be used.

  The back printing unit 12b has a function of printing an order identification ID, a frame number, the number of print processed sheets, the number of print requests, a correction data, and the like on the back side of the paper. The back printing unit 12b is realized by, for example, a dot impact printer, a thermal transfer printer, an ink jet printer, or the like.

The development processing unit 13 performs development processing on the paper on which the image is printed and exposed, and the drying processing unit 14 performs drying processing on the developed paper. Finished photographic prints are discharged from the paper discharge unit 15 to the outside of the apparatus main body, and are collected in units of orders by a predetermined accumulation device (not shown).

  The paper sensor 16 detects the paper discharged from the paper discharge unit 15 and detects whether or not all the photo prints of a certain order have been discharged. The sensor control unit 17 controls the driving of the paper sensor 16 and receives and analyzes a signal from the paper sensor 16. The order data deleting unit 5c of the order control unit 5 deletes the order data for the order from the spooler 6a when the sensor control unit 17 detects that all the photographic prints for the order have been discharged.

  The stacking means 18 includes a belt conveyor type stacking device or a tray type stacking device including a plurality of stacking trays. The driving of the stacking means 18 is controlled by a print creation control unit 19. The tray type stacking apparatus shown in FIG. 2 includes a plurality of stacking trays and driving means for circulatingly driving the stacking trays, and the driving means is driven at a timing when the order is switched to move the stacking tray by a predetermined distance. . The photographic prints discharged from the discharge port are sent to the lateral feed conveyor, conveyed from the lateral feed conveyor to the stacking tray, and stacked on the single stacking tray for the order or the maximum stacking number.

The order registration unit 5a, the print processing control unit 5b, the priority processing unit 5d, the information storage control unit 5e, and the print creation control unit 19 are usually configured by software and operate in cooperation with hardware resources such as a CPU and a memory. However, a dedicated circuit, firmware or the like may be combined. The software program is stored in advance in a memory such as a ROM.

<Processing Procedure of the Present Invention>
Hereinafter, specific contents of the processing will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure. As shown in FIG. 4, the print processing control unit 5b automatically selects an order according to the order of registration of the order, and issues a print processing command to the print creation control unit 19 (S1 in FIG. 5). Now, the state of the order of the reception number “21” is “printing in progress”, and it can be seen that this order is being printed. This order is an order for creating an album print.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the order data stored in the spooler 6a. The order identification ID of the reception number “21” is “17/0920/021”, and since the type is “album”, it can be identified as an album print. The requested number of album prints is “album No1 = 1, album No2 = 2,..., Album No12 = 2”. Since the number of images per album print is set to “3”, the album numbers are 1 to 12. The album print request number and the album print processed number are transmitted to the print creation control unit 19 together with the order data. The number of album print processed sheets is configured to be transmitted as an initial value “0”. For example, “album No1 = 0/1, album No2 = 0/2,...” Is transmitted. As for the reception number “22”, the type is “normal”, which indicates that it is a normal photo print. Then, the print request number and the print processed number for each frame are transmitted to the print creation control unit 19 together with the order data. Needless to say, there is information included in the order data other than the data shown in FIG.

  In the following, the procedure of the printing process for the order with the reception number “21” will be described. The print creation control unit 19 issues a print creation command to the print processing unit (S2). In response to this command, image data, correction data (image data of frame Nos. 1 to 9 and corresponding correction data), and other data are read from the spooler 6a, and are configured by an input memory (SDRAM) of the image processing board 9. ). Since the number of images per album print is “3”, image processing is performed by the processing circuit unit of the image processing board 9 on the basis of the image data of frames No. 1 to No. 3 and the corresponding correction data. Album image data in which three frame images are incorporated is created. Note that the image data for nine frames is configured to be transmitted and stored in the input memory, but is not particularly limited thereto.

  The image-processed album image data is developed in a development memory (configured by SDRAM) of the image processing board 9. Then, the album image data is transmitted to the exposure engine 12a (S3). Next, the exposure engine 12a performs an exposure process according to the album image data, and then performs a development process and a drying process, and an album print is created one by one and is accumulated in the accumulation means 18 outside the apparatus.

  By the way, when the album image data is transmitted to the exposure engine 12a, a transmission start signal indicating the transmission content is transmitted from the image processing board 9 to the print creation control unit 19. Upon receiving this transmission start signal, the print creation control unit 19 calculates the number of processed sheets corresponding to each album number of the album print, and notifies the print processing control unit 5b of this processed number of sheets (S4). The processed number is the same value as the accumulated number of transmission start signals. When the album number is switched, the accumulated number is initialized to 0 and the accumulated number is newly calculated. For example, in the case of “album No. 1” (when the album print request number is “1”), when the transmission start signal is received once, the number of album print processed is “1”, and the notified data is “1”. " In the case of “album No. 2”, the cumulative number of times the transmission start signal has been received is the album print processed number as it is, and the notified data is also the print processed number. The notified information on the number of printed albums is generated each time a transmission start signal is received, and is transmitted to the print processing control unit 5b. The information on the number of sheets may be created each time a transmission start signal is received, and when an interruption command to be described later is received, the information may be transmitted to the print processing control unit 5b.

  When the print processing control unit 5b receives the information on the number of printed albums, the print processing control unit 5b creates an information file for each order identification ID (S5). FIG. 9 shows an example of the information file. As shown in FIG. 9A, the information file includes an order identification ID, the number of album prints processed, the number of album print requests, the number of prints processed for each frame, the number of print requests for each frame, and the like. Each time an album print is created one by one, a transmission start signal is transmitted to the print creation control section 19 as described above, thereby creating information on the number of album print processed sheets, and the print processing control section 5b. The information file is updated (S6). Normally, these processes are repeatedly executed until the printing process for all the image data in the order is completed.

  Next, when an order for priority processing is entered, the following processing is performed. As shown in FIG. 6, the order of the reception number “25” is selected (highlighted), and the “interrupt” button 41 is clicked. As a result, the order of priority processing is selected (S7). Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the state of the reception number “25” is switched to “printing process”, and the state of the reception number “21” is switched to “suspending”. These processes are provided by the function of the priority processing means 5d.

  Then, the print process control unit 5b instructs the print creation control unit 19 to interrupt the print process (S8). The print creation control unit 19 issues a stop command to the image processing board 9 and the print processing unit in accordance with the interruption command (S9). If the album image data developed in the development memory of the image processing board 9 has been transmitted to the exposure engine 12a when the stop command is received, an album print based on the album image data is created. On the other hand, if the album image data developed in the development memory of the image processing board 9 is not transmitted to the exposure engine 12a when the stop command is received, an album print based on the album image data is created. First, all the data stored in the expansion memory and the input memory are deleted (S10).

  For example, when a stop command is received, image data of “frame Nos. 7 to 9” and the like are stored in the input memory, and album image data based on the image data of “frames No. 4 to 6” is being processed in the development memory. Even if there is, all these data are deleted, and the processing of the processing circuit unit is also stopped.

  Then, the information storage control unit 5e stores the latest updated information file data in the spooler 6a in association with the interrupted order data (S11). This information file is updated with information on the number of the last album printed, but in this embodiment, album image data based on the image data of “frame Nos. 4 to 6” is created at the time of interruption. 9A. As shown in FIG. 9A, the number of album print processed sheets is “album No1 = 1, album No2 = 0...”.

  Then, the print processing of the priority processing order (order identification ID “17/0920/025”) selected in step S7 is executed (S12). In order to switch to the new order, the stacking tray of the stacking means 18 moves by a predetermined distance, and the photo print group of the priority processing order is stacked on a second stacking tray different from the album print group of the interrupted order. Note that an information file is also created and updated for the priority order processing (see FIG. 9B).

  Next, when the print processing of the priority processing order (order identification ID “17/0920/025”) is completed, the print processing control unit 5b issues a restart instruction to the print creation control unit 19 (S13). Such restart processing is preferably performed automatically, but it may be configured such that the operator selects an interrupted order and executes print processing. Along with this restart command, data of the information file is also transmitted.

  The print creation control unit 19 determines unprinted image data from the information file data, and issues a print creation command to the image processing board 9 and the print processing unit so as to perform album print processing on the unprinted image data. (S14). For example, from the album print processed number information “album No1 = 1, album No2 = 0...” And album print request number information “album No1 = 1, album No2 = 2. It is determined that No is “album No. 2 = 0” and the unprinted image data is image data of “frame No. 4, frame No. 5.

  Then, the image data of “frame Nos. 4 to 12”, the corresponding correction data, and other data are read from the spooler 6 a and stored in the input memory of the image processing board 9. Then, image processing similar to that in step S3 is performed, album image data is created, and developed in a development memory. Then, the album image data is transmitted to the exposure engine 12a (S15).

  Similar to step S4, a transmission start signal is transmitted from the image processing board 9 to the print creation control unit 19, and the number of processed sheets corresponding to each album No. of the album print is calculated. 5b is notified (S16).

  Next, as in step S5, when receiving the information on the number of printed albums, the print processing control unit 5b updates the information file of the reception number “21” as shown in FIG. 9C (S17). The above process is repeated until the album print process for the order is completed. When the album print process is completed for all the image data of the order, the order data is deleted from the spooler 6a by the order data deleting unit 5c.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the order type is album print has been described. However, the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and it goes without saying that it can be applied to normal photo print. In this case, the method for calculating the number of printed sheets is the same as the method for calculating the number of printed albums.

  In the above-described embodiment, when album image data is transmitted from the development memory to the exposure engine 12a, a transmission start signal is transmitted from the image processing board 9 to the print creation control unit 19, and the album print processing is performed. Although the number of finished sheets is calculated, it is not limited to this. For example, the exposure engine 12a may transmit an end signal indicating the end of the exposure process to the print creation control unit 19, and calculate the processed number of sheets based on this signal. Further, after the paper cutter 11 is cut to the print size or after the back printing means 12b performs printing, an end signal may be transmitted, and the processed number of sheets may be calculated based on this signal. The sensor control unit 17 that has received the signal detected by the sensor 16 may transmit the end signal to calculate the processed number.

  Moreover, although the priority order interruption process has been described as the cause of interruption, the present invention is not particularly limited to this, and functions in the same way even when a device trouble occurs.

  In FIG. 2, the print creation control unit 19 and the image processing board 9 are described as separate bodies. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the function of the print creation control unit 19 is provided inside the image processing board 9. Needless to say, it can be configured.

Conceptual diagram showing the configuration of a photo processing system Block diagram showing functions of photo processing device Figure showing the configuration example of the pre-judge screen Diagram showing the configuration example of the order management screen The flowchart which shows the processing procedure of invention Diagram showing the configuration example of the order management screen Diagram showing the configuration example of the order management screen Diagram showing an example of order data Figure showing an example of an information file

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Film scanner 2 Image acquisition part 3 Image communication part 4 Image determination part 5 Order control part 5a Order registration part 5b Print processing control part 5c Order data deletion part 5d Priority processing means 5e Information storage control part 6 Storage device 6a Spooler 6b Storage part 12a Exposure engine 16 Paper sensor 17 Sensor control unit 18 Accumulating means 19 Print creation control unit 20 Reception terminal 40 Recording device 100 Photo processing device

Claims (2)

An order data storage unit for storing order data including at least image data and correction data for creating an album print in units of orders;
A print processing control unit for instructing album print processing based on order data when creating an album print;
Image processing means for generating album image data in accordance with the album print processing command;
A print processing unit for creating an album print based on the album image data generated by the image processing unit;
A print creation control unit that transmits information on the number of processed album prints to the print processing control unit each time an album print is created by the print processing unit;
An information storage control unit that stores information on the number of processed album prints received when the album print creation is interrupted,
The order data storage unit stores the order data including at least the image data and the correction data when the album print creation is interrupted,
The print processing control unit
When resuming the interrupted album print process, control is made to resume the album print process based on the information on the number of processed album prints that have been saved , and image data and correction data relating to unprinted images Control to transmit at least the order data including the image processing means,
The print processing system , wherein the image processing means generates album image data related to unprinting based on order data including at least image data related to the unprint and correction data . The image processing means includes
2. The print processing system according to claim 1 , wherein when the album print creation is interrupted, the data stored in the image processing means is deleted.

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