JP4924599B2 - Printing system, printing medium inspection program, and printing medium inspection apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing system, a printing medium inspection program, and a printing medium inspection apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a printed matter inspection apparatus that inspects a printed state printed on a printed matter is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

The printed matter inspection apparatus includes: a verification data generation unit that generates verification data for a printed matter; a print result detection unit that detects a print state at a predetermined position on the printed paper and generates print result data; and a print result Print status data generation means for generating print status data based on the print result data generated by the detection means, print status data generated by the print status data generation means, and verification data generated by the verification data generation means And a print quality judging means for comparing the data and judging the print quality.
JP 2001-277676 A

  An object of the present invention is to convert a first character string based on a first encoding rule into a second character string based on a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule, Print medium inspection program and print medium inspection device capable of detecting conversion error of character string encoding rule from printed matter printed by printer corresponding to character string based on second encoding rule based on character string Is to provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, one aspect of the present invention provides the following print medium inspection program and print medium inspection apparatus.

[1] Conversion means for converting a first character string based on the first encoding rule into a second character string based on a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule;
The transformation image corresponding to the converted second character string is printed on the printing medium by means of the first image data read by the reading device employing the second coding rule from the print medium The character recognition means for obtaining the third character string based on the encoding rule of the above, the third character string recognized by the character recognition means, and the first character string to be converted by the conversion means are compared. And a comparison unit that outputs the comparison result.

[2] In the print medium, the first character string specified in a plurality of records included in variable print data is converted into the second character string by the converting unit, and the second character string is formatted. The printing system according to [1], which is printed by being applied to definition data.

[3] The character recognizing unit recognizes the printing mode information of the character, and the comparing unit recognizes the printing mode information recognized by the character recognizing unit and the first conversion target converted by the converting unit. The printing system according to [1], wherein the printing mode information assigned to the character string is compared and the comparison result is output.

[4] A second character string based on a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule converted from the first character string based on the first encoding rule is printed on a print medium; A character recognition step for obtaining a third character string based on the first encoding rule from image data read by the reading device adopting the second encoding rule from the print medium, and recognition by the character recognition step a third character string, the second comparing the first character string before conversion string, print media order to execute the comparing step outputs the comparison result to the computer Inspection program.

[5] A second character string based on a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule converted from the first character string based on the first encoding rule is printed on a print medium; Character recognition means for obtaining a third character string based on the first encoding rule from the image data read by the reading device adopting the second encoding rule from the print medium, and recognition by the character recognition means A print medium inspecting apparatus comprising: a comparing unit that compares the third character string thus obtained with the first character string before conversion of the second character string and outputs the comparison result.

  According to the first, fourth, and fifth aspects of the invention, the second character based on the second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule is used as the first character string based on the first encoding rule. A conversion error in the character string encoding rule can be detected from a printed matter that is converted into a character string and printed by a printing machine corresponding to the character string based on the second encoding rule based on the second character string.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to detect a conversion error of the character string encoding rule from a printed matter printed by variable printing.

  According to the invention which concerns on Claim 3, an error can further be detected from printed matter including printing mode information.

  The printing system according to the embodiment of the present invention converts the first character string based on the first encoding rule into a second character string based on a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule. Converting means for converting; and an image corresponding to the second character string converted by the converting means is printed on a print medium, recognizing characters of image data read from the print medium, and the first code Comparing the character recognition means for obtaining a third character string based on the conversion rule, the third character string recognized by the character recognition means, and the first character string to be converted by the conversion means; And a comparison means for outputting the comparison result.

  In the above configuration, the third character recognized by the character recognition unit from the print medium printed by converting the first character string based on the first encoding rule into the second character string based on the second encoding rule. Is compared with the first character string before conversion of the second character string to check whether or not the first character string is correctly printed on the print medium. If a conversion error such as garbled characters occurs during conversion, a print medium defect is detected.

[Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is an overall view showing an example of a schematic configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printing system 1 includes a mainframe 2 that employs a legacy code system 100a as a character code system (character encoding rules, that is, character encoding), and a print instruction apparatus 3 that employs an open code system 100b as a character code system. A printer apparatus 4 and a scanner apparatus 5 are provided, and the main frame 2, the print instruction apparatus 3, the printer apparatus 4, and the scanner apparatus 5 are connected to each other via a network 10.

  In the printing system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1, the number of the print instruction device 3, the printer device 4, and the scanner device 5 is one, but a plurality may be provided.

  The network 10 is a communication network such as a LAN (local area network) that transmits and receives data by wired communication (electric cable, optical cable, etc.), wireless communication (radio waves, infrared rays, etc.), and the like.

  The legacy code system 100a is, for example, a character code system defined by a manufacturer (vendor) that manufactures the mainframe 2, and is, for example, an EBCDIC that defines alphanumeric characters that is uniquely expanded so that Kanji can be handled. To do.

  The open code system 100b is a character code system that can be handled without depending on an operation system (OS) such as Windows (registered trademark), Unix (registered trademark), or Linux (registered trademark). Shift-JIS, Unicode, etc. correspond.

  The main frame 2 includes a host DB 23 in which a plurality of pieces of legacy code system character information (first character string based on the first encoding rule) based on the character codes of the legacy code system 100a are stored, and the legacy of the host DB 23 And original data 11A including a reference destination to the code system character information. Details of the host DB 23 and the original data 11A will be described later.

  When receiving the print instruction for the original data 11A, the print instruction apparatus 3 refers to the host DB 23 based on the original data 11A and generates the variable data 11B. Then, the print instruction apparatus 3 generates a print job including the variable data 11B and template specifying information for specifying the template 12 to be applied to the variable data. Details of the variable data 11B will be described later.

  The printer device 4 uses the open code system character information specified in the plurality of records included in the variable data (variable print data) 11B included in the print job received from the print instruction device 3 as the template (specified by the template specification information). The printed matter (print medium) 14 is printed by applying to the (form definition) 12.

  The scanner device 5 includes an ADF (automatic paper feeder) that supplies the printed material 14 page by page, and a reading unit that optically reads the printed material 14 supplied from the ADF page by page and generates read image data. The read image data generated by the reading unit is transmitted to the main frame 2.

(Configuration of print instruction device)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the print instruction apparatus. The print instruction apparatus 3 is realized by, for example, a hard disk, a RAM, a ROM, or the like that controls each unit of the print instruction apparatus 3, for example, a control unit 30 realized by a CPU or the like, and stores various programs and data. For example, a storage unit 31 connected to the network 10, a communication unit 32 realized by a network interface card, an input unit 33 realized by a keyboard, a mouse, etc., and various screens, for example. And a display unit 34 realized by a liquid crystal display or the like. Such a print instruction apparatus 3 is composed of, for example, a personal computer (PC), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone, and the like.

  The storage unit 31 stores a character information processing program 310 in addition to the variable data 11B described above.

  The control unit 30 operates as a code conversion unit (conversion unit) 300, a print job generation unit 301, a specified information conversion unit 302, and the like by operating according to the character information processing program 310.

  The code conversion means 300 converts the legacy code system character information of the host DB 23 specified by the original data 11A into the open code system character information (a second character string based on the second encoding rule) using the character code of the open code system 100b. ) To generate variable data 11B.

  The print job generation unit 301 generates a print job from the variable data 11B and the template designation information.

  The designation information conversion means 302 converts the field designation information of variable data included in the record information for each page described later into the field designation information of the host DB.

(Configuration of printer device)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the printer apparatus. The printer device 4 includes a control unit 40, a storage unit 41, and a communication unit 42 configured in the same manner as the print instruction device 3, and prints the printed matter 14 by forming a visible image on a recording medium such as paper. The unit 43 is provided.

  In addition to the template 12 described above, the storage unit 41 stores a print control program 410, image data 13, and the like.

  The image data 13 is image data printed on the printed material 14, and is, for example, a chart, a logo, an illustration, a photograph, or the like. The image data 13 may be editable via the print instruction device 3.

  The control unit 40 operates as the job analysis unit 400, the extraction unit 401, the RIP processing unit 402, and the like by operating according to the print control program 410.

  The job analysis unit 400 analyzes the print job and acquires variable data 11B and template designation information.

  The extraction unit 401 applies the item data recorded in the plurality of records of the variable data 11B to the template 12 specified by the template specification information, thereby printing contents to be printed on the printed material 14 based on the plurality of records. Then, the area information in which the print content is printed and the print mode information related to the print content are extracted for each page, and the record information for each page is generated.

  The print content is information indicating, for example, a character string designated by the item data and image data. The area information is information indicating an area in the printed matter 14 on which character strings, image data, and the like are printed as print contents. The print mode information is information indicating the font, font size, color, background, and the like specified when printing the print contents.

  The RIP processing unit 402 performs, for example, RIP (Raster Image Processor) processing that expands into raster format data such as bitmap data based on the print content, area information, and print mode information extracted by the extraction unit 401. Generate image data in page units.

  The printing unit 43 prints the printed material 14 based on the image data generated by the RIP processing unit 402. For the printing unit 43, for example, an image forming method such as an electrophotographic method, an ink jet method, or a thermal transfer method may be used.

(Mainframe configuration)
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the main frame. The main frame 2 includes a control unit 20, a storage unit 21, and a communication unit 22 configured in the same manner as the print instruction apparatus 3, and a host DB 23 that manages, searches, and extracts legacy code system character information.

  The storage unit 21 stores an inspection control program (print medium inspection program) 210 in addition to the above-described original data 11A.

  The control unit 20 operates in accordance with the inspection control program 210, thereby functioning as an inspection data generation unit 200, a character recognition unit 201, an inspection processing unit (comparison unit) 202, and the like. Note that the character recognition unit 201 and the inspection processing unit 202 constitute a print medium inspection device.

  The inspection data generation means 200 is open code character information printed on the printed matter 14 based on the field designation information of the host DB converted by the designation information conversion means 302, and is a legacy to be converted by the code conversion means 300. Code system character information is acquired, and inspection data including the acquired legacy code system character information as print contents is generated.

  The character recognizing unit 201 recognizes from the read image data obtained by reading the printed matter 14 by the scanner device 5 using a dictionary defined in the legacy code system, and print contents (third character string) represented in the legacy code system. And print mode information is obtained. The dictionary defined in the legacy code system is information in which various character patterns are associated with the legacy code system character information. For example, a pattern matching method or the like is applied to the character pattern cut out from the read image data. Is information for converting into legacy code-type character information having a high degree of similarity.

  The inspection processing unit 202 compares the print content and print mode information recognized by the character recognition unit 201 with the print content and print mode information included in the inspection data, and outputs the comparison result.

  The host DB 23 includes a user management table 230 that manages legacy code-related character information related to users, and a billing management table 231 that manages legacy code-based character information related to billing charges used by users, for example, with credit cards. .

  FIG. 5A illustrates an example of a user management table. In this user management table 230, for each row (M1, M2, M3,...), A name (N1), zip code (N2), and address (N3) fields constituting each column are provided. Each field includes legacy code character information 230a based on a legacy code character code.

  FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of a billing management table. The billing management table 231 includes fields for cost items (Q1), purchase dates (Q2), and billing amounts (Q3) constituting each column for each row (P1, P2, P3,...). Each field includes legacy code character information 231a based on a legacy code character code.

(Data structure of original data and variable data)
FIG. 6A shows an example of original data. The original data 11A includes a plurality of records in the order of record numbers (R1, R2, R3,...) 110. In each record, a print format is designated, a print format designation flag (Flag) 111 that can take a plurality of values, and a plurality of item data (D1 to D3) 112A to 112C corresponding to the value of the print format designation flag 111. And are included. The variable data 11B is divided between the printing format designation flag 111 and the item data 112A to 112C by a delimiter such as a comma, and is generated in, for example, the CSV format.

  The item data 112A to 112C includes host DB field designation information 113 for designating a reference field in the host DB 23, respectively. For example, in the field specification information 113 of the host DB for the record number “R1” and the item data number “D1”, the field “M1N1” in the first column of the first row of the user management table 230 is specified as a reference destination. . Further, in the field designation information 113 of the host DB in the record number “R2” and the item data number “D2”, the field “P1Q2” in the second column of the first row of the billing management table 231 is designated as a reference destination. .

  FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of variable data. Like the original data 11A shown in FIG. 6A, the variable data 11B has a plurality of records including a printing format designation flag 111 and a plurality of item data 112A to 112C. The item data 112A to 112C includes The open code system character information 114 converted from the legacy code system character information 113 by the code conversion means 300 is included.

(Template data structure)
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a template. The template 12 includes a plurality of format definition data 120A to 120C respectively defined corresponding to the value of the print format designation flag 111 of the variable data 11B, a plurality of fixed part definition data 121 independent of the variable data 11B, The page break definition data 122 is included.

  In each of the format definition data 120A to 120C, according to the value of the printing format designation flag 111, the print contents to be printed based on the item data 112A to 112C, the area information for arranging the print contents, and the printing Printing mode information in which the color, font, background, and the like are designated.

  In the format definition data 120A corresponding to the printing format designation flag 111 of “1”, variable fields 123A to 123C in which the item data 112A to 112C are respectively arranged are defined. The variable fields 123 </ b> A to 123 </ b> C are for printing item data as character strings. For example, association information with item data, information for arranging item data, and printing mode information are designated.

  As long as the record including “2” in the print format designation flag 111 continues in the format definition data 120B corresponding to the print format designation flag 111 of “2”, each item data 112A to 112C is stored in, for example, a table format. It is defined that a detailed output process 124 for performing a page break is performed when there is no margin in the recording medium when the records are arranged in the table format when the records are arranged in one line.

  In the format definition data 120C corresponding to the printing format designation flag 111 of “3”, a coupon output is specified by specifying the type of coupon by each item data 112A to 112C and printing the image data 13 corresponding to the specified type of coupon. It is defined that the process 125 is performed.

  The fixed part definition data 121 is for printing fixed data such as a character string or image data 13 that does not depend on the variable data 11B. For example, designation information for designating the fixed data, area information for arranging the fixed data, printing Aspect information and the like are defined.

  The page break definition data 122 defines that a page break is performed when processing up to this position in the template 12 is performed.

(Operation of the embodiment)
Next, an example of the operation of the printing system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 10 with reference to FIGS.

(1) Print Job Generation by Character Code Conversion First, the user operates the input unit 33 of the print instruction apparatus 3 to apply to the original data 11A illustrated in FIG. 6A and the original data 11A. When the printing instruction is performed by specifying the template 12 illustrated in FIG. 5, the control unit 30 receives the operation of the printing instruction via the input unit 33 (S1).

  Next, the code conversion means 300 transmits a transmission request for the legacy code system character information included in the field of the host DB 23 designated by the field designation information 113 in the original data 11A that is the target of the print instruction to the mainframe 2 ( S2).

  Next, the control unit 20 of the main frame 2 reads legacy code character information from the fields specified in the user management table 230 and the billing management table 231 of the host DB 23 in response to a transmission request from the print instruction apparatus 3. Then, the legacy code character information is transmitted to the print instruction apparatus 3 (S3).

  Next, upon receiving the legacy code system character information corresponding to each item data, the code conversion means 300 converts the legacy code system character information into open code system character information, and the variable data illustrated in FIG. 6B. 11B is generated (S4).

  Then, the print job generation unit 301 generates a print job from the variable data 11B and the template designation information, and transmits the print job to the printer device 4 (S5).

(2) Extraction of Record Information by Page and Output of Printed Material Next, when the job analysis unit 400 of the printer device 4 receives the print job from the print instruction device 3, the job analysis unit 400 analyzes the print job, and creates the variable data 11B, the template The designated information is acquired (S10).

  The extracting unit 401 applies the item data recorded in each of the plurality of records of the variable data 11B to the template 12 specified by the template specification information, and print contents to be printed based on the plurality of records. The page-specific record information is generated by extracting the area information in which the print content is printed and the print mode information related to the print content in units of pages (S11).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of detailed operation of step S11 in FIG. The extraction means 401 initializes a record counter R indicating the processing target record to “1” and processes a page counter P indicating the processing target page number in order to process each record included in the variable data 11B in units of records. It is initialized to “1” (S101).

  Next, the extraction unit 401 reads the record of the Rth row indicated by the record counter R from the variable data 11B (S110). Then, the extraction unit 401 acquires the print format designation flag of the read record (S111).

  Next, the extraction unit 401 processes the item data recorded in the record of the R-th line according to the format definition data corresponding to the print format designation flag in the template 12 (S112).

  Then, when processing the item data, the extraction unit 401 acquires the print contents, area information, and print mode information based on the item data as print information, and sets the print contents, area information, and print mode information to the page number P. The information is temporarily stored in the storage unit 31 in association (S113).

  Then, the extraction unit 401 determines whether or not a page break is necessary when the item data is processed according to the format definition data (S120), and if it is determined that a page break is necessary (S120: Yes), the page "1" is added (incremented) to the counter P (S121). If the extraction unit 401 determines that a page break is not necessary (S120: No), the extraction unit 401 proceeds to the next step S130 without executing step S121.

  Next, the extraction unit 401 determines whether or not the record in the Rth row is the last record in the variable data 11B (S130). If it is determined that the record is not the last record (S130: No), the record counter “1” is added to R (S131), and the process returns to step S110. On the other hand, if the extraction unit 401 determines that the record is the last record (S130: Yes), the extraction unit 401 generates record information for each page based on the information temporarily stored in the storage unit 31 in step S114. (S140).

(Specific example of record information by page)
FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating an example of the record information for each page. The page-specific record information 15A includes area information including a page number (page) 150 and an x coordinate (x), ay coordinate (y), a width (width), and a height (height) with the upper left corner of the printed material as the origin. 151, print content (value) 152, and print mode information 153 based on, for example, font (Font), font size (Fontsize), and the like.

  The print content 152 includes variable data field designation information 154 in which the item data of the variable data 11B is designated by the record number and the item data number.

  Next, the extraction unit 401 transmits the per-page record information 15 </ b> A to the RIP processing unit 402 and the print instruction apparatus 3.

  Then, the RIP processing unit 402 performs RIP processing based on the page-specific record information 15A to convert it into image data, prints the image data on a recording medium by the printing unit 43, and prints a printed matter (S13). .

(Specific examples of printed materials)
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a printed material. The printed materials 14A to 14C are printed by applying the variable data 11B illustrated in FIG. 6B to the template 12 illustrated in FIG. In addition, although printed matter 14A-14C illustrated in FIG. 9 is printed on the single side | surface, it may be printed on both surfaces, and the single side | surface and both surfaces may be mixed and printed.

  The printed materials 14A and 14B on the first and second pages are printed based on the records from the first line to the fifth line. In the record on the first line, since the print format designation flag 111 is “1”, the item data 112A to 112C of the record are respectively embedded in the variable fields 123A to 123C of the template 12 and printed as the destination 140A.

  Since the print format designation flag 111 is “2” for the records from the second line to the fourth line, the item data 112A to 112C of the records become arguments of the detail output process 124 of the template 12 and the detail output process 124 The detailed table 141A is printed over the printed materials 14A and 14B on the first page and the second page.

  In the record on the fifth line, since the print format designation flag 111 is “3”, the item data 112A to 112C of the record becomes an argument of the coupon output process 125 of the template 12 and the coupon output process 125 is performed. As a result, for example, the image data 13 is printed as a coupon ticket 142 under the detailed table 141A of the printed matter 14B on the second page.

  The printed material 14C on the third page is printed based on the records on the sixth and seventh lines. In the record on the sixth line, since the print format designation flag 111 is “1”, the item data 112A to 112C of the record are embedded in the variable field and printed as the destination 140B. In the record on the seventh line, since the print format designation flag 111 is “2”, the detail output process 124 is performed and the detail table 141B is printed.

(3) Generation of Inspection Data When the designation information conversion unit 302 of the print instruction apparatus 3 receives the page-specific record information 15A generated by the extraction unit 401 in step S11, it is included in the page-specific record information 15A. By converting the field specification information 154 of the variable data into the field specification information of the host DB, the record information for each page after conversion is generated (S20).

(Specific example of record information by page after conversion)
FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating an example of the record information for each page after conversion of the designation information. The page-specific record information 15B includes the page number 150, the area information 151, the print content 152, and the print mode information 153, similar to the page-specific record information 15A shown in FIG. 152 includes field designation information 155 of the host DB converted from the field designation information 154 of the variable data by the designation information conversion unit 302.

  When the designation information conversion means 302 transmits the page-specific record information 15B to the mainframe 2, the inspection data generation means 200 of the mainframe 2 is designated by the field designation information 155 in the host DB of the page-specific record information 15B. The legacy code character information is acquired from the field of the host DB 23.

  Next, the inspection data generation means 200 generates inspection data by changing the field designation information 155 of the host DB of the record information 15B for each page to the acquired legacy code character information, and the inspection data 16 The data is sent to the inspection processing means 202 (S21).

(Specific example of inspection data)
FIG. 8C shows an example of inspection data. The inspection data 16 includes a page number 150, area information 151, print contents 152, and print mode information 153 as in the case of the page-specific record information 15B shown in FIG. Includes the legacy character information 160 acquired from the host DB 23.

  For example, the record in the second line of the inspection data 16 shown in FIG. 8C is a width “80” and a height from the coordinates (30, 40) with the origin at the upper left of the printed material 14A. This indicates that it is checked whether or not the character “Ichiro Yamada” indicated by the legacy code system character information is printed in the print mode of the font “Mincho” and the font size “14” in the area having “5”.

(4) Inspection of printed matter based on inspection data When the user places the printed matter 14 printed in step S13 on the ADF of the scanner device 5, the scanner device 5 reads the printed matter 14 placed on the ADF page by page. The read image data is generated in units of pages by the reading unit, and the read image data is transmitted to the main frame 2 (S30).

  Next, the character recognizing unit 201 of the main frame 2 sets the region specified by the page number 150 and the region information 151 of the inspection data 16 generated by the inspection data generating unit 200 in the read image data received from the scanner device 5. Character recognition processing is performed on the printed matter 14 and the printed content and printing mode information printed on the printed matter 14 are recognized using a dictionary defined in the legacy code system (S40).

  Next, the inspection processing unit 202 compares the print content and the print mode information as the recognition result by the character recognition unit 201 with the print content 152 and the print mode information 153 included in the test data 16 to obtain a printed matter. Whether there is an abnormality in 14 is inspected (S41).

  Then, when the inspection processing unit 202 transmits the inspection result notification information for notifying the inspection pass or the inspection failure as the inspection result to the print instruction apparatus 3, the inspection result is displayed on the display unit 34 of the print instruction apparatus 3. Thus, the user grasps the inspection result of the printed matter 14.

  As described above, the printed matter 14 converted from the legacy character information to the open character information and printed is inspected as to whether or not the legacy character information before conversion is printed.

[Other embodiments]
In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, You may change variously within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention. For example, in the above embodiment, each unit included in the main frame, the print instruction apparatus, the printer apparatus, and the scanner apparatus is realized by the control unit and the program. However, some or all of them may be realized by hardware. Good.

  The program used in the above embodiment may be read from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM into a storage unit in the apparatus, or downloaded from a server connected to a network such as the Internet to the storage unit in the apparatus. May be.

  In addition, the printing system of the above embodiment only needs to have the functions of the main frame, the print instruction device, the printer device, the scanner device, and the like as a whole system. For example, the printer device and the scanner device are configured as one device. May be. Further, the main frame may include code conversion means included in the print instruction apparatus. Further, the character recognition means and the inspection processing means included in the main frame may be provided in an inspection device that operates in a legacy code system different from the main frame. Further, the template, the image data, etc. may be stored in the storage unit of the print instruction apparatus, or may be stored in another management apparatus such as a file server or a database server.

  In the printing system of the above embodiment, in addition to displaying the inspection result for the printed matter on the display screen, for example, the inspection result information indicating the inspection result is transmitted to another device such as a print instruction device via a network. It may be transmitted, written in a storage unit, or printed as a report of inspection results by a printer.

FIG. 1 is an overall view showing an example of a schematic configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the print instruction apparatus. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the printer apparatus. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the main frame. FIG. 5A illustrates an example of a user management table. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of a billing management table. FIG. 6A shows an example of original data. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of variable data. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a template. FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating an example of the record information for each page. FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating an example of the record information for each page after conversion of the designation information. FIG. 8C shows an example of inspection data. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a printed material. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the printing system according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of detailed operation of the record information extraction process for each page (step S11 in FIG. 10).

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Printing system, 2 ... Main frame, 3 ... Print instruction | indication apparatus, 4 ... Printer apparatus, 5 ... Scanner apparatus, 10 ... Network, 11A ... Original data, 11B ... Variable data, 12 ... Template, 13 ... Image data, 14 , 14A to 14C ... printed matter, 15A, 15B ... record information by page, 16 ... inspection data, 20 ... control unit, 21 ... storage unit, 22 ... communication unit, 23 ... host DB, 30 ... control unit, 31 ... storage unit 32 ... Communication unit 33 ... Input unit 34 ... Display unit 40 ... Control unit 41 ... Storage unit 42 ... Communication unit 43 ... Printing unit 100a ... Legacy code system 100b ... Open code system 110 ... Record number 111 ... Print format designation flag, 112A to 112C ... Item data 113 ... Field designation information, 113 ... Legacy code Character information 114 ... Open code system character information, 120A to 120C ... Style definition data, 121 ... Fixed part definition data, 122 ... Page break definition data, 123A to 123C ... Variable field, 124 ... Detail output processing, 125 ... Coupon output Processing, 140A, 140B ... Destination, 141A, 141B ... Schedule, 142 ... Coupon, 150 ... Page number, 151 ... Area information, 152 ... Print content, 153 ... Print mode information, 154 ... Host field designation information of variable data 155 ... Host DB field designation information, 160 ... Legacy character information, 200 ... Inspection data generation means, 201 ... Character recognition means, 202 ... Inspection processing means, 210 ... Inspection control program, 230 ... User management table, 230a ... Legacy code character information, 23 ... Billing management table, 231a ... Legacy code system character information, 300 ... Code conversion means, 301 ... Print job generation means, 302 ... Designated information conversion means, 310 ... Character information processing program, 400 ... Job analysis means, 401 ... Extraction means 402: Processing means 410 ... Print control program

Claims (5)

Conversion means for converting a first character string based on a first encoding rule into a second character string based on a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule;
The transformation image corresponding to the converted second character string is printed on the printing medium by means of the first image data read by the reading device employing the second coding rule from the print medium Character recognition means for obtaining a third character string based on the encoding rule of
A printing system comprising: a third character string recognized by the character recognition means; and a comparison means for comparing the first character string that is converted by the conversion means and outputting the comparison result.   In the print medium, the first character string designated in a plurality of records included in variable print data is converted into the second character string by the converting means, and the second character string is converted into format definition data. The printing system according to claim 1, wherein the printing system is printed by being applied. The character recognition means recognizes the print mode information of the character;
The comparison unit compares the print mode information recognized by the character recognition unit with the print mode information assigned to the first character string to be converted by the conversion unit, and outputs the comparison result. The printing system according to claim 1. A second character string based on a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule converted from the first character string based on the first encoding rule is printed on a print medium, and the print medium A character recognition step of obtaining a third character string based on the first encoding rule from image data read by a reading device adopting the second encoding rule from :
A comparison step of comparing the third character string recognized in the character recognition step with the first character string before conversion of the second character string and outputting the comparison result is executed on the computer. not because the print medium inspection program. A second character string based on a second encoding rule different from the first encoding rule converted from the first character string based on the first encoding rule is printed on a print medium, and the print medium Character recognition means for obtaining a third character string based on the first encoding rule from image data read by a reading device adopting the second encoding rule from :
A printing medium comprising a third character string recognized by the character recognition means and a comparison means for comparing the first character string before conversion of the second character string and outputting the comparison result Inspection device.

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