JP6747138B2 - Fold line display device and fold line display program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a fold line display device and a fold line display program.

A post-processing machine that performs post-processing on a sheet printed by a printing machine is known. As this post-processing machine, a paper folding machine that folds a sheet into a predetermined shape is conventionally known. Further, in recent years, as a kind of this post-processing machine, a folding streak machine has been introduced which forms a streak as a pre-folding step instead of folding a sheet.

Here, in Patent Document 1, both a folding machine and a paper folding machine are provided, and when a folding method that cannot be folded by the paper folding machine is designated, the creasing processing by the folding machine is executed. Is proposed.

In addition, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-242242 proposes to display a preview of the post-processing result before performing the post-processing so that the user can specify the post-processing while recognizing the folding image. There is.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2015-092208 JP, 2010-128712, A

Here, when forming the fold line by the fold line machine, how to specify the position of the fold line on the paper and the direction of the fold (mountain fold and valley fold), and the user can specify the specified fold line. The problem is how to display the preview easily.

The formation of the folding line on the sheet is intended to be folded by a user, a paper folding machine, or the like. Therefore, also in the preview display, for example, a three-dimensional display in which the image of the finished product after being folded by the user or the paper folding machine is imaged is preferable. However, since the folding line machine can change the position and the number of lines to be formed as needed, a three-dimensional image is prepared for each of various folding line patterns, or It is not realistic to dynamically generate a three-dimensional image for each of the different folding line patterns.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention adopts a three-dimensional display that gives an image of a user and a finished product after being folded by a paper folding machine, and all patterns capable of forming fold lines in the three-dimensional display. To provide a fold line display device and a fold line display program that adopt a fold line display method that is more likely to be realized and that makes it easier for the user to imagine the fold line, as compared with the case where the fold line display system that is extended to With the goal.

Claim 1
A first designation method for designating one fixed form from a plurality of fixed forms in which the position of the folding line with respect to the paper and the direction of the folding including the mountain fold and the valley fold with respect to the folding line are predetermined, and the position of the folding line And a fold line designating section for designating a fold line according to the designation system selected by selecting a designation system from the second designation system for designating the fold direction for each fold line,
In response to the designation by the first designation method, a stereoscopic image of a shape folded in a designated standard format is displayed on the display screen, and by receiving the designation by the second designation method, a planar paper image. the planar images displayed a position and folding direction of the muscle folding the top and creases display unit for displaying on said display screen,
When the plane image is displayed on the display screen in response to the designation by the second designation method, designation is made at a designated position of the printing machine main body for printing on the paper and the paper discharged from the printing machine main body. With a printing device having a post-processor that forms a fold line in the specified direction, the fold line shown in the plane image is placed at a position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line shown in the plane image. A fold line display device, comprising: a fold line instructing section that instructs a fold line to be formed in a direction that matches a fold direction .

Claim 2
In the second designation method, one side of the sheet displayed on the display screen is either of the first side of the sheet and the second side which is the back side of the first side. Whether to form a fold line in a direction that matches the fold direction of the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen regardless of the paper direction designation that specifies whether Or, depending on the orientation of the specified paper, a fold line having a direction that matches the fold direction of the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen is formed or displayed with the paper on the display screen. Whether or not to form a fold line with the fold direction of the current fold line reversed
Is a specified method of performing
The fold streak instructing unit responds to the sheet orientation designation and the switching presence/absence designation by the printing device when the plane image is displayed on the display screen in response to the designation by the second designation method. A fold line having a direction that matches the fold direction of the fold line displayed on the display screen is formed at a position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line displayed with the paper on the front screen. Or the direction of the fold of the fold line displayed on the display screen at the position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen. Is a fold line display device according to claim 1, wherein the fold line display is instructed to form a fold line in the opposite direction .
Claim 3
The first designating method further designates a direction of a first side of a sheet based on a folding direction according to one designated standard form,
When the fold line display unit receives a designation by the first designation method, it is a stereoscopic image according to the designated one standard format on the display screen and designates the first side of the paper. The fold line display device according to claim 1, wherein the fold line display device is for displaying a stereoscopic image directed in a predetermined direction.

Claim 4
When the first of the three-dimensional image been designated by the designation method on the display screen is displayed, by the printing device, designated by the first surface orientation and the first specification method of the sheet 1 A fold line is formed in which the relationship with the fold direction according to one of the three standard patterns is opposite to the relationship between the direction of the first surface of the paper on the stereoscopic image and the fold direction on the stereoscopic image. The fold line display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a fold line instruction unit that indicates the position of the fold line and the direction of the fold line.

Claim 5
It is executed in an apparatus including a calculation unit that executes a program and a display screen that displays an image,
A first designation method for designating one fixed form from a plurality of fixed forms in which the position of the folding line with respect to the paper and the direction of the folding including the mountain fold and the valley fold with respect to the folding line are predetermined, and the position of the folding line And a fold line designating section for designating a fold line according to the designation system selected by selecting the designation system from the second designation system for designating the folding direction for each fold line,
In response to the designation by the first designation method, a stereoscopic image of a shape folded in a designated standard format is displayed on the display screen, and by receiving the designation by the second designation method, a planar sheet A fold line display unit that displays a plane image displaying the position and the fold direction of the fold line on the image on the display screen ,
When the plane image is displayed on the display screen in response to the designation by the second designation method, designation is made at a designated position of the printing machine main body for printing on the paper and the paper discharged from the printing machine main body. With a printing device having a post-processor that forms a fold line in the specified direction, the fold line shown in the plane image is placed at a position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line shown in the plane image. A fold line display program that operates as a fold line display device including a fold line instruction unit that instructs a fold line to be formed in a direction that matches a fold direction .

According to the folding line display device of claim 1 and the folding line display program of claim 6, the folding is performed by using the first designation method and the second designation method in combination and displaying a screen corresponding to each of them. Feasibility compared to the case of adopting a fold line display method that follows the three-dimensional display method that makes you imagine the finished product as it is and expands that method to all patterns that can form fold lines A high fold line display method is realized which makes it easy for the user to imagine the fold line.

Here, in the bookbinding industry, which folds printed materials to bind booklets and the like, it is necessary to first form a fold line consisting of mountain folds and valley folds with the directions of folds reversed, and then fold it in the original direction for paper folding Is being done .

However , in the second designating method, the position of each fold line and the folding direction of the fold line are designated. Therefore, it is expected that the user images not the finished product after folding but the position of the fold line and the fold direction at the stage of the fold line. That is, if the fold line is displayed on a flat paper image, the user can more easily specify the fold line by displaying the fold line as it is.
According to claim 1 of the crease display device and crease display program according to claim 5, muscle folding when you select the second specification method is displayed without changing the direction of the fold on the planar sheet image Therefore, as compared with the case of forming the fold line in the direction opposite to the fold direction on the display of the fold line in the case of the second designation method, the fold line that matches the image of the user is formed.

When the designation of the paper orientation is changed in the second designation method, the orientation of the first surface of the paper becomes opposite to the folding orientation of the fold line on the paper, which some users consider to be inconvenient.
According to crease display device according to claim 2, compared with when it is not possible to switch the orientation of the folding creases in the case of the second specified type, user-friendly device can be realized with respect to wide range of users.
On the other hand, according to the folding streak display device of claim 3, in the case of the standard folding method, the folding direction of the finished product after folding and the orientation of the first surface of the sheet are different from those in the second designating method. It is easy to imagine the correspondence relationship of.
According to the fold line display device of claim 4, the fold line in the correct direction is formed while imagining the finished product after folding, as compared with the case of displaying a stereoscopic image faithful to the fold direction of the fold line. To be done.

It is a schematic diagram showing an example of a printing system. 3 is a block diagram showing a process executed by the client PC 10. FIG. It is the figure which showed an example of the stereo image displayed on the display screen of a client PC. It is the figure which showed an example of the plane image displayed on the display screen of a client PC. It is a figure showing a job management screen displayed on a display screen of a client PC. It is the figure which showed the job property screen displayed on the display screen of a client PC. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a “paper folding” pull-down menu shown in FIG. 6. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a pull-down menu for paper folding when setting the paper folding by the paper folding machine after setting the folding lines by the folding machine. It is the figure which showed the job property screen when "fold" which is one of the items as a small classification is selected. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a job property screen including a crease designation screen displayed when “crease” is selected. It is the figure which showed the pull-down menu of "kind of folds". It is the figure which showed the pull-down menu of "type of fold." Relationship (A) between the orientation of the first side of the sheet when "Back side ejection" is specified and the folding direction of the fold line, and the first side of the sheet when "Front side ejection" is specified It is a schematic diagram which showed the relationship (B) between the direction of and the direction of folding of a folding line. FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a fold line (A) when the fold line is set in the “custom” shown in FIG. 12 and setting information (B) of the fold line incorporated in the job. It is the figure which showed the flowchart which implement|achieves the process as 1st Embodiment demonstrated so far. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a job property screen including a “custom” fold line designation screen in the second embodiment. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an operation when “Yes” is set in “Automatic reversal at folding” shown in FIG. 16. It is the figure which showed the flowchart which implement|achieves the process as 2nd Embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a printing system.

The printing system 100 includes a plurality of client computers (hereinafter, abbreviated as “client PC”) 10, a server 20, and a printing device 30. The plurality of client PCs 10, the server 20, and the printing device 30 are set to be communicable with each other via a LAN (Local Area Network) 40.

The printing device 30 includes a printing machine main body 31 and a post-processing machine 32. The printer main body 31 prints an image according to the received image data on a sheet. The printer main body 31 ejects the first surface (print surface) of the paper in the direction (upward or downward) according to the instruction. When printing is performed on both sides of the paper, the printing surface with the smaller page number becomes the first surface. Further, the post-processing machine 32 includes a folding line machine 321 and a paper folding machine 322. The folding liner 321 forms a folding line on a sheet printed by the printing press main body 31 and discharged from the printing press main body 31. Further, the paper folding machine 322 folds the paper printed by the printing machine body 31 and discharged from the printing machine body 31. Further, the paper folding machine 322 has not only the function of folding the paper, but also the function of stapling and punching holes. The paper folding machine 322 of this embodiment is capable of performing only some simple types of folding, such as bi-folding, tri-folding, and Z-folding, where the folding method is named. In the printing apparatus 30 of the present embodiment, it is possible to use both the folding line formation by the folding line machine 321 and the paper folding line by the paper folding machine 322, but the paper folding line that can be used together with the folding line formation is In the present embodiment, the folding is limited to only two. On the other hand, the folding liner 321 according to the present exemplary embodiment allows a maximum of 5 folding lines by arbitrarily mixing the mountain folding lines and the valley folding lines at arbitrary positions on the sheet in units of 1 mm. Can be formed. Since the paper folding machine 322 corresponds to only a part of the paper folding patterns, the sheet having the folding line formed by the folding line machine 321 is basically passed through the paper folding machine 322 and discharged. .. The discharged sheet having the fold lines formed is, for example, by the user's hand, in the direction opposite to the fold direction of the fold lines formed on the sheet, that is, the fold line of the mountain fold is a valley fold, The valley fold line is folded into a mountain fold.

In each client PC 10, image data for printing on paper is created. In printing with the printing device 30, not only image data is created, but also various settings relating to printing and post-processing are performed. Here, in addition to the image data, a set of data including various settings for printing and post-processing by the printing device 30 is referred to as a “job”. When the creation of the job is completed, each client PC 10 sends the job for printing and post-processing.

The server 20 temporarily stores the jobs transmitted from the client PCs 10 and sequentially transmits the jobs to the printing device 30. The function of the server 20 may be built in the printing device 30.

In each client PC 10, a fold line display program as one embodiment of the fold line display program of the present invention is executed. Then, each client PC 10 operates as an embodiment of the fold display device of the present invention by executing the fold display program.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing processing executed by the client PC 10. Here, a device that executes this process is referred to as a fold line display device 200 in accordance with the present invention.

The fold line display device 200 includes a fold line designation unit 210, a fold line display unit 220, and a print instruction unit 230. The fold line designating section 210 and the fold line designating section 220 correspond to examples of the fold line designating section and the fold line designing section, respectively, according to the present invention. Further, the print instruction unit 230 includes an example of the folding line instruction unit according to the present invention.

The description of the specific example will be postponed, and here, the functions of the respective units 210 to 230 in the fold line display device 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be generally described.

In the folding line designating section 210, the user selects one of the first designating system and the second designating system, and the folding system is designated by the selected designating system. Here, the first designation method designates one fixed form from a plurality of fixed forms in which the position of each folding line on the paper and the direction of folding (mountain folding or valley folding) with respect to each folding line are predetermined. This is the designated method. The second designation method is a designation method for designating the position and direction of the fold line for each fold line.

Further, in the fold display unit 220, an image according to the first designation method and the second designation method is displayed on the display screen of the client PC 10. Here, when the first designation method is selected, a stereoscopic image showing a shape folded in the standard style designated by the first designation method is displayed. On the other hand, when the second designation method is selected, a planar image showing the position of each fold line and the fold direction for each fold line is displayed on the planar paper image.

Here, in the first designating method according to the present embodiment, the orientation of the first surface of the sheet is further designated based on the folding orientation according to the designated one fixed form. Then, when receiving the designation by the first designation method, the fold line display unit 220 in the present embodiment is a stereoscopic image according to the designated one fixed form on the display screen of the client PC 10, and A stereoscopic image in which the first side of the paper is oriented in the specified direction is displayed.

In addition, the print instruction unit transmits the completed job to the printing device 30 via the server 20 according to a user operation. The completed job also includes instructions regarding the fold line. Therefore, the fact that the print instructing section 23 transmits the job means that the instruction regarding the folding line is also transmitted. The instructions regarding the fold line in the present embodiment are as follows. That is, when the stereoscopic image is displayed on the display screen of the client PC 10 in response to the designation by the first designation method, the printing device 30 causes the orientation of the first surface of the paper and the first designation method. The relationship with the direction of folding according to one specified fixed form is the reverse of the relationship between the direction of the first side of the paper on the stereoscopic image and the direction of folding on the stereoscopic image. The position of the fold line and the fold direction of the fold line are instructed so that the fold line is formed. Further, when the plane image is displayed on the display screen of the client PC 10 in response to the designation by the second designation method, the printing device 30 corresponds to the position of the fold line shown in the plane image. The fold line is instructed so that a fold line in a direction that matches the fold line direction of the fold line shown in the planar image is formed at a position on the sheet to be printed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a stereoscopic image displayed on the display screen of the client PC. In FIG. 3, a “folded” “inside printing” sheet is three-dimensionally shown. This “two-fold” is one of a plurality of standard patterns whose folding method is predetermined. When one of the standard formats and either "inner print" or "outer print" is selected by selecting the above-mentioned first designating method, the display screen of the client PC 10 displays as shown in FIG. A stereoscopic image is displayed.

In the client PC 10, a stereoscopic image pattern is stored for each of a plurality of standard forms, and a specified standard form and a specified "inner print" or "outer print" are selected from these patterns. A pattern (stereoscopic image) corresponding to ".

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a plane image displayed on the display screen of the client PC.

When the second designation method is selected and the fold line is designated, a plane image as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display screen of the client PC. This plane image is an image in which the position of each fold line and the fold direction of each fold line are shown on a sheet of paper that is spread out in a plane by showing only one surface on the display screen. Here, the distance (mm) from the base point and the mountain fold (here, one-dot chain line) and the valley fold (here, dotted line) are different from each other for each fold line, up to five in this embodiment. It is specified. In the example shown in FIG. 4, three fold lines 1, 2, 3 are designated.

Next, the folding line designating method according to the first designating method and the second designating method in the present embodiment will be specifically described.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a job management screen displayed on the display screen of the client PC.

In the client PC 10, an image for printing on the printing device 30 is created and registered as a job. The job management screen shown in FIG. 5 is a screen showing a list of jobs registered in the client PC 10. The example shown here indicates that two jobs, job ID=001, job name ABC, and job ID=002, job name DEF, are registered.

Here, the user selects one of the jobs displayed on the job management screen (for example, the job with the job ID=001) for which various settings are to be performed this time, and the job is selected. The property screen of is opened.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a job property screen displayed on the display screen of the client PC.

Various items such as “simple setting”, “favorite”,..., “Image quality”, “output”, and “current setting” are arranged on the upper side of the job property screen. The user selects each item and sets the details of the item as necessary. The contents set here are incorporated into the job selected this time. In this embodiment, it is assumed that “output” is selected, which is characterized by post-processing and includes post-processing settings. Then, on the left side of the same job property screen, an item as a middle classification regarding "output" is displayed. Here, "basic", "ejection", "finishing", "mixed size original", and "print position/magnification" are shown as items of middle classification. "Basic" is an item for setting the paper size, the number of prints per page, etc., and "Discharging" is an item for specifying a paper discharge tray (not shown). Here, "finishing" (post-processing) is selected. Then, "staple/punch/paper fold", "fold",..., Which are sub-categories related to "finishing", are displayed. Here, “stapling/punch/paper folding” is an item related to the paper folding machine 322. The feature of the present embodiment relates to the folding liner 321 instead of the paper folding machine 322, but here, for reference, items related to the paper folding machine 322 will be briefly described. When "Stapler/Punch/Paper Fold" is selected from the items arranged as a small category, the "Stapler", "Punch", and "Paper Fold" setting screens are displayed. "Stapler" is for setting stapler and "Punch" is for setting punching. “Paper folding” is for setting paper folding.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a pull-down menu of “paper folding” shown in FIG.

Here, the names of a plurality of folding methods such as two-fold, Z-fold, and three-fold that can be folded by the paper folding machine 322 are arranged. Further, in this pull-down menu, depending on the folding method, the relationship between the folding direction and the orientation of the first surface (printing surface) of the paper is specified together with the folding method. For example, "folded in half (printed on the inside)" means folding in half with the first side of the paper inside.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a pull-down menu for paper folding when setting the folding line by the folding machine and then setting the paper folding by the paper folding machine.

When the fold line is set, only "two-fold" can be set for paper folding.

Return to the job property screen and continue the explanation.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a job property screen when “fold”, which is one of the items of the small classification, is selected.

FIG. 9 shows a pull-down menu of the fold line in the expanded state.

Here, for the "crease", one of "no crease" and "crease" is selected. Here, it is assumed that "crease" is selected.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a job property screen including a crease designation screen displayed when “make a crease” is selected.

When "make a crease" is selected as the "crease", a screen for designating the "crease type" and "direction" appears.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a pull-down menu of “fold type”.

Here, the names of standard folding methods such as half-folding, inner three-folding, and outer three-folding, which are similar to the folding method shown in the pull-down menu for paper folding shown in FIG. 7, are listed. However, here, unlike the case of paper folding, only the folding method is shown. Whether the first side (printing side) of the sheet is inside or outside the folding direction of the folding line is set by the "direction" shown in FIG. Further, the pull-down menu shown in FIG. 11 has an item “custom”. The items other than "custom" are the names of folding styles.

Here, as shown in FIG. 10, when "half-fold" is specified as the "fold type" and "inner printing" is specified as the "direction", the display screen of the client PC 10 is displayed as shown in FIG. The stereoscopic image shown is displayed.

If you select a folding method other than "Fold" from the standard formats that include items other than "Custom", the stereoscopic image displayed on the display screen will be the stereoscopic image according to the selected folding method. When the “direction” is changed to “outer printing”, a stereoscopic image is obtained according to the selected “fold type” and “outer printing”.

The fold line designation method when an item other than "custom" is selected in the "fold type" shown in FIG. 11 corresponds to an example of the first designation method according to the present invention.

Next, a case where “custom” is selected as the “fold type” will be described.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a pull-down menu of “fold type”.

Here, the "number of folds" is set. In the present embodiment, an arbitrary value from 1 to 5 is set as this “number”. When this "number of lines" is set, a setting screen for "how to fold" and "distance from the base point" for each of the fold lines of that number is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 12, No. 2 is set because the number of fold lines is set to 2. 1 and No. A setting screen of "folding method" and "distance from the base point" for the two folding lines 2 is displayed. In the example shown here, No. For the fold line No. 1, "mountain fold" is specified as the "folding method" and "123.45 (mm)" is set as the "distance from the base point". In addition, No. For the fold line No. 2, “valley fold” is designated as the “folding method” and “154.32 (mm)” is set as the “distance from the base point”.

In addition, on this “custom” fold line designation screen, the “discharge surface” is set. In this "ejection side", the "front side ejection" is performed in which the first side (front side) of the sheet is ejected from the printer main body 31 upward, or the second side of the sheet is oriented upward. "Back side discharge" is specified.

The surface of the sheet shown on the plane image shown in FIG. 4 is the upward surface when the sheet is discharged. Therefore, the designation of the "ejection surface" in FIG. 12 is whether the surface of the paper appearing on the planar image shown in FIG. 4 is the first surface (front surface) or the second surface (back surface). Is synonymous with the designation of.

The designation method of the fold line when "custom" is selected, which is shown in FIG. 12, corresponds to an example of the second designation method according to the present invention.

The information regarding the fold line thus designated is incorporated into the job selected on the job management screen shown in FIG. A job is transmitted when the print instruction unit 230 shown in FIG. 2 issues a print instruction, so that information regarding the fold lines incorporated in the job is also transmitted.

Here, when the folding line is designated by the first designating method, the folding direction of the folding line associated with the job is opposite to the direction of the paper folding shown on the stereoscopic image illustrated in FIG. Is. This is an image showing the image of the finished product after the paper folding, which is performed by the user or the like after forming the folding line, and the stereoscopic image illustrated in FIG. This is because the orientation is opposite to the orientation of the folded paper as a finished product.

Therefore, when the job in which the folding line is designated by the first designation method is transmitted, the folding line machine 321 generates a folding line whose folding direction is opposite to that of the paper folding on the three-dimensional image illustrated in FIG. It is formed.

On the other hand, when the fold line is designated by the second designation method shown in FIG. 12, the second designation is made to correspond to the job regarding the fold direction (mountain fold or valley fold) of the fold line. The information is as specified using the method. Therefore, when the fold line is designated by the second designation method, the folding line machine 321 places the plane image at the position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line shown on the plane image shown in FIG. Fold lines are formed in a direction that matches the fold direction of the fold lines shown above. This is because the second designation method is a method in which the user designates the fold line while being aware of the fold direction of the fold line.

FIG. 13 shows a relationship (A) between the orientation of the first side of the sheet and the folding direction of the fold line when “back side ejection” is specified in the “ejection side” pull-down menu shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a relationship (B) between the orientation of the first surface of the sheet and the folding direction of the fold line when “front surface discharge” is designated. Here, for the sake of easy understanding, the fold lines are shown in a shape folded like a paper fold.

As shown in FIG. 13A, in the case of “back surface discharge”, the first surface (print surface) P1 of the paper P is facing downward. On the other hand, in the case of “front surface discharge”, as shown in FIG. 13B, the first surface (printing surface) P1 of the paper P faces upward. However, the folding direction of the fold line is the same whether it is "back surface discharge" or "front surface discharge". Therefore, when the first surface (printing surface) P1 of the paper P is considered as a reference, that is, the paper P of “back surface discharge” in FIG. 13A is turned over to set the first surface (printing surface) P1. Compared to the “front surface discharge” of FIG. 13(B) toward the top, the “back surface discharge” of FIG. 13(A) and the “front surface discharge” of FIG. 13(B) are folded. The folds of the muscles are in the opposite direction.

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram showing the fold line (A) when the fold line is set in the “custom” shown in FIG. 12 and the fold line setting information (B) incorporated in the job.

As shown in FIG. 14A, at the time of setting the fold line, the distance from the base point of each fold line and the mountain fold/valley fold are designated with the left end of the paper as the base point.

However, the actual paper conveyance direction is the direction of arrow X shown in FIG. That is, the right edge of the sheet is conveyed as the leading edge. Then, in the folding liner 321, as the sheet advances, the folding lines are formed in order from the folding line on the front end side (the right side in FIG. 14B) in the moving direction. Therefore, at the time of setting, as shown in FIG. 14A, the position of each fold line with the left end as the base point is read as each position with the right end of the paper as the base point at the stage of incorporating the fold line information into the job. Incorporated above. As a result, the printing device 30 can receive information that is convenient for the fold line forming operation.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a flowchart for realizing the processing as the first embodiment described so far.

The client PC 10 shown in FIG. 1 executes a fold line display program that executes the process shown in FIG. 15, and the client PC 10 executes the fold line display program to display the fold line display according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Operates as a device.

Here, first, the information regarding the fold line designated as described above is acquired (step S101), and the designation is made by the fixed form (designation by the first designation method) or by "custom" (second designation). It is determined whether it is the designation by the designation method) (step S102). Then, in the case of designation by the fixed form (designation by the first designation method), a stereoscopic image corresponding to the designation as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed (step S103), and the folding direction of the folding line is further set. Is inverted and registered in the job (step S104). On the other hand, in the case of designation by "custom" (designation by the second designation method), a plane image as illustrated in FIG. 4 is displayed, and the position of the fold line and the fold line of each fold line designated there are displayed. Is incorporated into the job as specified by the direction (step S104). However, as described with reference to FIG. 14, the information on the position of each fold line is reread and then incorporated into the job. When a print instruction is made (step S106), the job is transmitted (step S107), and a fold line is formed according to the fold line information incorporated in the job.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Note that, here, only the differences from the first embodiment described so far will be taken up and described.

In the second embodiment, in the case of designation by "custom" (designation by the second designation method), the "ejection surface" is designated. Here, in the case of designation by "custom" (designation by the second designation method), "discharging surface" is designated as shown in FIG. 12 also in the above-described first embodiment. However, in the first embodiment, the designation of the “discharging surface” does not have any influence on the folding direction of the fold line, and as a result, as shown in FIG. 13, the “discharging surface” (FIG. 13). In (A)) and "front surface discharge" (FIG. 13B), the folding direction is opposite when the first surface (printing surface) P1 of the paper P is the reference. In the “custom” designation (designation by the second designation method), the position and folding direction of each folding line are designated by the user. For this reason, in the above-described first embodiment, the user's designation is respected, and the folding direction of the fold line remains unchanged even when the "discharge surface" is switched. However, some users find it inconvenient that the folding direction is reversed when the first surface (printing surface) of the paper is used as a reference when the “discharge surface” is switched. In the second embodiment described below, a measure for correcting the reverse fold direction for a user who considers it inconvenient that the fold direction is reverse when the "discharging surface" is switched. Has been taken. In the second embodiment, in order to take this corrective action, in the case of designation by "custom" (designation by the second designation method), designation of "ejection surface", that is, paper, also shown in FIG. In addition to the "paper orientation designation" for designating which one of the first surface and the second surface is displayed on the display screen, the orientation of the designated paper is further specified. Regardless of this, the fold line is formed in the direction that matches the fold direction of the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen, or the paper is displayed on the display screen along with the paper according to the specified paper orientation. Whether to form a fold line in the same direction as the fold line of the displayed fold line, or to form a fold line in the opposite direction to the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen "Switching presence/absence designation" for switching is performed. Then, in the second embodiment, when the fold line is designated by "custom" (second designation method), the printing device 30 causes the paper orientation designation (designation of "ejection surface") and the above Depending on whether switching is specified or not, at the position on the paper that corresponds to the position of the fold line displayed with the paper on the front screen, fold in the direction that matches the fold direction of the fold line displayed on the display screen. Instruct to form a streak, or, at the position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen, the folding direction of the fold line displayed on the display screen. Folding line formation information is incorporated into the job so that a folding line in the opposite direction to that of the above is formed.

The features of the second embodiment will be described with a specific example.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a job property screen including a “custom” fold line designation screen in the second embodiment. FIG. 16 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 12 in the above-described first embodiment.

The "custom" fold line designation screen shown in FIG. 16 includes the "discharge surface" designation item also shown in FIG. The designation of the "discharge surface" corresponds to an example of the "sheet orientation designation" according to the present invention. Further, in FIG. 16, there is an item of “automatic fold inversion” which does not exist in FIG. 12. Here, whether or not to automatically reverse the folding direction of the folding line is designated. The designation by "automatic inversion of folds" corresponds to an example of "designation of presence/absence of switching" in the present invention.

If "not" is specified for this "automatic inversion of folds", the same operation as in the above-described first embodiment is performed.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing the operation when "Yes" is set in "Automatic reversal at fold" shown in FIG.

FIG. 17(A) shows a case where the first side (printing side) of the paper and the crease line are formed when “Yes” is specified in “Automatic fold reversal” and “Back side discharge” is specified in “Discharge side”. The relationship with the folding direction is shown. This FIG. 17(A) is the same as FIG. 13(A).

FIG. 17(B) shows a case where the "folded automatic reversal" is set to "Yes" and the "discharge side" is set to "Front side discharge", the first side (printing side) of the sheet is folded. It shows the relationship with the fold direction of the muscle. In this FIG. 17B, unlike the case of FIG. 13B, the folding direction of the folding line is also reversed. Therefore, when the sheet of FIG. 17A is turned upside down, the folding directions of the fold lines based on the first surface P1 of the sheet P are “back side ejection” and “front side ejection”. Will be the same.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a flowchart for realizing the processing according to the second embodiment.

In the client PC 10 shown in FIG. 1, when the fold line display program that executes the process shown in FIG. 18 is executed, the client PC 10 executes the fold line display program to cause the client PC 10 to perform the fold line display according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Operates as a muscle display device.

In the flowchart of the second embodiment shown in FIG. 18, step S201 and step S202 are added to the flowchart of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

Here, it is determined whether or not "automatic crease inversion" (see FIG. 16) is set to "Yes" (step S201), and whether or not the display surface of the planar image shown in FIG. 4 is the first surface (step S201). S202) is determined. Here, the fact that the display surface of the planar image shown in FIG. 4 is the first surface means that the “front surface” is designated as the “discharge surface” shown in FIG. 16.

Then, it is specified that "Automatic reversal of folds" is set to "Yes" and that the display surface of the planar image is the first surface (the "discharging surface" is the "front surface"). If so, information about the fold line in which the folding direction is reversed is incorporated in the job (step S104). On the other hand, "Automatic reversal of fold lines" is set to "No" or the display surface of the planar image is the second surface (the "discharging surface" is the "back surface"). In this case, the reversal of the folding direction is not performed, and information for forming the folding line in the direction specified by the user is incorporated in the job.

Here, an example in which the present invention is applied to the printing system 100 shown in FIG. 1 has been described, but the present invention does not include the paper folding machine 322, and includes a post-processing machine including only the folding line machine 321. It can also be applied when provided.

Further, here, as the folding streak machine, a folding streak machine capable of forming folding streaks in both the folding directions of the mountain fold and the valley fold by one pass of the paper has been described as an example. For example, by providing a folding streaker having only the function of mountain folding, and providing a mechanism for turning over a sheet that has passed through the folding streaker once, and allowing the sheet to pass through the folding streaker once more, It may be configured to realize both folding lines of folding.

10 Client PC
20 Server 30 Printing Device 31 Printing Machine Main Body 32 Post-Processing Machine 321 Folding Line Machine 322 Paper Folding Machine 40 LAN (Local Area Network)
100 Printing System 200 Fold Line Display Device 210 Fold Line Designating Unit 220 Fold Line Display Unit 230 Print Instructing Unit

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A first designation method for designating one fixed form from a plurality of fixed forms in which the position of the folding line with respect to the paper and the direction of the folding including the mountain fold and the valley fold with respect to the folding line are predetermined, and the position of the folding line And a fold line designating section for designating a fold line according to the designation system selected by selecting a designation system from the second designation system for designating the fold direction for each fold line,
In response to the designation by the first designation method, a stereoscopic image of a shape folded in a designated standard format is displayed on the display screen, and by receiving the designation by the second designation method, a planar paper image. the planar images displayed a position and folding direction of the muscle folding the top and creases display unit for displaying on said display screen,
When the plane image is displayed on the display screen in response to the designation by the second designation method, designation is made at a designated position of the printing machine main body for printing on the paper and the paper discharged from the printing machine main body. With a printing device having a post-processor that forms a fold line in the specified direction, the fold line shown in the plane image is placed at a position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line shown in the plane image. A fold line display device, comprising: a fold line instruction unit for instructing a fold line to be formed in a direction that matches a fold direction . In the second designation method, one side of the sheet displayed on the display screen is either of the first side of the sheet and the second side which is the back side of the first side. Whether to form a fold line in a direction that matches the fold direction of the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen regardless of the paper direction designation that specifies whether Or, depending on the orientation of the specified paper, a fold line having a direction that matches the fold direction of the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen is formed or displayed with the paper on the display screen. Is a designation method for performing switching presence/absence designation for switching whether to form a fold line in a direction in which the fold line of the fold line is reversed.
The fold streak instructing unit responds to the sheet orientation designation and the switching presence/absence designation by the printing device when the plane image is displayed on the display screen in response to the designation by the second designation method. A fold line having a direction that matches the fold direction of the fold line displayed on the display screen is formed at a position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line displayed with the paper on the front screen. Or the direction of the fold of the fold line displayed on the display screen at the position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line displayed with the paper on the display screen. The fold line display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fold line display is instructed to form a fold line in an opposite direction . The first designating method further designates a direction of a first side of a sheet based on a folding direction according to one designated standard form,
When the fold line display unit receives a designation by the first designation method, it is a stereoscopic image according to the designated one standard format on the display screen and designates the first side of the paper. The fold line display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fold line display device is for displaying a stereoscopic image oriented in a predetermined direction. When the stereoscopic image is displayed on the display screen in response to the designation by the first designation method, the printing device determines the orientation of the first surface of the paper and the designation by the first designation method. A fold line is formed in which the relationship with the fold direction according to one of the three standard patterns is opposite to the relationship between the direction of the first surface of the paper on the stereoscopic image and the fold direction on the stereoscopic image. The fold line display device according to claim 3 , further comprising a fold line instruction unit that indicates a position of the fold line and a direction of the fold line . It is executed in an apparatus including a calculation unit that executes a program and a display screen that displays an image,
A first designation method for designating one fixed form from a plurality of fixed forms in which the position of the folding line with respect to the paper and the direction of the folding including the mountain fold and the valley fold with respect to the folding line are predetermined, and the position of the folding line And a fold line designating section for designating a fold line according to the designation system selected by selecting a designation system from the second designation system for designating the fold direction for each fold line,
In response to the designation by the first designation method, a stereoscopic image of a shape folded in a designated standard format is displayed on the display screen, and by receiving the designation by the second designation method, a planar sheet A fold line display unit that displays a plane image displaying the position and the fold direction of the fold line on the image on the display screen,
When the plane image is displayed on the display screen in response to the designation by the second designation method, designation is made at a designated position of the printing machine main body for printing on the paper and the paper discharged from the printing machine main body. With a printing device having a post-processor that forms a fold line in the specified direction, the fold line shown in the plane image is placed at a position on the paper corresponding to the position of the fold line shown in the plane image. A fold line display program, which is operated as a fold line display device including a fold line instruction unit for instructing a fold line to be formed in a direction that matches a fold direction.

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