JPH0123308B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a phototypesetting device that facilitates printing fee management and labor management.

Generally, when managing work time for phototypesetting work, the operator calculates and records the working time himself, or when counting the number of printed characters, he counts each character while looking at the product after the development of the photosensitive material is completed, and then multiplies it by the printing unit price. I was working on tabulating the charges. However, the printing fee calculation system is complicated because the unit price varies depending on the content of the work, such as the difficulty of the work, the rate of the typeface used, the shape of each character, the size of the characters (Q number, number of points, etc.), and character deformation. These calculations take time and are subject to aggregation errors.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and in order to assist in charge management and labor management of printing operations, necessary information such as:
For each character size, calculate the printing fee based on the lens magnification such as the number of characters and the number of points, or the total number of prints including the number of prints for each character transformation, and the printing unit price given for each character shape. Calculation of required work time based on printing start and end times,
Troublesome work that traditionally relied on humans, such as recording work machine numbers, is automatically performed by an automatic arithmetic and control device linked to the phototypesetting mechanism, and the results are printed directly onto the printed matter. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a phototypesetting device that can be used in a variety of ways.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to illustrated embodiments. In Fig. 1, 1 is a print switch, 2 is a
For example, it is an input unit such as a numeric keypad for setting the Q number for specifying character magnification, character deformation rate, character unit price, etc. 3 is a print number output switch that outputs printing commands for necessary information such as counting the total number of prints when all phototypesetting work is completed, and 4 is a character pattern memory, which forms the pattern for each character symbol or code. The element position information is stored in advance and is connected to the calculation control section 5. This arithmetic control unit 5 includes a print number counter 6 that counts the number of prints for each variable information such as character magnification and deformation rate, and variable data such as character magnification and deformation rate, printing unit price, machine number, work start and end times, etc. There is also an input data memory 7 that stores all of the information. Based on the above-mentioned information commands, the phototypesetting mechanism, which is optically, electronically, and mechanically driven, controls the positioning of the photosensitive material 9 attached to the photosensitive material drum 8, vertically or horizontally. Pulse motor drive control unit 1 for moving in the direction
0 is connected. Further, for normal printing of characters on the sensitive material 9, for example, the characters on the dial 11 are captured as a character image by being projected by the light source 12, and the main lens (Q number lens) 13, the deformable lens 1
4. A character image is projected onto the photosensitive material 9 through various lenses such as the collimator lens 15, the shutter 16, and the moving optical system 17, as well as a mirror system. 18 is dial 11
This is a character frame holder. Also, Fig. 2 a, b, c,
Figure 1 shows an example of the structure of a specific pattern character. Figure a shows an example of an alphanumeric mark display using a dot pattern, Figure b shows an example of character encoding using a dot pattern, and Figure c shows an example of a character coded using a bar pattern. ,
This shows an example in which a code is displayed, and the character pattern memory 4 stores constituent element position data of these types of characters and symbols. Figures 3 and 4 are examples of printing positions where charge management and labor management data are calculated and output and displayed after phototype printing is completed.
FIG. 3 shows an example in which required data is output in dot pattern characters in the blank area of the photosensitive material after printing is completed, and FIG. This is an example in which necessary management data is printed in a pattern within the notch 20.

In the present invention having such a configuration, when the printing switch 1 is pressed now, the character frame presser 18 and the shutter 16 are operated to transfer the selected character on the dial 11 onto the photosensitive material 9 through each lens system. At the same time as phototypesetting, the printing number counter 6 is sent via the calculation control unit 5.
The number of characters printed is transmitted to and stored. In the input data memory 7, information such as the magnification of the main lens (for example, information on the number of characters Q), the deformation rate (for example, the type of deformation lens), the printing unit price per character, etc. is set in advance. In this way, when the normal printing work is completed, the constituent elements of the specific pattern characters (e.g., dot patterns, bar patterns, etc.) described in FIGS. After matching, the print number output switch 3 is operated to start outputting and printing the required information.
As a result, the arithmetic processing data output from the arithmetic control unit 5 is immediately transmitted to the character frame presser 18, which is activated and the dial is fixed, and then an operation command is transmitted to the pulse motor control unit 10, and the vertical , gives a specific pattern printing positioning command in the horizontal direction to the sensitive material drum 8 and the moving optical system 17, and positions the character pattern in an arbitrary blank area on the sensitive material or within the specified notch 20 of the sensitive material presser 19. I do. Then, the character element position information of characters, symbols, and codes related to the total number of characters, fees, and information on the number of prints for each character calculated by the calculation control unit 5 is sequentially read out from the character pattern memory 4,
When supplied to the pulse motor drive control unit 10, each element constituting the specific pattern is positioned for printing, and in conjunction with this, the shutter 16 is operated for each positioning. In this way, the positioning operation of specific pattern characters and the shutter 16
When this operation is continuously repeated, a specific pattern of characters is printed. It is assumed that the arithmetic control section 5 also has the necessary function of printing the specific pattern characters by shifting the printing interval by a predetermined amount.

Note that the invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Therefore, according to the present invention, necessary calculations necessary for price management, such as calculating the number of prints for each character shape by multiplying the unit price of each character, and calculating the printing start time and end time necessary as labor management data, can be performed. Calculation can be performed quickly, accurately, and automatically, and output can be printed in a specific pattern of characters at a designated location at the same time as normal work is completed, so various administrative tasks are significantly streamlined and simplified at the same time. effective.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an overall block configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 a, b, and c are examples of specific pattern characters used in the present invention, and Fig. 3 is printing of specific pattern characters of phototypesetting management data. For example, FIG. 4 shows an example in which a part of the light-sensitive material presser is processed and a specific pattern of characters is printed in the margin of the light-sensitive material. 1...Print switch, 2...Input section, 3...Print output switch, 4...Character pattern memory, 5
...Calculation control unit, 6...Print number counter, 7...
Input data memory, 9...sensitive material, 10...pulse motor drive control section, 13, 14, 15...lens.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a phototypesetting apparatus equipped with a pulse motor drive control unit that controls vertical and horizontal movement of a moving optical system with respect to a photosensitive material, an input unit that instructs variable information including magnification, deformation rate, and unit price of characters; an input data memory that stores variable information instructed from the input unit, machine number, work start and end time, and a print number counter that sequentially counts the number of prints for each of the specified variable information such as character magnification and deformation rate; an arithmetic control unit that calculates information such as a total number of prints and a charge based on unit price information of each character stored in the input data memory and information on the number of prints for each character counted by the number of prints counter; a print number output switch that instructs output printing of desired information including information about the number of characters and information about the number of prints for each character;
A character pattern memory in which position information of constituent elements forming characters, symbols and codes used for output printing of the desired information is stored in advance, and a dial containing patterns of constituent elements used for output printing of the desired information. and when output printing is commanded from the print number output switch, the constituent elements accommodated in the dial are driven while driving the pulse motor drive control section based on position information of the elements stored in the character pattern memory. A phototypesetting apparatus that directly records the desired information on a photosensitive material by printing a pattern on the photosensitive material.