JPH02123421A - Layout control system for addressing card printing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To minimize the using volume of a storage medium by dividing the contents of printing into a fixed part whose contents are not changed and a variable part whose contents are changed, sorting each name card in accordance with the arrangement of both parts and patterning the layout information of an addressing card to control the layout. CONSTITUTION:Layouts 1, 2, 3 J out of a personal addressing layout 101 can be patterned as an addressing layout pattern 1 in an addressing layout pattern 102 and layouts I, N in the layout 101 can be patterned as a pattern (n). Thus, all the addressing patterns are prepared as an addressing printing system. Thereby, it is unnecessary to overlappedly defining individual addressing layout information and only the addressing layout information of each pattern may be defined to define which patterned addressing layout information corresponds to individual addressing layout information definition. Consequently, layout patterning can more rapidly be executed by utilizing the same layout information already processed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an address printing system whose purpose is to print address tags or name tag paper for identifying luggage.
In particular, the present invention relates to an address paper print layout method suitable for defining address print layout information.

[Conventional technology]

In the conventional address printing method, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 49-931101
, - 6L of memory, for each addressee's name, I had the computer memorize the information for printing that address.1
, and in order to store all the address information, the definition of address layout information was performed for each address.

However, even if there are t9 between different recipients, and the address printing content is different but the address printing layer I is exactly the same, the address printing layer 1 will be printed for each address. No consideration was given to the reduction in work efficiency by defining and storing information to and from multiple recipients, and by defining the noise-out information for multiple recipients.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

14. Prior art is addressee layout! - Since the information is defined for each address and the address layout information corresponding to each address is stored for the number of addresses, only the address name is different, and the address layout - L is for identical addressees that are exactly the same. Also, the address layout information is duplicated every time 2 is defined, and when information is stored in 1 noiau 1 for all addresses 2, multiple pieces of the same information: 3- are stored 1. There were two problems: an unreasonable reduction in the capacity of the storage medium, and a reduction in the efficiency of address layout information definition processing.

[1] The first aspect of the present invention is to classify all address layout/information into patterns by classifying them into fixed parts where the I-no-out information is the same between address layout sheets and variable parts where they are not the same. As for the information, it only has the address layout information for the separated addresses.It supports all addressee names and layout patterns. Speeding up of information definition processing, use 1] To realize an increase in functional memory capacity.

[Means to solve the problem]

The above purpose is to classify each piece of information printed on the address tag 13 into variable parts and fixed parts depending on whether the size, amount of information, and position change depending on the address tag, and then to Depending on the placement of the separation part, all addresses can be divided by pattern + t
t. Address layerer I/information binding is achieved by defining and storing only the layout information for the four divided patterns, and making correspondences with all addresses.

[Effect]

By dividing each piece of information printed on address tags into the fixed part and all the variable parts, and by patterning all address layout information, the definition of layout information that is common among multiple addresses can be patterned. Since it is only necessary to define the noise-out pattern information once, the processing time for the address layerer 1 to information definition can be sped up.

In addition, in the present invention, when defining the variable part to the layerer 1, in step 1, a means is taken to automatically define the variable part to the layerer 1 (determining the size and position of the mouth J-shaped part when printing) according to a procedure prepared in advance. This is the addressee Leila!・
Information definition processing time can be further sped up.

In addition, the present invention has a means for storing the information determination processing result in the layerer 1 of the variable part, so that even if the same address There are cases where information is determined for partial layout information 1, and in this case, by using the layout information that has already been processed, it is possible to further speed up the processing time for address layout information definition.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIGS. 1 to 8.

FIG. 2 is an example of a name tag or a name tag for identifying luggage. The address tag has identification mark 201 and shipping date 2.
02, address 203, product name 204, lot Nn 2 0
5, number of members 206, notes 207, manufacturing equipment 208, manufacturer name 209, and other various information. These various types of information are divided into variable parts whose information amount and position differ depending on each addressee, and a variable part whose information amount and position differ depending on each addressee.
It can be separated into fixed parts that are in the same position.

An example is shown in FIG. An example identification mark 302 is an example of a fixed part.

303, shipping date example 304. , 305 is shown.

Further, an example of the variable part is the destination example 307.

308 and 309 are shown. In other words, consider the case where there are two addresses shown in FIG. 2, and the shipping date 202 on one is 84. ．．
1.1 and the other is 84.2.29, the address printing contents are different, but when viewed as layout information, 84.1.1 is printed on the shipping date 202 in Figure 2. Even if 84.2°29 is printed, the information amount and position are the same, so the shipping date 202 becomes a fixed part. In the case of a variable part, as shown at 306, the amount and position of information differ depending on the addressee. In addition, as an example of the printing specifications for the destination, 4 characters or less are printed right-justified in the size of +nax4 characters, and when more than 4 characters are printed, the area is divided equally according to the number of characters and printed. As you can see from the above example, the fixed part is the printing position and
Since the size and amount of information are the same regardless of the address content,
Layout processing can be performed in the same process. Furthermore, for variable parts, it is necessary to change the layout process depending on the printed content. Layout processing for variable parts will be described later. The patterning of the address layout shown in FIG. 1 was performed by focusing on the fixed and variable parts of the address layout as described above and classifying all the addresses into patterns. 1, 2, 3 of the individual addressee layer I-101. All letters J can be made into pattern 1 of the address layout pattern 102, and both I and N of the individual address layerer l-101 can be made into an address layout pattern of pattern n.

By preparing patterns for all addresses as described above as an address printing system, there is no need to define individual address layout information multiple times, and only the address layout information for each pattern can be defined. For example, in each address layout information definition, it is only necessary to define which of the patterned address layout information corresponds to (for example, address layout I/pattern No.).

Next, the process of printing from information regarding individual addresses defined in association with the address layout pattern will be explained. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the address printing processing system. It consists of a computer system 401 and an address printing machine. Inside the computer system 401, address print information 402, layout information 403, and variable portion layout storage section 404 are stored.
, and an address printing processing section 405. Layout information 4
03 is composed of layout pattern information 409, which is information necessary for patterned address layout processing. FIG. 6 shows an example of the structure of layout pattern information. Layout pattern information includes processing information (602, 603, 60
4, etc.), and a fixed/variable portion determination unit 605 that indicates whether the processing information belongs to a fixed portion or a variable portion.

Address print information 402 is defined in association with the above layout pattern information, and FIG. 5 shows an example of the structure of the address print information. Layout pattern Nα indicating which layout pattern information the address corresponds to
502, and identification mark information 503, shipping date information 504, manufacturing equipment number information 505, and manufacturer name information 506, which are the contents to be printed on the address.

Information related to the address, defined as address print information 402, is processed by the address print processing unit 405 and passed to the address printing machine 406 in a print information format that can be input by the address printing machine 406, and the address machine control device Using this as input data, the address hole 408 is output.

The processing flow of the addressee printing processing unit 405 is shown in FIG. First, the address print information 402 is read, and then the layout pattern N stored in the read address print information is
Layout pattern information 409 corresponding to α502,
Read from the layout information 403. Next, Leila I
・If there is something corresponding to the variable part in the pattern information,
Since it is necessary to determine the layout of the variable parts, the fixed/variable part determination unit 605 determines whether it is fixed or variable. If it is variable, the layout of the variable parts is determined!・Perform decision processing. If it is fixed, the pattern print information is processed as is, so nothing is done, the process moves to the next pattern print information, and the same process is repeated for all zones in the layout pattern information. For all data, when the processing is completed, the layout information of the fixed part and the variable part is determined, so in the address printing process, the address print information and address layout information are transferred to the address printing machine via the interface l-Sformatsu 1. -, and outputs the converted information to the address printing machine.

Next, FIG. 8 shows an example of processing for determining the layout of the variable portion of the address layout.

First, the type of display content is determined, and if it is a character, the number of characters is determined. If it is 4 characters or less, the data is printed right-aligned within the variable display area, and if it exceeds 4 characters, Layout information is determined by distributing and displaying characters equally in the display area. If the displayed content is not text, for example image data, then if the layer processing is specified in the same way, then the layer processing for the variable part can be defined in the same way.・Even if it involves a penis, it can be handled automatically.

Address layout I processed as below-1-
lf variable part all partial earler I information, variable part layerer I
・Storage unit 404 stores the information. This means that even if the address layout patterns are different, multiple addresses will be exactly the same.
0■ This is because variable part layout I/determination processing may be required; in this case, there is no need to go through the trouble of performing the same process again;
There is no need to read out the shipping layout decision information from step 4.

According to this embodiment, the duplication of layout processing information that is common among multiple recipients is eliminated12, all recipients are patterned, layout determination is automated, and layout information is processed during automatic layout processing. Since it is designed to be stored and reused, it has the effect of significantly shortening the time required to define the address layout and reducing the amount of storage required. In the example of address paper for shipping newspapers, the conventional method uses approximately 3,000 types of address paper1.
While it used to take two months to define noise-out, the method of the present invention required only two weeks, making it several times more efficient.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, compared to the case where address layout information is defined for all addressees, duplication of information definitions for the same layout = 12 can be eliminated, so the time required to define address 1 noise-out information can be significantly shortened. can. Further, since there is no duplication between the stored destination layout information, the amount of storage medium usage can be minimized.

Furthermore, by automatically laying out the variable portions of the address and using the same layout information that has already been processed, the address layout information definition process can be further speeded up.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the patterning of addressee layerer I according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a button to addressee layerer 1, and FIG. 3 is a complete image layout fixed part/ijJ changing part table part Figure 4 is a configuration diagram of the address printing processing system 15.
The figure shows address printing information;
FIG. 8 is a flow diagram of the layout determination process for the address layerer 1 to the variable portion. 102 Address layout pattern, 402 Address print information, 403 Layout information, 404 Variable portion layerer 1 to storage section, 502 Layer!・Pattern Na. Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A computer system for storing and managing printed content for the purpose of printing address paper or name tag paper for identifying packages, and a computer system that receives printed content from the computer system and prints it. In an address paper printing device consisting of a print control device and a printing machine, the printed content passed from the computer system to the print control device is displayed as a fixed part whose size, number, and position do not change between multiple address sheets. The size, number, and position of the contents are divided into variable parts that change depending on the address paper, and the full name paper is classified according to the arrangement of the fixed part and the variable part, and the address paper layout information is patterned. A layout management method for address paper printing that is characterized by management. 2. Among the layout management methods for address paper printing as set forth in claim 1, the size and position of the variable portion of the layout when printing the variable portion are automatically determined by determining the content and information amount of the data. A layout management method for printing address paper, which is characterized by determining the layout. 3. In the layout management method for address paper printing as set forth in claim 2, by storing the results of the layout determination process for the variable portions, calculations can be made when it is necessary to determine the layout of the variable portions of the same pattern. This layout management method for address paper printing is characterized in that the stored same layout determination processing results are used as they are.