JPH03105682A - Printing design system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To determine the design of a printed matter with good operability and without increasing the burden by displaying only graphic elements required for present work as windows on the screen of a display device. CONSTITUTION:Graphic elements stored in a storage device are displayed at every group in different areas on the screen of a display device 4, namely, on a picture region 11, a character region 12, a ruled line region 13, a flat plex region 14, and a gradation area 15 windows are respectively displayed. Graphic elements necessary for the present work are selected among graphic elements displayed as windows and are displayed as windows in one work area 16 on the screen of the display device 4. Graphic elements displayed as windows in the working region 16 are actually laid out in a layout area on the screen of the display device 4. Thus, an operator is enabled to lay out graphic elements in the layout region 17 without complicated operation like menu selection.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention provides a printing design system that allows the design of printed matter to be easily determined using a display device when creating printed matter such as flyers and catalogues. It is related to.

(Prior Art) It has been known to use a computer workstation to perform layout design or layout simulation before the plate-making process when creating printed materials such as flyers and catalogs. In this case, the operator projects a screen corresponding to the printed material on the screen of the display device, selects a function, applies a desired gradation to an image such as a pattern or photograph, or changes the desired width and color. The layout of the elements to be printed on the printed material is performed while drawing the ruled lines and adding the desired dots.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Incidentally, in the case of flyers and catalogs, images (in this case, products) are often printed in a design in which a large number of images are arranged side by side. In this case, you can select a function, create a gradient (with color and direction), create a border (with width and color), or create a plain mesh (with color) as described above. ), while also doing the actual layout of the elements to be printed on the printed matter, the operations for this are extremely complicated and troublesome, placing a heavy burden on the operator. There was a problem that I could not concentrate on the layout work.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and allows the design of printed matter to be determined according to the operator's preference with extremely high operability and without increasing the burden, allowing the operator to perform layout work. The purpose of this project is to provide a print design system that allows users to focus on printing.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a print design system that uses a display device to determine the design of a printed material. A method for inputting, creating, and storing the graphical elements to be laid out in advance, a means for visualizing and displaying the memorized graphical elements in a window, and a method for selecting the graphical elements necessary for the current work from among the graphical elements displayed in the window. means for selecting a graphical element; means for displaying multiple types of selected graphical elements in a window in the same work area on the screen; and means for displaying the graphical elements displayed in the window in the work area in a layout area on the screen. It is configured to include means for laying out data inside the computer.

(Function) Therefore, in the print design system of the present invention, only the pre-created graphic elements necessary for the worker's current work are displayed in a window on the screen of the display device. , there is no need to select menus, create gradations, borders (width, color), or flat mesh, making layout work extremely simple and easy, reducing the burden on workers and allowing them to focus on layout work. It becomes possible to do so.

(Example) In the present invention, graphical elements laid out in printed matter,
That is, by storing patterns, images such as photographs, characters, widths and colors of ruled lines, dots, gradations, types of figures (hereinafter referred to as figure elements) in advance, and storing these figure elements in different areas on the screen. You can display a window for each group within the screen, select only the graphical elements necessary for the current work, and display them in a window on the screen, above, or within the same work area, and perform preparatory work for the layout work in advance. put. and,
During actual layout work, these graphic elements are selected from the same work area and laid out within the layout area on the screen.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention based on the above concept will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a printing design system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the print design system of this embodiment includes an image scanner 1, a keyboard 2, a mouse 3, a display device 4, a storage device 5, an arithmetic processing device 6, and a printer 7. .

Here, the image scanner 1 is used to read various patterns for creating printed materials such as flyers and catalogs. Further, the keyboard 2 is used to input various characters for creating printed matter. Furthermore, the mouse 3 is used to specify coordinates. On the other hand, display device 4
is made of, for example, a CRT, etc., and contains graphical elements laid out in printed matter, such as patterns, images such as photographs, characters,
It displays various information such as the width and color of ruled lines, dot shading, gradation, and type of figure. The storage device 5 also stores the contents of the calculation processing related to the layout performed by the calculation processing device 6 as a program, and also stores images such as patterns and photographs from the image scanner 1 (in their original form).
, characters from keyboard 2, width and color of ruled lines, color of flat mesh,
The color and direction of the gradation, the type of figure, etc. are stored in advance as data that appears to be at the same level hierarchically, as shown in FIG. Furthermore, the arithmetic processing device 6
Based on the program stored in the storage device 5, layout processing of graphic elements is performed.

Furthermore, the printer 7 outputs the processing results of the arithmetic processing device 6.

In this case, the following functions are stored as programs in the storage device 5.

(a) The graphic elements stored in the storage device 5 are displayed on the display device 4.
A function to visualize and display windows for each group in different areas on the screen.

(b) A function to select the graphical element necessary for the current work from among the graphical elements displayed in the window.

(c) A function to visualize the selected graphical element within the same work area on the screen of the display device 4 and display it in a window.

(d) Graphical elements displayed in a window in the work area,
A function to layout within the layout area on the screen of the display device 4.

Next, layout work in the print design system configured as described above will be explained using the schematic diagram shown in FIG. 3.

First, graphical elements stored in the storage device 5, such as designs, images such as photographs, characters, the width and color of ruled lines, the color of flat mesh, the color and direction of gradation, the type of graphic, etc., are displayed on the screen of the display device 4. Each group in the different areas above, namely image area 11, character area 12, ruled line area 13, and plain mesh area 14.
, are displayed in windows in the gradation area 15, respectively.

Next, from among the graphic elements displayed in the window in this way, the graphic element necessary for the current work is selected.

Next, this selected graphical element is displayed in a window within the same work area 16 on the screen of the display device 4.

Next, the graphic elements displayed in the window in this work area 16 are actually laid out in the layout area on the screen of the display device 4.

In this way, only the pre-prepared graphical elements necessary for the worker's current work are displayed in windows in the same work area 16 on the screen of the display device 4, so the worker does not have to worry about complicated menu selections, etc. Graphical elements can be laid out in the layout area 17 without performing any operations.

As described above, in this embodiment, graphic elements (designs, images such as photographs, characters, width and color of ruled lines, flat mesh, gradation, type of shapes, etc.) laid out in printed matter are hierarchically arranged. The graphical elements stored in the storage device 5 are stored as data of apparently the same level in the storage device 5, and are displayed as a window for each group in different areas on the screen of the display device 4. of each displayed graphical element.
Select a graphical element necessary for the current work from among them, display the selected graphical element in a window in the same work area on the screen of the display device 4, and display the graphical element displayed in the window in this work area. The layout is arranged within a layout area on the screen of the display device 4.

Therefore, only the graphical elements necessary for the worker's current work are displayed in a window in the same area on the screen of the display device 4, so when creating the actual layout, menu selections, gradations, and ruled lines can be used as usual. (width, color), there is no need to create a flat mesh, so operations during layout work are extremely simple and easy, significantly reducing the burden on the worker compared to conventional methods, allowing them to concentrate on layout work. becomes possible.

It becomes possible to significantly reduce the burden on the worker compared to the conventional method.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, only the graphical elements necessary for the worker's current work are displayed in a window on the screen of the display device, so that the worker can easily design the printed matter. To provide a printing design system that allows an operator to make decisions according to his or her preferences with extremely good operability and without increasing the burden, and allows an operator to concentrate on layout work.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a printing design system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a memory map diagram showing the recording state of graphic elements in a storage device in the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the printing design system according to the invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining the action. 1... Image scanner, 2... Keyboard, 3.
...Mouse, 4...Display device, 5...Storage device, 6
... Arithmetic processing unit, 7... Printer, 11... Image area, 12... Character area, 13... Ruled line area, 1
4... Flat mesh area, 15... Gradation area, 1
6... Work area, 17... Layout area.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a printing design system that uses a display device to determine the design of printed matter, graphical elements to be laid out in the printed material displayed on the screen of the display device are input, created, and stored in advance. means for visualizing and displaying the stored graphical elements in a window; means for selecting a graphical element necessary for the current work from among the graphical elements displayed in the window; Means for displaying a plurality of types of graphical elements in windows within the same work area on a screen; and means for laying out graphical elements window-displayed in the work area in a layout area on the screen. A printing design system characterized by: