JPH0368275A - Picture recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily attain color recording after monochroic color recording by storing an inputted color picture data to a storage means as it is when the recording is implemented in color or in a monochroic color. CONSTITUTION:When a command instructing the recording in the layout confirming mode is issued, a color picture data stored in a picture data memory 18 is converted into a monochroic picture data by a color/monochroic converter 40 and fed to a color/monochroic recorder 38. When a picture 44 as shown in figure composed of partly a colored part 46 and a remaining monochroic part 48 exists, the picture data of the colored part 46 is converted into the monochroic picture data and the recorder 38 is operated based on the monochroic picture data resulting from the conversion of the picture data representing the colored part 46 into the monochroic picture data and on the monochroic picture data representing the monochroic part 48 and the entire picture 44 is recorded in a monochroic color. When layout is proper and no correction is required and the operator instructs the recording of the color picture, the color picture is recorded based on the color picture data stored in the memory 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to an image recording device capable of recording color images and monochrome images, and particularly relates to monochrome recording of images represented by color image data. It is.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Image recording devices capable of recording color and monochrome images are already known. This apparatus includes a color recording means for recording an image in color based on color image data, and a monochrome recording means for recording an image in monochrome based on monochrome image data. In such an image recording apparatus, an image represented by color image data may be recorded in monochrome. An example of this is checking the layout of a color image.

To check the layout, record the image in color and
), but recording a color image takes time and is expensive, whereas recording in monochrome allows you to quickly and inexpensively check the layout.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, since monochrome image data is required to record monochrome images, when monochrome recording is performed based on color image data for layout confirmation etc., color image data is When supplied to a recording device, it is converted into monochrome image data and stored in a storage means.

Therefore, there is no color image data in the image recording device, and after confirming the layout by recording a monochrome image, when recording a color image, it is necessary to input the color image data again, which is troublesome. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image recording apparatus that can easily record a color image after an image represented by color image data is once recorded in monochrome.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, an image recording apparatus according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, includes (a) storage means for storing color image data; A color/monochrome recording instruction means for instructing whether to perform recording or monochrome recording; and (C) color/monochrome recording instruction means for instructing whether to perform recording or monochrome recording; a first recording control means that converts the data into image data and records the image on the monochrome recording means;
d) A second recording control means for causing the color recording means to record an image based on the color image data itself stored in the storage means based on the color recording instruction from the color/monochrome recording instruction means. do.

In the image recording device configured as described above, whether the recording is done in color or in monochrome, the manually inputted color image data is stored as is in the storage means, and is used for checking the layout, etc. When recording is performed in monochrome, the image data is converted into monochrome image data and supplied to monochrome recording means, and when recording is performed in color, it is supplied as is to color recording means.

Effects of the Invention Therefore, even after monochrome recording, color image data remains in the storage means, and there is no need to input color image data again for color recording, and color recording can be easily performed after monochrome recording. I can do it. As a result, effects such as, for example, being able to check the layout quickly and inexpensively can be obtained.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control circuit of an image recording apparatus which is an embodiment of the present invention. The main body of this control circuit in the computer 10 is the CPU 12. It includes a ROM 14, a RAM 16, and an image data memory 18. A human interface 32 is also connected to the CPU 12, and a data supply device 34 is connected to the input interface 32 to supply image data, recording execution command data, and the like. A color/monochrome recording device 38 is further connected to the CPU 12 via an output interface 36. This recording device W38 includes a color recording section that records a color image based on color image data and a monochrome recording section that records a monochrome image based on monochrome image data, but this is already known. , detailed explanation will be omitted. The color/monochrome recording device 38 is supplied not only with image data directly from the CPU 12 but also with image data converted by the color/monochrome conversion device 40 . This conversion device 40 converts color image data into monochrome image data, and is already known, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

The ROM 14 stores an image recording program including a layout checker 11, as shown in FIG.

Image recording will be explained below based on this program. First, data is received in step S1 (hereinafter abbreviated as Sl. The same applies to other steps). Data supply device 34 to human power interface 3
It receives the data supplied via 2. It is determined whether the received data is image data in S1, and if it is image data, it is stored in the image data memory 18 in S3. While the received data is image data, S1 to S3 are repeatedly executed. If the received data is not image data, the judgment of Sl is No.
Therefore, in S4, it is determined whether or not it is a recording execution command. If it is not a recording execution command, other processing is performed in S5, and then the program execution returns to Sl and enters a state in which data is received.

If the recording execution command data is supplied, S4 becomes YES. In the recording mode of this image recording device, the data supply device 3
A color recording mode in which a color image is recorded based on the color image data supplied by the data supply device 34, and a layerer (+! recognition mode in which a monochrome recording is performed) and a monochrome image data supplied by the data supply device There are three modes, a monochrome recording mode in which monochrome recording is performed, and the recording execution command is data that instructs the execution of one of them.In S6, it is determined whether the recording execution command is an instruction to record in the layout confirmation mode. A determination is made as to whether or not the mode is recorded.If the command is to record the mode, S6 will be YES, and S6 will be YES.
In step 7, monochrome image recording for layout 4li l1ffl is performed. In this case, the color image data stored in the image data memory is converted into monochrome image data by the color/monochrome conversion device 40, and then supplied to the color/monochrome recording device 3B. When a part of the image 44 shown in FIG. 4 is a colored part 46 and the rest is a monochrome part 48, the image data representing the colored part 46 is converted to monochrome image data, and the converted The monochrome recording section of the color/monochrome recording device 38 is activated based on the monochrome image data and the monochrome image data representing the monochrome portion 48, and the entire image 44 is recorded in monochrome.

When checking the layout, an image is recorded in monochrome, and when the operator looks at the recording results and determines that the layout is appropriate and no correction is necessary, the operator instructs recording of a color image.

As a result, the next time Sl is executed, it becomes No, and S4
is YESSS6 is No, Sl is YES, and step 39 is executed, and a color image is recorded based on the color image data stored in the image data memory 18. Since the color image data is stored and saved in the image data memory 18, there is no need to input the data again when color recording is performed immediately without modifying the layout after layout 4il LE, and the recording can be easily performed. It can be performed.

Note that when modifying the layout, the modification is performed on the data supply device 34 side according to a program different from the image recording program. If the layerers 1 to 1 are corrected, the uncorrected image data stored in the image data memory 18 cannot be used, and the corrected image data supplied from the data supply device 34 is received, and the layout is changed. Confirmation or color image recording is performed. When checking the layout every time the color image data is corrected, steps S1 to S7 are repeated until the layout is determined, and once the layout is determined, color recording is performed in S9.

Further, when monochrome recording is performed instead of checking the layout, monochrome image data and data instructing execution of the monochrome image mode are supplied from the data supply device 34, Sl becomes NO, and S1. At step O, a monochrome image is recorded. In this case, since the image data stored in the image data memory 18 is originally monochrome image data, the color/monochrome conversion device 4
o, and is directly supplied to the color/monochrome recording device 38.

As is clear from the explanation below, in this embodiment, the color/monochrome recording device 38 serves as a color recording means and a monochrome recording means, and the image data memory 18 serves as a storage means and supplies data. The device 34 comprises color/monochrome recording instruction means, and the color/monochrome conversion device 40. A portion of the ROMI4 that stores S6 and S7 and a portion of the CPU 12 that executes those steps constitute a first recording control means, and a portion of the ROM14 that stores S6 and S7 constitutes a first recording control means.
9 and the part of the CPU 12 that executes these steps constitute the second recording control means.

In the above embodiment, the recording mode was set based on command data from the data supply device 34, but a recording mode setting switch is provided on the image recording device side, and the setting of the recording mode is performed by the operator of the switch. The recording mode may be set by an operation.

In addition, layout confirmation and monochrome image recording were performed based on separate instructions, but when monochrome image recording is instructed, the image data is always converted to color or monochrome. The information may be supplied to the monochrome recording means via the device 40, so that the instruction to record one seven-page image also serves as a layout confirmation instruction.

In addition, the present invention can be implemented with various modifications and improvements based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the claims.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually showing the configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of an image recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart 1 showing the image recording program stored in the ROM of the computer which constitutes the main body of the control circuit. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an image recorded by the image recording device. 10: Computer 18 Two image data memory 38: Color/monochrome recording device 40; Color/monochrome conversion device 44: Image 46: Colored image 46; Monochrome image source Brother Industries, Ltd. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An image recording device having a color recording means for recording an image in color based on color image data, and a monochrome recording means for recording an image in monochrome based on monochrome image data, comprising the steps of: a color/monochrome recording instruction means for instructing whether to perform color recording or monochrome recording; and a color/monochrome recording instruction means for instructing whether to perform color recording or monochrome recording; a first recording control means for converting the color image data into monochrome image data and recording the image on the monochrome recording means; An image recording apparatus comprising: second recording control means for recording an image based on the color image data itself stored in the storage means.