JPH04334474A - Image data printing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a covered binding printing system of two or more image data automatically performing the image editing and printing corresponding to two pages only by indicating a paper size subjected to covered binding printing at first. CONSTITUTION:A printing system consists of a scanner 1 for inputting image data, an external memory device 2 for storing image data, a printer 3 taking out the stored image data to print the same and a computer main body 4. The data obtained by editing the image data corresponding to two pages to the data corresponding to one page with respect to a document image constituted of a plurality of the image data already stored in the external memory device 2 from the scanner 1 is outputted to the printer 3 and covered binding printing is automatically applied to printing paper having an indicated size.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image data printing method, and more particularly to a bag binding printing method for image data.

0002

[Prior Art] The conventional image data binding printing method is
Using the image editing function, the two pages of original images were enlarged, reduced, reversed, and cut and pasted to create a new edited image for one page, which was then printed.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In this conventional bag binding printing method for image data, in order to print one page of bag binding, the image editing function must be enlarged, reduced, and reversed, and images pasted manually. By doing this, an edited image was created and printed, but there was a problem in that it took a lot of time and effort to print a document consisting of multiple pages with a binding. Ta.

An object of the present invention is to provide an image data printing method that solves the above problems.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the image data bag binding printing method of the present invention, a scanner is used to input image data, an external storage device is used to store the input image data, and the stored data is retrieved and printed. The printer is a printer-equipped device that edits two pages of image data into one page for a document image consisting of a plurality of image data already stored from the scanner to an external storage device, and prints the edited one page. outputting the image data to the printer;
It consists of means that automatically performs bag-stitch printing on paper of a specified size.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the image data printing method of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, image data input from a scanner 1 is stored in an external storage device 2, and when printing, the image data is taken out from the external storage device 2 and output to a printer 3. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention when editing the original image of two pages and performing double-stitch printing. In the embodiment of the present invention, the operation of FIG. 2 is repeated. .

FIGS. 3 to 6 show example images of the editing process during operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in the flowchart of FIG. Image 5 shown in FIG. 3a is an example of the image of the first page to be edited, and image 6 shown in FIG. 3b is an example of the image of the second page.

Images 7 and 8 shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b are examples of images obtained by reducing the images 5 and 6 shown in FIG. 3, respectively.

Images 9 and 10 shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b are examples of images obtained by cutting and pasting a portion of images 7 and 8 shown in FIGS. 4a and 4b by rotating them 90 degrees to the right.

An image 11 shown in FIG. 6 is an example of an image obtained by cutting and pasting images 9 and 10 shown in FIGS. 5a and 5b.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be explained. First, at the start of the system, image data 5 and 6 shown in FIG. 3 are taken out from the external storage device 2 and expanded into the image memory inside the computer main body 4.

Next, the image data 5 of FIG. 3 is reduced, and the image data 5 of FIG.
Create image 7 of Then, the image data 6 in FIG. 3 is reduced to create the image data 8 in FIG. Next, a part of the image data 7 in FIG. 4 is rotated 90 degrees to the right and cut and pasted to create image data 9 in FIG. A part of the image data 8 in FIG. 4 is rotated 90 degrees to the right and cut and pasted to create image data 10 in FIG. Then, a part of the image data 10 in FIG. 5 is cut out and pasted onto the image data 9 in FIG. 5 to create the image data 11 in FIG. 6, and this operation is repeated.

[0013]

Effects of the Invention As explained above, the present invention automatically prints two pages of images by simply specifying the paper size for the double-page binding when printing a document consisting of multiple sheets. Compared to manual bag-stitch printing that uses an image editing function, this method has the effect of saving a significant amount of time and effort in terms of editing and printing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a system configuration in an embodiment of an image data printing method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an image example of the editing process during the operation of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an example of an image when the same reduction as in FIG. 3 is performed.

FIG. 5 is an example of an image when the same rotation as in FIG. 3 is performed.

FIG. 6 is an example of an image when cutting and pasting similar to that in FIG. 3 is performed.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Scanner 2 External storage device 3. Printer 4　Computer body

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A scanner for inputting image data;
In the image data printing method comprising an external storage device for storing the input image data and a printer for extracting and printing the stored data, a plurality of image data already stored in the external storage device from the scanner. For a document image consisting of , two pages of image data are edited into one page, the edited image data is output to the printer, and the image data is automatically printed on a specified size of printing paper. An image data printing method that is characterized by performing bag-stitch printing.