JPH0486825A - Plate making device for printing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To electronically and easily form a plate for printing by subjecting photograph originals which are read and stored to stripping in accordance with a design layout sheet, then to regular printing after trial printing. CONSTITUTION:The photograph originals designated by numbers, etc., are first color separated and read by using a color scanner and are stored in a magnetical memory device, etc., in a 1st stage. The design layout sheet designed with the positions of the photograph originals is then read in by using the scanner and is stored in the magnetic memory device, etc., in a 2nd stage. A computer recognizes this design layout sheet and automatically recognizes the particularly written events in a 3rd stage. The photograph originals stored in the magnetic memory device are read out as a result of the automatic recognition and are disposed in accordance with the recognition result in a 4th stage. The stripping output is then emitted.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a printing method in which, when printing a color photograph, a color-separated photograph original is automatically arranged in accordance with the printing position of the color photograph. This invention relates to a plate-making device.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when creating printed matter including color photographs,
The following procedures are performed. That is, first, a printed material is planned and then the printed material is designed. Then, photos to be printed and inserted are prepared corresponding to this design, and each of these photos is cut out according to the size and outline of the print design, and mechanically placed on the design mount. will be placed in Then, based on this, a printing plate is created, a test print is made, and proofreading is performed before the actual printing begins.

In this type of printing process, the photo original is cut out to a size that corresponds to the printing design, the cut out photos are artificially placed at predetermined locations on the printing mount, and the photos are cut out to fit the designed outline. break the ice. Therefore, such a process requires highly skilled techniques and takes a lot of time.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] This invention has been made in view of the above points, and includes a designed mount, a mount manuscript showing a photographic outline,
By simply preparing original photos to be printed, printing plates in which these photos are arranged according to the design can be easily created electronically. The purpose is to provide a plate-making device.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In the printing plate-making device according to the present invention, a photographic original to be printed is separated into colors, read and stored together with a designated manuscript number, and the position of the photograph to be printed is A design mount on which a photograph is designed and the document number is attached to each photograph, and furthermore, the outline of the photograph to be placed on the design mount is read and stored. Then, the inclination, size, etc. of the read photo original are changed in accordance with the photo position specified on the design mount, and the photo is cut out in accordance with the memorized outline. The photo manuscript is placed in the cut-off position of the design mount and the collection is made.

That is, first, a design mount is created, and then a color photo original to be printed is separated into, for example, four colors, read, and stored. The photographic manuscripts that have been read and memorized are then compiled to be used as design mounts, and after a trial printing, the actual printing is performed. Here, color-separated reading of the photographic original is performed by a color scanner, and test printing and actual printing are performed by a normal printing machine.

Further, the compilation work has conventionally been done manually or by a CAD system using a computer. Such compilation techniques are often labor-intensive and difficult.

In the manufacturing method according to the present invention, such plate collection work is automated and unmanned.

[Function] According to such a printing plate-making device, after electronically reading a photo original and a design mount, etc., the photo original is processed in accordance with the design mount, and the design mount is designated as such. A printing collection is obtained in which each predetermined photo original is inserted at a predetermined position with a predetermined size, inclination, and contour. That is, a color-separated collection can be automatically created without using any special skill.

[Embodiment of the Invention] An embodiment of the invention will be described below. Figure 1 shows the process of automatically carrying out unmanned collection work.In the first step 11, photo manuscripts named by number etc. are separated into colors using a color scanner. and then store it in a magnetic storage device or the like.

In the second step 12, the layout design mount on which the position of the photo original is designed is read using a scanner and stored in a magnetic storage device or the like. And the third stage 1
In step 3, the computer recognizes this designed mount and automatically recognizes what is specifically written on it. Thereafter, in a fourth step 14, as a result of this automatic recognition, the photographic original stored in the magnetic storage device is read out, and the photographic original is arranged (layout) based on the recognition result. Then, a collection is output.

At the position of the photo original on the planned design mount, a copy of the photo original is attached as illustrated in FIG. 2, and each photo original copy has the original number named in the first step 11. If the name is filled in by hand, etc., and there are many photo manuscripts, the photos are connected with a line to clarify the correspondence with the written name.

Therefore, when reading the design mount, it is necessary to read the named characters and symbols. Furthermore, the relationship between this naming and the position of the photo manuscript must be analyzed.

In the fourth step 14, the color photo original stored in the magnetic storage device is read out, and the size, inclination, and position of the photo are accurately determined in accordance with the photo copy attached on the layout design mount.

The photographic manuscript stored in the magnetic storage device is different in size and inclination from the state specified on the layout design mount. Also, the images of the photographs on the mounts are similar, or strictly speaking, they are different because they are of different quality. It is necessary to match the photos on mounts of different quality with the color photo original stored in the magnetic storage device, so the size and tilt are calculated and recognized, and the photos stored in the magnetic storage device are matched. Change the original (size, tilt) so that it matches the position on the layout sheet.

Figure 3 shows the configuration of a system for manufacturing such a printing plate, in which the CPU 21 performs calculation control.
to the scanners 22 and 23 via the data bus 30.
are connected. That is, the scanner 22 constitutes an image reading mechanism, and manually reads color photographic originals while naming them by original number. This manuscript is CP
It is memorized and stored in the magnetic storage means 24 by U21.

In addition, the scanner 23 reads the design mount, and the document position written on the design mount,
The CPU 21 decodes the inclination, size, and named manuscript number. Then, based on the read manuscript number,
The corresponding photographic original stored in the magnetic storage means 24 is called up, and the graphic converting means 26 gives values for the inclination and size of this photographic original to change the corresponding original photograph. As a result, a manuscript whose new inclination and size match the original image on the design mount is obtained.

This manuscript is temporarily stored in the magnetic storage means 24, and then the image is matched with the design board using the image calculation means 25 and the CPU 21. As a result, a color original is outputted at the position of the design mount, that is, a collection is outputted to the collection output device 27 configured by, for example, a film mechanism. Then, a printed manuscript collection of color photographs will be automatically created.

Here, in reality, there are manuscripts in which only the subject is cut out from the background part of the photographic manuscript, for example, there are manuscripts in which two photographs partially overlap, and there are manuscripts in which text overlaps the photographic manuscript. Then, it will be automatically compiled including these.

FIG. 9 shows an example of the configuration of a device for creating a photo print manuscript collection, and the layout design includes a photo manuscript reading device 31 composed of a scanner, a manuscript collection output device 32, and a scanner. A mounting paper reading device 33 is provided, and these are connected to a connection switching circuit 34. An image calculation device 35 is further connected to this switching circuit 34, and an input device 36 including a keyboard is connected to this calculation device 35.

The connection switching circuit 34 is switched and controlled by a control circuit 38 to which a command is given from a switching mechanism control section 37, and the control section 37 also gives a command to a control circuit 39. This control circuit 39 controls a connection switching circuit 40 to which the output from the connection switching circuit 34 is supplied, and the signal selected by this circuit 40 is written and stored in one of the magnetic storage devices 401, 401, . and stored.

That is, the signal read by the photo original reading device 31 is selected by the connection switching circuit 34 which is controlled according to a command from the switching mechanism control section 37, and this photo original is read together with the photo original number inputted by the input device 36. , for example, is stored in the magnetic storage device 401. Such control is sequentially applied to the magnetic storage devices 401, 402, . . . for each photo document read by the photo document reading device 31.

In the layout design mount reading device 33,
A mount is read that has an arrangement of the positions and sizes of the photographs designed to show the printed status of the photographs, and a manuscript number is written at each photograph position on this mount. The design board read by the reading device 32 is selected by the connection switching circuit 34 and stored in the magnetic storage device 401 or the like via the connection switching circuit 40.

The image calculation device 35 is configured as shown in FIG. 5, for example. That is, the information written on the layout design board is read into the reciprocal storage device 355 according to a command from the CPU 352, the document number is deciphered, and the already stored photo document with the same number is read out. This photo original is read into the image buffer 353.

A copy of this photographic original is sent to the main storage device 355, and the size and inclination of the original with the same number on the design mount stored in this storage device 355 are measured. The resulting tilt and size values are given to the image rotation, enlargement, reduction, and coordinate calculation unit 354, which changes the tilt and size of the photographic document stored in the image buffer memory 353, and then reuses the image. The data is written to the buffer memory 353.

This new photo original is sent to the main storage device 355 again, matched so as to be superimposed on the design original paper on the layout mount, and further cut based on the separately read contour data, and connected to the connection switching circuit 34 and 40
One of the magnetic storage devices is stored through the .

This process is repeated for each photographic manuscript, and when the layout of all photographic manuscripts is completed, a collection output is taken out from the output device 32.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of such a collection work. At the start, a color photographic original is input, and in step 101, color separation of this photographic original is performed. That is, in step 101, color photographic originals are separated into colors and stored in a storage device, and original numbers are input for each of these input color photographic originals. In the next step 102, the pattern on the layout design mount is converted into an electrical image signal and stored in a storage device.

In this case, the character symbols written on the pattern of the mount are deciphered and the color photo original number is recognized.

It also recognizes the position, inclination, and size of the original photo data on the design mount and stores it in the storage device.

In step 103, the contour data of each photograph on the layout design mount is read and stored in the storage device.

Next, in step 104, the stored color photo original,
The inclination of the photo on the layout design mount is detected, and in step 105, the size is also detected. in this case,
A photo original is selected by matching the number data of each photo original with the number written on the design mount. Then, in the next step 106, the size and inclination of the color photo original are changed in accordance with the values detected in steps 105 and 104.

In step 107, the photographic original is cut out in accordance with the outline data obtained in step 103. In the next step 108, the position and coordinates for setting the photo original are determined by matching the pattern indicating the photo position on the design mount. The document position on the printed matter is determined by matching the new photo document data that has been created. Here, step 107 and step 108 can be executed in the same way even if they are exchanged.

In step 109, the coordinates on the printed matter determined in step 108 are sorted and determined in terms of relative position with other photographic originals, vertical relationship, relationship with characters (overlapping), etc.

If it is confirmed in step 110 that the arrangement is complete, the process proceeds to step ill and outputs film data in which all color photographs are laid out.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the printing plate-making apparatus according to the present invention, by electronically reading the color photo original to be printed and the layout design mount, the color photo original can be placed in a predetermined position. Film data for the mark 1j arranged with a predetermined size and inclination can be automatically obtained. In this case, each photo is properly cut out and arranged according to the plan on the design mount, and the collection can be done without the use of particularly skilled techniques, improving work efficiency. Not only that, but the reliability of the collection is also improved.

Image calculation means, 26... figure conversion device, 27... collection output device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram explaining the process of a printing plate-making device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the state of a design mount, and FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the configuration of the plate-making device. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the plate collection device, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the image calculation section in the plate collection device, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart explaining the plate collection work. 11... Color separation means, 12... Layout design mount reading means, 13... Automatic recognition means, 14... Collection output means, 20... Layout design mount, 21...
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Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A first reading means for color-separating a photographic original to be printed and reading and storing it together with a specified original number; and a position of the photograph to be printed is designed, and the original number is assigned to each of the photographic positions. a second reading means for reading and storing a design mount attached with a number corresponding to the design mount; a contour detecting means for reading and storing the outline of a photograph to be placed on the design mount; The photo original read by the first reading means is read in correspondence with the photo position on the design mount, the position specified on the design mount is made to correspond to the original number, and the tilt size, etc. of the photo original is changed. a photographic original changing means for changing the photographic original, and a photographic original obtained by the photographic original changing means,
and a cutting means for cutting out the photographic document whose outline has been set by the cutting means in accordance with the outline obtained by the outline detecting means, and cutting out the photographic manuscript whose outline has been set by the cutting means, at the designated photograph position on the design mount obtained by the second reading means. A plate-making device for printing, characterized in that it compiles the plates in response to the following.