JPH06123922A - Trimming device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a device capable of obtaining effective trimming printing to drastically enlarge a certain part of a photograph original plate. CONSTITUTION:A photograph original plate sticking sheet 4 provided with a window frame 7 which is as large as the picture size of the photograph original plate 8 and a position controlling part is set on the position controlling member of a display for a personal computer, and a variable frame 10 whose size can be properly varied at an aspect ratio same as that of the picture size of a print is line-displayed on the display, and the photograph original plate 8 is fixed on the photograph original plate sticking sheet 4 after adjusting so that the picture part in the variable frame 10 can be optimumly trimmed. After setting the position controlling part of the sheet, on which the photograph original plate 8 is stuck, fitting to the position controlling member of a photograph printer set in the same way, the photograph is printed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an effective apparatus for trimming printing in which a part of a photographic original plate is greatly stretched.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For making a small stretched print from a photographic master plate, generally, the entire surface of the photographic master plate except the peripheral portion is printed. In this case, by using the enlargement printing method with the magnification set by the size of the photographic original plate and the print finish size, place the photographic original plate in the predetermined position,
Print as it is. However, in the case of a large enlargement, it is often the case that an extra portion is cut or the bend is corrected. For this purpose, it is necessary to decide where to print from where on the photographic original plate. The removal of the extra image portion of the original photo plate is called "trimming". In order to print with this trimming, unlike the case of enlarged printing in which the entire surface of the photographic original plate is printed, the position of the photographic original plate or the photosensitive material for printing is moved according to the decision of trimming, and the enlargement magnification is also adjusted to them. Need to be set. In particular, the finish prints of so-called business photo studios, which are used for taking commemorative photos such as weddings, seventy-five, and adult ceremonies, are the decisive factor that the overall size of the person looks good, and were usually prepared for each photo studio. The size of the person is determined according to the mount. For this reason, the photo print traders have calculated the magnification by measuring the person size of the photographic original plate before printing so that the finished person size specified for each photo studio is obtained. For the measurement and calculation methods, use a ruler or calculator, or use a digitizer to calculate the print magnification, and determine the overall balance while trimming while looking at the enlarged image of the position where the photosensitive material is placed. We decided trimming, and in recent years, we have installed a TV camera with a zoom lens and a C in a bright room printer.
Set the RT, project the image of the original photo on the CRT,
The trimming was decided by adjusting the position of the original plate and the enlargement magnification. Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-79829 “Trimming printing method”, X is the position information of the photographic original plate necessary for trimming printing by a device other than the photographic printer.
Data of Y and θ and the enlargement ratio are digitized, and difficult trimming decisions are concentrated by skilled and skilled people, and even if the person who can only operate the photographic print does the printing work, it is appropriate. An invention has been disclosed in which a trimmed print is finished. In addition, JP-A-2-
116840 "Trimming / Print Instructing Device" discloses an instructing device for displaying and storing digitized data necessary for trimming printing in the "trimming printing method".

[0003]

The decision of trimming requires a fairly high degree of sense and time. It is relatively easy if the photo print trader receives a trimming print request from a customer, but it is relatively easy to receive an accurate trimming instruction from the customer such as a sample print, but there was no trimming instruction and the photo print trader left it to me. In that case, the trader must decide in consideration of better trimming in consideration of the balance of the entire image of the finished print.
The time required to make this determination is usually long enough that the sense is not sufficient. That is, the efficiency becomes low.
This low efficiency, especially in the case of an expensive bright room printer, also lowers the equipment operating rate. Therefore, if the trimming is done improperly without careful consideration, the customer may complain that the trimming is bad. In order to solve this problem, it is disclosed in the above-mentioned JP-A-2-79829 "Trimming printing method" and JP-A-2-116840 "Trimming / printing instruction device", but the structure of the equipment is complicated and large. There was a problem. The present invention provides a trimming printing apparatus that is simple in both trimming instruction work and equipment, is inexpensive, and does not impair the conventional effects.

[0004]

A sheet for sticking a photographic original plate having a window frame and a position regulating portion, and a display portion having a position regulating member corresponding to the position regulating portion of the sheet for photographic original plate attaching, The above problem has been solved by a trimming device including a personal computer that displays the same aspect ratio as the screen size of a print on the screen with an arbitrary size centered.

[0005]

[Function] A sheet for sticking a photographic original plate (hereinafter, referred to as "original plate sheet") having a window frame and a position regulating portion having the same size as the screen size of the photographic original plate is superposed on the display of the personal computer, and the position regulating portion is displayed. Position it according to the position restriction member. Enter the size and print size of the photographic original plate on the computer, in the same aspect ratio as the screen size of the print on the display, inside the window frame of the original sheet,
The print screen frame as large as possible (hereinafter referred to as "variable frame") is displayed in a line. Overlay the original photo sheet on the original plate sheet, change the size of the variable frame appropriately, and change the position and angle of the original plate so that the screen portion inside the variable frame is optimally trimmed. Fix it. From the size of the variable frame at this time, the personal computer calculates the enlargement ratio and exposure data, and sets the position regulating part of the original sheet attached with the photographic original plate according to the similarly set position regulating member of the photographic printer. By performing the enlargement with the calculated enlargement magnification and exposure magnification, the screen in the variable frame set on the display is printed.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The trimming apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the basic equipment of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 is a personal computer, 2 is a keyboard, and 3 is a display. All of these facilities may be ready-made products that are commercially available. It is preferable to use a flat type display horizontally. Fig. 2 shows the original sheet 4, which may be black paper, plastic plate or metal plate with a moderate elasticity, but it is preferable to use a material that does not easily generate dust and static electricity, and to prevent unnecessary light reflection. Dark black is preferred. Reference numerals 5 and 6 denote register holes for position regulation, and 7 denotes a window frame set in accordance with the screen size of the original plate. Figure 3
Shows an example of the design of the photo master plate 8. The type of photographic original plate may be negative film or positive film. FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the display 3, and 10 is a variable frame displayed by inputting the size of the original plate and the print size to the personal computer, the inside 11 of which is bright and the outside 9 is slightly dark.
Reference numerals 12 and 13 denote register pins as position regulating members corresponding to the register holes 5 and 6 of the original sheet 4. The display position of the variable frame 10 is such that when the original sheet 4 is set on the register pins 12 and 13, two sides of the variable frame 10 such as a short side or a long side coincide with the window frame 7 and the other two sides. The sides are arranged at equal intervals inside the window frame 7. Also, this variable frame 10
Can be arbitrarily reduced by operating the keyboard 2, but in that case as well, the center position, aspect ratio, and angle should not change. A photo frame 8 is overlaid on the plate sheet 4, and a variable frame 10
By changing the position and angle of the photographic original plate 8 by visual adjustment so that the screen portion of the photographic original plate in the variable frame 10 is optimally trimmed. The original sheet 4 is fixed with an adhesive tape 14. Software for calculating the enlargement ratio and the exposure ratio from the size of the variable frame 10 at this time is installed in the personal computer. The original sheet 4 on which the photographic original 8 is set is set on the register pins of the photographic printer (not shown). The position of this register pin is, of course, provided so that the window frame 7 of the photographic original plate 4 coincides with the optical system of the photographic printer. Therefore, if printing is performed by the above-described stretch magnification and exposure magnification, The print is finished by visual trimming as set. Although the register holes and the register pins are used for the position regulation of the photographic original plate in the above embodiments, any known technique may be used as long as the position regulation is possible. Also, for commemorative photos such as weddings, Shichigosan, and ceremonies, it is customary for each photo studio to have a dedicated mount, so the aspect ratio of the variable frame displayed on the display can be determined by the mount window for each photo studio. If you match the frame, you can accurately grasp the balance of the finished print.

[0007]

According to the present invention, since a ready-made personal computer is used for determining the setting position and the enlargement ratio of the photographic original plate in trimming printing, it is extremely simple and the equipment cost is low.
Furthermore, even if a skilled person with a good sense concentrates on the difficult trimming decisions and the person who can only operate the photo printer performs the printing work, the accurate trimming print will be finished, the quality will be good, and the equipment operation rate will be high. Higher and more efficient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view showing basic equipment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of a sheet to which the original photographic plate of the present invention is attached.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a design of a photographic original plate.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an embodiment of the display of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a state of an embodiment in which a photo sticking sheet is set on a display in alignment with register pins, and a photo original plate is fixed thereon in accordance with trimming.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 PC 2 Keyboard 3 Display 4 Photograph original sheet attachment sheet (original sheet) 5 Register hole 6 Register hole 7 Window frame 8 Photograph plate 9 Somewhat dark display 10 Variable frame 11 Bright display 12 Register pin 13 Register pin 14 Adhesive tape

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sheet for attaching a photographic original plate having a window frame and a position regulating section, and a position regulating member corresponding to the position regulating section of the sheet for photographic original sheet attaching in a display section, for printing on a display screen. A trimming device comprising a personal computer that displays the same aspect ratio as the screen size with an arbitrary size centered.