JPH0664593B2 - Form design system - Google Patents

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Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a form design system for designing and outputting forms by a computer system.

(Technical background of the invention and its problems) When creating a form by printing, draw a line with a pencil or the like on a spacing chart printed with a framed ruled line of a predetermined size based on the specifications presented by the customer. The
Design forms by human handwriting. Since the forms are designed individually for each product, there are many types of designs, and most of the forms are used as input / output media for various devices, so there are many design restrictions. That is, black printing, a seal stamp prohibited zone are provided, a rectangular handwriting area is provided inside a margin of a predetermined width from the reference side, and dimensions and the like are finely defined. The form design created to satisfy these constraints, after obtaining the consent of the customer,
The process moves to the process of making a block copy that will become the original for printing plate making. For the composition, based on the form design, human handwriting is used to draw ruled lines and paste letters and logotypes. The block copy created in this way is finally checked by the customer. Since there are many changes and corrections at this stage, the work must be reworked and it is very complicated. After the final check by the customer and the completion of school, the block copy is moved to the plate making process,
A film original plate is created, and then a printing plate for printing is created in the printing plate process and transferred to the printing process. Since many processes are performed until the printing process is started in this way, a great deal of labor is required.

On the other hand, as a system for creating a block copy of a form, there are a system using a digitizer as an input means and a system for numerically entering the starting point, the ending point, etc. of a ruled line. These are rough drafts for input already made and Since there is a need for numerical data such as the above, and the input data is often not displayed visually, there is a disadvantage that it is necessary to draw once to know whether or not the design input was performed well.

(Object of the Invention) The object of the present invention is to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks, to improve the efficiency of form design and correction work, and to automatically set a frame smaller than the first rectangle by a predetermined margin. It is to provide a form design system that allows a character string consisting of multiple lines to be attached to a form.

(Summary of the Invention) The present invention is an input device for selecting and inputting various operation / processing menus and inputting necessary data, and a display for displaying figures, character strings or symbols for form design input by the input device. Form design system comprising a device, a file in which the created form design data can be written or read, an output device for outputting the created form design data, and a computer system for processing the devices by combining them. In the case of pasting the above-mentioned character string consisting of a plurality of lines into the form frame, a first rectangle for pasting the above-mentioned character string is formed, and a predetermined margin is reduced inside the first rectangle. A second rectangle is formed, and the number of characters, the number of characters of the character string, and the size of the second rectangle are used to automatically perform numerical calculation of the character size, line spacing, and character spacing of the character string. And the character string is pasted into the second rectangle.

(Embodiment of the Invention) The form design system of the present invention was developed to produce a business form design, a master copy, and a film original plate in an interactive manner with a graphic display. At present, business forms follow the process of printing from a rough manuscript → block copy, cut mask → camera work → plate making → plate making. To make a block copy, a rough manuscript from a customer is used to draw a ruled line on a mount using a crow mouth, a lot ring, a pen, and the like. It is created in the main process. Further, in the case of a form using a net (screen), a tint block, and blank characters, a base film such as a screen film and a tint block film and a cut mask in which a necessary portion is exposed so as to be exposed are provided in addition to the above-mentioned block copy. It is necessary to make a plate by using camera work and film work. Similarly, in the case of a form using a plurality of colors, it is necessary to manually produce an original plate for each color plate by using a cut mask and camera work. The present invention makes it possible for anyone to easily perform these complicated and high-precision tasks by using a computer.

The system of the present invention comprises an input device, an output device, and a conversion device. First, the features of each device will be described.

(1) Input device: Form design; Unlike commercial printed materials, business forms are mainly media for transmitting information. Due to this property, printed information is used with additional information added. As a method of adding notes, there are printing by a computer, printing by a typewriter, handwriting, and the like.

The design is done in consideration of the above, but in the past, it was done while searching using pencil, eraser, chart paper, and several similar designs with different positional relationships were created. There were often things like making decisions.

On the other hand, the input device of the present invention has the following features.

a) A method is used in which the information to be included in the form is entered in a list, including the label name used for this, additional content (number of digits, number of lines, etc.), additional method (printer, type, handwriting, etc.). , Design contents can be clarified.

b) Based on the above input data, the required area (printing digit number, line number, etc.) of each design unit (designation column, etc.) is automatically displayed on the screen when selected, so the operator can enter these while interacting with the screen. It can be moved to easily create a well-balanced design.

c) The underlay (printing pitch of the printer, etc.) as needed is selectively displayed on the screen, and the above positioning is also automatically determined in relation to this pitch. It is possible to prevent an error in the relationship with the position.

d) The design area (form size) is also displayed on the screen by inputting in advance. By designing after deciding this, if the design content goes out of the area, it cannot be automatically input.

Form design make-up: The design is finished based on the design created by the above-mentioned form design function or the rough manuscript obtained from the customer. This system has the following features.

a) Ruled line Line width, line position, line type (solid line, dotted line, negative, positive, mesh, etc.), rounded rectangle, polygon, etc. can be determined by the menu selection method. You can choose the center.

b) Screen Specify the screen area (rectangle, rectangle with rounded corners, background, etc.), and specify the flat screen (number of lines, angle,
Percentage), copy-forgery-inhibited pattern (registered copy-forgery-inhibited pattern, copy-forgery-inhibited pattern such as logo), gradation can be used.

c) Character input: A method in which a character string can be input in advance by the Kana-Kanji conversion method, and it is also possible to input it at the time of pasting if necessary.

Paste: When the paste area is specified by the interactive method with the screen, the maximum character size that can be entered is displayed, and the operator can determine the character size and space based on this. The determined character string is displayed on the screen, and the font type (negative, positive, shaded, etc.) can also be selected and determined when pasting.

d) Logo registration; data is created by scanning using the original logo,
It can be registered on the disc, and the logo can be managed with a unique number.

Paste: The position and the enlargement / reduction ratio can be decided and pasted by the interactive method with the screen, and the logo can be selected from mesh, positive / negative, and the like.

e) Fixed parts Frequently used figures can be registered with a predetermined shape such as register marks.

Pasting: Finish, sewing machine, punch dragonfly, etc. are automatically pasted in the predetermined position by simply inputting the top / bottom / right / left size.
In addition, the position can be decided and pasted by the interactive method with the screen.

f) Copy Many forms are created using the same figure, characters, etc., and the input device of the present invention has a copy function so that these can be performed easily.

Partial copy: Only the required part is selected interactively with the screen, and the copy location is specified to copy.

Whole copy: Designs other than those for print management such as register marks are copied by designating a place to copy.

g) Movement In many cases, the relationship between the finish and the design may be changed in part or in whole due to changes in the relationship with the printer printing, and this input device has a movement function so that these can be performed easily. .

Partial movement: Select only the necessary parts interactively with the screen,
It is moved by designating a moving place, and by doing so, it is possible to quickly make corrections without changing the relative positions of moving figures, characters, and the like.

Whole movement: Designs other than those for print management such as register marks can be moved quickly by specifying the movement place, which can be used when changing the embossing position on the printer.

h) Copies Many business form forms are copied over several sheets, and when designing these forms, be careful not to cause misalignment between the copy printing and the design of each sheet. Need to In particular, when making corrections, if you forget to do even one of the sheets, the copy position will be misaligned and an accident will occur. This input device uses a special input method to prevent these accidents.

Common part design: A part to be copied over a plurality of sheets or a common part such as the same design part is designed to prevent correction mistakes in the copied part.

Each sheet design: Design only the unique parts of the first and subsequent sheets.

In addition, the data is used as the data of each sheet by combining the common portion at the time of output and each sheet.

i) Bite processing When printing continuous forms, it is necessary to consider at which position on the printing plate the plate cylinder biting margin can be taken.Currently, this is done during printing plate bending work and printing plate making. It is common.
This input device can determine the occlusal position interactively with the screen, and can eliminate the complexity of the post-process.

j) Color plate classification Some forms have color-coded ruled lines, characters, screens, etc. In the past, methods such as overlaying a mask on the block and taking a camera or painting the negative film were adopted. Since the ruled lines may be erased or characters may be missing, it is a task that requires great care.
This input device can output to a different film by simply designating a figure and a character for each color plate in an interactive manner with the screen. For this reason, it is possible to finish the connection between the ruled line and the ruled line, the ruled line and the screen very neatly.

k) Drawing inspection The input device also has the function of drawing inspection, making it easier to perform drawing inspection by selectively highlighting the ruled lines, the shooting of the ruled lines, the relationship between the characters and the ruled lines, and the color coding.

(2) Output device: It is composed of a drum-type laser plotter and a minicomputer that controls and manages it. The drum-type laser plotter is a suction type on the inner surface of the drum, and can use film printing paper and the like, and also has a scanner function, and the logo data can be taken in using this function. Output is positive / negative, film surface front / back, enlarged /
Reduction, multiple output of the same form, output of multiple forms on the same film, etc. can be performed. By selecting these functions, it is possible to obtain a film or the like for various purposes such as offset printing, letterpress printing, and multi-sided printing.

(3) Conversion device: The data created by the input device is rearranged and converted into the data for the output device, and the data is stored and managed, and is searched and output when reprinting.

Ordered item and data collation The data created by the input device is stored in a floppy disk, which is read and processed during conversion.

This converter is a system that performs data conversion after matching by using the order number or the floppy disk number FDNO, etc., according to the substance of the industry with many similar products.

Data amount management In order to increase the processing efficiency of the output device, this conversion device is a system that manages the data amount for each ordered item and film and informs the operator of the efficient output order.

Proofreading / completion process It is common to create a color-coded film at the time of proofreading without color-coding at the time of proofreading, but it becomes a system that can automatically process by selecting these during conversion. There is.

Completion of school data The data for school items will be automatically converted at the same time as data conversion, and the operator will be instructed to store the data on a storage medium such as a magnetic tape or magnetic disk and erase the input floppy disk. It is a system that does.

Data conversion The main content is to convert the data created by the input device into data that can be read by the output device, but it has the following features.

a) Color coding Search the color coding information of the data to create data for each color plate and send it to the output device.

b) Multi-part product The common part design created by the input device and each sheet design are combined, data for each sheet is created and sent to the output device.

c) Bite processing The data created by the input device is calculated using bite data and processed to create data, which is sent to the output device.

Next, the overall work of form design will be described.

(1) Acceptance of manuscript submission This work is the work of the sales staff inputting the form (hereinafter referred to as order) received from the customer into the form design system of the present invention.
It is divided into reprint order, proofreading order, graduation order, and responsibility order. When all orders are submitted, the manuscript and the design data storage floppy are collected for each order in the order management binder and flow through the design system. The design data storage floppy records design data only while an order is flowing in the system, and the data of each order is finally stored in a form master file or the like. The design data storage floppy is recycled and used again for the next order.

The new order manuscript and the erased design data storage floppy are collected in the order management binder and sent to the design input subsystem.

Reprint order A reprint order is divided into two cases, which are exactly the same as or slightly modified from the previous order, and a revision which adds some correction. In the former case, since the previous plate-making film is reused, no progress is made in this system, but only the process of updating the previous order number in the re-printing directory for managing the form master file is performed. In the latter case, the manuscript and the floppy disk for storing the erased design data are put together, the order management binder is awakened, and the reprint list creation process is performed. This process is a pre-process of the reprint floppy disk creation process. It searches the reprint directory using the previous order number as a key, and stores the previous design data indicated by the medium NO and file NO of the form master file and the design data that stores it. Corresponds to the floppy No. and prints it as a reprint list, and at the same time outputs it as a form master import operation guide file to a floppy disk.

Completion / Responsibility / Calibration Order Completion / Responsibility / Proofreading order has been calibrated and output once with this system. Therefore, these order management binders are stored in the proofreading order management binder storage rack. ing. Select the proofreading order that has been corrected by the customer proofing and the order management binder for graduation / commitment and send it to the design input subsystem. The completion order is not sent to the design input subsystem but is temporarily stored for writing data to the form master file.

(2) Reprint data import The reprint list, the form master import operation guide file, and the order management binder are sent together to the operator to perform reprint floppy creation processing. In this process, the operator selects the required medium of the form master file based on the reprint list. On the other hand, the system displays the form master file medium set and floppy set messages on the console based on the set form master acquisition operation guide floppy, and the system operator proceeds with the work according to this message.
In this way, at the same time when the previous design data is loaded into the design data storage floppy, the loading completion list is printed. After the completion of loading one batch, collate the floppy No. of the design data storage floppy with the loading completion list and send it to the design input system.

(3) Design input After the design input / correction is made in the design subsystem, the calibrating order and the graduation / responsibility order are stored separately.

(4) Data input Input the design data floppy created by the data import design input subsystem and the school design data floppy that was temporarily stored for writing the form master into the system. Orders that are being calibrated are temporarily stored in the order management binder shelf that is waiting for calibration output, and orders for proofreading / rejection are temporarily stored in the plate making output shelf and are not stored in the output device. Temporary storage on the order management binder shelf.

Command translation for output device This command translates the calibrating order data and the completion / responsibility order data output by the output device into a command for the output device and sends the data to the output device.

Form master writing Copy data to the form master for all school graduation / responsibility orders. Media No. where each data was copied,
The information of file NO, order NO, and floppy NO is output to the floppy as an erase operation file.

(5) Erase data floppy While referring to the erase operation file, erase the data floppy of the order stored in the order management binder shelf waiting for floppy erase, and at the same time register it in the reprint directory to store the erased order. Print a clearing list of order NO and floppy NO.

As described above, the work procedure of the form composing system according to the present invention is as shown in FIG. For multi-part products, check the parts that are common to each part and those that are not, and prepare a data medium (floppy disk) for storing design data. In the character string transcription in step S2, the character string is distinguished for each word or sentence from the manuscript and recorded on the data medium by using the Japanese input method such as the kana-kanji conversion method. In the next step S3, the input of management information for each item is performed in order to identify each form, form name, customer name, finishing size,
Record individual identification information such as form type, size unit, number of parts, and classification on the data medium. Further, the element list input (step S5) is a list of parts constituting the form, and fixed parts (mark marks) among the parts are registered in advance. The character string input in the character string character writing process is automatically registered as one component for each word or sentence.
At this stage, addition of other character strings, addition of fixed parts, etc.
It can be registered in the element list using a Japanese input method such as the Kana-Kanji conversion method. Form layout work (step S6) is for rough design of the form,
Rough design of ruled lines of the form is performed by trial and error while selecting the basic figure by the screen interactive method, and these data are recorded in the data medium. Form make-up work (step S7) is to design the form individually for each part, and in the case of multiple parts, design the common part common to all parts first, then the part entered in the item-specific management information. Design a few minutes for each part. These data are recorded on the data medium separately for each part, and the conversion work in step S8 performed after the above-mentioned element list input, form layout work and form make-up work is performed up to the form make-up work. The finished data medium is converted into a data format that can be processed by the output device by the data conversion device,
The data on the data medium is converted in units of parts. Within one part, all of the ruled lines, screens, and characters / logo fixed parts are checked for overlap and converted according to priority.

Of the above work, step S1 is a manual work, a step
S2 to S7 are performed by the input system, and step S8 is performed by the conversion system.

Next, the present invention will be described by showing a concrete configuration example.

The form design system of the present invention displays required messages, design patterns, etc., as shown in FIG.
A CRT display device 10, an input device (tablet) for inputting data having various menus and a keyboard including a numeric keypad, a set button, etc., a floppy disk and a magnetic tape capable of writing and reading data. And the like, a file 30 such as the following, an output device (for example, a laser drum plotter) 40 for outputting a plate making film, a printing plate, and the like, and a computer system 50 for processing the above devices 10 to 40 by coupling them. Input the management information such as file number, product name, operator name, etc., initialize the computer system 50 to open the file 30, and display the spacing chart for design on the CRT display device 10 in a grid pattern. , Select the form design already registered in the file 30 using the input device 20 and select the CRT table. Is displayed on the device 10,
In any of the above cases, CRT display device 10 and input device 2
Input the form design interactively by 0 and register the data in the file 30 after the work is completed.
A form design already registered in the file 30 is selected by 20 and displayed on the CRT display device 10, and a plate making film or the like of the form design is output via the conversion system 41 and the output device 40.

By the way, the computer system 50 operates by software, and a spacing chart display routine 51 for displaying a spacing chart in which grid points are aligned on the CRT display device 10, and an input command from the input device 20. An input controller 52 for controlling the, an instruction analyzer 53 for analyzing the instruction transmitted from the input device 20 via the input controller 52, a menu routine 54 for executing a menu according to the instruction sent from the instruction analyzer 53, A CRT graphic generation routine 55 for displaying graphics and data on the CRT display device 10 according to the menu data from the menu routine 54, an input information table 58 for organizing and storing the input information, and an input information table 58. A table controller 56 that controls the output according to the selection output of the menu routine 54, and A file controller 57 that connects the file 30 and the input information table 58. The menu routine 54 includes a basic figure menu 54A for processing basic figures such as straight lines and arcs, a layout menu 54B for moving and deleting lines, and an application for processing complex figures such as rounded rectangles. It has a menu 54C and an application menu 54C
Has rectangles with rounded corners, vertical ruled lines, parallel ruled lines with rounded frames, and the like. Besides this, a character menu 54D for processing characters
There is a character information table for processing characters. Also, the created form design is a file
The format is converted from 30 by the conversion system 41 and sent to the output device 40. This may be sent online.

The work procedure of the input system will be described.

First, with the main title of the input system shown in the table of the CRT display device 10, a data medium for storing design data is set (see FIG. 3). Next, a management information input screen for each item as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and necessary items are input. The items to be input include the following as the items for instructing the specifications of the form in addition to the form name and customer name for identifying the individual forms.

Chart type: Specify the type of spacing chart to be displayed on the screen when design is input.

Types include top and bottom 1/6 inch × left and right 1/10 inch top and bottom 1/8 inch × left and right 1/10 inch OCR form spacing chart, financial form spacing chart, etc.

Number of parts: Number of parts in the form Finishing size: Top and bottom size of the form, maximum size if the size is different for each part in a multi-part form Progress category: Calibration is in progress for the category that indicates the progress category of the work Instruct the conversion method at the time of conversion.

When the input of management information for each item is completed, the basic menu screen is displayed as shown in FIG. When design input 1 is selected here, design input work (form layout work, form make-up work) is performed and element list input 2
By selecting, the element list input work can be performed. Also, by selecting the end 3 operation of the input system can be ended and the design data medium can be removed.

The element list shown in FIG. 6 is a list of parts for proofreading a form, and includes various register marks as parts and a character string previously input in the character string character classification process. Above is the classification code of the part, the number of digits,
It is displayed together with the number of lines and the used part information. The number of digits and the number of lines are for generating a specific symbol (print mark) at the position where the character string is pasted for the number of digits and lines when creating a form in layout mode. It is possible to design the form including the pasting position. In addition, the designation of the use part is to prevent an error in pasting the character string between the parts, and by limiting the use part, it is possible to prevent an error in pasting in the other part.

In the character string transcription process described above, even for character strings that were forgotten or entered incorrectly, when adding this element list, addition of character strings using Japanese input methods such as Kana-Kanji conversion method, Modifications and deletions can be made.

This element list is displayed as a list having necessary information when the form makeup mode character string is stuck and the fixed parts are stuck.

When entering the design input work, a part list as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. The finished size, the number of colors, and the number of sheets of each part are displayed in the parts list, and each piece of information is displayed for the common part and the number of parts specified in the item-specific management information input. At this stage, it is possible to design the designated part, change the finishing size of the designated part, copy the designated part, delete the designated part, change the number of colors of the designated part, and change the number of part sheets. Form layout 1 where the main menu for design entry is displayed when a design is selected, as shown in Fig. 8.
When selecting, form layout input work can be performed, and when form makeup 2 is selected, form makeup input work can be performed. When the end 9 is selected, the display returns to the part list display of FIG.

In the form layout mode work, the rough design of the entire form is laid out with basic figures and column print marks. Basic shapes include straight lines, rectangles, parallel lines that divide horizontally,
There are vertical equal division parallel lines and circles. Of these figures, straight lines and circles are called primitives, and rectangles, horizontal equal division parallel lines, and vertical equal division parallel lines can be decomposed into the individual straight lines forming them. The column print mark is used for the layout of the print position of the printer in the form, and the print mark corresponds to the number of columns and lines, and is displayed as a *** mark on the screen. The method of inputting the print mark can be input by using the one registered in the element list in advance or by using the column input menu. By entering the defined figure mode when a basic figure is input, a composite figure in which basic figures are combined can be treated as one figure.

The overall flow of the form layout mode is shown in FIG. 9, and the menu in the form layout mode is as shown in FIG. If you select the definition menu in the form layout mode, it becomes the "definition figure mode", and the basic figures input during this mode state or the basic figures already extracted by the extraction of the already entered basic figures are collected as one group. To be As a result, it is possible to treat a graphic having a special shape that is not included in the basic graphic as one graphic. When this menu is selected in the defined figure mode, the "defined figure mode" ends.

On the other hand, the column layout operation is executed according to the flow procedure shown in FIG.

Items with column specifications on the element list (number of digits,
If you select (Items with number of lines specified), the column layout menu appears and the specified print mark is displayed on the screen.

A print mark is displayed on the screen by selecting the column layout menu and specifying the number of digits and the number of lines. As for the print mark, identification marks such as * for the specified number of digits and lines are displayed as shown in FIG. FIG. 12 shows an example of 4 digits and 2 lines.

The digit number change menu can be used to change the number of print mark digits, the line number change menu can be used to change the number of print mark rows, and the move menu can be used to move print marks.

Set the print mark using the set menu.

By selecting the print mark that has already been input on the screen, the column layout menu is entered and the above state is entered.

As shown in Fig. 13, the form make-up work is divided into 0 for ruled line input, screen input, text / logo pasting, fixed part input, and attribute table definition. Select to perform each work. Select the end menu to exit form make-up mode.

1. Attribute definition; In this attribute definition mode, it is possible to define three types of attribute items from the menu shown in FIG.
One is to specify the line width, which specifies the line width value required when creating a form. The other is to specify the screen, and the number of lines, angle, and% of halftone dots required when creating a form can be specified.
The last attribute item that can be specified is the rounded corner value, and the rounded corner value required when creating a form can be specified. When this menu is not selected, attribute values that are frequently used in creating a form are set as initial values in each attribute item. The line shape is given as a solid line, a broken line, or a double line as an initial value, but this can also be changed, and the line position is also set to an initial value in advance.

2. Ruled line input: By selecting this ruled line menu and combining the required graphic elements, the ruled line portion of the form can be designed (15th
See figure).

(1) U-shaped menu (M1 to M4) By designating two diagonal points on the tablet of the input device 20, a U-shaped figure is generated. If necessary, by using various attribute values specified in the attribute definition, it is possible to shade the ruled lines and change the line widths in the vertical and horizontal directions respectively. Can be rounded. The line shape and line position can also be changed.

(2) L-shaped menu (M5-M8) An L-shaped figure is generated by specifying two diagonal points on the tablet. Also, if necessary, as in the case of the U-shaped menu, it is possible to specify the line width in each of the vertical and horizontal directions, shade the ruled lines and round the corners, and change the line shape and line position. Is.

(3) Horizontal / vertical equal division menu (M9 to M10) When this menu is selected, as shown in Fig. 16, the specified number of areas surrounded by the two points (+, *) specified on the tablet, Generates line segments equally divided in the horizontal and vertical directions. The first line segment and the last line segment may or may not be present as necessary. By using the various attribute values specified in the above-mentioned attribute definition, it is possible to specify a line width change and a shade. It is also possible to change the designation of the line shape and the line position.

(4) Box menu (M11) A rectangle is generated by designating two points on the diagonal on the tablet. By using the various attribute values specified in the above attribute definition, it is possible to change the vertical and horizontal line widths respectively, it is possible to shade the ruled lines, and the corners are rounded. Can be attached. It is also possible to change the designation of the line shape and the line position.

(5) Straight line menu (M12) By specifying two points on the tablet, a line segment with these two points as endpoints is generated. Further, the line width can be changed by using the various attribute values specified in the above-mentioned attribute definition, and the ruled lines can be shaded. It is also possible to change the designation of the line shape and the line position.

(6) Circle menu (M13) By specifying two points on the tablet, a circle with the diameter at these two points is generated. Further, by using various attribute values designated by the attribute definition, the line width can be changed and the ruled lines can be shaded.

(7) Pick menu (M16) If you want to change the attributes of a figure that has already been input, delete processing, transform, move, etc., select this pick menu after specifying the target figure. As a result, the target graphic is put in the edit state, and the above-mentioned respective processes are possible. When this pick menu is selected in the ruled line menu, only the ruled line figure is valid.

(8) Erase menu (M14) When erasing part or all of the already entered figure, specify the figure to be erased and erase with each shape. For example, when a part of a quadrangle as shown in the left figure of FIG. 17 is erased, the right figure is obtained by using a straight line shape.

3. Screen; by selecting the screen from the main menu,
The screen mode is as shown in FIG.

(1) Logo area (specify logo ground area) (M22) When creating a form, if you want to specify a logo with a ground pattern, specify this area in this menu. By changing the attribute value of the screen as necessary, it is possible to shade the logo or to shade the outside of the logo frame. An example of the operation for designating the logo area is as shown in FIG. 20. When the menu of the logo area is selected (step S41), the logo number and the like are input in the next step S42. The reduction ratio of the logo specifies each reduction ratio in the horizontal and vertical directions, and the screen NO is "1" to "4".
When is specified, the logo is shaded and the pattern is converted to "5".
When ~ 8 is designated, the logo is positive and the area is shaded to form a tint block. When "9" to "12" are specified, the logo is negative and the area is shaded to narrow down the area. Also, the designation of the logo background area (step S43) is the first
This is done by designating two points on the diagonal as shown in Figure 6.

(2) Ground area (designation of built-in area) (M21) If you want to use a built-in area (registered area) for a certain area when creating a form, specify that area in this menu. By changing the attribute value of the screen as necessary, it is possible to shade the pattern portion of the built-in ground diaphragm or to shade the outside of the pattern. An example of the operation for designating the internal tint block area is as shown in FIG. 21, and when the menu of the internal tint block area is selected (step S51), the screen NO is input in the next step S52. in this case,
If "0" is specified, the internal tint block is positively output and "1" ~
If you specify "4", the screen will be displayed on the internal tint block,
If "5" to "8" are specified, the area is screened. Further, the internal tint block area is designated by designating two points on the diagonal, as described above.

(3) Gradation area (gradation area specification) (M20) When creating a form, if you want to use gradation for a certain area, specify that area in this menu. A gradation can be created by simultaneously specifying the area and the density of the gradation at the start point and the end point. The operation example of specifying the gradation area is
As shown in Fig. 22, after displaying the menu of the gradation area (step S61), whether to specify the gradation in the horizontal direction or the gradation in the vertical direction is specified by the number input using the keyboard (step S62). ). At the same time, halftone dot percentages of the start point and end point of the gradation are specified, and thereafter two points on the diagonal are specified to specify the gradation area (step S63).

(4) Corner screen (M23) Select this menu and specify two diagonal points on the tablet to generate the above figure. By using this menu, a rounded corner screen can be performed, the corner radius is determined from two designated points, and various screens can be used by using the attribute value designated by the attribute definition.

(5) Box screen figure (24) A box screen figure is generated by selecting this menu and specifying two diagonal points on the tablet.
Further, by using the screen attribute value designated by the attribute definition, various shading can be performed, and by designating the rounded corner, a box screen figure with rounded corners is generated.

(6) Triangle screen figure (M25) A triangle screen figure is generated by selecting this menu and specifying three points where at least one point is not on a straight line connecting the other two points on the tablet. Further, by using the screen attribute value designated by the attribute definition, various kinds of shading can be performed.

(7) Circle screen graphic (M26) A circular screen graphic is generated by selecting this menu and specifying 2 points on the tablet. Further, by using the screen attribute value designated by the attribute definition, various kinds of shading can be performed.

4. Paste mode; (1) Paste By selecting this mode, the character strings that have been input in advance are displayed on the CRT display device 10 as an element list. The number of character strings displayed on CRT10 at a time is nine,
It corresponds to "1" to "9" on the menu as shown in FIG.

Here, FIG. 27 is a diagram showing the concept of pasting a character string consisting of a plurality of lines of the present invention into the first rectangle, and the character string in the first rectangle 100 into which the character string in the form is to be pasted is a character string. There is a second rectangle 101 accommodating the matrix of, and in this second rectangle 101, there are matrixes 102 to 104 of character strings, and the character strings are displayed in these matrices 102 to 104. . Also, the upper left point
P ₁ and P ₂ are reference points that are diagonal points of the first rectangle 100, and correspond to P ₁ → (x ₁ , y ₁ ), P ₂ → (x ₁ , y ₂ ). .
P ₁ ′ and P ₂ ′ are the reference points of the second rectangle 101, 110 to 112 indicate the line spacing DY 1, and 113 to 116 the margin SD ₂
→ 113,114 and SD ₁ → 115,116 are shown. FIG. 28 shows the positional relationship between the first rectangle 100 and the second rectangle 101 on the XY coordinates, where X1 and Y1 are the distances from the origin O of the point P ₁ (x ₁ , y ₁ ). , X2 and Y2 are the distances from the origin O of the point P ₂ (x ₂ , y ₂ ), and their side lengths are DX for the side lengths DX and DY, respectively.
→ | x ₂ -x ₁ |, DY → | y ₂ -y ₁ | P ₁ ′
And P ₂ ′ are the reference points of the second rectangle 101, and P ₁ ′ → (X1, Y
1), P ₂ ′ → (X2, Y2). And the first
Considering the margin area for the rectangle 100, it is set so as to keep constant margins SD ₁ and SD ₂ , and P ₁ ′ → (X1 → X1 +
It is calculated as SD ₁ , Y1 → Y1-SD ₂ ), P ₂ ′ → (X2 → X2-SD ₁ , Y2 → Y2 + SD ₂ ). That is, in the present invention, when a character string consisting of a plurality of lines is pasted in a form, if the pasted character string and the number of pasted lines are specified, the number of characters is calculated from the pasted character string, and the number of characters, the number of lines, the first rectangle From the size of the pasting area, the optimal matrix that should fit in the first rectangle, the number of character points and the line spacing of the character string are automatically calculated, and the character string consisting of multiple lines is first calculated.
Work is done by sticking in the rectangle.

Next, a method of pasting a character string consisting of a plurality of lines according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 29 and 30.

First, select the paste menu and press the key to display the paste menu on the display screen (step S20).
0). Next, select area paste and key-in (step S202), the character string to be pasted from the above element list.
102 to 104 are selected and designated (step S203). As a result, an analysis process is performed to determine how many characters a the character joints 102 to 104 are composed of (step S204).
Specify the number n of lines to be pasted in the rectangle 100 (step S20)
5), the number of characters a per line is automatically calculated as B = a / n (step S206). Here, if the paste area of the first rectangle is designated as P ₁ → (x ₁ , y ₁ ), P ₂ → (x ₂ , y ₂ ), (step S207) described in FIG. 28 above. So first
Vertical length DY, DY ＝ | y ₁ -y ₂ | is DY ＝ | DY1-DY2 |
Is calculated and the line spacing DY1 between the lines to be pasted is DY1 =
DY / n, and the vertical distance Y1 from the origin of point P ₁ is Y 1 =
It is calculated like Y2 + DY (step S208).

Next, the character spacing P is determined by the horizontal length DX of the first rectangle 100.
The calculation target of H is set as PH ← DX (step S20
9). Then calculate the character spacing PH and set the character spacing area SP to SP
← Calculate as (PH-number of characters * points) (step S
210), if the number of characters pasted on the line is one character, the character interval is set to 0 (step S212), and if the number of characters is plural, the character interval is calculated to be character interval = SP / (number of characters-1) (step S212). S213). As a result, the character spacing and the character size of the character string are arranged in each of the lines 101 to 104 so as to be optimal, and the line spacing is calculated so as to have a constant ratio of the number of points (step S214). In this way, the matrix of character strings in the second rectangle is determined, and when changing this matrix and the margins SD ₁ and SD ₂ of the first rectangle, the cursor is used to set the reference point P of the first rectangle. _{When 1} (x ₁ , y ₁ ) and P ₂ (X ₂ , y ₂ ) are moved, the process returns to step S207, and calculation is performed so as to take a desired margin. As described above, the character string matrix is set at the desired position in the first rectangle and the setting is completed (step S21).
6) Then, the pasting menu is displayed (step S200), and the operation is terminated if there is no need for modification such as correction. Further, by using the screen attribute value designated by the attribute definition, various kinds of shading can be performed on the character string. Furthermore, an arbitrary typeface can be set by changing the typeface code which is a character attribute. For character strings not registered in the element list, enter "0" from the keyboard and use the Kana-Kanji change function to enter the text string. be able to.

(2) Sticking Specify the character string to be pasted from the element list by the above character string designation method, specify one point as the standard pasting position on the tablet, and set the number of points and character spacing. Further, by using the screen attribute value designated by the attribute definition, various kinds of shading can be performed on the character string.

(3) Continuous (horizontal / vertical continuous paste, horizontal / vertical item number specified paste) When this menu is selected, a submenu is displayed on the CRT display device 10.

-Continuous designation (horizontal / vertical) This menu is a method to paste the designated character strings (plural) in the designated area continuously in the horizontal and vertical directions. After selecting this menu, specify the first item number and the number of the character string to be continuously pasted in the horizontal and vertical directions from the element list. Then, specify two points in the pasting area on the tablet. At this stage, this area is equally divided into the number of character strings, and you can change the number of points for the first paste box, specify the character spacing, and specify the number of points and the reference point when changing the character spacing. Perform and set the size of the paste second box displayed in the paste box. The size of this second box is continued as it is in the next character string pasting box, and is continuously pasted. Other attribute changes and the like are the same as the pasting.

・ Specify item number (horizontal / vertical) This menu is a method to specify a character string from the element list and the 0th element in the specified area, and paste a plurality of character strings in the horizontal and vertical directions. After selecting this menu, specify the number of character strings you want to paste in succession.
After that, when the area is designated on the tablet, the area is equally divided into this number. Similar to the above, determine the first paste box and specify the item number for each character string and paste.

(4) Copy Paste Box Remember the paste box pasted by the paste menu and reuse this paste box when a new character string is pasted. As a result, the number of times of input in the pasting box is reduced, and the work efficiency is improved. The size can also be changed by inputting a numerical value from the keyboard.

In addition, when two points on the diagonal are designated by the tablet in the character string pasting, a rectangle formed by these two points and a second rectangle with a certain margin inside thereof are generated. This prevents the character string from overlapping the ruled line. or,
At this time, the maximum number of points that can be pasted by the computer system 50 is determined. Next, a reference point for enlarging or reducing the character string is designated, and thereafter, the number of points is changed and the character spacing is increased or decreased centered on this reference point. When a character string is pasted into the box with rounded corners, the R input function can be used to paste the character into the rounded box without concern.

(5) Group pasting This is a method of automatically pasting character strings (sentences) that are continuously input at the stage of character writing in multiple stages by specifying the pasting area and the number of lines. Specify the item number of the character string from the element list and at the same time specify the number of pasted lines. Next, it is a method of automatically determining the number of points, line spacing, and character spacing by simply designating two points on the diagonal of the pasting area on the tablet and pasting in multiple stages. Alternatively, after specifying the number of points,
Specify the width per line. This determines the number of characters to be pasted per line and at the same time the number of lines. A constant ratio is also given as an initial value for the line spacing, which allows the character strings to be pasted in several stages, and the number of points and the line spacing can be changed if necessary.

(6) Logo (Logo pasted) There are roughly two types of logos, which can be broadly divided into widely used punctuation items and company names and marks unique to each company. Both have their own numbers for identification, but in the latter case, the customer number entered in the item-specific management information and the logo number are combined, and the former is managed only by the logo number. . Select this menu and enter the logo number. Specify the reference point that specifies the paste position on the tablet. It is possible to expand and reduce this logo size,
It is possible to specify an arbitrary size, and it is also possible to shade the logo by using the screen attribute value specified in the attribute definition.

(7) Screen (Screen ON / OFF menu) When a character string is pasted on a screened figure, it is difficult to identify the existence of the character string on the graphic display. Therefore, by selecting this menu, the screen display is temporarily turned off to improve the work efficiency of pasting the character string.

5. Fixed parts mode; When this menu is selected, a list of parts (marks) is displayed in the element list as shown in Fig. 6. Displayed items include colored balls, center register marks, horizontal sewing register marks, and the like. Input the item number indicating the above parts from the keyboard, and if it is set to the standard position, it will be displayed at a fixed position, and if you want to set it at any position, specify that position on the tablet. If you specify the corner cut item number, a submenu will be displayed on the CRT10. Also, input necessary information for each register mark from the keyboard and set.

(1) W menu (Wind menu) Registration marks are outside the finished size depending on the type, and cannot be recognized on the screen. Therefore, when this W menu is selected, the outside of the finished size is also displayed on the screen, and it is possible to prevent forgetting to input the registration marks.

(2) Bite position menu Select this menu and enter the point indicating the bite position.
If necessary, the bite width can be changed, and by this bite designation, the conversion system performs conversion in consideration of the bite position.

(3) Color plate / screen attribute display menu This is a menu for extracting and displaying specified attributes common to ruled lines, screens, and paste modes. It is possible to extract color plate attributes, screen attributes, and typeface attributes. When the user wants to extract the color plate attribute, when a certain key is input from the keyboard, a graphic having the same attribute as the designated attribute is displayed in a predetermined color on the graphic display. The same applies to screen attributes and typeface attributes, and by using this menu, it is possible to prevent attribute designation errors.

(4) The attribute display menu for checking the relationship between line width and line placement is the line width specified for checking the relationship between line width and line placement in ruled line mode.
The ruled line having the same attribute as the line placement attribute value is displayed on the graphic display in a specific color. By using this menu, it is possible to prevent mistakes in attribute designation.

6. Menu common to all modes; (1) Screen enlargement display menu Select this menu and then specify two points in the area to be enlarged, and that portion will be enlarged and displayed. As a result, when performing a detailed design, the design can be performed in an enlarged display state, which leads to an improvement in work efficiency.

(2) Batch menu When the batch menu is selected, the submenus of move, copy, delete and attribute are displayed on the CRT10. For move, all the specified figures are grouped and moved in a batch, for copy, all the specified figures are grouped and copied in a batch, and for erase, all the specified figures are erased together and the attributes are specified. Change all attributes of a figure to arbitrary attributes at once.

When this menu is selected without specifying any figures for moving and copying, all figures (excluding registration marks) are moved and copied symmetrically.

(3) Pitch switching menu When this menu is selected, a predetermined pitch unit can be arbitrarily selected, and when creating a graphic design, the coordinate value is rounded in the designated pitch unit.

(4) OCR character frame menu Select this menu and enter the necessary information (character frame width, character frame height, character frame digit number, character frame interval). or
By specifying the reference point for OCR character frame generation, an OCR character frame is automatically generated.

(5) Cursor movement The following methods are available for moving the cursor.

1) Cursor jump Specify the moving point with relative coordinates from the reference point. It is possible to perform step movement in designated units or direct movement by inputting numerical values.

2) Absolute coordinate value move Move the cursor by specifying the absolute coordinate from the origin.

3) Move point specification Move the cursor by specifying the move point on the tablet.

(6) Finished size check function During designing, such as during graphic input, graphic movement, and graphic copying, chucks are performed for those that exceed the finish size, and they are not displayed on the pipe surface.

From the above, the whole form design of this invention is
A flow chart is shown in FIGS.

When the form design work is started by operating the keyboard provided in the input device 20, a start screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed (step S100), and then the management information for each item shown in FIG. 4 is displayed. The input screen is displayed (step S101), and management information for each item is input using a tablet or the like (step S102). When the input of the management information for each item is completed, the basic menu screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, so when the element list input is selected, the part list as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed (steps S103 to S106), When the design input is selected from the part list after the size change (step S112), copy (step S113) and delete (step S114) are processed, a mode selection menu screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed (step S109). Here, if the form layout is selected, the layout mode shown in FIG. 23 (C) is entered (step S111), and if the form makeup is selected, the makeup mode shown in FIG. 23 (B) is entered (step S115). That is, in steps S140 to S148 in the layout mode, step S10 described in FIG.
The operations of to S18 are performed, and in steps S120 to S132 of the makeup mode, steps S31 to S35 described in FIG. 13 are performed.
Is performed. Further, when "End" is selected on the main menu screen, the design is registered by storing the design in the file 30 (step S122). The conversion system 4 performs the following processing according to the flow shown in FIG.

(1) Collective input By inputting one or more data media created by the input system to the conversion system one by one, the conversion system creates files corresponding to each data media and design data. To store.

(2) Multi-part processing Conversion processing and design data for one data medium are processed sequentially. There are a plurality of part data in one design data, and these part data exist as common part, 1 part, 2 part, ... 10 parts. When processing part data in the conversion system,
Be sure to combine the data of the common part and the data of each one part and convert it as the data of one part. As a result, the data designed in the common part in the input system is converted as all part data. The conversion system repeats the above processing for specified parts.

(3) Superimposition processing Part data for one part is further decomposed into the following four subfiles.

Screen sub-file Ruled line sub-file Character, logo sub-file Fixed parts sub-file The conversion system processes in the order of →→→. When figures or characters overlap as a result of conversion in each sub-file, the data input later is given priority. Similarly, if data overlap between subfiles, that is, if there are ruled lines in the screen area, → → →
Processing is performed so that the priority becomes higher in the order of.

(4) Conversion of fixed parts For fixed parts, data registered in advance in the conversion system is selected in accordance with an instruction (code on the data medium) from the input system and used as data for the output device 40. By this method, even if the specifications of the fixed parts (mainly the registration marks) are changed, it is possible to deal with them only by correcting the registration data.

(5) Color separation processing Color separation processing is performed according to the management information for each item.
Normally, color separation is not performed, so the color attribute of each data is ignored and converted. In this method, data for one part is processed as output data for one sheet with respect to the output device 40. On the other hand, if the color-coding instruction is given by the item-by-item management information, the color attribute of each data is taken into consideration for conversion. Therefore, the data for one part for the output device 40 is the data for a plurality of sheets equal to the number of colors existing in the part (color plane data).
Is converted as. Conventionally, color plate separation was done manually in the plate making process, but since this system automatically performs numerical conversion during conversion, it is possible to obtain extremely high quality color plates, and eventually the color of printed matter. This will prevent misalignment and color loss.

(6) Bite processing After conversion of all subfiles, move the entire data according to the bite position during printing according to the instructions from the input system. This process is performed by converting each data (x ₁ ,
Compare y ₁ ) (x ₂ , y ₂ ) ... (x _n , y _m ) with the point (x _p , y _p ) designated as the bite position. As a result, if y _p ≤ y _n , y _n ← (y _n -y _p ) y _p ＞ y _n , y _n ← {y _n + (Yy _p )} Y: A coordinate transformation called upside-down finishing size is performed. To do.

Conventionally, the bite position processing was manually performed at the time of plate making just before printing, but with this system, it can be automatically performed at the time of conversion.

(7) Creation of list A list is created for all data media that have been collectively input in order of increasing data amount after conversion so that the processing efficiency of the output device 40 is improved when the conversion is completed.

Figure 25 shows the calibration of the output, the conversion system described above.
Based on the data created in 41, the output device 40 creates an image 42 such as a plate-making film or a printing plate. A laser drum plotter can be used as the output system, and the data from the conversion system 41 or the file 30 is temporarily stored in the output device 40 and selectively output according to an operator's instruction. The image data for output is processed in the output device 40 and
As shown in FIG. 26, on / off of the laser light from the laser oscillator 44 is controlled. Laser light is reflected by mirrors 45 and 46
Is sent to the rotating mirror 47 via. The rotating mirror 47 exposes the laser light to the output medium 48 such as a film while moving in the output medium support 43 in the longitudinal direction. As a result, an image is recorded on the output medium 48, and a plate-making film or the like is obtained.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the form design system of the present invention, when a character string consisting of a plurality of lines is pasted into a form frame, a first rectangle for pasting the character string is formed, and the first rectangle is formed. A second rectangle reduced by a predetermined margin is formed inside of, and the number of lines of the character string, the number of characters, and the size of the second rectangle
A frame smaller than the first rectangle by a predetermined margin is obtained by automatically calculating the character size, line spacing, and character spacing of the character string by pasting the character string in the second rectangle. Is automatically set and the characters of the desired size are pasted, so even if the normal form frame is set as the first rectangle in the form design, the pasted characters are the lines of the form frame (ruled lines). The width can be set so that it does not overlap (do not touch) the width, and it is possible to easily and quickly design a finished form.

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FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a main title, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an item-based management information input screen, and FIG. 5 is an example of a basic menu screen. FIG. 6 is a list showing an example of parts, FIG.
Fig. Shows an example of a part list, Fig. 8 shows a main menu, Fig. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation example of the form layout mode, Fig. 10 is a diagram showing the menu, and Fig. 11 is a column. FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing an example of layout operation, FIG.
FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of form makeup work, FIG. 14, FIG. 15, FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 are diagrams showing examples of menus respectively, and FIG. 16 shows the design of line segments. Fig. 17 is a diagram for explaining the disappearance of a figure, Fig. 20 is a flowchart showing an operation example of specifying a logo area, Fig. 21 is a flowchart showing an operation example of specifying a built-in ground stop area, and Fig. 22. Is a flow chart showing an operation example of gradation area designation, FIGS. 23 (A) to (C) are flow charts showing the overall flow of the form design, FIG. 24 is a flow chart showing a processing example of the conversion system, and FIG. 25 is an output. FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a configuration, FIG. 26 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an output device, FIG. 27,
FIG. 28 is a diagram showing a positional relationship between the first rectangle and the second rectangle, and FIGS. 29 and 30 are flowcharts showing an operation example of the embodiment of the present invention. 10 ... CRT display device, 20 ... input device, 30 ... file, 40 ...
Output device, 50 ... Computer system, 51 ... Space chart display routine, 52 ... Input controller, 53 ... Instruction analyzer, 54 ... Menu routine, 55 ... CRT figure generation routine, 56 ... Table controller, 57 ... File controller, 58 ... Input information table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input device for selecting and inputting various operation / processing menus and inputting necessary data, and a display device for displaying figures, character strings or symbols for form design input by the input device. A form design system comprising a file capable of writing or reading the created form design data, an output device for outputting the created form design data, and a computer system for processing the devices by combining them with each other. When pasting the character string consisting of lines into the form frame, the first for pasting the character string
And a second rectangle reduced by a predetermined margin is formed inside the first rectangle, and the second rectangle is formed based on the number of lines of the character string, the number of characters, and the size of the second rectangle. A form design system characterized in that the character size, line spacing, and character spacing are automatically obtained by numerical calculation, and the character string is pasted into the second rectangle.