JPH08241423A - Color separation processing method and business form design system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To extremely improve the loard of a color separation job. CONSTITUTION: The color separation processing is carried out in a main plate setting process 10 where the color of an initial state is designated in every type of component graphic elements of the design data and the color attribute designation data are generated, an area color designation process 11 where the color attribute is designated for the graphic element included in a designated area and the color attribute designation data are generated, and an individual color designation process 12 where the color attribute is designated for a designated graphic element and the color attribute designation data are generated. Then such color separation processing is applied in a business form design system.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of assigning color attributes to graphics such as primitives, texts, images, and other graphic elements by assigning color attributes. Particularly, a color separation processing method for assigning a color attribute to a block copy data (data including graphic data, text data, image data, etc.) that is the original data of plate-making data in the printing industry and forms to which the color separation processing method is applied Regarding the design system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Primitives are basic components for designing figures such as rectangles, circles, and straight lines, tint blocks, pictures, marks, symbols, and character strings, and the design is performed by combining these primitives. The primitive does not have to have a simple content, and the type is not limited, and any frequently used primitive can be used as the primitive. The design using primitives is basically based on two processes: a process of designating a primitive and a process of processing a designated primitive.
Layout is one of the processes that is usually performed frequently, but many other processes are also performed. One of them is color separation processing in which a color attribute is designated and a color attribute is given to a graphic element of a laid-out primitive.

In the printing industry, plate making data, which is data for making a printing plate used in the printing process, is created in the plate making process. This plate-making data is created through an intermediate design stage, and there is block copy data to which color attributes are not added as intermediate stage design data. When the block copy data is created, a hard copy thereof is created, and based on the hard copy, detailed checks such as checking by customers and color coding are performed. In the conventional color separation processing, a color attribute is added to such composition data so that multicolor printing such as Y (Yellow) and M (Magenta) is performed.
), C (Cyan), and K (Black).

[0004]

However, in such a conventional color separation processing, it is necessary to give a color attribute to each graphic element of data consisting of graphic data, text data, image data and the like. Of course, it is not uncommon for the number of graphic elements to exceed 1000, which imposes a heavy work load. Further, in many cases, one graphic element in the block copy data is divided into a plurality of colors in the color plate data. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the conventional method and the method of the present invention in the case of color-dividing one graphic element in contrast. As shown in FIG. 11, in the conventional method, a graphic element is first divided into color-dividing units by the number of colors, and a color attribute is assigned to each of the obtained graphic elements. To do. However, the process of dividing the figure elements into the number of color-dividing units is a process of giving a dividing instruction and executing the dividing process, and it is necessary to perform almost the same work as newly redoing all the designs. The work load is heavy. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a color separation processing method and a form design system that can significantly reduce the load of color separation work.

[0005]

The above object can be achieved by the present invention described below. That is, the present invention is a color separation processing method having a main plate setting processing step of specifying a color in an initial state for each type of graphic elements constituting design data and generating color attribute specifying data, The process is a ruled figure color attribute specification process of specifying color attributes for ruled figures and generating color attribute specification data, and a halftone pattern color attribute specifying color attributes for halftone figures and generating color attribute specification data. And a text color attribute designation processing step of designating a color attribute for text and generating color attribute designation data.

The present invention is also a color separation processing method having a region color designation processing step of designating a color attribute for a graphic element included in a designated region and generating color attribute designation data. In the case where the area includes a portion including the graphic element and a portion not including the graphic element, the area color designation processing step divides the graphic element into a portion included in the designated area and a portion not included in the designated area. A color separation processing method comprising: a data division processing step; and an area color attribute changing processing step of changing a color attribute of a portion included in the designated area to generate color attribute designation data.

The present invention is also a color separation processing method having an individual color designation processing step of designating a color attribute for a designated graphic element and generating color attribute designation data, wherein the individual color designation processing step is designated. The individual color attribute change process of specifying the color attribute for the specified graphic element and changing the color attribute specification data, and displaying the color attribute for the specified graphic element in the color attribute specification window and referring to it. The color attribute reference change process of specifying the color attribute and changing the color attribute specification data, and changing the color attribute by changing the color attribute specification data by setting the data of the color table for the specified graphic element. An attribute data setting process step and a color separation processing method which is a selected step.

Further, according to the present invention, a main plate setting process for designating a color in an initial state and generating color attribute designating data for each type of graphic element which composes design data, and a graphic element included in a designated area. Color separation processing consisting of a region color specification processing process that specifies color attributes and generates color attribute specification data, and an individual color specification processing process that specifies color attributes for specified graphic elements and generates color attribute specification data Method.

The present invention is also a form design system having color separation processing means, wherein the color separation processing means comprises a main plate setting processing means, a region color designation processing means, and an individual color designation processing means. The main plate setting processing means specifies color in an initial state for each type of graphic element forming design data to generate color attribute specifying data, and the area color specifying processing means is included in the specified area. A form design system for designating a color attribute for a graphic element to generate color attribute designating data, wherein the individual color designating processing means designates a color attribute for the designated graphic element to generate color attribute designating data. .

[0010]

According to the color separation processing method of the present invention, the color of the initial state is generated by designating the color of the initial state for each type of the graphic element constituting the design data in the main plate setting processing process. Further, the main plate setting process includes a ruled figure color attribute specification process, a halftone pattern color attribute specification process, and a text color attribute specification process. The color attribute is designated, the color attribute designation data is generated, and the color attribute is designated for the half-tone figure in the halftone pattern color attribute designation process to generate the color attribute designation data.
In the text color attribute designation process, the color attribute is designated for the text and the color attribute designation data is generated.

Further, according to the color separation processing method of the present invention, the color attribute is designated for the graphic element included in the area designated by the area color designation processing step, and the color attribute designation data is generated. Further, the area color designation processing step includes a data division processing step and an area color attribute change processing step, and in the case where the designated area includes a part including a graphic element and a part not including a graphic element, The graphic element is divided into a part included in the area specified by the division process and a part not included in the area specified, and the color attribute is changed for the part included in the area specified in the region color attribute change process. The specified data is generated.

Further, according to the color separation processing method of the present invention, the color attribute designation data in which the color attribute is designated for the graphic element designated in the individual color designation processing step is generated. Further, the individual color designation processing step includes an individual color attribute change processing step, a color attribute reference change processing step, a color attribute data setting processing step,
The color attribute is specified for the figure element specified in the individual color specification processing step, the color attribute specification data is changed, and the figure element specified in the color attribute reference change processing step is selected. The color attribute is displayed in the color attribute specification window and is referred to. Then, the color attribute is newly specified, the color attribute specification data is changed, and the color attribute is specified for the graphic element in the color attribute data setting process. The data is changed and the color attribute designation data is changed.

Further, according to the color separation processing method of the present invention, in the main plate setting processing step, the color of the initial state is specified for each type of the graphic element forming the design data to generate the color attribute specifying data, and the area color specifying processing step is performed. The color attribute specification data in which the color attribute is specified for the graphic element included in the area specified by is generated, and the color attribute is specified for the graphic element specified in the individual color specification process, and the color attribute specification data is generated. It As described above, by designating the color attribute by the hierarchical structure of the entire design data, the area, and the individual, the work can be efficiently performed.

According to the form design system of the present invention, there is provided a form design system having color separation processing means, wherein the color separation processing means comprises a main plate setting processing means, a region color designation processing means, Individual color designation processing means,
The main plate setting processing means specifies a color in the initial state for each type of graphic element forming the design data to generate color attribute specifying data, and the color attribute for the graphic element included in the area specified by the area color specifying processing means. Is designated to generate color attribute designation data, and the individual color designation processing means designates the color attribute to the graphic element to generate color attribute designation data.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The color separation processing method and form design system of the present invention will be described below with reference to preferred embodiments.
FIG. 1 is a view showing the arrangement of an apparatus for carrying out the color separation processing method of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a portion surrounded by a solid line frame 1 is a color separation processing device for carrying out the color separation processing method of the present invention.
Is a LAN (Local Area Network) such as Ethernet,
3 is a data store system for storing basic component (primitive) data, design data, and other data, and for transferring these data to and from the color separation processing device through a LAN. 4 is an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse. Reference numeral 5 denotes output means such as a display and a printer.

In FIG. 1, the color separation processing device 1 is further configured in detail, 6 is a storage means, 7 is a calculation means, and is a main body of a computer such as a personal computer or an engineering workstation. In the storage means 6, 8 is design data read from the data store system 3 or originally stored, and 9 is color-separated design data obtained by performing color separation processing on the design data 8. Further, in the calculating means 7, 10 is a main plate setting processing routine for designating a color in an initial state for each type of graphic element constituting design data and generating color attribute data, and 11 is for a graphic element included in the designated area. Is an area color designation processing routine for designating a color attribute to generate color attribute designation data, and 12 is an individual color designation processing routine for designating a color attribute for a designated graphic element to generate color attribute designation data.

FIG. 2 is a main flowchart showing the flow of color separation processing. Details will be described later. First, the process in FIG. 2 will be briefly described. Place the pointing point of the mouse on the part where "color separation" is displayed on the main screen where design data 8 such as block copy data is displayed and the design is performed, and click the mouse button to open the color separation menu and open the output device 5 Display on the display (S1). There are 3 menus, "Main plate setting", "Area specification", and "Individual color separation"
One of them is selected by placing the mouse pointing point on the menu display and clicking the mouse button (S2). When "main version setting" is selected, the main version setting processing routine is started and main version setting processing is performed (S3).
When "area designation" is selected, the area designation processing routine is started and the area designation processing is performed (S4). When "individual color separation" is selected, the individual color separation processing routine is started and the individual color separation processing routine is started. Color processing is performed (S5). At the end of the processing, it is selected whether the color separation processing should be ended or continued (S
6) If it is the end selection, the process ends. If it is the continuation selection, the process returns to the target figure selection (S1).

Next, the details of each processing routine will be described individually. First, the main plate setting process (S3 in FIG. 2) will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing steps in the main plate setting processing routine 10. In FIG. 3, first, the type of design data in which the main version setting data is effective is designated. Normally, design data is created by a plurality of design processes or systems, but design data of a specific design process or system is specified so that the master version is set only for that design data (S10).
1). Next, regarding the ruled figure (Frame), the color attribute that is the main plate is set. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a color attribute setting screen for setting color attributes. This screen is a dialog screen for interactively inputting / outputting data between the operator and the system. Specify the following items on this screen (S
102). (1) In the case of specifying a special color Color code net% (2) In the case of process color Y, M, C, K net%

The data handled as a ruled figure (Frame) is, for example, as follows. Straight line, equal division (vertical, horizontal),
Rectangle Frame, Circle Frame, Ellipse Frame, Freeform
Frame, continuous line Frame, trimming rectangle Frame, trimming circle Frame, trimming ellipse Fram
e, trimming free-curve Frame, trimming continuous line Frame, trimming text Frame, and so on.

Further, with respect to the mesh figure (Fill), the color attribute serving as the main plate is set. This setting is performed on the color attribute setting screen as in the case of the ruled figure (Frame) (S103). The data handled as a mesh figure (Fill) is as follows, for example. Rectangle Fill, Circle Fill, Ellipse Fill, Free Curve Fill, Continuous Line Fill, Parts Image, etc. Also, for text, set the color attribute that is the main version. This setting is made on the color attribute setting screen as in the case of the ruled figure (Frame) (S104). The data treated as text is text. Next, the color attribute of the corresponding data is changed based on the color attribute designated in the processing of S102 to S104, and the data is displayed again based on the designated color attribute (S10).
5).

Next, the area designation processing (S4 in FIG. 2) will be described. FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the processing steps in the area designation processing routine 11. In FIG. 5, first, a target graphic designating process for preliminarily limiting graphic elements affected by an area to be designated later is performed. A window for designating graphic elements is displayed, and graphic elements for which the data for specifying the area are effective are designated. The graphic elements that can be specified are ruled shapes,
It is a mesh figure, a text figure, etc., and a plurality of designations can be made at the same time (S201). Next, change the color attribute (usually the main version setting process precedes the color attribute setting)
The area designating process is performed in a manner of enclosing the area with respect to the desired location. Specify the area where you want to change the color attribute as a rectangular area. If even a part of the figure is included in the designated area, the figure becomes a target for subsequent processing (S202).

Next, color attribute designation processing for designating color attributes is performed on the graphic elements included in the designated area.
Color attributes are given to the graphic elements included in the area specified in the area specifying process. When designating the color attribute, a window for designating the color is displayed.
Specify the following items on the color specification window. (1) In case of special color designation (S203) Color code halftone% (2) In case of process color Y, M, C, K halftone%

The presence or absence of graphic data to be processed next is checked. Processing is performed for all graphic data, and if there is graphic data to be processed, subsequent processing (inclusion check processing)
If there is no more graphic data to be processed, the area designation processing ends (S204). Next, inclusion check processing is performed to check whether each figure is included in the designated area. Check if each figure is included in the specified area. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the inclusion relationship between the designated area and the graphic. FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B are diagrams showing a state of complete inclusion in which a graphic defined as one segment completely exists in a designated area. FIG. 6A shows a case where a graphic is included in the designated area, and FIG. 6B shows a case where a graphic is included in the area including on the designated area.
Further, FIGS. 6C and 6D are views showing a partially included state in which a part of the graphic defined as one segment exists in the designated area. In FIG. 6 (C) and FIG. 6 (D), the shaded portion is the relevant portion.

Next, the processing method is changed as follows according to the checked result (S206). (1) When completely included ... Process to color attribute changing process of S207 (2) When partially included ... Process to data division process of S208 (3) When not included ... Process to S204 Check the existence of graphic data

In the color attribute changing process, the color attribute of the corresponding figure is changed to the designated color attribute, the color attribute is displayed again, and the process proceeds to S204 (S20).
7). In the above-described data division processing, the target graphic is divided into graphic element units in the designated area (see FIG. 11).
Reference) (S208). Of the graphic elements further divided, the color attributes of the graphic elements included in the designated area are changed to the designated color attributes, and the color attributes are displayed again, and S2
The processing moves to 04 (S209).

Next, the individual color separation processing (S5 in FIG. 2) will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing steps in the individual color separation processing routine 12. In FIG. 7, first, a window display process of displaying a window for designating a color attribute that simply changes only the color attribute is performed (S301).
Designation is performed by mouse input from the following processing menus or figures displayed in this window (S30
2), one of the following processes (1) to (3) is performed according to the designation (S303). (1) When the end menu is specified ... Ends the individual color separation processing. (2) When the zoom menu is designated ... The zoom process is performed, and the process returns to S302. (3) In case of graphic designation ... Go to S304 edit state process

Next, an editing process is performed to bring the selected figure into an edited state (also called a designated state). Edited figures are locked so that editing functions such as movement and transformation using the knobs (marks that indicate the figure being edited and displayed on the four corners of the rectangle surrounding the figure, etc.) cannot be performed. (S304). Next, designation is performed by mouse input from the following processing menu or figure (S305), and any one of the following (1) to (3) is performed according to the designation (S306). (1) When the color attribute change menu is designated, the following processing is performed (S307). Change to a predetermined color attribute. Change the contents of the color table in memory. The process returns to S305.

(2) When the color attribute reference menu is designated, the following processing is performed (S308, S309). Change the cursor shape displayed on the screen to the magnifying glass shape. The color component of the designated figure data is set in the color attribute designation window. Change the contents of the color table in memory. The process returns to S305. (3) When the data set menu is designated, the following processing is performed (S310, S311). The contents of the color table on the memory are set as graphic data. Redisplay with the specified color attribute. The process returns to S302.

Next, the form design system of the present invention in which the above color separation processing method is applied to the form design system will be described. Here, the forms refer to items provided with items (entry fields) for entering predetermined data such as slips, copy slips, OCR slips, passbooks, application slips, and notification slips. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an integrated system including a form design system of the present invention and its peripheral devices and connecting a main business office and a remote business office. In FIG. 8, reference numerals 21a and 21b are B consisting of a form design system of the present invention having a color separation processing function and an input / output device.
FD (Business Form Design) terminal, 22 is LA
Ethernet of N, 23 is a data store system for storing and managing BFD data, data of various image data (color image, parts image, etc.), 24 is a plate making scanner for inputting original images, etc., 25 is an image on photographic film A film output device that outputs data, 26 is a BFD conversion server that obtains image data in which the data format of BFD data is converted, 27 is a comp output device that prints color image data in color on plain paper, and 28 is a master plate for printing FCS (Form Composing S)
ystem) and 29 are routers of devices that connect networks between remote places.

FIG. 9 shows a form design system 2 of the present invention.
It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a main routine of 1 (a, b). In FIG. 9, the form design system 2
When 1 is activated, the main menu is displayed on the display (S21). There are four menus in the main menu: "Utility", "Form creation", "Output", and "End". By selecting one of them,
Proceed to those processes (S22). When "utility" is selected, the utility processing routine (S23) is started, when "form preparation" is selected, the form preparation processing routine (S24) is started, and when "output" is selected, the output processing routine ( When S25) is activated and "End" is selected, the form design system is ended. When a processing routine other than "end" is completed, the main routine of the main routine is displayed (S21).

In the utility processing routine (S23), there are further submenus, "component image management", "color image management", "BFD data management",
“Form part data management”, “sample form data management”, and “WS (Workstation) data import processing” are performed. In "component image management", management of logo data and management of punctuation marks and the like are performed for each user. In addition, a cartridge M for a component image (primitive)
Each process of T initialization, saving of component image data, and loading of component image data is performed. "Color image management"
In, the management processing of the photographic image is performed. Further, each processing of initializing the color image cartridge MT, saving the color image data, and loading the color image data is performed.

In "BFD data management", the BFD
Manage the data created in. Further, each processing of initializing the cartridge MT for BFD data, saving BFD data, and loading BFD data is performed. In the “form part data management”, management processing of form parts (forms in which only necessary parts are divided and parts are stored) is performed.
Further, each process of initializing the cartridge MT for form part data, saving the form part data, and loading the form part data is performed. In the “sample form data management”, a sample form (presentation form) is managed. In addition, initialization of the cartridge MT for sample form data, saving of sample form data,
Perform each process of loading sample form data. "WS
(Workstasion) Data import process ”,
A process of removing a margin of image data captured from the scanner via WS and registering the data is performed.

In the output processing routine (S25),
All-color composite output to the comp output device 27 (see FIG. 8), or C (Cyan), M (Mgenta), Y (Yellow), Bk (Blac
k), "Comp output processing" for performing color separation output from spot color 1 to spot color 24, C on the film output machine 25 (see FIG. 8),
"Film output processing" for outputting a color-separating positive film of M, Y, Bk, spot color 1 to spot color 24, or a color-separating negative film is performed. In addition, a "layout output process" for laying out and outputting when performing those outputs is performed.

In the "layout output process", there is a submenu further, and "layout", "offset", and "rotation output" are performed. In "Layout", there is a sub menu, and "automatic" and "position designation" are performed. "Automatic" indicates whether to place the next form on the right side or the bottom side of the form layout up to immediately before when outputting multiple forms (arranging and outputting multiple forms). Processing is automatically completed by specifying it. “Position designation” is a process designated when performing replacement output, composite output, etc., and layout is designated by inputting coordinate values with the upper left of the designated form as a reference. That is, when the position designation submenu is designated, the target form is designated with the mouse. Input the relative coordinate value based on the upper left of the specified form in the coordinate input window.

In the "offset", there is a submenu, and "offset" and "offset" are performed. The default is “with offset”. “With offset” gives a finished size having a predetermined offset distance from the outer frame to the inner side with respect to the outer frame size of the film. "No offset" is a state where the finished size and the film size match.
The registration marks existing outside the finished size are removed. In the "rotation output", there is a submenu further, and "forward output", "90 degree rotation output", "180 degree rotation output", and "270 degree rotation output" are performed. The default is "forward output". As for the "forward output", the form is output in the normal direction as its name implies. The others are output by being rotated clockwise by the angle as the name implies.

Next, the case where the form creation processing routine is started in the main routine will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the form creation processing routine. In FIG. 10, the form creation processing routine (FIG. 9
When S24) is started, the sub menu in this processing routine is displayed (S31). The submenu consists of “File”, “Design”, “Display”, “Color separation”, “Utility”, “Layout”, “Edit”, “Parts”.
When one is selected, the processing routine of the selected menu is activated (S32).

The file processing routine (S33) further includes submenus "read", "register", "composite",
It is made up of "attributes" and reads or registers a BFD file. "Read" reads the BFD file, "Register" registers the BFD file,
"Combining" composes each sheet of the same order and composes one sheet, and "attribute" specifies the attribute (size, etc.) of each sheet. The design processing routine (S34) further comprises submenus "drawing tool", "text", "color image", "part image", and "register mark", and provides various tools for designing a form. "Drawing tools" are straight lines, boxes, circles, ellipses, continuous lines, free curves,
Equal division lines, closed area screen (meshing), auxiliary lines are created, "text" is created in Japanese and European sentences, and "color image" is a color image paste trimmed in any shape. The "part image" is made by trimming the logo image pasted with an arbitrary shape, and then "register mark"
Is a tool for pasting registration marks (registration marks) for print management. It should be noted that primitives (that is, parts) can also be created here, and the created graphics, text, etc. data can be used for a part processing routine (S40) described later.
By registering as a primitive in, it becomes a primitive.

The display processing routine (S35) further includes submenus "chart setting", "screen zoom", "auxiliary line display", "screen switching", and "screen scroll", and provides various tools for display display. . "Chart setting" displays the specified chart on the display, "Screen zoom" enlarges the displayed screen, "Auxiliary line display" displays an auxiliary line, and "Screen switching" is a form mount (register The two screens of the data creation screen) and the work mount (work screen) are switched, and "screen scroll" performs a process of scrolling the screen to be displayed. The color separation processing routine (S36) further includes submenus "main plate setting", "filter color separation", "individual color separation", "gradation processing", BFD data, and FC.
Performs a process to perform color separation work of S block data. "Main plate setting" collectively sets the color attributes mainly used for each data of ruled line, halftone, and character, and "filter color separation" is an arbitrary shape and the ruled line, halftone, A color attribute is designated for each character, and "individual color separation" simply designates only the color attribute for individual data. In the "gradation processing", the gradation is given to the target graphic independently of the angle of the target graphic, and the gradation is applied to the target graphic. The "main plate setting", "filter color separation", and "individual color separation" in this color separation processing routine (S36) are the parts constituting the present invention.

Utility processing routine (S37)
Is the submenu "Color conversion",
It consists of "screen setting", "component image DB search", and "color image DB search", and performs design assistance processing in the form creation mode. "Color conversion" collectively changes the form data created with special colors to process colors, and "Screen setting" sets the resolution of the output machine to be used.
The number of lines and the angle are set, "part image DB search" searches the customer logo and the like from the database, and "color image DB search" performs color image (photograph, etc.) search from the database.

The layout processing routine (S38) further includes submenus "move auxiliary line", "move vertical line", "move horizontal line", "copy line object", "copy mirror image", "rotate", "repeat". ", And performs processing related to design layout. "Move auxiliary line" aligns the specified figure with the input auxiliary line and "Move vertical line"
Aligns the specified figure, text, etc. with the vertical reference line, and "horizontal line reference movement" aligns the specified figure, text, etc. with the horizontal reference line. In addition, "line object copy" copies the specified figure to the object with the reference line (vertical, horizontal) as the reference, and "copy mirror image" copies the specified figure with the mirror image with the reference line (vertical, horizontal) as the reference. Perform processing.
"Rotate" rotates a specified figure at an arbitrary angle, and "Repeat" mainly creates a tint block. In the "repeat" processing, simple arranging processing, arranging processing while enlarging or reducing, arranging processing while gradually rotating, and arranging figures while gradually changing the mesh% are performed. Further, after the processing, it is possible to cut out into an arbitrary shape by trimming processing on the editing screen.

The edit processing routine (S39) has "movement", "enlargement or reduction", "rotation", "cut", "copy", and "pack" of figures as submenus. To do. "Packing" is a process of grouping a plurality of figures and subjecting them to various operations. In the parts processing routine (S40), the sub menu "BFD" is added.
Data, "FCS data", "sample parts", and "form parts" are used to read or register various parts.Primitives (that is, parts) are read or registered in this part processing routine.
"BFD data" reads BFD data,
"FCS data" reads the block copy data created by FCS, "sample part" registers the presentation form, and "form part" cuts out only the necessary parts in the form and registers as parts. The registered form parts are read and combined with the data currently being edited.

[0042]

As described above, according to the present invention,
(EN) Provided are a color separation processing method and a form design system capable of significantly improving the load of color separation work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus for carrying out a color separation processing method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of color separation processing.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing process in a main plate setting processing routine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a color attribute setting screen for setting color attributes.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing process in an area designation processing routine.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an inclusion relationship between a designated area and a figure.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing process in an individual color separation processing routine.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an integrated system that connects a main business office and a remote business office, including the form design system of the present invention and its peripheral devices.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of a main routine of the form design system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in a form creation processing routine.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the conventional method and the method of the present invention in the case of color-dividing one graphic element in contrast.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Color separation processing device 2 LAN 3,23 Data store system 4 Input device 5 Output device 6 Storage means 7 Computing means 8 Design data 9 Color separation completed design data 10 Main plate setting processing routine 11 Area designation processing routine 12 Individual color separation processing Routine 21a, 21b BFD terminal 22 Ethernet 24 Plate making scanner 25 Film output machine 26 BFD conversion server 27 Comp output machine 28 FCS 29 Router

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[Claims] 1. A color separation processing method having a main plate setting processing step of specifying a color in an initial state for each type of graphic elements constituting design data and generating color attribute specifying data, the main plate setting processing step. Is a ruled figure color attribute specification process that specifies color attributes for ruled figures and generates color attribute specification data, and halftone figure color attribute specification that specifies color attributes for halftone figures and generates color attribute specification data. A color separation processing method comprising: a processing step; and a text color attribute specification processing step of specifying a color attribute for text and generating color attribute specification data. 2. A color-separation processing method having an area color designation processing step of designating a color attribute for a graphic element included in a designated area and generating color attribute designation data, wherein: In the case where there is a portion including a graphic element and a portion that does not include the graphic element, the area color designation processing step is a data division processing for dividing the graphic element into a portion included in the designated area and a portion not included in the designated area. And a region color attribute changing process of changing a color attribute of a portion included in the designated region to generate color attribute designation data. 3. A color-separation processing method having an individual color designation processing step of designating a color attribute for a designated graphic element and generating color attribute designation data, wherein the individual color designation processing step is designated. Individual color attribute change process of specifying color attribute for graphic element and changing color attribute specification data, and displaying the color attribute for the specified graphic element in the color attribute specification window and referring to it Color attribute reference change process for specifying attributes and changing color attribute specification data, and color attribute data for changing the color attribute specification data for the specified graphic element by setting the data in the color table. A color separation processing method, characterized in that it is a setting processing process or a selected process. 4. A main plate setting process for generating color attribute designation data by designating an initial color for each type of graphic elements constituting design data, and assigning color attributes to graphic elements included in the designated area. Color separation characterized by consisting of an area color specification process that generates specified color attribute specification data and an individual color specification process that specifies color attributes for specified graphic elements and generates color attribute specification data Processing method. 5. A form design system having color separation processing means, wherein the color separation processing means includes a main plate setting processing means, a region color designation processing means, and an individual color designation processing means. The main plate setting processing unit specifies color in the initial state for each type of graphic element constituting the design data to generate color attribute specifying data, and the area color specifying processing unit sets the graphic element included in the specified area. A form design system, wherein a color attribute is designated to generate color attribute designation data, and the individual color designation processing means designates a color attribute to the designated graphic element to generate color attribute designation data.