JPH08300603A - Block copy forming device and screen tint original plate forming system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To save the labor for asigning color and region at the editing for platemaking by a method wherein character data and figure data are inputted together with color information and picture processing is performed under the condition that the color information is extracted. CONSTITUTION: At a block copy editing part 11, color information is set at every character data and every figure data. A raster color region extracting part 13, at each region of respective data, in which the color information is set, extracts the arrangement region information for indicating arrangement region and the color information corresponding to the arrangement region. A character and figure image converting part 14 extracts only character data and figure data so as to make a block copy layout sheet 30. An editing machine for platemaking 20 outputs screen tint original plate 40, which is produced by tint-laying the region indicated by the arrangement region information of the image data and then printing the tint-laid image data on film materials in every color by being inputted with the character data and figure data inputted through the block copy layout sheet 30, the arrangement region information and color information outputted from the raster color region extracting part 13 and the output from a vector color figure extracting part 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a block making device for producing a color-separating film original plate (hereinafter referred to as a plain net original plate) showing a plain net part having a constant color and density in a printed matter, and a plain net original plate making. In particular, the present invention relates to a system, in which character data and graphic data are input together with color information, and the color information is extracted and subjected to image processing, thereby making it possible to omit the trouble of color designation and area designation during platemaking editing. And the solid mesh original printing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in the field of producing printed materials such as leaflets and catalogs, a block making device for making a block based on character data and graphic data, and a color designation for an image shown in this block 2. Description of the Related Art A solid-mesh original plate creating system including a plate-making / editing device for making a solid-mesh original plate for printing is widely used.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view for explaining this type of plain net master plate making system. Now, in the block making device, character data and graphic data are input by an operator's operation, and the block information is created based on these character data and graphic data, and as shown in FIG. Output the block copy information on the block copy mount. Here, as the input method of the graphic data, for example, CAD input or image input is used in which the position of the center point and the radius are specified in the case of a perfect circle, and the positions of two diagonal vertices are specified in the case of a rectangle. It is possible.

An image is input to the master block mount by a plate making / editing device, and character data and graphic data are image-developed and displayed on the screen. Further, in the plate making / editing apparatus, color information is designated in a character area, a graphic area, and a desired area on the screen by an operator's operation.

For example, when color information is designated in a character area, a rectangle of a desired size is displayed so that it can be moved by an operator's operation, as shown in FIG. Color information is specified for the characters enclosed by and adjacent to.

Similarly, the color information is designated for the character area, the graphic area, and the desired area, whereby the designation of the color information for each of these areas is completed. After that, the plate making / editing apparatus, as shown in FIG.
A solid halftone original for printing is output for each color of (magenta), C (cyan), and K (black).

[0007]

However, in the above-described solid mesh original printing system, character data and graphic data are input by the block making device, and character and graphic areas are designated by the plate making editing device. Since color information is designated for this designated area, it takes a lot of time and effort to create a blank net film original plate, and there is a problem that working efficiency is reduced.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances. Character data and graphic data are input together with color information,
By extracting this color information and performing image processing, it is possible to save the trouble of color designation and area designation during plate making editing, and to provide a block making device and a solid mesh original making system that can improve work efficiency. With the goal.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An invention corresponding to claim 1 is to input a character data and a graphic data, and to create a block copy based on the block copy information consisting of the character data and the graphic data. In the above, in the color information setting means capable of setting color information for each of the character data and the graphic data, and for each data for which color information is set by the color information setting means, an arrangement area for each data is defined. For each of these layout areas, layout area information indicating the layout area and color information corresponding to the layout area are extracted, color information output means for outputting the extraction result, character data in the block copy information, and A block copy creation including graphic data and a block copy information output means for outputting only the character data and the graphic data out of the color information set by the color information setting means for each of these data It is the location.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the solid network original printing system using the block making device according to the first aspect, the character data and the graphic data output by the block information output means are stored. Image data creating means for expanding the image to create image data, the image data based on the image data created by the image data creating means and the arrangement area information and the color information output by the color information outputting means. Image processing means for shading the area indicated by the arrangement area information based on the corresponding color information, and image data output means for outputting the image data subjected to the shading processing by the image processing means. It is a solid mesh original printing system.

[0011]

Therefore, according to the invention corresponding to claim 1, the color information setting means sets the color information for each of the character data and the graphic data by taking the above-mentioned means.
In the color information output means, for each data for which the color information is set by the color information setting means, the arrangement area of each data is obtained, and the arrangement area information indicating the arrangement area and the arrangement area for each of the arrangement areas. The color information corresponding to the color information is extracted and the extraction result is output. In the artwork information output means, character data and graphic data in the artwork information and the color information set by the color information setting means for each of these data are output. Of these, only the character data and graphic data is output.Therefore, by inputting the character data and graphic data together with the color information, and extracting this color information and processing the image, it is necessary to specify the color and area during platemaking editing. Can be omitted, and thus improvement in work efficiency can be expected.

Further, in the invention corresponding to claim 2, in the image data creating means, the character data and the graphic data output by the block information output means are image-developed to create image data, and in the image processing means, Based on the image data created by the image data creating means and the layout area information and color information output by the color information output means, the area indicated by the layout area information of the image data is meshed based on the corresponding color information. Since the image data output means outputs the image data subjected to the screen processing by the image processing means, in addition to the same operation as the operation corresponding to claim 1, the color designation and the area at the time of plate making editing are performed. It is possible to improve the work efficiency by omitting the trouble of designating.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a solid network original printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This plain net original making system includes a block making device 10 and a plate making / editing device 20.

Here, the block making device 10 comprises a block editing section 11, a vector color figure extracting section 12, a raster color area extracting section 13 and a character figure image converting section 14. When the character code, the color character data, the vector color graphic data, and the raster color graphic data are set in correspondence with the file name by the operator's input operation, the block copy editing unit 11 sets the file name to the plate making editing apparatus 20. On the other hand, it has a function of giving these character codes, color character data, vector color graphic data, and raster color graphic data to the vector color graphic extraction unit 12. The color character data is composed of character information and color information, and the vector color figure is composed of CAD data and color information. Here, the color information indicates the density in the flat halftone area and is set for each color of Y, M, C, and K. The raster color graphic data is composed of image data and color information.

The vector color figure extraction unit 12 selects, from among the character codes and each data taken in by the block copy editing unit 11,
The vector color graphic data is extracted and given to the plate-making / editing device 20, and the remaining extracted character code, color character data, and raster color graphic data are given to the raster color area extraction unit 13.

The raster color area extraction unit 13 is based on the character code, the color character data and the raster color graphic data given from the vector color graphic extraction unit 12, and is arranged with the color character data and the raster color graphic data. Of the color character data and the arrangement area information, and the color information of the raster color figure data and the arrangement area information to the plate making / editing apparatus 20, and the remaining character code , And has a function of giving character information of color character data and image data of raster color graphic data to the character graphic image conversion unit 14.

The character / graphics image conversion unit 14 has a function of converting a font designating the shape and size of a character (Mincho, Gothic, etc.) and the shape and size of a graphic. The character code received from the color area extraction unit 13, the character information of the color character data, and the font of the image data of the raster color graphic data are converted based on the operation of the operator, and the character code of the converted font and the color character data are converted. The image data of the character information and the raster color graphic data is output to the blockboard 30.

The blockboard 30 is composed of characters represented by the character code output from the character / graphic image conversion unit 14, characters represented by character information of color character data, and image data of raster color graphic data. The figure shown is printed, and these characters and figures can be read by the plate making / editing device 20.

The plate-making / editing device 20 performs the following processing in correspondence with the file name received from the block-printing editing section 11. Specifically, the characters and images captured by image-printing the block-printing board 30 and Based on the image data and the arrangement area information and the color information provided from the raster color area extracting unit 13, the area indicated by the arrangement area information of the image data is determined based on the image data and the image data. And a function of performing a shading process based on the color information, and based on the vector color graphic data given from the vector color graphic extraction unit 12, CAD data of the vector color graphic data is meshed by the color information of the vector color graphic data. The image data and CA which have the function of performing the cover-up processing, and which are subjected to the cover-up processing.
It has a function of printing the D data for each color of Y, M, C, K on a predetermined film material and outputting the solid mesh original plate 40 for each of the colors of Y, M, C, K.

Next, the operation of such a plain net original making system will be described. Now, in the block-making device 10, the block-editing section 11 is operated by an operator to operate as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a), the character code A, the color character data B,
When the vector color graphic data C and the raster color graphic data D are set and displayed on the screen and the save command is input, the settings of the respective data A to D are confirmed and the character code A, the color character data B, The vector color graphic data C and the raster color graphic data D are given to the vector color graphic extraction unit 12.

The vector color graphic extraction section 12 extracts the CAD data shown in FIG. 2 (b) and the vector color graphic data C consisting of the color information from the character code A and the respective data B to D for plate making and editing. The remaining character code A, the color character data B, and the raster color graphic data D are given to the device 20 and given to the raster color area extraction unit 13.

The raster color area extraction unit 13 receives the given character code A, color character data B and raster color graphic data D.
As shown in FIG. 2C, the color character data B
And the raster color graphic data D layout area are extracted, and the color information of the color character data B and the layout area information, the raster color graphic data D color information and the layout area information are sent to the plate making editing apparatus 20. give.

Further, the raster color area extracting section 13 is provided with
As shown in (d), the remaining character code A, the character information of the color character data B, and the image data of the raster color graphic data D are supplied to the character graphic image conversion unit 14.

The character / graphic image conversion unit 14 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (e), the font of the character code A, the character information of the color character data B and the image data of the raster color graphic data D received from the raster color area extraction unit 13 is converted based on the operation of the operator, Thereafter, the character code A, the character information of the color character data B, and the image data of the raster color graphic data D in the converted font are printed out on the block board 30.

Next, the plate-making / editing apparatus 20 takes in characters and figures read by image-inputting the block-printing board 30 as image data by an operator's operation, and develops the image to create image data. Further, the plate making editing device 20 takes in the vector color graphic data C from the vector color graphic extraction unit 12.

As a result, in the plate making / editing apparatus 20, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (f), the characters and figures on the blockboard 30,
The instruction of the CAD data in the vector color graphic data 12 and the arrangement area of the color character data B and the raster color graphic data D is completed.

Subsequently, the plate-making / editing apparatus 20 uses the image data created by the image development and the raster color area extraction unit 1
Based on the arrangement area information and the color information given from No. 3, the area indicated by the arrangement area information of the image data is screened based on the corresponding color information.

Further, the plate making / editing apparatus 20 uses the color data of the vector color graphic data B to convert the CAD data of the vector color graphic data B based on the vector color graphic data B supplied from the vector color graphic extraction unit 12. Treat with a net.

After that, the plate-making / editing apparatus 20, as shown in FIG.
The AD data is printed on a predetermined film material for each color of Y, M, C, and K, and the plain net original plate 40 is output.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the block making device 10, the color information can be set in the character information, the CAD data and the image data, and the character code A, the color character data B, and the vector color graphic data are set. C and the raster color graphic data D are input, the raster color area extraction unit 13 obtains the arrangement areas of the respective data B, D for the respective data A, B, D for which the color information is set, and the respective arrangements are performed. The layout area information indicating the layout area and the color information corresponding to the layout area are extracted for each area and the extraction result is output, and the character / graphic image conversion unit 14 outputs the character code A, the color character data B, and the vector color. Of the graphic data C and the raster color graphic data D, only the character code A, the character information in the color character data B, and the image data in the raster color graphic data D are output. By inputting the flat screen data together with the color information and extracting this color information to enable image processing, the labor of color designation and area designation during plate making editing can be saved, thus improving the work efficiency. Can be expected.

Further, according to this embodiment, the plate making / editing apparatus 2
In 0, the character data and the graphic data image-input from the master block mount 30 are image-developed to create image data, and based on the image data and the layout area information and the color information output from the master block creating device 10. , The area indicated by the arrangement area information of the image data is subjected to halftone processing based on the corresponding color information, and the halftone processed image data is output. By inputting together with this, and extracting this color information and performing image processing, the labor of color designation and area designation at the time of plate making editing can be omitted, and thus work efficiency can be improved.

In the above embodiment, the character / graphics image conversion unit 14 prints out data such as character codes on the blockboard 30, and the plate making / editing device 20 inputs the characters and figures on the blockboard 30 as an image. I explained about the case,
Not limited to this, even if the character / graphic image conversion unit 14 provides the platemaking / editing apparatus 20 with data such as the character code A, the same effects can be obtained by implementing the present invention in the same manner.
It is possible to omit the trouble of inputting an image of the blockboard 30 to the platemaking editing device 20. In addition, the present invention can be modified in various ways without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0033]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, the color information setting means sets the color information for each of the character data and the graphic data, and the color information output means sets the color information.
With respect to each data for which color information is set by the color information setting means, an arrangement area of each data is obtained, and arrangement area information indicating the arrangement area and color information corresponding to the arrangement area are obtained for each of the arrangement areas. And output the extraction result,
The artwork information output means outputs only the character data and the graphics data out of the character data and the graphics data in the artwork information and the color information set by the color information setting means for each of these data. Also, by inputting graphic data together with color information and extracting this color information and performing image processing, it is possible to save the trouble of color designation and area designation during plate making editing, and thus to improve the work efficiency. It is possible to provide a lower preparation device.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the image data creating means creates the image data by developing the image of the character data and the graphic data outputted by the block copy information outputting means, and the image processing means, Based on the image data created by the image data creating means and the layout area information and color information output by the color information output means, the area indicated by the layout area information of the image data is meshed based on the corresponding color information. Since the image data output means outputs the image data subjected to the halftone processing by the image processing means, in addition to the effect similar to that of claim 1, the trouble of designating the color and the area at the time of plate making editing is saved. Therefore, it is possible to provide a solid mesh original printing system that can be omitted and thereby improve work efficiency.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a solid mesh original printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of data for explaining the operation in the same embodiment,

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of data for explaining the operation in the same example;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of data for explaining the operation in the same example;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram for explaining a conventional solid mesh original printing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Block making device, 11 ... Block editing part, 12 ... Vector color figure extraction part, 13 ... Raster color area extraction part, 14 ... Character figure image extraction part, 20 ... Plate making editing device, 30 ... Block mount, 40 ... Plain mesh original plate.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Character data and graphic data are input,
In a block making device that creates a block based on block information composed of the character data and the graphic data, color information setting means capable of setting color information for each of the character data and the graphic data, For each piece of data for which color information has been set by the color information setting means, an arrangement area of each piece of data is obtained, and arrangement area information indicating the arrangement area and color information corresponding to the arrangement area are obtained for each of the arrangement areas. Color information output means for extracting and outputting the extraction result, character data and graphic data in the block copy information, and among the color information set by the color information setting means for each of these data, the character data and An artwork copy creating apparatus comprising: an artwork copy information output means for outputting only graphic data. 2. A solid halftone printing plate making system using the block making device according to claim 1, wherein the character data and the graphic data output by the printing block information output means are image-developed to create image data. It is indicated by the arrangement area information of the image data based on the image data creating means, the image data created by the image data creating means, and the arrangement area information and the color information output by the color information output means. A solid halftone original printing plate characterized by comprising image processing means for carrying out a halftone pattern processing on an area based on corresponding color information, and image data output means for outputting image data subjected to the halftone pattern processing by the image processing means. Creation system.