JPH09319805A - Format overlay control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it easy to generate, manage, and correct a format overlay by calculating a print position and a direction from the size and direction of a document, moving and enlarging or reducing overlay data, according to whether or not there is an overlap with the original data, and printing the overlay data and original data on a form. SOLUTION: When a print request is made through an input device 10, an overlay control program 20 inputs the original overlay data 30 and calculates the print position and direction from the size and direction of the document. In cases where overlay data on each document kind must overlap with the original data 30, the overlap data are moved and enlarged, so as to overlap and when the overlay data nicest not overlap with the original data 30, the overlay data are moved and reduced to adjust the color print corrections, thereby generating overlay data 40. The overlay data 40 are copied to print overlay data 50 by an overlay control program 20, to mask an overlay print.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is a method for improving printing efficiency and flexibility in a system to which a printing apparatus capable of form overlay printing is connected, and is applied to all business related to form printing, particularly non-standard business such as word processor. To be done.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In conventional form overlay printing, after designing a form document, it is necessary to create overlay data such as characters and figures to be printed in overlay according to the form document. However, if you want to use common overlay data, you have to create and prepare overlay data for each form document and switch to it when printing. If the overlay data must overlap the original data, the overlay data is moved and expanded so that it overlaps. If the overlay data should not overlap the original data, the overlay data is moved and reduced, and If the printing device is a device capable of color printing, it is necessary to change the color combination so that the overlay data and the original data do not have the same color or similar colors.

[0003]

Since the above-mentioned conventional technique creates overlay data for each form type, it takes time, and if any change occurs, it is necessary to correct all overlay data.・ Each confirmation was necessary. In particular, when overlaying on a relative position such as the lower right of the paper, or when the size of overlay data is set to a relative size for each form type, the calculation load for each is high and it takes a long time. Furthermore, when printing, it is necessary to switch the overlay data depending on the form type, which causes improper printing.

[0004]

To achieve the above object, the present invention dynamically creates overlay data for each form type. To determine the form type, if there is information that can be determined on the system, prepare a flag to determine the form type if there is no such information.The form type is determined for the print request, and there is a print request. If there is no overlay data for the specified form, or if there is already overlay data but the overlay data has not been changed, the ratio between the original form type and the newly created form type is calculated and newly created. . In addition, the format name to be overlaid is fixed, and it can be changed dynamically by replacing it with the data.

A flag is prepared for each overlay to determine whether to move the original data and the overlay data so that they overlap each other or not so that the upper left and lower right position data of the original data are stored in the system. , Compare the upper left and lower right positions of the overlay data, and move the upper left and lower right positions.

If the original data cannot be entirely overlapped by moving only depending on the form type, and if the original data cannot be overlapped, the overlay data is enlarged or reduced, respectively.

In the case of an apparatus capable of color printing, the color data used in the original data is sampled according to the frequency of use, and if the same or similar color as the sampled color exists in the overlay data, it is changed to a different color. .

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A person who performs a print process does not need to create overlay data for each form because it is only necessary to specify overlay data without considering the form type and contents of the form to be printed.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a basic conceptual diagram for realizing the present invention. When a print request is issued from the input device 10, the overlay control program 20 causes the original overlay data 30
Is taken, the form paper size, the movement / enlargement so as to overlap, the movement / reduction so as not to overlap, and the color print correction are adjusted, and the overlay data 40 is created. The created overlay data 40 is copied to the print overlay data 50 by the overlay control program 20 and printed by the printing device 60 capable of overlaying.

FIG. 2 shows an example of execution in the case of printing so that they always overlap. The upper left and lower right coordinates of the original data and overlay data are saved as data in the system unit. When printing so that they always overlap, the upper left A1 (X1, Y1) of the original data is compared to the upper left A of the overlay data.
If 2 (X3, Y3) is to the right or below, A1 = A
Move the data so that it becomes 2, and lower right B1 of the original data
Lower left B2 of overlay data for (X2, Y2)
If (X4, Y4) is on the left or above, B is more than B2
It is realized by expanding in the direction of 1.

Specifically, the coordinates are calculated as follows when printing is performed so that they always overlap. 1. A2 coordinate movement method 1) When X1> = X3 and Y1> = Y3 (A2 is A1
(In the upper left corner of), A2 and B2 are unchanged. 2) If X1> = X3 and Y1 <Y3 (A2 is at the lower left of A1), move to A2 → (X3, Y1). Combined and moved to B2 → (X4, Y4 + Y3-Y1). 3) If X1 <X3 and Y1> = Y3 (A2 is at the upper right of A1), move to A2 → (X1, Y3). Move to B2 → (X4 + X3-X1, Y4) in total. 4) If X1 <X3 and Y1 <Y3 (A2 is at the lower right of A1), move to A2 → A1 (X1, Y1). Combined and moved to B2 → (X4 + X3-X1, Y4 + Y3-Y1). Here, the coordinate of A2 after movement = A2 ′ (X
3 ′, Y3 ′), coordinates of B2 after movement = B2 ′ (X
4 ', Y4'). 2. Coordinate calculation and enlargement method of B2 '1) When X2 <= X4' and Y2 <= Y4 '(B2'
Is at the bottom right of B1), but B2 'remains the same. 2) If X2 <= X4 'and Y2>Y4' (B2 'is in the upper right of B1), move to B2' → (X2, Y4 '). (Y2-Y1) / (Y4 ', Y3') times in the vertical direction. 3) If X2> X4 'and Y2 <= Y4' (B2 'is at the lower left of B1), move to B2' → (X4 ', Y2). (X2-X1) / (X4 ', X3') times in the horizontal direction. 4) When X2> X4 'and Y2>Y4' (B2 'is B
(At the upper left of 1) moves from B2 'to B1 (X2, Y2). (Y2-Y1) / (Y4'-Y3 ') times in the vertical direction,
(X2-X1) / (X4'-X3 ') times in the lateral direction. Next, an execution example in which they do not always overlap will be described with reference to FIG. In order to move the data so that they do not overlap, if the position to be moved is acquired from the system unit and overlay data is to be printed on the upper left of the form, for example, the upper left A1
For (X1, Y1), the lower right corner of the overlay data (X
4, Y4) is at the bottom, it is realized by reducing Y4 to the position of Y1, that is, the overlay data to the position of (X4, Y1). The same applies to the case where overlay data is printed on the upper right, lower left, and lower right.

Specifically, a coordinate calculation method for printing without overlapping, for example, for printing on the upper left,
Is as follows. 1. A2 coordinate movement method Moves depending on the destination position. If the destination is the upper left, and the upper left of the paper printable position is A3, then A2 → A2 ′ (X
Move to 3 ', Y3). Combined B2 → (X4 + X3-X
5, Y4 + Y3-Y5) (moved according to the movement of A2). Coordinates of A2 after movement = A2 ′ (X3 ′, Y
3 '), coordinates of B2 after movement = B2' (X4 ', Y
4 ').

2. B2 'coordinate calculation and reduction method 1) If Y1> = Y4' and X1> = X4 '(no overlap), B2' remains unchanged. 2) If Y1 <Y4 'and X1> = X4' (vertical overlap), move to B2 '→ (X4', Y1). (Y1-Y3 ') / (Y4'-Y3') times in the vertical direction. 3) If Y1> = Y4 'and X1 <X4' (overlapping in the horizontal direction), move to B2 '→ (X1, Y4'). (X1-X3 ') / (X4'-X3') times in the horizontal direction. 4) If Y1 <Y4 'and X1 <X4' (in the case of vertical and horizontal overlap), move to B2 '→ (X1, Y1). (Y1−Y3 ′) / (Y4′−Y3 ′) times in the vertical direction and (X1−X3 ′) / (X4−X3 ′) times in the horizontal direction.

FIG. 4 shows a control method in a system in which a color printing device is connected, and overlay control when the print colors of the original data and the overlay data are the same or similar colors.

When the printing device is a device capable of color printing, the frequently used colors of the original data and the overlay data are sampled, and the digitized values are provided to the system device. If the used color data 70 sampled in the original data and the used color data 80 sampled in the overlay data are all compared and the numerically converted color data are the same or similar, the color of the overlay data is changed to another color. Realized by.

The overlay control program in FIG. 1 includes the functions of FIGS. 2, 3 and 4.

The flowchart of the overlay control program operates according to FIGS.

The flow chart of FIG. 6 is a continuation of the flow chart of FIG.

Whether or not the overlay function is used is determined, and if the overlay function is not used, printing is executed (100). Even when the overlay is used, a flag is used to determine whether the enlargement / reduction is performed according to the form size or the printing is performed as it is (200). At this time, if printing is performed as it is, the standard overlay is loaded into the memory (30
0). When enlarging / reducing according to the form size, the overlay data and definition specified at the time of print request are loaded into the memory (400). Whether the overlay data loaded in memory already exists (50
0) and if it exists, it is judged whether the overlay data is the latest (600), and if it is the latest, the data is loaded into the memory (900), and if it is not the latest, the ratio of the form is calculated (700), the calculation result Overlay data is newly created based on (800), and data is created in the memory and on the disk.

Next, it is judged whether or not the print position is adjusted (1000), and when it is adjusted, it is judged whether it is adjusted so that it always overlaps (1100). When it is adjusted so that it always overlaps, the original data and overlay data are adjusted. Position is obtained from the system (1200), the moving position and the enlargement ratio are calculated (1900 to 2300) (details are shown in FIG. 2), and overlay data is created (2400) based on the ratio.

When printing without overlapping, the positions of the original data and overlay data are acquired from the system (1
3020), the moving position and the reduction ratio are calculated (1400
.About.1800) (details are shown in FIG. 2), and overlay data is created (2400) based on the ratio.

Next, it is determined whether the printing apparatus is a color printing apparatus and whether color correction is performed (250).
If the color correction is performed, the determination of the same color and the approximate color is converted to another color (2600 to 2800) (details are shown in FIG. 3). The created overlay data is saved in the system as print overlay data, and at the same time, copied (2900) as print overlay data, and the overlay data is loaded into the printer (300).
0) to execute. FIG. 7 is an example in which printing is performed so as to always overlap.

[0024]

By using the present invention, it is not necessary to create standard overlay data for each form, and the creation / management and correction of format overlay are simplified. It can be adapted to any application that uses a form overlay. Specifically, the characters and figures such as "Confidential", "(Confidential)", and "Strictly prohibited" may or may not be printed depending on the occasion, but the overlay data must be printed according to the print content. It is necessary to print so that it takes time. On the other hand, characters and figures such as "company name", "date", and "creator name" may or may not want to print depending on the time, and overlay data may not be applied to the print contents. Must not be. It is effective when used for such work.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic conceptual diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a printing position moving method (when printing is performed so that they are always overlapped).

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a print position moving method (when printing is performed so that they do not overlap each other).

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a control method in a system to which a color printing method is connected.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart (1) of an overlay control method.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an overlay control method (No. 2).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of overlay printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Input device, 20 ... Control program, 30 ... Original overlay data, 40 ... Overlay data created for each form, 50 ... Printing overlay data, 60 ... Printing device capable of overlay printing, 70 ... Original data 80. Used color sampled data, 80 ... Overlay data used color sampled data.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a system to which a printing device capable of form overlay printing is connected, the printing position and orientation of characters and figures to be overlay printed are calculated according to the size and orientation of the form, and if the overlay data does not overlap the original data. If not, move and expand the overlay data so that they overlap, and if the overlay data does not overlap with the original data, move and reduce the overlay data and copy the expanded or reduced overlay data and the original data on the same sheet. A form overlay control method characterized by printing on top. 2. When the color in the overlay data and the color in the original data have the same color or a similar color, the color of the overlay data is converted to another color. Overlay control method characterized by.