JPH0939199A - Registering mark printing device, document processing device and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it feasible to set a position for a registering mark and improve the ease of operation by storing information on a sheet size after cutting in memory and printing the registering mark drawn by matching reference points stored in the outer edge of the designated sheet size. SOLUTION: The main control part 51 of a work station 1 prepares a document and a figure, edits a registering mark, records a program for controlling the editing of the registering mark in a flexible disc 56, and is read into control memory from a flexible drive 55 through an I/O control part 53. In addition, data on the figure of the registering mark drawn using software for preparing the figure and the reference point of the registering mark are stored in memory. Further, information on a referential registering mark, data on the shape and the reference point is recorded in a database 54 for the registering mark, and information on the size of sheets and their dimensional details is recorded in a size data base 54. Besides, the reference points entered in the outer edge of the sheet size designated, after cutting, using a keyboard 22, are matched, and the drawn registering mark is displayed on CRT 20 and printed out. Consequently, the registering mark can be automatically printed out and the ease of operation of the registering mark printing device improved.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a register mark printing apparatus for printing a register mark used for indicating a position where a printed matter is cut, a document processing apparatus, and a recording medium recording a computer program necessary for realizing these. Is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Marks used to indicate the position where a printed material is cut and used for aligning overprints are called register marks. There are two types of register marks, a corner register mark and a center register mark. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a register mark. An outer edge 3a of the figure shows a sheet at the time of printing, and the size of a document editing area 4 including a document area 2 on which modules, figures, etc. are to be printed and a margin area 3 around the document area is the Paper size. The corner register marks 6 are marks used outside the four corners of the document editing area 4, and the center register marks 7 are marks used outside the center of each side of the document editing area 4.

FIG. 6 shows an example of left and right symmetrical register marks printed at the upper left corner and the upper right corner, and a center register mark printed at the center of the two corner register marks, and a part thereof will be described.

The corner dragonfly of T1 is in the shape of a key, and the center dragonfly is in the shape of a potted pig. When cutting according to these dragonflies, it is a rule to make the dragonfly coincide with the cutting position. The reference point of the corner register mark is a corner portion, and printing is performed so as to match this with the corner of the paper size after cutting. The center point of the center register mark is orthogonal 2
It is the intersection of straight lines, and similarly, printing is performed so that this reference point is aligned with the center of the upper side of the paper size after cutting.

T3 does not use a corner register mark, but defines only a cross-shaped center register mark. When cutting according to this register mark, the cutting position has a rule of leaving a space of 3 mm from the intersection of the cross.

T5 is a combination of a corner register mark and a cross-shaped center register mark in which two keys having unequal length sides are arranged so as to intersect with each other on the longer side. When cutting according to these register marks, cutting is performed. As for the position, it is a rule to open a space of 3 mm from the intersection of each register mark. At T3 and T5, the reference points of the register marks are not the above-mentioned intersections, but the reference point is a position 3 mm away from the intersections.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus with register mark printing function realized by software SMI / EDIAN Ver. 2.5 sold by the applicant of the present application. 11 in the figure
Is a main control unit to which a keyboard 22 and a mouse 23 are connected. It is connected to the document memory 12 for storing the document data created by the document creating function using the keyboard 22, the graphic memory 13 for storing the graphic data created by the graphic creating function for using the mouse 23, and the register mark memory 14. The register mark memory 14 stores the register mark shape data. The main controller 11 is also connected to the external storage device 16 via the I / O controller 15. A size database having information on the paper size of the printed matter after cutting and a register mark database in which a plurality of register marks and their reference points and an index for designating each register mark are combined are stored in advance.

A printer 18 and an image setter 19 as output devices for printing document data, graphic data, and register marks are connected to an I / O control unit 15 via a network 17. Further display document data and graphic data
The CRT 20 is connected to the main control unit 11 via the display control unit 21.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a register mark editing processing procedure for determining and printing a register mark and its print position in the main control section 11. First, the paper size after printing is specified. Then, the control unit 11 selects the information of the designated paper size from the size database stored in the external storage device 16 and stores it in the register mark memory 14 (S31). When selecting and using a register mark prepared in advance from the register mark database, next, input the register mark index corresponding to the desired register mark (S32, S33). Then, the register mark database of the external storage device 16 is accessed, the shape data of the specified register mark and its reference point are detected, and this is registered in the register mark memory.
It is stored in 14 (S34).

When the operator instructs the screen output using the keyboard 22 (S38, S39), the document data in the document memory 12 and the graphic data in the graphic memory 13 within the specified paper size after cutting are displayed. Display on CRT 20 (S40). At this time, the register marks located outside the range of the paper size are not displayed, so the operator cannot visually recognize the register marks and the print position.

When an output device is designated as the output destination in S38 and S39, the I / O control unit 15 and the network 17
The document data of the document memory 12, the graphic data of the graphic memory 13 and the register marks of the register mark memory 14 are output to the printer 18 or the imagesetter 19 via the printer (S41) and printed. At this time, the registration marks are printed so that their reference points coincide with the outer edge of the paper size.

In this apparatus, the operator can output the graphic data drawn by using the graphic creating function as a register mark. Since the figure creation function draws in the document editing area 4, the display area of the CRT 20 of the document editing area 4 is made small in order to secure the area for drawing the registration marks (S35). Using the figure creation function in this way, the operator creates a substitute figure for the registration mark in the peripheral drawing area and sets this print position manually.
(S36), which is stored in the graphic memory 13 (S37). Then, a predetermined operation is performed to instruct output of edited data (S38).
. After that, the processing is moved to S39, and the graphic data created by using the graphic creation function is output as a substitute for the register mark.

As described above, an operator can use a register mark having a desired shape by drawing a register mark by using the graphic forming function and outputting the register mark. Since the register marks can be output on the screen, it is possible to confirm the shape and print position on the screen during document editing.

[0014]

As described above, in order to output and print the register mark having the desired shape by the conventional apparatus by the operator, it suffices to perform drawing by using the figure creating function. In this case, the operator prints this figure. Since it is necessary to set the position manually, it is difficult to set the correct position for the document editing area 4 on the screen.
Since this position defines the cutting position, its setting is extremely important. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, in which a reference point is set on a register mark drawn by an operator, a reference point of the register mark is aligned with an outer edge of a designated paper size, and a printing position is set. An object of the present invention is to provide a register mark printing apparatus that facilitates the setting of the position of a register mark that is drawn by printing, a document processing apparatus including the register mark, and a recording medium that records a program necessary for constructing both apparatuses.

[0015]

A register mark printing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is a register mark printer that prints a register mark having a position indicated by a reference point as a mark for cutting a printed matter, and provides information on a paper size after cutting. Multiple stored means, registration mark drawing means, means for inputting the reference point of the drawn registration marks, means for specifying the paper size after cutting, and reference points input to the outer edge of the specified paper size And a means for printing the register marks that are aligned and printed.

A register mark printer according to a second aspect of the present invention is a register mark printer that prints a register mark having a position indicated by the reference point as a mark for cutting a printed material, and stores a plurality of pieces of paper size information after cutting. And the drawing means of the dragonfly,
Means for inputting a reference point of the registered registration mark, means for storing a plurality of registration marks and reference points input corresponding to the registration marks, and means for selecting one registration mark from the registration marks stored in the means The present invention is characterized by including means for designating the paper size after cutting and means for printing the selected registration mark by aligning the reference points of the selected registration marks with the outer edge of the specified paper size.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing apparatus.
Alternatively, the register mark printing apparatus described in 2 is provided.

In the recording medium according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a step of drawing a register mark on a recording medium in which a computer program for printing a register mark whose position indicating the reference point is a mark for cutting the printed matter is recorded. , And the step of inputting the reference points of the registered registration marks, the step of specifying the paper size after cutting, and the registration marks printed by aligning the reference points input to the outer edge of the specified paper size. And a computer program including steps are recorded.

In the recording medium according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a step of drawing a register mark on a recording medium in which a computer program for printing a register mark whose position indicating the reference point is a mark for cutting the printed matter is recorded. , The step of inputting the reference point of the registered register mark, the step of storing the registered register mark and the reference point input corresponding to it, the step of specifying the paper size after cutting are stored, A computer program is recorded including a step of selecting one of a plurality of registration marks, and a step of printing the registration marks by aligning a reference point of the selected registration marks with an outer edge of a specified paper size. Is characterized by.

The recording medium of the fourth and fifth inventions is such that by loading the recorded contents into a personal computer or a workstation,
The workstation can be the register mark printing apparatus or the document processing apparatus of the first to third inventions.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings showing an embodiment. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to the present invention, which includes a workstation 1, a hard disk 54 as an external storage device thereof, a printer 18 for simple output, and an image setter for formal output.
It consists of 19 mag.

The main control unit 51 of the workstation 1, which is composed of a CPU (not shown) and the like, is used to create and edit documents and figures, and to edit the registration marks according to the present invention. It is connected. The control program for register mark editing is recorded on the flexible disk 56.
It is read into the control memory (not shown) via the I / O control unit 53. This control program may be stored in the hard disk 54.

The document memory 12 stores the created and edited document, and the graphic memory stores the created and edited graphic. The graphic memory is a grid coordinate memory. The document creation function and the drawing function may be performed by appropriate document creation and drawing software. The registration mark memory 14 stores the registration mark graphic data created by the graphics creation software and its reference points. This graphic data recording area is also a grid coordinate memory. The other 21 is a display control unit, and 20 is a CRT that displays a signal output from the display control unit 21.

In this embodiment, the hard disk 54 has a register mark database 54a in which standard register mark shape data and reference point information thereof are recorded, and a size database 54b in which a plurality of paper sizes and their size information are recorded. It has and. Information on the newly created registration marks and their reference points will be added to this registration mark database 54a.

Next, the control contents of the main control section 51 will be described with reference to the flowchart. As shown in FIG. 2, first, the paper size after cutting is designated by the keyboard 22 (S61). This is done by selecting from the ones recorded in the size database 54b. The size information of the set paper size is stored in an appropriate memory.

Next, whether to use the register mark stored in the register mark database 54a or to create a new register mark is selected by the keyboard 22 or the mouse 23 (S62). In the case of register mark selection, a register mark is selected from the register mark database 54a as in the conventional case (S64), and this is stored in the register mark memory 14 together with its reference point (S65). In this case, the registration mark is selected by the keyboard 22 or the mouse 23. Next, when the output is instructed (S66, S67), the image is displayed on the CRT (S6
8) Alternatively, the printer 18 and the imagesetter 19 perform printing (S69). The display on the CRT 20 is only the contents of the document memory 12 and the graphic memory 13, and the registration marks are not displayed. On the other hand, for printing, the contents of the register mark memory 14 are also printed.

FIG. 5 shows the relationship between the paper size and the register mark printing position when the T2 register mark is selected. In the figure, 3a is the paper size at the time of cutting, 3 is the paper size after cutting (that is, the paper size for printing), and 2 is the area where the document is printed. The paper size set in the size database 54b (A4
Dimension information is included for A3 etc.). The selected registration mark 6 is printed so that its reference point (3 mm vertically and horizontally from the intersection of both keys) matches the specified corner of the paper. The center register mark 7 has a reference point at a position of 3 mm in the extension direction from the intersection, and is printed so as to coincide with each of the four sides of the paper.

Next, a routine for creating a register mark (S6
3) will be described with reference to FIG. First, the registration marks are drawn using the drawing function (S71). FIG. 4 shows a display screen on the CRT 20 in this case. Generally, a straight line drawing function may be used, but an appropriate drawing tool may be used to draw a special register mark. Rectangle can also be used as standard as in FIG. A known graph paper process is performed for drawing. When drawing is completed (S72), move the mouse over the area 86 where the reference point is specified.
Double-click at 23 to enter the mode to specify the reference point (S73). Then, when the reference point is designated as indicated by a cross mark, the registration mark name is input in the area 85. This is an index when registered in the dragonfly database 84a.

Then, the shape data of the registration mark created by double-clicking each display area for registering and executing the registration mark and the position information of the reference point are stored in the registration mark database 84a together with the registration mark name (S74, S75). In this case, it is assumed that the graphic that has been input in FIG. 2 and has just been stored in the register mark database 84a has been selected (S64), and the same printing process as described above is performed. In this case, it goes without saying that the reference point input in S73 is printed so as to match the outer edge of the selected paper. Then, the registration mark once created can be easily used afterwards by taking it out from the registration mark database 54a.

[0030]

In the case of the present invention as described above, the reference point is designated for the registered registration mark, and at the time of this designation reference, it is automatically aligned with the outer edge of the paper at the time of cutting and automatically printed. The operability is remarkably improved compared to the conventional device, in which the position of the registration mark itself must be accurately determined on the CRT screen.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a document processing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a registration mark printing procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a register mark editing processing procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen of the document processing apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a register mark.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a shape of a register mark.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a conventional document processing apparatus with register mark printing function.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of conventional register mark printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 14 Registration mark memory 18 Printer 19 Imagesetter 51 Main controller 54 Hard disk 54a Registration mark database 54b Size database 55 Flexible disk drive 56 Flexible disk

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A register mark printing apparatus for printing a register mark having a position indicated by the reference point as a mark for cutting a printed matter, a means for storing a plurality of pieces of information of the paper size after cutting, and a register mark drawing means, It is provided with a means for inputting the reference points of the registered registration marks, a means for specifying the paper size after cutting, and a means for printing the registration marks that are aligned with the reference points input to the outer edge of the specified paper size. A register mark printing device characterized by. 2. A register mark printing apparatus for printing a register mark having a position indicated by the reference point as a mark for cutting a printed matter, a means for storing a plurality of pieces of information on the paper size after cutting, and a register mark drawing means, Means for inputting a reference point of the registered registration mark, means for storing a plurality of registration marks and reference points input corresponding to the registration marks, and means for selecting one registration mark from the registration marks stored in the means A registration mark printing apparatus comprising: a unit for designating a paper size after cutting; and a unit for printing a selected registration mark by aligning a reference point of the selected registration mark with an outer edge of the designated paper size. 3. A document processing apparatus, comprising the register mark printing apparatus according to claim 1. 4. A step of forming a register mark on a recording medium in which a computer program for printing a register mark whose position indicating the reference point is a mark for cutting a printed matter is recorded, and a reference of the register mark. A computer program including a step of inputting points, a step of designating a paper size after cutting, and a step of printing a registration mark formed by aligning the reference points input to the outer edge of the specified paper size. A recording medium characterized by being recorded. 5. A step of forming a register mark on a recording medium in which a computer program for printing a register mark whose position indicating the reference point is used as a mark for cutting a printed matter is recorded, and a reference mark of the register mark. The step of inputting points, the step of storing the registered registration marks and the reference points input corresponding thereto, the step of specifying the paper size after cutting, and one of the registration marks stored A recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program including a step of selecting a register mark and a step of printing the register mark by aligning a reference point of the selected register mark with an outer edge of a designated paper size.