JPH10250029A - Plate-making system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plate-making system not causing an error in sticking of an image and character information at the time of plate-making. SOLUTION: Using a soft-ware for writing watermarks, an operator embeds the watermark in image data and stores them in a magneto-optic disk 11. The operator reads out an image 61 having the watermarks embedded therein and stored in the magnet-optic disk 11 and characters such as a commodity code and a dealer code or graphic information which are made to be watermarks, and lays out the image, the characters or the graphics being read, at desired positions. Lastly, the operator prints a laid-out page by an output device 31. Herein the watermarks are binary data showing the characters or the graphics embedded in the image and they are not displayed in the case when the image is displayed ordinarily. When a specific software is used, however, the characters or the graphics are displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plate making system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional plate making system, when printing a product catalog or the like that requires an image and character information to be added to the image, the image is first pasted on a page, and then based on an instruction or the like. The layout is performed by pasting the character information to be added to the image.

[0003]

As described above, in the conventional case, the image and the character information to be added to the image are pasted on the page by using an instruction or the like. Pasting mistake was easy to happen.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a plate making system in which images and character information are not mistakenly attached at the time of plate making.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a method for embedding image data for plate making by embedding binary data representing characters and / or graphics which are not displayed in a normal display state. A plate making system that reads the binary data from the image data.

In the present invention, binary data representing characters and / or graphics which are not displayed in a normal display state is embedded in image data for plate making, and when plate making is performed using the image data, binary data is converted from the image data. Read.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a WaterMark embedding device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This WaterMark embedding system 1
Comprises a keyboard 3, a mouse 5, a computer main body 7, a display device 9, a magneto-optical disk 11, and the like.

The keyboard 3 inputs a WaterMark (watermark) or the like. Here WaterMa
rk is binary data representing characters and figures embedded in an image, and is not displayed when an image is normally displayed, but is displayed when special software is used. Also WaterMa
The binary data representing a character or graphic input as rk includes a product code, a trader code, a product specification, a product name bar code, and the like. The mouse 5 gives various instructions to the computer body 7. The computer body 7
Embed WaterMark in image data,
The image data in which the rMark is embedded is stored on the magneto-optical disk 11.

FIG. 2 is a basic configuration diagram of a layout device 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Layout device 21
Are the magneto-optical disk 11, keyboard 23, mouse 2
5, computer main body 27, display device 29, output device 3
Consists of 1 mag. The mouse 25 gives various input commands to the computer main body 27. The computer main body 27 inputs the image data embedded with the WaterMark stored in the magneto-optical disk 11 and performs processing such as reading the image data embedded with the WaterMark. The display device 29 performs display. The output device 31 prints the laid-out page 71, for example.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing of the WaterMark embedding device 1 of the present embodiment. First, the operator causes the display device 9 to display the original image. The original image is an image read by a scanner (not shown) or the like, and FIG. Then W
Launch the software for writing afterMark, and write character information such as product code and trader code from the keyboard 3 to Wa.
When input as terMark, the computer body 7
Embeds WaterMark character information in image data (step 301). In addition, the graphic information
It may be input as rMark.

FIG. 6 shows an original image 5 in step 301.
WaterMar with WaterMark embedded in 1
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a k-embedded image 61. Original image 5
1 and the WaterMark embedded image 61 both indicate a desk. Since the WaterMark is not displayed on the display device 9, the WaterMark embedded image 61 and the original image 51 have the same appearance. Next, the operator gives an instruction to the computer body 7 to save the image data in which the WaterMark character or graphic information is embedded in the magneto-optical disk 11, and the computer body 7 converts the image data in which the WaterMark is embedded into the image data. The data is stored in the magneto-optical disk 11 (step 30).
2).

FIG. 4 shows a layout apparatus 2 according to this embodiment.
6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the operator performed using No. 1. First, the computer main body 27 reads the image data embedded with the WaterMark stored in the magneto-optical disk 11 and displays the WaterMark embedded image 61 on the display device 29 (step 40).
1). At this time, the image is displayed but WaterMark
Is not displayed.

Next, the operator operates the WaterMark.
The detection software is started up, and characters and graphic information such as a WaterMark product code and a trader code are read and displayed on the display device 29 (step 402). At this stage, the operator can know the product name and the like of this image. Next, the operator uses the mouse 25 to
The atMark embedded image 61 and the read characters and figures are laid out at desired positions (step 40).
3). Finally, the operator prints the laid-out page created in step 403 with the output device 31 (step 404).

FIG. 7 is a view showing a laid-out page 71 displayed on the display device 29 in step 403, for example, one page of a catalog magazine such as office supplies. The image 72a is the same image as the WaterMark embedded image 61, and the character information 73a is
It is read from the rMark embedded image 61 and represents a product code or a trader code.
Image 72b shows a chair. In the case of the image 72b, as in the case of the image 72a, the character information 73b is
This is read from the erMark embedded image, and represents a product code or a trader code. When the page 71 laid out by the output device 31 is printed, the character information 73 may be printed as it is.
In some cases, the character information 73 is used only for checking the title or the like of the image 72 and is not printed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, characters and figures are embedded in the original image 51, and characters and figures are not normally displayed, and characters and figures are read out only when necessary. It is possible to prevent characters and figures from being erroneously pasted. Note that the WaterMark embedding device 1 and the layout device 21 may be connected by a communication line such as ISDN to transmit and receive the image data in which the WaterMark is embedded by communication.

[0016]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a plate making system in which images, characters and figures are not mistakenly attached at the time of plate making.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a WaterMark embedding device 1;

FIG. 2 is a basic configuration diagram of a layout device 21;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing of the WaterMark embedding device 1 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an operation performed by an operator using the layout device 21 of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an original image 51.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a WaterMark embedded image 61;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a laid-out page 71;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... WaterMark embedding device 3, 23 ... Keyboard 5, 25 ... Mouse 7, 27 ... Computer main body 9, 29 ... Display device 11 ... Magneto-optical disk 21 ... Layout device 51: Original image 61: WaterMark embedded image 71: Layout page 72: Image 73: Character information

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of embedding binary data representing characters and / or graphics which are not displayed in a normal display state into the image data for plate making, and performing plate making using said image data. A plate making system characterized by reading. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the binary data is WaterM.
The plate making system according to claim 1, wherein the plate making system is an ark. 3. The plate making system according to claim 1, wherein, when performing the layout, the binary data is read from the image data. 4. The plate making system according to claim 1, wherein the read binary data is added to an image and printed.