JPH10278391A - Printed matter formation managing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printed matter formation managing apparatus for facilitating acquisition of printed matter information corresponding to printed matter and instruction of a process thereafter based on it. SOLUTION: A printed matter information sheet PS1 describing a job name, bar code, address information, printing specification, check list of printed matter forming job is output to an output tray 70a and held. Thereafter, the mater PR1 is output thereon, stacked, and then printed matter information sheet PS2 corresponding to next printed matter forming job is output, stacked on the matter PR1, thereafter printed matter PR2 is output, stacked. And, the information sheet and printed matter are sequentially alternately stacked on the tray 70a. Since corresponding information sheet is disposed under the matter by the respective jobs by such outputting, the information of the matter can be easily acquired.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a printed matter production management apparatus having a plateless digital printing apparatus for performing printing without using a printing plate and managing information relating to the production of printed matter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when printing a large number of types and a small number of prints, printing has been performed by a plateless digital printing machine which does not require a printing plate. That is, various print data is converted into bitmap data in an arithmetic processing unit, input to an electronic collating unit inside a plateless digital printing press, and a collection of data of that type of printed matter (for example, as a book). After the data are collected as data, the data is output directly to a printing paper instead of a printing plate, and when output as a book, the book is bound by a bookbinding machine to complete the printed matter. Thereafter, other printed materials are printed in the same manner.

[0003]

By the way, in the printing of various kinds and the number of copies as described above, since print data of various printed materials are inputted one after another, the created printed materials are collected at the output positions. Therefore, it is difficult to obtain information for each printed material and to instruct subsequent processing based on the information. More specifically, it obtains information such as the presence or absence of offline processing for each printed material, check items of the final printed material, the destination of shipping, and instructs subsequent processing based on the information. Furthermore, jams due to mechanical errors, printing errors Instructions for reprinting for processing errors and the like have been complicated.

An object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and to provide a print product creation management apparatus which can easily obtain print product information corresponding to a print product and instruct subsequent processing based on the information. And

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a plateless digital printing apparatus that performs printing without using a printing plate, and includes information relating to creation of printed matter. And a printed matter information holding unit for holding printed matter information that is information about the printed matter, and a printed matter information sheet and printed matter including all or a part of the printed matter information, including a plateless digital printing device. , And control means for controlling the creation of the printed matter and the printed matter information sheet by the printing means. The printed matter information sheet and the corresponding printed matter are sequentially generated and stacked at a predetermined discharge location. It is characterized by being discharged alternately.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the printed matter creation management apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the printed matter information sheet includes a unique code and a print specification for a printed matter creation process. Further, bookbinding means for binding printed matter, code reading means for reading a unique code,
Is provided.

Further, the apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention is the printed matter creating and managing apparatus according to the second aspect, wherein the printed matter information sheet includes a shipping address of the printed matter and a check list of the printed result.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0009]

[1. Apparatus Arrangement in Embodiment In producing a printed matter, the printed matter production management apparatus 1 according to this embodiment outputs information on the printed matter as a printed matter information sheet and then outputs the printed matter, so that, for example, This is an apparatus that facilitates creation and management of a printed matter by enabling information on the printed matter to be easily and reliably obtained even when the printed matter is output by the same device.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an apparatus configuration in a printed matter production management apparatus 1 according to this embodiment.

The print production management device 1 is provided with a client terminal 20, a design terminal 30 and a job registration terminal 50, a plateless digital printing machine 60 and a bookbinding machine 70, which are mutually connected by the data line 5. It is connected. The combination of the plateless digital printing machine 60 and the bookbinding machine 70 corresponds to a “printing unit”.

The data line 5 is also connected to a storage processing unit 10 (corresponding to "printed information holding means" and "control means"), and the storage processing unit 10 is shared by the terminals. I have. That is, each of the terminals can store data necessary for the storage operation processing device 10, and the data can be read by each terminal. Further, the storage arithmetic processing device 10 also functions as an arithmetic device that executes, controls, manages, and the like a print creation job.

Further, a job registration terminal 50 is a terminal through which a printing / binding operator registers and deletes a print creation job of a print with the storage arithmetic processing unit 10 and inputs various information. A bar code reader 50a, which is a "code reading means" for reading a bar code specifying a print creation job printed on an information sheet, is provided.

[0014] The printed matter production management apparatus 1 configured as described above.
Then, the client, which is the orderer of the printed matter, creates a proposal of the printed matter by the client terminal 20 and stores the data in the storage operation processing device 10, and based on the created data, the designer uses the design terminal 30 to lay out the printed matter. A design such as a color scheme is created based on postscript data (PS data) and stored in the storage arithmetic processing unit 10,
Based on the design created in this way, the printing / binding operator instructs the creation of a printed matter by the job registration terminal 50, and the printed matter is output by the plateless digital printing machine 60 and the bookbinding machine 70. The output process of the printed matter will be described later in detail.

Next, the main part will be described in more detail.

This apparatus can output a printed matter in any state of a piece of paper and a book. In other words, in the case of output using a piece of paper, the printed matter created by the plateless digital printing machine 60 passes through the bookbinding machine 70 and is discharged to the output tray 70a (corresponding to the "discharge location"). When outputting as a book, the printed matter is folded or bound in a predetermined format by the bookbinding machine 70, cut, bound, and discharged to the output tray 70a.

Further, in this apparatus, a printed matter information sheet, which is a piece of paper on which information of various printed matters is displayed, is automatically created and output for each printed matter creating job of various printed matters.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a printed matter information sheet PS in the printed matter creation management device 1 of this embodiment.

The printed material information sheet PS displays the job name, barcode, shipping destination information, print specifications, and check list of the printed material creation job.

The job name is a unique name automatically generated for each print creation job.

The barcode is automatically generated by the storage arithmetic processing unit 10 as a code corresponding to each print creation job on a one-to-one basis, and is printed and bound using a barcode reader 50a provided in the job registration terminal 50. By reading by the operator, registration and end registration of the print creation job can be performed quickly and reliably.

The shipping destination information is composed of the client's company name, address, department, orderer's name, and the like.
Can save the trouble of filling in the address of the shipping destination, etc., and the printed matter can be quickly and reliably sent.

The print specification is a print instruction from the client and describes the size of printed matter, paper specifications, binding specifications, the number of copies to be printed, and the like.

The check list enumerates check items for quality control for each client, such as typographical errors, dirt, and broken paper in printed matter.

Further, this apparatus outputs such one printed matter information sheet PS immediately before executing the corresponding printed matter creation job. Then, after the print creation job is executed, the printing / binding operator issues the print information sheet P
A check is made as to whether the print result conforms to the print specifications and whether there is an error with respect to the printed matter output with reference to the print specifications and the checklist of S. This makes it possible to check the print result quickly and easily.

In addition to the check, the end of the print creation job or the registration of a new print creation job is registered in the job registration terminal 50 using the barcode reader 50a to read the barcode printed on the print information sheet PS and a keyboard (not shown). To make a print creation job.

In this apparatus, a printed matter information sheet PS
The output of the printed matter is performed as follows (see FIG. 1).

First, the printed matter information sheet PS1 is output to the output tray 70a and held. Thereafter, the printed matter PR1 corresponding to the printed matter information sheet PS1 is output thereon and stacked.

Thereafter, a printed matter information sheet PS2 corresponding to the next printed matter creating job is output and stacked on the printed matter PR1, and further, a printed matter PR2 corresponding to the printed matter information sheet PS2 is output. Stacked. Then, as the print creation job is performed, the print information sheets PS and the prints are sequentially stacked on the output tray 70a in this order.

By performing such output, a printed material information sheet corresponding to the printed material created by each printed material creating job is located below the printed material, and thus the printed materials can be easily sorted. Further, since a unique job name and a bar code are described for the print creation job in the print information sheet, it is possible to easily know which print creation job is based on the print.

[0031]

[2. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a printed matter output processing procedure of this embodiment. Hereinafter, the printed matter output processing procedure will be described with reference to a specific printed matter according to this flowchart.

First, the print / bookbinding operator inputs information on a printed material through the job registration terminal 50 (step S).
1). This input is performed for the following items. That is, ordering client information (company name, department name, orderer, shipping address, etc.), printing specifications (size of printed matter, paper specifications, binding specifications, number of copies, etc.), print data (contents to be printed) And the like based on PostScript data.

Next, the print / bookbinding operator creates a print creation job for the print (step S2).

Next, the printed matter information sheet PS is output (step S3), and subsequently, the printed matter is output (step S4).

Next, the printing / bookbinding operator determines whether the plateless digital printing machine 60 or the bookbinding machine 70 operates normally and ends normally (step S5).

If not completed, step S6
The process proceeds to step S10 if completed.

If the printing is not completed normally, the barcode of the printed matter information sheet PS is read and input (step S6).

Thus, a display for input is made on the monitor screen of the job registration terminal 50. Then, according to the display, the printing / binding operator determines the number of copies of the printed matter that has been output normally and the plateless digital printing machine 60 or the bookbinding machine 70.
The content of the mechanical error is input (step S7).

Further, the contents of the defect of the printed matter are also inputted (step S8).

Then, a printed matter creating job for re-outputting the number of copies of the failed printed matter is created (step S).
9).

Then, returning to step S2, a new printed matter information sheet PS is output, a printed matter creation job is created and executed again, and the printed matter is re-output by executing the printed matter creation job.

Conversely, if the machine has been normally terminated in the determination of step S5, the contents of the printed matter are checked with reference to the check list on the printed matter information sheet PS (step S10).

When this is completed, the printed matter information sheet PS
Is read by the barcode reader (step S11).

As a result, a display for input is made on the monitor screen of the job registration terminal 50. Then, in accordance with the display, the printing / binding operator determines whether or not the output is normal and inputs it (step S12).

If the processing has not been completed normally, the process proceeds to step S8, and re-output processing is performed in the same manner as described above.
Conversely, when the printing is completed normally, the printed matter creating job for the printed matter is completed and is deleted (step S13).

Finally, the printed matter information sheet PS is attached to the printed matter and sent to the client (step S14).

Although the above processing procedure focuses on a specific printed matter and looks at the flow of the processing, in reality, a print creation job of a plurality of types of printed matter is in a waiting state, and step S
In the case where the target printout is mechanically and normally output in No. 4, the printout creation job for the next printout is subsequently executed and discharged to the output tray 70a. In this way, the print creation jobs in the waiting state are sequentially executed. Then, when the printing / bookbinding operator notices the above-mentioned noticed printed matter output in the output tray 70a, the process of step S5 is performed on the printed matter. As described above, when various printed materials are normally output, the processing illustrated in FIG. 3 is performed in parallel with each other.

As described above, the printed matter production management device 1 of this embodiment outputs a printed matter information sheet PS relating to the printed matter to the output tray 70a immediately before producing the printed matter. Also in the case of output, each printed material and the corresponding printed material information sheet PS are output in association with each other, so that it is possible to easily obtain the printed material information for each printed material and instruct subsequent processing based on the information.

Further, since the print specifications are described in the print information sheet PS, the print specifications of the corresponding prints can be easily and quickly obtained, and one-to-one printing job of the prints can be performed. By reading the barcode corresponding to the above with the barcode reader 50a, the print creation job can be specified instantaneously, so that the next process can be instructed quickly and reliably.

Further, since the bookbinding machine 70 is provided, it is possible to easily obtain print information, register the end of the print creation job, and register the reprinted print creation job in the bookbinding process.

[0051]

[3. Modification In this embodiment, a unique barcode is described in the printed matter information sheet for each printed matter creation job. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Then, it is printed and bound by an operator who performs key input, and OCR (optical character
Other input methods such as an input using a leader) may be used.

Further, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the print / bookbinding operator inputs the print information in step S1 of FIG. 3, but the present invention is not limited to this. The information may be printed on a printed matter information sheet.

In this embodiment, the bookbinding machine 70 is provided. However, this is not essential, and the bookbinding machine 70 may not be used.

Further, a job name,
Although the barcode, the shipping destination information, the printing specifications, and the checklist are described, the present invention is not limited to this, and may include only the barcode and the printing specifications, or may include other items. .

[0055]

As described above, according to the first to third aspects of the present invention, a printed matter information sheet and a printed matter corresponding to the printed matter information sheet are sequentially generated and alternately stacked at a predetermined discharge place. To discharge the printed matter, by referring to the printed matter information sheet corresponding to each printed matter, it is possible to easily obtain the printed matter information for each printed matter and instruct subsequent processing based on the information.

According to the second or third aspect of the present invention, the printed matter information sheet includes a unique code and a print specification for the printed matter creating process, and further, the printed matter creation management apparatus uses the unique code. The code reading means for reading the printed material allows the user to quickly obtain the printing specifications of the printed material, and the unique code can instantaneously specify the process for creating the printed material, thereby promptly and reliably instructing the next process. Can be performed. Further, since the bookbinding means is provided, it is possible to easily obtain printed matter information and give instructions for subsequent processing in the bookbinding process.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an apparatus configuration in a printed matter creation management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a printed matter information sheet in the printed matter creation management device according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for outputting a printed material according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printed matter production management device 10 Storage arithmetic processing unit (printed matter information holding means, control means) 50 Job registration terminal 50a Bar code reader 60 Plateless digital printing machine 70 Bookbinding machine 70a Output tray PR1, PR2 Printed matter PS, PS1, PS2 Printed matter information Sheet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A printed matter production management device comprising: a plateless digital printing apparatus for performing printing without using a printing plate; and a printed matter creation management apparatus for managing information related to creation of printed matter, wherein the printed matter holds printed matter information which is information on the printed matter. An information holding unit, a printing unit that includes the plateless digital printing apparatus, and a printed unit that generates a printed matter information sheet and a printed matter in which all or part of the printed matter information is recorded, and controls creation of a printed matter and a printed matter information sheet by the printing unit A printed material information sheet and a printed material corresponding thereto are sequentially generated and discharged alternately so as to be stacked at a predetermined discharge place. 2. The printed matter production management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printed matter information sheet includes a unique code and a printing specification for the printed matter creation processing, and furthermore, the bookbinding for binding the printed matter. And a code reading means for reading the unique code. 3. The printed matter production management device according to claim 2, wherein the printed matter information sheet includes a shipping address of the printed matter and a check list of a printed result.