JPS61183654A - Layout method of graphic in printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To move easily a graphic by setting a guide line at a prescribed interval, with regard to the graphic displayed on a display picture part, when preparing an assignment designating paper for printing use by using a CRT display device of an interactive type. CONSTITUTION:For instance, a layout use frame 50 shown in the figure is displayed on a CRT by a display controller which is not shown in the figure. Graphics 60, 80 and a comment are displayed on a picture part 600 by designating desired menus A1-A27 of a menu display part 500 with a light pen. As for the graphic, a guide line frame 70 of a similar figure separated by prescribed intervals t1, t2 is set. Even when executing a replacement of the graphic, a size change, addition and deletion of the comment, etc., an operation of an interactive type is executed by selecting the menues A1-A27. In this way, a moving operation of the graphic is executed easily, and also a manual work can be converted to a computer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention uses an interactive computer when creating layout-designated sheets from so-called rough manuscripts such as layout instructions and photographing instructions for printing magazines, catalogs, etc. This invention relates to a graphic layout method in a printing system that uses the method to improve efficiency.

(Technical background of the invention and its problems) In order to create a photographic manuscript for printing, it is necessary to create a layout designation sheet that indicates the arrangement of photographs and the position of copies thereof. For this reason, a designer or the like must hand-write the arrangement of photographs and characters and the contents of the photograph (layout of the subject) according to the conditions required for printed matter. Since design work inevitably involves revisions, manual rewriting is required each time, and in the past, it took a lot of effort and time to obtain the final layout designation sheet. In other words, Figure 5 shows how layouts are created for today's wide variety of printed matter, such as magazines, books, catalogs, pamphlets, etc., and shows 100 project proposals for commercializing various information and project images.
Based on this, I created a W shadow instruction, which summarizes the contents of the meeting such as photography, and also included copies of specific explanations and explanations, taking into consideration the layout and shape, and how to create an overall image. A rough manuscript is created by creating a layout instruction sheet for configuring a pattern, and performing a so-called rough work 101 in which various considerations are made to ensure that the pattern is suitable for use as a product. Based on this rough manuscript, the copywriter 102 creates a text manuscript (copy) 103 that fits within a predetermined space.
is created and phototypested using a phototypesetting machine or the like to form phototypesetting characters 104.

On the other hand, the cameraman 108 takes pictures according to the rough manuscript, creates a color original M (photograph) 109, and the designer 10
5, a layout designation sheet (pattern pattern) 10B is created by placing a pattern or photograph trimmed to a predetermined size from the color original 109 and the rough original 101. Thereafter, these layout designation sheets 10B, color manuscripts 10), and phototypesetting characters 104 are collected together at the finisher 110, and after further examination and some corrections are made, the phototypesetting characters 104
is pasted on the mount 111, and the block 1 is printed using a block drafting machine or the like.
12, convex photography 113, and later negative 114. Also, 10B designated paper for 100% allocation and color manuscript (
Upon receiving instructions from the finisher 110, the image 109 is color-separated into Y (yellow), 1M (magenta), C (cyan) and BK (black) by the scanner 11B by the operator 115, and then is finally combined with the negative 114. The film is then processed at T1t 117 to become a film original plate 118, which is then sent to a plate making/printing process 119 to be printed.

In this way, in the conventional system, the positioning of figures during the layout of the designated layout paper 10B is all done manually, as well as the rough work of the layout instructions or shooting instructions in the process of realizing printed matter from a plan. Therefore, there is a strong desire to improve the efficiency of these relatively monotonous repeated trial-and-error operations.

(Object of the invention) This invention was made under the above circumstances,
When creating a printing manuscript, the work of creating layout designation sheets can be automatically created using an interactive computer, allowing the final instructions to be obtained quickly and accurately. The purpose of this paper is to provide a graphic layout method in a printing system that can rationally create graphics.

(Summary of the Invention ¥1) The present invention relates to a graphic layout method for creating a designated layout sheet in a printing system, and includes a menu display section from which various command menus can be selected, and an image corresponding to the contents of the menu. In a printing system that uses an interactive CRT display device consisting of a display screen section and a display screen section to create layouts for creating designated sheets for printing, designs and graphic frames for copying are created and displayed. At the same time, a guideline frame is displayed to facilitate the layout of the figure frame (Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. Computer (CPU) that controls 30
It has a function that is generally called a minicomputer, and it is desirable to be able to process basic line drawings in bit units.This CPU3O has a main memory 1.
31 and an auxiliary storage device 32 such as a floppy disk, hard disk, or optical disk are connected via a path line, and an image input device 33 such as a TV camera scanner or COD scanner is connected via an interface 33A. Further, an output device 34 such as an electrostatic plotter, an XY plotter, a laser beam printer, etc. is connected via an interface 34A, and a keyboard 35 for manually inputting necessary data and commands is connected. Such an image processing system is connected to a display system of a graphic display via interfaces 38A and 38B, and the display system includes a display controller 40 comprising a microprocessor or the like that performs overall display control.
is provided, and this display controller 40
and frame memory 41.

A CRT display device 42 capable of displaying original size is connected to an input device 43 such as a tablet, mouse, light pen, etc., which functions as a man-machine interface. In this invention, under such a structure, the above-mentioned layout designation paper lO
The work of positioning figures, which involves repeated trial and error in the creation of B, has been computerized to improve the efficiency of the creation work.

In such a configuration, first of all, in this invention, CRT display? A layout frame 50 as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the i-device 2 by a method described later.

As shown in the figure, this display frame 50 includes a menu display section 50G in which a desired command menu (for example, AIO command for copy registration, All command for copy setting, etc.) is prepared and the desired command can be selected with one touch; Command menu AI, A2. A3. A display screen section 6 that can display a picture area, a copy area, etc. on the screen and perform various tasks in an interactive manner according to...
00°M. This layout frame 50 is such that the menu display section 500 and the display screen section 800 can be changed to any size as necessary. By the way, if you need to change, modify, move, or delete this layout display content, for example, use the light pen in the menu display section 5.
By lightly touching the desired command menu of 0G (for example, if it is a split command, touching the AI command), the corresponding content is displayed in color on the display screen section 600 or menu display section 500 in real time, and the desired command operation can be performed. After finishing, the layout image for 17 frames is printed on the recording paper 53 by the output device 34 in A24 format.
Specify the “copy” command to make a hard copy. in this case.

The sizes of the output image of the output device 34 and the display image of the CRT display device g142 are made to correspond to each other on a 1:1 basis to reduce the difference in impression between the actually hard-copied image and the displayed image. In addition, all input 1 selections and specified operations are as follows:
The input device 34 and the command menus At, A2 . A3.
When laying out the picture area or copy area displayed on the screen at the desired position, it is necessary to leave a predetermined distance between adjacent areas, and the position for this purpose is Adjustment is quite difficult and complicated. Therefore, in this invention, the picture area 60
A guideline frame 70 of a similar figure is displayed outside the copy area 80 by a predetermined distance of 19tl, t2, and this guideline frame 70 is used as a reference for the movement position during layout, and the positioning during layout of the figure is performed. We make it easy for you to do this.

Next, the operation will be explained in detail with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows the interactive creation of a graphic frame 80.80 on the CRT display device 42, and the process of moving the graphic frame 80.80 to a predetermined position on the display screen 6oo h at predetermined intervals t1 and E2 as shown in FIG. This is a flowchart illustrating a method for creating a guideline 70 on the screen for moving and laying out images while maintaining the desired layout image, thereby accurately and quickly obtaining a desired layout image. In this case, the graphic frame can be applied to any of a picture, a photograph, and a copy (in this example, a copy, that is, a Z symbol of the content of the original). First, input the parameters t1 and t2 from the graphic frame of the guideline frame 70 using the input bag M43 and set them (step si), so that the guideline frame 70 is placed outside the graphic frame 80 and 80 at the set intervals ti and t2. Numerical data such as parameters t1 and t2, which are indicated by broken lines (described later), are temporarily stored in the auxiliary storage device 32 and can be read out when necessary. After that, the command menus AO, AI, A2 . Step S2: Use the light pen to specify the A2 command for creating a frame from ...
), and the diagonal point of the graphic frame 80.80 (for example, the diagonal point X of the graphic frame for the image of Mt. Fuji in the figure).

When the coordinate value of Y) is input (step S3), a graphic frame 80.80 having the size of the diagonal line is immediately displayed in color on the display screen section 80G. Then, it is determined whether the graphic frames go and ga visually displayed match the desired ones, and if they do not match, the delete AI2 command in the menu display section 500 is selected (step S5
), specify the figure frame to be deleted (step S6),
Returning to step S2, the above-described manual operation is repeated, whereby the deleted graphic frame is immediately erased from the display image 1eoo, and the newly input modified graphic frame is displayed. and.

It is determined whether there is any need to add or change anything else (step S7). If there is, the process returns to step S2; if there is no need, the process continues.

Next, in order to move the created graphic frames 80 and 80 to a predetermined position on the screen, select the A11li command for group movement from the command menu of the menu display section 500 (step S8), and select the graphic frame eo you want to move. ,a
o is restored (step S9), and the guide radius parameters [l and t2 created in step Sl] are restored.
is read out from the storage device, and as shown in FIG. 3, the broken line guidelines 70 surrounding the copy Z information graphic frame 80 at intervals tl and t2 are displayed on the screen together with the Z information graphic frame 80 (step 5IO). ), and if you want to arrange the graphic frames 60 and 80 from the top to the bottom of the screen with a predetermined interval tl as shown in the figure, operate the mouse of the input device 43 and select the destination of the graphic frames 80 and 80. (step 5ll), and when the movement is completed and the layout is laid out at a predetermined position while maintaining the interval tl, a predetermined end button is pressed to end the movement. In this case, while checking the color display on the display screen section B00 in an interactive manner,
Furthermore, by moving while looking at the guideline frame 70 displayed on the outside, a more accurate layout image can be obtained. In this way.

It is determined whether or not all graphic frames have been moved properly (step 512); if not, step S11
If everything is correct, the graphic layout process is completed and the process moves on to the next operation.

Once the figure has been completely positioned in the manner described above, the auxiliary recording device
j132 (step 552), or output device 3.
4, a hard copy is made on paper or the like (step 551), and the hard copy thus obtained from the output device 34 is used as the layout designation sheet 106 for printing. Further, part of the information created here can be used as information for creating a printing mount, and a printing mount is created using a drawing machine based on this information. Furthermore, when inputting well log data, processing information can be used as layout designation paper by treating the color manuscript as well log data.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the method of the present invention, the trial and error process of creating a layout designation paper from a plan to realization can be computerized from the conventional manual work, and can be done quickly and accurately in real time through automation. It has the great advantage of being able to process and improve efficiency, and quickly respond to today's wide variety of printing demands.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a printing system showing an embodiment of this invention, and FIG. 2 is a CRT showing an embodiment of this invention.
3 is a flowchart for explaining the present invention in detail; FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing how layout display is output; and FIG. FIG. AO, AI, A2~...Command menu, 30...
・CPU, 31.32... Auxiliary storage device, 33...
Image input device. 34... Output device, 35... Keyboard, 33A~
38B...Interface, 40...Display controller, 41...Frame memory, 42...
- CRT display device, 43... input device, 50... layout frame, 80, 80... figure frame, 70... guideline, 500... menu display section, 800...
・Display screen section, 100...Planning plan, 101・
...Rough, 102...Copywriter, 103...
Character manuscript 4104... Phototypesetting characters, 105... Designer, 106... Layout specification paper, 107... Photograph, 10
8...Camillaman, 109...Color jXm, 1
10...Finishman, 111...Mount, 11
2... Block copy, 113... Convex exposure, 114... Negative, 115... Operator, 11B... Retoucher,
117...Synthesis, 118...Film original, +19
...Plate making and printing process. Applicant's agent: Yu Angata, Mitsuru F.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A layout designation sheet for printing is created using an interactive CRT display device consisting of a menu display section from which various command menus can be selected and a display screen section that displays images corresponding to the contents of the menu. A printing system for drawing layouts for printing, which is characterized in that it creates and displays graphic frames for pictures and copying, and also displays guideline frames for facilitating the layout of the graphic frames. How shapes are laid out in the system.