JPS61232458A - Graphic layout method for printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form base paper for printing rationally by generating and displaying graphic frames for a pattern and copying, providing a pattern frame to a rough picture displayed within the graphic frame and moving the picture to an optional place together with the pattern frame. CONSTITUTION:A display frame 50 consists of a menu display part 500 where a desired command is selected by one touch and a display screen part 600 separately. Further, the menu display part 500 consists of a main menu display part 510 and a submenu display part 520 and when one main menu command is specified, a display is made in the area of the submenu display part 520 according to the command. When rough pictures are added one after another, rough pictures 61 and 62 are drawn and a rough picture to be moved is shifted only in position as it is to facilitate positioning during the layout operation of a graphic form. Consequently, the processing is performed accurately at high speed to improve the efficiency.

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 6 is! 1 magazine,
It shows how layouts are created for today's wide variety of printed materials such as magazines, catalogs, and pamphlets.

Based on the project plan 100 that commercializes various information and project images, we create a shooting instruction sheet that summarizes the contents of meetings such as photography, and also provide explanations and explanations of specific contents while taking into consideration the layout and shape. A rough draft is created by making a copy, creating a layout instruction sheet for how to configure the entire image pattern, and performing a so-called rough work 101 in which various considerations are made to make it suitable for use as a product. Based on this rough manuscript, the copywriter 102 creates a character manuscript (copy) 103 that fits within a predetermined space, and typesets it into phototypesetting characters 104 using a phototypesetting machine or the like. On the other hand, the cameraman 108 takes pictures according to the rough manuscript,
A color original (photograph) 108 is created, and a designer 105 creates a layout designation sheet (logging) 108 by placing a pattern or photograph trimmed to a predetermined size from the color original 108 and the rough original 101. after that.

These layout designation sheets 108. Color manuscript 109. The phototypesetting characters 104 are collected all at once by the finisher 110, and after further examination and some corrections are made, the phototypesetting characters 104 are pasted onto a mount 111 and used by a first edition drafting machine, etc. This will be used to create a block copy 112, which will be engraved 113 and later converted into a negative 114. In addition, the 1-layout designated paper 108 and the color original (copy) IE) 1011 receive instructions from the finisher ■0, and the operator 115 uses the scanner 11B to print Y (yellow),! After being separated into (magenta), C (cyan) and BK (black), they are finally combined 117 with the negative 114 to form a film master 118.
Then, it is sent to the plate making/printing process 119 and 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) 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 a display display that displays images corresponding to the contents of the menu. In a printing system that uses an interactive CRT display device configured with a screen section to create layouts for creating layout-designated sheets for printing, it also creates and displays graphics frames for pictures and copying. A picture frame is provided on the rough picture displayed within the graphic frame, and the rough picture is displayed in a desired arrangement within the graphic frame by moving the picture frame to any desired location.

(Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an apparatus for realizing the present invention.
The CPU 30 has a function that is generally referred to as a mini-computer, and is preferably able to process basic line drawings in bit units.This CPU 30 includes a main storage device 31, a floppy disk, and a hard disk.

An auxiliary storage device i32 such as an optical disk is connected via a pass line, and a TV camera, scanner, and CC
The image input device 33 such as rJCr middle school is the interface 3
Connected via 3A. Also, electrostatic plotter,
An output device 34 such as a Y plotter or a laser beam printer is connected via an interface 34^, and a keyboard 35 for manually inputting necessary data and commands is connected.

And such an image processing system is an interface 38^
and 38B to the display system of the graphic display, and the display system is provided with a display controller 40 consisting of a microprocessor or the like that controls the entire display, and this display controller 40 includes a frame memory 41, CRT capable of displaying original size
A display device 42 and an input device 43 such as a tablet having a function as a man-machine interface, a mouse, and a light pen are connected. Under such a configuration, the present invention conducts a trial # in creating the layout designation sheet 108.
This is an attempt to improve the efficiency of the creation work by using a computer to perform the work of positioning figures, which involves repeated errors.

In such a configuration, in the present invention, first, a layout frame 50 as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the CR'r display device 42 by a method that will be 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, A11 command for copy setting, etc.) is prepared and a desired command can be selected with a single touch; Command menu AI, A2. A3. Display screen section B0 that can display picture areas, copy areas, etc. on the screen and perform various tasks in an interactive manner according to...
The configuration is divided into 0 and 0. Further, this menu display section 500 is composed of a main menu display section 510 and a submenu display section 520.

Specifying one main menu command.

Submenu commands prepared in response to that command are displayed in the area of submenu display section 520.

This layout frame 50 is such that the menu display section 500 and the display screen section 600 can be changed to any size as necessary. By the way, if it is necessary to change, modify, move, or delete this layout display content, for example, by lightly touching the desired command menu of the menu display section 500 with a light pen (for example, if it is a split command, 1 command), the corresponding content is displayed in color on the display screen section 600 or menu display section 500 in real time. If it is necessary to further specify the command specified in the main menu display section 51G, that command is displayed on the submenu display section 520, and after completing the desired command operation, the output 9M is displayed.
34, write the layout image for one frame on the recording paper 53,
Specify "copy" in the A24 command to make a hard copy. In this case, the output image of the output device 34 and the CRT display M
The sizes of the displayed images of 42 and 42 are made to correspond to each other on a one-to-l basis to reduce the difference in impression between the actual hard-copied image and the displayed image. In addition, all input 1 selections and specified operations are performed using the input device 34, the command menu AI according to each work flow displayed on the CRT display device 42,
A2. A3. When drawing a rough picture in the picture area (frame) displayed on the screen and laying it out at the desired position, it is quite difficult to draw it at the desired position from the beginning. When adding rough pictures one after another, it becomes necessary to erase the first rough picture and then redraw it at a desired location. Therefore, in this invention, after drawing the rough pictures B1 and 62,
By allowing a rough picture to be moved to another location while leaving the picture itself as it is, positioning during layout of one figure can be easily performed.

Next, the operation will be explained in detail with reference to the flowchart in FIG. In FIG. 3, rough pictures 81 and 82 are drawn on the display screen 600 as shown in FIG. 2 using an interactive method on the CRT display device 42, and then the rough picture 81 is moved as shown in 81B and placed on the screen. This is a flowchart showing a method for displaying a rough picture in a desired position, and this can be done accurately and quickly. To explain this flowchart step by step, frame data is first generated (step S1
), specify the rough picture menu (A20) in the main menu to draw a rough picture in that frame (step S2
), here.

When rough inspection vehicle 2G is specified, the submenu area 520 appears.
A command menu such as move A191 and partial erase A182 is displayed. Then, when a figure (rough picture) is input with the mouse (step S3), data of this rough picture is simultaneously stored in the plane area of the picture (step S4).
), if you want to modify a part of this rough picture (step 56), specify the menu command 1 part molecule i A192 (step S8), and then move the mouse (step 59) L.

After specifying an unsatisfactory part in the rough picture and erasing it (step 5IO), the process returns to step S3 and the rough picture is completed again. Furthermore, if you are dissatisfied with the overall picture in step S8, specify the menu command CLEAR^183 (step S7), and the entire rough picture you just drew (data in the plane area of the latest picture) will be erased. Return to step S3. If the rough picture drawn in step S5 is satisfactory, then if it is necessary to draw another rough picture first, return to step S3 and draw the rough picture in the same way as above.If there is nothing to add, these If there is no need to move the rough picture (step 512), the position is fixed (step 521) and the process ends.

If you need to move the rough picture, move the rough picture A19
1 menu command (step 513);
Then, by setting a frame for the rough picture to be moved (step 514), the frame is displayed (step 51).
5) If the frame is unsatisfactory (step 5ill)
, that frame is erased using the partial erase ^182 menu command, and the process returns to step S14 to set the desired frame. Also, if the frame is satisfactory in step 31B, specify the move A11ll menu command again (step 918) and specify the position using the mouse; if the position is not satisfied, step S
Returning to step 18, Ado's duty is redone, and if 16 has been added, the position is fixed there and step 521) is completed. In this way, first, the rough picture drawn is stored in the plane area of each individual picture, and then copied to the frame bond castle that should be moved first, and then moved.
Finally, the rough picture data is stored in the entire frame area and the process ends. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, if the rough pictures 81 and 62 are drawn in free positions (step S3) and a frame is set for the rough picture 81 to be moved next (arrow 5Sl), the rough picture frame 81A is By specifying the position with the mouse (step 5i11) (arrow 5S2
), it was possible to move to the position of rough picture frame 81B. Note that since nothing is specified for the rough picture 82, it will not change at the initially input position.In this case, the desired rough picture can be moved to the desired position while checking the color display on the display screen section 800 in an interactive manner. By doing so, it becomes possible to compose a more accurate rough picture. Then, we will move on to the next task.

When the rough picture is completely positioned as described above, the auxiliary storage device 3
(Step 552) or make a hard copy on paper or the like using the output device 34 (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.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the method of the present invention, the work of creating rough pictures and setting the positions of those rough pictures in the trial and error process of turning a plan into reality can be computerized from the conventional manual work. , it is possible to improve efficiency by performing high-speed and accurate processing in real time through automation, and has the great advantage of being able to 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 the apparatus for realizing the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure and function of a CRT display device showing an embodiment of the apparatus for realizing the invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the present invention in detail, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing how layout display is output, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing how a layout of a printed matter is created in the related art. AQ, A1, A2 ~... Command menu, 30.
...cpu, 31.32...auxiliary storage device, 33...
- Image input device, 34... Output device, 35... Keyboard, 33A to 38B... Interface, 40
...Display controller, 41...Frame memory, 42...CRT display device, 43...Input device, 50...Layout frame, 81JIA, 8
2.82A...Picture frame, 500...Menu display section, 510...Main menu display section, 520...Sub menu display section, 800...Display screen section,
100...Plan, 101...Rough, 102.
...Copywriter, 103...Text manuscript, 104...
・Phototypesetting characters, 105... Designer, 1G8... Layout specification paper, 107... Photograph, 108... Photographer, 109... Color manuscript, 110... Finisher, 111... Mount , 112... version, 113
...Convex shooting, 114...Negative,! ! 5... Operator, 11B... Retoucher, 117... Composition, 1
18... Film original plate, 118... Plate making-printing process. Vines l Figure 4

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. In a printing system for drawing a layout for a computer, a graphic frame for a picture and a copy is created and displayed, a picture frame is provided for a rough picture displayed in the graphic frame, and the picture frame is moved to an arbitrary location. A graphic layout method in a printing system, characterized in that the rough picture is displayed in a desired arrangement within the graphic frame.