KR101209186B1

KR101209186B1 - Simulation Apparatus and Method for Making Print

Info

Publication number: KR101209186B1
Application number: KR1020080049736A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 정대원
Original assignee: (주) 성원애드피아
Priority date: 2008-05-28
Filing date: 2008-05-28
Publication date: 2012-12-06
Also published as: KR20090123584A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a print simulation apparatus and method for a page item including a plurality of pages, comprising: an order input unit for receiving print order data for a page item including a plurality of pages; A mock typesetting part for arranging a plurality of page images constituting the page article in a plate shape according to the input order data, and folding the typesetting plate shape to one page image size and cutting according to the same criteria as actual print cutting standards. An electronic printed material production unit for simulating the page in the form of an electronic publication, including a simulation cutting unit for performing the same; And an electronic printed matter output unit for outputting the simulated printed matter to be output on the screen in the form of an e-book capable of page turning like a real printed matter through a web page. Calibration can be performed more accurately by checking the final print status with a simulated electronic publication before production.

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Description

Imprint Apparatus and Method for Making Print

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to printed matter, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for producing a simulated print on a page including a plurality of pages.

Recently, there is an increasing tendency to insert a character to a personal taste or to produce a unique style in printed materials such as business cards and advertisement flyers. In addition, advances in graphics tools such as Photoshop and illustrations make it easy for individuals to create printed images in a visual way. Therefore, it is possible to provide a service for requesting the production of prints by directly designing the customer's personality and delivering it to the print production company online or offline. Actual print production companies are also provided with the services described above in line with the consumer's tendency to pursue diversification and individuality.

It is possible to produce not only single-sided prints but also pages such as catalogs, pamphlets, and booklets that contain multiple pages. For example, if a member wants to produce more than 100 copies of the same pamphlet, it is necessary to first produce a copy and examine the production status. This is because it is necessary to check whether the image file is damaged during the actual printing process, and there are no parts that are broken or excessively cut when binding the pages. At this time, by correcting the wrong part can be prevented from producing a large amount of the wrong print. If the text is broken during printing, the image is cut too much, or the page arrangement is made in order, it is necessary to print and bind to find out what is wrong. That is, a case where the production of other printed matters is delayed occurs, and unnecessary printed matters are discarded and resources and time are wasted as much.

The present invention is derived from the above background and provides a simulation production apparatus and method that can be previewed in the form of an electronic publication prior to producing a page containing a plurality of pages to perform the correction more easily For the purpose of

The technical problem is an order input unit for receiving a print order data for a page containing a plurality of pages according to the present invention; A mock typesetting part for arranging a plurality of page images constituting the page article in a plate shape according to the input order data, and folding the typesetting plate shape to one page image size and cutting according to the same criteria as actual print cutting standards. An electronic printed material production unit for simulating the page in the form of an electronic publication, including a simulation cutting unit for performing the same; And an electronic printed matter output unit for outputting the simulated printed matter to be output on the screen in the form of an e-book capable of page turning like a real printed matter through a web page.

On the other hand, the technical problem is a step of receiving the print order data of the page including a plurality of pages; Simulating the page publication in the form of an electronic publication based on the print order data; And outputting the printed page in the form of the electronic publication in such a way that the page can be flipped over in the same way as the actual printed matter through the screen.

According to the present invention, the correction can be performed more accurately by confirming the final printing state through the simulated electronic publication before the production of the actual print. That is, it is possible to minimize a print error that may occur in the print production process.

On the other hand, it is not necessary to produce a print for the correction operation during the actual print production process can be prevented from wasting resources.

The foregoing and additional aspects of the invention are described in detail below to enable those skilled in the art to readily understand and reproduce through the embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a printed matter simulation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As illustrated, the apparatus for manufacturing a printed matter according to the present invention includes an order input unit 100, an electronic printed matter manufacturing unit 120, and an electronic printed matter output unit 130.

The order input unit 100 receives print order data for a page including a plurality of page images. In the present embodiment, the order input unit 100 may receive print order data from a client terminal or other order terminals through a communication network such as the Internet. In addition, the order input unit 100 may be implemented as a reader capable of reading data from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a USB, a smart card, and may receive printed order data stored in the recording medium. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. The order data includes a graphic file designed by the member and details of the print order, including the format, size, material, and number of copies. In particular, since the page includes a plurality of pages, a plurality of page images are input.

The electronic print production unit 120 simulates the printed matter on the web in the same form as the actual printing process according to the order data received from the order input unit 100. In the present embodiment, the electronic print production unit 120 simulates the printed matter in the same manner as the process of typesetting, cutting, reprinting, etc., which is performed during actual printing. In more detail, the electronic print production unit 120 includes a format conversion unit 122, a simulation typesetting unit 124, a post-processing unit 126, and a simulation cutting unit 128.

The format converter 122 converts the page images included in the order data into a file of a standard format. In the present embodiment, the format converter 122 converts page images of various formats into a PDF file. Accordingly, in the process of changing the format of the image file during the actual printing process, there is an effect of confirming in advance whether a character is broken or an image is lost.

The simulation typesetting unit 124 performs simulation typesetting in the same manner as typesetting the page images of the standard format converted by the format conversion unit to the actual type. The simulation typesetting unit 124 grasps the order data for each printed page to grasp the work items, and matches the page images of the printed matter into one large mock type according to a predetermined criterion, similar to the standard for performing the actual typesetting. Typesetting

In this embodiment, the simulation typesetting of printed matters is the same as the typesetting standard in the actual printing process. That is, according to the paper material of the print, the number of prints, and the color values. Similar prints can be classified and typeset into one large plate by these criteria. At this time, the simulation typesetting is made based on a predetermined priority. In the case of double-sided printing, the simulated typesetting also arranges the print page image on both sides of the plate-like form. Accordingly, in the actual printing process, it is possible to prevent page images from being misaligned on the plate shape so that pages of the printed booklet can be changed or single-sided printing on pages to be printed on both sides.

When the printed page image is placed in the mock-up plate, it is arranged by the same rules as the typesetting rules in the actual printing process. In fact, in order to efficiently perform the cutting process in the actual process, the plate is folded in order to fit the size of one page image. In this case, when folded, the page images are arranged in a plate shape so that the page images come in order. Thus, the order of page images may be irregular on the actual plate shape. However, by placing the print page data according to the same rules as the actual arrangement on the plate shape and cutting the part that is actually folded and cut, it is possible to preview whether the content is lost or the page layout is wrong due to lack of margin when the actual printed material is produced. You can see the effect.

The post-processing part 126 coats at least a part of the plate shape which needs to be coated if necessary. In the present exemplary embodiment, the post-processing unit 126 may perform post-simulation processing through the color and material effects of the page image. Image effect processing may be performed only on at least a portion of the entire plate-like image in the same way that post-processing is performed in the actual printing process.

The simulated cutout 128 cuts the images of the same portions as the cutouts made in the actual printing process. That is, the print paper size and the printed margin are reflected in the same manner as in the actual printing process and cut. Accordingly, when the printed material is actually produced, there is a lack of margin, so that the content is cut off, or one million wide is set to check whether the actual image or text is printed to one side of the printed page.

The electronic printed matter outputter 130 provides information necessary for screen printing each page image cut by the simulation cutout 128 in the form of an e-book. In the present embodiment, the electronic printed matter output unit 130 streams the page images to a remote user terminal via the Internet. Then, the remote user terminal outputs the screen in the form of an e-book identical to the actual printed matter based on the transmitted page images and publication information. In this case, the user may output the electronic printed matter output from the electronic printed matter output unit 130 by using a dedicated viewer installed in the user terminal and check the screen.

The user can check the simulation result of his ordered prints provided on the web page through the web browser. In this case, the user terminal may provide a GUI for turning a page so that a page may be moved to the next or previous page on the screen. In this case, it is expressed in the form of being delivered in the same way to the same part as when the actual printed matter was produced. In other words, it is possible to check whether a part of the printed page is not included in the print area and thus the content is cut off. At this time, the page size of the e-book is set equal to the actual print paper size.

In the present embodiment, the simulated e-book type printed matter enables an image page to be in a two-page mode view. In general, since the publications provided offline are provided to view two pages, the electronic printed matter output unit 130 provides an image page in a two page mode view so that the same effect can be felt online. And it can be implemented to provide a three-dimensional page turning and sound effects for moving the page in the provided two-page mode view state. As a result, online users can feel as if they are viewing a real print.

2 is a flowchart of a printed matter simulation manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, order data of a printed matter including a plurality of pages is received (S200). Print order data includes detailed information on print order, such as the format, size, material, and number of copies, along with graphic files designed by the member. Then, the page image is grasped based on the input print order data and converted into a standard format (S210). In one embodiment, the standard format may be a PDF format. This allows you to check whether the file is broken or damaged when converting to the standard format during the actual print production process according to the order data.

The page images of the converted standard format are disposed in the plate shape in the same manner as the typesetting operation in the actual printing process (S220). The placement of the printed page image on the plate is then performed according to the same rules and methods as in the actual printing process. For example, it may be performed by reflecting the paper size, the number of pages, the chromaticity, the post-treatment process, and the like. And if necessary, at least a portion of the plate-like post-treatment such as coating is subjected to a post-treatment effect treatment. For example, it may be implemented by applying an image effect, such as a coating, to a part of a plate shape including a page image requiring a coating treatment.

After that, the page images are cut in units of one page in the same manner as the actual printing process (S230). For example, it cuts to the same margins with the same cutting method as the actual print production. Each page image is output in the form of an e-book (S240). Based on the information received from the user terminal, etc., the screen printed out the simulated printed material of the same e-book form as the actual printed matter. In this case, the page turning effect may be applied.

After the printed output of the simulated e-book form is displayed on the screen and confirmed to the user, an authentication code is requested (S250). In this case, the authentication code request message may be transmitted in the form of SMS or MMS to the user terminal according to the previously stored user information. Alternatively, it may be implemented in the form of a pop-up window message on a personal computer in which the user checks the printed material simulated through the Internet.

Then, the user inputs the authentication code using his terminal (S260). In this case, the authentication code may be a member password set at the time of membership registration or may be a member unique number. This process can be a certification that the member who commissioned the production of print has already confirmed the printed material in the form of an e-book. Therefore, it is possible to assure whether to transfer the responsibility in a situation in which the printed matter is misprinted later. After the user confirms the simulated printed matter in the form of an e-book, the order data is output to the actual print process system (S270). As a result, the e-book type printed material simulated in the same manner as the actual process may be quickly and simply performed.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is not limited thereto, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, the invention should be construed by the appended claims, which are intended to cover such obvious variations.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a printed matter simulation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

100: order input unit 120: electronic print production unit

122: format conversion unit 124: simulation typesetting unit

126: post-processing section 128: simulated cutting section

130: electronic printout

Claims

An order input unit configured to receive print order data including a plurality of printed images from different client terminals;

A format converting unit converting the printed images included in the print order data of the different clients inputted through the order input unit into a standard format, and printing the printed images of the different clients converted to the standard format into a paper material, the number of copies, and a color value. Similar imprint images according to the classification, and a simulation typesetting unit for placing them in one mock plate by a criterion according to a predetermined priority, such as the typesetting in the actual printing process, and a plurality of arranged in the one mock plate An electronic print production unit for simulating each printed image in the form of an electronic publication for each of the printed images of different clients disposed in one plate including a simulated cut portion for cutting each printed image according to the same criteria as the actual printed substrate cutting standard; And

An electronic printed matter outputting unit for outputting printed materials of different clients simulated through the electronic printed matter producing unit in the form of an e-book capable of page turning like a real printed matter through a web page;

Printed product simulation production apparatus comprising a.

The method of claim 1, wherein the simulation typesetting portion:

The printed matter simulation manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that arranged in consideration of the order of the page images in the folded state of the plate-type engraved in the simulation cut portion.

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The method of claim 2, wherein the electronic print production unit:

Further comprising a post-processing unit for performing a post-processing process on each of the printed pages,

The simulation imprinting unit is a printed matter simulation manufacturing apparatus, characterized in that for placing some page images close to the same post-processing processing.

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In the printing simulation method that can be executed in a computer,

An order input unit receiving print order data including a plurality of printed images from different client terminals;

Converting, by a format conversion unit, a printed image included in print order data of different clients into a standard format;

The imprinting images of different clients converted to the standard format are classified into similar print images according to the paper material, the number of copies, and the color values, and are classified according to preset priority criteria such as typesetting standards in the actual printing process. Arranging in one mock plate;

Simulating a cut according to the same criteria as the actual printed substrate cutting criteria for each of the plurality of printed images placed in one simulated plate shape; And

Outputting the printed material of the different clients simulated by the electronic printout output through a web page in the form of an e-book capable of turning pages in the same way as the actual printout,

The disposing step is a print simulation method for producing a print image, characterized in that arranged in consideration of the page order of the print image in a state in which the print image of the different client is folded in accordance with the size of each print image.

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The method of claim 6, wherein after the outputting step:

Transmitting an authentication confirmation message to a terminal of a print order member; And

Obtaining an authentication code response corresponding to the authentication confirmation message from the terminal of the order member; Print production simulation method further comprising.

The method of claim 8, wherein the print simulation is performed by:

And outputting the order data to a print processing system after the response obtaining step.