TWI239473B - Poster document printing method and associated poster document - Google Patents

Abstract

A poster document printing method and an associated poster document are disclosed. A mark being able to identify the order and direction of sub-documents of a poster document is printed on the sub-documents while the poster document is printed. Therefor, the user is easy to reconstruct the poster document.

Description

1239473 V. Description of the invention (1) [Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to a method for printing a document, and in particular, to a method for printing a poster document and a printed poster document. [Prior art] In print output devices such as printers or printing presses, there are usually restrictions on the maximum output page that can be printed. Therefore, when the required document exceeds the maximum output page range, the so-called poster printing (P 0 s t e r p r i n t i n g) is required to complete the printing of the poster document. Poster printing is to cut a poster file into multiple sub-files and print them on multiple pages supported by the output device, and then combine them into a complete poster file by the user. For example, when the maximum output page of the output device is A 4, the poster file of A 2 size can be cut into 4 sub-files and printed on 4 A4 size pages, and then assembled by the user into a complete A2 size Poster file, as shown in Figure 1. Similarly, 16 A4 pages can be combined into a full A0 poster file without being limited by the maximum output page of the output device. Although poster printing has the advantages as described above, it needs to be reorganized into a complete poster file by the user, so that when any of the following situations occur, it will make the work of page arrangement very difficult. 1. When the output page is accidentally dropped on the ground, so that its order is disturbed, it is shown as the scrambled page in the first picture shown in the second picture. 2. When the number of pages increases, for example, a 2x2 partition has 4 pages, a 3x3 partition has 9 pages, and a 5x5 partition has 25 pages. 3. In a work environment where division of labor and cooperation, such as the combination of poster files is not

12793twf.ptd Page 5 1239473 V. Description of the invention (2) When the original poster file designer is so unfamiliar to the original appearance of the poster file. Because the conventional poster printing technology just cuts and prints the poster document into the required number of pages, and fails to consider the possible interference when combining, resulting in the user's inconvenience. [Summary of the Invention] In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for printing a poster file and printed poster files, which can be listed on multiple sub-file pages of the poster file at the same time when the poster file is printed. Print marks that can identify the direction and order of the sub-document pages, so as to facilitate the user's work of reorganizing into poster documents. To achieve the above and other objectives, the present invention provides a method for printing a poster file. The method includes the following steps: judging whether the printed file is a poster file; when the printed file is a poster file, cutting the poster file into multiple sub-files; and comparing the cut multiple sub-files with the directions and the identifiable directions Multiple marks in sequence are printed on multiple pages. In one embodiment, the printed mark includes: a mark body and a mark content. The mark body is used to represent the cutting method of the poster file, and the mark content is used to combine the mark body to identify the direction and order of the sub-file combination. Among them, the mark body is a grid mark that matches the N column and M line of the poster file cutting method, and the mark content is a directional graphic, symbol or number. Therefore, the printing mark step of the poster file printing method in the embodiment includes: calculating the size of the mark body according to the margin size of the printed page.

12793twf.ptd Page 6 1239473 V. Description of the invention (3) Small; calculate the size of each grid of the grid mark according to the cutting method of the poster file; calculate the position and size of the mark content according to the printing order of the page; And print the mark on the margin of the page. A poster file listed in the poster file printing method provided by the present invention includes: multiple sub-files and multiple marks. Among them, multiple sub-documents are printed on multiple pages to be combined into poster documents, and multiple marks are printed on these pages respectively to identify the direction and order of the sub-document combinations. In one embodiment, the printed mark includes: a mark body and a mark content. The mark body is used to represent the cutting method of the poster file, and the mark content is used to combine the mark body to identify the direction and order of the sub-file combination. Among them, the mark body is a grid mark that matches the N column and M line of the poster file cutting method, and the mark content is a directional graphic, symbol or number. In one embodiment, the mark is printed on the margin of the page to avoid affecting the content of the original document. As can be seen from the above description, the poster file printing method provided by the present invention and the printed poster files are applied. Because the multiple sub-document pages of the poster file have been separately printed, the directions and order of the sub-document pages have been printed. Mark, so when users want to reorganize these sub-file pages into poster files, the reorganization work will be very easy to carry out. In order to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following describes in detail the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, as follows:

12793twf.ptd Page 7 1239473 V. Description of the Invention (4) [Embodiment:] Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flowchart of a method for printing a poster file according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. This process can be a poster file printing process for an application software with a poster printing function, or a driver for a print output device such as a printer or a printing press, or a poster file for the firmware in the output device. Process. As mentioned before, in order to facilitate users to combine pages for poster printing (ρ 〇sterprinting), when printing poster sub-documents, multiple marks that can identify the direction and order of these sub-documents should be printed at the same time. White space on these pages. Therefore, in step 3 10 of the flow chart in Fig. 3, first determine whether the printed document is a poster document? When the printed document is not a poster document, because there is no need for a combined document, the process enters step 340 and the printed document is directly output. In addition, when it is determined in step 3 10 that the listed printed file is a poster file, it proceeds to step 3 2 0 to cut the poster file into multiple sub-files, and then proceeds to step 3 3 0 to cut as much as possible. Each sub-document and a plurality of marks that can identify the direction and order of these sub-documents are printed on multiple pages respectively. Among them, the listed marks include: the body of the mark and the content of the mark. The mark body is shown in Figure 4, which is a grid mark that matches the N and M rows of the poster file cutting method to represent the cutting method of the poster file. For example, when the poster file is cut into 2 X 2, 3 X 3, 4 X 4 or 5 X 5, the mark bodies can be the grid marks of 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, and 5x5 in Figure 4, respectively. In addition, the content of the mark is a directional graphic, symbol or number. For example, it can be a triangle mark, an arrow symbol mark, or a number such as 1, 2, 3, etc.

12793twf.ptd Page 8 1239473 V. Description of the invention (5) In order to combine the mark body, you can easily identify the direction and order of the combination of sub-files. Please refer to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a 3 X 3 mark body with digital mark contents according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the marking of the 3 x3 marking body with the arrow type marking content according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from Figures 5 and 6, printing the sub-documents of the poster files of these two marks will easily identify the correct direction and position of the poster files, which will not cause confusion due to the scattered files. . Of course, as those skilled in the art know, the numbers in Figure 5 can also use the same numbers, which will not affect the effect of identification. According to this, the steps for printing the aforementioned marks can be summarized as follows: 1. Calculate the size of the mark body according to the blank size of the printed page. 02. Calculate the size of each square of the grid mark according to the cutting method of the poster file. . 3 · Calculate the position and size of the mark content according to the printing order of the page 〇 4. Print the mark on the blank space of the page. Please refer to FIG. 7, which is a schematic diagram showing the results of a newspaper sub-file according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. This figure is an illustration of a mark printed on the poster file of FIG. 1 to identify the direction and order of the sub-files. Therefore, the printed poster file according to the poster file printing method of the preferred embodiment of the present invention will Including: multiple sub-files such as sub-file 7 1 0 and multiple sub-files such as mark 7 2 0.

12793twf.ptd Page 9 1239473 V. Description of the invention (6) As shown in the figure, the listed mark 7 2 0 includes the mark body 7 2 1 and the mark content 7 2 2. The mark body 7 2 1 is a grid mark that matches the 2 columns and 2 lines of the cutting method of the poster file, and represents the cutting method of the poster file as a 2x2 cut. The marking content 7 22 is a directional number 1, 2, 3 ... etc., used in combination with the mark body 721 to identify the direction and order of the combination of sub-files. Among them, it can be clearly identified that the sub file 7 10 is located in the upper left corner of the poster file, and its direction is as shown in the figure. In addition, as shown in Figure 7, the mark 7 2 0 is printed on the margin of the page, so it can avoid affecting the content of the original document. In summary, the present invention has at least the following advantages: 1. Does not increase the number of output pages, does not increase the user's paper cost. 2 · Printed in the blank space of the document, it will not affect the content of the original document, nor will it damage the original designer ’s poster document design. 3. Markers have direction and order, and they can be easily and correctly combined even if the page is scattered. Although the present invention has been disclosed as above with preferred embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make various modifications and retouches without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

12793twf.ptd Page 10 1239473 Brief description of the drawing Figure 1 shows a printing diagram of a poster file divided into 4 pages. Figure 2 shows the scrambled page of Figure 1. FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for printing a poster file according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a marking body according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a 3 X 3 mark body with digital mark contents according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a 3 X 3 mark body according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with a mark-type marking content. Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the results of a poster sub-file according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. [Illustration of diagram label:] 3 1 0 ~ 3 4 0 Process steps 7 1 0 Sub file 7 2 0 Mark 7 2 1 Mark body 7 22 Mark content

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Claims (1)

1239473 VI. Scope of patent application 1. A method for printing a poster file, including the following steps: judging whether the print file is a poster file; when the print file is the poster file, cutting the poster file into multiple sub-files; and The sub-documents and a plurality of marks that can identify the direction and order of the sub-documents are printed on multiple pages, respectively. 2 · The poster file printing method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the marks include: a mark body to represent the cutting method of the poster file; and a mark content to combine the mark body To identify the direction and order of the sub-file combinations. 3. The method for printing a poster file as described in item 2 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the mark body is a grid mark of N columns and M rows, and the contents of the mark are directional graphics, symbols and numbers. One. 4. The method for printing a poster file as described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the step of printing the mark includes: calculating the size of the mark body according to the blank size of the pages; and cutting the poster file Method to calculate the size of each cell of the grid mark; calculate the position and size of the content of the mark according to the printing order of the pages; and print the mark on the blank space of the pages. 5. — a variety of poster files, including: 12793twf.ptd Page 121239473 6. Multiple sub-documents for patent application are printed on multiple pages for the poster file; and multiple marks are printed on these pages for identification. The direction and order of the sub-file combinations. 6. The poster file as described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the marks include: a mark body, which represents the cutting method of the poster file; and a mark content, which is used in combination with the mark body to identify The direction and order of the sub-file combinations. 7. The poster document as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein the body of the mark is a grid-shaped mark of N columns and M lines, and the content of the mark is one of directional graphics, symbols and numbers. 8. The poster document as described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the marks are printed on the blank spaces of the pages. 12793twf.ptd Page 13