TWI514253B - Generating method for digital print file and generating device thereof - Google Patents

Description

Digital printing file generation method and generating device thereof

The invention relates to a method for producing a printed file and a device thereof, in particular to a method for generating a digital printed file and a device for generating a digital printed file.

In order to avoid counterfeiting or management of dangerous goods, management labels are traditionally affixed to these items, and the management label is usually printed with a serial number (known as print). Label manufacturers traditionally need to invest a considerable amount of manpower for cumbersome design, verification, verification, printing, and drafting. The back of the printed product of the label requires a very large number of detailed settings. Because the communication design project and the setting and printing inspection according to the settings are all solved by manpower; therefore, there is always a lot of manpower and time required for the printing settings of the label, which is easy to be handled manually and the modification is not easy. .

Moreover, for different customer needs, the traditional label printing method requires a lot of manpower and time to reset the label setting every time, and it is more difficult to meet the customer's temporarily changing print requirements. If the delivery time required by the customer is urgent or the rules of the demand change temporarily, the manufacturer who manufactures the label will The entire print layout needs to be redesigned right away. If you need to work with an outsourced printing factory, you have to spend a lot of outsourcing processing time to solve the need for urgent orders or temporary changes. And once the number of labels increases or the printing is complicated, it will aggravate this problem.

In addition, multiple verification or verification procedures are required during the production of the label, but different procedures may require different auxiliary lines. For example, a traditional layout (collectively referred to as a car) includes a plurality of labels to be printed, and in the verification, it may be necessary to perform detailed printing settings such as check and balance for the up, down, left, and right spacing or number between each label. Therefore, in different stages, the manufacturer needs to produce different versions to perform the required operations, and also increases the manpower and time required for the operation.

In view of the above problems, the present disclosure proposes a method for generating a digital printed file and a device for generating a digital printed file. Providing the user with a digital print file that the user needs in a shorter period of time, without having to use a large amount of manpower to set up the print file as in the past.

The digital printing file generating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may execute a method of generating a digital printing file, and the method of generating the digital printing file may include the following steps. Provide a parameter setting interface. Receiving at least one printing parameter set through the parameter setting interface. Produce multiple serial numbers. A file generating program is executed to generate a digital printing file according to at least one printing parameter group and the serial number printing, and the serial number printing corresponds to the digital label respectively. One of them The method for producing a printed file further includes the following steps. The at least one printing parameter set is stored in a parameter setting file.

The method for generating a serial number print as described in the preceding paragraph may include the following steps. A plurality of serial number strings are generated, and the serial number string and the digital label respectively correspond. Determine if an anti-counterfeiting function is activated. When the anti-counterfeiting function is activated, a check code position is generated for each serial number string, and the serial number print is generated according to the corresponding serial number string and the check code position. When the anti-counterfeiting function is not activated, the serial number string is used as the serial number printing.

The method for generating a serial number print according to the preceding paragraph may include the following steps. A plurality of bar code prints are generated, wherein the bar code prints respectively correspond to the digital label. Combine the corresponding barcode prints into the serial number print.

In the method for generating a digital printing file according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one printing parameter set mentioned above is a basic setting parameter group, a layout setting parameter group, a label setting parameter group or an auxiliary line setting. Parameter group. The parameter setting interface described above includes a plurality of pages, each of which is configured to receive at least one printing parameter set.

The basic setting parameter group according to the preceding paragraph includes a customer identification code, an order identification code or a digital printing file name. The layout setting parameter group includes a car setting, a roll setting or a page jump setting. The label setting parameter group includes label size, label spacing setting, serial number setting, anti-counterfeiting check code setting, label base map setting, label range line setting, label cut line setting, label bleeding line setting or print setting. The auxiliary line setting parameter group includes power Electronic eye line setting or line setting.

The digital printing file generating device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be configured to provide a parameter setting interface, and receive at least one printing parameter group through the parameter setting interface to generate a plurality of serial printing patterns. And executing a file generation program to generate a digital print file according to at least one print parameter set and the serial number print. The digital printing file includes a plurality of digital labels, and the serial printing and the digital label respectively correspond.

In summary, the method for generating a digital printed file and the device for generating a digital printed file through an embodiment of the present disclosure can satisfy the need for the customer to temporarily change the print at the time of printing. At the same time, because the production time of digital printing files is much lower than that of traditional printing files, it is not necessary to hand over to the outsourcing manufacturers to help produce printed files. Since it is not necessary to hand over to the outsourcing manufacturer to produce a printed file, the cost of the user can be greatly reduced.

The method for generating a digital printed file and the digital printing file generating device proposed by the present disclosure are compared with the conventional printed file method, and the method proposed by the present disclosure can reduce the time for generating a digital printed file, unlike in the past. Producing a printed file requires a lot of manpower to help.

The above description of the disclosure and the following description of the embodiments are intended to illustrate and explain the spirit and principles of the invention, and the scope of the patent application of the invention is further explained.

400‧‧‧label right spacing

410‧‧‧ upper edge

420‧‧‧The first row of each car

430‧‧‧ spacing on the label

440‧‧‧Label height

450‧‧‧ label width

500‧‧‧last row of each car

510‧‧‧ lower edge

520‧‧‧Cutter line

600‧‧‧left line

610‧‧‧Separation line

620‧‧‧Right line

630‧‧‧ left electric eye

640‧‧‧中电眼

650‧‧‧right electric eye

660‧‧‧Digital Label

670‧‧‧ barcode

680‧‧‧No.

700‧‧‧ Serial printing

710‧‧‧ serial number string

720‧‧‧Totem

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method of generating a digital printed file according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of step S120 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of step S120 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the serial number printing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 5 is a flow chart showing a method of generating a digital printed file according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of layout parameters according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of layout parameters according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an example of auxiliary line setting according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are set forth in the Detailed Description of the Detailed Description of the <RTIgt; </ RTI> <RTIgt; </ RTI> </ RTI> </ RTI> <RTIgt; The objects and advantages associated with the present invention can be readily understood by those skilled in the art. The following examples are intended to describe the present invention in further detail, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

The disclosure proposes a method for generating digital printing files and digital printing Brush file generation device. The digital printing file generating device can execute the digital printing file generating method. The digital printing file generating device can be a personal computer (PC), a notebook computer (NoteBook), a server (Server), a portable device or any digital device having the foregoing disclosure. A device for producing a printed file.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a flowchart of a method for generating a digital printed file according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The digital printing file generating apparatus includes the following steps in executing the method of generating the digital printed file. In step S100, the digital printing file generating device first provides a parameter setting interface. In step S110, at least one printing parameter set is received through the parameter setting interface. In other words, the user of the digital print file generation device can input various print parameter sets through the parameter setting interface. In step S120, the digital print archive can automatically generate a plurality of serial prints according to the received print parameter set.

In step S130, the digital printing file generating device executes a file generating program to generate a digital printing file according to at least one printing parameter group and the serial number printing. For example, the file generation program mentioned above, for example, an application programming interface (API) such as PDF iTEXT, or other application interface having the foregoing functions can be used as the file generation program of the disclosure. The digital printing file includes a plurality of digital labels, and the serial number printing corresponds to the digital label respectively. Please refer to FIG. 8 at the same time. The digital label 660 can include, for example, a barcode 670 and a serial number 680. The content of the barcode 670 and the content of the serial number 680 correspond to the digital label 660, respectively.

Next, please refer to FIG. 2, which is a flowchart of step S120 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. In step S200, the digital printing file generating device may first generate a plurality of serial number strings, and the serial number string and the digital label respectively correspond. The sequence number string can be a number and the sequence string length can be adjusted as needed. For example, a customer serial number string is 00000001. Then, the serial number length is 8 codes and the serial number value is 1. Next, in step S210, it is determined whether an anti-counterfeiting function is activated. When the anti-counterfeiting function is activated, a check code position may be generated for each serial number string, and the serial number print is generated according to the corresponding serial number string and the check code position, as shown in step S220. The check code is a character with anti-counterfeiting function in the serial number string, and the check code may have a different format, for example, it may be italic or bold. For example, a customer's serial number string is "000000 0 2". Then the number string in a string of 0 i.e. nuclear code number of the subject, is characteristic for this bold italic. When the anti-counterfeiting function is not activated, the serial number string can be directly used as the serial number printing, as shown in step S230.

Users can set digital printing files without anti-counterfeiting. If a tag with anti-counterfeiting function is required, the anti-counterfeiting function in the parameter setting interface mentioned above can be set to on. In this way, the parameter value of the anti-counterfeiting function in the device is set to represent the preset value of the label having the anti-counterfeiting function, for example, set to 1 for the digital printing file. Conversely, if a tag with anti-counterfeiting function is not required, the anti-counterfeiting function in the parameter setting interface is set to off. In this way, the parameter value of the anti-counterfeiting function in the device is set to represent that the digital printing file does not need to print the preset value of the anti-counterfeiting function label, for example, set to zero.

Next, please continue to FIG. 3, which is a flowchart of step S220 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Steps S300, S310, S320, and S330 correspond to step S200, step S210, step S220, and step S230 in "Fig. 2", respectively. The step of generating the digital print file in the step S310 of generating the serial number print, determining that the anti-counterfeiting function is activated, additionally includes the following steps. In step S320, a plurality of barcode prints are generated, wherein the barcode prints respectively correspond to the digital labels. In step S222, the corresponding bar code print is merged into the serial number print.

The bar code printed in the preceding paragraph may be a Bar Code or a Quick Response Code (QR Code). The serial number print may be a serial number string including a check code or a serial number string without a check code. In addition to the serial number string, the signal printing can also optionally add a bar code or a quick response code, or even add a totem. Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of the serial number printing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The serial number print may include a serial number print 700, a serial number string 710, and a totem 720. The user can decide for himself whether a bar code, a quick response code, a serial number string 710 with a check code, or a totem 720 is required. For example, the serial number string 710 in the serial number print 700 of "Fig. 4" is the serial number string 710 without the check code plus the totem 720, and the serial number print with the combination of the barcode or the quick response code is not selected. 700.

Please refer to FIG. 5, which is a flowchart of a method for generating a digital printed file according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. The digital printing file generating device is further included in step S110 after step S110, and further includes step S115 before step S120. In step S115, the digital print archive generating device may store the received at least one set of print parameter sets in a parameter configuration (eg, ABC.cm) or a database.

Therefore, when each customer's demand for digital printed files is different, the individual storage of each customer's demand for digital printed files can save a lot of time for subsequent repeated input. For example, when the customer's demand for the printed digital file has not changed, the corresponding customer's printing parameter set can be directly taken out from the parameter setting file; even if there is a change, the changed parameter can be re-entered only for the changed part. This saves time in resetting the digital print file parameters and allows customers to submit orders faster.

According to an embodiment, the printing parameter set is a basic setting parameter group, a layout setting parameter group, a label setting parameter group or an auxiliary line setting parameter group. The foregoing parameter setting interface may include a plurality of pages, each page being configured to receive at least one printing parameter set. However, the parameter setting interface can also adopt different configuration manners, for example, a plurality of printing parameter groups can be received by a single page, which is not limited herein.

The basic setting parameter group described in the above paragraph may include a customer identification code, an order identification code, or a digital printing file name. For example, in the basic setting parameters, the production factory, the card number, the single number, the file name of the digital printing file, or the printing machine setting can be set.

The layout setting parameter group may include a car setting, a roll setting, or a page jump setting. For example, one of the car settings includes a hop, a paper width, upper and lower left and right edges, or a label pitch. The digital printing file generation device can be automatically Calculate the left and right edges and the number of lanes in the above car setting. For the layout parameter group, please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a schematic diagram of a layout parameter according to an embodiment of the disclosure, and defines a part of the layout parameter. For example, the label right spacing 400 represents the horizontal spacing between the two labels. Upper edge 410 represents the distance between the top end of the label and the upper edge line. One of the cars is the number of lines that can be printed at a time, and the first row 420 of each car is the first row of the number of rows that can be printed. The spacing 430 on the label is the distance between the top and bottom of the two labels. The label height 440 may be the label height of a circular, square or irregular label. The height of the label of the circular label is the diameter of the upper and lower sides of the label, the height of the label of the square label is the distance of the upper and lower sides of the label, and the height of the label of the irregular label takes the maximum distance of the upper and lower sides of the label. The label width 450 may also be the width of a round label, a square label, or an irregular label. The width of the circular label is the diameter of the left and right sides of the label, the width of the square label is the distance from the left and right of the label, and the width of the irregular label takes the maximum distance from the left and right of the label. Some layout setting parameters can be automatically calculated by the digital printing file generation device. For example, the automatic calculation of the number of lines in a car is as follows: [((paper width - (label width * number of labels column)) - label right spacing * (label bar) Number -1))]/2 (Equation 1).

The hop length described above is based on the printing machine table and the label specification, indicating the total height of the number of printable vehicles after the layout. A volume setting can include the number of columns, the number of rows, the direction of the label, and the serial number. The digital printing file generating device can also automatically calculate the number of lines in the above-mentioned one-volume setting and other serial numbers other than the start/end number. The automatic calculation formula for one of the number of rows is as follows: Number of numbers / number of columns (Equation 2).

In addition to the above settings, the layout setting parameter group may include a setting in which a blank page needs to be skipped several pages. Moreover, the number of lines of a blank page can also be automatically calculated by the digital printing file generating device.

According to an embodiment, the label setting parameter set may include a label size, a label spacing, a serial number, a security check code, a label base map, a range line, a cut line, a bleed line, or a print setting.

The foregoing label spacing setting includes an upper spacing setting or a right spacing setting. The serial number includes the leading word (the prefix to the left of the serial number is the leading word, the length and content can be defined according to the customer's order requirements), and the carry character (the length is 1, which can be entered according to the customer's specified label type or the variable serial number. For example, it can be A~Z or 0~9, etc.) or serial number (set the number of digits according to customer requirements).

The print setting includes a print display mode and a common text setting, and a digital print file can have multiple sets of print settings. The print display mode further includes a general text serial number, a bar code or a quick response code, and the digital print file generating device can automatically generate the above-mentioned general text serial number according to the user setting the print display mode and the text related parameter setting. , bar code or quick response code. On the other hand, the shared text setting has a prefix or suffix, font size and spacing, font or block settings, print height or width, and print or left spacing. The prefix or suffix indicates whether a special character, such as "-", "*" or "@", is required to be printed to the left or right of the printed label number. The lower spacing is the print and serial position The distance from the upper line to the range line needs to be fine-tuned according to the actual distance of the previous group. The left spacing is the distance between the print and the position of the serial number to the left to the range line. It needs to be fine-tuned according to the actual distance of the previous group.

In addition to the above examples, the print setting may include various setting parameters. The following are merely examples, and may be self-repaired according to requirements. Anti-counterfeiting check code setting, you can set whether to generate the check code with anti-counterfeiting function; label base map setting or view; label first range line setting, for example, the original line. The range line shape setting can be, for example, square or circular. The second range line setting of the label, for example, the spacing between the two lines of the cut line or the bleed line. The digital printing file generating device can automatically calculate the range line position and draw according to the distance above the range line, the left spacing, the second line spacing and the shape.

Please refer to FIG. 7 , which is a schematic diagram of an example of layout parameters according to another embodiment of the disclosure. One of the cars is the number of lines that can be printed at a time, and the last row of each car 500 is the last row of the number of lines that can be printed. The lower edge 510 is the distance of the label from the lower edge of the paper, and the algorithm divides the lower spacing of the label by two. The lower spacing is the distance between the print and the position of the serial number up to the range line. The cut line 520 is the cut line required at the time of cutting.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of generating a digital print file, wherein the auxiliary line setting parameter set includes an electronic eye line setting or a line setting. In the electric eyeliner setting, the size of the electric eye can be set, the electric eye, the left and right spacing of the electric eye or the upper and lower spacing of the electric eye should be set every several label columns, and whether the left, middle and right electric eyes should be added can also be set. The left and right margins of the electric eye indicate the right eye (left) The distance from the edge to the left (right) edge of the print range; the upper and lower spacing of the electric eye represents the distance from the lower edge of the electric eye to the lower edge of the print range. The dividing line setting can set the left and right spacing of the dividing line or the width of the dividing line, and can also set whether the left, middle and right dividing lines need to be generated. The left-right spacing of the dividing lines is the distance from the right (left) edge of the dividing line to the left (right) edge of the printing range. The dividing line can be automatically arranged in the center of the electric eye, and the digital printing file generating device can automatically calculate the dividing line centering distance according to the size and position of the electric eye. In addition, the digital printing file generating device can automatically generate electric eyes and dividing lines according to the electric eye or the line selection required by the user to meet different usage requirements.

The middle dividing line is clearly indicated by clearly dividing the digital label, such as the left dividing line 600, the middle dividing line 610, and the right dividing line 620 in the figure. The electronic eye is used by a photo detector such as a left electric eye 630, a middle electric eye 640, and a right electric eye 650. When the photodetector senses the electric eye, a message can be sent to the digital printing file generating device to notify the position of the digital tag, thereby calculating the number and position of the digital tag.

In summary, the user through the digital printing file generation method and the generating device can dynamically and flexibly generate the digital printing file according to various different setting parameters, and can meet the requirement of the customer temporarily changing the printing. The method of generating the digital printed file no longer requires multiple overprinting operations like the conventional method, which saves the manufacturer of the digital label a lot of time. There is no longer a problem that is limited by the fact that when the demand for the number of prints is too large, it is necessary to generate a plurality of printed documents and waste a lot of time. No need to be as traditional, in order to produce printed files It takes a lot of manpower.

Moreover, the method for generating the digital printing file and the digital printing file generating device proposed by the disclosure can save the needs of multiple sets of different customers, and the customer does not need to reproduce the printing file every time the order is placed. For the user, it is also possible to streamline the digital printing workflow, improve the quality of production, solve urgent orders, shorten delivery deadlines and reduce costs. It is also possible to add more sets of print settings, import graphics, and all in one files that can be arbitrarily disassembled or combined to change according to business needs (including totems, tag categories, serial numbers, Bar code, anti-counterfeiting serial number, electric eye and dividing line). And can improve the special font, kerning and bitmap, and improve the quality and process of digital labels.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above in the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit the invention. It is within the scope of the invention to be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Please refer to the attached patent application for the scope of protection defined by the present invention.

Claims (18)

A method for generating a digital printing file, comprising: providing a parameter setting interface; receiving at least one printing parameter group through the parameter setting interface; generating a plurality of serial number strings, wherein the serial number strings respectively correspond to the digital label; When the anti-counterfeiting function is started, a check code position is generated for each of the serial number strings, and a plurality of serial number prints are generated according to the corresponding serial number strings and the check code positions; when the anti-counterfeiting function is not activated, Using the serial number string as the serial number printing; and executing a file generating program to generate a digital printing file according to the at least one printing parameter set and the serial number printing, wherein the digital printing file includes a plurality of digital labels And the serial number prints respectively correspond to the digital labels. The method for generating a digital print file according to claim 1, wherein the step of generating the number of prints further comprises: generating a plurality of barcode prints, wherein the barcode prints respectively correspond to the digital labels; and corresponding The bar code prints are incorporated into the serial number prints. The method for generating a digital printed file according to claim 1, further comprising: storing the at least one printing parameter group in a parameter setting file. The method for generating a digital printed file according to claim 1, wherein the at least one printing parameter set is a basic setting parameter group, a layout setting parameter group, a label setting parameter group or an auxiliary line setting parameter group. The method for generating a digitally printed file according to claim 4, wherein the parameter setting interface comprises a plurality of pages, each of the pages for receiving at least one of the printing parameter sets. The method for generating a digital printed file according to claim 4, wherein the basic setting parameter group comprises a customer identification code, an order identification code or a digital printed archive file name. The method for generating a digital printed file according to claim 4, wherein the layout setting parameter group comprises a vehicle setting, a volume setting or a page jumping setting. The method for generating a digital printing file according to claim 4, wherein the label setting parameter group comprises a label size, a label spacing setting, a serial number setting, an anti-counterfeiting check code setting, a label base map setting, a label range line setting, and a label cutting line. Settings, label bleed line settings or print settings. The method for generating a digital printed file according to claim 4, wherein the auxiliary line setting parameter group comprises an electric eye line setting or a dividing line setting. A digital printing file generating device for providing a parameter setting interface, receiving at least one printing parameter set through the parameter setting interface to generate a plurality of serial printing patterns, and executing a file generating program according to the at least one printing parameter group and The number of prints generates a digital print file, wherein the digital print file includes a plurality of digital labels, and the serial prints respectively correspond to the digital labels, wherein the digital prints are used to generate the serial prints. a print file generating device for generating a plurality of serial number strings, the sequences The number string corresponds to the digital tags respectively; when an anti-counterfeiting function is activated, the digital printing file generating device generates a check code position for each of the serial number strings, and according to the corresponding sequence strings and the The check code positions generate the serial number prints; and when the anti-counterfeiting function is not activated, the digital print file generating device uses the serial number strings as the serial number prints. The apparatus for generating digitally printed files according to claim 10, wherein the anti-counterfeit print generating device is configured to generate a plurality of bar code prints, wherein the bar code prints are The digital labels respectively correspond to; and the corresponding barcode prints are merged into the serial prints. The apparatus for generating digital printed files according to claim 10, wherein the at least one printing parameter set is stored in a parameter setting file. The apparatus for generating digital printed files according to claim 10, wherein the at least one printing parameter set is a basic setting parameter group, a layout setting parameter group, a label setting parameter group or an auxiliary line setting parameter group. The apparatus for generating a digital printed file according to claim 13, wherein the parameter setting interface comprises a plurality of pages, each of the pages for receiving at least one of the printing parameter sets. The apparatus for generating a digital printed file according to claim 13, wherein the basic setting parameter set comprises a customer identification code, an order identification code or a digital printed archive file name. The apparatus for generating a digital printed file according to claim 13, wherein the layout setting parameter group comprises a car setting, a roll setting or a page jump setting. The apparatus for generating a digital printed file according to claim 13, wherein the label setting parameter group includes a label size, a label spacing setting, a serial number setting, an anti-counterfeiting check code setting, a label base map setting, a label range line setting, and a label cutter line. Settings, label bleed line settings or print settings. The apparatus for generating a digital printed file according to claim 13, wherein the auxiliary line setting parameter group comprises an electric eye line setting or a line setting.