JP4826481B2 - Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when executing a print job in an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a configuration has been implemented in which the print content setting of the print job is edited and the print is executed.

For example, a configuration is conceivable in which one of the current page, every other page, all pages, and any plurality of pages is selected, and the same print setting is performed on these pages by a single setting operation (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). Further, a configuration in which watermarks and annotations are set on physical pages (print pages) and logical pages (original pages) is considered (see, for example, Patent Document 3). In addition, a configuration in which print settings are performed in chapter units or page units on the terminal device side is considered (for example, see Patent Document 4).
JP 2005-31478 A JP 2006-163774 A JP 2004-5576 A JP 2003-162407 A

  When the print contents are edited, the editing setting information for each job is updated to the job ticket, and the editing setting information for each page is updated to the page ticket. When editing the print contents in units of pages, it is necessary to set the application range (physical page, manuscript page, chapter unit, etc.) to which the edits are applied, but the job ticket setting contents (set contents) and Depending on the editing contents of the page ticket (contents being edited), the applicable range may be limited.

  However, in the conventional configuration, the user must determine and set the applicable setting range, which may increase the burden of the setting operation.

  An object of the present invention is to appropriately and easily set an application range of print setting editing.

In order to solve the above problems, an image processing apparatus according to claim 1 is provided.
A display unit;
An operation unit for receiving operation inputs;
Based on the setting details of the job ticket of the print job and the editing details of the page ticket, the applicable application range of the page ticket editing is determined from the applicable application ranges of the page ticket editing, and the determined application range of the page ticket editing is determined. A control unit that is displayed on the display unit and sets an application range selected and input from the displayed application range of the page ticket via the operation unit, together with the editing content, to the page ticket. And

The invention according to claim 2 is the image processing apparatus according to claim 1,
The application range of the plurality of page ticket edits includes at least two of a manuscript page, an output page, a front / back batch, a chapter batch, a discharge recording medium bundle batch, a cover recording medium batch, and an insertion recording medium batch. .

The invention according to claim 3 is the image processing apparatus according to claim 2,
The control unit prints a plurality of page images on one surface of a recording medium, and the page ticket editable range of selection of the manuscript page when the edited content of the page ticket is not a setting relating to the type of the recording medium. It is characterized by distinguishing as follows.

The invention according to claim 4 is the image processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3,
The control unit determines the output page as a selectable application range of page ticket editing when the edited content of the page ticket is not a setting relating to the type of the recording medium.

The invention according to claim 5 is the image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4,
When the editing target page is double-sided printing, the editing target page is an insertion recording medium, the editing target page is a cover recording medium, or the edited content of the page ticket is the type of the recording medium If the setting is related to the above, the front and back batch is determined as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

The invention according to claim 6 is the image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 5,
The control unit may determine the chapter batch as a selectable application range of page ticket editing when the job to be edited is set to chapter division.

The invention according to claim 7 is the image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 6,
The control unit may determine the bundle of discharged recording media as a selectable application range of page ticket editing when a subset of editing target jobs is set.

The invention according to claim 8 is the image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 7,
When the editing target page is a cover recording medium, the control unit determines the cover recording medium batch as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

The invention according to claim 9 is the image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 8,
When the editing target page is an insertion recording medium, the control unit determines the insertion recording medium batch as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus.
An image processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
An image forming unit that forms an image by recording image data on a recording medium,
The control unit causes the image forming unit to form an image of image data of the print job in accordance with the set job ticket and page ticket.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately and easily set the application range of the print setting editing.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, at least one of a manuscript page, an output page, a front / back batch, a chapter batch, a cover recording medium batch, and an insertion recording medium batch can be selected as an application range of page ticket editing.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, a manuscript page can be appropriately determined as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately determine the output page as the application range of selectable page ticket editing.

  According to the invention described in claim 5, it is possible to appropriately discriminate between front and back as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

  According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately determine a chapter batch as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the batch of discharged recording media can be appropriately determined as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately determine the cover recording medium batch as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

  According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to appropriately discriminate the batch of inserted recording media as the application range of selectable page ticket editing.

  According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to form an image of a print job by appropriately setting the application range of page ticket editing.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the scope of the invention is not limited to the illustrated examples.

  First, the apparatus configuration of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional configuration of an image forming apparatus 1 in the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming apparatus 1 as a copying machine includes an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 19, an image reading unit 20, an operation unit 30, a printer unit 40, a paper feed unit 50, and a post-processing unit 60. Composed. In the present embodiment, the image forming apparatus 1 is described as a copying machine, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, another image forming apparatus such as an MFP (Multi Function Peripheral) or a printer may be used.

  The image reading unit 20 includes an ADF (Auto Document Feeder) unit 21 and a scanner unit 22 which are automatic document feeders. The ADF unit 21 conveys the document placed on the document table and sends it to the scanner unit 22, and the scanner unit 22 optically scans the conveyed document and photoelectrically converts it by a line image sensor CCD (Charge Coupled Device). Scan the original image. The document image data read by the image reading unit 20 is subjected to various types of image processing, and is output to the printer unit 40 as print image data. The HDD 19 is included in the control board 10 described later, and stores information such as image data before printing or after printing in a readable and writable manner.

  The operation unit 30 includes various function buttons such as a display unit 31, numeric buttons, and a start button for instructing start of printing. The display unit 31 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) and a touch panel provided so as to cover the LCD, and displays various operation screens, various processing results, setting contents, and the like.

  The printer unit 40 performs electrophotographic image formation, and includes an image forming unit 41 that forms an image on a recording sheet as a recording medium fed from the sheet feeding unit 50. The image forming unit 41 includes a photosensitive drum as an image carrier, a charging unit that charges the photosensitive drum, an exposure unit that exposes and scans the surface of the photosensitive drum based on image data, and a development that develops the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum. A transfer unit that transfers the toner image formed on the photosensitive drum to the recording paper, a cleaning unit that removes residual toner on the photosensitive drum, and a fixing unit that fixes the toner image formed on the recording paper. . In this embodiment, an example in which an electrophotographic method is applied will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other printing methods such as an ink jet method and a thermal sublimation method may be applied.

  The paper feed unit 50 includes four paper feed trays 51 to 54 for storing recording paper. In the present embodiment, four paper feed trays are provided, but the number is not particularly limited. Each of the paper feed trays 51 to 54 can store recording papers having different paper types, colors and sizes, such as plain paper, backing paper, recycled paper, and high-quality paper. The recording medium may be another recording medium such as an OHP sheet.

  The post-processing unit 60 can perform various post-processing such as sort processing, punching (punching) processing, stapling processing, and the like on the recording paper on which the image is formed, and can create a booklet or bookbinding.

  Next, the configuration of the image forming system 1α will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the image forming system 1α. As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming system 1α includes an image forming apparatus 1 and a PC (Personal Computer) 2 as an external device. FIG. 2 shows an internal configuration of the image forming apparatus 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the image forming apparatus 1 includes a main body 1a, a print controller 1b, a paper feed unit 50 (paper feed tray 54), and a post-processing unit 60. The LAN IF (Local Area Network) of the print controller 1b is included. InterFace) 72 is connected to the PC 2 on the LAN so as to be able to transmit and receive data to and from each other.

First, the main body 1a will be described.
The main body unit 1a includes a control board 10, an image reading unit 20, an operation unit 30, a printer unit 40, a paper feed unit 50 (paper feed trays 51 to 53), and the like. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the component same as each part demonstrated in FIG. 1, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The control board 10 includes a control unit 11, a nonvolatile memory 12, a reading processing unit 13, a compression IC (Integrated Circuit) 14, a DRAM control IC 15, an image memory 16, a decompression IC 17, a writing processing unit 18, and an HDD 19.

  The control unit 11 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and the like, reads various processing programs stored in the nonvolatile memory 12 and develops them on the RAM, and cooperates with the programs and the CPU. The processing operation of each part of the image forming apparatus 1 is comprehensively controlled by the operation.

  The control unit 11 allows the user to set and update the job ticket via the operation unit 30 by the editing / confirmation program, and can be selected by editing the page ticket according to the setting content of the job ticket and the editing content of the page ticket. An application range is determined, a page ticket editing screen having the selectable application range is displayed on the display unit 31, and the application range is set by the user via the operation unit 30 to update the page ticket.

  In addition, the control unit 11 causes the image reading unit 20 to read the original when the original is read or a copy job is executed, acquires image data, and setting information input by the user via the operation unit 30 Based on the above, a job ticket and a page ticket are generated, and job data (image data, job ticket, page ticket) is stored in the image memory 16.

  The nonvolatile memory 12 stores various processing programs such as image forming processing in the control unit 11 and data such as values used in the various programs. In particular, the non-volatile memory 12 stores an editing / confirmation program.

  The reading processing unit 13 performs a shading correction process and an A / D conversion process on the analog image signal input from the image reading unit 20 to generate digital image data. The generated image data is output to the compression IC 14.

  The compression IC 14 performs compression processing on the input image data and outputs it to the DRAM control IC 15.

  The DRAM control IC 15 controls image data compression processing by the compression IC 14 and decompression processing of the compressed image data by the decompression IC 17 in accordance with instructions from the control unit 11, and performs input / output control of image data to the image memory 16. For example, when the DRAM control IC 15 is instructed to store the image data read by the image reading unit 20, the DRAM control IC 15 causes the compression IC 14 to execute the compression processing of the image data input from the reading processing unit 13, thereby compressing the compressed image data. The image data is stored in the compression memory 16a of the image memory 16. When the DRAM control IC 15 is instructed to print out the compressed image data stored in the compression memory 16a, the DRAM control IC 15 reads the compressed image data from the compression memory 16a, causes the decompression IC 17 to execute decompression processing, and stores it in the page memory 16b. Let Then, the uncompressed image data is read from the page memory 16 b and output to the writing processing unit 18. After the image formation by the image forming unit 41, the DRAM control IC 15 deletes the image data that has been formed from the compression memory 16a and the page memory 16b.

  The image memory 16 includes a DRAM (Dynamic RAM) and includes a compression memory 16a and a page memory 16b. The compression memory 16a is a memory for storing compressed image data, and the page memory 16b is a memory for temporarily storing uncompressed image data to be printed before image formation. As the memory mounted on the image forming apparatus 1, a plurality of types of memories having different storage capacities are assumed, and any one of the plurality of types of memories is mounted on the image forming apparatus 1.

  The decompression IC 17 performs decompression processing on the input compressed image data.

  The writing processing unit 18 generates printing image data for image formation based on the image data to be printed input from the DRAM control IC 15 and outputs the image data to the printer unit 40.

  The HDD 19 is a storage device for storing and storing information such as job data read and generated by the scanner unit 22 and job data received from the PC 2 via the print controller 1b.

  The image reading unit 20 includes an ADF unit 21, a scanner unit 22, a reading control unit 23, and the like, and is an input unit that inputs image data to the image forming apparatus 1. The reading control unit 23 controls the ADF unit 21 and the scanner unit 22 according to an instruction from the control unit 11 to execute optical scanning of the document surface, and outputs the read analog image signal to the reading processing unit 13.

  The operation unit 30 includes a touch panel configured integrally with the display unit 31, an operation unit control unit 32, and various function buttons. The operation unit control unit 32 outputs operation signals operated by various function buttons or a touch panel to the control unit 11. Further, the operation unit control unit 32 displays various operation screens and various processing results on the display unit 31 in accordance with instructions from the control unit 11. For example, the operation unit control unit 32 causes the display unit 31 to display a job ticket setting screen and a page ticket editing screen described later.

Next, each part of the print controller 1b will be described.
The print controller 1b is an input unit that inputs image data transmitted from the PC 2 connected to the LAN to the image forming apparatus 1 when the image forming apparatus 1 is used as a network printer.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the print controller 1 b includes a controller control unit 71, a LAN IF 72, a DRAM control IC 73, and an image memory 74.

  The controller control unit 71 comprehensively controls the operation of each unit of the print controller 1b, and outputs image data input from the PC 2 via the LAN as a print job according to the operation state of the image forming apparatus 1.

  The LAN IF 72 is a communication interface for connecting to a LAN such as a NIC (Network Interface Card) or a modem, and receives image data to be printed from the PC 2 via the LAN. The received image data is output to the DRAM control IC 73.

  The DRAM control IC 73 controls the storage of the image data received by the LAN IF 72 in the image memory 74 and the reading of the image data from the image memory 74. The DRAM control IC 73 is connected to the DRAM control IC 15 via a PCI bus, and reads image data to be printed from the image memory 74 and outputs it to the DRAM control IC 15 in accordance with an instruction from the controller control unit 71.

  The image memory 74 is composed of a DRAM and temporarily stores input image data.

  The PC 2 generates print job data to be printed by a user operation or the like, and transmits the print job data to the image forming apparatus 1 via the LAN. The print job data includes image data of the job, a job ticket having print setting data including processing information and print instruction setting information of the job, and a page ticket having print setting data for each page. . Here, the PC 2 will be described as an external device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other external devices such as a server device and a portable device such as a PDA may be used.

  In the image forming apparatus 1, job data (image data, job ticket, and page ticket) received from the PC 2 via the LAN is stored in the image memory 16. Further, job data input from the image reading unit 20 and the PC 2 is stored in the page memory 16 b of the image memory 16, and then the image data is compressed by the compression IC 14 after being stored. Then, the compressed image data, the job ticket, and the page ticket are stored in the compression memory 16a.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows the flow of the edit / confirmation process. FIG. 4A shows a flow of the edit / confirmation process application range selection availability determination process. FIG. 4B shows the flow of the original page selection availability determination process of the application range selection availability determination process. FIG. 5A shows a flow of output page selection availability determination processing of application range selection availability determination processing. FIG. 5B shows the flow of the front / back batch selection availability determination process of the application range selection availability determination process. FIG. 6A shows a flow of chapter batch selection availability determination processing of application range selection availability determination processing. FIG. 6B shows a flow of the discharge bundle collective selection possibility determination process of the application range selection possibility determination process. FIG. 7A shows a flow of cover paper batch selection availability determination processing of application range selection availability determination processing. FIG. 7B shows a flow of insert sheet batch selection enable / disable determining process of the applicable range selectability determining process.

  FIG. 8 shows the job ticket setting screen 100. FIG. 9 shows the output image screen 110. FIG. 10 shows a page ticket editing screen 120 on the output image screen 110. FIG. 11 shows a page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130 on the page ticket editing screen 120. FIG. 12 shows a manuscript page application range selection screen 140 on the page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130.

  The edit / confirmation process is a process for receiving an edit input of a job ticket and a page ticket, and displaying a screen image of printing by the edit and a selectable application range of page ticket edit. The user performs an editing operation on the job ticket and the page ticket, and visually confirms the screen image of the edited print and the selectable application range.

  In advance, print data (image data, job ticket, page ticket) is generated in the PC 2 and transmitted to the image forming apparatus 1 via the LAN. In the image forming apparatus 1, it is assumed that the image data is compressed, and print job data (compressed image data, job ticket, page ticket) of the PC is stored in the compression memory 16 a of the image memory 16. Alternatively, the original is read by the image reading unit 20 to acquire image data, and a job ticket and a page ticket are generated based on the print setting input information input by the user via the operation unit 30, and the image data is It is assumed that the compressed print job data (compressed image data, job ticket, page ticket) is stored in the compression memory 16a.

  Then, triggered by the input of the user's editing / confirming process execution instruction via the operation unit 30, the control unit 11 cooperates with the editing / confirming program read from the non-volatile memory 12 and expanded in the RAM, and the CPU. The editing / confirmation process is executed manually.

  First, a job ticket is read from the compression memory 16a, a job ticket edit screen is displayed on the display unit 31, an edit input of the job ticket is accepted via the operation unit 30, and the job ticket is based on the edit data. Is changed, and the changed job ticket is stored in the compression memory 16a (step S1). For example, the job ticket setting screen 100 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 31, and various setting inputs to be applied to the entire job are performed by a job ticket setting / editing operation via the operation unit 30. For example, basic information such as the number of copies, print surface, etc., paper settings for printing, front / back adjustment of print paper, cover paper settings, insert paper settings, margin settings, post-processing settings, paper output tray, etc. And at least one setting input is performed. Then, the job ticket is updated and stored based on the setting input content.

  Then, the job ticket, page ticket, and (compressed) image data are read from the compression memory 16a, and an output image screen of image data corresponding to the job ticket and page ticket is displayed on the display unit 31 (step S2). For example, the output image screen 110 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. The output image screen 110 is an example having an output image 111 of job data on which a “important” stamp is superimposed in 2in1.

  Whether or not the page ticket is to be edited is determined based on whether or not a page ticket editing instruction is input via the operation unit 30 (step S3). In step S3, for example, the determination is made based on whether or not the page editing button 112 on the output image screen 110 shown in FIG. 9 has been pressed. If the page ticket is not edited (step S3; NO), the editing / confirming process is terminated.

  When editing the page ticket (step S3; YES), a page ticket editing screen for editing the page ticket is displayed on the display unit 31, and an edit input of the page ticket is accepted via the operation unit 30 (step S4). . In step S4, for example, the page ticket edit screen 120 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. The page ticket editing screen 120 includes an application range button 121, a paper size button 122, a paper type button 123, a color button 124, a stamp button 125, a margin button 126, an OK button 127, and a cancel button 128. Have.

  When the paper size button 122, the paper type button 123, the color button 124, the stamp button 125, and the margin button 126 are pressed, for example, a setting input screen for various setting contents appears and the setting contents can be input. Become. The application range button 121 is an input button for setting the application range of the recording paper setting. In the page ticket editing screen 120, the set stamp “important” is changed to “urgent”.

  The paper size button 122 is a button for inputting the paper size (A3, etc.) of the recording paper. The paper type button 123 is a button for inputting the paper type (plain paper or the like) of the recording paper. The color button 124 is a button for inputting the color (white, etc.) of the recording paper. The stamp button 125 is a button for inputting a stamp (such as “important”) to be pressed on the recording paper. The margin button 126 is a button for inputting a numeric value for margins of the recording paper. The OK button 127 is a button for confirming input of editing contents on the page ticket editing screen 120. The cancel button 128 is a button for canceling edit contents on the page ticket edit screen 120.

  Returning to FIG. 3, when an edit input of the setting contents in the page ticket is accepted in step S4, an application range selection determination process is executed (step S5). The application range selection determination process is a process of determining a selectable application range that reflects the edited content in accordance with the edited content in step S4.

  Then, a page ticket editing content application range selection screen in which the selectable application range determined in step S5 can be selected and input is displayed on the display unit 31, and input of the application range is accepted via the operation unit 30 (step S6). In step S6, for example, when the application range button 121 of the page ticket editing screen 120 in FIG. 10 is pressed, the page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. The page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130 includes an original page button 131, an output page button 132, a front / back batch button 133, a chapter batch button 134, a discharge bundle batch button 135, a cover paper batch button 136, An insertion sheet batch button 137, an OK button 138, and a cancel button 139 are provided.

  The manuscript page button 131 is a button for inputting a manuscript page range that reflects edit contents. Further, unlike the setting of the output page, it is for setting the application range of the manuscript page when outputting a plurality of images to one recording sheet. The output page button 132 is a button for inputting an output page range that reflects edit contents. The front / back batch button 133 is a button for inputting a front page and a back page range reflecting the edited contents. The chapter batch button 134 is a button for inputting a chapter range that reflects the edited contents. The sheet bundle batch button 135 is a button for inputting a sheet bundle range that reflects the edited contents. The cover paper batch button 136 is a button for inputting a cover paper range that reflects edit contents. The OK button 138 is a button for confirming input of edit contents on the page ticket edit contents application range selection screen 130. The cancel button 139 is a button for inputting an edit content cancel on the page ticket edit content application range selection screen 130.

  When the manuscript page button 131 is pressed, a manuscript page application range selection screen 140 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. For example, when 2 in 1 is set, the document page application range selection screen 140 has a left page selection button 141, a right page selection button 142, and a both page selection button 143. The left page selection button 141 is an input button for setting a manuscript page range that reflects edit contents to the left page. The right page selection button 142 is an input button for setting a manuscript page range that reflects editing contents as a right page. The both-page selection button 143 is an input button for setting a manuscript page range that reflects the editing content to both the left and right pages.

  The output page button 132, the front / back batch button 133, the chapter batch button 134, the discharge bundle batch button 135, the cover paper batch button 136, and the insert paper batch button 137 are also applied when they are pressed in a state where they can be selectively input. A setting screen for setting the range is displayed, and a specific application range setting input can be performed.

  Then, a page ticket reflecting the setting contents of the page ticket input in step S4 and the application range of the page ticket input in step S7 is generated and stored in the compression memory 16a (step S7), and step S2 It is transferred to.

  With reference to FIG. 4 to FIG. 7, the application range selection availability determination processing in step S5 will be described. After execution of step S4, as shown in FIG. 4A, a document page selection availability determination process is executed (step S10). Then, an output page selection availability determination process is executed (step S20). Then, a front / back batch selectability determination process is executed (step S30). Then, chapter batch selection availability determination processing is executed (step S40). Then, a discharge bundle batch selection enable / disable determination process is executed (step S50). Then, cover paper batch selection enable / disable determination processing is executed (step S60). Then, insert sheet batch selection availability determination processing is executed (step S70), application range selection availability determination processing is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S6.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the document page selectability determination process in step S10 is first based on the job ticket setting contents set in step S1 and the page ticket editing contents being edited in step S4. It is determined whether or not the editing target page is set to Nin1, N repeat, perfect binding or booklet printing (step S11). Step S11 is a determination of whether or not to print a plurality of page images on one recording sheet. If the page to be edited is set to Nin1 or the like (step S11; YES), it is determined whether or not the paper type related page ticket is edited (whether the edited content of the page ticket is a paper type related setting). (Step S12).

  If the paper type related page ticket is not edited (step S12; NO), the manuscript page button 131 is set to be depressible (step S13), the manuscript page selectability determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S20. When editing the paper type related page ticket (step S12; YES), the manuscript page button 131 is set not to be pressed (step S14), the manuscript page selectability determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S20.

  If the editing target page is not set to Nin1 or the like (step S11; NO), the manuscript page button 131 is set so as not to be pressed (step S15), the manuscript page application range selectability determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S20. To be migrated.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, the output page selectability determination process in step S20 first determines whether or not the paper type related page ticket is edited (step S21).

  If the paper type related page ticket is not edited (step S21; NO), the output page button 132 is set to be depressible (step S22), the output page selectability determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S30. When the paper type related page ticket is to be edited (step S21; YES), the output page button 132 is set not to be pressed (step S23), the output page selectability determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S30.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, the front / back batch selectability determination process in step S30 is based on the setting contents of the job ticket and the editing contents of the page ticket. It is determined whether or not it is set to print, or the paper type related page ticket is edited (step S31). In step S31, it is determined whether or not the recording paper unit to be output is set.

  When the page to be edited is double-sided printing or the like or editing of a paper type related page ticket (step S31; YES), the front / back batch button 133 is set to be depressible (step S32), and the front / back batch selection enable / disable determination processing is completed. Then, the process proceeds to step S40. If the page to be edited is not a double-sided print or the like and the paper type related page ticket is not edited (step S31; NO), the front / back batch button 133 is set not to be pressed (step S33), and the front / back batch selection enable / disable determination processing ends. Then, the process proceeds to step S40.

  In the chapter batch selection possibility determination process in step S40, as shown in FIG. 6A, it is determined whether or not the job to be edited is a chapter division job based on the setting contents of the job ticket (step S41). .

  When the job is a chapter division job (step S41; YES), the chapter batch button 134 is set to be depressible (step S42), the chapter batch selection availability determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S50. If the job is not a chapter division job (step S41; NO), the chapter batch button 134 is set so as not to be pressed (step S43), the chapter batch selection enable / disable determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S50.

  In the discharge bundle batch selection enable / disable determination process in step S50, it is determined whether or not the job to be edited is a subset setting job based on the setting contents of the job ticket as shown in FIG. Step S51). A subset setting job is a job in which post-processing (stapling, punching holes, etc.) is set for each partial bundle in one job.

  If the job is a subset setting job (step S51; YES), the discharge bundle batch button 135 is set to be depressible (step S52), the discharge bundle batch selection enable / disable determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S60. If the job is not a subset setting job (step S51; NO), the discharge bundle batch button 135 is set so as not to be pressed (step S53), the discharge bundle batch selection enable / disable determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S60.

  As shown in FIG. 7A, in the cover paper batch selection possibility determination process in step S60, based on the setting contents of the job ticket and the editing contents of the page ticket, is the editing target page set to cover paper printing? It is determined whether or not (step S61).

  If the page to be edited is set to cover paper (step S61; YES), the cover paper batch button 136 is set to be depressible (step S62), the cover paper batch selection possibility determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S70. Is done. If the page to be edited is not set to cover paper (step S61; NO), the cover paper batch button 136 is set so as not to be pressed (step S63), the cover paper batch selection enable / disable determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S70. To be migrated.

  As shown in FIG. 7B, the processing for determining whether or not to insert sheet batch selection in step S70 is based on the setting contents of the job ticket and the editing contents of the page ticket. Is discriminated (step S71). For example, whether or not the setting is to set all the insertion sheets to yellow recording sheets.

  If the page to be edited is set to the insertion sheet (step S71; YES), the insertion sheet batch button 137 is set to be depressible (step S72), the insertion sheet batch selection enable / disable determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S6. Is done. If the page to be edited is not set as an insertion sheet (step S71; NO), the insertion sheet batch button 137 is set to be unable to be pressed (step S73), and the insertion sheet batch selection enable / disable determination process is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S6. To be migrated.

  For example, in step S6, the page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. Here, a case is considered where the job ticket setting contents are the recording paper size (A3), duplex printing, and 2 in 1, and the page ticket editing contents are stamp “important” addition. At this time, the manuscript page button 131, the output page button 132, and the front / back batch button 133 can be pressed on the page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130. The chapter batch button 134, the discharge bundle batch button 135, the cover paper The collective button 136 and the insert paper collective button 137 are displayed in a shaded state and cannot be pressed.

  Next, another specific example of the page ticket editing screen will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 13A shows a page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130a. FIG. 13B shows a page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130b.

  For example, the setting contents of the job ticket are the recording paper size (A3), double-sided printing, 2in1, chaptered job, and the editing contents of the page ticket set all the recording papers to yellow (editing the paper type related page ticket). In step S6, the page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130a shown in FIG. 13A is displayed on the display unit 31. On the page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130a, the front / back batch button 133 and the chapter batch button 134 can be pressed, and the manuscript page button 131, the output page button 132, the discharge bundle batch button 135, the cover paper batch button 136, The insert sheet batch button 137 is shaded and cannot be selected and pressed.

  Also, for example, the setting contents of the job ticket are the recording paper size (A3), double-sided printing, front cover paper, and back cover, and the page ticket edit content shifts the cover paper image upward by 10 mm ( In the case of not editing the paper type related page ticket), the page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130b shown in FIG. 13B is displayed on the display unit 31 in step S6. On the page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130b, the output page button 132, the front / back batch button 133, and the cover paper batch button 136 can be pressed, and the original page button 131, chapter batch button 134, and discharge bundle batch button 135 are displayed. The insert sheet batch button 137 is shaded and cannot be selected and pressed.

  After the job ticket and page ticket are confirmed by the editing / confirmation process, the compression stored in the compression memory 16a by the control unit 11 in the image forming apparatus 1 in accordance with a print execution instruction input by the user via the operation unit 30. The image data, job ticket, and page ticket are read out, the compressed image data is expanded by the decompression IC 17, and the image of the decompressed image data is printed on the recording paper by the printer unit 40 or the like according to the read job ticket and page ticket. Is done.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the selectable application range of the page ticket editing is determined according to the job ticket setting content and the page ticket editing content, and the page ticket is displayed on the display unit 31 according to the determination result. The edit content application range selection screen 130 is displayed, and the user selects and inputs a page ticket edit application range that can be selected with reference to the page ticket edit content application range selection screen 130 via the operation unit 30. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately and easily set the application range of the print setting editing in accordance with the job ticket setting contents and the page ticket editing contents.

  In addition, at least one of a manuscript page, an output page, a front / back batch, a chapter batch, a cover paper batch, and an insertion paper batch can be selected as the application range of page ticket editing. In addition, when a plurality of page images are printed on one surface of the recording sheet and the page ticket is not edited in relation to the paper type, it is determined that the manuscript page can be selected. A manuscript page can be appropriately determined as an application range.

  Further, since the output page is determined as selectable when the paper type related page ticket is not edited, the output page can be appropriately determined as the applicable range of page ticket editing. Further, when the page to be edited is a double-sided print, is also an insertion sheet, is a cover sheet, or has been edited with a paper type related page ticket, it is determined that the front / back batch can be selected. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately discriminate between front and back as a selectable application range of page ticket editing.

  Also, if the job to be edited is a chapter, the page to be edited is an insertion sheet, the page to be edited is a cover paper, or a page type related page ticket has been edited, the chapter batch Is determined as selectable, so that chapter chapters can be appropriately determined as selectable page ticket editing ranges. In addition, when the job to be edited is set as a subset, it is determined that the bundle of discharged paper bundles is selectable. Therefore, the batch of discharged paper bundles can be appropriately determined as the applicable range of page ticket editing.

  Further, when the page to be edited is cover paper, the cover paper batch is determined as a selectable application range of page ticket editing, so that the cover paper batch can be appropriately determined as a selectable application range of page ticket editing. Further, when the editing target page is an insertion sheet, the insertion sheet batch is determined as a selectable application range of page ticket editing, so that the insertion sheet batch can be appropriately determined as a selectable page ticket editing range. .

  Also, it is possible to form an image of a print job by appropriately setting the application range of page ticket editing.

  The description in the above embodiment is an example of a suitable image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus according to the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this.

  In the above embodiment, the image forming apparatus 1 is configured to determine the applicable range for setting page ticket editing from the job ticket setting contents and the page ticket editing contents. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the configuration may be such that the application range is determined and the job ticket and page ticket are set by an image processing apparatus such as a PC or a print server, and the print job of the set job ticket or page ticket is executed by the image forming apparatus. Good.

  Further, the detailed configuration and detailed operation of each part constituting the image forming apparatus 1 in the above embodiment can be appropriately changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 is a diagram illustrating a cross-sectional configuration of an image forming apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an image forming system 1α. It is a flowchart which shows an edit / confirmation process. (A) is a flowchart showing an application range selection availability determination process of the editing / confirmation process. (B) is a flowchart showing original page selection availability determination processing of application range selection availability determination processing. (A) is a flowchart showing an output page selection availability determination process of the application range selection availability determination process. (B) is a flowchart showing the front / back batch selection availability determination processing of the application range selection availability determination processing. (A) is a flowchart which shows the chapter batch selection possibility determination process of an application range selection availability determination process. (B) is a flowchart showing a discharge bundle batch selection enable / disable determination process of an applicable range selection enable / disable determination process. (A) is a flowchart showing cover sheet batch selection availability determination processing of application range selection availability determination processing. (B) is a flowchart showing the insertion sheet batch selection availability determination processing of the application range selection availability determination processing. 6 is a diagram illustrating a job ticket setting screen 100. FIG. It is a figure which shows the output image screen. It is a figure which shows the page ticket edit screen 120 on the output image screen 110. FIG. It is a figure which shows the page ticket edit content application range selection screen on the page ticket edit screen. 6 is a diagram showing a manuscript page application range selection screen 140 on a page ticket editing content application range selection screen 130. FIG. (A) is a figure which shows the page ticket edit content application range selection screen 130a. (B) is a figure which shows the page ticket edit content application range selection screen 130b.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 (alpha) Image forming system 1 Image forming apparatus 1a Main body part 10 Control board 11 Control part 12 Non-volatile memory 13 Reading process part 14 Compression IC
15 DRAM control IC
16 Image memory 17 Expansion IC
18 Write processing unit 19 HDD
20 image reading unit 21 ADF unit 22 scanner unit 23 reading control unit 30 operation unit 31 display unit 32 operation unit control unit 40 printer unit 50 paper feed units 51 to 54 paper feed tray 60 post-processing unit 1b print controller 71 controller control unit 72 LAN IF
73 DRAM control IC
74 Image memory 2 PC

Claims (10)

A display unit;
An operation unit for receiving operation inputs;
Based on the setting details of the job ticket of the print job and the editing details of the page ticket, the applicable application range of the page ticket editing is determined from the applicable application ranges of the page ticket editing, and the determined application range of the page ticket editing is determined. A control unit that is displayed on the display unit and sets an application range selected and input from the displayed application range of the page ticket via the operation unit, together with the editing content, to the page ticket. An image processing apparatus.   The application range of the plurality of page ticket edits includes at least two of a manuscript page, an output page, a front / back batch, a chapter batch, a discharge recording medium bundle batch, a cover recording medium batch, and an insertion recording medium batch. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1.   The control unit prints a plurality of page images on one surface of a recording medium, and the page ticket editable range of selection of the manuscript page when the edited content of the page ticket is not a setting relating to the type of the recording medium. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:   The said control part discriminate | determines the said output page as an application range of the selectable page ticket edit, when the edit content of a page ticket is not the setting regarding the kind of recording medium. Image processing apparatus.   When the editing target page is double-sided printing, the editing target page is an insertion recording medium, the editing target page is a cover recording medium, or the edited content of the page ticket is the type of the recording medium 5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the front and back batch is discriminated as a selectable application range of page ticket editing when the setting is related to the setting.   6. The control unit according to claim 2, wherein the chapter batch is determined as a selectable application range of page ticket editing when the job to be edited is set to be divided into chapters. An image processing apparatus according to 1.   7. The control unit according to claim 2, wherein when the editing target job is set as a subset, the control unit determines the bundle of discharged recording media as a selectable application range of page ticket editing. The image processing apparatus according to one item.   8. The control unit according to claim 2, wherein when the editing target page is a cover recording medium, the control unit determines the cover recording medium batch as a selectable application range of page ticket editing. The image processing apparatus according to item.   9. The control unit according to claim 2, wherein when the editing target page is an insertion recording medium, the control unit determines the insertion recording medium batch as a selectable application range of page ticket editing. The image processing apparatus according to item. An image processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
An image forming unit that forms an image by recording image data on a recording medium,
The control unit causes the image forming unit to form an image of image data of the print job in accordance with the set job ticket and page ticket.

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