JPH08164685A - Multipage press and bind machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a multipage press and bind machine in which the width of a cut margin can be set freely irrespective of a register mark of the multipage press and bind machine by automatically making a multipage register mark corresponding to the set width of a cut margin in the multipage press and bind treatment. CONSTITUTION: CRT (display) 10 is installed which has a register mark data part 5 which stores coordinate data for making a multipage register mark based on inputted multipage conditions and a mulitpage register mark sticking position data part 6 which stores the sticking position of the multipage register mark are displays the multipage register mark based on data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an imposition printing apparatus for imposing an imposition register mark corresponding to a dove width in an imposition apparatus for imposing a plurality of page documents such as bookbinding on a single sheet. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in imposition printing, a document having a plurality of pages is printed on a sheet of paper, and the four corners are cut and bound into a book. The position is a dragonfly with an imposition (the cutting margin is called a dough). Conventionally, the imprint mark is printed on the printing paper by selecting a shape having a prepared shape (a fixed dope width) as the imprint mark.

[0003]

Although the shape of the imprint mark varies depending on the dove width, the imprint width can be freely set in the conventional imprinting printing apparatus, but the imprint mark only corresponds to a certain dove width. Since I do not have it, I do not have an imposition register mark corresponding to the discontinuity width by setting a value other than that discontinuity width as the discontinuity width, and therefore when imposition printing is performed, the accurate imposition register mark is not printed. There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an imposition printing apparatus capable of freely setting the dope width and printing imprint marks with an imprint that match the dove width.

[0005]

To this end, the imposition printing apparatus of the present invention comprises an imposition register mark creating means for creating imposition register marks that match printing conditions, and an imposition register for calculating the drawing position of the imposition register marks. The register mark position calculating means was configured.

[0006]

In the above structure, when the imposition printing condition is set, the print document data is printed based on the imposition printing condition, the imposition register mark is created based on the printing condition, and the imposition mark drawing position. Is calculated and the created registration mark is printed at the drawing position.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an imposition printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a central processing unit (hereinafter abbreviated as CPU) that controls the apparatus and processes data, and 2 is a program or the like. It is a ROM for storing. The ROM 2 has, as a program, imposition register mark creating means and imposition register mark position calculating means. 3 is a RAM for storing various data, and 4 is a RAM 3 which is necessary in order to allocate and print each page in the master copy so that both sides of the paper are aligned in correct positions in order when the paper is folded and printed. Number of imposition (number of pages for each page of a document to be laid out), spread (opening when bound), size of printing paper, dove width (width of cutting margin to fold and cut after printing) ) Etc. imprinted print data section for storing data such as
Reference numeral 5 designates a register mark data section for storing coordinate data for creating a register mark which is a mark to be placed on the imposition printing paper in the RAM3 for registration. Reference numeral 6 designates a register mark data in the RAM3 for developing the register mark data as an image. The register mark sticking position data section for storing the position of the register mark of the bit image created by the register mark image creating area 14 in the bitmap memory 8 storing the data in the bit image, and 7 in the RAM3. A document buffer 9 for temporarily storing the document data to be printed, and an input unit 9 such as a keyboard and a mouse are setting means for setting imposition printing conditions. 10 is a display device (hereinafter C
RT), 11 is a print output device such as a printer as a printing unit, 12 is an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk,
Reference numeral 13 is a document storage unit that stores a document to be printed in the auxiliary storage device 12, and 14 is a register mark data unit 5
This is a register mark image creation area section for creating the register mark data converted by.

2, 3, 4, and 5 are flowcharts of the operation of the imposition printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of image data of the same fixed register mark, and FIG.
8 is a specific example of the same-sided registration mark data, FIG. 8 is an output example of the same-sided printing, FIG. 9 is a specific example of image data of the same fixed-mark, and FIG. 10 is a specific example of the same-sided registration mark data. is there.

In step 1 of FIG. 2, when imposition printing is designated, and imposition printing conditions such as the number of impositions, how to open the pages, and the width of the gap are input, the imposition printing is input to the imposition printing data section 4. Data is temporarily stored in the document buffer 7 from the document storage unit 13 in the auxiliary storage device 12 in step 2 and is temporarily stored in the document buffer 7 in step 2. The printed document is developed in the bitmap memory 8 based on the imposition print data. In step 4, the fixed register mark data in the register mark data part 5 is converted based on the gap width of the imposition print data part 4, and in step 5, the converted register mark data is converted into image data in the register mark image creating area 14 as image data. expand. In step 6, rotated registration marks are created in order to allocate the imposition marks on the top, bottom, left and right sides of the sheet.

In step 7, imposition print data section 4
The registration mark pasting position is calculated based on the printing paper size data, the gap width data, the edit size data, and the registration mark creation area size data, and in step 8, the registration mark image data in the registration mark image creation area 14 is stored in the bitmap memory 8. Development is performed, and printing is executed in step 9.

Next, the method of converting the fixed register mark data, which is performed in step 4 of FIG. 2, will be described with reference to FIG. A fixed register mark is created in advance in the register mark image creation area 14, and the fixed register mark data is converted by changing the dope width to create the dove register mark.
As shown in FIG. 9, fixed data of the end point (v, u) is created with the upper left of the register mark image creation area 14 as the origin (0, 0). In addition, although the number of end points is not limited,
The values of v and u are the same.

First, in the fixed data, the center line 20 is the starting point (a, b) and the ending point (c, d), the left line 21 is the starting point (e, f) and the ending point (g, h), and the right line 22 is the starting point ( i,
j) The end point (k, l), and the underline 23 is the start point (m, n) and the end point (o, p).

When the bluff width of the imposition print data portion 4 is changed to x in step 10, the center line 20 is shortened by the bluff width x in step 11 as shown in FIG. Is reduced by "x" and converted to a start point (a, b) and an end point (c, d-x), and in step 12, the left line 21 is moved to the left by the width of the gap x and becomes shorter, so the x coordinate of the start point is reduced. And the x coordinate and y coordinate of the end point are reduced by “x” and converted to the start point (e−x, f) and the end point (g−x, h−x). To the x-coordinate of the start point and the x-coordinate of the end point,
The y coordinate decreases by "x", and the start point (i + x, j) and end point (k +)
x, l-x) and underline 2 in step 14
Since 3 moves upward by the width of the gap, the y coordinates of the start point and the end point are reduced by “x”, and the start point (m, n−x) and the end point (o, p−
x) is converted.

Next, the method of rotating the register marks performed in step 6 of FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG. In step 15, a registration mark rotated 90 degrees to the left is created. When rotated 90 degrees to the left, the origin of the register mark creation area changes from (0,0) to (0, u). Therefore, the x-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are converted into the x-coordinates of each point, the y-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are reduced by the y-coordinate of each point from the origin u of the y-axis, and the center line 20 is the start point. (B, u-a) end point (d-x, u-c), the left line 21 is the start point (f, u- (e-
x)) end point is (h−x, u− (g−x)), and the right line 22 is start point (j, u− (i + x)) end point (l−x, u− (k +).
x)), and the underline 23 is the start point (n-m, um) and end point (p-).
x, u-o).

In step 16, a registration mark rotated by 180 degrees is created. When rotated 180 degrees, the origin of the register mark creation area changes from (0,0) to (v, u). Therefore, the x-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are
The x coordinate of each point is decreased from the coordinate v, and the y coordinate of the start point and the end point of each point is decreased from the y coordinate u of the converted origin by the y coordinate of each point. Therefore, the center line 20 has a starting point (v-
a, ub) end point (vc, u- (dx)), left line 2
1 is a start point (v- (e-x), uf) and an end point (v- (g-
x), u− (h−x)), and the right line 22 is the starting point (v− (i +
x), u−j) end point (v− (k + x), u− (l−)
x)) and the underline 23 are converted into a start point (vm, u- (nx)) and an end point (vo, u- (p-x)).

In step 17, a registration mark rotated 90 degrees to the right is created. When rotated 90 degrees to the right, the origin of the register mark creation area changes from (0,0) to (v, 0). Therefore, the x-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are converted to the y-coordinates of each point, and the y-coordinates of the points are reduced from the y-axis origin by the y-coordinates of each point. From the coordinate v, the center line 20 has a starting point (vb, a) and an end point (v-
(D-x), c), the left line 21 is the starting point (v-f, e-x)
The end point is (v− (h−x), g−x), the right line 22 is the start point (v−j, i + x), the end point (v− (l−x)), and the underline 23.
Is a start point (v- (n-m), m) end point (v- (p-x),
o).

Next, referring to FIG. 8, the method of calculating the registration mark sticking position performed in step 7 will be described with reference to FIG. The position to attach the register mark is
As shown in FIG. 8, the position is determined such that the center line of the register mark in the register mark creation area is displayed on the center line of the print sheet, and the print sheet size (width q, length r), gap width x, edit sheet It is determined by the size (t, t). Note that FIG.
In, the broken line is a broken line and the dotted line is a cutting line.

In step 18, the center point B of the printing paper is obtained. How to obtain is 1 / of printing paper size (q, r)
Therefore, assuming that the origin A is (0, 0), the center point B of the printing paper is (q / 2, r / 2). Using this center point B as a base point, the registration mark sticking position data is obtained.

In step 19, point C, which is the first registration mark attaching position, is obtained. The x coordinate of point C is the x of the center point
1/2 of the lateral size v of the register mark creation area from the coordinate q / 2
Q / 2-v / 2, and the y-coordinate is the y-coordinate r / 2 of the center point minus the dove width x, the vertical size s of the edit paper size, and the vertical u of the register mark creation area. Since it is a number, it is r / 2− (x + s + u).

In step 20, the point D, which is the position where the registration mark rotated 90 degrees to the left is attached, is obtained. Since the x-coordinate of point D is the x-coordinate of the center point q / 2, it is the number obtained by subtracting the width of the gap x, twice the width t of the edit paper size, and the length u of the register mark creation area, so q / 2- (x + 2t + u) Yes, the y coordinate is the horizontal size v of the register mark creation area from the y coordinate r / 2 of the center point.
It is r / 2 + v / 2 because it is the number obtained by adding 1/2 of the above.

In step 21, point E, which is the position where the registration mark rotated by 180 degrees is attached, is determined. The x coordinate of the point E is q / 2 + v / 2 because it is the number obtained by adding the x coordinate of the center point q / 2 and 1/2 of the lateral size v of the register mark creation area, and the y coordinate is the y of the center point. It is r / 2 + (x + s + u) because it is the number obtained by adding the coordinate r / 2, the gap width x, the length s of the editing paper size, and the length u of the register mark creation area.

In step 22, the point F, which is the position where the registration mark rotated 90 degrees to the right is pasted, is obtained. The x-coordinate of the point F is q / 2 + (x + 2t + u) because it is the number obtained by adding the x-coordinate q / 2 of the center point to the double width x, twice the vertical t of the editing paper size, and the vertical u of the register mark creation area. The y coordinate is r / 2-v / 2 because it is the number obtained by subtracting 1/2 of the y coordinate r / 2 of the center point and the lateral size v of the register mark creation area.

Next, a specific operation of the imposition printing apparatus will be described with an example. From the input unit 9, the width of the dove is 4 mm, the number of surface attachments is 8, the printing paper size (840 mm, 594 mm),
When the imposition printing conditions such as the edit paper size (148 mm, 210 mm) are input, the input data is temporarily stored in the imposition printing data section 4, and the print document designated as the imposition printing is stored in the auxiliary storage device 12. The print document that is temporarily stored in the document buffer 7 from the internal document storage unit 13 and is temporarily stored in the document buffer 7 is expanded in the bitmap memory 8 based on the imposition print data.

Next, the register mark fixed data is converted on the basis of the gap width. A fixed register mark is created in advance in the register mark image creation area 14, and the fixed register mark data is converted by changing the dope width to create the dove register mark. As shown in FIG. 6, the origin 15 (0,0) end point (20,20) is set at the upper left of the register mark image creation area 14, and the fixed line is set as the center line 16 as the start point (10,0) end point (10,20). , The left line 17 is the start point (10, 3) and the end point (10, 20), and the right line 18 is the start point (10, 3)
End point (10, 20), underline 19 starts (0, 20)
It is set as the end point (20, 20).

Since the dove width is set to 4 mm, the center line 16 in FIG. 6 is shortened by 4 mm so that the y coordinate of the end point is reduced by "4", and as shown in FIG. 7, the start point (10,0 )
Converted to the end point (10, 16), the left line 17 is 4m wide
Since it moves to the left by m minutes and becomes shorter, the x-coordinate of the start point and the x-coordinate and y-coordinate of the end point are reduced by “4”, and as shown in FIG. 7, the start point (6, 3) and the end point (6, 16) The right line 18 is moved to the right by a width of 4 mm and shortened, and the x-coordinate of the start point and the x-coordinate and y-coordinate of the end point are reduced by “4”, so that the start point ( 14, 3) end point (14,
16), and the underline 19 moves upward by a gap of 4 minutes, so the y-coordinates of the start point and end point are reduced by "4", and as shown in FIG. 7, the start point (0,16) end point (20,16) ) And the converted register mark data is expanded as image data in the register mark creation area.

Next, the registration marks developed as image data are rotated to the left and right by 90 degrees and 180 degrees, respectively. 9 to the left
When rotated by 0 degree, the origin 15 of the register mark creation area changes from (0,0) to (0,20). Therefore, the x-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are converted to the x-coordinates of each point, and the y-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are the y-coordinates 20 of the converted origin 15.
From the start point (0,10) to the end point (16,10), the left line 17 to the start point (3,14) and the end point to (16,14), and the right line. 18 is the starting point (3, 14) and the ending point (16, 6), and the underline 19 is the starting point (1
6,0) is converted to the end point (16,20).

When rotated 180 degrees, the origin 15 of the register mark creation area changes from (0,0) to (20,20). Therefore, the x-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are the converted origin 15.
From the x coordinate 20 of each point, and the y coordinates of the start and end points of each point are reduced from the converted y coordinate 20 of the origin by the y coordinate of each point. Therefore, the center line 16 is the starting point (10, 20) and the ending point (10, 4), and the left line 17 is the starting point (1
4, 17) End point (14, 4), right line 18 is start point (6, 1)
7) The end point (6, 4) and the underline 19 are converted into the start point (20, 4) and the end point (0, 4).

When rotated 90 degrees to the right, the origin 15 of the register mark creation area changes from (0,0) to (20,0).
Therefore, the x-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are the converted origin 1.
The x-coordinate of 5 is reduced by the x-coordinate of each point, the y-coordinates of the start and end points of each line are converted into the x-coordinates of each point, and the center line 16 is the start point (20,10) end point (4,10). , Left line 17
Is the start point (17,6) and the end point is (4,6), the right line 18 is the start point (17,14) and the end point (4,14), and the underline 19 is the start point (4,0) and the end point (4,20). , Expand the image data and paste the registration mark at the position where the registration mark is attached. Next, a method of calculating the registration mark attachment position will be described with reference to FIG.

The position where the registration marks are attached is at the center line of the printing paper.
The position is determined so that the center line of the register mark in the register mark creation area is displayed, and it is determined by the paper print size (horizontal mm, vertical mm), gap width, and edit paper size (horizontal mm, vertical mm).

The center point of the printing paper is obtained. The calculation method is 1/2 of the print paper size (840 mm, 594 mm). Therefore, assuming the origin (0, 0) as shown in FIG.
The center point B of the printing paper is (420,297). Using this center point B as a base point, the registration mark sticking position data is obtained.

The point C, which is the first registration mark sticking position, is determined. The x-coordinate of the point C is the number obtained by subtracting 1/2 of the lateral size 20 of the register mark creation area from the x-coordinate 420 of the center point B, so 420-10 = 410, and the y-coordinate is the center point B.
From the y-coordinate 297 of the dove width 4 and the vertical size of the editing paper size
Since it is the number obtained by subtracting 0 and the vertical 20 of the registration mark creation area,
297- (4 + 210 + 20) = 63.

Point D, which is the position where the registration mark is rotated 90 degrees to the left, is obtained. The x-coordinate of point D is the x-coordinate 420 of the center point B, which is the number obtained by subtracting the width of the gap 4, the width 148 of the editing paper size 148 = 296 and the length 20 of the register mark creation area from the x-coordinate 420 of the center point B, so 420- (4 + 296 + 20) = 100,
Since the y coordinate is the number obtained by adding 1/2 = 10 of the lateral size 20 of the register mark creation area from the y coordinate 297 of the center point B,
297 + 10 = 307.

The point E, which is the position where the registration mark is rotated 180 degrees, is determined. The x coordinate of the point E is the x coordinate 4 of the center point B.
20 and half of the size 20 next to the register mark creation area = 1
Since it is the number obtained by adding 0, 420 + 10 = 430, and the y coordinate is the number obtained by adding the y coordinate 297 of the center point B, the gap width 4, the vertical length 210 of the editing paper size, and the vertical length 20 of the register mark creation area. 297+ (4 + 210 + 20) = 5
31.

The point F, which is the position where the registration marks are rotated 90 degrees to the right, is determined. The x coordinate of the F point is 420+ (4 + 296 + 20) = 740 because the x coordinate 420 of the center point B is the number obtained by adding the gap width 4 and twice the horizontal 148 of the editing paper size = 296 and the vertical 20 of the register mark creation area. And y
Since the number is the number obtained by subtracting 1/2 = 10 of the coordinate, the y coordinate 297 of the center point B, and the lateral size 20 of the register mark creation area.
7-10 = 287.

Therefore, point C is (410, 63), point D is (100, 307) point E is (430, 531), and point F is (740, 287). Each of the register marks is expanded in the bitmap memory and printing is executed.

[0036]

As described above, according to the imposition printing apparatus of the present invention, when performing imposition printing, it is possible to freely set the dope width and create and print the imprint mark based on the dove width. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an imposition printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the operation of the imposition printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the imposition printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of the imposition printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation of the imposition printing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a specific example diagram of image data of a fixed register mark in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a specific example diagram of imprint data with imposition in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an output example of imposition printing according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a specific example diagram of image data of a fixed register mark in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a specific example diagram of imprint data with imposition in one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 Print data part with surface 5 Registration mark data part 6 Registration mark position data part 7 Document buffer 8 Bit map memory 9 Input part 10 CRT 11 Print output device 12 Auxiliary storage device 13 Document storage part

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An imposition printing apparatus for imposition printing document data having a plurality of pages, comprising setting means for setting imposition printing conditions, and imposition registration marks that match the printing conditions set by the setting means. Based on the printing mark set by the setting means for creating the registration mark creating means, the drawing position of the registration mark position calculating means for calculating the drawing position of the printing marks set by the setting means An imposition printing apparatus comprising: the document data and a printing unit that prints imposition marks.