JP2008152310A - Variable printing document editing system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a variable printed document editing system for surely laying out printing information in a layout area. <P>SOLUTION: The system, in which a part data server device 300 and a document editing device 100 are connected to a network, includes a part data server device 300 for retrieving a part database storing information to specify a field item and part data including field item data and for transmitting the retrieved part data to a document editing device; and a document editing device 100 for measuring the maximum number of characters for each field item of the part data received from the server device, for laying out character boxes including row length data and being associated with the field items, for determining whether or not the length of the character string by the maximum number of characters of the measured filed items is equivalent to the row length of the character box or shorter, and for calculating a character transformation ratio. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a system for editing a document to be subjected to variable printing and a method thereof in variable printing.

Conventionally, a variable print document has been edited using a DTP system.
In this variable printing, a document in which a part of a document is replaced is continuously printed.
That is, in variable printing, a document in which a print portion that changes for each document and a fixed print portion that is common to each document are combined is created and printed. For example, in direct mail, the text is subjected to variable printing while changing the destination name which is a printing unit.

For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology for displaying a preview of the state of a document to be printed on an information processing apparatus using the set print format and component data in order to determine whether or not the print format setting information is acceptable. ing.
Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-63321 (pages 6 to 8, 13).

By the way, in the technique of Patent Document 1, in order to confirm whether or not the print format has been correctly set, the editor must visually check all the pages displayed in the preview. There was a drawback of requiring labor.

The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional technique, and an object of the present invention is to provide a variable print document editing system that reliably allocates to an allocation area.

The present invention solves the above problems by the following means. That is, the invention of claim 1 is a variable printing document editing system in which a component data server device and a document editing device are connected to a network, and the component data server device includes information specifying field items and field item data. A storage unit that stores a component database that stores component data, a component data transmission unit that receives a component data transmission request, searches the component database, and returns the retrieved component data to the document editing device; The document editing apparatus includes: a part data transmission request unit that issues a part data transmission request to the part data server apparatus; and a part data reception unit that receives the part data from the part data server apparatus. Measuring the maximum number of characters for each field item of the received component data. Character number measuring means, character frame assigning means for assigning a character frame including line length data, field item correspondence means for associating field items of component data to the assigned character frames, and the measured field items Character deformation rate using line length determination means for determining whether the length of the character string for the maximum number of characters is less than or equal to the line length data of the character frame data, and the length of the character string and the line length data of the character frame data A character deformation rate calculating means for calculating the character field, a character frame including information for specifying the field item, a display means for displaying a character frame in which characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters deformed using the character deformation ratio are arranged, and character frame data A variable printing document editing system, characterized in that the editing apparatus includes a document creation unit that creates document data including the document data.

It is possible to confirm on the editing screen the character deformation state in which the maximum number of characters fits in the character frame.

The invention of claim 2 is a variable printing document editing method using a part database storing information for identifying field items and part data including field item data, and accepts a part data transmission request and searches the part database. A component data search step for selecting component data, a maximum character count measurement step for measuring the maximum number of characters for each field item of the selected component data, and a character frame allocation step for allocating a character frame including line length data A field item correspondence step for associating a field item of component data with the assigned character frame, and whether the length of the character string corresponding to the maximum number of characters of the measured field item is equal to or less than the line length data of the character frame data. The line length determination step to determine whether or not, and the determination result is a character string length of the maximum number of characters If the data is longer than the line length data, the character deformation rate calculating step for calculating the character deformation rate using the length of the character string and the line length data of the character frame data, a character frame including information for specifying the field item, and A maximum character number display step for displaying a character frame in which characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters deformed using the character deformation rate are arranged; and a document creation step for creating document data including character frame data having a character deformation rate. A printing document editing method characterized in that the printing document editing process is performed according to a procedure including the steps.

A third aspect of the present invention is a variable printing document editing method using a component database that stores information specifying field items and component data including field item data, and includes a character frame for allocating a character frame including line length data. An allocation step, a field item association step for associating a field item of component data with the allocated character frame, and a component data search step of accepting a component data transmission request, searching a component database, and selecting component data The maximum number of characters measurement step for measuring the maximum number of characters for each field item of the selected component data, and the length of the character string corresponding to the maximum number of characters of the measured field item is the line length of the character frame data Line length determination step for determining whether or not the data is less than or equal to the length of the character string corresponding to the maximum number of characters If is longer than the line length data of the character frame data, a character deformation rate calculating step for calculating a character deformation rate using the length of the character string and the line length data of the character frame data, and information specifying the field item are included. A maximum character number display step for displaying a character frame in which characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters deformed using the character frame and the character deformation rate are arranged, and a document creation step for creating document data including character frame data having the character deformation rate The document editing method for printing is characterized by being performed in a procedure including

According to the present invention, in variable printing, it is possible to perform allocation so that component data of the maximum dimension is appropriately deformed and stored in the allocation area.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the overall configuration of a variable printing system 1 according to the present invention.

The variable printing system according to the present invention includes a document editing apparatus 100, a sketch creation apparatus 500, a variable printing apparatus 700, an editing data conversion apparatus 900, and a component data server apparatus 300 connected by a network.

The sketch creation device 500 creates sketch data and transmits it to the document editing device 100.

The part data server apparatus 300 searches the part data from the part database based on the designated search key, and transmits it to the document editing apparatus 100. Further, the part data server apparatus 300 searches the part database for part data including character data and image data based on the designated search key, and transmits the part data to the variable printing apparatus 700.

The document editing apparatus 100 creates document data using the sketch data received from the sketch creation apparatus 500 and the part data received from the part data server apparatus 300 and transmits the document data to the variable printing apparatus 700.

The editing data conversion apparatus 900 converts the document data received from the document editing apparatus 100 into control data for the variable printing apparatus to be used, and transmits the control data to the variable printing apparatus 700.

The variable printing apparatus 700 uses the part data received from the part data server apparatus 300 and the control data received from the editing data conversion apparatus 900 to create a variable printed material 799.

The document editing apparatus 100 is a personal computer controlled by a computer program. The computer program of the document editing apparatus 100 is commercially available DTP software. When a function is added to the computer program of the document editing apparatus 100, it can be realized by using a plug-in function and a C ++ program included in the computer program.

The sketch creation device 500 is a personal computer controlled by a computer program. The computer program of the sketch creation device 500 is commercially available image creation software. The variable printing apparatus 700 is a digital printer represented by a laser printer or an ink jet printer.

The edit data conversion apparatus 900 is a personal computer controlled by a computer program. The component data server apparatus 300 is a server computer controlled by a computer program. The computer program of the component data server apparatus 300 is commercially available database software.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the document editing apparatus 100 according to the present invention.
The document editing apparatus 100 includes an allocation unit 110, a character frame allocation unit 120, a field item association unit 130, a component data transmission request unit 171, a component data reception unit 172, a background transmission request unit 173, and a background reception. Means 174, maximum character count measuring means 140, line length determining means 162, character deformation rate calculating means 164, document creating means 150, document transmitting means 155, display means 180, and storage means 190 are provided.

The sketch transmission request unit 173 issues a sketch transmission request to the sketch creation device 500. The sketch receiving means 174 receives the sketch data 591 from the sketch creation device 500 and stores it in the storage means. The assigning unit 110 assigns the stored sketch data 591.

The component data transmission request unit 171 is a unit that issues a search query for desired component data to the component data server apparatus 300. The component data receiving unit 172 receives the character data 393 including the field item data and stores it in the storage unit 190.

The maximum character number measuring means 140 measures the maximum character number information of the field item data of the stored character data 393 and stores it in the storage means.

The character frame allocating means 120 allocates character frames and creates character frame data including start position information and character dimension information. The field item association unit 130 associates the field items of the character data 393 with the created character frame data.

The line length determination unit 162 obtains the maximum number of characters information of the field item associated with the allocated character frame data from the maximum number of characters information of the field item stored in the storage unit, and the number of characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters. The length of the column is calculated, and it is determined whether it is equal to or less than the line length data of the character frame data.

If the length of the character string corresponding to the maximum number of characters is longer than the line length data of the character frame data, the character deformation rate calculation means 164 uses the character string length and the character frame data line length data to determine the character deformation. Calculate the rate.

The display means 180 is a means for displaying the editing operation of the document editing apparatus 100, and displays a character frame including the field item information and a character frame in which characters deformed using the character deformation rate are formatted for the maximum number of characters.

The document creation means 150 creates document data 198 including character frame data having a character deformation rate and an edit tag. The document transmission unit 155 transmits the created document data 198 to the editing data conversion apparatus 900.

The document data 198 is an electronic document created by assigning character frames to the sketch data and arranging characters. The document data 198 created by the document editing apparatus 100 is assigned when creating data for printing. It corresponds to a pattern, and print data is created by combining the document data 198 and the component data (= character data or image data) transmitted from the component data server apparatus 300. Alternatively, the document data 198 is printed together with character data and image data at the time of printing.

Assignment means 110, character frame assignment means 120, field item association means 130, component data transmission request means 171, component data reception means 172, background transmission request means 173, background reception means 174, maximum number of characters The measuring unit 140, the line length determining unit 162, the character deformation rate calculating unit 164, the document creating unit 150, and the document transmitting unit 155 are computer programs. The sketch data 591 and the character data 393 are data readable by a computer program. The storage unit 190 is a semiconductor memory or a magnetic memory. The display unit 180 is an LCD display device or a CRT display device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the format and example of the character data 393. The character data 393 is composed of at least one field item data 393b. The first line of the character data 393 describes information for identifying each field item (= definition name information for each field item). The second and subsequent lines are character data (= character string) used for variable printing.

In FIG. 3B, character data 393 is illustrated. The character data on the first line (that is, the first record) is an example of the definition name information “f # name, l-name, address” of each field item. The character data on the second line (that is, the second record) shows an example of “Taro, Yamakawada Family, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, ABC-1 Room 32”. The definition name information “character string of f-name” = “Taro”, the definition name information “character string of l-name” = “Yamakawa Tajia”, and the definition name information “character string of address” = “Tokyo” This indicates that it is “ABC32 room in □□ 1-chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo”.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of document data (XML format). The document data 198 includes header data 198a, background layout data 198b, character frame layout data 198c, and the like. The header data 198a, the background layout data 198b, and the character frame layout data 198c each include an edit tag described below.

In FIG. 4, document data 198 in XML format is illustrated. For the sketch layout data 198b, edit tags "<Baseimage> </ Baseimage>", "<BasestartX> </ BasestartX>", "<BasestartY> </ BasestartY>", and "<PageNo> </ PageNo>" are used. “<Baseimage> graphic.eps </ Baseimage> <BasestartX> 0 </ BasestartX> <BasestartY> 0 </ BasestartY> <PageNo> 1 </ PageNo>” is shown.

As an example of the character frame allocation data 198c, edit tags “<Field> </ Field>” “<Fieldname> </ Fieldname>”, “<Columnname> </ Columnname>” “<StartX> </ StartX>” “ <StartY> </ StartY>, <Font> </ Font>, <Fontsize> </ Fontsize>, <Fonttransform> </ Fonttransform>, <Fontcolor> </ Fontcolor>, <Position> </ <Field> <Fieldname> Address </ Fieldname> <Columnname> address </ Columnname> <StartX> 17 </ StartX> <StartY> 34 </ StartY> <Font> Mincho-R </ Font> <Fontsize> 12 </ Fontsize> <Fonttransform> 33 </ Fonttransform> <Fontcolor> 1 0.7 0 0 </ Fontcolor> <Position> 1 </ Position> ”. Here, “<Fieldname> </ Fieldname>” defines a field item. “<StartX> </ StartX>” and “<StartY> </ StartY>” define coordinate values (X, Y) of the start position of the character frame (for example, the upper left of the frame). Similarly, “<Font> </ Font>” is the font of the text to be placed in the text box, “<Fontsize> </ Fontsize>” is the font size, “<Fonttransform> </ Fonttransform>” Define the font deformation rate.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a display example of the background data 591. FIG. 5 illustrates the displayed sketch. The displayed background is a credit card usage detail, and an area 591a for assigning a user's address name field, an area 591b for assigning a usage detail description field, and the like are set.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of the edit screen. FIG. 6A shows an editing screen 180a in which a sketch 591a is displayed on the display device. The edit screen 180a shows a state in which character frames for arranging “address”, “f-name”, and “l-name” as field items of character data are assigned to the background 591a. When the editor assigns character frames based on the assigned sketch 591a, an arrangement start position and a font size for the sketch 591a of the character data are determined.

FIG. 6B shows an example of a character frame 122a for arranging field items. In FIG. 6B, the background 591a, the character frame 121a in which the character string data of the field item “address” is arranged, and the character string data of the field items “f-name” and “l-name” are arranged. A character frame 122a is shown. Thus, by displaying “address” in the character frame 121a, it can be confirmed that the field item “address” is associated with the character frame. Since the correspondence between the character frame and the field item only needs to be understood by the editor, the column number may be used. The field item may be switched between display and non-display as necessary.

(C) of FIG. 6 is an example in which the deformed character (long character) having the maximum number of characters is arranged in the character string frame. In FIG. 6C, character strings of field items “address”, field items “f-name”, and “l-name” are respectively displayed as dummy characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters measured by the maximum character number measuring unit 140. Illustrated.

In the character frame 121b, dummy characters corresponding to the maximum number of character strings measured by the maximum character measuring means 140 from the character example of the field item “address” are arranged. At this time, the font size of the dummy characters and the maximum character string are set. Since the width of the character string obtained from the number is longer than the width of the character frame, the dummy character is multiplied by the character deformation rate to make it a long character so that it fits in the character frame. The character frame 121c is an example in which dummy characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters of the field items “f-name” and “l-name” are arranged.

As described above, the maximum number of characters is measured by the maximum number-of-characters measuring unit 140 for each field item from the character data 393 stored in the storage unit 190, and the dummy characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters are arranged in the character frame. The deformation state of the characters can be confirmed visually. If the dummy character is excessively deformed (long), the editor may make corrections such as increasing the width of the character frame again.

FIG. 7 is a detailed configuration diagram of the sketch creation device 500. The sketch creation apparatus 500 includes a sketch creation unit 510, a sketch transmission unit 520, and a storage unit 590. The storage unit 590 stores sketch part data 599 for creating a sketch by the sketch creation unit 510.

The sketch creation means 510 edits the sketch part data 599 to create the sketch data 591. The sketch transmission means 520 transmits the created sketch data 591 to the document editing apparatus 100.

The sketch creation means 510 and the sketch transmission means 520 are computer programs. The sketch component data 591 is data that can be read by a computer program. The storage unit 590 is a semiconductor memory or a magnetic memory.

FIG. 8 is a detailed configuration diagram of the component data server apparatus 300. The component data server apparatus 300 includes a component data transmission request accepting unit 320, a search result transmitting unit 330, and a storage unit 390. The storage unit 390 stores a parts database.

The component database stores component data as material data for variable printing, and the component data is composed of character data such as personal information and product information and image data used for each item.

The part data transmission request accepting unit 320 accepts a part data transmission request from the document editing apparatus 100. As an example of a part data transmission request, an item name to be edited by the document editing apparatus 100 is input as a search key and transmitted to the part data server apparatus 300. The search means 310 searches the parts database using the item name included in the parts transmission request as a search key, and extracts related character data and image data. The search result transmission unit 330 transmits the extracted component data and image data to the document editing apparatus 100.

The search means 310, the part data transmission request reception means 320, and the search result transmission means 330 are computer programs. The character data 393 and the image data 395 are data that can be read by a computer program. The storage unit 390 is a semiconductor memory or a magnetic memory.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the procedure of document editing processing according to the present invention.
(1) The background creation means 510 of the background creation device 500 creates the background data 591 to which the background is assigned. (Step S1a)
(2) The sketch transmission means 520 of the sketch creation device 500 transmits the sketch data 591 to the document editing device 100. (Step S1b)
(3) The allocating unit 110 of the document editing apparatus 100 allocates the received background data 591 to the allocated page data. (Step S1c)
(4) The part data transmission request unit 171 of the document editing apparatus 100 receives an input of a character string including an item name and transmits it to the part data server apparatus 300. (Step S2a)
(5) The component data transmission request accepting unit 320 of the component data server apparatus 300 receives the transmitted component data transmission request. (Step S2b)
(6) The search means 310 of the component data server apparatus 300 creates a search key from the component data transmission request, searches the component database, and selects the corresponding character data 393. (Step S2c)
(7) The search result transmission unit 330 of the component data server apparatus 300 transmits the selected character data 393 to the document editing apparatus 100. (Step S2d)
(8) The component data receiving unit 172 of the document editing apparatus 100 receives the transmitted character data 393. (Step S2e)
(9) The maximum character number measuring unit 140 of the document editing apparatus 100 measures the maximum number of characters of each field item data of the received character data 393. (Step S2f)
(10) The character frame assigning unit 120 of the document editing apparatus 100 assigns a character frame based on the displayed background picture or the already assigned character frame. (Step S3a)
(11) The field item association unit 130 of the document editing apparatus 100 associates the field item of the character data 393 with the assigned character frame. (Step S3b)
(12) The maximum number-of-characters arrangement unit 160 of the document editing apparatus 100 checks the maximum number of characters of the field item associated with the character frame with reference to the maximum number of characters of the measured field item, and determines dummy characters for the maximum number of characters. Place and display in a text frame. (Step S3c) At this time, if the editor determines that it is inconvenient to assign the character frame in which the dummy characters for the maximum number of characters are arranged, the process returns to Step S3a.
(13) The document creation unit 150 of the document editing apparatus 100 creates document data 198 including an edit tag. (Step S4a)

If there are a plurality of character frames, steps S3a to S3c may be repeated.

The document editing apparatus 100 may create the sketch data 591 to which the sketch is assigned.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a character deformation rate calculation processing procedure according to the present invention.
A processing procedure for displaying the editing screen 180c of FIG. 6 using the character data 393 illustrated in FIG. 3B will be described.

The maximum number of characters for each field item of the character data 393 is “4 characters (8 bytes)” for the field item “f-name” and “4 characters (8 bytes)” for the field item “l-”. The maximum number of characters (maximum number of bytes) of “name” is “4 characters (8 bytes)” of “Yamakawada Family”, and the maximum number of characters (maximum number of bytes) of field item “address” is “Setagaya-ku, Tokyo ▽▽ 2-chome *” * It is “24 characters (48 bytes)” of “Room 114” (FIG. 10 (1)).

Therefore, the character frame 121c is a character frame in which 24 characters (for example, □) are arranged in the character frame 121a. The character frame 122b is a character frame in which four characters as “f-name” and four characters as “l-name” are arranged in the character frame 122a ((2)).

The line length determination unit 162 determines whether or not the character placed in the character frame fits in the character frame. Since the character frame 121c contains 16 characters (same (2)), when the maximum number of characters of the field item address is 24 characters (same (2)), the line length determination unit 162 does not fit in the character frame. Judge that there is no. Therefore, in order to fit the maximum number of characters (= 24 characters) in the character frame, 16 (characters) is divided by 24 (characters) to obtain a character deformation rate of “0.66” (( 3)). Twenty-four dummy characters having a character deformation rate (length ratio) of “0.66” are arranged in the character frame 121b ((4)).

As described above, the maximum number of characters of the character data 393 is measured for each field item, and the deformation rate of the characters can be obtained and arranged so as to fit in the character frame. Furthermore, not only the character deformation but also the character size and character spacing may be adjusted.

FIG. 11 is a detailed configuration diagram of the edit data conversion apparatus 900.
The editing data conversion apparatus 900 includes a document reception unit 920, a printing apparatus designation unit 910, a control code conversion unit 930, a control data transmission unit 940, and a storage unit 990.
The storage unit 990 stores a control code correspondence table 997.

The control code correspondence table 997 is data that includes printing device designation information and associates predetermined data (for example, edit tags) of the document data 198 with printer control codes of the printing device.

The document receiving unit 920 receives the document data 198 from the document editing apparatus 100. The printing device designation unit 910 receives input of printing device designation information.
The control code conversion unit 930 selects the control code correspondence table 997 of the received printing apparatus designation information, and uses this to convert predetermined data of the received document data 198 into a printer control code.
The control data transmission means 940 creates control data 998 using the converted document data 198 and transmits it.

The document reception unit 920, the printing device designation unit 910, the control code conversion unit 930, and the control data transmission unit 940 are computer programs. The storage unit 990 is a semiconductor memory or a magnetic memory. The control code correspondence table 997 is data readable by the computer program.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the procedure of variable printing processing.
(1) The document transmission unit 155 of the document editing apparatus 100 transmits the document data to the editing data conversion apparatus 900. (Step S1)
(2) The document receiving unit 920 of the editing data conversion apparatus 900 receives document data from the document editing apparatus 100. (Step S2)
(3) The control code conversion unit 930 of the edit data conversion apparatus 900 converts the edit tag of the document data into a control code using the control code correspondence table 997 of the designated printing apparatus. (Step S3)
(4) The control code conversion means 930 of the edit data conversion apparatus 900 creates control data 998 using the document data 198 and the converted control code. (Step S4)
(5) The control data transmission unit 940 of the editing data conversion apparatus 900 transmits the control data 998 to the variable printing apparatus 700. (Step S5)
(6) The variable printing apparatus 700 receives the transmitted control data 998. (Step S6)
(7) The component data server apparatus 300 transmits component data including character data 591 and image data 593 to the variable printing apparatus 700. (Step S7)
(8) The variable printing apparatus 700 receives the transmitted component data. (Step S8)
(9) The variable printing apparatus 700 creates print data using the received control data 998 and component data. (Step S9)
(10) The variable printing apparatus 700 performs variable printing using the print data to create a variable printed material 799. (Step S10)

FIG. 13 is an example of a variable printed material 799.
The variable printed material 799 is printed with a sketch, characters, and an image.
Some characters (= addresses) have been transformed into long characters.

(Modification)
Instead of deforming the character, the character size may be reduced and fit in the character frame.

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it has become possible to simply and reliably confirm the print appearance in variable printing.

Overall configuration of variable printing system according to the present invention Detailed configuration diagram of document editing apparatus 100 according to the present invention Format and example of character data Document data example (XML format) Display example of background data 591 Example of edit screen Detailed configuration diagram of sketch creation device 500 Detailed configuration diagram of the component data server apparatus 500 Procedure of document editing processing according to the present invention Example of character deformation rate calculation processing procedure according to the present invention Detailed configuration diagram of edit data conversion apparatus 900 Variable printing procedure Examples of variable prints

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Variable printing system 100 by this invention Document editing apparatus 110 Assignment means 120 Character frame assignment means 130 Field item correspondence means 140 Maximum character count measurement means 150 Document creation means 155 Document transmission means 162 Line length determination means 164 Character deformation rate calculation means 171 Component data transmission requesting means 172 Component data receiving means 173 Background transmission requesting means 174 Background drawing receiving means 180 Display means 180a Editing screen 180b Partially enlarged editing screen 180c Editing screen with maximum number of characters arranged 190 Storage means 198 Document data 198a Header Data 198b Background layout data 198c Character frame allocation data 300 Parts data server apparatus 310 Search means 320 Parts data transmission request reception means 330 Search result transmission means 390 Storage means 393 Character data 393b Yield item data 395 Image data 500 Background creation device 510 Background creation means 520 Background transmission means 590 Storage means 591 Background data 591a Area for assigning user's address name field 591b Area for assigning usage description description field 599 Background part data 700 Variable printing apparatus 900 Edit data conversion device 910 Printing device designation means 920 Document reception means 930 Control code conversion means 940 Control data transmission means 990 Storage means 997 Control code correspondence table 998 Control data

Claims (3)

In a variable printing document editing system in which a print data server device and a document editing device are network-connected,
The print data server device includes:
Storage means for storing a component database for storing information specifying field items and component data including field item data;
A component data transmission unit that accepts a component data transmission request, searches a component database, and returns the retrieved component data to a document editing device;
A server device comprising:
The document editing device includes:
Component data transmission request means for issuing a component data transmission request to the print data server device;
Component data receiving means for receiving component data from a component data server device;
Maximum character number measuring means for measuring the maximum number of characters for each field item of the received component data;
A character frame allocating means for allocating a character frame including line length data;
A field item association means for associating a field item of component data with the assigned character frame;
A line length determination means for determining whether the length of the character string corresponding to the maximum number of characters of the measured field item is equal to or less than the line length data of the character frame data;
Character deformation rate calculation means for calculating the character deformation rate using the length of the character string and the line length data of the character frame data,
Display means for displaying a character frame including information for specifying a field item and a character frame in which characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters deformed using the character deformation rate are arranged;
Document creation means for creating document data including character frame data;
An editing device comprising:
A document editing system for variable printing. A variable printing document editing method that uses a component database that stores information specifying field items and component data including field item data,
A part data search step for accepting a part data transmission request, searching a part database, and selecting part data;
A maximum number of characters measurement step for measuring the maximum number of characters for each field item of the selected component data;
A character frame allocating step for allocating a character frame including line length data;
A field item association step for associating a field item of component data with the assigned character frame;
A line length determination step of determining whether or not the length of the character string corresponding to the maximum number of characters of the measured field item is equal to or less than the line length data of the character frame data;
If the length of the character string for the maximum number of characters is longer than the line length data of the character frame data, the character deformation rate is calculated using the character string length and the line length data of the character frame data. A calculation step;
A maximum character number display step for displaying a character frame including information specifying field items and a character frame in which characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters deformed using the character deformation rate are arranged;
A document creation step for creating document data including character frame data having a character deformation rate;
A document editing method for printing, which is performed by a procedure including: A variable printing document editing method that uses a component database that stores information specifying field items and component data including field item data,
A character frame allocating step for allocating a character frame including line length data;
A field item association step for associating a field item of component data with the assigned character frame;
A part data search step for accepting a part data transmission request, searching a part database, and selecting part data;
A maximum number of characters measurement step for measuring the maximum number of characters for each field item of the selected component data;
A line length determination step for determining whether the length of the character string corresponding to the maximum number of characters of the measured field item is equal to or less than the line length data of the character frame data;
If the length of the character string for the maximum number of characters is longer than the line length data of the character frame data, the character deformation rate is calculated using the character string length and the line length data of the character frame data. A calculation step;
A maximum character number display step for displaying a character frame including information specifying field items and a character frame in which characters corresponding to the maximum number of characters deformed using the character deformation rate are arranged;
A document creation step for creating document data including character frame data having a character deformation rate;
A document editing method for printing, which is performed by a procedure including:

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