JP2009048659A - Digital photo image printing control - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve workability when sorting group photos.
Photo images P1 to P4 are classified for each orderer, and the photo images P1 to P4 are printed in the order of the classification results. In addition, indexes IX1 to IX3 are printed for each category of the orderer by classification. Further, for each orderer category, a photographic image included in the corresponding category is printed first, and then an index is printed.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for controlling a printing apparatus to reprint and print a plurality of digital photographic images for a plurality of orderers.

  In recent years, digital photographic images taken with a digital camera (digital still camera) can be easily printed with a high-performance inkjet printer or the like. On the other hand, digital photographic images (hereinafter simply referred to as “photographs”) taken during group trips, school events, etc., are often reprinted and distributed to each person in the photograph. The photographer circulates all the photos taken to all participants in the event, receives the order of the desired photo, totals the number of photos ordered, and prints each photo as needed. I was doing the work. As an example of such work, there is Patent Document 1 below.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-88808

  In the above printing, each photo is output in order of the number of orders. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the first photo P1 is printed with the order number of three, the second photo P2 is printed with the order number of two, and the third photo P3 is ordered. The printing was performed in the order of printing two sheets, the number of sheets, and printing the fourth photograph P4, one sheet, the order number.

  However, in the above-described prior art, the photographer needs to perform a complicated operation of sorting the printed photograph to each orderer while looking at a copy of the order received from each orderer after printing.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to improve the workability when sorting group photos.

  As means for solving at least a part of the problems described above, the following configuration is adopted.

The digital photographic image printing control apparatus of the present invention includes:
A printing control apparatus that controls a printing apparatus to reprint and print a plurality of digital photographic images for a plurality of orderers,
Aggregate data storage means for storing aggregate data indicating the presence or absence of additional printing for each orderer for each digital photo image;
And a print processing means for classifying the digital photographic images for each orderer based on the aggregated data and printing the digital photographic images in the order of the classification results.

  According to the digital photo image printing control apparatus having the above-described configuration, the digital photo images are classified for each orderer based on the aggregate data indicating the presence / absence of additional printing for each orderer, and the digital photo images are printed in the order of the classification results. The For this reason, since the printed photographic images are arranged for each orderer, the work for sorting by orderer becomes unnecessary. Therefore, there is an effect that it is excellent in workability when sorting digital photographic images by orderer.

  The print processing unit may include a partition paper printing unit that prints a page as a partition sheet for each orderer category according to the classification.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to easily know which page is divided by the partition sheet.

  The partition paper printing unit may include a thumbnail image adding unit that adds a thumbnail image of a digital photographic image included in each section to the page as the partition sheet.

  According to this configuration, since a digital photo image included in the section can be known at a glance by looking at a page as a partition sheet to which a thumbnail image is added, it is excellent in convenience.

  In the digital photographic image print control apparatus for printing the page as the partition paper, the print processing means first prints the digital photographic image included in the corresponding category for each category of the orderer, and then It is good also as a structure provided with the reverse order printing means which performs reverse order printing of a digital photograph image and a partition paper by operating a partition paper printing means.

  According to this configuration, in a printing apparatus that discharges paper with the printing surface facing up, a partition on which, for example, Mr. A's thumbnail image or the like is written from the top is simply taken out of the printed material stacked on the paper discharge tray. Paper, one or more digital photo images showing Mr. A, then a partition paper with Mr. B's thumbnail image, etc., one or more digital photo images showing Mr. B, etc. You can get printed materials that are arranged as you want. Therefore, the sorting work is completely unnecessary, and the workability is further improved.

  The aggregated data is configured as a two-dimensional table format including columns and rows, and the orderer specifying information for specifying the orderer in the first direction that is one of the columns and rows is the second direction that is the other. It is also possible to use table data in which photo specifying information for specifying the digital photo image is assigned.

  According to this configuration, the total data can be stored in a two-dimensional table format. Use of aggregate data is easy.

  In the digital photographic image printing control apparatus in which the tabulated data is in a two-dimensional tabular format, the print processing unit focuses on one orderer specifying information in the first direction, and in the second direction at the point of interest. On the other hand, when the second direction moving means for sequentially extracting the presence / absence information one by one and the presence / absence information extracted by the second direction moving means indicate presence, Print execution means for printing a digital photographic image specified by the photo specifying information in the second direction, and a first direction in which the points of interest in the second direction moving means are moved one by one in order toward the first direction. It is good also as a structure provided with the moving means.

  According to this configuration, extra printing as much as the orderer needs can be realized with an easy configuration.

The digital photographic image printing control method of the present invention includes:
A printing control method for controlling a printing apparatus to print a plurality of digital photographic images for a plurality of orderers.
A process of storing aggregate data indicating the presence or absence of additional printing for each orderer for each digital photo image;
A step of classifying digital photographic images by orderer based on the aggregated data, and printing the digital photographic images in the order of the classification results.

The computer program of the present invention is:
A computer program for controlling a printing apparatus to print a plurality of digital photographic images for a plurality of orderers.
A function of storing aggregate data indicating the presence or absence of additional printing for each orderer for each digital photo image;
According to the present invention, a computer is provided with a function of classifying digital photographic images for each orderer based on the aggregated data and printing the digital photographic images in the order of the classification results.

  The digital photographic image printing control method and computer program of the present invention also have the effect of being excellent in workability when sorting digital photographic images by orderer, as in the digital photographic image printing control apparatus of the present invention. .

  The recording medium of the present invention is characterized by a computer-readable recording medium that records the computer program of the present invention. This recording medium has the same operation and effect as each computer program of the present invention.

  The present invention includes other aspects as follows. The 1st aspect is an aspect as a program supply apparatus which supplies the computer program of this invention via a communication path. In this first aspect, the above-described method and apparatus are realized by placing a computer program on a server or the like on a computer network, downloading a necessary program to a computer via a communication path, and executing the program. Can do.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described based on examples. This embodiment will be described in the following order.
A. Device configuration:
B. Computer processing:
B-1. Overall processing:
B-2. Printing process:
C. Action / effect:
D. Other embodiments:

A. Device configuration:
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a computer system to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied. The computer system of this embodiment mainly includes a personal computer 10 constituting the digital photographic image printing control apparatus of the present invention, and includes a display 20, a keyboard 22, and a mouse 24 as its peripheral devices. Furthermore, a digital camera 26, a CD drive 28, and a printer 29 are connected to the personal computer 10. The mouse 24 can be replaced with other pointing devices such as a trackball, a trackpad, and a tablet. The printer 29 is a high-performance inkjet printer, and can print high-quality photographic images. The printer 29 is of a type that discharges paper with the printing surface facing up.

  The personal computer 10 includes a memory 13, a display image memory 14, a hard disk drive 15, an input control unit 16, a display control unit 17, an output control unit 18, and the like that are mutually connected by a bus 12 around a CPU 11 as a central processing unit. Is provided. The memory 13 stores various data and becomes a work area of the CPU 11. The display image memory 14 is a memory that temporarily stores image data of an image to be displayed on the display 20.

  The hard disk drive 15 stores a computer program Pr as software for “photo reprint”. The hard disk drive 15 stores a large number of image data Dp. The image data Dp is a photographic image taken by the digital camera 26 and is stored in a predetermined area (for example, a holder) of the hard disk drive 15. The hard disk drive 15 also stores a printer driver (not shown) for controlling printing on the printer 29.

  The input control unit 16 is a control unit that captures input operations from the keyboard 22 and the mouse 24, captures image data from the digital camera 26, and captures data from the CD drive 28. The display control unit 17 is a control unit that controls signal output to the display 20. The output control unit 18 is a control unit that controls printing on the printer 29.

  The computer program Pr is originally stored in a CD-ROM (not shown) as a recording medium. The computer program Pr can be read from the CD-ROM and installed in the hard disk drive 15 by setting the CD-ROM in the CD drive 28 and starting a predetermined installation program. When the CPU 11 executes the computer program Pr, various constituent requirements of the digital photographic image printing control apparatus of the present invention are realized. Note that the page template Tm is also stored in advance on the CD-ROM, and is stored in the hard disk drive 15 at the same time when the computer program Pr is installed.

  In FIG. 1, various components of the digital photographic image printing control apparatus according to the present invention are shown by functional blocks implemented in the CPU 11. That is, the CPU 11 includes the print processing unit 11a as a function. This computer program Pr is actually an application program for “print reprinting” that prints a photographic image taken by the digital camera 26 and prints it, and the functions of the print processing unit 11a are personalized by some of the modules. This is realized by the computer 10.

  The computer program Pr is provided as a configuration stored in another portable recording medium (portable recording medium) such as a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, and an IC card in place of the CD-ROM. It can be. Further, the computer program Pr can be provided via a network from a specific server connected to an external network. The network may be the Internet or a computer program obtained by downloading from a specific homepage. Alternatively, it may be a computer program supplied in the form of an email attachment. The control process according to the computer program Pr will be described in detail below.

B. Computer processing:
B-1. Overall processing:
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the overall flow of this control process. This routine is started when an instruction to start the computer program Pr is given. As shown in the figure, when the process is started, the CPU 11 first displays an application window WD on the display 20 (step S100). The application window WD constitutes a graphical user interface (GUI).

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the application window WD. As shown in the figure, in the processing menu field MN on the left side of the application window WD, there are four types of buttons BT1, BT2, BT3, BT4 of [photograph input], [order sheet printing], [print number input], and [print]. However, the operator clicks the buttons BT1 to BT4 with the mouse 24 in order to capture the photographic images taken with the digital camera 26 on the screen of the CRT display 12. From the order reception to the printing of photographic images, it is possible to proceed.

  First, the operator clicks the [photo input] button BT1 to perform a process of capturing a plurality of image data Dp from the hard disk drive 15. Here, instead of the hard disk drive 15, it is possible to change to a configuration for directly capturing image data from the digital camera 26 or a configuration for capturing image data once stored from another storage medium such as a DVD. The captured image data Dp is displayed as a list in the work field FDW of the application window WD.

  In the figure, characters “A”, “B”, and “C” are written on each person in the display image of the image data Dp, but these are described for convenience of illustration in order to identify each person. This is different from the actual photographic image. That is, the photographic image indicated by the image data Dp with the file name = “pic001” includes Mr. A, B, and C, and the photographic image indicated by the image data Dp with the file name = “pic002” , A and C are shown. Such processing from taking in the image data Dp to displaying the list is the photo input processing executed in step S200 of FIG.

  After that, the operator clicks the [Print Order Form] button BT2, and performs processing for printing the order sheet on which the thumbnail image, which is a reduced sample of the captured image data Dp, is printed (step S300 in FIG. 2). ).

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the application window WD when the [Order Form Print] button BT2 is clicked. As shown in the figure, the work field FDW of the application window WD is provided with a name input field FD1 for inputting the name of the distributor of the order form. As shown in the figure, the name input field FD1 can be input up to 10 people. However, when the 10th person is input, only one input field is moved up and a blank appears, and the next name is displayed. Can be entered. Thus, it is possible to input names up to a predetermined number of people (for example, 99 people).

  The distributor of the order form entered in the name input field FD1 corresponds to all persons who may desire photographed photographic images. Here, the workers are the names of all persons who participated in the photographed event. To be entered. When the operator finishes inputting the name in the name input field FD1, the operator then clicks the [Print] button BT11 provided in the work field FDW. In response to this click operation, the CPU 11 performs processing for printing the order sheet OP.

  FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the order sheet OP printed in the “order sheet printing process” in step S300. As shown in the drawing, the order sheet OP is printed in a plurality of copies (three copies in the illustrated example). This number of copies is the number of names input from the name input field FD1, and is 3 copies in the illustrated example. A list of thumbnail images, which are reduced samples of the plurality of image data Dp captured in step S200, is printed as a list on each order sheet OP, and a check box CB is printed below each thumbnail image. . In the example shown in the figure, a mark is entered in the check box CB, but this mark is handwritten by the operator and is not marked on the order form OP immediately after printing.

  The three copies of the order form OP are almost the same. The same thumbnail image is printed on all three copies. The only difference is the name displayed below the order form OP. This name is a name input from the name input field FD1, and is assigned to each part and printed. That is, when the name input from the name input field FD1 is the one illustrated in FIG. 4, the names “Nihon Taro”, “Tokyo Hanako”, and “Osaka Sakura” are printed as shown in FIG. .

  Mr. Taro Nihon corresponds to A described in the above photographic image, Mr. Hanako Tokyo corresponds to B described in the above photographic image, and Mr. Sakura Osaka refers to C described in the above photographic image. Applicable. In the example shown in the figure, four thumbnail images are printed on the order form OP. However, when the number of thumbnail images to be printed becomes larger, the thumbnail images are further reduced so that many images are displayed. It is configured to be displayed on one sheet. In addition, when the predetermined number is exceeded, the printing is performed on a plurality of sheets.

  After the order sheet OP is printed, it is distributed by the worker to the name written at the bottom of each sheet. The person who received the order form OP (hereinafter referred to as “orderer”) selects what he / she wants from among the thumbnail images, that is, the one in which he / she is photographed, and enters the check box CB of the corresponding thumbnail image. Put handwritten notes. For example, Mr. Taro Nihon has three pictures on his upper left, upper right, and lower left, so put a note in these three check boxes CB. Thereafter, the operator collects all the distributed order forms OP from the orderer.

  The “work number” is printed in the lower right corner of the order form OP. This work number is a number automatically assigned in order for each work from the input of a photo to the completion of reprinting of the photo image. Therefore, all the order sheets OP printed in step S300 have the same work number. Each time a new photo input process is performed in step S200, a number incremented by 1 is assigned.

  After the collection of the order sheet OP, the operator clicks the [input number of prints] button BT3 to advance the process to step S400 in FIG. Note that the transition from step S300 to step S400 is possible even after the personal computer 10 is turned off. That is, when the computer program Pr is started after the power of the personal computer 10 is newly started, an application window WD is displayed. From the application window WD, the [print number input] button BT3 may be clicked. .

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the application window WD when the [print number input] button BT3 is clicked. As shown in the figure, a work number input field FD2 for inputting a work number is provided in the upper FDW1 of the work field FDW of the application window WD, and an order input for inputting the presence / absence of an order for a photographic image is provided in the lower FDW2. A column FD3 is provided. The operator looks at the collected order form OP and inputs both the input fields FD2 and FD3. The worker first inputs the work number printed below the order form OP using the keyboard 22 in the work number input field FD2. Since this number is the same in one operation, once it is input in one operation, subsequent input is unnecessary.

  When receiving the work number input from the work number input field FD2, the CPU displays a list of thumbnail images, which are reduced samples of the plurality of image data Dp captured in step S200 in the work of the work number, in the order input field FD3. Further, the name of the orderer is displayed above the order entry field FD3. The thumbnail image and name displayed here are the same as the thumbnail image printed on the order form OP. The operator can switch the thumbnail images displayed in a list for each orderer by clicking the [Next] button BT12 provided below the order entry field FD3 in order. When each thumbnail image is clicked, it becomes a gray display (shown by hatching in the figure) and becomes a selected state switch. Accordingly, the worker can view the order sheets OP collected from the orderer one by one, and the thumbnail corresponding to the order image of the corresponding orderer (the photo image marked in the check box CB of the order sheet OP). By clicking the images in order, it is possible to input to the personal computer 10 the presence or absence of additional printing for each orderer for each photographic image.

  That is, a photographic image that has been selected when clicked is input as having “printed” additional, and a photographic image that is not in the selected state is input as having “not printed” additional. In the example of FIG. 6, the photographic images (corresponding to “pic001”, “pic002”, and “pic003”) displayed in the upper left, upper right, and lower left for Nippon Taro are displayed as “Yes” in the upper right and lower left. The inputted photographic image (corresponding to “pic004”) is input that the additional printing is “none”. When the worker completes the input for the final orderer, he clicks the [Next] button BT12. Upon receiving this click, the CPU 11 finishes the “print number input process” in step S400. In step S400, the CPU 11 stores information on the presence / absence of extra printing input as described above in the hard disk drive 15 as the order totaling table TBL (see FIG. 1). The hard disk drive 15 in which the order total table TBL is stored corresponds to the total data storage means of the present invention.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the order totaling table TBL. The order totaling table TBL is provided for each operation from the input of a photo to the completion of reprinting, and the file name can be identified by the operation number. The order tabulation table TBL is configured as a two-dimensional table format composed of columns and rows, and the orderer specifying information for specifying the orderer in the column direction (referred to as i direction), that is, the name of the orderer is the row. The photo identification information for identifying the photographic image, that is, the file name of the photographic image, is assigned to each direction (referred to as j direction). Each element CL (i, j) in the table determined by the column and the row stores “1” indicating that additional printing is necessary or “0” indicating that additional printing is not required. .

  Returning to FIG. 2, after execution of step S400, the CPU 11 classifies the photo images for each orderer based on the order totaling table TBL stored in the hard disk drive 15, and prints the digital photo images in the order of the classification results. A printing process is executed (step S500). Then, the control process based on this flowchart is complete | finished.

B-2. Printing process:
The printing process executed in step S500 will be described in detail below.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing details of the printing process executed in step S500. As shown in the figure, when the process is started, the CPU 11 first reads the order total table TBL from the hard disk drive 15 and transfers it to the memory 13 (step S510). The order totaling table TBL is selected with the file name identified from the work number input in the “print number input process” in step S400. Thereafter, the CPU 11 sets values 0 to the variables i and j (step S520).

  Next, the CPU 11 sets the value obtained by subtracting the variable i from imax to the variable s, where imax is the number of rows in the order totaling table TBL read in step S510 (step S530). Subsequently, the CPU 11 sets the value obtained by subtracting the variable j from imax to the variable j, where jmax is the number of columns in the order totaling table TBL read in step S510 (step S540).

  Thereafter, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the element CL (s, t) specified by the variables s and t in the order totaling table TBL is a value 1 (step S550). That is, it is determined whether or not the element CL (s, t) in the vertical direction in the order totaling table TBL has the value 1 in the s-th (ie, s-th row) in the vertical direction and the t-th (ie, in the t-th column) in the horizontal direction. Do. If it is determined that the element CL (i, j) is a value 1, a print job for the image data Dp corresponding to the t-th column in the order totaling table TBL is output to the printer 29 via the printer driver. (Step S560). Thereafter, the CPU 11 registers the image data Dp corresponding to the t-th column for indexing (step S565). The index here is a print sheet on which a plurality of reduced images are printed, and registering as an index means registering as a reduced image to be printed on the print sheet.

  After executing step S560, the CPU 11 increments the variable j by the value 1 (step S570). On the other hand, when it is determined in step S550 that the element CL (s, t) is not 1, the process proceeds to step S570 without executing steps S560 and S565. After executing step S570, the CPU 11 advances the process to step S580 to determine whether or not the variable t has reached the value 1. If it is determined that the variable t has not reached the value 1, the process returns to step S540, and the processes of steps S540 to S580 are repeated.

  That is, by repeatedly executing steps S540 to S580, the s-th row focused by the variable s in the order totaling table TBL is moved forward by one element (s, t) from the back (rightmost in FIG. 7). If the values of the elements (s, t) are 1 in order extracted (to the left in FIG. 7), the image data Dp corresponding to the t-th column is printed, and the element ( When the value of (s, t) is 0, the image data Dp corresponding to the t-th column is not printed. Then, when the t-th column focused by the variable t reaches the first column, an affirmative determination is made in step S580, the process of steps S540 to S580 is temporarily skipped, and the process proceeds to step S590.

  In step S590, the CPU 11 creates an index for the orderer corresponding to the sth row noted by the variable s, and outputs a print job for this index to the printer 29 via the printer driver. In the index, the reduced image of the image data Dp registered in step S565 and the name of the corresponding orderer are shown. IX1 to IX3 in FIG. 9 are examples of indexes. Subsequently, the registered content in step S565 is cleared (step S595).

  After executing step S595, the CPU 11 increments the variable i by the value 1 (step S600). Subsequently, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the variable s has reached the value 1 (step S610). If it is determined that the variable s has not reached the value 1, the process proceeds to step S530. And the processes of steps S530 to S610 are repeatedly executed.

  That is, by repeatedly executing steps S530 to S610, the processing for the s-th row in steps S540 to S580 in the order totaling table TBL is executed line by line in order from the bottom line to the top. Can do. Then, when the s-th row focused on by the variable s reaches the first row, an affirmative determination is made in step S610, the process from step S530 to S610 is skipped, and the process proceeds to “return”. The print processing routine is temporarily terminated. This print processing routine corresponds to the print processing unit 11a (FIG. 1).

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a printed matter printed by the printing processing routine. As shown in the drawing, first, as a part of the third orderer, Sakura Sakura, the fourth photo image P4 (file name = “pic004”) and the second photo image P2 (file name = “pic002”), the first photo image P1 (file name = “pic001”) is printed in this order, and then the index IX3 for Sakura Sakura is printed. In the index IX3, thumbnail images of the photographic images P1, P2, and P4 are displayed together with the name of the orderer “Osaka Sakura”.

  Next, as a part of the second orderer Hanako Tokyo, the third photo image P3 (file name = “pic003”) and the first photo image P1 are printed in this order. An index IX2 is printed. In the index IX2, the thumbnail images of the photographic images P1 and P3 are displayed together with the name of the orderer “Tokyo Hanako”.

  Finally, the third photograph image P3, the second photograph image P2, and the first photograph image P1 are printed in this order as part of the third orderer, Mr. Taro Nihon. Taro's index IX1 is printed. In the index IX1, the thumbnail images of the photographic images P1, P2, and P3 are displayed along with the name of the orderer “Nihon Taro”. In the figure, solid line arrows indicate the order of printing.

C. Action / effect:
According to the computer system of this embodiment configured as described above, as described with reference to FIG. 9, the photographic images are classified by the orderer, and the photographic images are printed in the order of the classification results. For this reason, since the printed photographic images are arranged for each orderer, the work for sorting by orderer becomes unnecessary. Therefore, there is an effect that the workability when sorting photographic images by orderer is excellent.

  Further, in this embodiment, an index serving as a partition sheet is printed for each classification of the orderer by classification, so it is possible to easily know which page is classified by the index. Furthermore, since the thumbnail images of the photographic images included in the category are added to the index, the digital photo images included in the category can be known at a glance by looking at the index. Is excellent.

  In particular, in this embodiment, the printer 29 is of a type that discharges paper with the print side up, and for each category of the orderer, the photographic image included in the corresponding category is printed first, and then The reverse order printing of printing the index is realized. For this reason, it is possible to obtain printed materials arranged in a manner desired to be sorted by simply taking out the printed materials stacked on the paper discharge tray. Therefore, the sorting work is completely unnecessary, and the workability is further improved.

  In this embodiment, the total data indicating the presence / absence of additional printing for each orderer for each photo image, which is input by the input processing of the number of printed sheets, is structured as a two-dimensional tabular structured order total table TBL. Since it is stored, it is easy to create a control algorithm in the subsequent printing process, and the utilization of the total data is excellent.

D. Other embodiments:
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments and modifications, and can be carried out in various modes without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the following modifications are possible. is there.

(1) In the above embodiment, only one sheet can be ordered for each type of photographic image for each orderer. Instead, one orderer orders a plurality of types of photographic images. A possible configuration can also be adopted. In this case, the order number may be entered in each photograph on the order form OP, and the operator may input the order number to the computer. In this case, a number indicating the number of sheets is input to each element CL of the order count table TBL. This configuration also corresponds to the present invention, and the presence or absence of extra printing can be determined from the number.

(2) In the above embodiment, in the reverse order printing described in FIG. 9, that is, in the order totaling table TBL shown in FIG. 7, the elements CL (3,4), CL (3,4), CL (3,2) , CL (3, 1), and then CL (2, 4), the photo images were printed in this order. Instead, from the first column of the first row, that is, the element CL (1 , 1), CL (1, 2), CL (1, 3), CL (1, 4), and then CL (2, 1). In this case, before printing the photographic image included in each section of the orderer, the orderer's index is printed. That is, the printing order in FIG. 9 may be completely reversed.

(3) In the input processing of the number of prints in step S400 in the above-described embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the screen of the order entry field FD3 is switched for each orderer. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which photographic image orders for people (all orderers if screen space permits) can be entered on a single screen without switching the screen. Also, as shown in FIG. 10, a table TT corresponding to the data structure of the order totaling table TBL illustrated in FIG. 7 may be displayed on the screen. In this case, as shown in the drawing, it is preferable to display a thumbnail image of the photographic image instead of the file name of the photographic image. The operator can order a photographic image by finding a photographic image of the orderer who needs an order from the table TT, moving the mouse cursor, and clicking. In the illustrated example, the display is changed to ● when clicked.

(4) In the input processing of the number of prints in step S400 in the above-described embodiment, the worker inputs the presence / absence of an order from the screen while viewing the order sheets OP one by one. Each order form OP is optically read using a scanner or the like, and it is mechanically determined whether or not there is an entry in the position of the check box, thereby automatically creating the order totaling table TBL. You can also. According to this configuration, the workability is excellent.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, the configuration is such that a print job of a photo image or index is transmitted to the printer 29 every time one page is created. Instead, the print job is temporarily stored in the memory 13. Also, it is possible to connect the last and output to the printer 29.

(6) In the above embodiment, the image data Dp is a photographic image taken by a digital camera. However, instead of this, it may be image data such as a silver salt photograph or a gravure obtained using a scanner or the like. . Alternatively, a storage device such as the hard disk drive 15 may be prepared in advance. Or what was taken in from the outside via a network may be used.

It is explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the computer system to which one Example of this invention is applied. It is a flowchart which shows the whole flow of the control processing by the computer program Pr. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of application window WD. It is explanatory drawing which shows application window WD when the [order paper printing] button BT2 is clicked. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an order sheet OP printed by “order sheet printing process” in step S300. It is explanatory drawing which shows the application window WD when the [print number input] button BT3 is clicked. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the order total table TBL. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the printing process performed by step S500. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the printed matter printed by the routine of the printing process. It is explanatory drawing which shows the modification of the input screen for order of a photographic image. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the printed matter printed by the prior art.

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10 ... Personal computer 11 ... CPU
11a ... print processing unit 12 ... bus 13 ... memory 14 ... display image memory 15 ... hard disk drive 16 ... input control unit 17 ... display control unit 18 ... output control Unit 20 ... Display 22 ... Keyboard 24 ... Mouse 26 ... Digital camera 28 ... CD drive 29 ... Printer Pr ... Computer program TBL ... Order summary table Dp ... Image data WD ... Application window MN ... Processing menu field BT1 ... [Input photo] button BT2 ... [Print order form] button BT3 ... [Input number of prints] button BT4 ... [Print ] Button FDW ... work field OP ... order form CB ... check box FD1 ... name input field FD2 ... work number input field FD3 ... order input field P1-P4 ... photo image IX1-IX3 ... Inde Box

Claims (13)

A printing control apparatus that controls a printing apparatus to reprint and print a plurality of digital photographic images for a plurality of orderers,
Aggregate data storage means for storing aggregate data indicating the presence or absence of additional printing for each orderer for each digital photo image;
A digital photographic image printing control apparatus comprising: a print processing unit that classifies digital photographic images for each orderer based on the aggregated data, and prints the digital photographic images in order of the classification results. The digital photographic image printing control apparatus according to claim 1,
The print processing means includes
A digital photographic image printing control apparatus comprising: a partition paper printing unit that prints a page as a partition paper for each classification of an orderer by the classification. A digital photographic image printing control apparatus according to claim 2,
The partition paper printing means includes
A digital photographic image printing control apparatus comprising: thumbnail image adding means for adding a thumbnail image of a digital photographic image included in each section to a page as the partition sheet. A digital photographic image printing control apparatus according to claim 2 or 3,
The print processing means includes
For each orderer category, the digital photo image included in the corresponding category is printed first, and then the partition photo printing unit is operated to perform reverse sequence printing of the digital photo image and the partition paper. A digital photographic image printing control apparatus comprising: means. A digital photographic image printing control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The aggregated data is
An orderer specifying information for specifying the orderer in the first direction, which is one of the column and the row, is configured as a two-dimensional table format including columns and rows, and the digital photographic image is in the second direction, which is the other. A digital photo image printing control apparatus, which is table data to which photo specifying information for specifying each is assigned. The digital photographic image printing control apparatus according to claim 5,
The print processing means includes
Paying attention to one orderer specifying information in the first direction, second direction moving means for sequentially extracting the presence / absence information one by one toward the second direction at the point of interest;
Print execution for printing a digital photo image specified by the photo specifying information in the second direction when the presence / absence information extracted by the second direction moving means indicates the presence Means,
A digital photographic image printing control apparatus comprising: a first direction moving unit that sequentially moves the points of interest in the second direction moving unit one by one in the first direction. A printing control method for controlling a printing apparatus to print a plurality of digital photographic images for a plurality of orderers.
A process of storing aggregate data indicating the presence or absence of additional printing for each orderer for each digital photo image;
A process of classifying digital photo images by orderer based on the aggregated data, and printing the digital photo images in the order of the classification results. A computer program for controlling a printing apparatus to print a plurality of digital photographic images for a plurality of orderers.
A function of storing aggregate data indicating the presence or absence of additional printing for each orderer for each digital photo image;
A computer program for causing a computer to realize a function of classifying digital photographic images for each orderer based on the aggregated data and printing the digital photographic images in order of the classification results. A computer program according to claim 8,
The function of printing the digital photographic image is
A computer program having a function of printing a page as a partition sheet for each category of an orderer by the classification. A computer program according to claim 9,
The function of printing a page as the partition paper is as follows:
A computer program comprising a function of adding a thumbnail image of a digital photographic image included in each section to a page as the partition sheet. A computer program according to claim 9 or 10,
The function of printing the digital photographic image is
For each orderer's category, the digital photo image included in the relevant category is printed first, and then the partition paper printing means is operated to perform reverse printing of the digital photo image and the partition paper. A computer program provided. A computer program according to any one of claims 8 to 11,
The aggregated data is
An orderer specifying information for specifying the orderer in the first direction, which is one of the column and the row, is configured as a two-dimensional table format including columns and rows, and the digital photographic image is in the second direction as the other. A computer program that is table data to which photo identification information for identifying each is assigned.   A computer-readable recording medium in which the computer program according to any one of claims 8 to 12 is recorded.

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