JP2013030084A - Printer controller and supply schedule creation program - Google Patents

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to improve convenience in replenishing paper during printing.
The terminal device 2 corresponds to the print data of a plurality of paper feed trays for print data for printing using a plurality of types of paper in a printing apparatus having a plurality of paper feed stands. Replenishment indicating the used paper feed tray used for feeding each type of paper, the number of sheets set at the start of printing on the used paper feed tray, the replenishment timing and the number of replenished paper for the used paper feed tray after starting printing based on the print data A schedule creation unit 11 that creates a schedule, a display unit 12, and a display control unit 13 that controls the display unit 12 to display the replenishment schedule are provided.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a print control apparatus that outputs print data and a replenishment schedule creation program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, techniques for providing support related to replenishment work by a user such as paper in a printing apparatus have been proposed.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, it is determined from the remaining amount of consumables such as paper whether or not a necessary amount is secured in a printing operation with a specified number of prints. Technology is disclosed. As a result, the user can replenish paper or the like in advance.

JP 2001-18497 A

  In a printing apparatus, a large amount of printing may be performed in one job. In this case, it may be necessary for the user to replenish paper to the printing apparatus between the start of printing and the end of printing in the job.

  Further, in a printing apparatus having a plurality of paper feed trays, printing may be performed using a plurality of types of paper in one job. For example, when a sealed sealing device for producing a sealed letter is connected as a post-processing device to the printing device, the printing device performs printing on envelope paper and content paper (content paper). Here, when the number of sealed letters created in one job is large, it may be necessary to replenish the printing apparatus at different timings between the envelope paper and the content paper, and the number of times of replenishment may increase.

  The user is usually away from the printing device. Moving to the installation location of the printing apparatus for paper supply requires time and effort for the user. In addition, since it is unclear when paper replenishment is necessary, there is a risk of reducing the efficiency of other operations of the user, resulting in inconvenience.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a printing control apparatus and a replenishment schedule creation program that can improve the convenience in replenishing paper during printing.

  In order to achieve the above object, the first feature of the print control apparatus according to the present invention is that print data for printing using a plurality of types of paper in a printing apparatus having a plurality of paper feed stands is provided. Used paper feed tray used for feeding various types of paper corresponding to the print data among the plurality of paper feed trays, the number of sheets set at the start of printing on the used paper feed tray, after the start of printing by the print data A schedule creation unit that creates a replenishment schedule indicating the timing and number of sheets to be replenished for the used paper feed tray, a display unit, and a display control unit that controls to display the replenishment schedule on the display unit. It is in.

  A second feature of the printing control apparatus according to the present invention is that the schedule creation unit creates a plurality of the supply schedules, and the display control unit causes the user to select one of the plurality of supply schedules. The control is to display the selection screen on the display unit.

  A third feature of the printing control apparatus according to the present invention resides in that the display control unit controls the display unit to display guide information of work for the used sheet feeding table according to the replenishment schedule.

  A fourth feature of the print control apparatus according to the present invention is that the display control unit displays the paper stacking state of the used paper feed tray after the printing by the print data is completed, before the paper is set at the start of printing. This is to control to display restoration recommendation information for recommending returning to the state on the display unit.

  The replenishment schedule creation program according to the present invention is characterized in that the print data for performing printing using a plurality of types of paper in a printing apparatus having a plurality of paper feed trays among the plurality of paper feed stands. The paper feed tray used for feeding various types of paper corresponding to the print data, the number of sheets set at the start of printing with respect to the paper feed tray, and the number of sheets for the paper feed tray used after the start of printing with the print data It is to cause the computer to execute a step of creating a replenishment schedule indicating the replenishment timing and the number of replenishments and a step of displaying the replenishment schedule on a display unit.

  According to the first feature of the printing control apparatus according to the present invention, the schedule creation unit creates a replenishment schedule and displays the replenishment schedule on the display unit. Accordingly, the user can confirm the replenishment schedule in advance, and can easily schedule work such as paper replenishment and other tasks. Therefore, it is possible to improve convenience in paper supply at the time of printing.

  According to the second feature of the printing control apparatus according to the present invention, the user can select a replenishment schedule as desired by causing the user to select one of a plurality of replenishment schedules, and convenience is further improved.

  According to the third feature of the printing control apparatus according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the user's work efficiency by displaying the guide information of the work for the used paper feed table according to the replenishment schedule on the display unit.

  According to the fourth aspect of the printing control apparatus of the present invention, the restoration recommendation information for recommending that the paper stacking state of the used paper feed tray is returned to the state before the paper is set at the start of printing. By displaying on the display unit, it is possible to suppress a change in the paper stacking state of the paper feed tray of the printing apparatus.

  According to the feature of the replenishment schedule creation program according to the present invention, a paper replenishment schedule is created, and the replenishment schedule is displayed on the display unit. Accordingly, the user can confirm the replenishment schedule in advance, and can easily schedule work such as paper replenishment and other tasks. Therefore, it is possible to improve convenience in paper supply at the time of printing.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a terminal device. It is a schematic block diagram of a printing apparatus. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control system of the printing apparatus. FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of an enclosure sealing device. It is a figure which shows an example of an enclosure operation information input screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a detailed setting screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sheet stacking information display screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a selection screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a selection screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a schedule screen. It is a figure which shows the other example of a schedule screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a mode confirmation screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a confirmation screen. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a paper set instruction screen. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a prior notification screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a main body side supply instruction | indication screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the terminal side supply instruction | indication screen. It is a figure which shows an example of the work instruction | indication screen after completion | finish of printing.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same or equivalent parts and components are denoted by the same or equivalent reference numerals. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic and different from the actual ones. Moreover, it is a matter of course that portions having different dimensional relationships and ratios are included between the drawings.

  Further, the embodiment described below exemplifies an apparatus or the like for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and the technical idea of the present invention is to arrange the components and the like as follows. It is not something specific. The technical idea of the present invention can be variously modified within the scope of the claims.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the printing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a terminal device 2, a printing device 3, and an enclosing / sealing device 4.

  The terminal device 2 outputs print data for printing a document or the like to be printed to the printing device 3. The terminal device 2 can communicate with the printing device 3 via a network 5 such as a LAN. The terminal device 2 corresponds to the print control device in the claims.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the terminal device 2. As illustrated in FIG. 2, the terminal device 2 includes a schedule creation unit 11, a display unit 12, a display control unit 13, an input unit 14, and a communication unit 15.

  The schedule creation unit 11 creates a paper replenishment schedule for print data for performing sealed letter production printing using the encapsulating and sealing apparatus 4. The replenishment schedule includes a plurality of paper feed trays (an external paper feed tray 35 and first to third internal paper feed trays 40A to 40C, which will be described later) of the various kinds of paper corresponding to print data at the time of printing. It shows the paper feed tray used for paper feed (used paper feed tray), the number of sheets set at the start of printing with respect to the used paper feed tray, the replenishment timing and number of sheets supplied to the used paper feed tray after printing is started.

  The display unit 12 displays various information such as the replenishment schedule at the time of printing for preparing a sealed letter.

  The display control unit 13 performs display control of the display unit 12.

  The input unit 14 receives various input operations by the user and outputs operation signals corresponding to the operations.

  The communication unit 15 connects the terminal device 2 to the network 5. As a result, the terminal device 2 can communicate with the printing device 3.

  The terminal device 2 includes a personal computer having a CPU, RAM, ROM, hard disk, and the like. The functions of the schedule creation unit 11 and the display control unit 13 are realized by the CPU executing the supply schedule creation program stored in the hard disk. The functions of the schedule creation unit 11 and the display control unit 13 may be configured as part of the functions of a printer driver corresponding to the printing apparatus 3, for example. In addition, the display unit 12 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display device. The input unit 14 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like.

  The printing apparatus 3 has a plurality of paper feed stands. FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of the printing apparatus 3, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control system of the printing apparatus 3. In the following description, the vertical direction and the horizontal direction indicate the vertical direction and the horizontal direction shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the printing apparatus 3 includes a paper feeding unit 21, a printing unit 22, a communication unit 23, an upper surface transport unit 24, a paper discharge unit 25, a reversing unit 26, and a communication unit. 27, an operation panel unit 28, a control unit 29, and a housing 30 that stores or holds each unit.

  In the printing apparatus 3 of FIG. 3, a path indicated by a thick line is a conveyance path through which the sheet is conveyed. Of the transport paths of the printing apparatus 3, the path indicated by the solid line is the normal path RC, the path indicated by the alternate long and short dash line is the reverse path RR, the path indicated by the long dashed line is the discharge path RD, the path indicated by the short dashed line is the communication path RO, A path indicated by a dotted line is a paper feed path RS. In the following description, upstream and downstream mean upstream and downstream in the transport path.

  The paper feeding unit 21 feeds paper to the printing unit 22. The paper feed unit 21 is provided on the most upstream side of the transport path. The paper feed unit 21 includes an external paper feed unit 31 and an internal paper feed unit 32.

  The external paper feed unit 31 is configured to be able to stack a large amount of paper, and feeds the printing unit 22. The external paper feed unit 31 is connected to the left side of the casing 30 of the printing apparatus 3 main body. The external paper feed unit 31 includes an external paper feed stand 35, an external paper feed roller 36, a plurality of pairs of external paper feed / conveying rollers 37, and an external paper feed unit housing 38 that houses or holds each part.

  The external paper feed tray 35 is capable of stacking a large amount of paper. The external paper feed tray 35 is partly exposed to the outside of the external paper feed unit housing 38. The external paper feed tray 35 is configured to be movable up and down. The external paper feed tray 35 has a fence (not shown) for regulating the position of the paper. The external paper feed tray 35 corresponds to the paper feed tray in the claims.

  The external paper feed roller 36 takes out sheets one by one from the external paper feed tray 35 and conveys them toward the external paper feed conveyance roller 37. The external paper feed roller 36 is disposed on the upper side of the external paper feed table 35. The external paper feed roller 36 is configured to be able to change the paper feed pressure in accordance with the thickness of the paper.

  The external paper feed transport roller 37 transports the paper taken out from the external paper feed tray 35 toward a registration roller 45 described later. A plurality of pairs of external paper feed transport rollers 37 are arranged along the paper feed path RS.

  The external paper feed unit 31 includes a motor that moves the external paper feed base 35 up and down, a motor that rotationally drives the external paper feed roller 36, and a motor that rotationally drives the external paper feed transport roller 37 (not shown). ).

  Note that it is also possible to remove the external paper feed unit 31 and attach a paper feed unit having a standard stackable number of paper feed stands to the printing apparatus 3.

  The internal paper feed unit 32 is provided inside the casing 30 of the main body of the printing apparatus 3 and feeds the printing unit 22. The internal paper feed unit 32 includes first to third internal paper feed trays 40A to 40C, first to third internal paper feed rollers 41A to 41C, and a plurality of pairs of vertical transport rollers 42.

  The first to third internal paper feed trays 40A to 40C are for stacking paper. The first to third internal paper feed trays 40A to 40C have a fence (not shown) for regulating the position of the paper. The first to third internal paper feed trays 40A to 40C correspond to the paper feed table in the claims.

  The first to third internal paper feed rollers 41A to 41C take out sheets one by one from the first to third internal paper feed trays 40A to 40C, respectively, and send them out to the paper feed path RS. The first to third internal paper feed rollers 41A to 41C are arranged above the first to third internal paper feed trays 40A to 40C, respectively. The first to third internal paper feed rollers 41A to 41C are configured so that the paper feed pressure can be changed according to the thickness of the paper.

  The vertical conveying roller 42 conveys the paper taken out from the first to third internal paper feeding trays 40A to 40C toward a registration roller 45 described later. A plurality of pairs of vertical transport rollers 42 are arranged along the paper feed path RS.

  The internal paper feed unit 32 includes first to third internal paper feed rollers 41 </ b> A to 41 </ b> C and a motor (not shown) that rotationally drives the vertical conveyance rollers 42.

  The printing unit 22 performs printing on the paper while conveying the paper. The printing unit 22 is disposed on the downstream side of the paper feeding unit 21. The printing unit 22 includes a registration roller 45, a belt conveyance unit 46, and an inkjet head unit 47.

  The registration roller 45 temporarily stops the sheet conveyed from the sheet feeding unit 21 or the reversing unit 26 and then sends the sheet to the belt conveyance unit 46 at a predetermined timing. The registration roller 45 is disposed on the normal route RC upstream of the printing unit 22. In other words, the registration roller 45 is disposed in the vicinity of the junction of the sheet feeding path RS and the reversing path RR.

  The belt conveyance unit 46 holds and conveys the sheet conveyed from the registration roller 45 below the inkjet head unit 47. The belt conveyance unit 46 is provided on the downstream side of the registration roller 45. The belt conveyance unit 46 includes an annular conveyance belt 50 provided to face the lower side of the inkjet head unit 47, a belt driving roller 51 that drives the conveyance belt 50 to rotate, and driven rollers 52 to follow the belt driving roller 51. 54. The conveyor belt 50 is an endless belt having a large number of holes, and conveys the sheet by sucking and holding the sheet with a negative pressure generated when air is sucked from the holes by a suction fan (not shown).

  The inkjet head unit 47 includes a plurality of line-type inkjet heads (not shown) that are arranged above the belt conveyance unit 46 and in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged in a direction substantially orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction. The inkjet head unit 47 prints an image by ejecting ink from the inkjet head onto a sheet conveyed by the belt conveyance unit 46.

  The printing unit 22 includes a motor that rotates the registration roller 45 and a motor (none of which is shown) that rotates the belt driving roller 51.

  The communication unit 23 sends the printed paper to the enclosing sealing device 4 at the time of printing for preparing a sealed letter. The communication unit 23 includes a switching unit 56 and a communication conveyance roller 57.

  The switching unit 56 is arranged at a branch point between the normal route RC and the contact route RO, and switches the paper transport route between the normal route RC and the contact route RO. The communication route RO is a route that extends from the boundary between the printing unit 22 and the upper surface transport unit 24 toward the enclosing sealing device 4. The downstream end portion of the communication route RO is connected to the upstream end portion of the introduction route RI of the sealing device 4 to be described later.

  The contact conveyance roller 57 conveys the sheet conveyed from the belt conveyance unit 46 and sends it to the enclosing sealing device 4. The contact conveying roller 57 is disposed on the downstream side of the switching unit 56 along the contact route RO.

  Further, the communication unit 23 includes a solenoid that drives the switching unit 56 and a motor (none of which is shown) that rotates the communication transport roller 57.

  The upper surface transport unit 24 transports the paper transported by the belt transport unit 46 so as to make a U-turn from the right to the left. The upper surface transport unit 24 includes a plurality of pairs of upper surface transport rollers 58.

  The upper surface conveyance roller 58 nips and conveys the sheet. The plurality of pairs of upper surface transport rollers 58 are arranged along a normal path RC between the printing unit 22 and the paper discharge unit 25. The pair of upper surface transport rollers 58 is disposed upstream of the reversing path RR.

  Further, the upper surface transport unit 24 includes a plurality of motors (not shown) that rotationally drive a plurality of pairs of upper surface transport rollers 58.

  The paper discharge unit 25 discharges printed sheets and stacks them. The paper discharge unit 25 includes a switching unit 61, a paper discharge roller 62, and a paper discharge table 63.

  The switching unit 61 switches the paper transport path between the paper discharge path RD and the reverse path RR. The switching unit 61 is disposed at a branch point between the paper discharge route RD and the reversal route RR. The paper discharge path RD is a path extending from the downstream end of the normal path RC toward the paper discharge tray 63.

  The paper discharge roller 62 is disposed between the switching unit 61 and the paper discharge table 63, conveys the paper conveyed by the upper surface conveyance unit 24 along the paper discharge path RD, and discharges it to the paper discharge table 63. .

  The paper discharge table 63 has a tray shape protruding from the housing 30 on the left side of the printing apparatus 3 and is inclined. The paper discharge tray 63 is for stacking the paper conveyed by the paper discharge roller 62, and the paper sliding down along the inclination is naturally arranged and overlapped by the wall formed at the lower position of the inclination. It is like that.

  The paper discharge unit 25 includes a solenoid that drives the switching unit 61 and a motor (none of which is shown) that rotates the paper discharge roller 62.

The reversing unit 26 reverses the single-side printed paper and conveys it to the registration roller 45 in order to re-supply the single-side printed paper to the printing unit 22 during double-sided printing. The reversing unit 26 includes a reversing roller 65, a switchback unit 66, a refeed roller 67, and a switching gate 68.
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  The reverse roller 65 temporarily transports the paper transported by the upper surface transport unit 24 to the switchback unit 66 and then transports it to the refeed roller 67. The reversing roller 65 is disposed between the upper surface conveyance roller 58 and the carry-in port of the switchback unit 66 on the reversing path RR.

  The switchback portion 66 is a space for the reversing roller 65 to carry in the paper temporarily. The switchback portion 66 is formed of a space formed in the lower portion of the paper discharge tray 63. The switchback portion 66 is opened in the vicinity of the reversing roller 65 to carry in the paper.

  The refeed roller 67 conveys the sheet conveyed by the reverse roller 65 to the registration roller 45. The refeed roller 67 is disposed on the reverse path RR between the reverse roller 65 and the registration roller 45.

  The switching gate 68 guides the sheet conveyed by the upper surface conveying roller 58 to the reverse roller 65. The switching gate 68 guides the sheet carried out from the switchback unit 66 by the reversing roller 65 to the refeed roller 67. The switching gate 68 is disposed in the vicinity of the center of gravity at the three positions of the uppermost transport roller 58, the reverse roller 65, and the refeed roller 67 on the most downstream side.

  The reversing unit 26 includes a motor that rotationally drives the reversing roller 65 and a motor (none of which is shown) that rotationally drives the refeed roller 67.

  The communication unit 27 connects the printing apparatus 3 to the network 5. Accordingly, the printing apparatus 3 can communicate with the terminal apparatus 2 and receives print data and the like.

  The operation panel unit 28 accepts user input operations and displays various types of information. The operation panel unit 28 includes an input unit 71 and a display unit 72.

  The input unit 71 receives an input operation by a user and outputs an operation signal corresponding to the operation. The input unit 71 includes operation buttons, a touch panel, and the like.

  The display unit 72 displays various information such as work guide information for the used paper feed tray at the time of printing for preparing a letter. The display unit 72 includes a liquid crystal display panel or the like.

  The control unit 29 controls the operation of each unit of the printing apparatus 3. The control unit 29 includes a CPU, RAM, ROM, hard disk, and the like. Moreover, the control part 29 controls operation | movement of each part of the enclosure sealing apparatus 4 mentioned later.

  The enclosing and sealing device 4 is an apparatus that takes in the envelope paper and the content paper printed by the printing device 3 and forms an envelope from the envelope paper while producing an envelope in which the content paper is enclosed in the envelope. The enclosing sealing device 4 is connected to the right side of the printing device 3. The envelope paper is a paper dedicated to making a sealed letter in the sealed sealing device 4, and a pressure sensitive adhesive that adheres by pressure contact and a re-wet glue that can be adhered by adhering water to a predetermined position in advance. It has been applied. As the content paper, plain paper or the like is used.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of the sealing device 4. In the encapsulating sealing device 4 in FIG. 5, a path indicated by a thick line is a transport path through which the sheet is transported. Among the transport paths of the enclosing / sealing device 4, the path indicated by the solid line is the content path RB, the path indicated by the one-dot chain line is the envelope paper path RE, the path indicated by the broken line is the seal path RP, and the path indicated by the two-dot chain line is the introduction path RI. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the enclosing and sealing device 4 includes an introduction unit 81, a content paper transport unit 82, a content folding unit 83, a content standby unit 84, an envelope paper transport unit 85, and a front folding unit. 86, an envelope forming part 87, a sealing part 88, and a casing 89 for housing each part.

  The introduction unit 81 introduces the envelope paper and the content paper printed by the printing device 3 into the enclosing sealing device 4. The introduction unit 81 includes an introduction conveyance roller 91, a switching unit 92, a motor (not shown) that rotationally drives the introduction conveyance roller 91, and a solenoid (not shown) that drives the switching unit 92. The introduction conveyance roller 91 takes in the paper from the communication unit 23 of the printing apparatus 3 and conveys it along the introduction route RI. The upstream end portion of the introduction route RI is connected to the downstream end portion of the communication route RO of the printing apparatus 3. The switching unit 92 guides the content sheet transported by the introduction transport roller 91 to the content path RB, and guides the envelope paper to the envelope paper path RE.

  The content paper transport unit 82 transports the content paper from the introduction unit 81 to the content folding unit 83. The content paper transport unit 82 includes a content paper transport roller 95, an alignment gate 96, a motor (not shown) that rotates the content paper transport roller 95, and a motor (not shown) that drives the alignment gate 96. ). The content paper transport roller 95 transports the content paper guided to the content path RB by the switching unit 92. The alignment gate 96 switches the content route RB between an open state and a closed state. The alignment gate 96 collects and aligns a plurality of content sheets enclosed in one sealed letter by closing the content path RB.

  The content folding unit 83 folds the content paper in order to enclose it in an envelope. The content folding unit 83 rotates the main folding roller 101, the introduction roller 102, the intermediate roller 103, the discharge roller 104, the guide plates 105 and 106 having the abutting members 105a and 106a, respectively, and the main folding roller 101. A motor to be driven (not shown). The main folding roller 101 is configured to be rotatable in the clockwise direction, and bends the content sheet between the intermediate roller 103 and the outlet roller 104. The introduction roller 102 collaborates with the main folding roller 101 to cause the content paper conveyed by the content paper conveyance unit 82 to abut against the abutting member 105a of the guide plate 105, thereby causing slack in the content paper. Let The intermediate roller 103 draws and sags the content sheet in which sagging has occurred between the sagging portion and the main folding roller 101. The folded content sheet is abutted against the abutting member 106a of the guide plate 106, and sag is generated. The derivation roller 104 sends out the content sheet in which the sagging has occurred from the sagging portion to the main folding roller 101 and bends it to the content waiting unit 84 side (upper right side).

  The content standby unit 84 temporarily waits for the content sheet folded by the content folding unit 83 and then sends it to the envelope forming unit 87. The content standby unit 84 includes a plurality of pairs of delivery rollers 108 disposed along the content path RB between the content folding unit 83 and the envelope forming unit 87, and a motor (not shown) that rotationally drives the delivery rollers 108. Z)). During standby, the delivery roller 108 is stopped in a state where the folded content sheet is nipped.

  The envelope paper transport unit 85 transports the envelope paper from the introduction unit 81 to the front folding unit 86. The envelope paper transport unit 85 is disposed along the envelope paper path RE between the introduction unit 81 and the front folding unit 86, and rotates the envelope paper transport roller 109 for transporting the envelope paper and the envelope paper transport roller 109. A motor (not shown).

  The front folding unit 86 performs a front folding, which is a first-stage folding operation when forming an envelope from envelope paper. The front folding section 86 includes a main folding roller 110, an introduction roller 111, a lead-out roller 112, a guide plate 113 having an abutting member 113a, and a motor (not shown) that drives the main folding roller 110 to rotate. . The main folding roller 110 is configured to be able to rotate counterclockwise, and performs forward folding of the envelope paper with the outlet roller 112. The introduction roller 111 collaborates with the main folding roller 110 to abut the envelope sheet conveyed by the envelope sheet conveyance unit 85 against the abutting member 113a of the guide plate 113, thereby causing the envelope sheet to sag. The lead-out roller 112 sends out the envelope paper on which the sagging has occurred from the sagging portion to the main folding roller 110 and bends it to the envelope forming portion 87 side (right side).

  The envelope forming unit 87 accommodates the content sheet in the envelope while forming the envelope by folding the envelope sheet folded in front by the front folding unit 86. The envelope forming part 87 rotationally drives the main folding roller 115, the introducing roller 116, the intermediate roller 117, the outlet roller 118, the guide plates 119 and 120 having the abutting members 119a and 120a, respectively, and the main folding roller 115. And a motor (not shown). The main folding roller 115 is configured to be able to rotate counterclockwise, and bends the envelope sheet between the intermediate roller 117 and the outlet roller 118. The introduction roller 116 collaborates with the main folding roller 115 to abut the envelope paper conveyed from the front folding portion 86 against the abutting member 119a of the guide plate 119, thereby causing the envelope paper to sag. The intermediate roller 117 draws the bent envelope paper from the slack portion to the main folding roller 115 and bends it. At this time, the folded content sheet is fed from the content standby unit 84 between the main folding roller 115 and the intermediate roller 117 and inserted into the envelope sheet to be folded. The folded envelope paper is abutted against the abutting member 120a of the guide plate 120, and sagging occurs. At this time, water is applied to the re-humidified paste previously provided at a predetermined position of the envelope paper by a water application unit (not shown) having a water tank. The lead-out roller 118 feeds the envelope paper, which is abutted against the abutting member 120a, and is slackened from the slack portion to the main folding roller 115 and is bent and sent to the sealing portion 88 side (upper side). At this time, the rehumidified adhesive is adhered to the opposite surface, and an envelope containing the content sheet is formed.

  The sealing unit 88 seals the envelope formed by the envelope forming unit 87 to complete the sealed letter. The sealing unit 88 includes a plurality of pairs of envelope conveying rollers 121, a sealing roller 122, a motor (not shown) that rotates the envelope conveying roller 121, and a motor (not shown) that rotates the sealing roller 122. Prepare. The envelope conveying roller 121 conveys the envelope formed by the envelope forming unit 87 to the sealing roller 122 along the sealing path RP. The sealing roller 122 is sealed by pressure-bonding pressure-sensitive adhesives provided in advance at positions corresponding to both ends of the envelope while conveying the envelope. Thereby, the sealed letter in which the folded content sheet is enclosed is completed. The completed sealed letter is discharged by a sealed letter discharge unit (not shown).

  Next, the operation of the printing system 1 will be described.

  When the user operation instructs printing for sealed letter production using the sealed sealing device 4, the schedule creation unit 11 causes the display control unit 13 to display a sealed work information input screen on the display unit 12.

  An example of the enclosure work information input screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the enclosure work information input screen 130 includes a number-of-prints column 131, a print condition column 132, a content sheet designation column 133, a paper feed setting condition column 134, and a sheet stacking information button 135. , OK button 136 is displayed.

  The number-of-prints column 131 includes a sealed number input field 141 that is an input field for the number of sealed letters produced by the current printing, and an input number of contents that is an input field for the number of content sheets to be sealed per sealed letter. Column 142.

  The print condition field 132 includes a paper size input field 143 that is an input field for the output paper size of the content paper, a single-sided printing instruction box 144 for instructing single-sided printing of a designated page, and an input field for a designated page for single-sided printing. A single-sided printing page input field 145, a double-sided printing instruction box 146 for instructing double-sided printing of a designated page, and a double-sided printing page input field 147 which is an input field of a designated page for double-sided printing. The printing condition column 132 includes an envelope paper printing condition column 148 for the user to instruct whether the envelope paper is single-sided printing or double-sided printing.

  The content sheet designation column 133 is a sheet designation presence / absence column 149 for instructing whether or not the user designates a sheet type to be used as the content sheet, and a sheet as an input column for the number of designated sheet types. It has a type number input field 150 and a detail button 151 for receiving an instruction to display a detailed setting screen for specifying content sheets.

  When the detail button 151 is pressed, a detail setting screen 160 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 12. As illustrated in FIG. 7, the detailed setting screen 160 includes a paper type input field 161 that is an input field for a specified paper type, and a paper specification that is an input field for a page to be printed using a paper of the specified paper type. A page input field 162 is displayed. FIG. 7 shows an example in which the specified paper type is one, but when a plurality of types are specified, the paper type input field 161 and the paper specification page input field 162 indicate the number of types specified. As many as are displayed.

  The paper feed setting condition column 134 is an input column for allowing the user to select a priority condition regarding the user's work on the printing apparatus 3. In the paper feed setting condition column 134, the current paper in each paper feed tray (the external paper feed tray 35 and the first to third internal paper feed trays 40 </ b> A to 40 </ b> C) of the printing apparatus 3 is not replaced as much as possible, The priority condition is to place importance on the number of replenishment (less replenishment) without considering the current paper replacement.

  Here, “replace the paper” means that the paper is set by changing at least one of the type of the paper loaded on the paper feed tray and the paper setting direction. The paper type is a paper type classified by paper type (plain paper, inkjet paper, envelope paper, etc.) and paper size. For example, papers of the same paper type but different sizes are assumed to have different types. The paper setting direction is the direction of short side feeding or long side feeding. Short-side paper feeding is a method of feeding paper so that the short side of the paper is transported in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction. Long-side paper feeding is a method of feeding paper so that the long side of the paper is transported in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction. In the present embodiment, the content paper is assumed to be A4 size or B5 size and short side paper feeding in the printing device 3 due to the specifications of the enclosing and sealing device 4 and the envelope paper. In addition, it is assumed that the envelope paper must also be short-side fed.

  Changing the paper on the paper feed tray is time consuming for the user. Moreover, it is preferable that the paper stacking state of each paper feed table is restored to the state before the paper is set at the start of printing after the printing for sealed letter production using the sealing device 4 is completed. Therefore, one of the priority conditions is not to replace the paper on each paper feed tray as much as possible. If the number of paper feed trays that require paper replacement work is the same, a replenishment schedule is created so that the number of times of replenishment is minimized when the paper replacement work is performed. In the following, a case will be described in which the priority conditions are the two shown in the paper feed setting condition field 134 of FIG. 6, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other conditions may be used.

  The paper stacking information button 135 is a button for receiving an instruction to display the paper stacking information on each paper feed tray of the current printing apparatus 3. When the paper stacking information button 135 is pressed, a paper stacking information display screen 170 as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 12. As shown in FIG. 8, the paper stacking information includes information on paper size, paper type, set direction, and availability of use for printing for sealed letter preparation. When the paper stacking information button 135 is pressed, the terminal device 2 acquires the paper stacking information from the printing device 3. Note that the terminal device 2 can also acquire the current number of sheets stacked on each sheet feed table as the sheet stacking information. The printing apparatus 3 grasps the current number of sheets stacked on each sheet feed stand by a soft counter or the like.

  The OK button 136 is a button for accepting an instruction to be determined based on the current input contents of each field.

  The schedule creation unit 11 acquires information that can be acquired from the print data for preparing a sealed letter using the sealed sealing device 4 among the information to be input in each column of the sealing work information input screen 130, and stores this information in each column in advance. You may make it input and display. The print data includes the contents of a document to be printed created by an application in the terminal device 2 and various setting contents. The set contents include information such as the number of sealed letters produced, the number of content sheets sealed per sealed letter, and the output paper size of the contents paper.

  When the OK button 136 on the enclosing operation information input screen 130 is pressed, the schedule creation unit 11 inputs the contents of each field on the enclosing operation information input screen 130, the maximum number of sheets that can be loaded on each paper feed tray, and the printing apparatus 3. A replenishment schedule is created using the acquired paper stacking information. The schedule creation unit 11 creates a replenishment schedule corresponding to each of the two priority conditions indicated in the paper feed setting condition field 134 of the enclosure work information input screen 130. Among these, the schedule creation unit 11 recommends a replenishment schedule according to the priority condition selected in the paper feed setting condition field 134 to the user. When the number of times of replenishment in the replenishment schedule corresponding to each of the two priority conditions in the paper feed setting condition column 134 is the same, the schedule creation unit 11 sets a replenishment schedule corresponding to “not to replace the current paper as much as possible”. Recommended for users.

  When the replenishment schedule is created, the schedule creation unit 11 causes the display control unit 13 to display a selection screen on the display unit 12. The selection screen is for allowing the user to select one of a plurality of supply schedules.

  An example of the selection screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 9, the selection screen 180 is provided with tabs 181A and 181B for switching display contents. Tabs 181A and 181B correspond to the first schedule and the second schedule, respectively. FIG. 9 shows an example of the selection screen 180 in which the first schedule of the tab 181A is selected.

  On the selection screen 180, the net required time for printing is displayed. This does not include the time during which printing at the time of paper supply is stopped. The time required for printing is calculated based on the number of printed envelope sheets and content sheets, the number of single-sided printed sheets, the number of double-sided printed sheets, and the like.

  In addition, on the selection screen 180, a print start set number field 182, a set direction display field 183, a schedule detail button 184, and an OK button 185 are displayed.

  The set number of sheets at start of printing column 182 is a column that indicates the number of sheets to be set for each used paper feed tray at the start of printing. In the example of FIG. 9, the external paper feed tray 35, the first internal paper feed tray 40A, and the second internal paper feed tray 40B are used paper feed stands, and the third internal paper feed tray 40C is not used. The external paper feed tray 35 is used for A4 plain paper, the first internal paper feed tray 40A is used for A4 inkjet paper, and the second internal paper feed tray 40B is used for feeding envelope paper. Further, A4 plain paper is originally set in the short-side feed direction on the external paper feed tray 35, and this indicates that A4 plain paper is added in the current printing.

  The set direction display column 183 is a column that shows the set direction of the paper with respect to each used paper feed tray using an illustration. Here, since the envelope paper has a distinction between the front and back and front and rear directions, it is displayed so that this can be understood.

  The display contents of the set sheet number field 182 and the set direction display field 183 at the start of printing correspond to the guide information for the operation for the used paper feed tray in the claims.

  The schedule detail button 184 is a button for accepting an instruction to display the entire replenishment schedule.

  The OK button 185 is a button for receiving an instruction to be determined in the supply schedule corresponding to the selected tab among the tabs 181A and 181B.

  An example of the selection screen 180 on which the second schedule of the tab 181B is selected is shown in FIG. In the example of FIG. 10, the external paper feed tray 35 is used to feed envelope paper, the first internal paper feed tray 40A is used to feed A4 plain paper, and the second internal paper feed tray 40B is used to feed A4 inkjet paper.

  When the schedule details button 184 is pressed on the selection screen 180 of FIGS. 9 and 10, the schedule creation unit 11 displays a schedule screen showing a supply schedule.

  11 shows an example of a schedule screen displayed when the schedule details button 184 in FIG. 9 is pressed, and FIG. 12 shows an example of a schedule screen displayed when the schedule details button 184 in FIG. 10 is pressed. FIG. FIG. 11 corresponds to the first schedule, and FIG. 12 corresponds to the second schedule.

  As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the schedule screens 190 </ b> A and 190 </ b> B display the number of times of replenishment during printing in the replenishment schedule, the number of sheets to be replenished to each used paper tray at each replenishment timing, and the time interval of the replenishment timing. . Here, on the schedule screens 190 </ b> A and 190 </ b> B, 500 sheets are displayed as one package, but the number of sheets can be set in advance in the terminal device 2 and the printing device 3.

  The schedule screens 190A and 190B have a post-printing work instruction column 191. The post-printing work instruction column 191 is for recommending the user to return the paper stacking state of each paper feed tray to the state before the paper is set at the start of printing after the printing is finished. In the post-printing work instruction column 191, the paper size, paper type, and setting direction of the paper that has been set on each paper feed tray in a state before the paper is set at the start of printing are displayed. The display content in the post-printing work instruction column 191 corresponds to the restoration recommendation information in the claims.

  The first schedule and the second schedule shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 are created when the paper stacking state of each paper feed tray is the state displayed in the work instruction column 191 after the printing is completed. The first schedule in FIG. 11 is created so as not to replace the current sheet as much as possible. The second schedule in FIG. 12 is a replenishment schedule created so that the number of times of replenishment is minimized without considering sheet replacement. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the number of replenishments in the first schedule and the number of replenishments in the second schedule are the same nine. As described above, when the number of times of replenishment is the same, the schedule creation unit 11 recommends a replenishment schedule according to “not replace the current paper as much as possible” to the user. Therefore, as shown in the tab 181A in FIGS. 9 and 10, the first schedule is recommended.

  In the eighth paper feed in FIG. 11, 1000 sheets are replenished to the external paper feed tray 35 so that no paper remains on the external paper feed tray 35 at the end of printing. , A4 size plain paper is set in the short-side paper feeding direction. For this reason, even if paper remains on the external paper feed tray 35 at the end of printing, it is not necessary to replace the paper. Therefore, in FIG. It is displayed that a large amount may be replenished.

  In addition, the replenishment schedules in FIGS. 11 and 12 are used to replace or add paper to each used paper feed base at the start of printing. A replenishment schedule can be created.

  When an OK button 185 on the selection screen 180 is pressed by a user operation, the schedule creation unit 11 associates information indicating a replenishment schedule corresponding to one of the tab 181A and the tab 181B with print data. Then, the data is transmitted to the printing apparatus 3 via the communication unit 15.

  The printing device 3 receives the print data transmitted from the terminal device 2 and information indicating the replenishment schedule corresponding thereto by the communication unit 27.

  The printing apparatus 3 displays a mode selection screen on the display unit 72 of the operation panel unit 28 during standby. An example of the mode confirmation screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 13, the mode selection screen 200 includes a login button 201 for accepting a user login, a printer mode selection button 202 for accepting selection using the printer function of the printing apparatus 3, and the printing apparatus 3. A copy mode selection button 203 for accepting selection using the copy function and a scanner mode selection button 204 for accepting selection using the scanner function of the printing apparatus 3 are displayed. The printing apparatus 3 includes an image reading unit (not shown) and has a copy function and a scanner function.

  A user who has performed an operation of pressing the OK button 185 on the selection screen 180 in the terminal device 2 moves to the installation location of the printing device 3. Then, the user performs an operation of pressing the login button 201.

  When the login button 201 is pressed, the control unit 29 of the printing apparatus 3 causes the display unit 72 to display a user name selection screen (not shown). When the user name is selected by a user operation on the user name selection screen, the control unit 29 causes the display unit 72 to display a password input screen (not shown). When a password is input by a user operation on the password input screen, the control unit 29 compares the input password with the password of the user stored in advance, and permits login if the passwords match.

  When the login is permitted, the control unit 29 displays a confirmation screen for confirming to the user whether or not to prepare a set of paper for executing sealed letter production printing using the sealed sealing device 4. To display. An example of this confirmation screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, the confirmation screen 210 has a “Yes” button 211 for accepting a selection for preparing preparation for sealed letter preparation, and a “No” for accepting a selection not for preparing preparation for sealed letter preparation. “No” button 212 is displayed.

  The control unit 29 can determine the user who has transmitted the print data when the print data is received from the terminal device 2. When the sealed letter production print data transmitted by the logged-in user is received, the control unit 29 causes the display unit 72 to display a confirmation screen 210.

  When the “No” button 212 on the confirmation screen 210 is pressed, the control unit 29 returns the display of the display unit 72 to the mode selection screen 200. This is because it is conceivable that the user uses a mode other than the printer mode.

  When the “Yes” button 211 on the confirmation screen 210 is pressed, the control unit 29 displays a paper set instruction screen for instructing the received print data and the content of paper set at the start of printing according to the replenishment schedule corresponding thereto. It is displayed on the display unit 72. An example of the paper setting instruction screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 15, the paper setting instruction screen 220 displays the same contents as the set number field 182 and the setting direction display field 183 at the start of printing on the selection screen 180 displayed on the terminal device 2. The display content of the paper set instruction screen 220 corresponds to the work guide information for the used paper feed tray in the claims.

  The paper set instruction screen 220 displays a set end button 221 for accepting confirmation that the setting of paper for starting printing has been completed. When the user sets paper according to the paper setting instruction screen 220 and preparation for starting printing is completed, the user performs an operation of pressing the setting end button 221.

  When the set end button 221 is pressed, the control unit 29 changes settings such as a sheet feeding pressure in the used sheet feeding base as necessary. When the thickness of the paper loaded on the used paper feed table changes, it may be necessary to change the setting of the paper feed pressure and the like. The sheet feeding pressure is, for example, a pressing force against the sheet on the first internal sheet feeding tray 40A by the first internal sheet feeding roller 41A.

  When the set end button 221 is pressed, the control unit 29 causes the display unit 72 to display a message for causing the user to press a start button (not shown) of the input unit 71 to start printing. When the start button of the input unit 71 is pressed, the control unit 29 starts the printing operation based on the received print data and the replenishment schedule corresponding thereto, and the sealed letter making operation by the sealed sealing device 4.

  Printing for sealed letter preparation in the printing apparatus 3 will be described separately for single-sided printing and double-sided printing.

  In single-sided printing, the paper fed from the paper feeding unit 21 to the printing unit 22 is sent out to the belt conveyance unit 46 by the registration rollers 45. Thereafter, the sheet is printed by the inkjet head unit 47 while being conveyed by the belt conveyance unit 46. The printed paper is conveyed to the communication route RO by the switching unit 56 of the communication unit 23 while being conveyed by the belt conveyance unit 46, and is sent out to the enclosing sealing device 4 by the communication conveyance roller 57.

  Here, in the paper feed unit 21, the paper fed from the external paper feed unit 31 is taken out from the external paper feed tray 35 by the external paper feed roller 36, and transported to the printing unit 22 by the external paper feed transport roller 37. Is done. The paper fed from the internal paper feed unit 32 is taken out from any of the first to third internal paper feed trays 40A to 40C by any of the corresponding first to third internal paper feed rollers 41A to 41C. Then, it is conveyed to the printing unit 22 by the vertical conveying roller 42.

  In double-sided printing, the paper fed from the paper feeding unit 21 to the printing unit 22 is printed on one side by the inkjet head unit 47 while being conveyed by the belt conveyance unit 46, as in single-sided printing. Thereafter, the single-side printed paper is guided to the upper surface transport unit 24 by the switching unit 56 of the communication unit 23 while being transported by the belt transport unit 46. The sheet is conveyed to the switching unit 61 of the paper discharge unit 25 by the upper surface conveyance unit 24. Thereafter, the sheet is guided to the reversing unit 26 by the switching unit 61 while being conveyed by the upper surface conveying unit 24. In the reversing unit 26, the sheet is guided to the reversing roller 65 by the switching gate 68, and is carried into the switchback unit 66 by the reversing roller 65. Thereafter, the sheet is unloaded from the switchback unit 66 by the reverse roller 65 and guided to the refeed roller 67 by the switching gate 68. Next, the paper is re-fed to the printing unit 22 by the re-feed roller 67. In the printing unit 22, the sheet is sent out to the belt conveyance unit 46 by the registration roller 45. Here, since the sheet is reversed by the reversing unit 26, the unprinted surface (the other surface) is directed to the inkjet head unit 47. After printing on the other side of the paper by the ink jet head unit 47, the double-sided printed paper is guided by the switching unit 56 of the communication unit 23 to the communication route RO while being conveyed by the belt conveyance unit 46, and is conveyed by communication. It is sent out to the sealing device 4 by the roller 57.

  The printing device 3 repeats the operation of printing the content sheet and the envelope paper for each sealed letter and sending them to the sealed sealing device 4 for the number of sealed letters to be produced. For example, in the case where there are two content sheets per sealed letter, the printing apparatus 3 prints on two content sheets, prints them on one envelope sheet, and sequentially prints them on the enclosing sealing apparatus 4. The operation of sending out is repeated for the number of sealed letters to be produced.

  Next, sealed letter production in the sealed sealing apparatus 4 will be described.

  The printed content sheet sent out from the printing apparatus 3 is guided to the content sheet transport unit 82 by the introduction unit 81. In the content paper transport section 82, the content paper is transported to the closed alignment gate 96 by the content paper transport roller 95. When the above is repeated and the content sheets per sealed letter are aligned by the alignment gate 96, the alignment gate 96 is opened, and the content sheet is conveyed to the content folding unit 83. Then, the content sheet is folded by the content folding unit 83, conveyed to the content standby unit 84, and temporarily held by the content standby unit 84.

  On the other hand, the printed envelope paper delivered from the printing apparatus 3 is guided to the envelope paper transport unit 85 by the introduction unit 81. The envelope paper is transported to the front folding unit 86 by the envelope paper transporting unit 85, and sent out to the envelope forming unit 87 while being folded forward by the front folding unit 86. In the envelope forming unit 87, the envelope sheet sandwiches the content sheet sent from the content standby unit 84 while being folded. In addition, when water is applied to the re-wetting paste of the envelope paper by a water application unit (not shown) and the envelope paper is folded, the re-wetting paste to which water has been applied adheres to the opposite surface, and the content paper is removed. A contained envelope is formed.

  The envelope formed by the envelope forming portion 87 is sent out to the sealing portion 88, and both ends of the envelope are pressed and sealed by the sealing roller 122. As a result, a sealed letter is completed, and this sealed letter is discharged by a sealed letter discharge section (not shown).

  After printing is started, the operation of printing by the printing apparatus 3 and the preparation of the sealed letter by the enclosing and sealing apparatus 4 are repeated according to the number of sealed letters to be produced.

  The printing device 3 transmits a prior notification instruction signal to the terminal device 2 when the paper supply timing approaches after the start of printing. For example, the control unit 29 of the printing device 3 transmits a prior notification instruction signal to the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 27 one minute before the replenishment timing in the replenishment schedule. Note that the control unit 29 may count the number of printed sheets and transmit a prior notification instruction signal to the terminal device 2 when the remaining number of sheets on the used paper feed tray becomes a predetermined number or less.

  When the advance notification signal is received from the printing device 3, the schedule creation unit 11 of the terminal device 2 causes the display control unit 13 to display the advance notification screen on the display unit 12. An example of the prior notification screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 16, the prior notification screen 230 displays a message for notifying the user that the paper supply timing is near.

  Thereafter, when the paper replenishment timing comes, the control unit 29 of the printing apparatus 3 displays the main body side replenishment instruction screen on the display unit 72 of the operation panel unit 28 and also supplies the terminal device 2 via the communication unit 27 with a replenishment instruction signal. Send. For example, the control unit 29 determines that the replenishment timing is reached when it is detected by the sensor (not shown) of the used paper feed stand that the paper has run out.

  An example of the main body side replenishment instruction screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 17, the main body side replenishment instruction screen 240 displays the number of sheets to be replenished in the paper feed tray that needs replenishment at the current replenishment timing.

  When the supply instruction signal is received from the printing device 3, the schedule creation unit 11 of the terminal device 2 causes the display control unit 13 to display the terminal-side supply instruction screen on the display unit 12. An example of the terminal-side supply instruction screen is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 18, the terminal-side supply instruction screen 250 displays the same content as the main body-side supply instruction screen 240. The display contents of the main body side replenishment instruction screen 240 and the terminal side replenishment instruction screen 250 correspond to the work guide information for the used paper feed tray in the claims.

  The user can check the terminal side supply instruction screen 250 on the terminal device 2 and confirm that the paper supply is necessary and the content of the supply work. Then, the user can move to the installation location of the printing apparatus 3 and perform the replenishment work while checking the content of the replenishment work by looking at the display unit 72 of the operation panel unit 28.

  When all printing is completed, the control unit 29 of the printing apparatus 3 causes the display unit 72 to display a work instruction screen after printing is completed. An example of the work instruction screen after printing is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 19, the post-printing work instruction screen 260 displays the same contents as the post-printing work instruction column 191 of the schedule screens 190A and 190B shown in FIGS. The post-printing work instruction screen 260 recommends the user to return the paper stacking state of each paper feed tray to the state before the paper is set at the start of printing after the printing is finished. This is for confirmation. The display content of the post-printing work instruction screen 260 corresponds to the restoration recommendation information in the claims.

  As described above, in the terminal device 2 of the present embodiment, the schedule creation unit 11 creates a paper supply schedule and causes the display unit 12 to display the supply schedule. Accordingly, the user can confirm the replenishment schedule in advance, and can easily schedule work such as paper replenishment and other tasks. Thus, the terminal device 2 can improve the convenience in paper supply at the time of printing.

  In the terminal device 2, the user is allowed to select one of the supply schedules from the plurality of supply schedules by using the selection screen 180. Thereby, the user can select a replenishment schedule according to his / her wishes, and the convenience is further improved.

  In the terminal device 2, the work efficiency of the user can be improved by displaying the operation guide information for the used paper feed tray according to the replenishment schedule on the terminal side replenishment instruction screen 250 or the like.

  Further, the terminal device 2 displays the recommended restoration information in the post-printing work instruction column 191 on the schedule screens 190A and 190B. Thereby, it can suppress that the paper stacking state of the paper supply stand of the printing apparatus 3 changes before and after printing for sealed letter production.

  In the printing apparatus 3 as well, the operation efficiency of the user can be improved by displaying the operation guide information for the used sheet feeding table according to the replenishment schedule on the main body side replenishment instruction screen 240 or the like.

  Also in the printing apparatus 3, it is possible to suppress a change in the paper stacking state of the printing apparatus 3 by displaying the restoration recommendation information on the post-printing work instruction screen 260.

  In the present embodiment, as the printing using a plurality of types of paper, the printing for preparing a sealed letter using the sealed sealing device 4 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the present invention is applicable to bookbinding printing using a cover sheet and a body sheet.

  Further, the schedule creation unit 11 may obtain the supply timing of consumables other than the paper and display this on the display unit 12 together with the paper supply schedule. Further, the display unit 12 and the display unit 72 may display a screen for notifying the user that it is time to supply consumables other than paper. Here, examples of consumables other than paper include ink used in the printing apparatus 3 and water applied to the re-moistened paste by the sealing device 4. For example, if the ink is used in the printing apparatus 3, the schedule creation unit 11 acquires the ink remaining amount information from the printing apparatus 3, calculates the ink consumption amount from the print data, and uses the ink remaining amount information and the ink consumption amount. Replenishment timing can be calculated.

  In the present embodiment, the printing apparatus 3 has been described as an inkjet printing apparatus, but other printing apparatuses may be used.

  Further, in the present embodiment, a case has been described in which the user logs in the printing apparatus 3 and starts printing. However, the present invention can also be applied to a setting in which login is not performed.

  In addition, the same content as the selection screen 180 and the schedule screens 190A and 190B may be displayed on the display unit 72 of the printing apparatus 3.

  Further, the functions of the schedule creation unit 11 and the display control unit 13 of the terminal device 2 may be realized by the control unit 29 of the printing apparatus 3 so that the replenishment schedule and the like are displayed on the display unit 72 of the printing apparatus 3. In other words, the processing as the printing control device in the claims may be performed by the printing device 3.

  It goes without saying that the present invention includes various embodiments not described herein. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is defined only by the invention specifying matters according to the scope of claims reasonable from the above description.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printing system 2 Terminal apparatus 3 Printing apparatus 4 Enclosed sealing apparatus 11 Schedule preparation part 12 Display part 13 Display control part 14 Input part 15 Communication part 21 Paper feed part 22 Printing part 23 Contact part 24 Upper surface conveyance part 25 Paper discharge part 26 Inversion Unit 27 communication unit 28 operation panel unit 29 control unit 31 external paper feed unit 32 internal paper feed unit 35 external paper feed tray 40A first internal paper feed tray 40B second internal paper feed tray 40C third internal paper feed tray 72 display unit 81 Introducing section 82 Contents paper transport section 83 Contents folding section 84 Contents waiting section 85 Envelope paper transport section 86 Forward folding section 87 Envelope forming section 88 Sealing section 130 Enclosure work information input screen 180 Selection screen 190A, 190B Schedule screen 220 Paper set instruction screen 230 Advance notification screen 240 Main body side supply instruction screen 250 Terminal side supply Instruction screen 260 Work instruction screen after printing

Claims (5)

With respect to print data for printing using a plurality of types of paper in a printing apparatus having a plurality of paper feed trays, feeding of various types of paper corresponding to the print data among the plurality of paper feed stands A paper supply table used for printing, a set number of sheets at the start of printing on the use paper supply base, a replenishment schedule indicating a paper replenishment timing and a replenishment number for the used paper feed base after starting printing based on the print data. A schedule creation unit;
A display unit;
A display control unit that controls to display the replenishment schedule on the display unit. The schedule creation unit creates a plurality of the supply schedules,
The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls the display unit to display a selection screen for allowing a user to select one of the plurality of supply schedules.   The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit controls the display unit to display work guide information for the used sheet feeding table according to the replenishment schedule.   The display control unit includes restoration recommendation information for recommending that the paper stacking state of the used paper feed tray is returned to a state before the paper is set at the start of printing after printing by the print data is completed. The print control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the print control apparatus is controlled to display on a display unit. With respect to print data for printing using a plurality of types of paper in a printing apparatus having a plurality of paper feed trays, feeding of various types of paper corresponding to the print data among the plurality of paper feed stands A paper supply table used for printing, a set number of sheets at the start of printing on the use paper supply base, a replenishment schedule indicating a paper replenishment timing and a replenishment number for the used paper feed base after starting printing based on the print data. Steps,
A replenishment schedule creation program for causing a computer to execute the step of displaying the replenishment schedule on a display unit.