WO2002054278A1 - Automatic ctp editing system for various information magazines - Google Patents

Abstract

It is possible to shorten time required for jobs from a deadline to book binding with a specified quality level maintained, while imposition, page configuration photographing jobs conventionally conducted by specialists are eliminated without depending on the skills and manpower of specialists required in conventional manpower-intensive editing/printing steps. In addition, steps from sales to product finishing can be minimized, various machine-dependent standards required in steps after plate-making can be accommodated by data preparing, and a final product can be completed after plate-making, printing and book-binding.

Description

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C Τ ΡAutomatic editing system for various information magazines

 The present invention relates to an automatic editing system for various types of information magazines, and more particularly to an automatic editing system for various types of information magazines that prints directly to a plate from a computer without outputting a film. Background art

 CTP (Computer TP Late) refers to a system that burns directly to the plate from the computer without outputting the finale.It is said that CTP is the last streamlining system in the prepress process. This is a system that fully converts the analog processes, such as imposition, proofreading, and plate printing, left behind in the plate making process.

 By the way, various information magazines are edited by professional technicians such as imposition, splitting, and shooting work, and finally become products through printing plates, printing, and bookbinding. In the imposition, splitting, shooting work, and the editing / printing process, which was extremely intensive, there was a limit to maintaining a certain level, depending on the skills and manpower of specialized technicians. Was. In addition, there was a limit in shortening the time from the deadline to bookbinding because of physical work.

Furthermore, when publishing various information magazines, if the number of workers intervening between the sales staff and the actual product is large, the probability of errors occurring during that time is low. That would be more. For example, incorrect wording in a product can be fatal to the publishing and advertising business and can lead to credit problems. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a CTP automatic editing system for various information magazines that maintains the quality of various information magazines at a certain level and that can shorten the time from the deadline to bookbinding. The purpose is to: Disclosure of the invention

 The invention described in claim 1 includes a portable system server, a sales management system server, an automatic editing system, a client terminal, and an output device,

 Publishing various information magazines by the output device connected to the automatic editing system;

 Using the client terminal to directly input / edit / delete original data by communicating with the portable system server;

 Communicating with the mobile system server and the sales management system server using the client terminal to perform sales processing;

 Using the client terminal to communicate with the mobile system server and the sales management system server to issue a manuscript posting instruction; and using the data of the mobile system server and the sales management system server to perform the manuscript posting instruction. A step of automatically performing imposition processing using a predetermined format by the automatic editing system and assembling and automatically editing various information magazines according to

Imposing data automatically edited by the automatic editing system in accordance with the output device, and converting the data for output data. I do.

 According to the invention described in claim 1, the technical skill in the editing / printing process, which was imposed by a specialized engineer, eliminates imposition, splitting, and photographing work, and was extremely personnel-intensive. It is possible to maintain a certain level without being affected by the skills and manpower of workers, and to shorten the time from the deadline to bookbinding.

 In addition, the number of processes from the sales floor to the product can be reduced as much as possible.Furthermore, even if there are various standards depending on the model in the post-printing process, data is generated in accordance with that, and the printing plate · printing · Products can be made through bookbinding. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

 Figure 1 shows a hardware diagram of a CTP various information magazine automatic editing system.

 Fig. 2 is a process configuration diagram of the mobile system.

 Figure 3 is a block diagram of the automatic editing system for various information magazines.

 FIG. 4 is a view for explaining processing of document data.

 FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining processing of customer information.

 FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the processing of the posting contract information.

 FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the processing of the publication instruction information.

 FIG. 8 is a control flow of the automatic editing process.

 FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the relationship between the paper layout and the paper origin position and the coordinate system in the automatic editing and typesetting processing.

 FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a definition example of a document format.

Figure 11 shows the flow of the imposition calibration process. Figure 12 shows the flow of the imposition calibration process.

 FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the page-up document creation process. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

 Hereinafter, embodiments of a CTP various information magazine automatic editing system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

 Fig. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of an automatic editing system for various information magazines of CTP. The editing unit RAN 10 is connected to the automatic editing system 11 that constitutes the automatic editing system 11, the typesetting station 12, the sales management workshop 13, the maintenance terminal 14, and the image editing device 15. Have been. Automatic editing · Typesetting workstation 12 is connected to output device 16, and image editing device 15 is connected to scanner 17.

Further, a mobile system server 20, a sales management system server 21, an image server 22 and a RAS 23 are connected to the editing department LAN 10. The RAS (Remote Access Service) 23 is connected to the business office LAN 26 via the frame relay 24 and the router 25, and the RAS 23 is connected to communication equipment and the public. A mobile terminal 29, which is a client terminal 28, is connected via a network 27. This automatic editing system for various CTP information magazines includes the steps of publishing various information magazines by an output device 16 connected to the automatic editing system 11, and communicating with a portable system server 20 using a client terminal 28. Input / edit / delete the manuscript data directly, communicate with the portable system server 20 and the sales management system server 21 using the client terminal 28, and process the sales. Using 8 A step of communicating with the mobile system server 20 and the sales management system server 21 to issue a manuscript posting instruction, and using the data of the mobile system server 20 and the sales management system server 21 to match the manuscript posting instruction. The automatic editing system 11 automatically performs the imposition process using a fixed format to automatically assemble various information magazines, and the automatic editing system 11 matches the data automatically edited to the output unit 16. And converting the data for output data.

 This CTP automatic editing system for various information magazines eliminates the need for imposition, splitting, and shooting, which was performed by specialized technicians. A certain level can be maintained without being affected by manpower, etc., and the time from the deadline to bookbinding can be reduced.

 In addition, the number of processes from the sales floor to the product can be reduced as much as possible.Furthermore, even if there are various standards depending on the model in the post-printing process, data is generated according to the specifications, and printing, printing, bookbinding. Can be made into a product.

 In addition, the configuration of this automatic editing system for various information magazines will be described in detail. This automatic editing system for various information magazines has a portable system, and Fig. 2 shows the process configuration of the portable system.

In this mobile system, processing such as registration, modification, and deletion of customer information, publication contract information, manuscript text data, and publication instruction information is implemented as a three-tier system of client agents / servers. First, the data of these customer information, publication contract information, manuscript text data, and publication instruction information from each mobile terminal 29 (client) are shown. The search and update requests are put as messages from the output queue 30 into the input queue 31 of the agent server via the mobile phone, a communication device such as PHS, and the public line network by the client side application.

 The agent process 32 monitors the input queue 31 and, upon receiving a message from the mobile terminal 29, obtains the request content from the mobile terminal 29 from the message header, and In the case of an information search request, a request is made to the database servers 201 and 211 to search for client information of the specified client code, and the searched customer information is used as a message for each mobile terminal 29. It is placed in the output queue 3 provided in. A mobile system database 202 is connected to the database server 201, and a sales management system database 212 is connected to the database server 211.

 The message to each mobile terminal 29 placed in the output queue 33 is returned to the input queue 35 of each mobile terminal 29 by the message queue server (middle writer) 34.

 After sending the message, the client-side application of the mobile terminal 29 monitors the message until a return message arrives at the input queue 35, displays the content of the message on the screen, and performs the subsequent processing as appropriate. continue. There are relatively few changes in the sales department, label code, number code, person in charge code, etc.Maintenance of master codes that should be managed by the management department is carried out on the maintenance terminal 14 and changed. Data is downloaded to mobile terminals 29.

 Figure 3 is a block diagram of the automatic editing system for various information magazines.

The mobile system database 202 is stored in the mobile system server 200. It is equipped to store and store manuscript data, customer data, publication instruction data, etc., and constant data used in mobile systems, and to make up the sales management system data evening.

 The maintenance terminal 14 is a terminal for maintaining constant data such as a person in charge of the portable system and a manuscript format.

 The sales management system database 2 1 2 is provided in the sales management system server 21, and stores and accumulates data used in the sales management system, such as posting contract data, customer data, sales slip data, deposit data, and mobile systems. Make a backup of database 202.

 The image database 220 is provided in the image server 22 and stores and stores image data such as logos and maps to be posted in advertisements.

 The image editing device 15 edits the image taken from the scanner 17 and stores it in the image server 22.

 The mobile terminal 29 can be a mopile terminal used for searching and inputting customer data, publication contract data, manuscript data, posting instruction data, sales slip data, and the like.

 The agent process 32 is a program for executing a data search request and an update request from the mobile terminal 29 to each of the databases 202 and 212.

 Automatic editing · The typesetting workstation 12 includes an automatic editing surface-equipped proofing device 120, an editing layout device 121, a large-scale processing device 122, and an RIP developing device 123.

 The automatic editing surface proofing device 120 takes in the posting data (posting instructions, manuscript characters, and customers) stored in the mobile database.

Create imposition data from placement instruction data and automatically assign manuscripts Do (auto edit). The editorial staff proofreads the automatically assigned advertising manuscript (imposition proofing). From the imposition data, a page-up manuscript to be imported by the editing layout device 1 21 is created.

 The editing layout device 122 captures and displays the page-up manuscript created by the automatic editing imposition proofing device 120 and the image data on the image server 22. The editorial staff performs final confirmation of the displayed advertisement manuscript. The advertisement manuscript is converted into a PS file and passed to the large-scale processing device 122.

 The large-scale processing device 122 performs the layout processing of the PS files output in the page output order.

 The RIP development device 123 develops the data divided by the tension processing device 122 into bitmap data that can be printed and displayed.

 Next, the processing of the document data will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The mobile system database 202 has a manuscript table, manuscript text table, customer data table, posting instruction table, exclusive data table, transfer data table, and manuscript label numbering table.

 [Document data registration process]

 (1) The mobile terminal 29 executes the original creation process. The manuscript data creation process is based on the manuscript fixed format information (the number of frames for each manuscript format, the number of lines per frame, etc.) created on the local file of , The number of characters, etc.), specify the number code and pattern number, and the manuscript input screen is developed according to the manuscript standard format, and the input contents guide for each input line is displayed. Input support.

To associate the registered manuscript data with the customer, specify the customer code as the manuscript management information, and use the agent process 32 to collect the customer information. To search and confirm, send the customer code as a search condition. For customer code search, it is possible to obtain the customer code of the target customer by using search functions such as customer information telephone number search and customer information kana name search.

 (2) The agent process 32 searches the customer data table with the requested customer code, edits the customer data into a message, and sends it to the mobile terminal.

 ③ On the mobile terminal 29 side, confirm the customer information of the manuscript data, execute the registration instruction, edit the manuscript management data and manuscript character data into a message, and send it to the agent process 32.

 プ ロ セ ス Agent process 32 On the 2nd side, the management information of the manuscript stored in the message and the manuscript character data are taken out, the consistency check of the customer code is performed, etc., and then the manuscript label district and sales Search the manuscript label numbering table by copy / number code, number the manuscript labels, store the manuscript management information in the manuscript table, the frame number of the manuscript, the line number, and the manuscript character data in the manuscript text table. The table classification, transfer classification, and manuscript label are recorded in the transfer table, and the numbered manuscript labels are transmitted to the mobile terminal 29.

 [Document data update processing]

 (1) Specify the manuscript label of the manuscript to be updated on the mobile terminal 29 and send it to the agent process 32.

 The manuscript label can be searched using the manuscript posting history search function that uses the customer code, number of manuscripts, and publication period as search conditions.

(2) The agent process 32 side searches the exclusive data table using the manuscript label as a search condition and confirms that the requested manuscript is not occupied by the other end 29. If the requested manuscript is not occupied by another terminal 29, the table classification, manuscript level, and own terminal ID are output to the exclusive data table, and the manuscript data is occupied.

 Document management information · Searches the document character data (frame number, line number, document character) from the document table and document text table, edits it into a return message, and sends it to the mobile terminal 29.

 (3) The mobile terminal 29 displays an original input screen according to the original format from the returned original management information and original character data. If the operator instructs the update after the manuscript has been corrected, the customer code is specified to associate the manuscript with the customer, and the customer code is transmitted to the agent process 32.

 When canceling the update instruction, the original level and own terminal ID are set in the exclusion release message and transmitted to the agent process 32.

 In the agent process 32, in the case of an update instruction, the information of the customer specified by the customer code specified by the mobile terminal 29 is searched from the customer data table, edited into a return message, and transmitted. .

 When the update instruction is canceled, the occupation entry of the requesting terminal is deleted from the exclusive data table.

 原稿 When a manuscript update instruction is given on the mobile terminal 29, display and confirm customer information from the returned message. Next, the document management information and the document character data are edited into a message from the data input on the screen, and transmitted to the agent process 32.

プ ロ セ ス Agent process 32 The 2 side fetches the original management information and original character data stored in the message, and checks the consistency of the customer code. After performing the ECC etc., the manuscript table and manuscript text table are updated, the table classification and manuscript label are recorded in the transfer table, the occupied entry of the requesting terminal is deleted from the exclusive data table, and the processing result is Return to the requesting terminal.

 [Original data copy processing]

 (1) When the original label of the original to be copied is specified on the mobile terminal 29, a search request message for requesting the original label of the copy without being occupied is created and transmitted.

 (2) The agent process 32 retrieves the manuscript management information and manuscript character data of the requested manuscript from the manuscript table and manuscript text table, creates a return message, and returns it to the mobile terminal 29.

 (3) The mobile terminal 29 determines the original format based on the returned original management information and original character data, and then specifies the copy destination label label and sales department code, and then submits the original according to the original format. Display the input screen.

 When the operator issues a registration instruction after the manuscript is corrected, the customer code is designated to associate the manuscript with the customer, and the customer code is transmitted to the agent process 32.

 The agent process 32 searches the customer data table for the customer information specified by the customer code specified by the mobile terminal 29, edits the information into a return message, and transmits the message.

 (4) When a manuscript registration instruction is given on the mobile terminal 29, the customer information is displayed and confirmed from the returned message. Next, from the data input on the screen, the document management information and the document character data are edited into a message and transmitted to the agent process 32.

In the agent process 32, the source stored in the message is Manuscript management informationExtract manuscript character data, check customer code consistency, etc., search manuscript label numbering table by manuscript label district, sales department, number code, and select manuscript label Documents are stored with the document management information in the manuscript table, the frame number, line number, and text data of the manuscript in the manuscript text table, and the table classification, transfer classification, and manuscript label are recorded and numbered in the transfer table. Send the label with the processing result.

 [Document data deletion process]

 1) Specify the original label of the original to be deleted on the mobile terminal 29 and send it to the agent process 32.

 The manuscript label can be searched using the manuscript posting history search function that uses the customer code, number of manuscripts, and publication period as search conditions.

(2) The agent process 32 side searches the exclusive data table using the table classification and the manuscript level as a search condition to confirm that the requested manuscript is not occupied by the other end 29.

 If the requested manuscript is not occupied by another terminal, the table classification, manuscript label, and own terminal ID are output to the exclusive data table, and the manuscript data is occupied.

 Document management information · Searches the document character data (frame number, line number, document characters) from the manuscript table and manuscript text table, edits it into a return message, and sends it to the mobile terminal.

(3) The mobile terminal 29 displays a document confirmation screen according to the document format from the returned document management information and document character data. If the operator instructs to delete after confirming the original to be deleted, create an original deletion request message specifying the original label and send it to the agent process 32. To cancel the deletion instruction, set the original label and own terminal ID in the exclusion release message and send it to the agent process 32.

 (4) In the case of the deletion instruction, the agent process 32 searches the exclusive data table on the original label of the request message and the request terminal ID, and confirms the occupation of the original data.

 Next, for the manuscript to be deleted, search the publication manuscript label on the deletion manuscript label and confirm whether or not there is a publication instruction. If the deletion request manuscript has a posting instruction, it is regarded as an operation violation and an error code is set in the processing result return message and returned to the mobile terminal 29.

 Search the manuscript posting history table on the deletion request manuscript label, delete the data of the deleted manuscript, delete the data of the deleted manuscript from the manuscript table and manuscript text table, record the table classification, processing classification, manuscript label in the transfer table Then, the processing result is transmitted to the mobile terminal 29.

 [Manuscript posting history search process]

 (1) Use this function as a tool for specifying the manuscript label on the mobile terminal 29. The search conditions are set based on the combination of the customer code, the number of manuscripts, and the posting period, and a manuscript history search request message is sent to the agent process 32.

 (2) The agent process 32 searches the manuscript history search table based on the search condition of the manuscript history search request message, obtains the number of hits, sets the number as a return message, and sends it to the mobile terminal 29.

(3) The mobile terminal 29 displays the number of returned searches on the screen. If the number of searches is large, the operator can add search conditions to narrow down the search results. When the search result request is instructed, the search condition is set in the manuscript posting history data request message and transmitted to the agent process 32.

 (4) The agent process 32 searches the manuscript posting history table using the search condition of the manuscript posting history data request message, sets the posting history information in a return message, and returns the message to the mobile terminal 29.

 Next, the processing of customer information will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The mobile system database 202 has a customer data table, exclusive data table, transfer data table, and customer code numbering table.

 [Customer information new registration process]

 (1) From the mobile terminal 29, enter the customer information such as the district, business code, customer name (Kanji, Kana), postal code, address, telephone number, FAX number, etc. of the newly registered customer.

 2) Agent process 3 On the 2nd side, the customer code numbering table is searched from the customer's district and industry code, the customer code is automatically numbered, the customer information is added to the customer data table, and the transfer data table is added. Then, the transfer code and the customer code are output, and the automatically numbered customer code is returned to the mobile terminal 29.

 [Customer information update process]

 (1) From the mobile terminal 29, specify the customer code to be updated. The customer code to be updated is obtained by phone number and Kana name search.

 (2) Agent process 3 On the side 2, the exclusive data table is divided into tables, searched by customer code, it is guaranteed that it is not being updated on other mobile terminals, and the customer data table is searched by customer code. Return information.

(3) On the mobile terminal 29, the returned customer information is displayed on the correction screen, and after the data is corrected, the operator issues an update execution instruction or cancels the update process. And send the corrected customer information.

 (3) In the agent process 32, when an update execution instruction is issued, the customer data table is updated with the correction data, the transfer classification and the customer code are output to the transfer data table, and the exclusive data (table classification) is output from the exclusive data table. , Delete customer code). If the update process is canceled, delete the exclusive data from the exclusive data table. Return the event processing result to the mobile terminal 29 o

 [Customer information deletion process]

 (1) From the mobile terminal 29, specify the customer code to be deleted. The customer code to be updated is obtained by phone number and Kana name search.

 (2) Agent process 32 On the side 2, the exclusive data table is divided into tables and searched by customer code. It is guaranteed that it is not being updated on another mobile terminal. The customer data table is searched by customer code and customer information is retrieved. I will send it back.

 (3) On the mobile terminal 29 side, the returned customer information is displayed on the correction screen, and after correcting the data, the operator instructs deletion execution or deletion processing cancellation, and transmits the customer code.

 In the case of a deletion execution instruction, the client process 32 deletes the data from the customer data table, outputs the transfer classification and customer code to the transfer data table, and excludes it from the exclusive data table. Delete data (table classification, customer code). If the deletion process is canceled, delete the exclusive data from the exclusive data table. Return the age processing result to the mobile terminal 29 o "

 [Customer information phone number search process]

 ① From the mobile terminal 29, enter the customer phone number as a search condition.

② Agent process 3 2 side, customer phone number as search condition It searches the customer data table and returns the search result as a message.

 [Customer information kana name search processing]

 ① From the mobile terminal 29, enter the customer kana name as the search condition.

(2) The agent process 32 obtains from the customer data table the number of customer data that matches the specified customer name in front, edits it into a return message, and returns it to the mobile terminal 29.

 (3) The mobile terminal 29 displays the number of matches returned on the screen and prompts the user to perform an update operation or cancel the update process. If the operator specifies a data return instruction, a request message is created again using the customer kana name as a search condition and sent to the agent server.

 The agent process 32 performs a forward match search using the customer name specified on the mobile terminal 29 as a search condition, edits the acquired customer data into a return message, and returns it to the mobile terminal 29 I do. Next, the processing of the posted contract information will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The mobile data system base 202 has a sales slip search table, a manuscript table, a customer data table, a posting instruction table, an exclusive data table, a transfer data table, and a sales slip numbering table. The sales management system database 2 1 2 has a sales slip table. ·

 [Sales slip registration process]

(1) With mobile terminal 29, sales slip data (published manuscript, customer code, journal, contracted mobile phone, sales department in charge, person in charge, sales, number of contracts, number of times, total number of contracts, contract period, advertisement Enter the sales contract entry screen on the sales slip entry screen, such as the fee, consumption tax, payment date, payment method, etc., and execute the registration instruction. Sent to the process 32.

 (2) The agent process 3 2 extracts the above contract data from the sales slip registration message from the mobile terminal 29, checks the existence of customer information in the customer table, and posts it in the manuscript table Perform consistency checks such as the existence of manuscripts, number sales slips from the sales slip numbering table, register the posting contract information in the sales slip table in the sales management system database 2 12, and use the mobile terminal 2 9 Return the sales slip number assigned to.

 [Sales slip update process]

 (1) Specify the sales slip number to be updated on the mobile terminal 29, set it in the sales slip search message, and send it to the agent process 32. o

 (2) The agent process 3 and 2 must search the exclusive data table using the table classification and sales slip number as search conditions to ensure that the sales slip requested by the mobile terminal 29 is not occupied by another terminal. Confirm with.

 If the requested sales slip is not occupied by another terminal, the table classification, sales slip number, and requested terminal ID are output to the exclusive data table, and the requested sales slip is occupied by the request terminal 29. .

 The sales slip table is searched by sales slip number, edited into a return message, and transmitted to the mobile terminal 29.

 (3) The mobile terminal 29 displays the returned sales slip data on the sales slip correction screen. If the operator issues an update instruction after correcting the data, a sales slip update request message is created from the input data on the screen and transmitted to the agent process 32.

If the operator cancels the renewal request, the sales slip number Is set in the sales slip exclusive release message and the agent process 32 is executed.

 Agent process 3 The 2 side extracts the above contract data from the sales slip registration message from the mobile terminal 29, checks the existence of customer information in the customer table, and checks the existence of the manuscript on the manuscript table. Check the consistency of the request, etc., number the sales slips from the sales slip numbering table, update the posting contract information in the sales slip table of the sales management system database 211, and check the exclusive terminal The occupation data is deleted, and the processing result is transmitted to the mobile terminal 29.

 [Sales slip deletion process]

 (1) On the mobile terminal 29, specify the sales slip number to be deleted, set it in the sales slip search message, and send it to the agent process 32.

 (2) The agent process 32 searches the exclusive data table using the table classification and sales slip number as the search conditions, so that the sales slip requested by the mobile terminal 29 is not occupied by another terminal. Confirm with.

 If the requested sales slip is not occupied by another terminal, the table classification, sales slip number, and requested terminal ID are output to the exclusive data table, and the requested sales slip is occupied by the request terminal 29. .

Search the sales slip table by sales slip number, edit it into a return message, and send it to the mobile terminal.

(3) The mobile terminal 29 displays the returned sales slip data on the sales slip deletion screen. If the operator issues a deletion instruction, the sales slip number is set in the sales slip deletion request message, and the agent Send to process 32.

 When the operator cancels the deletion request, the sales slip number is set in the sales slip exclusive release message, and the agent process 32 executes; ^ 1S.

 ④ In the agent process 3 2 side, in the case of a deletion instruction, the exclusive data table is searched with the sales slip number from the mobile terminal 29, the occupation of the requesting terminal is confirmed, and the sales slip to be deleted is included in the posting instruction table. After confirming that there is no posting instruction by, the sales slip data instructed to be deleted is deleted from the sales slip table of the sales management system database 2 1 2, the exclusive entry of the exclusive data table is deleted, and the transfer table is deleted. The table division, update division, and sales slip number are recorded, and the processing result is transmitted to the mobile terminal 29.

 If an error is found in the above-described consistency check, an error code is set in the return message and transmitted to the mobile terminal 29.

In the case of a deletion instruction, the exclusive entry in the exclusive data table is deleted and the processing result is returned.

 [Sales slip number search process]

 (1) Used to search sales slip numbers on mobile terminal 29. Specify the sales department, the person in charge, the contracted mobile phone, the sales, the customer code and the customer name in any combination as the search conditions, set the search conditions in the sales slip number search request message, and execute the agent process 3 Send to 2.

 (2) The agent process 32 searches the sales slip search table based on the search conditions from the mobile terminal 29, obtains the number of searches, sets it as a return message, and returns it to the mobile terminal 29.

(3) The mobile terminal 29 displays the number of returned searches on the screen. O If the number of searches is large, the searcher can narrow down the number of searches by adding search conditions.

 When the search result request is instructed, the search condition is set in the sales slip number search data request message and transmitted to the agent process 32.

 (4) The agent process 32 searches the sales slip search table with the search condition of the sales slip number search data request message, sets the sales slip information in a return message, and returns the information to the mobile terminal 29.

 Next, the processing of the publication instruction information will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The mobile system database 202 includes a sales slip search table, a manuscript table, a customer data table, a posting instruction table, an exclusive data table, a transfer data table, and a sales slip numbering table. The sales management system database 2 1 2 has a sales slip table.

 [Posting instruction registration process]

 (1) Input posting instruction data (posting instruction data such as manuscript, sales slip number, customer code, posting area, posting period, weekly posting schedule, necessity of advertising certificate, etc.) on mobile terminal 29 on the posting instruction registration screen. Then, when the registration instruction is executed, a posting instruction registration message is created on the contents of the input screen and transmitted to the agent process 32.

(2) The agent process 32 extracts the above-mentioned posting instruction data from the posting instruction registration message from the mobile terminal 29, checks the existence of the customer information in the customer table, and checks the existence of the original in the manuscript table. Check the consistency of the total number of chips in the sales slip table, check the consistency of the total number of chips in the sales slip table, register the data in the posting instruction table, shape the number of posting instructions in the sales slip, classify the table in the transfer table, Record the renewal classification, the published manuscript label, and process results Return to mobile terminal 29.

 If an error occurs during the consistency check, the operation is violated and an error code is set in the return message.

 [Posting instruction update process]

 (1) On the mobile terminal 29, specify the sales slip number and the manuscript level of the posting instruction data to be updated, set it in the posting instruction data search request message, and send it to the agent process 32.

 (2) The agent process 3 and 2 side confirm that the posting instruction data requested to be retrieved from the mobile terminal 29 is not occupied by another terminal, and use the table classification, sales slip number, and manuscript label as search conditions to search for exclusive data. Confirm by searching for.

 If the requested sales slip and posting instruction data are not occupied by another terminal, the table classification, sales slip number, manuscript label, and requested terminal ID are output to the exclusive data table, and the sales slip requested for search and posting Instruct the requesting terminal to occupy the instruction data.

 The publication instruction table is searched on the manuscript label, edited into a return message, and transmitted to the mobile terminal 29.

 (3) The mobile terminal 29 displays the returned posting instruction data on the posting instruction data correction screen. When the operator issues an update instruction after correcting the data, a message for requesting the update of the insertion instruction data is created from the input data on the screen, and the agent process 32 is transmitted.

 When the operator cancels the renewal request, the sales slip number and the manuscript label are set in a message for canceling exclusive publication of the posting instruction data and transmitted to the agent process 32.

In the agent process 32, the mobile phone 29 Extracting the above-mentioned posting instruction data from the display data update request message, checking the presence of customer information in the customer table, checking the presence of the published manuscript in the manuscript table, checking the number of remaining publications in the sales slip table, etc. Check the integrity of the data, update the posting instruction table, delete the occupied data of the requesting terminal from the exclusive data table, record the table classification, update classification, and manuscript level in the transfer data table, and process the results. To the mobile terminal 29.

 [Posting instruction deletion process]

 (1) Specify the sales slip number and manuscript label of the placement instruction data to be deleted on the mobile terminal 29, set it in the placement instruction data search request message, and send it to the agent process 32.

 (2) The agent process 32 uses the table classification, sales slip number, and manuscript label as search conditions to determine that the sales slip and the posting instruction data requested by the mobile terminal 29 are not occupied by other terminals. Confirm by searching the exclusive data table.

 If the requested posting instruction is not occupied by another terminal, the table classification, sales slip number, manuscript label, and requested terminal ID are output to the exclusive data table, and the sales slip requested for search and the posting instruction data are requested. Let the terminal occupy it.

 The publication instruction table is searched on the manuscript label, edited into a return message, and transmitted to the mobile terminal 29.

 (3) The mobile terminal 29 displays the returned posting instruction data on the posting instruction data deletion screen. When the operator issues a deletion instruction, the sales slip number and the manuscript label are set in a posting instruction deletion request message, and transmitted to the agent process 32.

If the operator cancels the deletion request, the sales slip number, The manuscript label is set in the publication instruction exclusive release message and transmitted to the agent process 32.

 プ ロ セ ス In the agent process 3 2 side, in the case of a delete instruction, the exclusive data table is searched with the sales slip number and the manuscript label from the mobile terminal 29, the occupancy of the requesting terminal is confirmed, and the posting instruction data is Is deleted, the occupation entry of the exclusive data table is deleted, the table division, the update type, and the manuscript label are recorded in the transfer table, and the processing result is transmitted to the mobile terminal 29. If an error is found in the above-mentioned consistency check, an error code is set in the return message and transmitted to the mobile terminal 29. If the delete instruction is canceled, delete the exclusive entry in the exclusive data table and return the processing result.

 If the deletion instruction is cancelled, delete the occupation entry in the exclusive data table and return the processing result.

 Next, the control flow of the automatic editing process of the automatic editing system 11 is shown in FIG.

 The automatic editing process extracts records to be posted on the date of the editing process from the calculation instruction data, calculates the total area, calculates the required number of pages from the total area, allocates the pages and positions to be posted, and creates an imposition file. Output. Documents that cannot be assigned a page or position are output to a reserved file.

In step a1, if the posting instruction file is not at the end, go to step a2 and read the posting instruction file to the end of the file. In step a3, it is determined whether the data is the data to be posted.If the data is the data to be posted, the editing process specified by the parameter indicates that if the record is the data to be posted, the process proceeds to step a4. Original width / height The area is calculated from the above, added to the required area in step a5, and output to the reserved file.

 Index key to be used when allocating pages when outputting to the reserved file (presence / absence of publication position · extra area (area per page minus area of the original document) · number of publications · random number) Create

 In step a6, the number of documents for each document size and the minimum required number of pages obtained from the total area are displayed on the guidance screen. By inputting the number of allocated pages in step a7, the operator can instruct to change the number of allocated pages.

 In step a8, the reserved file is read in the order of the page allocation index, and if the reserved file ends, the process proceeds to step a9 to determine whether or not the publication is designated. When the publication is specified, the process proceeds to step a10, and the reserved files are read in the order of the page allocation index, and pages and positions are allocated from the one with the publication position specification. The record to which the page and position are assigned is output to the imposition file in step a11.

 In step a9, if the publication is not specified, proceed to step a12 and allocate the publication position according to the following criteria. The manuscript to which the page and position are assigned is output to the imposition file in step a11. In step a 13, the manuscript with a small number of publications is allocated from the upper left to the lower right of the page. Document sizes in the same page are the same.

 FIG. 9 shows the relationship between the paper layout and the paper origin position and coordinate system in the automatic editing and typesetting processing.

Page 40 is divided into grids (grids) 4 1 with the first unit as the minimum unit, and a page coordinate system with the origin O 1 at the top corner of each page is given o The upper left corner of the manuscript on the page coordinate system shall be the grid position of the upper left corner of the page coordinate system on the page coordinate system of the manuscript.

(The page coordinate system position of the 9th document 42 in Fig. 9 is (0, 3).) The editing layout device 1 21 is a coordinate system that uses the upper left corner of the paper as the origin coordinates, and the upper left corner of the document. The distance to the position (the distance between the vertical and horizontal components).

 Automatic editing process · In the imposition proofing process, the position of the original is processed as the page number and the page coordinate position is processed as the original position data.

 In the page-up document creation process, the moving distance (mm) calculated from the page coordinate system by the following formula in the paper coordinate system of the editing layout device 122 is calculated, and the document position is designated.

 Moving distance of vertical component

 = Page coordinate (Y coordinate value) X Height of I-size original + Top mark Moving distance of horizontal component

 = Page coordinate (X coordinate value) X 1 document width + left margin

 FIG. 10 shows a definition example of the document format.

 The manuscript formats 50 are classified into a fixed frame 51 for grouping small subframes, a character frame 52 composed of text data, and a mapping frame 53 composed of image data.

These configurations are defined for each original format 50, and position information from the fixed frame origin, frame attributes (character frame / mapping frame attributes), width, height, and character frame Creates and saves frame definition information such as the number of input characters and the number of lines on the database, and creates an input area and input Used for hooks, etc.

 These manuscript format attributes used for manuscript input processing are set to the minimum necessary at the time of character data input. Information such as fonts used in each small frame, series, etc., and typesetting rules are set in the editing layout device. It is created and saved for each original format 50 as a frame library.

 The image data is created and stored in advance as a frame library by a specialized operator using an image input / editing device.

 Page-up originals are extended command text that specifies the frame library name corresponding to the original format 50 and specifies the amount of movement from the paper origin, the original character data, and the image library name. It is created and input as an original by incorporating this extended command text in the editing layout device 122.

 Next, the imposition calibration process will be described. Figures 11 and 12 show the flow of the imposition calibration process.

 [Spread page display]

 In step b1, the spread page display uses the current display page (left and right) as a search key, reads the imposition file using the page order index, and sets the document type, document label, and document origin position coordinates in each grid. , Manuscript size (width / height), client type, and number of publications are stored as grid data.

 [Command Selection]

 In step b2, an operation command is selected from the command menu of the menu bar or the floating pop-up menu.

 [Hold manuscript inserted]

When Insert Hold Document is selected in this command selection, step b 10 Press to display the insertion position · The size of the inserted document is displayed in a rubber band (rectangular display) and the operator specifies it. In step b11, the size of the insertion area specified is obtained, and in step b12, it is checked whether the document size is the document size defined in the system.

 If the size is not defined, return to step b2. In the case of the defined manuscript size, in step 13, the holding records of the manuscript of the designated manuscript size are read from the holding file and are listed in the selection list. The operator selects the original to be inserted from the list, obtains the reserved original in step b14, specifies the inserted original in step 15 and issues an execution instruction. In step 16, an insertion execution instruction is determined, and if there is no insertion execution instruction, the process returns to step b 2. If there is an insertion execution instruction, in step b17, the page and coordinate position of the held original record for which the insertion execution instruction was issued are updated and output to the imposition file, and in step b18, the relevant file is Delete the record and return to step b2.

 [Insert padding]

 In step b2, if the insertion of the embedded document is selected in the command selection, in step b20, the insertion position and the size of the inserted document are displayed in a rubber band (rectangular display) and the operator is designated.

 Obtain the size of the insertion area specified in step b21, and check whether the document size is the document size defined in the system in step b22.

If the size is undefined, return to step b2. In the case of the defined original size, in step b23, the embedded original record of the designated original size is read from the embedded original file and is listed in the selection list. The operator selects a document to be inserted from the list, specifies the document to be inserted in step b24, and issues an execution instruction. In step b25, an insertion execution instruction is determined, and if there is no insertion execution instruction, the flow returns to step b2.

 If there is an insertion execution instruction, an imposition record is created from the embedded manuscript label, insertion page, and coordinate position where the insertion execution instruction has been issued in step b26, output to the imposition file, and returns to step b2 .

 [Move original]

 In step b2, when the original movement is selected by the command selection, in step b30, the operator specifies the original to be moved. Obtain the size of the moving original specified in step b31 from the grid data.

 Then, the operator designates the destination origin position (upper left corner) in step b32. In step b33, it is checked whether or not there is another original in the da- lid table of the width and height of the original from the designated origin position of the movement destination. If another original exists in the area, the operation is violated and the process returns to step b32.

 If it is possible to move to the destination in step b33, the source information of the grid table is copied to the destination information in step b334, and the page and coordinate position of the imposed record are copied to the destination. Set the position information, update the imposition record in step b35, and return to step b2.

 [Document exchange]

Also, in step b2, when the document exchange is selected by the command selection, the operator designates the original document to be exchanged in step b40. Acquire the original size of the original to be replaced from the grid data in step b4 1. I do. In step b42, the operator specifies the replacement document. In step b 4 3, obtain the document size of the replacement document from the grid data.

 In step 44, if there is no original at the replacement destination, or if the two specified originals have different original sizes, it is considered an operation violation and returns to step b42.

 In step b44, if the originals are the same size, read the record with the replacement surface in step b45, read the record with the replacement surface in step b46, and read the record with the replacement surface in step b47. The contents of the grid data of the exchange destination are exchanged, the page and coordinate position of each imposition record are exchanged in step b48, the imposition file is updated, and the process returns to step 2.

 [Page exchange]

 In step b2, if page switching is selected by command selection, if all grid tables are not scanned in step b50, whether or not the grid table is in use in step b51 Is determined, the position coordinates (X, Y) of the grid table are scanned, and the following processing is performed.

 In other words, if the grid table is in use, if the target grid table is the right page in step b52, set the value of the left page to the imposition record page in step 53 if it is the right page. Then, in step b54, the imposition record is updated. If the target grid table is the left page in step b52, the value of the right page is set to the page of the imposition record in step b55, and the grid data of the right and left pages is set. Exchange the contents of

If there are documents on the grid table in step b56, The page information of the imposed record is exchanged, the imposed record is output to the imposed file, and the process returns to step b2.

 [Paper Hold]

 In step b2, when the document selection is selected by the command selection, the operator specifies the held document in step b60. In step b61, obtain the document label of the document specified by the operator from the grid table. In step b62, the document type (regular / filled document) of the specified document is determined.

 If the specified manuscript is a regular manuscript, edit and insert the hold record in step b63, read the imposition record, convert it to a hold manuscript record, and output it to the hold file. In step b64, the imposition record is deleted from the imposition file, and the process returns to step b2.

 [Delete manuscript]

 In step b2, when the document deletion is selected by the command selection, in step b70, the operator specifies the document to be deleted. In step b71, obtain the document label of the deleted document from the grid table. In step b72, it is determined whether or not to delete the original.If the operator issues a deletion instruction, the imposed record of the imposed file is deleted in step 73, and the process proceeds to step b2. Return.

 [List of pending documents]

In step b2, if the hold original list display is selected by the command selection, in step b80, if the file for the hold is not the end, the process proceeds to step b81 and the regular original definition record of the code file is transferred. Read the data and count them by manuscript size in step b82, and store the label number code, manuscript width, height, and name in a table in memory. In step b83, the reserved file is read from the beginning, and the above table is searched using the manuscript label / number code as a classification key. In step b84, the number of cases for each manuscript size is counted. If a pending document exists in step b85, the contents of the table on the memory are displayed in a list, and the process returns to step b2.

 [Free page search]

 In step b2, when a blank page search is selected by command selection, in step b90, the currently displayed page (current page) is set as the search start page. If the used area of the page is small in step b91, the imprint file is read in the page order in step b92, and the original used on the page in step b94 until the page number breaks in step 93. The area of is accumulated.

 When the total area in the page is less than the total area, the page open display process is called in step b95, and a page having an empty area is displayed on the screen. If the total area within the page is equal to the total area, add the searched pages in step b96, read the imposition file in page order, and calculate the area of the manuscript used on the page until the page number breaks. Add up (if the search page exceeds the last page, it will be the first page). If there is no page with an empty area in step b97, a message is displayed and the process returns to step b2.

 [Page jump]

 If a page jump is selected by command selection in step b2, a page designation dialog is displayed in step b100, and the operator inputs a jump destination page and gives an execution instruction.

If an execution instruction is given in step b101, the requested page is set as a search start page in step b102, and the imposed file is read in page / coordinate order in step b102. Update the data in the head table.

 In step b103, the manuscript label, manuscript type, industry code, number of publications, and client name are displayed on the screen from the grid table, and the process returns to step b2.

 [Page scroll]

 In step b2, if page scrolling is selected by command selection, the requested page is added / subtracted in step b110 with the pressed key, and the display requested page is calculated in step b111.

 In step b111, the requested page is set as the search start page, the imposition file is read in page and coordinate order, grid information is stored in step b113, and the grid table is stored in step b114. Update data. At step b115, the manuscript label, manuscript type, industry code, number of publications, and client name are displayed on the screen from the grid table, and the process returns to step b2. Next, a page-up original creation process will be described. Figure 13 shows the process of creating a page-up manuscript.

 In step c1, if the imposition file is not at the end, the process proceeds to step c2, and the imposition file is read in the page / coordinate order until the end of the file. If the output destination page is changed in step c3, the modified command is output to the page-up file in step c4.

In step c5, the coordinate position of the imposed record is converted into the movement amount from the paper origin. The original text file specified by the original label of the imposition record in step c6 is read into the memory. An original position designation command is added to the original text (hereinafter referred to as extended command text). In step c7, the extended command text is output to the page-up original file. Industrial applicability

 As described above, there was no need for imposition, splitting, and shooting work performed by specialized technicians, and the editing and printing process, which was extremely personnel-intensive, was not affected by the skills and manpower of specialized technicians. Thus, a certain level can be maintained, and the time from the deadline to bookbinding can be reduced.

 In addition, the number of processes from the sales floor to the product can be reduced as much as possible.Furthermore, even if there are various standards depending on the model in the post-printing process, data is generated according to that, and printing plates, printing, Can be made into a product.

Claims

The scope of the claims 1. Equipped with a mobile system server, sales management system server, automatic editing system, client terminal, and output machine,  Publishing various information magazines by the output device connected to the automatic editing system;  Using the client terminal to directly input / edit / delete original data by communicating with the portable system server;  Communicating with the mobile system server and the sales management system server using the client terminal to perform sales processing;  Using the client terminal to communicate with the mobile system server and the sales management system server to issue a manuscript posting instruction; and using the data of the mobile system server and the sales management system server to perform the manuscript posting instruction. The automatic editing system automatically performs imposition processing using a certain format to assemble various information magazines and automatically edits the  A step of imposing data automatically edited by the automatic editing system according to the output device and converting the data for output data.