JP3514975B2 - Multimedia document data printing method and system, and recording medium recording the method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for storing and retrieving multimedia information, which is displayed on a display, as compared with a system using a display method that reminds a user of a book on the display. The present invention relates to a method and system for printing information in the same format on a paper medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional multimedia system, since the resolution of paper and the resolution of a display are greatly different, two methods can be roughly taken from the viewpoint of printing multimedia information displayed on the display. It was

The first method is a method whose main purpose is printing. This method defines the layout when printed on paper for DTP software or word processor,
It is a method of reducing it on the display. A typical product that adopts such a method is Ad
There are systems such as Page Maker of Obe and Acrobat.

The second method is a method whose main purpose is to display on a display. This method takes a layout for viewing information on a low resolution screen. When printing this, there are roughly two methods, namely, a case where the layout is displayed as it is on the screen and a case where the relayout is performed for printing.

[0005]

In a multimedia system, particularly in a system having an expression reminiscent of a physical book, paper, card, etc. on a display, information such as a catalog is displayed and the user can display the information as needed. In a system in which the catalog is printed on paper and reused, the catalog on the display and the layout and page numbers of the catalog when printed on paper must be matched.

In such a system, it is necessary that the user first browses the information on the screen and selects a necessary book or page. The conventional method mainly for printing has the user Is difficult to browse and select information on the screen. On the contrary, in the case of performing the relayout for printing among the methods of the related art, the layout is different depending on the selection made on the screen and the printed state, so that a feeling of strangeness is likely to occur. On the other hand, if you print the state on the screen as it is on the paper, the resolution of the paper is high, so large letters and a lot of wasted space are generally generated on the paper, and it is printed on the paper. In the state, unlike ordinary printed matter, it is difficult to use.

Therefore, in the present invention, for example, in a method and system in which a paper book is simulated on a computer display, the same layout, the same character size, and the same picture as the information browsed on the display are displayed. An object of the present invention is to realize a multimedia document data printing method and system capable of saving the size and providing the user with the same information as the information on the display even on paper.

[0008]

The present invention solves the above problems by the inventions listed below.

The multimedia document data printing method of the present invention is a printing method for outputting multimedia electronic information to a medium such as paper having a higher resolution than the display while saving the layout. The conversion media size is determined.
And a print layout determination unit and a print image generation unit,
Converting the media size determination section, a standard character size to be used in the multimedia electronic information, and instructions for obtaining the information of the media to be output, the character size in displaying on the display, of the media A step of calculating the size and coordinates of the area of the medium in units of dots expressing the size of the character on the display in order to convert the size of the character, and determining the print layout.
Department has a procedure in which information represented by said computed on the display in the media area expressed in units of dots to calculate the maximum number of sheets that can be placed simultaneously, the maximum number of sheets on a region of said medium disposed For the procedure to measure the remaining area where information is not placed and the media that can be used,
Procedure for selecting a medium having the smallest remaining area, or a medium having the smallest remaining area and an output direction
And a step of converting the multimedia electronic information to the position of the selected medium, and generating a print image.
Part is, the multimedia electronic information is arranged at the position of the converted media have <br/> the procedure for output to the media.

The print layout determining unit is configured to
In the step of performing the procedure for converting the media electronic information into the selected position of the media, when the multimedia electronic information represented on the display is represented as information including a plurality of pages such as a book, When the multimedia electronic information is output to a medium such as a sheet of paper and then the output medium is folded to physically generate a multi-page book format medium, the multimedia electronic information is recorded on the medium. When developing information, a procedure for dividing the media into even-numbered areas such as easily foldable pages such as 2 pages, 4 pages, and 8 pages, and a front cover and a back cover when allocating pages to the respective divided areas the first and the steps of placing the last pages side by side, the allocation of pages from the first page in the order of counterclockwise or clockwise line like And procedures, in the case of the counterclockwise and the placement in contact with the top of each page, in the case of said time meter around,
And a procedure arranged to contact the bottom of each page
There is something .

[0011] The conversion medium size determination unit, in units of dots representing the size of the characters on the display, the procedure for calculating the size and coordinates of the region of the medium
In the process of executing , after outputting the multimedia electronic information to a medium such as a sheet of paper, the outputted medium is folded, and the upper or lower part of the page of the folded medium is cut, so that a plurality of physical media are physically cut. When a book-type medium of pages is generated, a predetermined cut is made in order to secure one or both of the cut region and the binding margin region which is folded and disappears in the book-type medium. A procedure for calculating the size of one or both of the area and the binding margin as the size on the medium expressed in dot units, and the size and coordinates of the medium in dot units, and the calculation The size of one or both of the calculated area to be cut and the binding margin area is removed from the size of the specified media to remove the size of the media. Monogaa and a procedure to pass
It

Further , the multimedia document data of the present invention
A printing system is a system that outputs multimedia electronic information to a medium such as paper having a higher resolution than the display while saving the layout, and displays the multimedia electronic information on the display or when requested by the user. a screen information control means for controlling for or print on a medium such as paper higher resolution than the display in response, input means for inputting the request from the user for said screen information control unit, the multi Media Den
Multimedia electronic information storage means for storing child information ,
Based on the size of the area of the information on the display that the user is browsing in response to the request input from the input means, the size of the area to be output to the medium is calculated based on the media conversion information. The conversion media size determining means for determining the media size, the media conversion information storage means for storing the media conversion information such as the size of the usable media, and the multimedia electronic content for the determined size of the area of the media. Layout determining means for laying out a plurality of pieces of information on the medium, image generating means for generating an image to be output to the medium according to the layout and layout rules, and output for outputting the generated image information to the medium Means for determining the conversion media size
Multimedia information on a piece of paper or other media
After outputting, fold the output media,
Cut the top or bottom of the folded media page
And physically generate multi-page book format media.
If this happens, the area to be disconnected in the media of this format
One of the binding area and the binding area that disappears when folded
In order to secure both
One or both of the cut area and the binding area
Measure the size and measure the size and coordinates of the media.
From the calculated media size
One or both of the cut area and the binding area
Means for removing the size of the
The media output from the output means is preset.
Fold according to the area to be cut and the area to be bound
And folding means .

The method of printing the multimedia document data
Computer program to execute the method.
If you record it on a computer-readable recording medium,
The method of printing multi-media document data
Can be implemented.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

[Embodiment 1] First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. The present invention relates to an entire system in which a means for browsing information in the real world such as a book or a card on a display is virtually realized on a computer display, and the information is expressed on other media such as paper. Although effective, this embodiment will be described especially in the case where a physical book is virtually realized on a computer display and the information is printed on paper.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram in the first embodiment of the present invention. The system of the present invention displays one book-type information stored in the system and one book-type information on the one display for the user to browse and select information. A screen information control unit for controlling printing in response to a request from the user, and a screen information control unit for receiving the input from the user for printing to the screen information control unit Input section and 1
Print the information in the book format which is being viewed by the user for the book type information storage database for storing the contents 4 and the input unit 3 for presenting the information in the book format on the display of In response to a request to do so, a conversion media size determination unit 5 that determines the size of the paper when printing based on the size of the area of the book on the display that the user is browsing, and the usable paper The media conversion information storage database for storing the information such as the size of 6 and a plurality of pages of the book type information corresponding to the size of the paper determined by the conversion media size determining unit for 5 Print layout determining unit for laying out on paper, a print image generating unit for generating an image for printing on paper according to the layout rule, and printing information on paper 9
It is composed of the printing device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a process of processing in the second embodiment of the present invention.

First, during the operation of the system, in response to the request from the user for the input section 3 in step 11, the input request from the user is discriminated, and when the information is displayed on the screen, In step 12, the screen information control unit 2 determines the type of the input command, and in step 13, the information of the book format selected in step 13 and the book type information of the book type information storage database of 4 are displayed on one display. Display information. The input request for displaying on the display in the screen information control unit of step 2 in step 12 is, for example, advancing one page or returning one page when a physical book is virtually expressed on the display. , There is an operation of selecting a book from a plurality of virtual books. As a method for virtually displaying and utilizing such a physical book on a display, for example, a book information search / display method disclosed in JP-A-6-274396 or an information search processing apparatus and method disclosed in JP-A-7-78168. A system for displaying this type of information, shown in, may be used.

When a print request is input from the user in step 11, the size of the information currently selected by the screen information control unit 2 on the screen is displayed with respect to the conversion media size determination unit 5 And an identifier for retrieving the main form information from the main form information storage database of 4. The size on the screen in the present embodiment is the number of dots in the horizontal direction and the number of dots in the vertical direction of the book type image when information is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 3, for example. .

Then, in step 14, the conversion media size determination unit 5 acquires the standard size of characters used in the main form information from the main form information storage database 4 by using the identifier. The standard character size is the size of the character mainly used for describing the body when describing this type information, and is, for example, the size of the character in the body area of FIG. In other cases, the size of the character in the model information may be measured, and the size of the most frequently used character may be set as the standard character size.

Next, in step 15, the information regarding the medium to be output is acquired from the medium conversion information storage database of 6. As the information to be acquired, for example, in the case of outputting on paper, when using the same character size as academic journals or general public relations magazines, the size of Japanese characters is about 3 mm to 3. The information is 5 mm.

Next, in step 16, in the conversion media size determination unit of 5, the vertical and horizontal sizes of the output display medium such as paper are divided by the character size obtained in step 15, and step 14 The size of the display area of information on the output medium is obtained by multiplying the number of dots of the standard character size obtained in step 2. For example, since A4 size paper has a length of 297 mm and a width of 210 mm, for example, if the standard character size is 14 dots when divided by the character size of 3 mm, the value of 1386 dots vertically and 980 dots horizontally Is obtained. The above calculation is performed for each printable medium, and the vertical and horizontal dot numbers of the medium candidates to be displayed are obtained.

Next, in step 17, the information of this form displayed on the display is divided by the number of dots indicating the vertical and horizontal sizes to obtain the number of surplus dots. For example, in the above example, when divided by the number of vertical and horizontal dots of this type information having a display area of 430 dots in the vertical direction and 640 dots in the horizontal direction on the A4 size paper, for example, the A4 size paper is placed vertically. In this case, 980 dots in the horizontal direction of the output medium are divided by a value of 640 dots in the horizontal direction of the size on the display to obtain a remainder, which is 340 dots. As for the vertical direction, the vertical size of the output media is 13
By dividing 86 by 430 dots, the remainder becomes 96 dots.

When the output medium is used in the horizontal direction, the vertical remainder is 120 dots and the horizontal remainder is 10.
It will be 6 dots.

When the output medium is B4 size paper, the size is 364 mm in length and 258 mm in width. Therefore, the size in dot unit in the embodiment is 169 in length.
There are 8 dots and 1204 dots horizontally. In this case, when the B4 paper is used in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction, if the remainder is used in the vertical direction, the horizontal remainder is 564 dots, the vertical remainder is 408 dots, and the horizontal direction is 408 dots. When used, the vertical remainder is 344 dots and the horizontal remainder is 418 dots.

Next, in step 18, the product of the vertical remainder and the horizontal remainder is obtained, and the type and direction of the output medium having the minimum value are determined. In one example embodiment,
When A4 size paper is used in the vertical direction, the product value is 32,640, and when it is used in the horizontal direction, 12,720,
230, 11 when using B4 size paper in the vertical direction
2. When used in the horizontal direction, it is 143, 792, and it is decided to output to the A4 size horizontal medium when the minimum value is 12,720.

Next, in step 19, in the print layout determining section 7, the number of dots of the size of the selected paper is divided by the number of dots of the size of this type information on the display to obtain one sheet of paper. Calculate the number of pages that can be printed on.
For example, if the size of the book on the screen is A640 size horizontal (1386 horizontal dots, vertical 980 dots) and the horizontal direction is 640 dots and the vertical direction is 430 dots, the horizontal divided value is 2, and the vertical divided value. The value is 2.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which information is displayed on the display in the system for browsing the information in the present embodiment. When the book type information on the display is displayed on the two-page spread as in this display example, the two-page spread is 4 sheets by 2 × 2, which is a total of 8 pages.
You can print pages.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the present embodiment. In the above,
If the result of division is 1 for both vertical and horizontal, 2 for spread
4 pages (Fig. 4 (a)), 4 divisions in the vertical direction, and 1 divisions in the horizontal direction, 4 pages (Fig. 4 (b)),
When the result of vertical division is 2 and the result of horizontal division is 2 as in the above example, 8 pages can be printed (FIG. 4).
(C)). Other combinations are omitted because they can be easily analogized.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between pages and layout positions when laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the present embodiment. The print layout determining unit 7 holds a print rule for the number of pages to be printed, and the layout is determined according to the rule selected corresponding to the number of printable pages on one page calculated in step 19. To decide. As shown in FIG. 5, according to the layout rule in this embodiment, for example, when printing eight pages, the layout is arranged in the order of the areas 1 to 8 in FIG. As step 20, according to the layout rule, each page of the book form information displayed on the display is assigned, and the page number and the position information in the layout are combined and sent to the print image generation unit 8.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of position coordinates when laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the present embodiment. In step 8, the print image generation unit 8 arranges the information on the image area of one sheet according to the display information for each page sent from the print layout determination unit 7 and the position information at the time of printing. To do. As an arrangement rule in this embodiment, for example, when printing 8 pages on one sheet of paper, the number of dots in the horizontal direction of the image area of one sheet of paper is divided by 4 and the dots in the vertical direction are divided. The number is divided by 2, and the position where the information of each page is arranged is determined for each calculated width and height, and the page information is arranged as image information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a result of expressing a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high resolution output medium in the present embodiment. When all the information is placed on the image area of one sheet of paper, step 22
As a result, the image information is sent to the printing device 9 and printed on paper. The printed result is provided to the user in the form as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example in which a medium of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium is folded and expressed in physical book format information in the present embodiment. The present invention is a method of displaying information on other media in a system for providing information using a book format on a computer display, and a paper sheet on which information is printed in one embodiment is shown in FIG. Then, the pages are sequentially folded into a mountain, and from the printed information for eight pages in the embodiment, eight pages of physical book-like information as shown in FIG. 8 are generated. As shown in FIG. 8, by binding the folded spine and cutting the upper part of the page, it is stored in four book type information storage databases as virtual books from page 1 to page 8. Data in book form can be used as a book printed on paper.

In the case of having more than eight pages in this embodiment, printing is performed in units of eight pages,
By sequentially stacking the folded paper for each eight pages, book type information having an arbitrary number of pages can be expressed as a physical book.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram for carrying out the multimedia document data printing method according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As a second embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the printing device of 9, printing is performed by the printing device of 9 by adding 25 paper folding devices for folding the paper and converting the paper into a book format. A physical book can be dynamically created from the book-type information. The twenty-five paper folding devices can be implemented using conventional multi-stage paper folding devices.

However, rather than opening the top of the folded paper,
When automating, it is easier to cut the upper part by a predetermined amount. At this time, when printing is performed on one sheet of paper as shown in FIG. 7, it is necessary to secure the area of the cut portion as the cut portion in advance.

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the process steps in this embodiment. Steps 11 to 16 in the process of the present embodiment are the same as those in the first embodiment, and will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, in step 26 after step 16, the size of the upper cut area at the time of printing is predetermined in the conversion medium size determination unit 5 For example, 5 mm
It is divided by 3 mm used on the output medium, multiplied by the standard character size, for example, 14 dots, and rounded up in dot units, and the area of 24 dots is determined as the cut area by the number of dots on the image of the output medium.

Next, at step 27, 23 dots are removed for each page from the number of dots of the output medium in the vertical direction. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of position coordinates when laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the present embodiment. In this embodiment, for example, when A4 size paper is used as the output medium, when the paper is set horizontally, the vertical length is 980 dots to 48 dots as shown in FIG.
The dots are drawn, and the vertical length of the A4 size paper is set to 932 dots.

After step 27, steps 17 to 22 in the first embodiment are executed. This process is the same as that of the first embodiment, and therefore its explanation is omitted.

Further, step 22 is followed by step 29.
As the paper folding device of 25, the same mountain folding as in the first embodiment is performed. For example, when 8 pages are printed on one sheet of paper, a physical book format of 8 pages is formed. Is generated. As step 30, FIG.
5mm at the top of the 8-page book folded as shown in 2
When cut, each page is separated into a physical book.

[Embodiment 3] Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

As a third embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the invention of the second embodiment, if information is described in an area that becomes a binding margin when folding is performed, it is physically If the binding process is performed to form a book, information will be lost. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, when printing on one sheet of paper, it is necessary to secure the area of the binding portion in advance.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing the process steps in the third embodiment of the present invention. In the process of the process of this embodiment, steps 11 to 16 are the same as those of the first embodiment and will not be described. As shown in FIG. 13, in step 31 following step 16, in the conversion media size determination unit 5 of 5, a predetermined size of the binding margin region at the time of printing, for example, 2 mm is used on the output medium. It is divided by 3 mm, multiplied by a standard character size, for example, 14 dots, and rounded up in dot units, and the area of 10 dots is determined as the binding margin area by the number of dots on the image of the output medium.

Next, in step 32, 10 dots are removed for each page from the number of dots of the output medium in the horizontal direction.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of position coordinates when laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, for example, when A4 size paper is used as the output medium, when the paper is set horizontally, 40 dots are subtracted from the vertical length of 1386 dots to determine the horizontal position of A4 size paper. The length is 1346 dots.

After step 32, steps 18 to 20 in the first embodiment are executed. This process is
Since it is similar to the first embodiment and can be easily analogized, the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the result of expressing the multimedia electronic information of a plurality of pages on the high-resolution output medium and the coordinate position to be arranged in this embodiment. In step 33 after step 20, the print image generation unit 8 determines the layout of the image of each page based on the position appearing in the table as a result of folding as shown in FIG.

Next, in step 22, the generated image information for one sheet is printed from the printing device, and in step 29, the same folding device as in the first embodiment is used by the paper folding device in 25. Then, for example, when eight pages are printed on one sheet of paper, a physical book-type expression consisting of eight pages is generated.

Finally, in step 30, the upper part of the folded 8-page book is cut by 5 mm as shown in FIG. 16 and the spine is bound in the range of 2 mm, so that each page is physically separated. It will be a book. In this book, both the cutting area and the back binding area are secured as blank areas, so that the information expressed as the contents of the book is provided to the user without fail.

It should be noted that a part or all of the means shown in FIGS. 1 and 9 can be made to function by using a computer, or the procedure of the processing shown in FIGS. Needless to say, the program can be executed by a computer, or a program that causes the computer to function as that means or a program that causes the computer to execute the processing procedure can be read by the computer. (Floppy disk), MO, ROM, memory card, CD, DVD, removable disk, etc. can be recorded, provided, and distributed.

[0053]

As is apparent from the above, according to the present invention, information to be displayed on a display having a low resolution is converted into information on the size of characters used on the display for an output medium having a high resolution. Since the layout is performed according to the standard character size used in the output medium, the information is created according to the low resolution state. It is possible to reduce the need for large characters and the difficulty of reading on high-resolution output media.

Further, according to the present invention, when the information is expressed as a plurality of pages of information such as this format on the display, the plurality of pages are printed on one sheet of paper and the print result is folded. , Can be physically provided to the user in this format.

Further, according to the present invention (2), when a single sheet of paper is folded to create a book of a plurality of pages, the information of the area which needs to be cut as a result of folding is physically maintained without loss. This form of information can be provided to users.

Further, according to the present invention (3), when a single sheet of paper is folded to create a book of a plurality of pages, the information of the area to be folded is used without losing the information of the physical book format. Can be provided to the person.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram for implementing a multimedia document data printing method according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process of processing of a multimedia document data printing method according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display state of a system for browsing information in this format on a display in the first embodiment example.

4A, 4B, and 4C are diagrams showing an example of laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between pages and layout positions when laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of position coordinates when laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a result of expressing a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the first embodiment example.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example in which a medium of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium is folded and expressed as physical information of the present format in the first embodiment example.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram for implementing a multimedia document data printing method according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a process of processing of a multimedia document data printing method in the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of position coordinates when laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of a cut area when a medium of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium is folded into physical information of the present format in the second embodiment. .

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process of processing of a multimedia document data printing method according to the third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of position coordinates when laying out a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium in the third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between a result of expressing a plurality of pages of multimedia electronic information on a high-resolution output medium and a coordinate position to be arranged in the third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an example of a cutting area and a spine area when the medium of the multimedia electronic information on the high-resolution output medium is folded into the physical book format information in the third embodiment. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Display 2 ... Screen information control unit 3 ... Input section 4 ... This type information storage database 5 ... Conversion media size determination unit 6 ... Media conversion information storage database 7 ... Print layout determination unit 8 ... Print image generation unit 9 ... Printing device 25 ... Paper folding device

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yoshinobu Tonomura 3-19-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Nihon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (56) Reference JP-A-9-16358 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06T 1/00 G06T 11/60-17/50 G06F 17/30

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A multimedia document data printing method for outputting multimedia electronic information while preserving a layout on a medium such as paper having a higher resolution than a display, the method including a conversion media size determining unit and a print layout determining unit.
The conversion media size determination unit has a print image generation unit, and the conversion media size determination unit acquires the standard character size used in the multimedia electronic information and the information of the output media, and a procedure for displaying on the display. In order to convert the character size to the character size of the medium, a procedure for calculating the size and coordinates of the area of the medium in units of dots expressing the character size on the display is executed. And a step in which the print layout determining unit calculates the maximum number of sheets in which the information expressed on the display can be simultaneously arranged in the area of the calculated media expressed in units of dots.
When the procedure for measuring the remaining area information when placing the maximum number of sheets on a region of the medium is not disposed, the media which can be used, a media area of該残Ri is minimized or said residue Rino Performing a procedure of selecting a medium and an output direction in which the area is the minimum and a procedure of converting the multimedia electronic information to the position of the selected medium.
The process and the print image generation unit place the mark at the position of the converted medium.
Multi-media electronic information is placed and output to the media.
A method for printing multimedia document data, comprising: 2. A print layout determining unit is configured to enable the multimedia
In the step of performing the procedure for converting the electronic information into the position of the selected medium, when the multimedia electronic information represented on the display is represented as information including a plurality of pages such as a book, When the multimedia electronic information is output to a medium such as a piece of paper and then the output medium is folded to physically generate a multi-page book format medium, the multimedia is recorded on the medium. When developing the electronic information, the procedure for dividing the media into even-numbered areas such as easily foldable pages such as 2 pages, 4 pages, and 8 pages, and the method of dividing the page into each divided area, performing a step of placing the first and last pages, such as the cover next to each other, the allocation of pages from the first page in the order of counterclockwise or clockwise And forward, in the case of the counterclockwise and the placement in contact with the top of each page, in the case of said time meter around, claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a procedure of placing in contact the bottom of each page Method of printing multimedia document data described. 3. The conversion media size determination unit executes a procedure for calculating the size and coordinates of the area of the media in units of dots expressing the size of characters on the display .
In the process of outputting, after outputting the multimedia electronic information to a medium such as a sheet of paper, the outputted medium is folded, and the upper or lower part of the folded media page is cut to physically form a plurality of pages. In order to secure one or both of the region to be cut in the medium of the book format and the region of the binding margin that is folded and becomes invisible when the medium of the book format is produced, And a procedure for calculating one or both sizes of the binding margin area as a size on the medium expressed in dot units, and calculating the size and coordinates of the medium in dot units, The area of the media by removing one or both of the calculated area to be cut and the binding area from the size of the media Multimedia document data printing method according to claim 1, wherein the <br/> to have a procedure for. 4. A multimedia electronic information a multimedia document data printing system outputs while preserving the layout on a medium such as paper higher resolution than the display, multimedia electronic information, can be displayed on a display, Screen information control means for controlling output to a medium such as paper having a higher resolution than the display according to a request from the user, and the request from the user for the screen information control means Input means, multimedia electronic information storage means for storing the multimedia electronic information, and size of information area on the display that the user is browsing in response to the request input from the input means To determine the size of the area when outputting to the media based on the media conversion information Means, media conversion information storage means for storing the media conversion information such as the size of usable media, and a plurality of pieces of the multimedia electronic information corresponding to the determined size of the area of the media. comprising a layout determination means for laying, an image generating means for generating an image to be output to the media in accordance with the layout and layout rules, and output means for outputting the image information said generated on the media, the conversion The media size determining means outputs the multimedia electronic information to a medium such as a piece of paper.
After applying the force, fold the output media and
Cut the top or bottom of the folded media page
And physically generate multi-page book format media
In this case, the cut area in the book-type medium
If one of the binding margins is folded and disappears
Predetermined cutting to secure both
The size of one or both of the bound area and the binding area
Means for calculating the size, the size and coordinates of the media, and the calculated media
The calculated area to be cut and the binding based on the size of the ear
One or both of the marginal areas are removed to remove the
The means for setting the media area and the media output from the output means in advance.
Fold according to the specified cutting area and binding area.
A multimedia document data printing system, comprising: folding means for folding . 5. A computer executes the multimedia document data printing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3.
Computer read recording program for
Ri capable of recording medium.