JP3519027B2 - Paper layout method and paper layout apparatus - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a paper surface layout method and a paper surface layout device, which are mainly used in newspaper companies, printing companies, etc., for creating a paper surface of a newspaper or the like and creating block data for printing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With respect to newspapers and the like, the paper on which colors can be printed is predetermined. When performing layout work on paper like this, if there is enough time, the C / M /
Y and K plates (hereinafter collectively referred to as color separation plates) and monochrome plates are created at the same time. However, for news articles that do not have enough time, layout of the color part such as photos and figures is done first, and the color separation plate for printing is created, and the layout of the article etc. takes up to the deadline. I go and make a black and white version.

[0003]

However, if the color portion is changed after the color portion plate is output in advance, there is a mismatch between the changed color portion plate and the monochrome version such as an article. Will occur. Therefore, conventionally,
The operator had to be very careful in layout work. Even so, failures due to operational mistakes were unavoidable.

One of the measures to prevent such a failure is
After outputting the color plate, it is possible to prohibit operations on color objects (color image alone or a small set containing a color image). However, when a color image is embedded in an article or a color image is included in a small set. In the past, how to handle such cases was not specified.

Further, if the operation on the color object is uniformly prohibited after the color plate is output, there is a possibility that the correction that does not affect the arrangement position of the color image cannot be performed, such as when correcting the typographical error in the article. The usability becomes poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to prevent a mismatch between a color separation plate and a monochrome plate and allow a layout change as much as possible. To provide a layout device.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 outputs a color separation plate colored with one or more kinds of colors for a paper surface to be printed in color,
In a paper layout method for laying out a page by synthesizing the color separation plate and an article, after the color separation plate is output, a new color image on the paper surface and a small set including the color image and the article are newly added. The arrangement is prohibited, the movement of the arrangement position of the arranged color material is prohibited, the size change of the arranged color material is prohibited, and the arrangement cancellation of the arranged color material is prohibited.

Here, the term "colored material" refers to a color image alone or a small set including a color image. According to the first aspect of the invention, since correction of the color image is prohibited after the color separation plate is output, there is no possibility of inconsistency when the color separation plate and the monochrome plate including the article are combined.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the rearrangement of the article is permitted unless the arrangement position of the color image is changed, the layout can be corrected without causing a mismatch with the color image.

According to the third aspect of the invention, as long as the relative position of the color image within the sub-set is not changed, the rearrangement of the articles within the sub-set is allowed, so that there is no inconsistency with the color image. Corrections can be made.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the rearrangement of the article is permitted after fixing the arrangement position of the color image with respect to the article in which the color image is embedded, there is a time constraint of newspaper companies. Allows temporary layout modifications in large departments.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, since the rearrangement of the small set is allowed unless the relative position of the small set within the large set is changed, it is possible to change the lateral width of the small set.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when a color image is included in the sub-set, the rearrangement of the article in the sub-set is permitted with the arrangement position of the color image fixed.
Articles can be modified without causing inconsistencies with color images.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, a color separation plate colored in one or more kinds of colors is output on a paper surface to be printed in color, and the color separation plate and the article are combined to lay out the paper surface. In the paper surface layout device, after the color separation plate is output, new layout of the color image on the paper surface and the small set including the color image and the article is prohibited, and the layout position of the color object already arranged is changed. A layout control unit is provided that prohibits movement, prohibits a change in the size of the color object that has been placed, and cancels the placement of the color object that has been placed.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A paper layout device to which the present invention is applied will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the schematic arrangement of a newspaper production system incorporating a sheet layout device according to the present invention. The newspaper production system of FIG. 1 comprises a server system 1 and a terminal system 2 connected to a network. The server system 1 has an article server 3, an image server 4, a typesetting server 5, and an edit output server 6, and the terminal system 2 has an article input / proofreading terminal 7, an image input / editing terminal 8, a typesetting terminal 9, a large print. Printer device 10 and block printing device 1
Has 1.

The article server 3 stores text data of articles that are input to or proofread by the article input / proofreading terminal 7. The article server 3 also receives / accumulates text data of line articles via a communication line. The articles accumulated in the article server 3 are transmitted to the typesetting server 5 according to an operator's instruction or the like.

The image server 4 stores the data of the image input to or processed by the image input / processing terminal 8. The images stored in the image server 4 are transmitted to the typesetting server 5 according to an operator's instruction or the like.

The typesetting server 5 sends articles and images to the typesetting terminal 9 in response to a request from the typesetting terminal 9, and
The typesetting data which is the processing result of the typesetting terminal 9 is sent to the typesetting server 5.
Accumulate within.

The edit output server 6 edits the typesetting data in the typesetting server 5 in response to a large printing / block printing output instruction from the typesetting terminal 9 and develops characters and images into dot data, and prints a large printing printer or a printing plate. The large printer and the block copy are output from the lower printer.

The paper layout device according to the present invention is shown in FIG.
It is incorporated in the typesetting terminal 9 of. FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram showing the internal configuration of the typesetting terminal 9 of FIG. As illustrated, the typesetting terminal 9 includes an input device 21 and a display device 2.
2, a graphical user interface module 23, a paper layout device 24, and a layout data section 25.

The paper layout device 2 according to the present invention
4 can be incorporated in the components of FIG. 1 other than the typesetting terminal 9, but an example in which the sheet layout device 24 is incorporated in the typesetting terminal 9 will be described below.

The layout data section 25 is used for the surface data 3
1, article text file 32, article layout completed file 33, image image data 34, and the like. Each data in the layout data section 25 constitutes a part of the typesetting data in the typesetting server 5.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the data structure of the surface data 31 in the layout data section 25. As shown,
The surface data 31 has surface attachment information and surface element information for each surface. The surface attached information includes the color version (C
A version, an M version, a Y version, and a K version). Hereinafter, these flags are collectively referred to as color separation flags. Further, the element information includes information about each element in the plane.

4 to 7 are diagrams showing the detailed contents of the element information of FIG. As shown in the figure, the element information is provided for each in-plane element, and in the element information, the invalid / valid flag of the record, the element type, the element ID, the arrangement state,
If the element is an image, the X and Y dimensions of the image, the X coordinate, the Y coordinate, the X direction placement instruction information, the X direction placement instruction value, the X direction placement designation value, and the Y direction placement instruction information. , Y direction placement instruction value, Y direction placement designation value, and color classification.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the process of setting the color separation flags (C version output flag, M version output flag, Y version output flag, K version output flag) of FIG. First,
It is determined whether or not a color separation plate is output (step S1). If it is not output, the process is ended, and if it is output, it is determined whether or not the C plate is output (step S).
2). When the C plate is output, the C plate output flag is set and set in the surface data of FIG. 3 (step S
3).

If it is determined in step S2 that the C version has not been output, or if the processing in step S3 has ended, it is determined whether the M version has been output (step S4). When the M plate is output, the M plate output flag is set and set in the surface data of FIG. 3 (step S
5).

If it is determined in step S4 that the M version has not been output, or if the processing in step S5 has ended, it is determined whether the Y version has been output (step S6). When the Y version is output, the Y version output flag is set and set in the surface data of FIG. 3 (step S
7).

If it is determined in step S6 that the Y plate has not been output, or if the processing in step S7 has ended, it is determined whether the K plate has been output (step S8). When the K plate is output, the K plate output flag is set and set in the surface data of FIG. 3 (step S
9).

FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment of the paper layout device 24 of FIG.

First, the C version output flag, the M version output flag,
It is determined whether or not either the Y version output flag or the K version output flag is set (step S11). If neither is set, the return value is set to a value indicating non-prohibition, and the process ends (step S12). That is, in this case, since there is no color image, the layout can be changed for the designated element.

If it is determined in step S11 that any of the flags is set, the element corresponding to the designated element is searched from the surface data (step S13). Specifically, an element having an ID that matches the ID of the designated element is searched.

Next, it is determined whether the retrieved element is an image (step S14). If it is an image, it is determined whether the image is a color image (step S15).

If it is not a color image, the above-mentioned step S
12 is performed, and if it is a color image, a value indicating prohibition is set as the return value (step S1).
6). That is, in this case, changing the layout of the designated element is prohibited.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S14 that it is not an image, it is determined whether the designated element is a small set (step S17). If it is not a small set, step S1 described above.
The process 2 is performed, and if it is a small set, an in-small set check process is performed to check whether or not there is a color image in the small set (step S18).

FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing the detailed processing of the intra-small set checking processing in step S18 of FIG. First, it is determined whether or not the presence / absence of a color image has been checked for all the elements in the small set (step S21). If no color image exists even if all the elements are checked, a value indicating prohibition non-correspondence is set as a return value (step S22), and then the process ends. In this case, the layout of the small set can be changed.

When it is determined in step S21 that all the elements in the sub-set have not been checked, it is determined whether the designated element is an image (step S23). If the designated element is an image, it is determined whether this element is a color image (step S24). If it is not a color image, the process of step S21 is performed again. If it is a color image, a value indicating prohibition is set as a return value (step S25), and then the process ends. In this case, the layout change of the small set is prohibited.

When it is determined in step S23 that the designated element is not an image, it is determined whether the designated element is a small set (step S26). That is, it is determined whether or not the small set has a double structure and further small sets are allocated in the small set.

If the designated element is not a small set, step S21.
When the designated element is a small set, it is determined whether or not a color image exists in the small set (step S27). Here, the same processing as the processing after step S21 is performed. That is, step S27 is a recursive process.

Next, it is determined whether or not the return value, which is the processing result of step S27, is a value meaning prohibition (step S28). If it is not a value indicating prohibition, the process of step S21 is performed, and if it is a value indicating prohibition, the process of step S25 is performed. As described above, in the first embodiment, when the color separation version of the color is output before the monochrome version including the article, the layout change in the color image or the sub-set including the color image is prohibited. , Even if it is combined with the monochrome version later, the mismatch does not occur. On the other hand, since the layout change is allowed for the article not including the color image, the present embodiment is particularly effective in the case where the content of the article is not fixed until immediately before, such as a newspaper article.

(Second Embodiment) In the second embodiment, the standard for deciding whether or not to allow a layout change is loosened as compared with the first embodiment. That is, when there is a color embedded image in an article, the article can be rearranged as long as the arrangement position of the color image does not change.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the second embodiment of the paper layout device 24 of FIG.

First, the C version output flag, the M version output flag,
It is determined whether either the Y version output flag or the K version output flag is set (step S31). If neither is set, the article is rearranged (step S32). That is, in this case, the layout can be redone for the article portion.

When it is determined in step S31 that any of the flags is set, it is determined whether or not an embedded image exists in the article (step S33). If the embedded image does not exist, the process of step S32 described above is performed. If the embedded image exists,
It is determined whether the embedded image is a color image (step S34). If it is not color, the above-described processing of step S32 is performed. If it is color, the surface data before the rearrangement processing of the relevant article is saved (step S35), and the laid-out file of the relevant article is saved (step S35). S36).

Next, the layout of the relevant article is canceled and the layout is redone from the previous layout (step S37). Next, the element information of the saved surface data is compared with the element information of the rearranged surface data to determine whether the arrangement position coordinates and size of the embedded image have changed (step S38).

If it has not changed, there is no change in the surface data, and the element information of the saved surface data is discarded (step S39). Next, after the layout-completed file of the saved article is discarded (step S40), the process ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S39 that the arrangement position coordinates and size of the embedded image have changed, the embedded image has changed due to the rearrangement of the article, so that the saved surface data The element information in the rearranged surface data is restored using the element information of (step S41). Next, the layout-completed file of the article after rearrangement is returned to the original using the saved layout-file of the article (step S42). Next, a message indicating that the rearrangement is prohibited is displayed to inform the operator that the operation on the color image is prohibited (step S43).

As described above, in the second embodiment, since the position of the color image embedded in the article changes according to the amount of the article, the position of the color image does not change when the article is rearranged. Will accept relocations, but
The rearrangement is not accepted when the position of the color image changes. This will allow you to rearrange articles as long as the position of the color image does not change,
The degree of freedom of layout change can be expanded more than that of the first embodiment.

(Third Embodiment) In the third embodiment, when a color image is included in a small set, articles in the small set can be rearranged as long as the arrangement position of the color image is not changed. It is the one.

12 and 13 are flowcharts showing the processing operation of the third embodiment of the paper layout device 24 of FIG. This flowchart shows the processing operation when the layout within the small set is performed.

First, the C version output flag, the M version output flag,
It is determined whether or not the Y version output flag or the K version output flag is set (step S51). If neither is set, the color image is not changed even if the small set function is executed, so the small set function is executed (step S52).

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S51 that any of the flags is set, it is determined whether or not a color image exists in the relevant small set (step S53). If the color image does not exist, the process of step S52 described above is performed, and if the color image exists, it is determined whether or not the execution result of the small set function instructed by the operator changes the color image (step S54).

For example, it is possible to determine that an arrangement in which a color image is directly targeted, a cancellation of the arrangement, a movement of an arranged image, a trimming instruction, etc. give a change to the image before execution. The same applies to rearrangement of already arranged articles. On the other hand, when arranging the width of the box group as a result, if the position of the image is linked to the width of the box,
Since it is a case-by-case, it is impossible to judge whether or not to make a change without executing it.

If it can be judged that the arranged color image is changed before the execution, it is judged whether the operator's instruction changes the arranged image (step S).
55). If no change is to be made, the process proceeds to step S52. If a change is to be made, a message is displayed to inform the operator that the small set function is prohibited (step S56), and the process is ended.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S54 that the color image that has been arranged is not changed before execution, the corresponding surface data is saved (step S5).
7). Next, it is determined whether or not the operation of the small set function is performed on the arranged article (step S58). When operating the small set function for the placed article, the layout-completed file of the related article is saved (step S5).
9).

When the processing of step S59 is completed, or when the determination of step S58 is negative, the small set function instructed by the operator is executed (step S6).
0).

Next, the saved surface data is compared with the surface data after the sub-set function is executed to check whether the arrangement position coordinates and size of the color image have been changed (step S61). As a result, if the color image is not changed, the saved surface data is discarded (step S
62), the saved layout file of the article is discarded (step S63), and then the process ends.

On the other hand, in step S61, if the arrangement position coordinates and size of the color image are changed, the result of executing the small set function has an effect on the color image. Therefore, using the saved surface data, The surface data is returned to the state before executing the small set function (step S64). Next, after the layout-completed file after the execution of the small set function is returned to the state before the execution of the small set function by using the layout-completed file of the saved article (step S65), the process proceeds to step S56.

As described above, in the third embodiment, if a color image is included in a set that is created in advance as a small set, the small set itself must be corrected unless the arrangement position of the color image changes. Since it is allowed, it is possible to increase the opportunity to change articles in the small set.

(Fourth Embodiment) In the fourth embodiment, when the arrangement position of a color embedded image in an article changes due to the rearrangement of the article, the position is fixed to re-arrange the article. Is what makes it possible.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the processing operation of the fourth embodiment of the paper layout device 24 of FIG. This flowchart shows the processing operation when the layout within the small set is performed.

First, the C version output flag, the M version output flag,
It is determined whether either the Y version output flag or the K version output flag is set (step S71). If either flag is set, it is determined whether or not an embedded image exists in the article (step S7).
2).

In the following, for example, in the case where a rearrangement instruction is given to the article of the element j, step S7
The process after 2 will be described. The “number of registered embedded images of article j 4j60” in the “image ID list 4j6 of embedded image of article j” in FIG. 5 is checked to determine whether or not an embedded image exists.

If an embedded image exists, step S73
Proceed to "Image ID 4j6 of embedded image G1 of article j.
1 ”to the corresponding element information record“ element ID 4q ”
2 "is found and" color classification 4q6 "is checked to see if it is color. If there is at least one color image among the plurality of embedded images, it is determined that there is a color image, and step S7
Go to 4.

In step S74, before executing the rearrangement of the article, the attribute of the color embedded image of the article is changed to an attribute independent of the article. In the above example, among the image IDs in the embedded image ID list 4j6 of article j,
The image ID of the color image is deleted. For example, the “image ID of the embedded image G1 of the article j” is applicable. For the number of deleted images, the number of registered embedded images of article j is 4
j60 ”is updated. When the process of step S74 is completed or when the determination of any of steps S71 to S74 described above is denied, the article is rearranged (step S75). Here, the layout of the relevant article is canceled and the layout is re-created from the previous layout. At this time, if there are embedded images in color, they are excluded from the processing in step S74 described above, and therefore these images are not subject to rearrangement, and are fixed at the arrangement coordinate position currently arranged. .

As described above, in the fourth embodiment, the arrangement position of the color embedded image in the article is fixed so as not to be subordinate to the article, so that the layout can be changed in areas other than the fixed area. . Therefore, the present embodiment is effective as an emergency layout edit in a department such as a newspaper company that has a large time constraint.

(Fifth Embodiment) In the fifth embodiment, after a small set including a color image is allocated to a large set, correction can be performed such that the width of the small set is increased or decreased. is there.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the type of designation of the arrangement position of the image in the small set. To specify the layout, the right system (in the figure) that specifies the position in the row direction with the right side of the small set as the base point.
There is a middle system (in the figure) that specifies the position in the row direction to be the center of the small set, and a left system (in the figure) that specifies the position in the row direction with the left side of the small set as the base point.

As shown in FIG. 15, the arrangement coordinates of the right system, the middle system, and the left system are (x1, y1), (x2, y2), and (x3, y), respectively.
It is represented by 3).

FIG. 16 shows that when the width of the small set changes,
It is a figure which shows how arrangement position coordinates change with each arrangement designation. As shown in the figure, when the left system or the middle system is designated, the arrangement position coordinate in the X direction changes according to the change in the horizontal width of the small set.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of a small set arranged in the large set. SK1 in FIG. 17 is an example of the small set arranged in the right set in the large set, and SK2 in FIG. 17 is in the large set. The example of the small set arranged by the left system is shown.

When the width of the small set SK1 in FIG. 17 changes,
The arrangement position coordinates of the elements arranged in the middle system or the left system in this subgroup change. Further, when the width of the small set SK2 in FIG. 17 changes, the arrangement position coordinates of the elements arranged in the middle system or the right system in this small set change.

When a small group is arranged in the large group as a medium group, if the width of the small group changes, the right group, the middle group,
Since the arrangement position of the element arranged in any of the left system changes, in the present embodiment, for the small set arranged in the middle system,
Change width is prohibited.

18 and 19 are flowcharts showing the processing operation of the fifth embodiment of the paper layout device 24 of FIG.

First, the C version output flag, the M version output flag,
It is determined whether either the Y version output flag or the K version output flag is set (step S81). If any of the flags is set, it is determined whether or not the corresponding small set is arranged in the large set in the left system (step S8).
2). For example, if the relevant sub-set is the element Yk, it is checked whether or not the value of the "arrangement instruction 4k5SX in the X direction" in FIG. 4 matches the value indicating the left system.

When it is determined in step S82 that the small group is not arranged in the left system, it is determined whether or not the corresponding small group is arranged in the large group in the right system (step S83). For example, if the relevant sub-set is the element Yk, it is checked whether or not the value of the "arrangement instruction 4k5SX in the X direction" in FIG. 5 matches the value meaning the right system.

If it is determined in step S83 that the images are arranged in the right system, it is determined whether or not all the images in the sub-set have been processed (step S84).
If there is an image that has not been processed, it is determined whether the image is color (step S85). For example,
If the corresponding image is the image p, the “color classification 4p6” in FIG. 7 is checked to determine whether it is color or not.

If the corresponding image is in color, it is determined whether or not the corresponding image is arranged in the right group in the small set (step S86). For example, if the corresponding image is the image p, the image shown in FIG.
“X direction placement instruction 4p5SX” is checked to see if the corresponding image is placed in the right group in the small set.

When it is determined in step S86 that the image is not arranged in the right system, the arrangement instruction of the image is changed to the right system arrangement in the small set (step S87). For example, if the corresponding image is the image p, the value obtained by converting the value of the “image layout position coordinate 4p5X” into the number of rows is set in the “X-direction layout designated location 4p5SX”, and the “X-direction layout position 4p5SX” is set. Placement instruction 4
After the value indicating the right system is set in "P5SX", the above-described processing of step S84 is performed.

On the other hand, in step S82 described above,
When it is determined that the corresponding sub-set is not arranged in the left system, it is determined whether all the images in the corresponding sub-set have been processed (step S88), and the processing is performed on all the images. If so, perform step S92,
If there is an image that has not been processed, it is determined whether the image is color (step S89). For example,
If the corresponding image is the image p, the “color classification 4p6” in FIG. 7 is checked to determine whether it is color or not.

If it is not color, the above-mentioned step S88.
If it is a color, the placement instruction of the image is checked to determine whether it is the left system (step S90). For example, if the corresponding image is the image p, the “placement instruction 4p5SX in the X direction” in FIG. 7 is checked to see if the corresponding image is the left system in the small set.

If the relevant image is arranged in the left system in the small set, the above-described processing of step S88 is performed. On the other hand, if the relevant image is not arranged in the left system in the small set, a placement instruction of the corresponding image is issued. Change to the left system in the small group (step S9)
1).

For example, if the relevant image is the image p, the following processes (1) and (2) are performed, and then the above-described process of step S88 is performed.

(1) "Arrangement designation value 4p5 in X direction" in FIG.
VX = "Small set X dimension"-"Image placement position coordinate 4"
"p5X"-"image X-direction dimension 4p4Y" (2) A value indicating the left system is set in "X-direction arrangement instruction 4p5SX".

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S81 that neither flag is set, or if it is determined in step S84 or S88 that all the images in the small set have been processed. After arranging the entire small set by using the horizontal width transition arrangement function of the small set (step S92), the process ends. Since the layout designation for the color image whose layout position is changed when the small set is arranged in the widthwise direction is modified in step S87 or S91, the absolute layout coordinates of the corresponding image in the large set are not changed.

If it is determined in step S83 that the small group is not arranged in the right system, it means that the small group is arranged in the medium group in the middle system, and therefore the small group is not wide. A message informs the operator that the correction is prohibited (step S93).

As described above, in the fifth embodiment, when the small set in which the horizontal width of the small set increases or decreases in relation to the amount of articles includes a color image, the horizontal width of the small set increases or decreases after being allocated to the large set. When such a change occurs, even if the arrangement coordinates of the color images in the small set change, the small set can be corrected. Therefore, similarly to the fourth embodiment, it is possible to make a urgent layout change when there is not enough time.

In each of the above-described embodiments, an example of laying out a newspaper page has been described, but the present invention can be similarly applied to a case of laying out a newspaper page magazine or the like.

[0089]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, after the color separation plate is output, the rearrangement of the color image or the color object (the small set including the color image) is prohibited, so that the article When the black and white plate including the color separation plate and the color separation plate are combined, inconsistency does not occur, and it is possible to prevent operator's mistakes.

Further, in the case where the arrangement position of the color image is determined by the amount of the article and when the color image exists in the small set, the rearrangement is accepted if the arrangement position of the color image does not change due to the rearrangement. , It is possible to respond flexibly even if the correction of the article occurs after the color separation version is output.

Further, even if the arrangement position of the color image changes due to the rearrangement, the arrangement position can be fixed and the rearrangement can be performed. It is also possible to replace the case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a newspaper production system incorporating a page layout device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram showing an internal configuration of the typesetting terminal of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of surface data in a layout data section.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing detailed contents of element information of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a view following FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a view following FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a view following FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a color separation flag setting process.

9 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the first embodiment of the paper layout device of FIG.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the detailed processing of the small group checking processing in step S18 of FIG.

11 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the second embodiment of the paper layout device of FIG.

12 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the third embodiment of the paper layout device of FIG.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart following FIG. 12;

14 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the fourth embodiment of the paper layout device of FIG.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining types of designation of arrangement positions of images in a small set.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing how the arrangement position coordinates are changed by each arrangement designation when the width of the small set is changed.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an example of small sets arranged in a large set.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the fifth embodiment of the paper layout apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart following FIG. 18;

[Explanation of reference symbols] 1 server system 2 terminal system 3 article server 4 image server 5 typesetting server 6 editing output server 7 article input / proofing terminal 8 image input / processing terminal 9 typesetting terminal 10 large printer 11 block printer 21 input device 22 Display Device 23 Graphical User Interface Module 24 Paper Layout Device 25 Layout Data Section 31 Surface Data 32 Article Text File 33 Article Layout File 34 Image Image Data

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --- Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-9-270020 (JP, A) JP-A-7-44557 (JP, A) JP-A-11-167572 (JP, A) JP-A-11- 232474 (JP, A) JP-A-7-129658 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04N 1/387 G06T 11/60

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(57) [Claims] 1. A paper layout method for outputting a color separation plate colored with one or more kinds of colors for a paper surface to be printed in color, and synthesizing the color separation plate and an article to perform a paper surface layout, After the color separation plate is output, a color image in the paper,
Prohibiting new placement with small sets including color images and articles, and prohibiting movement of the placement position of colored objects that have already been placed,
And it is prohibited to change the size of the colored objects that have already been placed, and
A method for laying out a sheet, which prohibits the cancellation of the arrangement of colored objects that have already been arranged. 2. When the rearrangement of the article is instructed after the color separation plate is output, the rearrangement of the article is permitted unless the arrangement position of the color image is changed by the rearrangement of the article, 2. The paper layout method according to claim 1, wherein the rearrangement of the article is prohibited when the arrangement position of the color image needs to be changed due to the rearrangement of the article. 3. If the rearrangement of the small set is instructed after the color separation plate is output, the small set must be changed unless the relative position of the color image within the small set is changed by the rearrangement of the small set. 3. The rearrangement of the small set is prohibited and the rearrangement of the small set is prohibited when the relative position of the color image within the small set needs to be changed by the rearrangement of the small set. Layout method described in. 4. A rearrangement of an article in which a color image is embedded is instructed after the color separation plate is output, and the rearrangement of the article requires a change in the relative position of the color image on the paper surface. In this case, the rearrangement of the article is permitted with the arrangement position of the color image fixed, and the paper layout method according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. When a large set including one or more small sets is arranged on the paper surface, and when the rearrangement of the small set is instructed after the color separation plate is output, If the rearrangement does not change the relative position of the small set within the large set, the rearrangement of the small set is permitted, and the rearrangement of the small set requires a change in the relative position of the small set within the large set. The rearrangement of the small set is prohibited in such a case, the paper layout method according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. If the relative position of the color image within the sub-set needs to be changed by rearranging the sub-set, an article in the sub-set is fixed with the placement position of the color image fixed. The sheet layout method according to claim 3, wherein the rearrangement is permitted. 7. A paper layout device for outputting a color separation plate colored in one or more kinds of colors on a paper surface to be printed in color and synthesizing the color separation plate and an article for layout of the paper surface, After the color separation plate is output, a color image in the paper,
Prohibiting new placement with small sets including color images and articles, and prohibiting movement of the placement position of colored objects that have already been placed,
And it is prohibited to change the size of the colored objects that have already been placed, and
A paper layout device comprising a layout control means for prohibiting the cancellation of the layout of a color object that has been placed.