JP2016184265A - Computer program and control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To synthesize a watermark suitable to image data when synthesizing the watermark with the image data.SOLUTION: A computer program causes a computer to execute generation processing, storage control processing, determination processing, synthesis processing and notification processing. In the generation processing, data for synthesizing is generated from acquired first image data and first print setting information. In the storage control processing, the data for synthesizing and the first print setting information are stored in a storage part in association with each other. In the determination processing, it is determined whether first comparison information and second comparison information are coincident when receiving an instruction to synthesize the second image data and the data for synthesizing. In the synthesis processing, the second image data and the data for synthesizing are synthesized when the first comparison information and the second comparison information are coincident. In the notification processing, a notification is made when the first comparison information and the second comparison information are not coincident.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a computer program executed in a computer and a control device for synthesizing and outputting a watermark to print data when outputting print data to a printing apparatus.

  Conventionally, a printer driver has a function of combining a watermark with image data. Patent Document 1 discloses a method for creating image data that can be used as a watermark from a print image when a watermark to be combined with image data is registered.

JP 2007-114990 A

  With the technique of Patent Document 1, image data that can be used as a watermark can be generated from a print image. However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, no consideration is given to composition when image data that can be used as a watermark is different from print data to be synthesized with the image data. Therefore, when the image data and the print data are combined, there is a possibility that a print result not expected by the user may occur.

  The present invention has been completed based on the above-described circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for suppressing a result that a user does not expect when a watermark is combined with image data. To do.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a computer program of the present invention is a computer program for controlling a control device including a display unit and a storage unit. The computer program includes a first acquisition process, a generation process, and a storage control. The process, the second acquisition process, the determination process, the synthesis process, and the notification process are executed. The first acquisition process acquires first image data and first print setting information that is print setting information of the first image data. The generation process generates synthesis data based on the first image data acquired by the first acquisition process and the first print setting information. The storage control process associates the composition data with the first print setting information and stores them in the storage unit. The second acquisition process acquires the second image data, the second print setting information that is the print setting information of the second image data, and the combination instruction of the second image data and the combination data. To do. The determination process determines whether the first comparison information based on the first print setting information matches the second comparison information based on the second print setting information. When it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information match, the combining process combines the second image data and the combining data. The notification process is notified when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match.

  According to the above configuration, the computer program according to the present invention can store the first comparison information and the second image data corresponding to the composition data when the composition of the second image data and the composition data is instructed. If it is determined that the corresponding second comparison information matches, the second image data and the combining data are combined, and if it is determined that they do not match, notification is made. Therefore, when the second image data and the composition data are combined, it is possible to suppress a result that is not expected by the user.

  In the above computer program, the first acquisition process may further acquire a first group name given to the first image data. Furthermore, when a plurality of compositing data is generated by the generation process, the storage control unit associates the first print setting information with the first group name for each compositing data in the storage unit. It may be memorized.

  Thus, when a plurality of compositing data are generated, the first group name is also stored in association with the first print setting information. Therefore, when a plurality of composition data is generated, the composition data corresponding to the first group name can be grouped and stored.

  In the above computer program, the second acquisition process may further acquire the second group name. Furthermore, the computer may execute an extraction process, and the extraction process may extract the synthesis data corresponding to the same group name as the second group name from the synthesis data stored in the storage unit. Further, even if the determination process determines whether or not the first comparison information corresponding to the synthesis data and the second comparison information match the synthesis data extracted by the extraction process. Good. Further, the combining process combines the first image information and the second image data determined by the determination process to match the first comparison information corresponding to the combining data and the second comparison information. May be.

  As a result, from the data for synthesis corresponding to the designated second group name, the data for synthesis associated with the first comparison information that matches the second comparison information is changed to the second image data. Synthesize. Therefore, the user can select appropriate combining data and second data without selecting the combining data whose comparison information matches the second image data from among the combining data associated with the group name to be combined. 2 data for synthesis can be synthesized.

  Further, in the above computer program, when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the second image data and the combination data are It is not necessary to synthesize.

  Thereby, when the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, in other words, when there is no synthesis data suitable for the second image data, the second image data and the synthesis data are Do not synthesize. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the second image data from being combined with the combining data that is not suitable for the second image data.

  Further, in the above computer program, when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the combination processing is performed based on the second comparison information. Data may be converted, and the second image data may be combined with the converted combining data.

  Thereby, when the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, in other words, when there is no composition data suitable for the second image data, the composition data is changed to the second image data. Convert to suitable data. Therefore, the second image data and the image data suitable for the second image data can be synthesized.

  Further, in the above computer program, when the determining process determines that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the combining process is performed based on the second comparison information. The image data may be converted by at least one of enlargement / reduction processing, rotation processing, and coordinate conversion processing, and the second image data may be combined with the converted combining data.

  Thereby, when the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, in other words, when there is no composition data suitable for the second image data, at least enlargement / reduction processing, rotation processing, and coordinate conversion are performed. The data for synthesis is converted into suitable data by any one of the processes. Therefore, the second image data and the image data suitable for the second image data can be synthesized.

  Further, in the above computer program, the coordinate conversion process may convert the coordinates of the synthesis data so that the coordinates of the center of the synthesis data coincide with the coordinates of the center of the second image data.

  Thus, the synthesis data can be converted so that the synthesis data and the second image data are synthesized with overlapping at the center.

  In the above computer program, when the notification process determines that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match by the determination process, the first comparison information and the second comparison information It may be notified that the comparison information does not match. Further, when the combining process acquires a combining instruction for combining the second image data and the combining data after the notification process, the second image data and the combining data may be combined.

  As a result, if the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, in other words, if there is no composition data suitable for the second image data, the second comparison information is based on the user's composition instruction. The image data and the composition data are combined. Therefore, when the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the user can select whether or not to combine the second image data and the combining data.

  The computer program further causes the computer to execute display processing and instruction acquisition processing. The display processing causes the display unit to display synthesized data synthesized by the synthesis processing. A print instruction for the combined data displayed on the display unit by the display process may be received.

  Thereby, the synthesized data synthesized by the synthesis process is displayed on the display unit. Therefore, the user can instruct printing of the synthesized data after confirming the synthesized data on the display unit.

  Further, in the above computer program, when the display process determines that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match by the determination process, a plurality of synthesized data is displayed on the display unit. May be. Further, the instruction acquisition process may accept a print instruction for selected combined data among a plurality of combined data.

  Thus, when a plurality of synthesized data is displayed on the display unit, the user can select synthesized data to be printed from the displayed synthesized data. Therefore, it is possible to instruct the printing of the synthesized data reflecting the user's intention.

  Further, in the above computer program, when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the second image data and the converted composite The first combined data obtained by combining the use data and the second combined data obtained by combining the second image data and the unconverted combining data may be displayed on the display unit. Furthermore, the instruction acquisition process may accept a print instruction for the selected combined data out of the first combined data and the second combined data.

  Thus, the user combines the first synthesized data obtained by synthesizing the second image data and the transformed synthesis data, and the second synthesized data obtained by synthesizing the second image data and the unconverted synthesis data. The synthesized data to be printed can be selected from the synthesized data. Therefore, it is possible to instruct the printing of the synthesized data reflecting the user's intention.

  In the above computer program, the first comparison information and the second comparison information include at least the size of the paper on which an image based on the image data is printed, the orientation of the paper, the resolution of the image data, Any one of the minimum margin size, which is an area where printing is not possible, may be included.

  As a result, when determining whether or not the first comparison information and the second comparison information match, at least one of the paper size, the paper orientation, the resolution, and the minimum margin size is selected. It can be determined using one of them.

  The computer program further causes the computer to execute a first output process, and the first output process converts the synthesized data synthesized by the synthesis process into first print data and outputs it. May be.

  Thereby, the synthesized data synthesized by the synthesis process can be printed.

  Further, in the above computer program, when the computer executes the second output process, and the second output process stores the synthesis data in the storage unit by the storage control process, the synthesis data May be converted into second print data and output.

  As a result, when the composition data is stored in the storage unit, the composition data is printed. Therefore, the user can confirm the print result of the composition data stored in the storage unit.

  Furthermore, a control device in which the computer program of the present invention is installed and a computer-readable storage medium for storing the computer program are also novel and useful.

1 is a configuration diagram of a printing system. It is a figure which shows a printing setting information table. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a print setting screen during image data printing processing. It is a flowchart of an image data printing process. It is a flowchart of a synthesized data printing process. It is a figure which shows the print setting screen at the time of a synthesized data printing process. It is a figure which shows the setting screen of watermark data. It is a figure which shows the edit screen of comparison function information. It is a figure which shows a conversion setting screen. It is the schematic of a synthesized data printing process. It is a figure which shows the modification of synthesized data.

(Example)
Embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a printing system when a control device prints print data using a program of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the printing system 1 includes a PC 10 and printers 40 and 41. The PC 10 and the printers 40 and 41 are communicably connected via the network cable 5.

(Configuration of PC10)
The PC 10 includes a CPU 11, a ROM 12, a RAM 13, a display unit 14, an operation unit 15, a network interface (hereinafter referred to as “I / F”) 18 for transmitting and receiving data, and a hard disk drive (hereinafter “ 20).

  The CPU 11 is a central processing unit that controls the entire PC 10. In this embodiment, the CPU 11 executes an image data printing process and a combined data printing process, which will be described later, in accordance with the printer driver PD1 stored in the HDD 20.

  The ROM 12 is a non-rewritable memory that stores various control programs executed by the CPU 11 and fixed value data referred to at the time of execution. The RAM 13 has a working area in which various register groups necessary for a control program executed by the CPU 11 are set, a temporary area that temporarily stores data being processed, and the like, and is a rewritable memory that can be accessed randomly. It is.

  The display unit 14 is a device that displays an image, and is, for example, a liquid crystal display. The operation unit 15 is an input device, for example, a keyboard or a mouse. The I / F 18 is a network I / F through which the PC 10 transmits and receives data and the like with the printers 40 and 41.

  The HDD 20 is a rewritable memory that stores an operating system executed by the PC 10 and various application system programs. The HDD 20 further stores printer drivers PD1 and PD2, watermark data WM11 and WM12, and a print setting information table 28.

  The printer drivers PD1 and PD2 are driver programs for the printers 40 and 41 connected to the PC 10. The printer drivers PD1 and PD2 are interposed between the application program of the PC 10 and the printers 40 and 41, and the printer drivers PD1 and PD2 This is for generating print data for printing 40 and 41. Printer drivers PD1 and PD2 are provided for each printer 40 and 41, respectively. The printer driver PD1 corresponds to the printer 40, and the printer driver PD2 corresponds to the printer 41.

  The watermark data is data for synthesis generated from a print image of a document (character) or an image in an image data printing process described later. The watermark data is stored corresponding to the information stored in the print setting information table 28.

  The print setting information table 28 is a table for storing print settings of watermark data stored in the HDD 20.

  The specific information stored in the print setting information table 28 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the print setting information table 28. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a print setting screen during the image data printing process of the printer driver PD1.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the print setting information table 28 stores “group name”, “save path”, and print setting information in association with each other. The print setting information includes “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, and “margin size”.

  “Group name” is a name for classifying watermark data set in the box 318 of the print setting dialog 300 shown in FIG. In the print setting dialog 300, the user sets by checking a check box 316 for selecting “Save as watermark data” and inputting a group name in the box 318.

  The “save path” is a save destination of watermark data that is automatically determined in image data printing processing to be described later.

  “Paper size” is the size of paper on which watermark data is printed, which is set in the box 306 of the print setting dialog 300. In the print setting dialog 300, the user pulls down the box 306 and selects the paper size. For example, paper sizes that can be selected include A4 and A5.

  “Paper orientation” is the orientation of the paper on which the watermark data is printed, which is set by the option button 310a or the option button 310b of the print setting dialog 300. In the print setting dialog 300, the user selects one of the option button 310a and the option button 310b. The option button 310a can set the paper orientation to portrait, and the option button 310b can set the paper orientation to landscape.

  “Resolution” is the resolution of the watermark data set in the box 304 of the print setting dialog 300. In the print setting dialog 300, the user pulls down the box 304 to select a resolution. For example, resolutions that can be selected include 600 dpi and 1200 dpi.

  The “margin size” is the minimum size of the area where nothing is printed on the paper on which the print image is printed. For example, it is set to 3 mm or 5 mm. Since the margin size is preset for each printer driver, the margin size may differ depending on the printer driver to be selected. In this embodiment, the printer driver PD1 is set to 3 mm, and the printer driver PD2 is set to 5 mm.

(Image data printing process of printer driver PD1)
The contents of the image data printing process executed by the CPU 11 according to the printer driver PD1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the image data printing process. The user can give an instruction to start the image data printing process to the PC 10 by pressing a button BT1 for selecting printing of image data in the print setting dialog 300 as shown in FIG. When the CPU 10 acquires this instruction, the CPU 10 starts the process of FIG.

  The print setting dialog 300 is displayed when the user selects printing of image data in the application and selects the printer driver PD1 for printing the image data. At this time, the user changes the print setting information such as the paper size, the paper orientation, and the resolution in the print setting dialog 300 as necessary, and then presses the button BT1 to instruct the printing of the image data. If you want to save the image data to be printed as watermark data, check the “Save as watermark data” check box 316 and enter the group name for saving as watermark data in the box 318. To print image data.

  First, in S1000, the CPU 11 acquires image data to be printed and print setting information of the image data. As described above, the print setting information of image data includes “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, and “margin size”, and is set by the print setting dialog 300.

  As a specific example, a case where the image data shown in FIG. 10B is stored as the watermark data WM11 will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a print setting screen at the time of image data printing processing of the printer driver PD1, and specifically, a print setting screen when the image data shown in FIG. 10B is saved as the watermark data WM11. It is shown.

  In the image data of FIG. 10B, the paper size is set to “A4” by the box 306 of the print setting dialog 300. Further, the paper orientation is set to “vertical” by the option button 310a. The resolution is set to “600 dpi” by the box 304. Further, the margin size is set to “3 mm” by using the printer driver PD1.

  Therefore, in the above example, the CPU 11 acquires the image data in FIG. 10B as an image to be printed. Further, the CPU 11 acquires “A4 (paper size)”, “vertical (paper size)”, “600 dpi (resolution)”, and “3 mm (margin size)” as the print setting information.

  Next, in S1050, the CPU 11 expands the data for one page of the acquired image data in the RAM 13, and generates bitmap data in the bitmap format.

  Next, in S1100, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the bitmap data generated in S1050 is the first page of image data. Specifically, the CPU 11 stores the number of times the bitmap data has been generated, and determines that it is the first page of the image data when the number of times the bitmap data has been generated is one.

  If the number of times the bitmap data is generated is 2 or more in S1100, it is determined that the bitmap data is not the first page data of the image data (NO in S1100), and the process proceeds to S1900.

  On the other hand, if the number of times the bitmap data has been generated is 1 in S1100, it is determined that the bitmap data is the first page of image data (YES in S1100), and the process proceeds to S1200.

  Next, in S1200, the CPU 11 determines whether or not to save the bitmap data as watermark data. As described above, when the user wants to save image data to be printed as watermark data, the user can check “Save as watermark” by checking the “Save as watermark” box 316 and instructing printing. Selected.

  If the “Save as watermark” check box 316 is not checked in S1200, it is determined that the bitmap data is not saved as watermark data (NO in S1200), and the process moves to S1900.

  On the other hand, if the “Save as watermark” check box 316 is checked in S1200, it is determined that the bitmap data is saved as watermark data (YES in S1200), and the process proceeds to S1250.

  In step S <b> 1250, the CPU 11 acquires a group name for storing image data as watermark data, which is input in the box 318 of the print setting dialog 300.

  In the example in which the image data illustrated in FIG. 10B is stored as the watermark data WM11, since “company logo” is specified in the box 318, the CPU 11 acquires “company logo” as the group name.

  In step S <b> 1300, the CPU 11 determines whether watermark data having the same print setting information as the bitmap data exists among the watermark data stored in the HDD 20. Specifically, in the print setting information table 28, among the watermark data having the same group name as the group name acquired in S1250, the print setting information “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, “ It is determined whether or not there is watermark data that matches all the “margin sizes”.

  In S1300, in the print setting information table 28, among the watermark data having the same group name as the group name acquired in S1250, the print setting information “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, “margin size”. ”In the watermark data stored in the HDD 20, it is determined that there is no watermark data having the same print setting information as the bitmap data (NO in S1300). The process moves to S1400.

  In step S1400, the CPU 11 assigns an unused file name in the print setting information table 28 to the bitmap data. The rules for determining the file name are not particularly limited. For example, a new file name may be assigned by sequentially changing the number following the waterwork, such as “watermark001.bmp” and “watermark002.bmp”. it can. In the modification, the file name specified by the user may be assigned instead of automatically assigning the file name of the bitmap data. When S1400 is completed, the process proceeds to S1700.

  On the other hand, in S1300, among the watermark data having the same group name as the group name acquired in S1250 in the print setting information table 28, the print setting information “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, “ If there is a data that matches all the “margin sizes”, it is determined that there is watermark data having the same print setting information as the bitmap data among the watermark data stored in the HDD 20 (YES in S1300), and S1500. Move on.

  Next, in S1500, the CPU 11 determines whether to overwrite the watermark data with bitmap data. Specifically, the CPU 11 displays a display for selecting whether to overwrite the watermark data stored in the HDD 20 on the bitmap data on the display unit 14. On the screen displayed on the display unit 14, the user can instruct to overwrite the bitmap data as watermark data by pressing a button for instructing “overwrite”.

  If the button for instructing “overwrite” is not pressed in S1500, it is determined that the watermark data is not overwritten with bitmap data (NO in S1500), and the process proceeds to S1900.

  On the other hand, if the button for instructing “overwrite” is pressed in S1500, it is determined that the watermark data is to be overwritten with bitmap data (YES in S1500), and the process proceeds to S1600.

  In step S <b> 1600, the CPU 11 gives the bitmap data a file name of watermark data stored with the same combination of print settings.

  Next, in S1700, the CPU 11 stores the bitmap data as watermark data. Specifically, the bitmap data expanded in the RAM 13 is stored in the HDD 20 as watermark data in the bitmap format. In the modification, the watermark data may be JPEG format data. As the file name for storing the watermark data, the file name of the bitmap data determined in S1400 or S1600 is used.

  In step S1800, the CPU 11 associates the group name, print setting information, and the watermark data storage path stored in step S1700 with each other and adds them to the print setting information table 28 of the HDD 20.

  In the example in which the image data shown in FIG. 10B is stored as the watermark data WM11, as shown in the watermark data WM11 of the print setting information table 28 in FIG. 2, “company logo (group name)” and “A4” are displayed. (Paper size) ”,“ vertical (paper orientation) ”,“ 600 dpi (resolution) ”,“ 3 mm (margin size) ”, and“ watermark001.bmp (storage path) ”are added in association with each other.

  In step S <b> 1900, the CPU 11 converts bitmap data into print data and transmits the print data to the printer 40. Specifically, the CPU 11 executes color conversion processing for converting RGB values into CMYK values for each pixel included in the bitmap data. As a result, CMYK output data in which CMYK values of 0 to 255 are assigned to each pixel is generated. Next, the CPU 11 executes binarization processing on the CMYK output data. For the binarization processing, for example, a dither method or an error diffusion method is used. As a result, each pixel generates print data having a two-tone pixel value of 1 or 0. Here, 1 indicates that dots are formed on the print medium, and 0 indicates that dots are not formed on the print medium. Then, the CPU 11 supplies the generated print data to the printer 40.

  Next, in S2000, the CPU 11 determines whether there is data subsequent to the data drawn as bitmap data in the image data. If there is subsequent data after the data rendered as bitmap data in S2000 (YES in S2000), the process returns to S1050.

  On the other hand, if there is no subsequent data after the data rendered as bitmap data in S2000 (NO in S2000), the image data printing process is terminated.

(Combined data printing process of printer driver PD1)
With reference to FIG. 5, the contents of the combined data printing process executed by the CPU 11 in accordance with the printer driver PD1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the combined data printing process. The combined data printing process is a process of combining and printing watermark data that matches the image data for which printing is instructed.

  The user checks the “Combine Watermark” check box 320 in the print setting dialog 300 shown in FIG. 6, and then presses the button BT1 for selecting printing of image data, thereby performing the combined data printing process. An instruction to start can be given to the PC 10. When the PC 10 acquires an instruction to start the combined data printing process, the PC 10 starts the process of FIG.

  First, in S3000, the CPU 11 displays image data to be printed, print setting information of the image data, a group name of watermark data to be combined, and comparison function information for specifying print setting information to be compared at the time of combining. get.

  The print setting information of the image data includes “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, and “margin size”, and is set by the print setting dialog 300 in the same manner as the print setting information described above. Is done. Specifically, this will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a print setting screen at the time of the combined data printing process of the printer driver PD1. The “paper size” is set by the user pulling down the box 306 and selecting the paper size. The “paper orientation” is set by the user selecting either the option button 310a or the option button 310b. The “resolution” is set by the user pulling down the box 304 and selecting a resolution. The “margin size” is set in advance for each printer driver of a printer that prints image data.

  The group name is set in the watermark setting dialog 400 shown in FIG. FIG. 7 shows a watermark data setting screen. The watermark data setting screen is displayed when the button 322 of the print setting dialog 300 (FIG. 6) is pressed.

  The user can specify the group name by selecting the group name of the watermark data to be combined from the box 402 of the watermark setting dialog 400 and pressing the button BT11. A box 402 displays all the group names of watermark data stored in the print setting information table 28.

  The comparison function information is set in the comparison function edit dialog 500 shown in FIG. FIG. 8 shows an editing screen for comparison function information. The comparison function information editing screen is displayed when the button 404 of the watermark setting dialog 400 (FIG. 7) is pressed.

  The user selects a group name whose comparison function information is to be changed from the box 502 of the comparison function editing dialog 500 and presses a button 504. Here, in the box 502, as in the box 402 of the watermark setting dialog 400, all group names of watermark data stored in the HDD 20 are displayed. By pressing the button 504, the check box 506, the check box 508, the check box 510, and the check box 512 can be checked.

  The user can determine the comparison function information by checking the check box corresponding to the item to be compared from the check boxes 506, 508, 510, and 512 and pressing the button BT21. The check box 506 corresponds to “paper size”, the check box 508 corresponds to “paper orientation”, the check box 510 corresponds to “resolution”, and the check box 512 corresponds to “margin size”.

  As a specific example, a case will be described in which the image data shown in FIG. 10A is combined with watermark data corresponding to the group name “company logo” and printed by the printer 40 using the printer driver PD1. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a print setting screen at the time of the combined data printing process of the printer driver PD1. Specifically, the image data shown in FIG. A print setting screen in the case of printing by combining with mark data is shown.

  In the image data of FIG. 10A, the paper size is set to “A5” by the box 306 of the print setting dialog 300. Further, the paper orientation is set to “horizontal” by the option button 310b. The resolution is set to “600 dpi” by the box 304. Further, the margin size is set to “3 mm” by using the printer driver PD1.

  Based on the group name stored in the print setting information table 28, “company logo” and “confidential” are displayed in the box 402 of the watermark setting dialog 400. When the user selects “company logo” in the box 402 and presses the button BT11, the group name of the watermark to be combined is set to “company logo”.

  Since the check boxes 506, 508, 510, and 512 of the comparison function edit dialog 500 are checked, the comparison function information includes “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, and “margin size”. And are set.

  Therefore, in the above example, the CPU 11 acquires the image data of FIG. 10A as the image data to be printed. Further, the CPU 11 acquires “A5 (paper size)”, “horizontal (paper orientation)”, “600 dpi (resolution)”, and “3 mm (margin size)” as the print setting information. Further, the CPU 11 acquires “company logo” as the group name. Further, the CPU 11 acquires “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, and “margin size” as the comparison function information.

  In step S <b> 3050, the CPU 11 extracts all watermark data corresponding to the group name acquired in step S <b> 3000 from the print setting information table 28.

  In the example in which the image data shown in FIG. 10A is combined with watermark data corresponding to the group name “company logo” and printed by the printer 40 using the printer driver PD1, the acquired group name is “company logo”. Is. Accordingly, the watermark data WM11, the watermark data WM12, and the watermark data WM13 are extracted from the print setting information table 28 shown in FIG.

  Next, in S3100, the CPU 11 extracts comparison information based on the comparison function information from the print setting information of the image data and the print setting information of all the watermark data extracted in S3000.

  In the example in which the image data shown in FIG. 10A is combined with the watermark data corresponding to the group name “company logo” and printed by the printer 40 using the printer driver PD1, the comparison function information includes “paper size”. ”,“ Paper orientation ”,“ resolution ”, and“ margin ”. Therefore, from the print setting information of the image data, “A5 (paper size)”, “horizontal (paper orientation)”, “600 dpi (resolution)”, “3 mm (margin size)” corresponding to the comparison function information. Are extracted as comparison information of image data.

  Similarly, comparison information is extracted from the print setting information of the watermark data WM11 to WM stored in the print setting information table 28, respectively. From the print setting information of the watermark data WM11, “A4 (paper size)”, “vertical (paper orientation)”, “600 dpi (resolution)”, and “3 mm (margin size)” are comparison information of the watermark data WM11. Extracted as From the print setting information of the watermark WM12, “A4 (paper size)”, “horizontal (paper orientation)”, “600 dpi (resolution)”, and “3 mm (margin size)” are comparison information of the watermark data WM12. Extracted. From the print setting information of the watermark WM13, “A5 (paper size)”, “vertical (paper orientation)”, “600 dpi (resolution)”, and “3 mm (margin size)” are comparison information of the watermark data WM13. Extracted.

  Next, in S3200, the CPU 11 compares the comparison information of the image data with the comparison information of all the extracted watermark data, and the comparison that matches the comparison information of the image data in the extracted watermark data. It is determined whether watermark data having information exists.

  If it is determined in S3200 that there is watermark data having comparison information that matches the comparison information of the image data among all the watermark data extracted in S3050 (YES in S3200), the process proceeds to S3300.

  In S3300, the CPU 11 generates combined data by combining watermark data having comparison information that matches the comparison information of the image data with the image data. Thereafter, the process proceeds to S4500.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S3200 that there is no watermark data having comparison information that matches the comparison information of the image data among all the watermark data extracted in S3050 (NO in S3200), the process proceeds to S3400. . This determination result is notified to the user by the process of S4000 described later.

  In the example in which the image data shown in FIG. 10A is combined with watermark data corresponding to the group name “company logo” and printed by the printer 40 using the printer driver PD1, the comparison information of the image data is “A5”. (Paper size) ”,“ horizontal (paper orientation) ”,“ 600 dpi (resolution) ”, and“ 3 mm (margin size) ”. In the watermark data WM11 to WM13, since there is no watermark data having comparison information that matches the comparison information of the image data, the process proceeds to S3400.

  In S3400, the CPU 11 selects one watermark data as a conversion target from all the watermark data extracted in S3050.

  Next, in S3500, the CPU 11 determines whether or not to execute rotation processing on the watermark data to be converted. Specifically, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the orientation of the paper matches between the image data and the watermark data to be converted.

  In S3500, the CPU 11 determines that the rotation processing is not executed when the paper orientation of the image data matches the paper orientation of the watermark data to be converted (NO in S3500), and moves to S3700.

  On the other hand, in S3500, if the paper orientation of the image data does not match the paper orientation of the watermark data to be converted, the CPU 11 determines to execute the rotation process (YES in S3500), and proceeds to S3600. .

  In step S3600, the CPU 11 performs a rotation process on the watermark data to be converted. Specifically, the CPU 11 rotates the watermark data 90 degrees counterclockwise when the paper orientation of the watermark data is vertical. If the paper orientation of the watermark data is horizontal, the watermark data is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. When S3600 is completed, the process proceeds to S3700.

  In step S <b> 3700, the CPU 11 determines whether to execute enlargement / reduction processing on the watermark data to be converted. Specifically, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the paper size and the margin size are the same in the image data and the watermark data.

  In step S3700, if the paper size and the margin size match between the image data and the watermark data to be converted, the CPU 11 determines not to execute the enlargement / reduction process (NO in step S3700), and the process advances to step S3900. Move.

  On the other hand, in step S3700, if at least one of the paper size and the margin size does not match between the image data and the watermark data to be converted, the CPU 11 determines to execute enlargement / reduction processing (in step S3700). YES), the process moves to S3800.

  Next, in S3800, the CPU 11 executes enlargement / reduction processing on the watermark data to be converted. Specifically, when the paper size is different between the image data and the watermark data, the watermark data is enlarged or reduced so that the paper size of the watermark data matches the paper size of the image data. If the margin size is different between the image data and the watermark data, the watermark data is enlarged or reduced so that the margin size of the watermark data matches the margin size of the image data. When S3800 is completed, the process proceeds to S3900.

  However, if the resolution does not match between the image data and the watermark data to be converted, processing to increase the resolution of the watermark data or the resolution so that the resolution of the watermark data matches the resolution of the image data. Execute the process of lowering.

  Note that the above processing is executed only for the function corresponding to the checked check box in the check boxes 506, 508, 510, and 512 of the comparison function editing dialog shown in FIG. 8, and the check box is not checked. Processing related to the function corresponding to is not executed. For example, if the check box 508 of the comparison function edit dialog is not checked, the processing relating to the paper orientation is not executed, so the processing in S3500 and S3600 is not executed.

  In the example in which the image data shown in FIG. 10A is combined with watermark data corresponding to the group name “company logo” and printed by the printer 40 using the printer driver PD1, the processing results from S3400 to S3800 are as follows. become that way.

  First, for example, watermark data WM11 (FIG. 10B) is selected from the watermark data WM11 to WM13 corresponding to the group name “company logo” in the print setting information table 28 shown in FIG. 2 (S3400). In the watermark data WM11, the paper orientation is vertical, and in the image data, the paper orientation is horizontal. Therefore, the CPU 11 determines to execute the rotation process (YES in S3500), and rotates the watermark data WM11 by 90 degrees counterclockwise (S3600).

  The watermark data WM11 has a paper size of A4, and the image data has a paper size of A5. Therefore, the CPU 11 determines to execute the enlargement / reduction process (YES in S3700), and reduces the paper size of the watermark data WM11 to A5 (S3800). Since the margin size of the watermark data WM11 and the margin size of the image data match, enlargement or reduction for matching the margin size is not performed.

  When the watermark data WM11 converted as described above and the image data shown in FIG. 10 (a) are combined, the result is as shown in FIG. 10 (e).

  In step S3900, the CPU 11 determines whether all watermark data extracted in step S3050 has been selected for conversion.

  In step S3900, if the CPU 11 has not selected all the watermark data extracted in step S3050 as a conversion target (NO in step S3900), the process proceeds to step S3400, and the watermark data that has not been selected as a conversion target is selected. The processes from S3400 to S3800 are executed.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 11 selects all the watermark data extracted in S3050 as conversion targets in S3900 (YES in S3900), the process proceeds to S4000.

  Next, in S4000, the CPU 11 determines whether to generate all combined data. Specifically, this will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a conversion setting screen. First, the CPU 11 displays a conversion setting dialog 600 on the display unit 14 for selecting whether to generate all combined data. The content displayed in the conversion setting dialog 600 does not include any watermark data having comparison information that matches the comparison information of the image data among all the watermark data extracted in S3050 (NO in S3200). "The watermark that matches the setting was not found" is included. In the conversion setting dialog 600, the user selects the option button 602a or the option button 602b and then presses the button BT31 to determine whether or not to generate all combined data.

  The user can instruct the CPU 11 to generate all combined data by selecting the option button 602a. Further, the user can instruct the CPU 11 to generate only a part of the synthesized data among all the synthesized data by selecting the option button 602b.

  All the combined data includes the combined data obtained by combining the image data and the watermark data as they are with respect to all the watermark data extracted in S3050, and the coordinates of the center of the image data and the watermark data. The synthesized data obtained by combining the center data of the watermark data so as to overlap with the image data and the synthesized data obtained by synthesizing the image data and the watermark data converted by the processing of S3500 to S3800 are included. It is.

  In the example in which the image data shown in FIG. 10A is combined with the watermark data corresponding to the group name “company logo” and printed by the printer 40 using the printer driver PD1, the above-mentioned combined data is shown in FIG. It becomes like the figure shown by (c)-(e).

  FIG. 10C is a diagram showing synthesized data obtained by synthesizing the image data (FIG. 10A) and the watermark data WM11 (FIG. 10B) as they are. FIG. 10D is a diagram showing combined data obtained by combining the image data and the image data by converting the center coordinates of the watermark data so that the coordinates of the centers of the image data and the watermark data WM11 overlap. FIG. 10E is a diagram showing synthesized data obtained by synthesizing image data and watermark data converted by the processing of S3500 to S3800. Although not shown, synthesized data is similarly generated for the watermark data WM12 and the watermark data WM13.

  In S4000, if the user selects the option button 602a in the conversion setting dialog 600 (FIG. 9) and then presses the button BT31, it is determined that all combined data is generated (YES in S4000), and the process advances to S4100. Move.

  In S4100, the CPU 11 generates all combined data. When S4100 is completed, the process proceeds to S4300.

  On the other hand, if the user presses the button BT31 after selecting the option button 602b of the conversion setting dialog 600 (FIG. 9) in S4000, it is determined that only part of the synthesized data is generated (NO in S4000). ), Go to S4200.

  In S4200, the CPU 11 generates some synthesized data. Here, the CPU 11 selects some synthesized data to be generated from all the synthesized data. Although the selection method is not particularly limited, for example, the CPU 11 selects and generates synthesized data with the watermark data registered first in the HDD 20 among all the watermark data extracted in S3050. Can do. When S4200 is completed, the process proceeds to S4300.

  Next, in S4300, the CPU 11 displays the synthesized data generated in S4100 or S4200 on the display 16.

  Next, in S4400, the CPU 11 receives an instruction to print the combined data from the user. The user can select data to be printed from the combined data displayed on the display 16 in S4300 and instruct printing. However, if the data to be printed does not exist in the combined data, it may be instructed not to print.

  If the CPU 11 obtains an instruction not to print the synthesized data from the user in S4400 (NO in S4400), the CPU 11 ends the synthesized data printing process.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 11 obtains an instruction to print the combined data from the user in S4400 (YES in S4400), the CPU 11 proceeds to S4500.

  In step S4500, the CPU 11 converts the combined data into print data and transmits it to the printer. Specifically, the CPU 11 executes color conversion processing for converting RGB values into CMYK values for each pixel included in the combined data. As a result, CMYK output data in which CMYK values of 0 to 255 are assigned to each pixel is generated. Next, the CPU 11 executes binarization processing on the CMYK output data. For the binarization processing, for example, a dither method or an error diffusion method is used. As a result, each pixel generates print data having a two-tone pixel value of 1 or 0. Here, 1 indicates that dots are formed on the print medium, and 0 indicates that dots are not formed on the print medium. Then, the CPU 11 supplies the generated print data to the printer 40 and ends the combined data printing process.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the synthesis of the image data and the watermark data is instructed, the comparison information based on the print setting information of the image data and the comparison information based on the print setting information of the watermark data And the image data and the watermark data are combined. If it is determined that they do not match, the user is notified. Therefore, when image data and watermark data are combined, it is possible to suppress obtaining a result that is not expected by the user.

(Correspondence)
The printer driver PD1 is an example of a “computer program”. The image data in FIG. 10B is an example of “first image data”. The image data in FIG. 10A is an example of “second image data”. The watermark data WM11 to WM13 is an example of “compositing data”. The print setting information of the watermark data WM11 to WM13 is an example of “first print setting information”. The print setting information of the image data in FIG. 10A is “second print setting information”. The check box 320 in FIGS. 3 and 6 is an example of “synthesis instruction”. The comparison information of the watermark data WM11 to WM13 is an example of “first comparison information”. The comparison information of the image data in FIG. 10A is an example of “second comparison information”.

  The group name acquired in S1250 of FIG. 4 is an example of “first group name”. The group name acquired in S3000 of FIG. 5 is an example of “second group name”. The print data generated in S4500 of FIG. 5 is “first print data”. The print data generated in S1900 of FIG. 4 is “second print data”. FIGS. 10D and 10E are examples of “first combined data”. FIG. 10C is an example of “second combined data”.

  S1000 and S1250 in FIG. 4 are examples of the “first acquisition process”. S1700 is an example of “generation processing”. S1800 is an example of “storage control processing”. S2000 is an example of “second output processing”.

  S3000 in FIG. 5 is an example of “second acquisition process”. S3200 is an example of the “determination process”. S3300 is an example of “compositing process”. S4000 is an example of “notification processing”. S3050 is an example of “extraction processing”. S4300 is an example of “display processing”. S4400 is an example of “instruction acquisition processing”. S4500 is an example of “first output processing”.

(Modification 1)
In the above embodiment, in the print setting information table 28 of FIG. 2, the print setting information is composed of “paper size”, “paper orientation”, “resolution”, and “margin size”. However, “color / monochrome” for setting whether the image data is printed in color or monochrome may be added.

(Modification 2)
In the above embodiment, in S3600 to S3900, enlargement / reduction processing and rotation processing are performed on the watermark data, but instead, only enlargement / reduction processing may be executed (FIG. 11 (f)). ). Moreover, you may perform only a rotation process (FIG.11 (g)).

  Further, the center coordinates of the watermark data may be further converted so that the coordinates of the center of the watermark data and the image data that have been subjected to the enlargement / reduction process overlap, and then combined with the image data (FIG. 11 (h)). ). Further, the center coordinates of the watermark data may be further converted so that the coordinates of the center of the watermark data and the image data that have been subjected to the rotation process overlap (FIG. 11 (i)). .

(Modification 3)
Each process of the above-described embodiment is realized by the CPU 11 of the PC 10 executing the process according to software (that is, the printer driver PD1). Alternatively, the process may be realized by hardware such as a logic circuit. Good.

  As mentioned above, although the specific example of this invention was demonstrated in detail, these are only illustrations and do not limit a claim. The technology described in the claims includes various modifications and changes of the specific examples illustrated above.

10: PC, 11: CPU, 20: HDD, 28: Print setting information table, PD1, PD2: Printer driver, WM11, 12, 13: Watermark data, 300: Print setting dialog, 400: Watermark setting dialog, 500 : Comparison function edit dialog, 600: Conversion setting dialog

Claims (15)

A computer program for controlling a control device including a display unit and a storage unit,
A first acquisition process for acquiring first image data and first print setting information that is print setting information of the first image data;
A generation process for generating data for synthesis based on the first image data and the first print setting information acquired by the first acquisition process;
A storage control process in which the composition data and the first print setting information are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit;
A second image data, a second print setting information that is print setting information of the second image data, and a second instruction for combining the second image data and the data for combining; Acquisition process,
A determination process for determining whether or not the first comparison information based on the first print setting information matches the second comparison information based on the second print setting information;
A combining process for combining the second image data and the combining data when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information match;
A notification process for notifying when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match;
A computer program that causes a computer to execute. A computer program according to claim 1,
The first acquisition process further acquires a first group name given to the first image data,
The storage control unit associates first print setting information with a first group name for each composition data when a plurality of composition data is generated by the generation process. A computer program to be memorized. A computer program according to claim 2,
The second acquisition process further acquires a second group name,
Furthermore, it comprises an extraction process for extracting data for synthesis corresponding to the same group name as the second group name among the data for synthesis stored in the storage unit,
The determination process determines whether or not the first comparison information corresponding to the synthesis data matches the second comparison information with respect to the synthesis data extracted by the extraction process. And
In the combining process, the combining data determined by the determination process to match the first comparison information corresponding to the combining data and the second comparison information, and the second image data. A computer program that synthesizes A computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The combining process combines the second image data and the combining data when the determination process determines that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match. Not a computer program. A computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
In the combining process, when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the combining data is converted based on the second comparison information. A computer program for converting and synthesizing the second image data and the converted data for synthesis. A computer program according to claim 5,
In the combining process, when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the combining data is based on the second comparison information. Is converted by at least one of enlargement / reduction processing, rotation processing, and coordinate conversion processing to synthesize the second image data and the converted synthesis data. A computer program according to claim 6,
The computer program for converting the coordinates of the composition data so that the coordinates of the center of the composition data match the coordinates of the center of the second image data. A computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 and claims 5 to 7,
In the notification process, when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the first comparison information and the second comparison information And that they do not match,
The combining process combines the second image data and the combining data when a combining instruction for combining the second image data and the combining data is acquired after the notification process. Computer program. A computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
A display process for displaying the synthesized data synthesized by the synthesis process on the display unit;
An instruction acquisition process for receiving a print instruction for the combined data displayed on the table by the display process;
A computer program comprising: A computer program according to claim 9,
The display process displays a plurality of the combined data on the display unit when the determination process determines that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match.
The instruction acquisition process is a computer program that accepts a print instruction for selected combined data among a plurality of the combined data. A computer program according to claim 10,
In the display process, when it is determined by the determination process that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match, the second image data and the converted composition data are And the second synthesized data obtained by synthesizing the second image data and the non-converted synthesis data are displayed on the display unit,
The instruction acquisition process is a computer program that accepts a print instruction for the selected combined data among the first combined data and the second combined data. A computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
The first comparison information and the second comparison information include at least the size of the paper on which an image based on the image data is printed, the orientation of the paper, the resolution of the image data, and the area where printing on the paper is impossible A computer program that includes any one of the smallest margin sizes. A computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 12,
A computer program comprising a first output process for converting the synthesized data synthesized by the synthesis process into first print data and outputting the first print data. A computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 13,
A computer program comprising a second output process for converting and outputting the composition data to second print data when the composition data is stored in the storage unit by the storage control process. A control device comprising a display unit and a storage unit,
A first acquisition unit that acquires first image data and first print setting information that is print setting information of the first image data;
A generation unit that generates data for synthesis based on the first image data and the first print setting information acquired by the first acquisition unit;
A storage control unit that associates the combination data with the first print setting information and stores the data in the storage unit;
A second image data, a second print setting information that is print setting information of the second image data, and a second instruction for combining the second image data and the data for combining; An acquisition unit;
A determination unit that determines whether or not the first comparison information based on the first print setting information matches the second comparison information based on the second print setting information;
A combining unit that combines the second image data and the combining data when the determination unit determines that the first comparison information and the second comparison information match;
A notification unit for notifying when it is determined by the determination unit that the first comparison information and the second comparison information do not match;
A control device comprising: