CN101472025B - Poster printing control module and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A poster printing control module and a method thereof are suitable for a multifunctional affair machine with a scanning module and a printing module, and the method comprises the following steps: equally dividing an original file with a known size so that the original file is composed of a plurality of subfiles; setting printing paper used for output printing; and executing an enlarged printing processing program for each of the plurality of subfiles; the amplifying printing processing program scans the subfile through the scanning module to obtain a corresponding digital image, then amplifies the digital image of the subfile and outputs and prints the digital image to the printing paper through the printing module; the magnification of the digital image of the subfile is automatically calculated and determined according to the size ratio between the printing paper and the subfile. Therefore, the invention can complete poster printing operation through the multifunctional transaction machine.

Description

Poster printing control module and method thereof

technical field

The invention relates to a poster printing control module and a method thereof, in particular to a poster control module and a method thereof operated by a multifunctional business machine.

Background technique

The existing poster production method can use a large-scale plotter to print a large-scale poster output. However, this kind of plotter is not only too expensive, but also needs to be operated by professionals, which is not suitable for general users or It is used by office workers.

Therefore, there is currently another way of making posters that is combined with a computer, and the computer is connected to a scanner and a printer, and the scanner is used as the input part, which is mainly used to scan the image of the document to be made into the poster. input to the computer for processing, and the computer is usually installed with software that can provide poster making functions for use. For example, the user can use this software to control the poster processing program for the image input by the scanner, and send the processing results to the printer. printout.

However, the above-mentioned method of producing poster output through a computer must have the cooperation of relevant hardware equipment, and the relevant poster production software must also be installed in the computer for use, but this kind of poster production software requires an additional amount of money. Therefore, at present, text editing software or presentation software commonly installed in computers is used to perform functions similar to poster making software, but the operation interface provided by such text editing software or presentation software is too simple to perform complex operations, such as executing posters. When printing a document to be enlarged and printed on four sheets of paper, the user must calculate the start point/end point and magnification of the scanning of the four divided output files respectively. However, this manual calculation method is used for poster printing. The output result will not be accurate enough, and this calculation process is not convenient enough for ordinary users and it is difficult to operate.

Contents of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a poster printing control module and method to solve the inconvenience of the existing poster production methods. There is no need for an additional computer or plotter, and an automatic calculation mechanism is provided inside the multifunctional business machine to simplify the complexity of the user's operation.

In order to solve the above technical problems, according to a solution of the present invention, a poster printing control method is provided, which is suitable for a multi-function business machine, and the multi-function business machine is provided with at least a printing module and a scanning module. The method includes: The file is divided into equal parts, so that the original file is composed of multiple sub-files; then the printing module is set to output the printing paper used for printing; next, the enlarged printing processing program is respectively executed on these sub-files; and the enlarged printing processing program is through the scanning module. After the sub-file is scanned to obtain the corresponding digital image, the image of the digital image of the sub-file is enlarged, and output and printed on the printing paper through the printing module; and the magnification of the image enlargement of the digital image of the sub-file is It is automatically calculated and determined according to the size ratio between the printing paper and the sub-files; wherein the step of executing the enlarged printing processing program on the plurality of sub-files is carried out in batches, and the enlarged printing processing is executed each time All programs use a common storage space to store scanned digital images.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of dividing the original file into equal parts may be performed in an m×m equal part dividing manner.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the original document can be placed on the scanning platform of the scanning module, and the size of the printing paper is the specification that the printing module can support to print out.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the poster printing control method may further include the following steps: performing a pre-scan on the original file by the scanning module to obtain the size of the original file, wherein the scanning module performs the pre-scan The resolution used is less than the highest scan resolution provided by the scan module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the above poster printing control method may further include the following step: receiving the size of the original file input by the user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of executing the enlarged printing processing program on the above-mentioned multiple sub-files can be performed in a divided manner, and each time the enlarged printing processing program is executed, a common storage space is used to store the scanned files. digital imaging.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the step of calculating the magnification can be divided by the length and width of the printing paper and the length and width of the sub-file, respectively, to relatively obtain the length and width of the sub-file to be enlarged. magnification.

In order to solve the above-mentioned technical problems, according to another solution of the present invention, a poster printing control module is provided, which is suitable for a multi-function business machine. The multi-function business machine is provided with at least a printing module and a scanning module. The poster printing control module includes : a paper setting module, used to set the printing paper used for outputting and printing by the printing module; a segmentation module, used to divide an original file of known size into equal parts, so that the original file is composed of multiple sub-files; an image enlargement module , used to perform image enlargement processing on the above-mentioned plurality of sub-files; the calculation module is used to automatically calculate and determine the magnification ratio required for enlarging the sub-file to the printing paper according to the size ratio between the printing paper and the sub-file ; and a processing module, which is used to control the operations among the paper setting module, the segmentation module, the image enlargement module and the calculation module, and the processing module executes the enlargement printing processing program on the above-mentioned multiple sub-files respectively; and the enlargement After the print processing program drives the scanning module to scan the sub-file to obtain the corresponding digital image, then controls the image magnification module to magnify the digital image of the sub-file with the magnification, and outputs and prints to the The printing paper; wherein the processing module controls the image enlargement module to execute the enlarged printing processing program on the plurality of sub-files sequentially in a sequential manner, and each time the enlarged printing processing program is executed through a common A temporary storage module to store scanned digital images.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the processing module can perform pre-scanning on the original document through the scanning module to obtain the size of the original document, and the resolution used by the scanning module to perform the pre-scanning is smaller than the The highest scanning resolution provided by the scanning module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the processing module controls the image enlargement module to execute the enlarged printing processing program on the above-mentioned multiple sub-files sequentially in a sequential manner, and each time the enlarged printing processing program is executed The digital image obtained by scanning is stored through the temporary storage module, and the calculation of the magnification is to divide the length and width of the printing paper by the length and width of the sub-file respectively, so as to obtain the length and width of the sub-file relatively. The magnification by which the width should be enlarged.

With the help of the aforementioned technical solutions, the present invention can achieve the technical effect that a multi-functional business machine can be used to print posters, and can be operated by users in a simple operation mode without the need for additional use of computers or related poster software.

The above overview, the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings are all for the purpose of further explaining the ways, means and effects of the present invention to achieve the intended purpose. Other purposes and advantages of the present invention will be described in the subsequent description and accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a multifunctional transaction machine in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a poster printing control module in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

3A to 3G are schematic diagrams of the poster printing process of the present invention; and

Fig. 4 is a flow chart of a poster printing control method in a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the reference signs are explained as follows:

1: Multifunctional business machine

10: Control unit

101: Poster printing control module

1011: processing module

1013: temporary storage module

1015: split module

1017: Image enlargement module

1019: Paper setting module

1021: Calculation module

12: Scanning module

14: Print module

16: Input operation module

18: Display module

19: Paper cassette module

3: Original file

31, 32, 33, 34: Subfiles

S401～S415: Description of process steps

Detailed ways

The present invention provides a poster printing control module and its control method, so that the multifunctional business machine can have the function of poster printing, and at the same time provide a simple operation mode, so that when the user operates the poster printing function through the multifunctional business machine, There is no need to consider how the internal processing is performed when the poster is printed, and the requirement for storage space can be reduced when the multifunctional office machine executes the poster printing function.

Next, please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a functional block diagram of a multifunctional transaction machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. The multifunctional business machine 1 described in this embodiment includes a control unit 10, a scanning module 12, a printing module 14, an input operation module 16, a display module 18, and a paper cassette module 19, wherein the control unit 10 is the processing unit of the multifunctional business machine 1. The core is mainly responsible for the processing of various work tasks and the management and allocation of work resources. The control unit 10 also has a poster printing control module 101. The poster printing module 101 is coupled between the scanning module 12 and the printing module 14. Therefore, the multifunctional business machine 1 can have a poster printing function through the execution of the poster printing control module 101.

The functional operations provided by the scanning module 12 , the printing module 14 , the input operation module 16 , the display module 18 , and the paper tray module 19 in the multifunctional business machine 1 can mainly be performed according to the work requirements of the poster printing control module 101 . For example, the scanning module 12 can scan the image of the original document when the poster is printed, the printing module 14 can provide the poster output function of paper printing, and the input operation module 16 can provide buttons or a touch panel to allow the user to control the poster printing module. 101, the tray module 19 can provide different sizes of printing paper for the printing module 14 to print according to the needs of poster printing, and the display module 18 presents the working status of the poster printing function in the form of light-emitting elements or panel display .

The aforementioned functional descriptions provided for the scanning module 12, the printing module 14, the input operation module 16, the display module 18, the paper tray module 19, etc. in the multifunctional business machine 1 are only descriptions for the parts related to the poster printing function of the present invention. As for other unmentioned functional operation parts, they can be operated according to the functions provided by the existing multifunctional business machine, and the description of this part will not be described in detail here. In addition, the architecture of the multifunctional business machine 1 disclosed in FIG. 1 is only for the part related to the poster printing function of the present invention. For example, the multifunctional business machine 1 may further include a fax module (not shown), and other Other architectures can be known to those skilled in the art according to the architecture of the existing multifunctional transaction machine, and will not be repeated here.

For the detailed architecture of the poster printing control module 101 in this embodiment, please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a schematic block diagram of the poster printing control module in a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The poster printing control module 101 includes a processing module 1011, a temporary storage module 1013, a segmentation module 1015, an image enlargement module 1017, a paper setting module 1019 and a calculation module 1021, wherein the processing module 1011 is respectively connected with the temporary storage module 1013, the segmentation module 1015, the image The enlarging module 1017, the paper setting module 1019, and the calculating module 1021 are coupled to control these modules respectively. The processing module 1011 mainly controls the scanning module 1013 to scan the image of the original document to be printed out, and controls the printing module 14 to output several print results that can be combined to form a complete poster file.

According to the control of the processing module 1011, the temporary storage module 1013 provides a storage space for storing the temporary storage data required in the poster printing process. The temporary storage data can be the image scanning data output by the scanning module 12, for example, the scanning module 12 scans the original document The obtained digital images are stored in the temporary storage module 1013 . The temporary storage module 12 is preferably a memory bank (RAM) or other storage elements with a storage function.

According to the control of the processing module 1011, the segmentation module 1015 divides the digital image obtained when scanning the original file in the temporary storage module 1013, so that the original file can be divided into image files composed of multiple sub-files in equal parts, so that the processing module 1011 Subsequent image processing can be performed respectively according to several sub-files obtained after the original file is divided.

According to the control of the processing module 1011 , the image enlargement module 1017 provides image enlargement output processing for the several sub-files obtained after the original file is divided, and prints out through the printing module 14 .

The paper setting module 1019 sets the size of the printing paper output by the printing module 14 according to the control of the processing module 1011, so that the processing module 1011 can drive the paper tray module 19 according to the printing paper type set in the paper setting module 1019 The paper that meets the settings is provided for printing by the printing module 14 . In addition, the size of the printing paper set by the paper setting module 1019 in this embodiment is described by taking the printing output specification supported by the printing module 14 as an example.

According to the control of the processing module 1011 , the calculation module 1021 calculates the magnification ratio used by the image enlargement module 1017 to enlarge the images of each sub-file obtained after the original file is divided. The calculation method of the calculation module 1021 is determined according to the size ratio between each sub-file obtained after the original file is divided and the printing paper set by the paper setting module 1019 . For example, the length of each sub-file obtained after the original file is divided is A/2 and the width is B/2, and the length of the printing paper set by the paper setting module 1019 is A and the width is B, then it is calculated by the calculation module 1021 Then, the magnification of each sub-file in terms of length is 2 (A/(A/2)=2), and the magnification of each sub-file in terms of width is 2 (B/(B/2)=2). The magnification calculated by the calculation module 1021 can be provided to the processing module 1011 for the processing module 1011 to control the image magnification to the image magnification module 1017 according to the magnification.

Next, an example is given to illustrate the process of the poster printing control module of this embodiment executing the poster printing function, and please refer to FIGS. 3A-3G together. In this embodiment, an original document 3 is placed on the scanning module 12 for scanning. The original document 3 is shown in FIG. 3A and its length is A and its width is B. The scanning module 12 described in this embodiment has The flatbed is scanned, and the original document 3 is placed at the scanning starting corner of the scanning module 12 to facilitate subsequent calculation of the size of the original document 3 . Next, under the control of the processing module 1011, the scanning module 12 is driven to pre-scan the original document 3, and the digital image of the scanned original document 3 is stored in the temporary storage module 1013, and the processing module 1011 can scan the result according to the Digital images to know the size of the original file 3.

Then, according to the digital image of the original file, the segmentation module 1015 divides it into equal parts in a manner of 2×2 (for illustration only here), as shown in FIG. 3B , so four sub-files 31, 32, 33, 34 image blocks, and each sub-file 31, 32, 33, 34 has a length of A/2 and a width of B/2. In addition, assuming that the paper setting module 1019 sets the length of the printing paper to be A and the width to be B, the calculation module 1021 can set the length and width of the printing paper according to the paper setting module 1019, and set the paper setting module 1019 The length and the width of the fixed printing paper are divided by the length and width of the sub-files 31, 32, 33, 34 after the original file is divided, and the length and width of the sub-files 31, 32, 33, 34 are respectively obtained when the image is enlarged. The magnification is 2 results.

Afterwards, the processing module 1011 executes the enlarging print processing program according to the result of the original file 3 after the division process. This program is to drive the scanning module 12 again by the processing module 1011 to divide the sub-file 31, 32, 33, 34 scan in sequence. For the first time, scan the image block of the sub-file 31 and obtain its corresponding digital image, and store this digital image in the temporary storage module 1013, then control the image enlargement module 1017 to the digital image of the sub-file 31 The length and width are enlarged by 2 times, and the printing module 14 is controlled to print out the digital image enlarged by the image enlargement module 1017 according to the set printing paper, as shown in FIG. 3D . As for the processing methods of the remaining sub-files 32, 33, 34, they are executed in batches, and each time the processing flow is the same as that of the sub-file 31, and finally the printout results as shown in Fig. 3E to Fig. 3G can be obtained respectively.

Next, please refer to FIG. 4, which is a flow chart of the poster printing control method in the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Please also refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 for the relevant system architecture. Put it on the scanning platform of the scanning module 12, and start to execute the poster printing function, the execution steps of this method are as follows:

For example, in step S401 , the scanning module 12 is driven to pre-scan the original document, and the digital image obtained after scanning is stored in the temporary storage module 1013 . The main purpose of performing this step is to use the scanned digital image to obtain the size of the original document, so the quality requirement for the scanned image may not be high. In this embodiment, when this step is performed, the scanning module 12 is driven to use a lower resolution for fast scanning, where the lower resolution refers to the highest scanning resolution lower than the scanning module 12 itself can provide, the preferred mode The lowest scanning resolution provided by the scanning module 12 is selected, because scanning an image with a lower resolution can not only make the digital image of the scanning result occupy less storage space, but also speed up the scanning speed.

Next, for example in step S403, the digital image of the scanned original file is divided into m×m equal parts to obtain the image blocks of m×m sub-files that constitute the original file; then, for example in step S405, set the print module 19 to Output the size of the printing paper for printing; then, for example, in step S407, calculate the magnification ratio required to enlarge the image of each sub-file to the size of the printing paper, the calculation method of this magnification ratio is to combine the length and width of the printing paper Divide the length and width of the sub-file to obtain the relative magnification for the length and width of the sub-file.

Next, for example, in step S409, the scanning module 12 is driven again to scan the image block where one of the sub-files obtained after the original file is divided, and the scanning result is stored in the temporary storage module 1013, and the resolution used for scanning at this stage is Normal scanning resolution or the highest scanning resolution to ensure the image quality after scanning; and for example in step S411, use the magnification calculated in step S407 to enlarge the digital image obtained by scanning the sub-file in step S409; then for example in step S411 S413 , print out the image enlargement result of step S411 on the set printing paper through the printing module 19 .

And after step S413 is carried out, then for example in step S415, judge whether all the remaining sub-files that obtain after the original file is divided through the processing of steps S409～S413, if judged otherwise return to in step S409 to next step S409 The sub-files processed in S409-S413 continue to be processed, and the method flow shown in FIG. 4 is not ended until all sub-sub-files have completed the processing of steps S409-S413.

In addition, the aforementioned step S401 can also be executed in another way, for example, when the user already knows the size of the original document, it can also be directly input to the poster printing control module 101 through the input operation module 16 .

In addition, regarding the process operation disclosed in FIG. 4, step S401 is to perform a pre-scan in a fast scan mode. This technical feature allows the temporary storage module 1013 to not provide an excessively large storage space, so as to save hardware costs; Steps S409-S413 are respectively performed in steps S409-S413 for each sub-file in the original file divided into equal parts. In this way, the temporary storage module 1013 can repeatedly temporarily store the scanned images of each sub-file with limited storage space, so that the temporary The storage module 1013 can meet the storage space required by the poster function for printing without requiring too much storage space.

With the help of the above description, the poster printing control module 101 and its method in the foregoing embodiments allow the user to directly operate the poster printing function on the multifunctional business machine 1, and during this operation, the user only needs to start the poster printing function, and place the original document on the scanning place, and input and set the size of the printing paper to be printed out, the poster printing control module 101 inside the MFP 1 can automatically complete the printing output of the poster. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the present invention can implement the poster function smoothly with a relatively low storage space, and thus has significant benefits in reducing the manufacturing cost of the multifunctional business machine 1 .

However, the above drawings and text descriptions only disclose the embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make other various improvements according to the above descriptions, and such changes still belong to the spirit of the present invention and are described in the claims. within the defined range.

Claims (9)

1. a placard print control program is characterized in that, is applicable to multifunctional paper feeding machine, and this multifunctional paper feeding machine provides print module and scan module at least, said method comprising the steps of:

Equal portions are cut apart the original document of known dimensions size, so that this original document is made up of a plurality of subfiles;

Set the print paper that output print is used; And

Respectively described a plurality of subfiles are carried out and amplified print processing program;

Wherein this amplification print processing program be by this scan module to the scanning earlier of this subfile obtaining after the corresponding digitized video, again the digitized video of this subfile is carried out image and amplifies, and by this print module output print to this print paper;

Wherein the digitized video of this subfile being carried out the enlargement ratio that image amplifies is to calculate automatically according to the dimension scale between this print paper and this subfile to determine;

Wherein the step of respectively described a plurality of subfiles being carried out this amplification print processing program is carried out in the gradation mode, and the digitized video that all uses common memory space to come memory scanning to obtain when carrying out this amplification print processing program each time.

2. placard print control program as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, wherein to cut apart the step of this original document be that equal portions partitioning scheme with m * m carries out to equal portions.

3. placard print control program as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that wherein this original document is placed in the scanning platform of this scan module, and this print paper is of a size of the specification that this print module can be supported printout.

4. placard print control program as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, further may further comprise the steps:

By this scan module this original document is carried out prescan, to learn the size of this original document, wherein this scan module is carried out the employed resolution of this prescan less than maximum scan resolution that this scan module provided.

5. placard print control program as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, further may further comprise the steps:

Receive the size of this original document of user's input.

6. placard print control program as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the step of wherein calculating this enlargement ratio is that the length of this print paper and width are divided by with the length and the width of this subfile respectively, the multiplying power that will amplify with the length of obtaining this subfile relatively and width.

7. a placard printing control model is applicable to multifunctional paper feeding machine, it is characterized in that, this multifunctional paper feeding machine provides print module and scan module at least, and this placard printing control model comprises:

The paper setting module is in order to set the print paper that this print module output print is used;

Cut apart module, cut apart the original document of known dimensions size in order to equal portions, so that this original document is made up of a plurality of subfiles;

The image amplification module is in order to carry out the image processing and amplifying to described a plurality of subfiles respectively;

Computing module is amplified to the required enlargement ratio of this print paper in order to calculate decision automatically according to the dimension scale between this print paper and this subfile with this subfile; And

Processing module, in order to control this paper setting module, this cuts apart the operation between module, this image amplification module and this computing module, this processing module is also amplified print processing programs in order to respectively described a plurality of subfiles are carried out;

Wherein this amplification print processing program drive this scan module to the scanning of this subfile to obtain after the corresponding digitized video, control this image amplification module again and the digitized video of this subfile is carried out image with this enlargement ratio amplify, and by this print module output print to this print paper;

Wherein this processing module is controlled this image amplification module and respectively described a plurality of subfiles is carried out this amplification print processing program and carry out successively in the gradation mode, and the digitized video that all comes memory scanning to obtain by a common temporary module when carrying out this amplification print processing program each time.

8. placard printing control model as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, wherein this processing module is carried out prescan by this scan module to this original document, learning the size of this original document, and this scan module is carried out the employed resolution of this prescan less than maximum scan resolution that this scan module provided.

9. placard printing control model as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, wherein the calculating of this enlargement ratio is that the length of this print paper and width are divided by with the length and the width of this subfile respectively, the multiplying power that will amplify with the length of obtaining this subfile relatively and width.

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