Printing System Document Splitting and Booklet Production
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face a heavy burden in setting up printing operations to split large documents into desired page units and apply specific printer output processes to each split document, requiring repetitive and error-prone settings for producing multiple booklets.
Innovation Solution
A printing system with a user-specified number-of-pages accepting part and a control part that controls printer output operations, allowing users to set up desired printer output processes for each split document individually through a printing setting screen, including options for page-number specification, process content, and authorization, reducing the need for repeated settings and errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If users manually specify page ranges for each booklet individually, then each booklet can be produced with correct settings, but the user burden and operation time increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the document into multiple booklet units automatically based on the total page count and desired booklet size. Instead of requiring users to manually specify page ranges for each of the 100 booklets, the system divides the 800-page document into 100 segments of 8 pages each, applying the division algorithm automatically to generate all page ranges.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service by automatically calculating and generating page range specifications for all booklets without requiring repeated user input. The control apparatus computes the page ranges (1-8, 9-16, ..., 793-800) autonomously based on the document properties and booklet requirements, eliminating the need for manual specification of each booklet's page range.
2Manufacturing precision
If users repeat printing settings for each booklet, then each booklet can be produced correctly, but the complexity of the operation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple identical printing operations into a single unified setting. Instead of requiring 100 separate printing setting operations for 100 booklets, the system combines all booklet production into one printing job with automated segmentation, allowing users to specify booklet requirements once and have all booklets produced through a single consolidated process.
Solution Approach 2:
The control apparatus provides universal functionality by handling both the segmentation of documents into booklets and the execution of printing operations through a single integrated system. The same control apparatus that manages printing settings also performs the automatic division of pages into booklet units, eliminating the need for separate manual configuration steps.
3Manufacturing precision
If users specify page ranges for multiple booklets, then the desired output can be achieved, but the error rate increases due to repetitive manual input
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically calculating and generating page range specifications for all booklets without requiring repeated user input. The control apparatus computes the page ranges (1-8, 9-16, ..., 793-800) autonomously based on the document properties and booklet requirements, eliminating the need for manual specification of each booklet's page range.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms to verify the correctness of automatic booklet division. The control apparatus monitors the document properties, calculates the number of booklets to be produced, and validates the generated page ranges to ensure they correctly divide the document into the desired number of booklets with the specified page count each.
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AI summary
The printing system according to the present invention has a number-of-pages accepting part for accepting user-specified number of pages, which is referred to as splitting unit for splitting a document consisting of a plurality of pages; and a control part for controlling a printer output operation of the document in such a way that each of the split documents obtained by splitting the document from the first page sequentially in the splitting unit will undergo printer output process configured via a printing setting screen.