Variable Print Data Generation for Color and Single-Color Layers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for generating print data for inserting-component printing are inefficient, requiring significant user labor and failing to appropriately form additional ink layers, especially in variable portions, leading to difficulties in creating various printed matters.
Innovation Solution
A program and method that generate print data by reflecting variable data in both color and single-color layer plate data, allowing for efficient formation of color and single-color layers using input data that includes non-variable and variable portions, enabling appropriate insertion of a single-color layer in variable portions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional print data generation methods are used for inserting-component printing, then print data can be generated for variable portions, but another ink layer cannot be appropriately formed at positions corresponding to variable data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the print data generation into two distinct plate data generation processes: plate data for color layer generation processing and plate data for single-color layer generation processing. This segmentation allows each process to be optimized independently - the color layer process handles variable portions while the single-color layer process ensures proper ink layer formation at variable data positions, thereby resolving the contradiction between versatility and reliability.
2Ease of operation
If print data is generated by conventional methods for inserting-component printing, then user can provide specific instructions for each printed matter, but enormous labor is required
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically generating plate data for both color and single-color layers through the print data generation device. The device autonomously processes the inserting-component printing requirements without requiring manual user instructions for each printed matter, thereby maintaining ease of operation while dramatically improving productivity and eliminating enormous labor requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional methods are used, then inserting-component printing can be performed, but it becomes difficult to efficiently create various printed matters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by creating a unified print data generation system that simultaneously handles both color layer and single-color layer generation through a single integrated process. This multi-functional approach allows the system to efficiently create various types of printed matters with different ink layer requirements without needing separate processing methods, thereby resolving the contradiction between versatility and efficiency.
Data Source
AI summary
A program causes a controller to generate print data and to perform input processing, plate data generation processing, and print data generation processing. The data input processing includes inputting, as input data for performing inserting-component printing, non-variable data corresponding to a shared portion and variable data indicating a variable portion. The plate data generation processing includes plate data for color layer generation processing for generating a plate data for color layer associated with a color layer and plate data for single-color layer generation processing for generating a plate data for single-color layer associated with a single-color layer. The plate data for color layer generation processing includes generating a plate data for color layer by reflecting the variable portion in the variable data. The plate data for single-color layer generation processing includes generating a plate data for single-color layer by reflecting the variable portion in the variable data.