Post-printing process support system, post-printing process support program, and post-printing process support method

• US 7,852,498 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2006
• Issued: 12/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Ohashi, Hirotaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Garcia; Gabriel I
• Application Number:
  US11/352,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20060184877A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,765 Days
• Field of Search: 358 11- 19, 358 111- 118, 399/81, 399/14, 399/86
• US Class Current: 358/1.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1211 Improving printing performance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1264 by assigning post-processing resources
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1284 Local printer device

Abstract

A post-printing process support system, which supports a post-printing process relating to a print medium, includes: a print setting information acquisition section which acquires print setting information including a setting relating to a print format; an animation data generation section which generates, based on the print setting information acquired by the print setting information acquisition section, animation data which shows a post-printing process procedure relating to the print medium which has been printed based on the print setting information; and an animation image display section which displays an animation image based on the animation data generated by the animation data generation section.

Claims

1. A post-printing process support system, which supports a post-printing process relating to a print medium, comprising:

a print setting information acquisition section which acquires print setting information including a setting relating to a print format;

an animation data generation section which generates, based on the print setting information acquired by the print setting information acquisition section, animation data which shows a post-printing process procedure relating to the print medium having been printed based on the print setting information, the animation data having a plurality of static images showing the post-printing process procedure; and

an animation image display section which displays an animation image based on the animation data generated by the animation data generation section by displaying the plurality of static images in succession;

wherein the animation image includes a conceptual image having a printing paper image and a content image;

the post-printing process support system being equipped with a mode selector for selecting either a first mode or a second mode, the first mode for displaying the conceptual image with the printing paper image having a distortion of angle and the content image having a distortion of angle corresponding to the distortion of angle of the printing paper image, the second mode for displaying the conceptual image with the printing paper image having a distortion of angle and the content image without having a distortion of angle; and

the animation image display section, when the post-printing process support system is in the first mode, changing the content image having the distortion of angle to the content image in a schematic figure without the distortion of angle.

2. A post-printing process support system according to claim 1, wherein

the print setting information includes a setting relating to a method of folding the print medium, and wherein

the animation data generation section generates, based on the print setting information acquired by the print setting information acquisition section, animation data which shows a procedure for folding the print medium having been printed based on the print setting information.

3. A post-printing process support system according to claim 1, wherein

the print setting information includes a setting relating to a method of cutting the print medium, and wherein

the animation data generation section generates, based on the print setting information acquired by the print setting information acquisition section, animation data which shows a procedure for cutting the print medium having been printed based on the print setting information.

4. A post-printing process support system according to claim 1, wherein

the print setting information includes a setting relating to a method of binding the print medium, and wherein

the animation data generation section generates, based on the print setting information acquired by the print setting information acquisition section, animation data which shows a procedure for binding the print medium having been printed based on the print setting information.

5. A post-printing process support system according to claim 1, wherein

the print setting information includes a setting relating to two-sided printing, and wherein

the animation data generation section generates, based on the print setting information acquired by the print setting information acquisition section, animation data which shows a procedure for feeding the print medium to a printing device when the print medium having had one side printed is fed again to the printing device to print the other side based on the print setting information.

6. A post-printing process support system according to claim 1, wherein

the print setting information includes a setting relating to distribution printing, and wherein

the animation data generation section generates, based on the print setting information acquired by the print setting information acquisition section, animation data which shows a procedure for collecting the print medium, having been distribution printed using a plurality of printing devices, based on the print setting information.