Information processing device, non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program, and printing system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorRyosuke Inoda
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Abstract
An object of the invention is to solve low productivity of foil-stamping printing due to frequent replacement of foil rolls when the positions of sizes of foil objects are different in a plurality of jobs. A grouping unit groups jobs on the basis of a foil roll which can be attached to a foil stamping device and foil object information. A job sorting unit sorts the grouped jobs on the basis of a sorting policy by group. A foil-stamping print data transmitting unit transmits foil-stamping print data including the foil object, which is extracted from print data to a foil stamping device. A foil roll replacement information output unit outputs foil roll replacement information indicating a timing that a foil roll is replaced.
Claims27
An information processing device comprising:
- a foil object information calculating unit calculating foil object information including position and size of a foil object in a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of a sheet which is fed to a foil stamping device on the basis of foil-stamping print data extracted from print data included in a plurality of jobs;
- a grouping unit grouping the jobs on the basis of a foil roll which can be attached to the foil stamping device and the foil object information;
- a job sorting unit sorting the grouped jobs on the basis of a preliminarily specified sorting policy by group;
- a foil-stamping print data transmitting unit transmitting the foil-stamping print data including the foil object which is extracted from the print data and is for stamping foil to the sheet on which an image is formed;
- a no-foil print data transmitting unit transmitting no-foil print data which is extracted from the print data and does not include the foil object to an image forming device for forming the image on the sheet;
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- a foil roll replacement information output unit outputting foil roll replacement information indicating a timing that the foil roll is replaced.
A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer-readable program:
- calculating foil object information including position and size of a foil object in a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of a sheet which is fed to a foil stamping device on the basis of foil-stamping print data extracted from print data included in a plurality of jobs;
- grouping the jobs on the basis of a foil roll which can be attached to the foil stamping device and the foil object information;
- sorting the grouped jobs on the basis of a preliminarily specified sorting policy by group;
- transmitting, to the foil stamping device, the foil-stamping print data including the foil object which is extracted from the print data and is for stamping foil to the sheet on which an image is formed;
- transmitting no-foil print data which is extracted from the print data and does not include the foil object to an image forming device for forming the image on the sheet;
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- outputting foil roll replacement information indicating a timing that the foil roll is replaced.
A printing system comprising:
- an image forming device forming an image on a sheet;
- a foil stamping device stamping foil on the sheet on which the image is formed;
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- an information processing device,
- wherein the information processing device comprises:
- a foil object information calculating unit calculating foil object information including position and size of a foil object in a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of a sheet which is fed to the foil stamping device on the basis of foil-stamping print data extracted from print data included in a plurality of jobs;
- a grouping unit grouping the jobs on the basis of a foil roll which can be attached to the foil stamping device and the foil object information;
- a job sorting unit sorting the grouped jobs on the basis of a preliminarily specified sorting policy by group;
- a foil-stamping print data transmitting unit transmitting, to the foil stamping device, the foil-stamping print data including the foil object which is extracted from the print data and is for stamping foil to the sheet on which an image is formed;
- a no-foil print data transmitting unit transmitting no-foil print data which is extracted from the print data and does not include the foil object to the image forming device;
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- a foil roll replacement information output unit outputting foil roll replacement information indicating a timing that the foil roll is replaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.