JPH07257073A - Preparation method for postcard with photograph and device used for the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve efficiency in preparation of a postcard with a same photograph by a method wherein an adhesive is applied to a rear face of each postcard, the postcard to be laminated to a digital image of each line is stuck to a rear face of an output print by a specific procedure, and the postcard stuck to the output print is cut in a required postcard shape. CONSTITUTION:An output print 1 is set with a support member 12 of a sticking device 10 by making its rear face downward, and a circular end part 14 of a positioning member is fixed to a base board 11 with an attaching screw 16. Then, an adhesive is applied to a rear face of each postcard. Thereafter, an inner side of the postcard is separated by a specific distance outside apert from a longitudinally central axial line of the output print 1 according to a width of the postcard, made along a side face of the positioning member, and a top side and a base side of the postcard are positioned by guiding with guide lines 17, 18 formed into the positioning member, and the postcard is laminated to the output print. Then, the output print 1 to which the postcard is stuck is taken out from the sticking device 10, and cut to a specific size.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates generally to a method of making a photo postcard from a sheet containing a plurality of prints of substantially the same size, and an apparatus used in the method. The present invention relates to a method for efficiently making a photo postcard from an output print containing a plurality of substantially the same digital images, and an apparatus used for the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, greeting cards, address names, etc. arranged neatly on private postcards or official postcards, and various pictures according to the taste of the sender, etc.,
Greeting cards such as moving (hereinafter simply referred to as "postcards with photos") are often used. In the case of producing a relatively large number of postcards with photographs, conventionally, the postcard sender must inform the vendor of the wishes such as the composition and arrangement of the text to be printed, and hand over the photograph to be treated or its negative. Has adopted a method in which a trader creates a postcard with a photograph desired by the sender based on this information.
In one example of a method for mass-producing such postcards with business use, first, as in the case of mass-printing processing of ordinary photographs, first, a sheet consisting of a postcard-sized frame with desired photographs and sentences is continuously formed. The print is output in the form of a strip-shaped connection, the strip-shaped sheet, that is, the print is wound into a roll, and the roll is rotatably installed so that the print sheet can be delivered. On the other hand, an adhesive roll, in which a strip of a sheet having a width substantially the same as the width of the print sheet, is wound in a roll shape, is installed so as to face the roll of the print sheet and to be rotatable. The sheet constituting the adhesive roll is a sheet in which both the inner surface and the outer surface are peeled off and the inner surface is coated with the adhesive.

The sheets of these rolls are arranged such that the back surface of the print sheet and the inner surface of the adhesive roll sheet coated with the adhesive are superposed on the downstream side. When these are superposed, the adhesive is transferred to the back surface of the print sheet, and then the band of the adhesive roll is wound up. Downstream of the winding position of the adhesive roll and below the adhesive-coated print sheet, postcards to be attached to the print are stacked with the surface to be addressed facing down. It is arranged. These stacked postcards are urged upward while being supported by a suitable guide device, and are attached one by one to the back surface of the print via an adhesive in synchronization with the delivery of the print sheet. A punching machine is arranged downstream of the stacked postcards, and the postcard and the print laminated by the punching machine are punched to a desired postcard size. In recent years, however, it has been increasingly desired that a small number of postcards with photographs are produced at home and personally, rather than in a large amount as described above. In order to meet such demands, today, images of various printed materials such as photographs are modified as desired, and images created by combining images of multiple individual printed materials are as large as postcards. In addition, a so-called digital image system capable of photo printing has been developed, and by using this photo print, that is, an output print with a digital image, it is possible to personally and easily create a small number of postcards with photographs. Became.

This digital image system captures an image of a printed matter as a digital image, transfers an image input device for transferring the digital image data to a computer, and deletes or adds to the input digital image data as necessary. Or a computer for making various modifications such as a combination, and a printer for outputting a print from the final digital image data from the computer.

[0005]

However, the output print from the current digital image system is a predetermined size having a plurality of digital images, and in many cases, four digital image frames are vertically and horizontally arranged in A4 size. A print of a size that is arranged and has slight margins on the top, bottom, left and right edges (thus, the output print itself is slightly larger than the A4 size. This size will be simply referred to as "A4 special size" hereinafter). Therefore, even if one frame is output in a form in which it is continuously connected in only one direction, such as for commercial use, let alone one frame that exactly matches the size and shape of the postcard to be used, especially the official postcard. It is not a print that is output in the state of. Therefore,
In such an output print, it is impossible to use the above-mentioned method for mass-producing postcards with business which is practical. Therefore, in such a case, it is immediately conceivable to first cut each digital image along the frame from the output print, and then glue such as glue on the back of the cut digital image or the back of the postcard. After applying, the digital image and the postcard are pasted together.

However, in such a method, it is necessary to cut the digital image and the postcard again so that the size and shape of the postal image match after the bonding, which is not preferable in terms of manufacturing efficiency. On the other hand, without cutting each digital image in advance, it is also possible to apply an adhesive to the entire back surface of the output print, attach a postcard to this, and then cut the entire postcard with a photograph into a desired size and shape. However, this is not preferable because the adhesive is applied to the extra place, so the adhesive is attached to the cutting means at the time of cutting, and the position of sticking the postcard to the output print is accurate. Since it is not possible to know, it is not possible to create the same postcard with photos from the same digital images. Further, contrary to the above method, in the case of applying the adhesive to the postcard, the problem with respect to the correct postcard attachment position for the output print, even if the trouble with the cutting means can be solved,
That is, the problem that it is not possible to create postcards with substantially the same picture is still unsolved.

[0007]

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an efficient and substantially identical photo postcard from an output print containing a plurality of substantially identical digital images and a method for use in the method. The purpose is to provide a tool to do so.

[0008]

The object of the present invention is to:
An output print having a plurality of digital images output from a digital image system and arranged in two rows in a longitudinal direction, wherein an inner side of the digital image in each row is arranged along a longitudinal centerline of the output print. In the method for creating a postcard with a photograph from the output prints in which the bottom side of the digital image in the upper row of the digital image is arranged in contact with the top side of the digital image in the lower row, an adhesive is applied to the back surface of each postcard to be used. The inner side of the postcard to be attached to the digital image of each column is spaced a predetermined distance outward from the longitudinal center axis of the output print according to the width of the postcard, and the top and bottom sides of each postcard are A process of sticking the back side of each postcard to the back side of the output print by aligning one side with the top side or the bottom side of each digital image of the output print corresponding thereto. And a step of cutting each of the pasted postcards and the output print into a desired postcard shape, the method including the steps of: An output print having a plurality of digital images output from a digital image system and arranged in two rows in a longitudinal direction, wherein an inner side of the digital image in each row is along a longitudinal centerline of the output print. An apparatus for use in a method of making a photo postcard from the output prints arranged, wherein the bottom of the digital image in the upper row of the digital image is arranged in contact with the top of the digital image in the lower row, In a pasting device for accurately pasting a postcard on the back surface of an output print, a support member for supporting the output print and a longitudinal central axis of the support member A positioning member removably attached to the supporting member so as to be aligned with the central axis of the longitudinal direction, the positioning member having a width determined according to the width of a photo postcard to be produced, Accurately paste a postcard on the back side of the output print having one of the top side and the bottom side of the power postcard and a guide line for guiding the top side or the bottom side corresponding to each of the digital images of the output print. It is achieved by a sticking device for sticking.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a postcard with a photograph can be efficiently produced from an output print containing a plurality of substantially the same digital images.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring to FIG. 1, an A4 special size output print 1 output from a digital imaging system
It is shown. This output print 1 has four identical digital images 2, 3, 4, 5 made up of frames, each digital image neatly arranged in a frame in a photograph 6 and in a margin 7. , A text 8 including a greeting, an address, a name, and the like. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the digital images are arranged on the output print 1 one above the other, one from the left and one from the right. In detail, the inner side of the frame of each digital image is arranged along the longitudinal centerline C of the output print 1, the bottom side of the digital images 2, 3 in the upper row and the top side of the digital images 4, 5 in the lower row. Are arranged in contact with each other, and there are slight margins (white edges) on the upper, lower, left, and right edges of the output print 1. FIG. 2 shows a sticking device 10 for accurately sticking a postcard on the back surface of the output print 1. The attachment device 10 has a base plate 11 for attaching the output print 1 to the base plate 11, that is,
A support member 12 for supporting the output print 1 on the base plate 11 is provided. In FIG. 2, the support member 12 is
Although shown as supporting the output print 1 only at its four corners, of course, the support member 12 may be shaped to support all of the outer edges of the output print 1. That is, the support member 12 connects the output print 1 to the base plate 11
Any means can be used as long as it can be retained so that it does not substantially move to the predetermined position. In FIG. 2, the sticking tool 1
The output print 1 to be attached to 0 is shown in broken lines.

The attachment device 10 also has a positioning member 13 which is detachably attached to the base plate 11. The positioning member 13 has circular end portions 14 at the upper and lower ends thereof, and a mounting hole 15 is formed at the center of each circular end portion. The positioning member 13 has a central axis between the left and right support members 12 in which the central axis in the longitudinal direction of the positioning member 13 is set by the mounting screws 16 that are screwed into the female screw holes formed in the base plate 11 through the respective mounting holes 15. That is, it is attached to the base plate 11 so as to be aligned with the central axis of the support member 12 in the longitudinal direction. Although the positioning member 13 can be made of wood, paper, etc.,
It is preferably made of plastic from the viewpoint of durability. The width of the positioning member 13 is set to 6 mm in this embodiment. The width of the positioning member 13 determines the installation position of the inner side of each postcard for each digital image.
That is, the width of the positioning member 13 is 6 mm in this embodiment.
Therefore, each postcard is separated from the longitudinal center line C of the output print 1 by 3 mm and is output outward from the output print 1 respectively.
Will be affixed to. In other words, the positioning member 13
The width of is determined according to the width of the postcard to be used, and the wider the postcard, the narrower it becomes.

The positioning member 13 guides the bottom of the postcard to be used to the bottom of the corresponding digital image, that is, guides the bottom of the postcard to be used to the bottom of the corresponding digital image. Guide line for,
18 is written. The guide line 17 is for postcards attached to the digital images 2 and 3 in the upper row, and the guide line 18 is for postcards attached to the digital images 4 and 5 in the lower row. Guide line 18
Is marked at the height displaced from the bottom of the A4 special size output print shown by the broken line in FIG. 2 by the height of the margin (white edge) existing at the lower edge thereof, while the guide line 1
7 is marked at the bottom height of the digital images 2, 3. That is, in this embodiment, the photo postcard is created based on the bottom of the digital image. Contrary to this embodiment, the guide lines 17, 18 can be configured as guide lines for aligning the top edges of the postcards to be used, in which case the photo postcard will be aligned with the top edges of the digital image. It will be easily understood that the standard is prepared. Next, a method of creating a postcard with a photograph from the output print 1 will be described. First, the output print 1 is placed, with its surface facing down, on the support member 12 of the attachment device 10, and subsequently, the mounting screws 16 are passed through the mounting holes 15 of each circular end portion 14 of the positioning member 13 to the base plate 11. The positioning member 13 is positioned at a predetermined position by being screwed into the female threaded hole.

Next, an adhesive such as glue is applied to the back surface of the postcard to be used for the photo postcard. According to this method, as compared with the case where the adhesive is applied to the entire output print and the postcard is attached thereto, the adhesive does not exist even in the unnecessary place, and therefore, when the cutting is performed later, , There is no problem such as unnecessary adhesion of adhesive to the cutting tool.
In applying the adhesive to the backside of the postcard, in order to easily ensure uniform application of the adhesive to the backside of the postcard, place the backside of the postcard on the adhesive layer surface of the adhesive roll having the same width as the postcard. It is preferred to transfer the adhesive to the postcard by pressing. The structure of the adhesive roll is the same as that described in the related art and will not be described here. Then, the inner side of each postcard is along the side surface of the positioning member 13, and the bottom side of the postcard to be attached to the digital images 2 and 3 in the upper row is the guide line 17 of the positioning member 13, and similarly, the digital image in the lower row. The bottom side of the postcard to be pasted on Nos. 4 and 5 is along the guide line 18 of the positioning member 13, that is, the bottom side of each postcard is aligned with the bottom side of the corresponding digital image, and the back side of the postcard is the back side of the output print 1. Pasted on. Positioning member 1
According to this method of using the sticking device 10 including 3, the postcard can be accurately stuck to the output print 1 without repeatedly checking the position of the digital image on the surface of the output print 1, and thus each of the same It is possible to create the same postcard with photos from digital images.

Finally, the output print 1 accompanied by the postcard is taken out from the pasting device 10, and the output print 1 is cut by an appropriate cutting means,
For example, a scissor, a cutter, or a punching machine having a postcard-shaped blade is used to cut into a desired size and shape. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, various modifications are possible within the scope of the invention described in the claims,
It goes without saying that they are also included in the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the output print 1 was the A4 special size,
Of course, other sizes of output prints can be used. In this case, the supporting member 12 is formed to have a size and shape capable of supporting the output print of the other size. Also, in the above embodiment, although the support member 12 is shaped to fit the form of the output print 1 used, the output print 1 may have some variation in its longitudinal dimension due to its tolerances. is there. Therefore, the support member 12 is formed in a size that can accept an output print that is slightly longer than the output print to be used.
An adjusting member formed of a horizontally long plate may be provided to be inserted into a gap between the output print 1 and the output print 1 and fixedly support the output print between, for example, the support member 12 located below. In this case, the adjusting member is fixed to the base plate 11 by a temporary fastening means such as a tape.

Further, in the above embodiment, the base plate 1 is adjacent to the output print installation position shown by the broken line in FIG.
1 may be provided with a recess for facilitating the taking out of the output print from the attachment device. In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the output print 1 is applied before the adhesive is applied to the postcard.
Was attached to the sticking tool 10, but the adhesive may be applied to the postcard first. Furthermore, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the attachment device 10 has the base plate 11, and the base plate 1
1 has a support member 12 for supporting the output print on the base plate 11, but the attachment device does not include the base plate 11, and a support member in the form of a frame surrounding the output print, A positioning member may be directly and removably attached to the support member so that the central axis of the longitudinal direction is aligned with the central axis of the support member. By omitting the base plate 11, the structure of the attachment device can be further simplified.

[0016]

According to the present invention, a method for efficiently producing substantially the same postcard with a photograph from an output print containing a plurality of substantially the same digital images, and an apparatus used for the method. It becomes possible to provide.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of an A4 special size output print output from a digital image system.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a sticking device for accurately sticking a postcard on the back surface of an output print.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Output print 2, 3, 4, 5 Digital image 6 Photograph 7 Blank space 8 Text 10 Attachment device 11 Base plate 12 Support member 13 Positioning member 14 Circular end 15 Mounting hole 16 Mounting screw 17, 18 Guide line

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An output print having a plurality of digital images output from a digital image system and arranged in two rows in a longitudinal direction, wherein an inner side of the digital image in each row is a longitudinal center of the output print. A method for making a photo postcard from the output prints arranged along a line, the bottom side of the digital image in the upper row of the digital image being in contact with the top side of the digital image in the lower row. An adhesive is applied to the back surface of the postcard, and the inner side of the postcard to be attached to the digital image of each column is separated by a predetermined distance outward from the central axis of the output print in the longitudinal direction according to the width of the postcard, One of the top side and the bottom side is matched with the top side or the bottom side of each corresponding digital image of the output print, and the back side of each postcard is set to the back side of the output print. Creating a postcard with a photograph, including a step of pasting, including the predetermined distance being 0, and further having a step of cutting each of the pasted postcards and the output print into a desired postcard shape. how to. 2. The step of attaching the back side of each postcard to the back side of the output print should be made by placing the back side of the output print with the longitudinal center axis aligned with the longitudinal center axis of the output print. A guideline for guiding one of the width determined by the width of the photo postcard and the top edge of the postcard to be used to one of the corresponding top edges of each digital image of the output print. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that it is carried out using a positioning member 13 having 17,18. 3. An output print having a plurality of digital images output from a digital image system and arranged in two rows in a longitudinal direction, wherein an inner side of the digital image in each row is a longitudinal center of the output print. A device used in a method of making a photo postcard from the output prints arranged along a line, with the bottom of the digital images in the top row of the digital images in contact with the top of the digital images in the bottom row. Then, in a sticking device for accurately sticking a postcard on the back surface of the output print, a support member for supporting the output print, and a central axis in the longitudinal direction aligns with a central axis in the longitudinal direction of the support member. And a positioning member detachably attached to the support member, the positioning member being determined according to the width of the photo postcard to be created. On the back side of the output print, having a width and a guide line for guiding one of the top and bottom of the postcard to be used to the top or bottom of each corresponding digital image of the output print. A sticking device for sticking postcards accurately. 4. The attachment device includes a base plate 11, the support member 12 is provided on the base plate 11, and the positioning member 13 has a longitudinal center axis in the longitudinal direction of the support member 12. The sticking instrument according to claim 3, which is detachably attached to the base 11 so as to be aligned with the central axis.