Patent ID: 9206013
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: B65H,G06F

Abstract:
1. A data editing apparatus for editing imposition data to be imposed on at least one print product having a plurality of pages, comprising: a data editing portion for editing grid data, which define page numbers and vertical directions of the pages in order to generate the imposition data; and a fold data editing indicating portion for instructing to edit fold data, which define positions of fold lines, folding directions, and a folding sequence by which the print product is folded into a signature; wherein, in a case that the data editing portion is instructed to edit the fold data by the fold data editing indicating portion, the data editing portion adds the fold data to the imposition data; said apparatus further comprising: a storage portion for storing the imposition data; wherein the data editing portion generates first imposition data by imposing the grid data on a hypothetical print product simulating the print product, and stores the first imposition data in the storage portion; and in the case that the data editing portion is instructed to edit the fold data by the fold data editing indicating portion, the data editing portion reads out the first imposition data from the storage portion, and adds the fold data to the first imposition data that is read out from the storage portion, thereby generating second imposition data in which the grid data and the fold data are imposed on the hypothetical print product; and further comprising: a display portion for displaying the hypothetical print product; wherein the display portion displays a process of generating the first imposition data that is carried out by the data editing portion; in the case that the data editing portion is instructed to edit the fold data by the fold data editing indicating portion, the display portion switches to displaying the hypothetical print product with no data imposed thereon; and the display portion displays, in succession, imposition of the fold data on the hypothetical print product, and imposition of the grid data of the first imposition data on the hypothetical print product with the fold data imposed thereon, thereby displaying a process of generating the second imposition data.