CN-114476800-B - Printing assembly management device, conveyance management device, and printing system

CN114476800BCN 114476800 BCN114476800 BCN 114476800BCN-114476800-B

Abstract

The process from the printer to the sheet processing machine is labor-saving. The printing assembly management device (201) is communicably connected to a conveyance management device (203), and the conveyance management device (203) manages a plurality of unmanned conveyance vehicles (20) that convey a stacker (1) capable of stacking sheets discharged from a printing machine (3). A printing summary management device (201) generates conveyance instruction information for conveying a stacker (1) on which sheets discharged from a printer (3) are stacked from a sheet receiving position of the printer (3) to a sheet feeding position of a next processing machine, based on job information in which manufacturing process steps for manufacturing printed matter are registered, and transmits the conveyance instruction information to a conveyance management device (203).

Inventors

YAMAMOTO HIROO
KASHIWAGI KOHEI

Assignees

株式会社好利用

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20211022
Priority Date: 20201026

Claims (12)

1. A print job completion management apparatus communicably connected to a conveyance management apparatus that manages a plurality of unmanned conveyance apparatuses that convey a sheet stacking apparatus capable of stacking sheets discharged from a printer, the print job completion management apparatus being characterized by comprising a processing section that generates conveyance instruction information for conveying the sheet stacking apparatus stacked with sheets discharged from the printer from a sheet receiving position of the printer to a sheet feeding position of a next processor by one of the unmanned conveyance apparatuses, based on job information in which manufacturing process steps for manufacturing printed matter are registered, and a communication section that transmits the conveyance instruction information to the conveyance management apparatus, wherein information relating to an orientation of sheets discharged from the printer to the sheet stacking apparatus is included in the conveyance instruction information.
2. The printing summary management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a sheet size, a sheet thickness, and a sheet number stacked by the sheet stacking apparatus is contained in the conveyance instruction information.
3. The printing summary management apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conveyance instruction information includes processing machine identification information given to the processing machine and offset information of a sheet feeding position in the processing machine, respectively.
4. The printing summary management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance instruction information includes information on a paper feed direction of the processing machine by the sheet stacking apparatus.
5. The printing summary management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in a case where a plurality of sheet stacking apparatuses are required to execute one job, the conveyance instruction information includes at least any one of identification information of the plurality of sheet stacking apparatuses that execute one job, an order of the sheet stacking apparatuses that stack sheets discharged from the printer, and an order of the sheet stacking apparatuses that supply sheets to the next processing machine.
6. The printing summary management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processing section generates conveying instruction information for conveying the sheet stacking apparatus, which does not stack the sheets, to a sheet receiving position of the printer, based on the job information.
7. The printing summary management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the conveyance instruction information includes identification information given to the sheet stacking apparatuses, respectively.
8. A conveyance management apparatus that manages a plurality of unmanned conveyance apparatuses that convey sheet stacking apparatuses capable of stacking sheets discharged from a printer, includes an information acquisition section that acquires at least one of battery information, running information, and current position information of each of the unmanned conveyance apparatuses, a determination section that determines any one of the unmanned conveyance apparatuses based on information acquired by the information acquisition section and the conveyance instruction information when conveyance instruction information for conveying the sheet stacking apparatus is received, and a communication section that transmits the conveyance instruction information to the determined unmanned conveyance apparatus, wherein in the conveyance instruction information, at least one of a sheet size, a sheet thickness, and a sheet number stacked by the sheet stacking apparatus, identification information of the sheet stacking apparatus, and identification information of a printer or a processor that is a conveyance destination of the sheet stacking apparatus is included, wherein in the conveyance instruction information, information relating to an orientation of sheets discharged from the printer to the sheet stacking apparatus is included.
9. The conveyance management apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the conveyance instruction information includes information on a travel path from a conveyance source to a conveyance destination of the sheet stacking apparatus and information on a specific point on the travel path, the specific point including at least one of inclination information of a floor, height information of the floor, temperature, humidity, air volume of an air conditioner, and wind direction of the air conditioner.
10. A printing system comprising the printing summary management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7, and the conveyance management apparatus according to claim 8 or 9.
11. A method for executing the steps of generating, by a computer, conveyance instruction information for conveying a sheet stacking apparatus on which sheets discharged from a printer are stacked to a sheet supply position of a processing machine that performs the next step by one of unmanned conveying apparatuses, based on job information describing job information for manufacturing printed matter, including information on an orientation of sheets discharged from the printer to the sheet stacking apparatus, and transmitting the conveyance instruction information to a conveyance management apparatus that manages a plurality of unmanned conveying apparatuses that convey the sheet stacking apparatus.
12. A computer program for causing a computer to function as the printing blanket management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

Description

Printing assembly management device, conveyance management device, and printing system Technical Field The present invention relates to a printing summary management device, a conveyance management device, and a printing system. Background In patent document 1, a sheet stacking apparatus that stacks sheets discharged from a printer onto a stack tray and conveys the sheets to an off-line stapler is disclosed. The sheet stacking apparatus of patent document 1 reduces the burden on an operator to perform a transfer job to a paper feed portion by lowering a stack tray according to the weight of sheets to hold the upper surface of the stack tray at a fixed position. [ Prior Art literature ] [ Patent literature ] Japanese patent application laid-open No. 2013-52971 Disclosure of Invention [ Problem to be solved by the invention ] However, in the sheet stacking apparatus described in patent document 1, an operator moves the carriage or transfers the carriage to the paper feeding portion, and thus, the operator is burdened with the sheet stacking apparatus. The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a printing general management apparatus, a conveyance management apparatus, and a printing system that can save labor in a process from a printer to a sheet processing machine. [ Means for solving the problems ] The first aspect of the present invention is a printing head management device communicably connected to a conveyance management device that manages a plurality of unmanned conveyance devices that convey a sheet stacking device capable of stacking sheets discharged from a printer, the printing head management device including a processing section that generates conveyance instruction information for conveying the sheet stacking device stacked with sheets discharged from the printer from a sheet receiving position of the printer to a sheet feeding position of a next processor, based on job information in which manufacturing process steps for manufacturing printed matter are registered, and a communication section that transmits the conveyance instruction information to the conveyance management device. According to the printing summary management apparatus described above, the conveyance instruction information that conveys the sheet stacking apparatus stacked with the sheets discharged from the printer from the sheet receiving position of the printer to the sheet feeding position of the next processing machine is transmitted to the conveyance management apparatus. Thus, the sheet stacking apparatus can be automatically moved from the printer to the processing machine as the next step by using the unmanned conveying apparatus, and labor saving can be achieved. In the printing summary management apparatus, the conveyance instruction information may include at least one of a sheet size, a sheet thickness, and a sheet number stacked by the sheet stacking apparatus. Since the sheet size, the sheet thickness, and the number of sheets are information related to the weight of the sheet stacking apparatus, the weight of the sheet stacking apparatus can be estimated based on these information. Thus, an automated guided vehicle suitable for conveying the sheet stacking apparatus can be selected, and the automated guided vehicle can be caused to travel at an appropriate acceleration or speed corresponding to the stacking weight when conveying the sheet stacking apparatus. In the printing summary management apparatus, the conveyance instruction information may include processing machine identification information to be given to the processing machine and offset information of a sheet supply position in the processing machine. The present inventors have found that labor saving is hindered when the types are different depending on the manufacturer, use, etc. of the printer or sheet processing machine. For example, in the case of a processing machine, the paper feed position of a sheet may be different depending on the type of the processing machine. According to the printing summary management apparatus described above, since the conveyance instruction information includes the processor identification information given to the processor and the offset information of the sheet supply position in the processor, the sheet stacking apparatus can be provided at an appropriate sheet supply position according to the model of the processor. Thus, stable and smooth sheet feeding can be realized. In the printing summary management apparatus, the conveyance instruction information may include information on a feeding direction of the sheet to the processing machine. By including information on the feeding direction of the sheet to the processing machine in the conveyance instruction information, even when the discharging direction of the sheet in the printer is different from the feeding direction of the sheet in the processing machine, the sheet can be fed in an appropriate dire