1. A developing apparatus configured to rotate a horizontally held substrate, and to develop the substrate by supplying a developer onto a surface of the substrate, the developing apparatus comprising:
a substrate holding means configured to horizontally hold the substrate;
a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the substrate in a horizontal plane;
a first nozzle configured to supply the developer onto the substrate surface, while the substrate is being rotated by the rotating mechanism;
a second nozzle configured to supply a second liquid onto the substrate surface, the second nozzle being located on a position nearer to an outer peripheral part of the substrate than the first nozzle; and
a control means configured to control the rotating mechanism, the first nozzle, and the second nozzle;
wherein, before a developing step in which the developer is supplied to the substrate, the control means drives the rotating mechanism so as to rotate the substrate, and performs a pre-wetting process in which, simultaneously with the developer being supplied from the first nozzle that is located on a position near a central part of the surface of the substrate, the second liquid is supplied from the second nozzle that is located on a position nearer to the outer peripheral part of the substrate than the first nozzle, to thereby spread out the developer in the rotating direction of the substrate by a wall that is formed by the second liquid flowing the outer peripheral side of the substrate with the rotation of the substrate.
2. The developing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second liquid is a deionized water.
3. The developing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a rotational speed of the substrate rotated by the rotating mechanism is between 250 rpm and 3000 rpm.
4. The developing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein before the first nozzle and the second nozzle are moved and the developer and the second liquid are simultaneously supplied, the control means moves the second nozzle to a position above the central part of the substrate so as to supply the second liquid onto the substrate surface.
5. A developing apparatus configured to rotate a horizontally held substrate, and to develop the substrate by supplying a developer onto a surface of the substrate, the developing apparatus comprising:
a substrate holding means configured to horizontally hold the substrate;
a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the substrate in a horizontal plane;
a first nozzle configured to supply a developer onto the substrate surface, while the substrate is being rotated by the rotating mechanism;
a second nozzle configured to supply a second liquid onto the substrate surface, the second nozzle being located on a position nearer to an outer peripheral part of the substrate than the first nozzle;
a nozzle moving mechanism configured to move the first nozzle and the second nozzle in a direction connecting the central part and the outer peripheral part of the substrate; and
a control means configured to control the rotating mechanism, the nozzle moving mechanism, the first nozzle, and the second nozzle;
wherein, before a developing step in which the developer is supplied to the substrate, the control means drives the rotating mechanism so as to rotate the substrate, and performs a pre-wetting process in which, simultaneously with the developer being supplied from the first nozzle that is located on a position near a central part of the surface of the substrate, the second liquid is supplied from the second nozzle that is located on a position nearer to the outer peripheral part of the substrate than the first nozzle, and drives the nozzle moving mechanism so as to move the first nozzle and the second nozzle in a direction connecting the central part and the outer peripheral part of the substrate, to thereby spread out the developer in the rotating direction of the substrate by a wall that is formed by the second liquid flowing the outer peripheral side of the substrate with the rotation of the substrate.
6. The developing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the second liquid is a deionized water.
7. The developing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein a rotational speed of the substrate rotated by the rotating mechanism is between 250 rpm and 3000 rpm.
8. The developing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
before the first nozzle and the second nozzle are moved and the developer and the second liquid are simultaneously supplied, the control means moves the second nozzle to a position above the central part of the substrate so as to supply the second liquid onto the substrate surface.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A reception method for an online print ordering system, comprising:
a preliminary reception step of storing new order information when there is new order information;
step 1 of, if an image file, included in the stored order information, has a registered extension, an item related to postprocessing is not included in the order information and the text editing font of the image file has been smoothed, determining that the order information stored at the preliminary reception step is automatically receivable order information;
step 2 of determining whether a print entity to be selected from among print entities included in the image file is related to a double-sided print;
step 3 of running a program corresponding to the extension of the image file, opening the image file in a first page, releasing group designation of all entities, selecting all the entities for a first group, changing a size of a first document to that of the selected first group, and placing the first document at the center thereof;
step 4 of releasing the designation for the first group, selecting a print entity on an upper left side of a second document, and determining whether a size of the second document is equal to that of an ordered print;
step 5-1 of, if the print entity is determined to be related to a single-sided print at step 3 and a size of the selected print entity is equal to that of an ordered print, placing the print entity, selected at step 4, at a center of a newly inserted second page, storing the print entity in a composition file, and deleting the second page;
step 5-2 of, if the selected print entity is determined to be related to a double-sided print at step 3 and the size of the selected print entity is equal to that of the ordered print, placing the print entity, selected at step 4, in an upper left corner of the second document, selecting a print entity (101) on an upper right side of the second document, placing the print entity on an upper right corner of the second document, placing a second group, for which the two double-sided print entities, placed at the upper end of the second document, are selected, at a center of a newly inserted second page, and storing the left print entity in a front side composition file and the right print entity in a back side composition file and, simultaneously, deleting the second page; and
step 6 of, if any print entity to be processed remains in the first page, repeating step 2 and steps subsequent thereto, and, when all of the print entities of the first page are stored in composition files, providing a reception completion notice to a relevant customer’s computer over an Internet.
2. The reception method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
step 3-1 of, if the print entities, placed at the center of the second page at steps 5-1 and 5-2, correspond to a print item identical to that of the print entities remaining in the first page, selecting all of the remaining print entities for a third group by selecting the first page, changing a size of the second document to that of the third group, and placing the third group at the center thereof;
step 4-1 of releasing designation for the third group, selecting the print entity on an upper left side of the third document, and determining whether a size of the print entity is equal to that of the ordered print;
step 5-3 of, if the selected print entity is related to a single-sided print and a size of the selected print entity is equal to that of the ordered print, placing the print entity, selected at step 4-1, at a center of a newly inserted third page, selecting the print entity of the second page, placing the print entity at an upper end of the third document, and placing the print entity of the third page immediately below the print entity of the second page and, simultaneously, deleting the third page, and, if no print entity to be processed remains in the first page, selecting the print entities of the second page for a fourth group, and storing the print entities in a composition file and, simultaneously, deleting the second page;
step 5-4 of, if the selected print entities are related to a double-sided print and the size of the selected print entity is equal to that of the ordered print, placing the print entity, selected at step 4-1, in an upper left corner of the third document, selecting the print entity on an upper right side of the third document, placing the print entity in an upper right corner of the third document, placing a (2-1)th group, for which the two double-sided print entities, placed at the upper end of the third document, are selected, at the center of the newly inserted third page, selecting the second group of the second page, placing the second group at the upper end of the third document, and placing the (2-1)th group of the third page immediately below the second group of the second page and, simultaneously, deleting the third page, and, if no print entity remains in the first page or remaining print entities are related to a different print item, selecting the left print entities for a (2-2)th group and storing the print entities in a front side composition file, selecting right print entities for a (2-3)th group and storing the selected print entities in a back side composition file, and, simultaneously, deleting the second page; and
step 6-1 of, if print entities to be processed remain in the first page, repeating step 2 and steps subsequent thereto, and, if all the print entities of the first page are stored in composition files, providing a reception completion notice to the customer’s computer.