JPH02259823A - Slip output controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for the correction or the reexecution of a program even when an output destination, etc., is changed by separating the output information into an output image and a managing table, and storing them and selecting, sending output data while collating them with a distributed table. CONSTITUTION:The managing table 121 stored in a filing device 12 is constituted of pointers representing a slip name, selection reference, and a housing position in the output image 122 out of the printing information 20, and the output image 122 is composed of a printing parameter and printing data. Also, output definition information 30 constituted of the slip name, the output destination, and a selection condition is stored in the distribution table 123. A control part 114 retrieves the output image 122 by obtaining pointer addresses from the distributed table 123 and the managing table 121, and informs output image information and the output destination to an output part 115. In such a manner, it is possible to manage only by changing the output definition information even when the output destination or the change of the selection condition occurs, and to eliminate the correction or the reexecution of the program.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is directed to a ledger output control device, particularly to a remote branch office that outputs ledgers such as monthly processing results and annual processing results that are collectively created by a computer. The present invention relates to a ledger output control device for distributing and outputting to printers at offices, offices, etc.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, one method of distributing the above-mentioned batch-generated ledgers such as monthly processing results and annual processing results to remote branches and sales offices is to use a central computer installed in a computer. This method is to print out all the ledgers in one batch using a printer, sort them by destination, and send them by post.One method is to install a printer at a branch or sales office, and then transmit and output the necessary parts from a center via a line. It is being The former is used when the amount of output is large and lines and printer equipment with a performance commensurate with the output cannot be provided, while the latter is becoming more widely used due to the spread of high-speed lines in Gokin and the low line costs.

In this latter method, the selection conditions for the destination printer and output data are generally determined by the program that creates the ledger, and the output printer and target data are determined when the computer executes the ledger creation program. The ledger is directly output to a printer at a remote location via a communication control device attached to the computer.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the above-mentioned conventional method of outputting a ledger to a printer in a remote location, the output destination printer and the selection conditions for the data to be output are determined by the program that creates the ledger, so it is possible to output the ledger by adding more terminals or changing the organization. This method has the disadvantage that if the destination or selection conditions change, the program itself must be modified or re-executed.

[Means to solve the problem]

The ledger output control device of the present invention outputs a management table that includes a ledger, selection criteria, and storage location of the printed data from printed information of the ledger created by a computer, and print parameters and print data. an output information creation means for creating and storing an image; and at least one output information creation means for each book name.
Output definition creation means receives output definition information with correspondence between output destination printers and selection criteria of print data, and creates and stores a distribution table having correspondence between output destinations and selection criteria; and control means for searching the distribution table for a selection criterion for an output destination in response to an output request consisting of a destination, obtaining a storage location of print data for this selection criterion from the management table, and notifying the output means of the storage location. Consisted of.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the ledger output control device is composed of a processing device 11 and a file device 12, and the processing device 11 includes an output information processing section 111, an output definition processing section 112, and an output request processing section 113.
, a control section 114, and an output section 115,
A management table 121, an output image 122, and a distribution table 123 are stored in the file device 12. The processing bag 211 also includes a computer 2 that creates a ledger and outputs its print information 20, an input device 3 that outputs output definition information 30, a plurality of input devices 4 that output output requests 40, and a plurality of input devices 4 that output the ledger. printers 5 are connected.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a system to which the embodiment shown in FIG. It shows the case where it is connected through.

In the above configuration, print information 20 consisting of a bookkeeper, selection criteria, print parameters, and print data whose format is shown in FIG. 3(a) is sent from the computer 2 to the output information processor 4.
When input to the unit 111, the output information processing unit 111 processes the data into a management table 121 and an output image 122 and stores them in the file device 12. The management table 121 is the third
As shown in the format shown in FIG. 3(b), the output image 122 is composed of a recorder, selection criteria, and a pointer indicating the storage position in the output image 122, and the output image 122 is configured with printing parameters as shown in the format shown in FIG. 3(c). It consists of print data. Further, when the output definition information 30 consisting of a report person, an output destination, and selection conditions is input from the input device 3 to the output definition processing section 112, the output definition processing section 112
As shown in the format of FIG. 3(d), there is a distribution table 123 consisting of the person making the report, the output destination, and the selection conditions.
The file is processed and stored in the file device 12.

Now, receiving the print information 2° as shown in Fig. 3(a),
Assuming that the management table, output image, and distribution table as shown in FIG. Upon receiving the output request 4o for the Sapporo branch, the output request processing unit 113 outputs to the control unit 114 a request to output the inventory list for the Sapporo branch. Therefore, the control unit 114 uses the bookkeeper's inventory list and the output destination Sapporo branch as search keys.
The user searches the distribution table 123 and learns that the selection condition for the inventory table addressed to the Sapporo branch is the Sapporo warehouse.

Next, the control unit 114 searches the management table 121 using the ledger-based inventory table, selection conditions, and Sapporo warehouse as search keys,
Obtain the addresses P1 to P21 indicated by the pointer. Next, search for the output image 122 based on this pointer address,
The output unit 115 is notified of the output image information composed of print parameters and print data, and the output destination. The output unit 115 outputs the specified image information to the output destination notified by the control unit 114, and when the output is finished, notifies the control unit 114 to that effect, and the control unit sequentially sends the next output image information to the pointer address P2. -1 is notified to the output unit 115. Through the above operations, the portion of the Sapporo warehouse requested by the Sapporo branch (range indicated by α in FIG. 3(c)) is output to the printer 5 of the Sapporo branch. In this way, management table 1
When the output of one unit indicated by α on 21 is completed, the control unit 114 outputs the next data to be output again from the management table 1.
Search from 21 using the inventory list and Sapporo warehouse as the search key,
If there is relevant data, output it using the same procedure as above. Furthermore, when the search in the management table 121 is completed, the control unit 114 searches the distribution table 123 using the selection condition and the output destination as search keys, and if the corresponding selection condition exists, outputs the target data in the same manner as the above procedure. , distribution table 12
The process ends when there is no item corresponding to the selection condition in 3.

According to the above procedure, if one output destination is the Tokyo branch as shown in Figure 3(d), the Tokyo warehouse and Yokohama warehouse are specified in the selection condition, so β in Figure 3(c) The range shown in is output, and if it is the head office shown in Figure 3 (d), the selection condition is specified as "A L L ", so the range shown in Figure 3 (
All data indicated by γ in C) is output.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the ledger output control device of the present invention stores ledger output information not only as an output image but also as a management table consisting of a ledger base and output data selection criteria, Since the output data is selected and sent while checking the selection conditions of the distribution table created from the output definition information, even if the output destination or selection conditions change, you only need to change the output definition information, and the program This has the effect of eliminating the need to modify or re-run the program.

Also, without storing output data for each output destination, −
Since only the necessary parts of the formula data are output, it has the effect of requiring less storage space.

121... Management table, 122... Output image, 123... Distribution table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Output information for creating and storing a management table consisting of a book name, selection criteria, and storage location of the print data, and an output image consisting of print parameters and print data from the print information of the book table created by a computer. A creation means receives output definition information that has a correspondence between at least one output destination printer and print data selection criteria for each book name, and creates and stores a distribution table that has a correspondence between output destinations and selection criteria. An output definition creation means, upon receiving an output request consisting of a book name and an output destination, searches the distribution table for an output destination selection criterion, and obtains the storage location of print data for this selection criterion from the management table. 1. A ledger output control device comprising: control means for notifying the output means.