JPH05119937A - Format overlay device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily perform the addition and change of the image of a rule mark and screen, etc., in a format. CONSTITUTION:A print data input part 1 outputs format information out of print control information inputted from an information processor (a) with print data to a format input part 3. The format input part 3 reads out the format stored in a format storage part 2 in advance according to the format information, and transmits the code of format data used in the format to a format data input part 5. The format data input part 5 reads out the format data stored in a format data storage part 4 in advance according to a designated code. A format developing part 6 generates a format image from the format and the format data. An overlay part 7 prepares a print image from the print data and the format image, and outputs it to an output part 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a format overlay apparatus, and more particularly to a format overlay apparatus for printing by printing print data output from an information processing apparatus and a format including heading characters and ruled lines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of format overlay device is
The image of the format is generated according to the specification of the format output from the information processing device. Generally, the format is composed of ruled lines and shaded areas in character units, but the ruled lines and shaded areas are coded in order to improve the efficiency of the storage capacity of the format, and the pattern image corresponding to these codes is It is stored as format data. In addition, the format is such that the print data from the information processing device can correspond to the type,
You can store multiple types or replace the stored contents, but format data is fixedly held in the form of code pair pattern data in the overlay part, or unique pattern data is generated from the code in the overlay part. It is like this.

[0003]

Since the above-mentioned conventional format overlay device holds the format data fixedly, for example, the ruled lines that can be used are only the patterns prestored in the overlay portion, and other than that. There is a drawback in that the image of the format can only use a fixed pre-made image, such as that the pattern of No. can not be used.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A format overlay apparatus of the present invention is a format overlay apparatus that prints characters and formats by superposing them from print data and format information output from an information processing apparatus. A format input section that reads out a format from the format storage section stored in advance according to the format information and extracts the code of the format data used in the format, and a format that stores the format data of the code extracted by this format input section in advance. The format data input section for reading from the data storage section, the format expansion section for creating the format read by the format input section into an image of the format according to the format data read by the format data input section, and the format expansion section An overlay section that creates a print image by superimposing the format image and the print data image output from the information processing section, and this overlay It constituted by an output unit for outputting display the print image created in parts.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a print data input section 1, a format storage section 2, a format input section 3, a format data storage section 4, a format data input section 5, a format expansion section 6, an overlay section 7, and an output section 8. Composed.

In the above configuration, the print data input section 1
Inputs print control information including print data and a format for printing output by a processing program of the information processing apparatus. The format storage unit 2 stores in advance a plurality of formats output from the processing program. This format storage unit 2
For example, it is composed of a magnetic disk device or a floppy disk device. The format input section 3 is the print data input section 1
Received the format information of the print control information entered by
The corresponding format is read from the format storage unit 2. The format data storage unit 4 stores format data which is a pattern image of each element of the format stored in the format storage unit 2. Each element of the format is a pattern of a character unit area such as ruled lines and shading. The format data storage unit 4 is composed of, for example, a magnetic disk device or a floppy disk device, and the contents of the format data can be easily changed. The format data input unit 5 receives the information of the format data used for the format input by the format input unit 3, and reads the format data from the format data storage unit 4. The format developing unit 6 converts the format read by the format input unit 3 into a format image which is a format that can be actually printed, based on the format data read by the format data input unit. The overlay unit 7 creates a print image by superposing the print data input by the print data input unit and the format image created by the format developing unit 6. The output unit 8 is a printer device or a display device that outputs the print image created by the overlay unit 7.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and shows an example in which the print data and format are simplified. The operation of FIG. 1 will be described below with reference to FIG. First, a format to be used is stored in the format storage unit 2 in advance, and format data is stored in the format data storage unit 4. Next, print data and print control information are input from the information processing device. Image of print data 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes an image of print data input to the print data input unit 1. Next, the format input unit 3 receives the format information in the print control information from the print data input unit 1, reads the format specified by the format information from the format storage unit 2, and uses the format data used for the format. Is output to the format data input unit 5. The format data input unit 5 reads the format data from the format data storage unit 4 according to the code of the format data. The format image 31 shows a code image of the format read by the format input unit 3. The image 51 of the format data shows the image of the format data read by the format data input unit 5. The format expansion unit 6 is the format input unit 3
A format image is created according to the format and format data read by the format data input unit 5. A format image image 61 is a format image 31 created according to the format data image 51. In the image 31 of the format, only the thickness of the ruled lines is coded to simplify the description. The format development unit 6 does not perform conversion processing because A, B, and MMM of the format image 31 are item characters, so K1 converts the ruled line pattern 1 and K2 converts the ruled line pattern 2 into a ruled line pattern image. .. Next, the overlay unit 7 is connected to the print data input unit 1
The print data input from (1) is superimposed on the format image input from the format expansion section 6 to create a print image, and the print image is passed to the output section 8. The image 81 of the print image is an image in which the image 11 of the print data is superimposed on the image 61 of the format image by the overlay section 7. The output unit 8 displays and outputs the print image output from the overlay unit 7.

[0009]

As described above, the present invention stores the format data used by the format in the format data storage unit and facilitates the conversion of the format data. There is an effect that the image of the format can be easily changed by using a pattern other than the hanging pattern.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Print Data Input Section 2 Format Storage Section 3 Format Input Section 4 Format Data Storage Section 5 Format Data Input Section 6 Format Expansion Section 7 Overlay Section 8 Output Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A format overlay apparatus for printing characters and formats by superposing them from print data and format information output from an information processing apparatus, wherein a format is stored according to the format information from a format storage unit that stores a plurality of formats in advance. A format input section for reading out and extracting the code of the format data used for the format, and a format data input section for reading out the format data of the code extracted by the format input section from a format data storage section in which the format data is stored in advance. A format expansion unit that creates a format read by the format input unit into an image of the format according to the format data read by the format data input unit, an image of the format created by the format expansion unit, and a print output from the information processing unit. An overlay section that creates a print image by superimposing the data image and an output section that displays and outputs the print image created by this overlay section. A form overlay device having: