JPH05143596A - Word processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify sticking work between sheets of paper while shortening printing time by providing a function fixing the interval between line segments of horizontal sticking line to arbitrary equal interval not corresponding to the interval of the line segments of cut-off line. CONSTITUTION:The interval between the line segments of the cut-off line consisting of a vertical broken line and the interval between the line segments of the sticking line consisting of a horizontal broken line are preliminarily designated to be arbitrary equal intervals by an input means 101. Based on the intervals of the designated cut-off line and horizontal sticking line, the position of the cut-off line is calculated by a first calculation means 106 and the position of the horizontal sticking line is calculated by a second calculation means 107. With respect to a printing image enlarged by an enlargement means 105, the cut-off line and the horizontal sticking line are synthesized by a synthetic means 108, and the printing image formed by the synthetic cut-off line and sticking line is printing by a printing means 109.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a word processor having a printing function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional word processor, when enlarging an image to be printed and printing it by dividing it into a plurality of sheets of paper, a line segment and a line segment interval of a pasting horizontal line which is a standard for joining the divided images are It had a structure corresponding to the distance between the cut lines.

[0003]

Therefore, in such a conventional word processor, for example, when a poster or a panel is created, when a line segment is cut off and the line segment corresponds to a wide cut line portion. , The interval between the horizontal line segments and the line segment spacing will become wider, and the problem of inconvenient bonding between paper sheets will occur. Conversely, if the spacing between the cut line segment and the line segment is narrowed, the printing process There was a problem that it took time.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and the interval between the line segments of the bonded horizontal line does not correspond to the interval between the cut line and the line segment and is arbitrary. By providing a function that can be fixed at equal intervals, a word processor that simplifies the work of adhering paper sheets while shortening the printing time is provided.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the word processor of the present invention stores an input unit 101 for inputting and designating an image, a size of a printing sheet, an image division number, and information on intervals between cutting lines and horizontal lines for bonding, and information stored by the input unit 101. Storage means 102, a conversion means 103 for converting the information stored in the storage means 102 into a print image, and a division means 104 for dividing the print image converted by the conversion means 103 by the number of divisions designated by the input means. Based on the enlargement means 105 for enlarging the print image divided by the division means 104 according to the size of the printing paper designated by the input means 101, and the spacing information of the cut lines and the combined horizontal lines designated by the input means 101. The first calculation means 106 for calculating the position of the cut line and the position of the horizontal line for bonding. The second calculating means 107 for calculating the print image and the print image magnified by the magnifying means 105 are attached to the cutting line at the position calculated by the first calculating means 106 and at the position calculated by the second calculating means 107. A synthesizing unit 108 for synthesizing horizontal lines, and a printing unit 10 for printing a print image in which the slicing line and the horizontal line are combined by the synthesizing unit.
9 is provided, and the interval between the cut line segment and the line segment formed by the vertical broken line and the interval between the line segment and the line segment of the bonded horizontal line formed by the horizontal broken line are respectively designated by the input means at arbitrary equal intervals. It is a possible word processor.

As the input means 101 in the present invention, a keyboard device, a tablet device, an input device such as a pointing device, a touch panel, an image scanner, a mouse or the like is used.

Further, the converting means 103, the dividing means 104,
Enlarging means 105, first calculating means 106, second calculating means 1
07, as the synthesizing means 108, CPU, ROM, RA
It is convenient to use a microcomputer system composed of M and I / O ports, and as the storage means 102,
Usually, the RAM therein is used.

As the printing means 109, a printer such as a thermal transfer printer, a laser printer, a dot impact printer or an ink jet printer is used.

[0009]

In FIG. 1, the information inputted from the input means 101, the size of the printing paper, the number of image divisions, the cutting line and the horizontal line for bonding are stored in the storage means 102. Then, the image information is converted into a print image by the conversion means 103, and the print image is
The dividing unit 104 divides the image by the number of divisions designated.
The divided print image is enlarged according to the size of the print sheet designated by the enlargement unit 105.

The line segment and the line segment interval of the vertical broken line and the line segment and line segment of the horizontal broken line are designated in advance by the input means 101 at arbitrary equal intervals. At the same time, the position of the cutting line is calculated by the first calculating unit 106, and the position of the bonding horizontal line is calculated by the second calculating unit 107, based on the specified interval between the cutting line and the bonding horizontal line, and by the enlarging unit 105. The synthesizing unit 108 synthesizes the cut line and the laminating horizontal line with the enlarged print image, and the printing unit 109 prints the print image obtained by synthesizing the cut line and the laminating line.

Therefore, the interval between the cut line and the line segment is wide, and the interval between the horizontal line and the line segment is narrow so that the printing process time can be shortened and the sheets can be easily attached to each other. Be promoted.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a word processor. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a keyboard provided with kana character keys, numerical keys, conversion keys, function keys, etc. From this keyboard 1, information such as documents, images, graphs and figures is input, and poster printing is performed. When performing, the size of the printing paper, the number of image divisions, the enlargement ratio, the cut line and the interval between the line segments of the laminating horizontal line are specified. A CPU (central processing unit) 2 executes a control program. 3 is a word processor original document creation /
An R program storing a program for editing and a poster printing program that enables continuous printing of roll paper according to the present invention
OM.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a RAM, which is document data input from the keyboard 1, that is, document data generated by original document creation / editing of a word processor, and information such as documents, images, graphs, and figures input from the keyboard 1. Memorize In addition, the size of the printing paper designated by the keyboard 1, the number of image divisions, the enlargement ratio, the cut line and the interval between the line segments of the lateral lines to be bonded are stored. This RAM 4 is used for poster creation position information and image development for poster printing in poster creation.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an LCD (liquid crystal display device) for displaying information such as documents, images, graphs and figures.
By rotating the display screen, the LCD 5 can change the orientation of the display screen between the vertical direction and the horizontal direction. As the LCD 5, other display devices such as a CRT display device and an EL display device may of course be used. A thermal transfer printer 6 prints data such as documents, images, graphs and figures.

The CPU 2 is a document stored in the RAM 4,
Convert data such as images, graphs, and graphics into print images. In this conversion, if it is document data, a character pattern is extracted from a character generator (not shown),
For graphs, graphic data, etc., image data is calculated by the arithmetic processing program written in the ROM 3, and if it is an image, print images are respectively created and stored in the RAM 4.

At the same time, the enlargement ratio stored in the RAM 4 is read out and it is determined whether or not the enlargement ratio exceeds 1. This determination is made for both vertical and horizontal magnifications. If the vertical or horizontal enlargement ratio exceeds 1, the division number is read from the RAM 4, the converted print image is divided by the division number, and each divided print image is stored in the RAM 4. ..

Next, one of the divided print images is taken out, and the taken-out print image 1 is enlarged at a designated enlargement ratio. At this time, the enlargement ratio is not specified,
If only poster printing is instructed, the print image is enlarged to a size printable on the specified size of printing paper. This expansion is a simple expansion. That is,
For example, when a magnification of 4 times in the horizontal direction and 2 times in the vertical direction is designated, one dot is simply enlarged to a size of 4 dots in the horizontal direction and 2 dots in the vertical direction.

Further, the interval between the line segments of the cut lines and the interval between the line segments of the pasted horizontal lines stored in the RAM 4 are read out, and from the line feed pitch and the number of line feed to be printed,
The cutting line and the printing position of the bonding are respectively determined and stored in the RAM 4. Then, using the position information, the enlarged print image is combined with the cut line and the combined horizontal line, and the combined print image of the cut line and the combined horizontal line is printed by the keyboard 1 according to the size of the printing paper specified by the printer. Print at 6.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the processing contents of one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, when the operator creates image data for poster printing and then issues an instruction for poster printing from the keyboard 1, the CPU 2 specifies which part to be divided, the line segment of the cut line and the interval of the line segment. The system waits for the poster printing conditions such as the interval between the line segments of the laminated horizontal lines to be specified.

When a print execution instruction is given here (step S1), first, an interval value of the cutting line designated by the operator is input to the cutting line line feed pitch management RAM (hereinafter referred to as "A"), and the bonding horizontal line is entered. Line feed pitch management RAM for
In (hereinafter referred to as B), the interval value of the horizontal line for bonding is input and the RAMs of A and B are initialized (numerical values are set) (step S2).

Next, print image data (original image data of 1 × 1 size) is created (step S3),
The print image data of the designated portion is enlarged according to the enlargement ratio (step S4).

Here, the line feed pitch is subtracted each time one line is printed from the interval value of the cut lines stored in A, and the result is set again in A (step S5). In step S6, it is determined whether the value of A is 0 or less, and the value of A is 0.
If it is below, the process proceeds to step S7. If the value of A is not 0, the process proceeds to step S8. When the value of A becomes 0 or less, the cut line pattern data is ORed to the created print image data.
(Composite), and the interval value of the cutoff line is input to A again to initialize it (step S7).

Next, the line feed pitch is subtracted each time one line is printed from the interval value of the bonded horizontal lines stored in B,
The result is set to B again (step S8). In step S9, it is determined whether the value of B is 0 or less. If the value of B is 0 or less, the process proceeds to step S10. If the value of B is not 0, the process proceeds to step S11. When the value of B becomes 0 or less, the horizontal line pattern data for bonding the created print images is ORed (combined), and the interval value of the horizontal line for bonding is input again to B for initialization (step S10).

After that, the created image data is output (printed) to the printer 6 (step S11). The output of all the print image data is completed by outputting the print image data for each line by repeating steps S3 to S11 (step S12). In this way, it is possible to print the cut-off line and the laminating horizontal line in poster printing at arbitrary equal intervals.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an example of a cut line and a horizontal laminating line. FIG. 4A is an explanatory view showing an example of a conventional cutting line and a bonding horizontal line. When the distance between the cutting horizontal lines becomes wider because the distance between the horizontal cutting lines corresponds to the distance between the cutting lines, the horizontal cutting line A conventional example in which the interval is wide is shown.

FIG. 4B is an explanatory view showing an example of the cut lines and the laminating horizontal lines according to the present invention. Since the intervals of the laminating horizontal lines do not correspond to the intervals of the cutting lines, the intervals of the cutting lines are An example is shown in which even if the width becomes wide, the space between the bonded horizontal lines can be narrowed. Figure 4 (a),
In (b), 10 and 14 show cut lines. 1
Reference numerals 1 and 15 indicate the intervals between the cut lines. Reference numerals 12 and 16 denote horizontal lines for bonding. Reference numerals 13 and 17 indicate the intervals between the horizontal lines for bonding.

[0028]

According to the present invention, in poster printing, the interval between the line segments of the laminated horizontal lines does not correspond to the interval between the line segments of the cut line and can be fixed at any equal interval. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the work of adhering sheets to each other.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a word processor.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an example of a conventional cutting line and a pasting line, and an example of the cutting line and the pasting line of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Keyboard 2 CPU (Central Processing Unit) 3 ROM (Read Only Memory) 4 RAM (Random Access Memory) 5 LCD (Liquid Crystal Display Device) 6 Printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting and designating an image, a size of a printing paper, an image division number, and spacing information of cut lines and laminating horizontal lines, a storage unit for storing information input from the input unit, and a storage unit. Converting means for converting the information stored in the printer into a print image, dividing means for dividing the print image converted by the converting means by the number of divisions designated by the input means, and input means for the print image divided by the dividing means. An enlarging means for enlarging according to the size of the printing paper designated from, a first calculating means for calculating the position of the cut line based on the spacing information of the cut line and the horizontal alignment line specified by the input means, and the bonding Second calculation means for calculating the position of the horizontal line, and the first calculation means for the print image enlarged by the enlargement means A cutout line at the position, a combining unit for combining the bonded horizontal line at the position calculated by the second calculation unit, and a printing unit for printing a print image in which the cutout line and the bonded horizontal line are combined by the combining unit,
A word processor capable of designating, by the input means, arbitrary equal intervals between the cut line segment and the line segment interval formed by the vertical broken line and the space between the bonded horizontal line segment and the line segment formed by the horizontal broken line. ..