CN100351098C - Printing device and printing method - Google Patents
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The present invention relates to a printing apparatus and printing method allowing printing of a series of character groups having good appearance and causing no misapprehension when a layout as a superscript or subscript is designated with respect to a character in the series of character groups printed on the same printing line. A storage means stores character size information, superscript and subscript information, and printing position information as character data. For the character data stored on the storage means, when the upper or lower layout for superscripts or subscripts is designated to the character specified by the storage means, the character size and placement position of the specified character is set in accordance with the character mode of a character preceding the specified character.
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The a series of literal that the present invention relates to be imported is printed on the printing technique on the print media of given size, particularly relate to be designated as subscript or following target situation for a certain literal in the group of text that is printed in the same print line under, set the size of this appointment literal and the printing equipment and the Method of printing of allocation position rightly.
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Known have symbols (following be called aptly " literal ") such as a kind of literal, numeral, mark that will be by input units such as keyboard inputs to be presented on the display floater, and it is printed on printing equipment on the label paper of given size or the paper tape etc.
In being commonly called this printing equipment of label machine, what have has to being printed on when appointment literal in a series of group of text in the same print line specifies character size with literal unit, alignment in the appointment, central alignment or down alignment distribute the function that then prints again up and down.
In possessing the printing equipment in the past of this function, the appointment literal that is printed in a series of group of text in the same print line is being distributed up and down under the situation about printing, with the maximum sized literal in this a series of group of text is benchmark, sets and to distribute other the allocation position (patent documentation 1) of formation literal such as literal up and down.
Figure 10 is the figure that shows the printing example of the distribution method up and down in such conventional art.What Figure 10 (a) showed is the example that will be printed by the above alignment pattern of a series of group of text that letter " A ", " B ", " C ", " D " and " E " constitute in same print line.At this, character size can be set at for each literal LL (especially big) number, L (greatly) number, M (in) number, under S (little) number and the situation in SS (special little) number 5 stages, literal " A " is set at L number, literal " B " and " E " are set at LL number, and literal " C " and " D " are set at M number.Print under the situation of example at this, because maximum literal is LL number " B " and " E ", therefore shown in Figure 10 (a), character size is printed in the mode of aliging with the upper end of maximum literal " B " and " E " than its little literal " A ", " C " and " D ".
Patent documentation 1: No. 3060443 communique of Japan Patent
Summary of the invention
But, appointment literal in a series of group of text that is printed in same print line usefulness is distributed the way of printing up and down, situation about being used in the printing of for example chemical formula or mathematical expression etc. is more, when the maximum sized literal with a series of group of text of same print line as conventional art is that benchmark divides timing up and down, the variation attractive in appearance of a succession of literal integral body will take place and produce the sensation of not harmony, and mislead is the situation of the different meanings.
What Figure 10 (b) showed is according to the conventional art, has printed “ Mian Plot 10m in same print line
2The In The " (this with Japanese in order to describe, translate into Chinese the meaning " area is 10m
2", also can be the language of any country obviously) example.At this “ Mian Plot " and " In The " 4 literal be designated as maximum LL number, literal " 10 " is designated as L number and is set at central alignment, literal " m " is designated as S number and is set at down alignment; and literal " 2 " is designated as S number and is set at alignment.In this case, because with maximum sized literal is that benchmark distributes up and down, therefore the literal " m " of being appointed as down alignment will be configured on the position of giving prominence to downwards than the lower end of the literal formerly " 10 " of being appointed as central alignment, in addition, with specifying the literal " 2 " of going up alignment to be configured on the position of giving prominence to more upward, finally print in this way than the upper end of literal " 10 ".
Even if for this reason and shown in Figure 10 (c) like that, again alignment is appointed as M number and is set at down to literal " 10 ", literal " m " is appointed as minimum SS number and is set at down alignment, literal " 2 " is appointed as SS number and is set at alignment, though align with the lower end of formerly literal " 10 " in the lower end of literal " m ", but the upper end of literal " 2 " but can be outstanding to the more top of formerly literal " 10 ", can cause literal " 2 " to break away from, make the variation attractive in appearance of a series of literal integral body and produce the sensation of not harmony, may also can cause simultaneously and the different misunderstanding of script " 10 square metres " the to be expressed meaning.
In addition, in technology in the past, must under align text and on align text and specify character size respectively, the miscellaneous and literal input of input operation needs the long period.
Therefore, the 1st purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of and can specifying under the situation of distributing up and down certain literal that is printed in a series of group of text in the same print line, can not print by the literal that distributes up and down with this, thereby can realize the printing equipment and the Method of printing of the printing of a series of group of text attractive in appearance and that can not be misread from the lower end of formerly literal or the outstanding mode of horizontal line of upper end.
In addition, thus the 2nd purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of is undertaken having specified the literal that distributes up and down to specify the operation of character size respectively and automatically having set printing equipment and the Method of printing that appropriate character size can carry out literal input fast by need not.
Therefore, the application provides a kind of printing equipment, this printing equipment possesses and is used to carry out literal, the input of the lteral data of numeral or mark etc. and the input unit of various function settings, the display unit of a series of literal that demonstration is imported by aforementioned input unit, the font data that makes aforementioned literal is corresponding with symbol code and with the symbol generator ROM of its storage, the symbol data that comprises aforementioned symbol code of each literal that will import by aforementioned input unit is according to the storage device of the temporary transient storage of the DISPLAY ORDER on the aforementioned display, according to the printing mechanism that leaves on the print media that symbol data in the aforementioned storage device is printed on a series of literal given size, and the lteral data editing device that the symbol data that is stored in the aforementioned storage device is edited; It is characterized in that aforementioned symbol data comprises character size information, assignment information, print position information up and down; Aforementioned lteral data editing device, under the specific literal in the aforementioned storage device having been specified subscript or situation that down target is distributed up and down, according at character size and the allocation position of setting this appointment literal prior to the literal form of the literal of this appointment literal.At this, so-called literal form comprises stamp with the size, print position and the font of literal or text effects etc.
At this moment, even if implemented the literal of the effect process of hollow, three-dimensional, shade, housing, underscore etc. to being used to distribute the object character of specifying literal, also can specify the subscript of literal, target distribution down, in this case, set the character size of specifying literal as long as be of a size of benchmark, and literal is distributed into subscript, the target mode disposes and specifies literal to get final product down will specify with respect to the print area of the literal of having implemented effect process with the literal of having implemented effect process.In addition, the configuration of the appointment literal when object character has been implemented effect process also can be will to specify at interior print area with respect to comprising effect that literal is distributed in subscript, the mode put on down disposes the appointment literal.
Fig. 1 shows the figure that Figure 10 (b) and print pattern example (c) is placed on the print result when handling in this printing equipment.
In this printing equipment, specifying under subscript or target is distributed up and down down the situation being transfused to specific literal in a series of literal that leaves in the storage device owing to possessing, according to the next-door neighbour of this appointment literal the preceding the character size of a literal set the character size of this literal and the lteral data editing device of allocation position, so can realize the printing of a series of literal of the sensation that does not have not harmony as shown in Figure 1.As shown in Figure 1, subscript type " m " is not configured in by influence such as the maximum literal in a succession of literal on the matched position, lower end with formerly literal " 10 ".
In addition, in the present invention, owing to need not set its character size seriatim, and automatically select the character size that adapts with literal formerly, therefore can carry out literal input fast distributing literal up and down.In the example of Fig. 1, subscript type " m " is automatically made to liken to and is the literal of the character size of L number little 2 grades of the character size of literal " 10 " (S number) formerly.
In the present invention, and then, aforementioned lteral data editing device, the next-door neighbour of the aforementioned appointment literal in aforementioned storage device literal the preceding is under the situation of subscript or subscript type, then according to be not subscript or following target are set this literal from the literal form of the nearest literal of this appointment literal character size and allocation position thereof in prior to the literal of aforementioned appointment literal.
Thus, because the superscript type among Fig. 1 " 2 ", though not being to be close to the preceding a literal but " m " of subscript type is benchmark, and being benchmark, thereby the meaning of " 10 square metres " that originally want to express relevantly can be showed as print result at literal " 10 " prior to it.
And then, aforementioned lteral data editing device, under the situation that at all literal all is subscript or subscript type or do not have under the situation of literal formerly prior to the aforementioned appointment literal in the aforementioned storage device, the character size of this appointment literal is set at minimum character size, and with the set positions of this literal on the allocation position of deferring to specified text alignment.
In addition, aforementioned print media is the label of predefined different shape; Aforementioned lteral data editing device is accommodated in the character size in the aforementioned symbol data of mode editor in the print area of the regulation on the selected label with the aforementioned a series of literal that will be printed.Thus, under the situation in wanting a plurality of a series of literal are printed on the label of given size, can automatically set the character size of a succession of literal in the mode in this label of being housed in.
The application, and then provide a kind of Method of printing that distributes literal up and down, this Method of printing is that a series of literal that will be made of the literal of importing by input unit, numeral or mark etc. (below, claim " literal ") is printed on the Method of printing on the print media of given size; It is characterized in that having following each step: the symbol data that comprises symbol code of each literal that (1) will be imported by aforementioned input unit is stored in step in the storage device according to page order; (2) under the specific literal in the aforementioned storage device having been specified subscript or situation that down target is distributed up and down, the next-door neighbour that reads this appointment literal step of the character size information in the symbol data of a literal the preceding; (3) according to aforementioned next-door neighbour the preceding the character size of a literal set the step of the character size of aforementioned appointment literal; (4) according to aforementioned next-door neighbour the preceding the character size of a literal set the step of the allocation position of aforementioned appointment literal.
At this, the next-door neighbour of the aforementioned appointment literal in aforementioned storage device in abovementioned steps (a 2) literal the preceding is under the situation of subscript or subscript type, replace above-mentioned steps (2) to (4), and adopt following steps: (7) read in the step prior in the literal of aforementioned appointment literal not being the character size in subscript or the symbol data that descends target and the immediate literal of this appointment literal; (8) set the step of the character size of aforementioned appointment literal according to the character size of aforementioned immediate literal; (9) set the step of the allocation position of aforementioned appointment literal according to the character size of aforementioned immediate literal.
In addition, be under the situation of literal ahead perhaps at this appointment literal, all be under the situation of subscript or subscript type at all literal prior to the aforementioned appointment literal in the aforementioned storage device in abovementioned steps (7) perhaps, adopt following steps: (10) will specify the character size of literal to be set at the step of minimum character size; (11) this literal is set in literal with appointment and distributes step on the corresponding allocation position.
The present invention, certain literal that is printed in a series of group of text in the same print line is being specified under the situation of distributing up and down, by distributing literal can not print up and down with this, thereby realized printing attractive in appearance and that can not be misread from the lower end of formerly literal or the outstanding mode of horizontal line of upper end.In addition, owing to need not to carry out to having specified the literal that distributes up and down to specify the operation of character size respectively, and automatically set appropriate character size, so realized literal input fast.
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What Fig. 1 showed is to be suitable for the example of the printing of a succession of literal of the literal of distribution up and down that has of the present invention.
What Fig. 2 showed is the outward appearance that has been suitable for label printing device 1 of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of showing the basic structure that has been suitable for label printing device of the present invention.
What Fig. 4 showed is the structure example of the stored symbol data of storage device.
What Fig. 5 showed is to carry out the example of the control flow of allocation process up and down.
Fig. 6 shows is the example of carrying out the control flow that the selection of the object character in the allocation process up and down handles.
What Fig. 7 showed is to be suitable for the example (its 1) that distributes up and down of the present invention.
What Fig. 8 showed is to be suitable for the example (its 2) that distributes up and down of the present invention.
What Fig. 9 showed is to be suitable for the example (its 3) that distributes up and down of the present invention.
What Figure 10 showed is the example of the printing with a succession of literal that distributes literal up and down of conventional art.
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1 label printing device, 2 display floaters
3 input units (press key input section), 4 label papers insert mouth
5 label paper outlets, 6 power switches
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Below, the printing equipment that present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying and the example of Method of printing.
Fig. 2 is the figure that shows the outward appearance that has been suitable for label printing device 1 of the present invention.At this, what Fig. 2 (a) showed is the front upper place stereogram of this label printing device 1, and what Fig. 2 (b) showed is rear perspective view.In Fig. 2, when turning on the power switch 6, this label printing appts 1 is started working.When comprising the literal of a series of numeral, mark by input unit (press key input section) 3 inputs, just on display floater 2, show the literal of being imported, according to print command operation, the printing mechanism (figure does not show) of the inside by this label printing appts 1 is printed a series of literal of being imported.
Printing is to insert on the label paper of the regulation in mouthfuls 4 and print being inserted into the label paper that is located at the device front face side, and the label paper after the printing is discharged from from the label paper outlet 5 that is located at the device rear side.In addition, in this device,, both can be that the cylinder shape can be an oblong-shaped also, even if it is also passable to leave the inner such structure of device body in as the print media of the object of printing.
Constitute the press key input section 3 of input unit, (at this is that example describes with the Japanese by a plurality of English keys, numerical key, Japanese ideogram text button, obviously also can be the literal of any country or letter etc., below mentioned Japanese identical therewith) and formations such as function key (function key), space enter key.These buttons can pass through the operation of switch key (function key) etc., and make it have multiple button input function with a key.In addition, with personal computer similarly, by the lteral data that English key or Japanese ideogram text button etc. is imported, have the function that the operation of function key by regulation is converted into Chinese character etc., this is the same with word processor etc.
As shown in Figure 2, display floater is controlled by control device, the display element that constitutes display floater is controlled by display driver portion (circuit), directly show input characters string or various attribute informations etc., or light the indicator etc. of the switch of the corresponding attribute of text strings on the circumference that is located at display floater, demonstration and representation attribute.
This label printing device 1, except common a series of literal is laterally write " the laterally write mode " that shows and print along the direction of growing crosswise of label, can also be that " the vertically write mode " that shows and print vertically write in a series of literal along the direction of growing crosswise of label.
Fig. 3 is that the basic structure with this label printing device 1 is illustrated in the figure in the block diagram.
This label printing device is divided into substantially, by " press key input section ", " display floater ", " printing mechanism " and " control device " that be used for controlling uniformly these constitute.Constituting " document data editor " of the present invention is the parts that constitute " control device ", is made of the program in " ROM " that leave Nonvolatile memory devices usually in.
So-called " printing mechanism " applies voltage switch on " drive division (circuit) " by " thermal head " with to the heater element that constitutes thermal head, " carriage motor " that is used to make the balladeur train that carries thermal head to move to direction with the throughput direction quadrature of label, drive " the carriage motor drive division " of this motor, be used in device, carrying " conveying motor " as the label paper of print media, be used to drive " the conveying motor driving part " of this motor, make thermal head press China ink with on the position and leave " lift motor " that moves between the position of China ink band, drive the thermal head " lift motor drive division " of this lift motor, " the paper test section " and " tape wrapping test section " by the China ink band of thermal head welding on label paper of situation that is used for the insertion of tags detected paper constitutes.
In addition, " display floater " comprises the display floater that constitutes and " the display driver portions " that are used to drive this panel such as liquid crystal panel by already explanation.
" control device " comprises central arithmetic processing apparatus (CPU), deposits various handling procedures, the conversion of Japanese ideogram Chinese character is with dictionary data and " ROM ", the buffer of fixed data, various counter, also is useful on " RAM " and " show and use symbol generator ROM " and " printing symbol generator ROM " that the conduct of depositing the fixed data relevant with operator's (user) data input etc. can be rewritten the memory of (erasable).
Of the present inventionly carry out program that the document data handle and constitute by microprocessor, ROM and the program that leaves among the ROM etc.Constitute the CPU of microprocessor, as shown in Figure 3, constitute by connecting ROM, RAM and symbol generator ROM (CG-ROM) etc. via system bus.Thus, control device mainly is to take out font data by symbol codes such as literal or marks, and this font data according to dimension information, processing such as assignment information is presented on the display floater then up and down, and is printed on it on print media such as label.
At this, " show and use symbol generator ROM " is by appointment and the corresponding specific symbol code in 1 pair 1 ground of each symbol with " print and use symbol generator ", thereby exports the device of the font data (character font data) of each symbol.At this, these font datas can be that outline letters also can be a bit-mapped font.Like this, though in this device, deposited " show and use symbol generator ROM " and " print and use symbol generator ROM " 2 font datas, also can be unified into a font data.
By the storage device of the temporary transient storage of DISPLAY ORDER, be arranged in the specified address scope in the RAM by the symbol data that comprises aforementioned symbol code of the literal that connects the key input part input.And, in this device, the symbol data that is stored in each literal imported in the RAM is like this stored according to the format of the appointment of predesignating.
Fig. 4 is the figure that is illustrated in the structure example of stored symbol data in such storage device.
In this example, the symbol data of each literal of each literal in a series of group of text, by " symbol code " that be used for specific this literal, stipulate the size of this literal " dimension information ", be used to carry out " assignment information up and down " that the modification such as for example " subscript " or " subscript " etc. of this literal handles and the allocation position that shows this literal " positional information " and constitute.
At this, " positional information " is the information that is illustrated in the allocation position of this literal on the display floater, is to deposit for example by " position code counter " information with " half-angle counter " 2 counter data presented.The operation of being somebody's turn to do " position code counter " and " half-angle counter " is automatically to carry out by the program in the memory that leaves this device in.
Fig. 5 is the figure that shows the example of the handling process under the situation of having selected " distribution function up and down " of the present invention.
When the power switch 6 of opening this device (as shown in Fig. 2 (a)), various counters and data in the RAM (Fig. 3) are initialised, document data editor starting of the present invention, thereby can accept the input of lteral data, when the lteral data of a series of literal that at every turn will be printed by the input unit input, lteral data just is stored in the lteral data storage address zone in the storage device (RAM).Then, will be carried out the literal of allocation process up and down with appointments such as verniers after, select " distribution function up and down " by the function key of regulation, just started thus put down in writing among Fig. 5 with the relevant handling process (S10) of allocation process up and down.
At first, check in the lteral data storage address zone in storage device (RAM), whether have lteral data (S11) in the place ahead of the appointment literal that distributes up and down.
Under non-existent situation, the character size of this appointment literal (for example is appointed as minimum character size, SS number) (S12),, determine the allocation position (S13) of this appointment literal again according to " going up alignment " as the condition of text alignment of setting, " central alignment " or " alignment down ".
Exist when the place ahead of the appointment literal that is distributing up and down under the situation of lteral data (S11), enter " distributing the selection of object character to handle routine " (S15).Should " distribute the selection of object character to handle routine " be to be selected to the program of distributing the object character of the benchmark of specifying literal up and down, is described in detail in Fig. 6.Handling under the situation with the object character that should become benchmark (S16) according to the selection of this distribution object character, the character size (Fig. 4 " dimension information ") that obtains this object character (S17).
Then, select to distribute up and down the character size (S18) of specifying literal according to the character size of this object character.Usually, specify the size of literal, be set at than the size about little 1 to 3 grade of character size of object literal.In the printing example of above-mentioned Fig. 1, the size of appointment literal is set at the size than little 2 grades of size of object literal.
After having determined to distribute the size of specifying literal up and down like this, check this appointment literal be " subscript " or " subscript " (S19), if be appointed as subscript, then this subscript is specified literal to be set on the allocation position that character area lower end with object character is a benchmark (S20).In addition, if be appointed as subscript, then this subscript is specified literal to be set on the allocation position that character area upper end with object character is a benchmark (S21).
Moreover, in above-mentioned steps S16, under the situation of the object character that does not have to become benchmark according to the selection of object character " distribute handle ", the character size of this appointment literal (for example is appointed as minimum character size, SS number) (S12), according to the appointment of " going up alignment " as the condition of text alignment of setting, " central alignment " or " alignment down ", determine the allocation position (S13) of this appointment literal again.
Thus, finish allocation process routine (S22) up and down.
Secondly, routine being handled in the selection that distributes object character up and down of above record describes.
As illustrated among the step S11 of Fig. 5, distributing the place ahead of specifying literal whether the judgement of literal is arranged up and down, by checking in the lteral data storage address zone in storage device (RAM), whether existing lteral data to carry out in the place ahead of the appointment literal that distributes up and down, under the situation that has literal forwardly, just starting should " distribute the selection of object character to handle routine " (S15).
At first, the next-door neighbour of extraction conduct distribution appointment literal is a lteral data (S31) the preceding, whether the literal that checks this extraction is to be carried out the literal (S32) of allocation process up and down, be not to be carried out under the situation of the literal of allocation process up and down, should extract literal out and be made as object character (S33), the step S16 (S37) in the routine of allocation process up and down that enters among Fig. 5 to be put down in writing.In step S32, at the aforementioned literal that is drawn out of is to be carried out under the situation of the literal of allocation process up and down, whether inspection has literal (S34) in the place ahead of extracting literal out, when forwardly literal being arranged, further extract the previous lteral data (S35) that this extracts literal out out, check this moment, whether described previous literal was to be carried out the literal (S32) of allocation process up and down, being not to be carried out under the situation of the literal of allocation process up and down, should extract literal out and be made as object character (S33).Be to be carried out under the situation of the literal of allocation process up and down, (S35 → S32 → S34 → S35) is till extracting the literal that also is not carried out allocation process up and down out with regard to repetitive cycling, finally do not having under the situation of object for allocation literal up and down, being judged as does not have object character, turns back to " allocation process routine up and down " then (S36).
Secondly, the printing example that the routine of allocation process up and down of the invention described above is carried out under the situation afterwards describes.
In Fig. 7 (a), be set at central alignment and character size and then import " 0 " for the mode input " S " earlier of " LL " (full-size).Secondly, in this figure (b), input characters " 4 ", when specifying this literal " 4 " with vernier then again by " subscript " in function key selection " distribution up and down " function, the next-door neighbour of appointment literal " a 4 " literal the preceding is " 0 ", and this literal " 0 " is not the literal that distributes up and down, so specify the object character of literal " 4 " to regard as " 0 " this subscript, obtain the interior dimension information (with reference to Fig. 4) of symbol data of literal " 0 ", subscript type " 4 " is automatically made as M number than the little for example character size of 2 grades of character size of object literal, shown in this figure (c), the configuration of its literal will be alignd with the print area lower end as LL number literal " 0 " of object character.
Then, shown in Fig. 7 (d), input characters " 2 " also is assigned therein as subscript with function key.Because the next-door neighbour of this subscript appointment literal " a 2 " literal the preceding is " 4 ", so check the interior assignment information up and down (with reference to Fig. 4) of symbol data of this literal " 4 ", because this literal " 4 " is a subscript type, distinguish the object character that is not this superscript type " 2 ".Thereby, check the assignment information up and down in the symbol data of previous again literal " 0 ", because this literal " 0 " is not to distribute literal up and down, distinguish the object character that becomes this superscript type " 2 ".Thus, this superscript type " 2 ", shown in this figure (e), be automatically made as than M number of the character size of little 2 grades of size of object literal " 0 ", and align on making its literal configuration and print area as the LL literal " 0 " of object character.
Then, shown in Fig. 7 (f), input characters "-" also is assigned therein as subscript with function key.Because the next-door neighbour of this subscript appointment literal "-" literal the preceding is " 2 ", so check the interior assignment information up and down of symbol data of this literal " 2 ", because this literal " 2 " is a superscript type, so distinguish the object character that is not this subscript appointment literal "-".Thereby, check the assignment information up and down in the symbol data of previous again literal " 4 ", same because literal " 4 " is a subscript type, so further check assignment information up and down in the symbol data of previous literal " 0 " of this literal " 4 " again.At this, because literal " 0 " is not to distribute literal up and down, so distinguish the object character that becomes subscript appointment literal "-".Thus, this subscript is specified literal "-", shown in this figure (g), be automatically made as than M number of the character size of little 2 grades of size of object literal " 0 ", and align on making this literal configuration and print area as the LL literal " 0 " of object character.
Then, shown in Fig. 8 (a), be set under the state of Fig. 7 (g) literal ahead " S " of a series of group of text specified with vernier and eliminate.In this case, the literal that is eliminated " S " literal is in addition integrally moved the distance of 1 literal to the left, and checks once more as distributing " 4 " of literal, the character size and the allocation position of " 2 " and "-" up and down.Because the object character of subscript type " 4 ", superscript type " 2 " and "-" still is literal " 0 ", therefore as Fig. 8 (b) shown in, these distribute the size and the not change of allocation position of literal up and down.
Then, be set under the state of Fig. 8 (b) literal ahead " 0 " of a series of group of text specified with vernier and eliminate.In this case, the literal that is eliminated " 0 " literal is in addition integrally moved the distance of 1 literal to the left, and checks once more as distributing " 4 " of literal, the character size and the allocation position of " 2 " and "-" up and down.Because subscript type " 4 " becomes literal ahead, and there is not object character, therefore is set and is for example minimum SS number in the mode of central alignment.And then, because specifying the literal of the front of literal " 2 " and "-" to be, subscript distributes literal up and down, therefore as Fig. 8 (c) shown in, these distribute up and down literal " 2 " and "-" also and subscript ahead specify literal " 4 " similarly, be set to the minimum literal of central authorities' distribution.
Then, the front of literal " 4 " is appointed as (shown in this figure (d)) L number with the mode input characters " H " of central alignment and with character size ahead under the state that is set in Fig. 8 (c), this moment is owing to distribute " 4 " of literal up and down in conduct, in the symbol data of " 2 " and "-" (Fig. 4), still have the assignment information up and down that is endowed, therefore at this moment owing to " H " as the L literal becomes these as " 4 " of distributing literal up and down, the object character of " 2 " and "-", therefore shown in Fig. 8 (e), specify " 4 " of literal as subscript, its character size is automatically made than L number little No. 2 S number, and printing is configured in the print area lower end as the L literal " H " of object character, in addition, " 2 " and "-" of specifying literal as subscript too, its character size is automatically made than L number little No. 2 S number, and prints the print area upper end that is configured in L literal " H ".
In addition, in printing equipment of the present invention, shown in Fig. 9 (a), import for example literal " 4 " at first, and this literal is appointed as under the target situation, shown in this figure (b), this input characters " 4 " automatically is set at as for example SS number of minimum literal and is become central alignment.
Moreover, in this printing equipment, can also to be not the literal that distributes up and down and distribute literal up and down each, carry out the text effects of hollow, three-dimensional, shade, frame, underscore etc. with 1 literal unit and handle.In this case, in the symbol data of each literal shown in Figure 4, will comprise " text effects information ".
As above detailed description, printing equipment provided by the invention is characterized in that, following In the situation, that is, to character size information, up and down assignment information and print position information as Symbol data and the symbol data stored in the storage device stored are in aforementioned storage device Specific literal has been carried out is appointed as up and down (symbolic number in the situation of allocation process of subscript or lower target According to being endowed up and down assignment information), according to establishing in the literal form prior to the literal of this appointment literal Fixed this specified character size and the allocation position of literal.
Thus, in the present invention, to being printed in a series of group of text in the same print line Certain literal is appointed as in the situation of distributing up and down, can be from literary composition formerly by distribute up and down literal with this The outstanding mode of the lower end of word or the horizontal line of upper end prints, thus realized attractive in appearance and not can by The printing effect of misreading. In addition, owing to need not to carry out to having specified the literal that distributes up and down to specify respectively The operation of character size and automatically set appropriate character size, thus realized that literal is defeated fast Enter.
The a series of literal that the present invention relates to import is printed on the print media of given size Printing technique, be the invention with the usability on the industry.
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1. printing equipment, this printing equipment possesses and is used to carry out the following literal that is called literal for short, the input of the lteral data of numeral or mark and the input unit of various function settings, the display unit of a series of literal that demonstration is imported by aforementioned input unit, the font data that makes aforementioned literal and the symbol generator ROM of storage corresponding with symbol code, the symbol data that comprises aforementioned symbol code of each literal that will import by aforementioned input unit is according to the storage device of the temporary transient storage of the DISPLAY ORDER on the aforementioned display, according to the printing mechanism that leaves on the print media that symbol data in the aforementioned storage device is printed on a series of literal given size, and editor is stored in the lteral data editing device of the symbol data in the aforementioned storage device; It is characterized in that,
Aforementioned symbol data comprises character size information, assignment information, print position information up and down;
Aforementioned lteral data editing device, under the situation of the specific literal in the aforementioned storage device having been specified subscript or following target distribute up and down, according to the next-door neighbour of this appointment literal the preceding the character size of literal set the character size of this appointment literal, and the upper end or the lower end of the character area of literal are that baseline configuration is specified literal the preceding with the next-door neighbour of this appointment literal, the next-door neighbour of the aforementioned appointment literal in aforementioned storage device literal the preceding is subscript or subscript type, and aforementioned next-door neighbour forward the literal again of literal the preceding comprises under the situation of the literal except that subscript or subscript type, according to aforementioned next-door neighbour the preceding forward the character size of the literal except subscript or subscript type again of literal set the character size of this appointment literal, and be that baseline configuration is specified literal with this forward upper end or the lower end of character area of the literal except subscript or subscript again that is close to literal the preceding.
2. printing equipment as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, aforementioned lteral data editing device, under the situation that at all literal all is subscript or subscript type or do not have under the situation of literal formerly prior to the aforementioned appointment literal in the aforementioned storage device, the character size of this appointment literal is set at minimum character size, and with the set positions of this literal on the allocation position that adapts with specified text alignment.
3. printing equipment as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, aforementioned print media is the label of predefined different shape;
Aforementioned lteral data editing device is housed in the character size in the aforementioned symbol data of mode editor in the print area of the regulation on the selected label with the aforementioned a series of literal that will be printed.
4. Method of printing that distributes literal up and down, it is with the Method of printing that is printed on by a series of literal that constitutes by literal, numeral or the mark that is called literal below the input unit input for short on the print media of given size; It is characterized in that having following each step:
(1) symbol data that comprises symbol code of each literal that will import by aforementioned input unit is stored in step in the storage device according to page order;
(2) the specific literal in the aforementioned storage device is being specified subscript or following target distribute up and down, and the next-door neighbour of this an appointment literal literal the preceding is under the situation of the literal except subscript or subscript type, and the next-door neighbour who reads this appointment literal is the step of the character size information in the symbol data of a literal the preceding;
(3) according to aforementioned next-door neighbour the preceding the character size of a literal set the step of the character size of aforementioned appointment literal; And
(4) be the step that benchmark is set the allocation position of aforementioned appointment literal with aforementioned upper end or the lower end that is adjacent to the character area of a preceding literal.
5. Method of printing as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, when in abovementioned steps (2) not under situation prior to the literal of the aforementioned appointment literal in the aforementioned storage device, replace above-mentioned steps (3) and (4) and have following steps:
(5) will specify the character size of literal to be set at the step of minimum character size;
(6) this literal is set in literal with appointment and distributes step on the corresponding allocation position.
6. Method of printing that distributes literal up and down, it is with the Method of printing that is printed on by a series of literal that constitutes by literal, numeral or the mark that is called literal below the input unit input for short on the print media of given size; It is characterized in that having following each step:
(1) symbol data that comprises symbol code of each literal that will import by aforementioned input unit is stored in step in the storage device according to page order;
(2) under the specific literal in the aforementioned storage device having been specified subscript or situation that down target is distributed up and down, the next-door neighbour that reads this appointment literal step of the character size information in the symbol data of a literal the preceding;
(3) according to aforementioned next-door neighbour the preceding the character size of a literal set the step of the character size of aforementioned appointment literal; And
(4) be the step that benchmark is set the allocation position of aforementioned appointment literal with aforementioned upper end or the lower end that is adjacent to the character area of a preceding literal; And
When the next-door neighbour of the aforementioned appointment literal in the aforementioned storage device in abovementioned steps (2) the preceding literal be that subscript or subscript type and comprising among the literal prior to aforementioned appointment literal is not subscript or down under the situation of target literal, replace above-mentioned steps (2) to (4) and have following steps:
(7) read in prior among the literal of aforementioned appointment literal not being the subscript or the following step of the character size in the symbol data of target and the hithermost literal of this appointment literal;
(8) set the step of the character size of aforementioned appointment literal according to the character size of aforementioned hithermost literal;
(9) upper end or the lower end with the character area of aforementioned hithermost literal is the step that benchmark is set the allocation position of aforementioned appointment literal.
7. Method of printing as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that, when all being under the situation of subscript or subscript type at all literal prior to the aforementioned appointment literal in the aforementioned storage device in abovementioned steps (7), has following steps:
(10) will specify the character size of literal to be set at the step of minimum character size;
(11) this literal is set in literal with appointment and distributes step on the corresponding allocation position.
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