CN1192303C - Printer, printing method and information recording medium - Google Patents
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Abstract
This invention provides a printer, printing method and information recording medium for printing characters with a wide or narrow width by imitating a font. A kanji character consists of two word parts of the font of its alphanumeric and kana character. When the character is to be printed to simulate a wide character, a blank array is inserted at the right side of the font expressing an alphanumeric character, a kana character, or the right half of a kanji character, or inserted at the left side of a font expressing the left half of a kanji character. When the character is to be printed to simulate a narrow character, the right array of the font expressing an alphanumeric character, a kana character, or the right half of a kanji character, or the left array of the left half of a kanji character, is deleted before printing. Alternatively, the right half of the kanji character can be processed twice the amount for an alphanumeric and kana character, while the left half of the kanji character is not processed.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to printing equipment and Method of printing, especially relate to the wide printing equipment and the Method of printing that can print to change of word of the literal of printing.
Background technology
Usually, on recording mediums such as paper and film, during printing character, adopt following method mostly with printing equipment.
Memory storage stored fonts such as ROM that (1) in printing equipment, disposes in advance (ROM (read-only memory)) and hard disk, be the shape (hereinafter referred to as font information or single font that claims) of literal.
(2) send character code and various instruction from host apparatus such as computing machines to printing equipment.
(3) when sending character code, read the font information corresponding with this character code from memory storage.
(4) drive printhead according to the font information of reading, on recording mediums such as paper, print.At this moment, both can print, font information can be stored into again in the row buffer that divides by 1 row, after the data of holding full 1 row, print again once reading font information.
Printhead uses heat-transferring head, ink gun, stylus printing first-class.
Font informations such as English digital that uses in the simple cheap printing equipment and kana text adopt for example font information of formations such as 5 * 5 dot matrix, 7 * 4 dot matrix, 9 * 9 dot matrix.The font that constitutes with 9 * 9 dot matrix is that example illustrates below.
Fig. 1 is the example of the font of table and * 9 dot matrix formation.Fig. 1 (a) expression English alphabet " m ", Fig. 1 (b) represent English alphabet " x ".
At this moment, printhead longitudinally (paper feeding direction) print 9 points, simultaneously make printhead laterally (with respect to the paper feeding direction direction of orthogonal roughly) move, like this according to the font information printing character.
And, in the printing equipment of stylus printing type,, when print point, be the printing equipment that can not print the point on its tight right side mostly according to the relation of printing between a vertical row required time and the horizontal traveling time of printhead.The font of Fig. 1 (a) shown in (b) is the font that constitutes to such printing equipment, but in fact as Fig. 1 (c), Fig. 1 (d) shown in, the shape of (literal Width) shortening about being printed as.
In addition, in order to print receipt, stock requisition, delivery note etc., not only want to print English digital and assumed name, but also want to print Chinese character with printing equipment contained in register and the electronics desk-top calculator etc.At this moment, can not print all Chinese characters, and only print the limited Chinese characters such as printing necessary for example " ", " ordering ", " just ", " product ", " kind ", " load " of receipt etc., to reduce manufacturing cost.
Such Chinese character style is represented with the size of 9 * 9 dot matrix identical with English digital and KANA font mostly, makes to seem inconvenient, and is also difficult to the identification of literal.Therefore for Chinese character style, prepare the grid of 29 * 9 dot matrix mostly, represent with the size of 9 * 18 dot matrix.
Among Fig. 2, represented an example of this Chinese character style.This is the font information that is called " " Chinese character, constitutes with the size of 9 * 18 dot matrix.Aforementioned the sort of printing equipment is because the restriction that printhead drives, and therefore constitutes the sort of font of point adjacent shown in can not printed drawings 2 (a).The image of printing according to this font information is shown in Fig. 2 (b).
So, in the printing equipment of printing according to this font architecture printing English digital, assumed name, Chinese character, want to change lattice (row) number of the word that can print in 1 row sometimes.For example, according to the font of above-mentioned 9 * 9 dot matrix, the printable 40 lattice words of 1 row, the width of 1 row is 360 points.Corresponding to this 360 point, print the lattice number sometimes and want to become many, want to tail off sometimes.For example, if the word of a literal wide be 10 points, then printing the lattice number is 36 lattice, if the word of a literal wide be 8 points, then printing the lattice number is 45 lattice.
At this moment, if the font of 9 * 9 dot matrix of storing in the use memory storage, can constitute the font of 9 * 8 dot matrix or the font of 9 * 10 dot matrix, then needn't be and increase the capacity of memory storage for 9 * 8 raster fonts or 9 * 10 raster fonts, thus can prevent the increase of cost.
Therefore, be to adopt following method to realize such hope in the past.
(1) when wanting that printing the lattice number tails off, when promptly strengthening the wide printing of word, after printing with 9 * 9 array units, only necessary counting do not drive printhead and it is moved along laterally (lattice to), and be wide to enlarge word.For example, if only 1 count and do not drive printhead and it is moved along laterally (lattice to), just be printed as the literal of 9 * 10 raster fonts.This Method of printing is shown among Fig. 3 (a).
(2) become for a long time when wanting to print the lattice number, when promptly dwindling the wide printing of word, in the unit of 9 * 9 dot matrix, the row of a square end portion are not printed, make thus that word is wide to narrow down.In the English digital or KANA font of 9 * 9 dot matrix for example shown in Figure 1, the row of each font right-hand member all have 2 width not print any word.Therefore, print, then be printed as the literal of 9 * 8 raster fonts if ignore 1 row of right-hand member.This Method of printing is shown among Fig. 3 (b).
In the occasion of printing English digital or assumed name etc., can adopt the method for no any fault.
But the occasion of the Chinese character style that constitutes at the grid with 29 * 9 dot matrix adopts preceding method that following problem can take place.
(1), when making printhead only mobile some when printing 9 SerComms, demonstrates the ordinate of blank spot in the substantial middle of word in the occasion of the wide expansion of word.This appearance is shown among Fig. 4 (a).
(2) in the wide situation about narrowing down of word, when ignoring right-hand member a bit, do not have the point that should print for English digital or KANA font, but for Chinese character style owing to there is the point that should print, so demonstrate the ordinate of blank spot in the substantial middle of word.This appearance is shown among Fig. 4 (b).
Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to solve above problem, its objective is to be provided at when using simple and easy font to come printing character, does not make the character script quantity of information change that is worth storage, and can carry out printing equipment and the Method of printing that the wide variation of word is printed.
For the invention that achieves the above object as follows.
The present invention drives the printing equipment that printhead prints according to the print data of host apparatus or instruction, it is characterized in that comprising the acceptance division that receives print data or instruction; The font memory storage of the font information of storage print literal; Be set in the configuration part of the lattice number of the literal of printing in 1 row; According to the print data that receives by acceptance division, obtain the obtaining section of the font information corresponding from the font memory storage with this print data; According to the print data that the printing lattice number of being set by the configuration part and acceptance division receive, insert data rows in the font information of obtaining by obtaining section or deleted data row and make the transformation component of this font information conversion from font information; According to the font information of transformation component conversion, drive the control part that printhead comes printing character.
And the present invention drives the printing equipment that printhead prints according to the print data of host apparatus or instruction, it is characterized in that comprising the acceptance division that receives print data or instruction; The font memory storage of the font information of storage print literal; Be set in the configuration part of the lattice number of the literal of printing in 1 row; According to the print data that receives by acceptance division, obtain the obtaining section of the font information corresponding from the font memory storage with this print data; According to the print data of printing lattice number of being set by the configuration part and acceptance division reception, decision should be inserted the determination section of the part of empty data rows in the font information that obtaining section obtains; Reach the part that should insert that determines by determination section according to the font information of obtaining by obtaining section, by driving and transport the control part that printhead comes printing character.
And the present invention drives the printing equipment that printhead prints according to the print data of host apparatus or instruction, it is characterized in that comprising the acceptance division that receives print data or instruction; The font memory storage of the font information of storage print literal; Be set in the configuration part of the lattice number of the literal of printing in 1 row; According to the print data that receives by acceptance division, obtain the obtaining section of the font information corresponding from the font memory storage with this print data; According to the print data of printing lattice number of being set by the configuration part and acceptance division reception, the determination section of the part of deleted data row is answered in decision from the font information of being obtained by obtaining section; Reach the part that should delete that determines by determination section according to the font information of obtaining by obtaining section, by driving and transport the control part that printhead comes printing character.
Like this, utilize existing font to adopt width to become the printing of big or the font that diminishes.
In this case, transformation component or determination section also have and are used for the memory storage that the information converting with the font information conversion stores, and wherein transformation component or determination section carry out conversion according to information converting to font information.
Like this, can apply flexibly the information converting in the area of space of the font information that stores effectively, thus can the conserve memory capacity.
In addition, transformation component or determination section also come the conversion font information according to the address information that stores the font memory storage of the font information corresponding with print data.
Like this, even in the font information that stores, do not have area of space, also can carry out the conversion of font information by simple calculating.
In addition, the configuration part is also set according to the instruction of host apparatus regulation and is printed the lattice number.
Like this, can print the lattice number arbitrarily by the host apparatus appointment.
In addition, the configuration part is set according to the switch of printing equipment setting and is printed the lattice number.
Like this, can handle (DIP) switch or internal memory switch according to the distributed information that printing equipment is provided with specifies and prints the lattice number arbitrarily.
Also should understand the control method of the present invention as printing equipment, also can obtain same effect and effect this moment.
In addition, the control method of printing equipment can be supplied with the control program that can be carried out by control part, and provides by the recording medium that writes down this control program.Perhaps, also can provide control program, be recorded in the recording medium of the personal computer of user side or printing equipment and use by computer networks such as internets.
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Fig. 1 is the formation of expression English digital font and the key diagram of print image;
Fig. 2 is the formation of expression Chinese character style and the key diagram of print image;
The key diagram of Fig. 3 previous methods when to be that the word of expression change English digital is wide print;
The key diagram of Fig. 4 previous methods when to be that the word of expression change Chinese character is wide print;
Fig. 5 is the calcspar of the basic comprising of the relevant printing equipment of the present invention of expression;
Fig. 6 is the key diagram that enlarges the wide Method of printing of word among expression the present invention;
Fig. 7 is narrow down among the present invention key diagram of the wide Method of printing of word of expression;
Fig. 8 is the process flow diagram of the control among expression the present invention.
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The following describes one embodiment of the invention.Embodiment shown below only is used for illustrative purposes, and does not constitute limitation of the scope of the invention.Therefore, those of ordinary skill in the art can adopt to each key element or all key element carry out the embodiment of equivalents, such embodiment is included within the scope of the present invention equally.
Fig. 5 is the block diagram of expression printing equipment 500 summaries of the present invention.
According to the data that receive, CPU 502 reads font information from font ROM 503, will print which point, not print the information which puts two aspects and be deployed in the row buffer 504.When carrying out this expansion, adopt the wide method of change word of the present invention.This point will be described later.
In addition, be not provided with yet suitable the present invention of embodiment of row buffer 504.At this moment, replace the information of font two aspects is deployed in the row buffer 504, directly drive printhead 505 just.Below explanation be to be that example is described with the printing equipment that is provided with row buffer 504.In addition, the action record of CPU 502 is in program ROM 506.
Therefore, program ROM 506 is independent, as the information recording carrier work of logging program.In addition, if the ROM that leave out and write of program ROM 506 as short-access storage realized, then represent that by information recording carriers such as floppy disk, tape, hard disks the program of CPU 502 actions is suitable for being stored in the program ROM 506.
The setting of the printing lattice number of 1 row can be leaned on from the predetermined instruction of main frame to printing equipment 500 transmissions, distributed information perhaps is set in printing equipment 500 handles switch or internal memory switch.Setting according to this printing lattice number decides word wide.
Basic structure of the present invention now is described in detail in detail.It is identical with in the past mode that the present invention prints English digital and assumed name.Described in the wide expansion of the word of English digital and assumed name in the following description and handled the situation of font right-hand member side when narrowing down, but can do suitable change the processing of font left end side etc.
Printing equipment in the past is when the wide printing Chinese character of change word, why the substantial middle at Chinese character partly produces the blank spot part, be because no matter during in which side of the right half part of printing Chinese character and left-half, perhaps insert the point range of not printing any word, perhaps delete the point range of each right-hand member side in each right-hand member side.
Therefore, for preventing this situation, the present invention adopts following way (method).Here at first explanation enlarges the wide way of word.
First kind of way is for the font of expression Chinese character left-half, to insert the point range (blank column) of not printing any word in the left end side of font; And, then insert blank column in the right-hand member side of font for the font of representing the Chinese character right half part.This way is shown among Fig. 6 (a).
According to the method, can be in advance in ROM, store the information of inserting blank column about either party in the left end side of 9 * 9 raster fonts and right-hand member side.This information can be represented with a bit (bit) for each font.The font of 9 * 9 dot matrix stores with the zone of 81 bits, but in order to carry out memory access easily, is stored into mostly in the zone of the zone of 18 bytes (2 * 9 bytes, 144 bits) or 11 bytes (88 bit).In this case, as area of space the more than needed of 63 bits or 7 bits arranged respectively.Therefore, can fully store above-mentioned information.
Second kind of way is when printing the font of expression Chinese character left-half, not carry out the insertion of blank column; And when printing the font of expression Chinese character right half part, the blank column of twice inserts when then carrying out English digital or assumed name.And this way also can make the ratio of left-half and right half part carry out conversely.This way is shown among Fig. 6 (b).
According to the method, can be in advance in ROM, store and relevantly do not insert blank column or insert one times or insert the information of the blank column of twice in the right-hand member side of 9 * 9 raster fonts.This information is can represent with two bits (bit) for each font, with above-mentioned situation similarly, can be stored in advance in the area of space of font ROM 503.
Two kinds of methods described herein are suitable for the situation with word is wide when narrowing down equally.
That is,, Chinese character style is constituted than more close central configuration in the past, pre-determine the point that right-hand member will be deleted in each font point and left end will be deleted, reconstitute the font of word width like this corresponding to first method.Its appearance is shown in Fig. 7 (a).
In addition, corresponding to second method, Chinese character style can adopt common in the past configuration, does not delete any row in the left-half of Chinese character style, and the right half part right-hand member is then deleted the row of the point range twice of deletion in English digital etc.Its appearance is shown in Fig. 7 (b).
The same when word is wide when narrowing down also with the wide expansion of above-mentioned word, in the area of space of font ROM 503, store the information which which row of part is relevant each font only delete in advance.
By this method, for example only has 45 lattice also can be used as the printing equipment or 50 lattice of 40 lattice with the printing equipment of font printing equipment use.Even printing Chinese character can not produce blank spot yet, obtain the good print result of quality.
Adopt above-mentioned embodiment, with the sign of expression end portion treatment, be that the columns of the insertion place of blank column or insertion and delete position, the deletion columns of row are stored in the area of space of font ROM 503 in the past, CPU 502 carries out suitable insertion or deletion according to this information when font being deployed in the row buffer 504.
But, when for example being benchmark, exist such font ROM 503 not have the situation of area of space with 8 * 8 raster fonts.And, for each font, the remaining space of this information is not set in font ROM 503 yet.The recognition methods that is to use character code that can utilize in this situation.Be described as follows about this method (the third way).
Usually represent with each literal assigned code from the print data that main frame sends.For example, use ASCII character, (sexadecimal is 61 to send character code 97 when printing character " a "." 61H " with additional " H " represents below).According to this character code, the arrangement of the distribution condition of each font in the past is as follows.
(a) English digital and kana text are 0OH～7FH.
(b) left-half of Chinese character be 80H, 82H ..., FEH (80H above even number).
(c) right half part of Chinese character be 81H, 83H ..., FFH (80H above odd number).
These numerals can be done suitable change according to the kind or the numerical value of font.
Therefore, even do not store the sign of the end portion treatment of expression right-hand member side or left end side in advance at font ROM 503, also can use this character code to decide the position columns of insertion blank column and the position columns of deletion.That is, after classification more than the 80H, the above occasion of 80H can still be that even number is classified by odd number.
And, according to the numerical value distribution of above-mentioned (a) and (b), (c), try every possible means by the storage method of font, do not store the sign of expression end portion treatment, and can determine to insert the position columns of blank column and the position columns of deletion.The word that adds among the font ROM 503 is to distribute with from 0 to 255 assortment, and each key element of assortment is represented each font.At this moment, when character code during, then carry out c with 2 calculations that remove as c.Its merchant is b for a, remainder.(b=1) just stores the font of this literal when aliquant on the key element of assortment a sequence number; And (b=0) just stores the font of this literal on the key element of assortment (a+128) sequence number can divide exactly the time.
According to this method, English digital and KANA font are stored in the following assortment of font ROM 503.
From No. 0 to No. 63.
From No. 128 to No. 191.
In addition, the font of Chinese character is stored in the following assortment of font ROM 503.
Right half part is from No. 64 to No. 127.
Left-half is from No. 192 to No. 255.
Therefore, in the font that in the assortment of font ROM 503, stores, for from 0 to No. 195 (start from scratch whole 3/4), right-hand member side in font is inserted blank column, perhaps delete the row of right-hand member side, for the from the 196th to No. 256 (from last whole 1/4),, perhaps delete the row of left end side at the left end side insertion blank column of font.
And, obtain being calculated as follows of font position from character code: necessary calculating when to be CPU 502 be deployed into font in the row buffer 504, if dispose each font as described above, then when obtaining font information, the side that can obtain handling is right side or left side.
Fig. 8 is the process flow diagram of the relevant control summary of the present invention of expression.
(1) receives character code (S801) from main frame.
(2) character font data with the character code that receives launches (S802) from font ROM 503 to row buffer 504.
(3), carry out the end portion treatment (S803) of font right-hand member side or left end side according to the character code that receives.
(4) judge whether (investigation) row buffer 504 is full of (S804),, then print afterwards (S805), empty row buffer (S806), turn back to program (1) in content according to row buffer if when being full of.
(5) turn back to program (1) during row buffer 504 underfills.
In this was handled, the end portion treatment (S803) of program (3), the processing of promptly inserting blank column and delete columns in the end of the right-hand member side of font and left end side constituted feature of the present invention.
As mentioned above, according to the present invention, providing only needs to prepare a kind of font and just can carry out printing equipment and Method of printing with the printing of wide expansion of word or the wide pattern that narrows down of word, does not produce blank spot at this moment on font.Particularly, provide such printing equipment cheaply etc.In the ROM that writes down font in advance, have under the situation of excess room, store the sign of expression font end portion treatment; And the font of trying every possible means to carry out in the ROM under not having the situation of excess room disposes, and realizes the printing equipment cheaply of little storage volume thus.
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1. print data or the instruction according to main frame drives the printing equipment that printhead prints, and it is characterized in that comprising:
Receive the acceptance division of above-mentioned print data or above-mentioned instruction; The font memory storage of the font information of storage print literal; Be set in the configuration part of the lattice number of printing character in the delegation; Obtain the obtaining section of the above-mentioned font information corresponding with this print data according to the above-mentioned print data that receives by above-mentioned acceptance division, from above-mentioned font memory storage; According to above-mentioned printing lattice number of setting by above-mentioned configuration part and the above-mentioned print data that receives by above-mentioned acceptance division, insert data rows in the above-mentioned font information of obtaining by above-mentioned obtaining section or make the transformation component of this font information conversion from above-mentioned font information deleted data row; Above-mentioned font information according to by above-mentioned transformation component conversion drives the control part that above-mentioned printhead comes printing character.
2. printing equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that above-mentioned transformation component has the storage device of the information converting of the above-mentioned font information of the conversion of saving as; Above-mentioned transformation component is according to the above-mentioned font information of above-mentioned information converting conversion.
3. printing equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that above-mentioned transformation component comes the above-mentioned font information of conversion according to storage corresponding to the address information of the above-mentioned font memory storage of the above-mentioned font information of above-mentioned character font data.
4. printing equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that above-mentioned configuration part sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the predetermined instruction of above-mentioned host apparatus.
5. printing equipment as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that above-mentioned configuration part sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the switch that is provided with on this printing equipment.
6. print data or the instruction according to main frame drives the printing equipment that printhead prints, and it is characterized in that comprising:
Receive the acceptance division of above-mentioned print data or above-mentioned instruction; The font memory storage of the font information of storage print literal; Be set in the configuration part of the lattice number of printing character in the delegation; Obtain the obtaining section of the above-mentioned font information corresponding with this print data according to the above-mentioned print data that receives by above-mentioned acceptance division, from above-mentioned font memory storage; Reach the above-mentioned print data that is received by above-mentioned acceptance division according to the above-mentioned printing lattice number of being set by above-mentioned configuration part, decision should be inserted the determination section of the part of empty data rows in the above-mentioned font information of being obtained by above-mentioned obtaining section; According to the insertion portion of answering of above-mentioned font information of obtaining by above-mentioned obtaining section and the decision of above-mentioned determination section, by driving and transport the control part that printhead comes printing character.
7. printing equipment as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that above-mentioned determination section has storage device, and it saves as the part that decision should be inserted data rows.
8. printing equipment as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that above-mentioned determination section decides the data rows part that will insert according to the address information that stores corresponding to the above-mentioned font memory storage of the above-mentioned font information of above-mentioned character font data.
9. printing equipment as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that above-mentioned configuration part sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the predetermined instruction of above-mentioned host apparatus.
10. printing equipment as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that above-mentioned configuration part sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the switch that is provided with on this printing equipment.
11. print data or instruction according to main frame drive the printing equipment that printhead prints, and it is characterized in that comprising:
Receive the acceptance division of above-mentioned print data or above-mentioned instruction; The font memory storage of the font information of storage print literal; Be set in the configuration part of the lattice number of printing character in the delegation; Obtain the obtaining section of the above-mentioned font information corresponding with this print data according to the above-mentioned print data that receives by above-mentioned acceptance division, from above-mentioned font memory storage; Reach the above-mentioned print data that is received by above-mentioned acceptance division according to the above-mentioned printing lattice number of being set by above-mentioned configuration part, the determination section of the part of deleted data row is answered in decision from the above-mentioned font information of being obtained by above-mentioned obtaining section; According to the part that should delete of above-mentioned font information of obtaining by above-mentioned obtaining section and the decision of above-mentioned determination section, by driving and transport the control part that printhead comes printing character.
12. printing equipment as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that above-mentioned determination section has storage device, it saves as the information that the part of deleted data row is answered in decision.
13. printing equipment as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that above-mentioned determination section decides the part of answering the deleted data row according to the address information that stores corresponding to the above-mentioned font memory storage of the above-mentioned font information of above-mentioned character font data.
14. printing equipment as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that above-mentioned configuration part sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the predetermined instruction of above-mentioned host apparatus.
15. printing equipment as claimed in claim 11 is characterized in that above-mentioned configuration part sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the switch that is provided with on this printing equipment.
16. drive the Method of printing of the printing equipment that printhead prints according to the print data of main frame or instruction, it is characterized in that comprising:
Receive the step of above-mentioned print data or above-mentioned instruction; Be set in the step of the lattice number of printing character in the delegation; According to above-mentioned print data, obtain the step of the above-mentioned font information corresponding from the font memory storage that stores font information with this print data; According to above-mentioned printing lattice number and above-mentioned print data, to the step of in above-mentioned font information, inserting data rows or deleted data is listed as this font information of conversion from above-mentioned font information; According to the font information of above-mentioned conversion, by driving the step that above-mentioned printhead comes printing character.
17. Method of printing as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that above-mentioned shift step is according to coming this font information of conversion for the information converting that makes the above-mentioned font information conversion that stores in the memory storage.
18. Method of printing as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that above-mentioned shift step comes this font information of conversion according to the address information that stores corresponding to the above-mentioned font memory storage of the above-mentioned font information of above-mentioned print data.
19. Method of printing as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that above-mentioned setting step sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the predetermined instruction of above-mentioned host apparatus.
20. Method of printing as claimed in claim 16 is characterized in that above-mentioned setting step sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the switch that is provided with on the above-mentioned printing equipment.
21. drive the Method of printing of the printing equipment that printhead prints according to the print data of main frame or instruction, it is characterized in that comprising:
Receive the step of above-mentioned print data or above-mentioned instruction; Be set in the step of the lattice number of printing character in the delegation; According to above-mentioned print data, obtain the step of the above-mentioned font information corresponding from the font memory storage that stores font information with this print data; According to above-mentioned printing lattice number and above-mentioned print data, decision should be inserted the step of the part of empty data rows in above-mentioned font information; The part that should insert according to above-mentioned font information and above-mentioned decision is by driving and transport the step that printhead comes printing character.
22. Method of printing as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that above-mentioned deciding step decides according to the information that should insert the part of the data rows that stores in the memory storage for decision.
23. Method of printing as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that above-mentioned deciding step decides the part that should insert data rows according to the address information that stores corresponding to the above-mentioned font memory storage of the above-mentioned font information of above-mentioned print data.
24. Method of printing as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that above-mentioned setting step sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the predetermined instruction of above-mentioned host apparatus.
25. Method of printing as claimed in claim 21 is characterized in that above-mentioned setting step sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the switch that is provided with on the above-mentioned printing equipment.
26. drive the Method of printing of the printing equipment that printhead prints according to the print data of main frame or instruction, it is characterized in that comprising:
Receive the step of above-mentioned print data or above-mentioned instruction; Be set in the step of the lattice number of printing character in the delegation; According to above-mentioned print data, obtain the step of the above-mentioned font information corresponding from the font memory storage that stores font information with this print data; According to above-mentioned printing lattice number and above-mentioned print data, the step of the part of deleted data row is answered in decision from above-mentioned font information; The part that should delete according to above-mentioned font information and above-mentioned decision is by driving and transport the step that printhead comes printing character.
27. Method of printing as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that above-mentioned deciding step decides according to the information that should delete the part of the data rows that stores in the memory storage for decision.
28. Method of printing as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that above-mentioned deciding step decides the part of answering the deleted data row according to the address information that stores corresponding to the above-mentioned font memory storage of the above-mentioned font information of above-mentioned print data.
29. Method of printing as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that above-mentioned setting step sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the predetermined instruction of above-mentioned host apparatus.
30. Method of printing as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that above-mentioned setting step sets above-mentioned printing lattice number according to the switch that is provided with on this printing equipment.
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