JP2000076359A - Re-layout printer for document - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To print a wide range of documents as documents with good visibility. SOLUTION: Defined re-layout information on a document is obtained (S101). According to the document re-layout information consisting of the number of row items, the number of column items, and print order of item data which can be printed in one page, the range and the number of pages which are processed this time are calculated (S102). Then a title part, and row item header parts, row item footer parts, column item header parts, column item footer parts, and item data parts by the pages are obtained from the document data according to the range of the pages which are processed this time (S103). The obtained data are laid out again for the document of the respective pages (S104) and printed (S105).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a technique for printing out a wide range of forms on a page by computer in a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a form is created on a computer, a wide range of forms can be displayed on a screen with high visibility by a scroll display technique or the like. If this form is output to a printing device and printed, if the size of the form does not fit on one sheet, print only a part that fits on the sheet, or simply split and print on multiple sheets. Ordinarily, printing is performed in a reduced or enlarged size.

[0003]

Therefore, in order to print a wide range of forms as a form with high visibility, it is necessary to recreate one form into a plurality of forms and then print the form. It will take a lot of time. An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily print a wide range of forms as a plurality of forms with high visibility.

[0004]

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 includes a title part, a line item header part, a line item footer part, a column item header part, and a column item as form data. Means for storing the position information of the footer portion and the item data portion, the number of line items, the number of column items, and the printing order per page input as the relayout information; In this case, the position information of the title part, the line item header part, the line item footer part, the column item header part, the column item footer part and the item data part is obtained from the form data, and based on the re-layout information, a wide-range form is obtained. Means for laying out and printing a plurality of forms with high visibility.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the positions of the title part, the line item header part, the line item footer part, the column item header part, the column item footer part and the item data part of the form data are provided. The information is added to the re-layout information.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a form printing apparatus to which the present invention is applied. When printing a form with this form printing apparatus, the main control unit 1 realized by a CPU and a program (not shown) stores form data 21 and form relayout information 22 defined in the memory 2, and performs printing. When a command is input, the form data 21 and the form re-layout information 22 are read from the memory 2 and re-laid out. Next, the result of the re-layout is sent to the output control unit 3 and output from the printing device 4.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing these processes systematically. As shown in the figure, when printing a form, first, the relayout information of the defined form is obtained (S101). The range of pages to be processed this time and the number of output pages are calculated based on the form relayout information including the number of line items, the number of column items, and the printing order of the item data that can be printed in one page (S102). Next, a title portion, a row item header portion, a line item footer portion, a column item header portion, a column item footer portion, and an item data portion for each page are obtained from the form data from the range of the page to be processed this time (S103). ). The acquired data is laid out again for the form of each page (S104), and the obtained form is printed (S105). If there is a next page, S10
The process returns to step 2 (S106).

FIG. 3 shows the structure of form data. A title portion, a line item header portion, a line item footer portion, a column item header portion, and a column item footer portion are located around the item data.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram conceptually showing a form layout re-layout process executed by the present invention. That is, the form division type is determined based on the form layout information set first, and each page at the time of printing is configured based on the form.

[0009]

According to the present invention, by simply setting the form re-layout information in a wide range of forms, the forms are printed after being laid out in a plurality of forms when the forms are printed. As a result, a form with high visibility can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a form printing apparatus to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart systematically illustrating the process of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of the form data of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view conceptually showing a relayout process of form printing in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main control part 2 Memory 3 Output control part 4 Printing device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Form data includes position information of a title portion, a line item header portion, a line item footer portion, a column item header portion, a column item footer portion, and an item data portion, and is input as re-layout information. Means for storing the number of line items, the number of column items, and the printing order per page; and, when a form print command is input, from the form data, a title part, a line item header part, a line item footer part, and a column item. Means for acquiring position information of a header section, a column item footer section, and an item data section, laying out a wide-range form on a plurality of forms with high visibility based on the re-layout information, and printing the form. Form re-layout printing apparatus characterized in that: 2. The form relay printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the form data includes a title part, a line item header part, a line item footer part, a column item header part, a column item footer part, and an item data part. A form re-layout printing apparatus characterized by adding position information to re-layout information.