JP2000242451A - Character display color converting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To emphasize the character string by printing the data after converting the display color of specified characters in print data. SOLUTION: This device is provided with a converted color character recording part 2 for recording character data to convert the display color and color data to be converted and a display color converting part 3 for sequentially searching the print data to be printed and converting the display color to the color data recorded in the converted color character recording part 2 when the print data are matched with the character data recorded in the converted color character recording part 2. The character data recorded in the converted color character recording part 2 can be the character string composed of plural characters and plural pieces of character data and color data corresponding to these plural pieces of character data can be recorded as well.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character display color conversion device, and more particularly, to a character display color conversion device,
The present invention relates to a character display color conversion device that provides a function of designating and printing a color for an arbitrary character or character string.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, print data is created by a word processor or a computer, and the created print data is printed and output by a printer. Further, a color printer is widely used, and the above-described print data can be printed by the color printer.

[0003] For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-328788.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H11-27139, when color character data is printed in a monochrome printer and a monochrome mode of a color printer,
As a countermeasure against color character data becoming difficult to see, a technique of emphasizing characters by decorating (italic, bold, etc.) is disclosed.

[0004]

However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No.
According to the technology described in Japanese Patent No. 328788, when color character data is printed in black and white, character data of a specified color can be decorated and emphasized. has no effect.

In view of the above, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems in the prior art, and is intended to convert a display color of a specific character in print data and print the character string. It is an object of the present invention to provide a character display color conversion device that can emphasize the character.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a character display color conversion apparatus for converting a character display color, comprising: character data for converting a display color; A conversion color character recording unit for recording color data;
A display for sequentially searching print data to be printed and, when the character data matches the character data recorded in the conversion color character recording unit, converting a display color into color data recorded in the conversion color character recording unit. A color conversion unit.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the character data recorded in the conversion color character recording section is a character string composed of a plurality of characters.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the converted color character recording section records a plurality of character data and color data corresponding to the plurality of character data.

According to the present invention, the character data for converting the display color and the color data for conversion are recorded, and the print data is searched. Since the display color of the data is converted to the recorded color data,
Character display colors can be easily converted.

At this time, character string data composed of a plurality of characters may be recorded in the conversion color character recording unit instead of the character data for converting the display color. Color data for the data may be recorded.

[0011]

Next, a specific example of an embodiment of a character display color conversion device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a character display color converter according to the present invention. The character display color converter comprises a print data recording unit 1, a conversion color character recording unit 2, and a display color conversion unit. 3, input unit 4, interface (I / O)
5 and 6, and a central processing unit (CPU) 7 for executing processing.

In the conversion color character recording section 2, character data for converting the display color and color data for conversion are input and recorded in advance from the input section 4.

Next, the operation of the character display color conversion device having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.

In step S1, print data is incorporated via the I / O 5 and recorded in the print data recording unit 1.

In step S2, the print data recorded in the print data recording unit 1 is sequentially read, and the process proceeds to step S3 where the print data matches the character data for converting the display color recorded in the conversion color character recording unit 2. It is determined whether or not. Here, if the determinations match, step S4
And jumps to step S5 if the judgments do not match.

In step S4, the display color data corresponding to the print character data matched in step S3 of the print data recording unit 1 is converted into the color data recorded in the conversion color character recording unit 2.

In step S5, it is determined whether or not all the print data recorded in the print data recording unit 1 has been read out. If the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S2, and steps S2 to S5 are repeated. .

If the determination in step S5 is YES, that is, if the conversion process has been completed for all the print data, the process proceeds to step S6, where the display data recorded in the print data recording unit 1 via the I / O 6 is displayed. The color-converted print data is output and printed by a color printer.

In this embodiment, the character data for converting the display color is recorded in the conversion color character recording section 2 as described above, but the character string data composed of a plurality of characters is recorded. It may be.

Further, a plurality of character data and color data corresponding to the plurality of character data may be recorded in the conversion color character recording section 2.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The character data for converting the display color and the color data for conversion are recorded, the print data is searched, and if the character data matches the recorded character data, the display color of the matched print data is changed to the recorded color. Since the character display color is converted into data, a character display color conversion device capable of easily converting the character display color can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a character display color conversion device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the character display color conversion device of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Print data recording part 2 Conversion color character recording part 3 Display color conversion part 4 Input part 5, 6 Interface (I / O) 7 Central processing unit (CPU)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A character display color conversion device for converting a character display color, comprising: a conversion color character recording unit for recording character data for converting a display color and color data for conversion; A display color conversion unit that converts a display color into color data recorded in the conversion color character recording unit when the character data matches the character data recorded in the conversion color character recording unit. Character display color conversion device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. The character display color conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the character data recorded in the conversion color character recording section is a character string composed of a plurality of characters. 3. The character display color conversion device according to claim 1, wherein the conversion color character recording unit records a plurality of character data and color data corresponding to the plurality of character data.