JP2014191519A - Print image generation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To discriminate a printed sheet having no content changed therein from a printed sheet and printed by a monochrome print setting only by viewing the printed sheet.SOLUTION: A print image generation device specifies changed character information and no changed character information in document information, and generates print image information so that the changed character information is printed with a first color other than black and the no changed character information is printed with a second color other than black and the first color. Therefore, when the printed character information is black, a staff can easily understand that a setting of a printer is a monochrome print setting, and when the character information is printed only by the second color, the staff can easily understand that the setting of the printer is a color print setting and changed character information is not included. Further, when the character information is printed by the first color and the second color, the staff can easily understand that the setting of the printer is the color print setting and changed character information is included.

Description

  The present invention relates to a print image generation apparatus that generates a print image used when printing document information.

  In hospitals and the like, patient information such as names of patients who are hospitalized is displayed on a display screen of a personal computer. Here, it is necessary to change the patient information when the patient enters or leaves the hospital or the schedule of the patient changes. Also, hospital staff such as nurses and doctors must always check whether patient information has been updated.

  By the way, in an information processing apparatus such as a Japanese word processor, a technique is known that changes the color of a changed portion when document information is changed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). When the technology described in Patent Document 1 is applied to the above-described conventional technology, when patient information is changed, the staff can easily grasp the changed patient information by changing the color of the changed location. be able to.

  However, if the number of staff at the hospital is large, the staff will not be able to confirm patient information unless the display screen of the personal computer is enlarged or multiple personal computers are prepared. was there.

  In order to solve such a problem, it is conceivable to print the patient information displayed on the display screen and distribute the printed paper to the staff. The staff can grasp the changed patient information by searching for a place where the color of the image printed on the paper is changed.

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  However, in the above-described prior art, since the color is used to emphasize the changed patient information, the color of the changed portion is changed unless the print setting of the printer is set to the color print setting and printing is performed. The color of the part that does not exist is almost the same color, and the staff can distinguish whether the printed paper image has no changed part or has been printed with the monochrome print settings. There was a problem of disappearing.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and it has been printed only by looking at the printed paper. The purpose is to make it possible to clearly distinguish between them.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, when document information is printed, it is possible to identify changed character information and unchanged character information in the document information. Generates a print image with a first color other than black, and generates a print image with a second color other than black and other than the first color for character information that has not been changed.

  According to the present invention configured as described above, when the character information of the printed paper is printed in black, it can be easily grasped that the print setting of the printer is the monochrome print setting. Also, if the printed paper text information is printed only in the second color, it is easy to know that the printer print settings are color print settings and there is no changed text information it can. Also, if the printed paper character information is printed in the first color and the second color, the printer print setting is the color print setting, and the changed character information exists. It can be easily grasped. Therefore, only by looking at the character information of the printed paper, it is possible to clearly distinguish whether the changed portion does not exist or whether it has been printed by the monochrome print setting.

It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the printing image generation apparatus by this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a printing of the printing image generation apparatus by this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a print image generation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a print image generation apparatus 1 is configured by a personal computer or the like, and can perform printing by connecting a printer (not shown). Here, the print image generation apparatus 1 includes a control unit 2, an input unit 3, a storage unit 4, a change processing unit 5, a print instruction unit 6, a print image generation unit 7, and an interface 8.

  The control unit 2 is for controlling each component of the print image generating apparatus 1 as will be described later, and is configured by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or the like. The control unit 2 includes a change processing unit 5 and a print image generation unit 7.

  The input unit 3 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and is used for directly inputting character information. In the present embodiment, the input unit 3 is configured by a keyboard, a mouse, or the like that directly inputs character information, but is not limited thereto. For example, the input unit 3 may input character information from an external information device.

  The storage unit 4 is configured by a memory, a hard disk device, or the like, and stores document information including character information input by the input unit 3. Here, the document information stored by the storage unit 4 is stored so as to be distinguishable from other documents by adding a document name or the like.

  Thus, the user of the print image generating apparatus 1 can read out desired document information in a state where the document information is stored in the storage unit 4. Further, the user can change the character information with respect to the read document information by using the input unit 3. When the input unit 3 inputs character information from an external information device, the character information stored in the storage unit 3 is automatically changed.

  The change processing unit 5 causes the storage unit 3 to store the changed document information when the user reads desired document information from the storage unit and changes the character information in the document information using the input unit 3. At this time, the changed document information may be overwritten on the document information before the change, or may be stored separately.

  The print instruction unit 6 is for selecting desired document information from the document information stored in the storage unit 3 and instructing printing. Note that the print instruction unit 6 according to the present embodiment may also be used as the input unit 3.

  The print image generation unit 7 extracts the document information instructed to be printed by the print instruction unit 6 from the storage unit 3, and the character information changed by the change processing unit 5 in the document information is other than black. Print image information having a first color (for example, red) is generated, and character information that has not been changed by the change processing unit 5 is a color other than black and a second color other than the first color ( For example, print image information in blue) is generated. Then, the control unit 2 outputs the print image information generated by the print image generation unit 7 to the interface 8.

  The interface 8 is for connecting the print image generating apparatus 1 and a printer to perform communication. When the print image information is input from the control unit 2, the interface 8 outputs the print image information to the printer.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a printing example of a printer connected to the print image generating apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. For example, if the print instructing unit 6 instructs printing for document information composed of character information “Aiueo Kiki Kekko”, all characters are printed in black if the printer setting is monochrome printing. (See FIG. 2 (a)).

  In addition, the input unit 3 changes “aiueo” in the document information “aiueo kakikuko” to “sashisuseso”, and print instruction unit 6 for the document information welfareed by the character information “sashisueso kakukeko”. When printing is instructed to print, if the printer setting is set to monochrome printing, all characters are similarly printed in black (see FIG. 2B).

  In addition, the input unit 3 changes “aiueo” in the document information “aiueo kakikuko” to “sashisuseso”, and print instruction unit 6 for the document information welfareed by the character information “sashisueso kakukeko”. When printing is instructed to print, if the printer settings are set to color printing, the text information for "Sashisuseso" has been changed, so the first color is printed, and the text information for "Kakikakeko" is changed. Since it has not been printed, it is printed in the second color (see FIG. 2C).

  In addition, when the print instruction unit 6 instructs printing without changing the character information for the document information composed of the character information “Aiueo Kakikuko”, if the printer setting is the color print setting, all Are printed in the second color (see FIG. 2D).

  When all of the character information of the printed document information is black as in the examples shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the user can determine whether the character information has been changed or not. It can be easily understood that the printer setting is the monochrome print setting.

  Also, as in the example shown in FIG. 2D, when all the character information of the printed document information is the second color, the user can easily confirm that the character information in the document information has not been changed. Can understand.

  Further, as in the example shown in FIG. 2C, when the printed document information is composed of character information printed in the first color and character information printed in the second color, Can easily understand that the character information printed in the first color in the document information is changed. Here, it is necessary for the user to know in advance that the first color indicates character information that has been changed and the second color indicates character information that has not been changed.

  As described above in detail, in this embodiment, when printing of desired document information is instructed by the print instruction unit 6, the character information in the instructed document information is not changed with the changed character information. The print image generation unit 7 generates print image information in a first color other than black for the changed character information, non-black for the character information that has not been changed, and Print image information is generated in a second color other than the first color.

  Thereby, when the character information of the printed paper is printed in black, it can be easily grasped that the print setting of the printer is the monochrome print setting. Also, if the printed paper text information is printed only in the second color, it is easy to know that the printer print settings are color print settings and there is no changed text information it can. Also, if the printed paper character information is printed in the first color and the second color, the printer print setting is the color print setting, and the changed character information exists. It can be easily grasped. Therefore, only by looking at the character information of the printed paper, it is possible to clearly distinguish whether the changed portion does not exist or whether it has been printed by the monochrome print setting.

  In the above-described embodiment, the first color is red and the second color is blue. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the first color may be blue and the second color may be red. In addition, the first color and the second color are not limited to these colors, and the first color and the second color can be various colors such as yellow, green, and purple as long as they can be identified. Of course there may be.

  In addition, each of the above-described embodiments is merely an example of implementation in carrying out the present invention, and the technical scope of the present invention should not be construed in a limited manner. In other words, the present invention can be implemented in various forms without departing from the spirit or main features thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Print image generation apparatus 2 Control part 3 Input part 4 Storage part 5 Change process part 6 Print instruction | indication part 7 Print image generation part 8 Interface

Claims (1)

An input unit for inputting character information directly or externally, a storage unit for storing document information composed of the character information input at the input unit, and reading out the document information from the storage unit. Change the character information in the input unit, store the changed document information in the storage unit, print instruction unit to instruct the printing of the document information stored in the storage unit, The document information instructed to be printed by the print instruction unit is extracted from the storage unit, and the character information changed by the change processing unit is generated in a first color other than black, and the change processing unit A print image generation apparatus comprising: a print image generation unit configured to generate a print image in a second color other than black and the first color for character information that has not been changed in (1).

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