JP2577912B2 - Form creation device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention reads and stores image information such as characters displayed on an input sheet, and prints out a predetermined portion of the stored contents by designating an output position. Accordingly, the present invention relates to an apparatus for creating a form having a format different from that of the input paper, and more particularly to an apparatus having a plurality of printers and printing and outputting from a printer designated among these printers.

For example, if you send a gift from a department store to multiple people,
From the application form (input form) having one requester field and a plurality of delivery address fields, product name fields, etc., form information such as characters entered in each field is read, and a delivery slip (form) having a format different from that of the application form is read. ) For a plurality of printers for each destination.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a device for creating a form having a format different from that of an input form is known (for example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 58-32).
It is also known to use a plurality of printers in such an apparatus.

However, a plurality of printers of this kind in the related art are provided to improve the processing capability of a printing operation in order to cope with high-speed processing of input information, and do not take into account the form of a format and the contents of a print. The printers in which the printing operation is in a halt state are sequentially selected automatically and the printout is performed without performing the operation.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention Therefore, in the related art, for example, even when there are a plurality of forms of a form to be created according to a trader who handles delivery of goods, a plurality of printers can be used without considering this type. Since it will be printed, it will be necessary to sort the created forms for each handling company,
This operation is extremely complicated and has a drawback that sorting errors easily occur.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a form creation device provided with a plurality of printers, which solves such disadvantages.

Means for solving the problem A printer selection mark for determining which printer is to be used for printing on the input paper is provided in advance, and the printer selection mark is read by the mark reading means, and is read by the mark reading means. And a control unit for selecting a printer to be printed out based on the received signal.

Operation Since the printer to be printed out is specified according to the printer selection mark, the form to be created can be distributed to each printer according to the format, and there is no need to perform a complicated operation such as a sorting operation.

Embodiments Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Here, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a form creation device,
FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a gift application form serving as an input form used in the present invention, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) show two types of different forms of a form created from the gift application form. It is a schematic plan view which shows a delivery slip.

First, the configurations of a gift application form and a delivery slip will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2, the gift application form 1 is a vertically long sheet, in which one requester column 2, a destination column 3, a printer selection mark column 4, a product name column 5, and an amount column 6 are included. A plurality of blocks are provided as a set. The printer selection mark column 4 has two check columns 4a and 4b. The check column 4a is a column to be marked when the printer 13 (see FIG. 1) is selected, while the check column 4a is a printer 14
(See FIG. 1) This column is marked when selecting.

As shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b), a delivery slip prepared in a different format from the gift application 1
7, 8 has two types with different formats,
The requester columns 2a and 2b, the destination columns 3a and 3b, the product columns 5a and 5b, and the price columns 6a and 6b to which the contents of the requester column 2, the destination column 3, the product name column 5, and the price column 6 are respectively transcribed. Is provided.

Next, a form creation device for creating the delivery slips 7, 8 from the gift application form 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

When the gift application form 1 is set in the input device 9 and input is instructed, the optical reading means provided in the input device 9 forms the characters A, B, C, and the like written in the respective fields and the printer selection mark. D, E, F, G, X are read and input buffer 1
Stored in 0. The printer selection mark 16 is set in any of the columns by the mark determination unit 11 as a mark reading unit.
It is determined whether 4a and 4b have been performed. Based on the determination signal, the input / output control unit 12 as a control unit selects the printers 13 and 14 to be output. In addition, each area to be cut out corresponding to a predetermined format is specified by the input position specifying unit 15 according to the printers 13 and 14 to be output. Each of the designated areas is set in the input / output control means 12, and an output position according to the format of the printers 13, 14 to be outputted is designated. Then, the selected printers 13 and 14 print out and print them at predetermined positions, and delivery slips 7 and 8 in a format different from that of the gift application 1 are created.

For example, in the case of inputting a block having a destination column 3 in which the shape information B shown in FIG.
Since the printer selection mark 16 is provided on each of the image information A, B, and
While D and E are read, the position of the mark 16 that is also read is determined by the mark determination unit 11,
The input / output control means 12 selects the printer 13 and the input position designation section 15 designates each area to be cut out including each of the shape information A, B, D, and E. Then, the printer 13 prints out the print data at a predetermined position, and the delivery slip 7 shown in FIG. 3A is created. Similarly, in the case of a block having a destination field 3 in which the shape information C shown in FIG.
14 forms the delivery slip 8 shown in FIG. 3 (b).

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the number of printers 13 and 14 is not limited to two, and three or more printers may be provided. Further, in principle, one printer 13 or 14 is selected for printing and outputting, but two or more printers can be selected at the same time. Further, the forms to be created are not limited to the delivery slips 7 and 8, the input form is not limited to the gift application 1, and their formats can be changed as appropriate. Furthermore, the printer selection mark
16 is not limited to the X mark, and can be appropriately selected such as a / mark, a + mark, and the like.

Advantages As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a plurality of printers can be provided, and a form in a different format can be created for each printer. In addition, it is possible to create forms such as delivery slips corresponding to delivery flights or handling companies, etc., and it is possible to efficiently create forms of different formats, and it is not necessary to perform complicated work such as sorting work. In addition, there is an effect that the work of handling the form can be performed efficiently and accurately.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a form creation device, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a gift application form used in the present invention. Plan view, FIG. 3 (a), (b)
Is a different format 2 created from the gift application
It is a schematic plan view which shows each example of each kind of delivery slip. 1 ... gift application, 7, 8 ... delivery slip, 9 ... input device, 10 ... input buffer, 11 ... mark judgment unit, 12 ...
... I / O control means, 13,14 ... Printer, 15 ... Input position designation part, 16 ... Printer selection mark

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: reading and storing image information such as characters displayed on an input sheet by optical means; setting an output position of a predetermined portion of the stored content; and printing out the output by at least one of a plurality of printers By doing so, the input paper is a device that creates a form in a format different from that of the input paper, a mark reading means for reading a printer selection mark provided in advance on the input paper, and a signal read by the mark reading means. Control means for selecting a printer to be printed and output based on the form.