JP2994674B2 - Data processing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a data processing apparatus for printing data in a database on paper of a predetermined format.

[Conventional technology]

In the OA (Office Automation) field, which aims to increase the efficiency of office work, the use of database software with personal computers has become important. The database software processes data with a record composed of a plurality of items, and can use the database software to perform processing such as item search and record sorting, and can arbitrarily process the data.

For example, in the sales department, a customer management list is created using database software, and is used for product management for each customer. Then, at the time of shipping the product, the customer management list is used to search for the destination customer, the data is printed on a shipping invoice (a slip) in a predetermined format, and the printed slip is attached to the product. Is streamlining shipping operations.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, when printing data using a conventional database software on a paper in which data entry ranges such as an address, a name, and a telephone number are predetermined, such as a carrier's slip, the printing position on the paper is indicated by the X and Y coordinates. In this case, the print range and the entry range do not match, and the printed data may protrude from the entry range or may not be printed properly at the corresponding location. For this reason, it is necessary to perform a number of trials and then perform the actual printing, which wastes the paper under trial and makes it difficult to specify the print position.
In addition, there was a problem that it became uncertain.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and reads an image in a paper entry range by image reading means, displays the read image, and specifies a data printing position on the displayed entry range image. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a data processing apparatus capable of reliably and easily specifying a printing position without performing a complicated operation of trial.

[Means for solving the problem]

A data processing device according to the present invention is a data processing device that prints created data on a sheet having a predetermined entry range, wherein the image reading means reads an image of the sheet having the predetermined entry range, Display means for displaying the displayed image; means for setting the print start position of the data on the displayed image; means for setting the print size of the data; and Means for displaying the range occupied by the data printed on the sheet as an area actually required for printing when the data is printed on the sheet so as to be recognizable on the displayed image; and Means for changing the size, and means for displaying the area necessary for the actual printing based on the changed print size in a confirmable manner on the displayed image. Data processing apparatus according to symptoms.

[Action]

In the present invention, when printing data on a sheet in which the data entry range is predetermined, the image in the sheet entry range is read by the image reading means, the read image is displayed on the display means, and the displayed entry is displayed. Specify the data print position on the range. Therefore, since the print position can be specified by the actual image, the print position can be specified reliably and easily, and the need for trial is eliminated.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments. A data processing device according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the present device) is a document processing mode that functions as a word processor, records data is input in a card display format or the like, and performs various data processing such as sorting and selecting. And the data processing mode for outputting the processing result. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the structure of the keyboard. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as a CPU) including a microprocessor, which controls various input / output devices, performs document processing, data processing, and the like. The following elements are connected to the CPU 1 via a bus 5. 2 is a main memory consisting of dynamic RAM (hereinafter referred to as RAM
), And temporarily store various programs, document files created in the document processing mode, and data processing files created in the data processing mode. Reference numeral 3 denotes a first hard disk connected to a bus 5 via a hard disk I / O interface (hereinafter referred to as HDTDI / F) 4.
Auxiliary memory (HD). The HDD I / F 4 includes a hard disk control unit and controls high-speed data transfer between the RAM 2 and the HD 3 under the control of the DMA controller 6 according to a start instruction from the CPU 1. Reference numeral 7 denotes a CRT as a display means.
It is connected to the bus 5 via an RT interface (hereinafter referred to as CRTI / F) 8. The CRTI / F8 includes a circuit for controlling the CRT screen. Under the control of the CPU 1, the display code data is changed into a pattern by a character generator ROM (hereinafter referred to as CGROM) 9 and a display buffer memory (hereinafter referred to as a video RAM) is used. VRAM) and display it on CRT7.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a keyboard as input means for inputting data, text, etc., selecting various functions, and the like. The keyboard 11 includes a keyboard interface (hereinafter referred to as a keyboard I / F) 12 including a circuit for a keyboard control circuit. Connected to. The keyboard 11 basically has a key arrangement of a commercially available word processor, and as shown in FIG. 2, the arrangement of the main parts thereof includes function keys F1 to F10 that change depending on the function mode and a function key F11 for specifying a fixed function.
To F18. Other keyboard 11 is the execution key SW1
And a cursor key SW2 and a character input key group. The keyboard I / F 12 discriminates the pressed key, converts it into a control signal and a data signal, and sends it to the CPU 1. The CPU 1 executes various functions in response to the control signal.

On the other hand, reference numeral 23 denotes an image reader (hereinafter referred to as IR), which reads a photograph or an image, and the read image is written to a RAM 3 through an image reader interface (hereinafter referred to as an image reader I / F) 24, and its control is performed by a CPU 1. Do.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a printer such as a horizontal printer, a laser beam printer, or a wire dot printer. For example, transfer of print data for printing, for example, 48 × 48 dot matrix characters is performed between the RAM 3 and a print buffer (not shown) of the printer 13. It is connected to the bus 5 via a printer interface (hereinafter referred to as a printer I / F) 14, and printing control is performed by the CPU 1.

15 is a floppy disk interface (FDDI / F
Portable second auxiliary memory (hereinafter referred to as FD) consisting of a floppy disk connected to the bus 5 via 16)
The document file and data file created by the apparatus of the present invention are transferred from the HD 3 and stored, or a document file created by another document file creating apparatus or the like is stored. FDDI / F
Reference numeral 16 includes a floppy disk control unit. The RAM 2 and the FD 15 are controlled by the DMA
Control high-speed data transfer between

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the apparatus of the present invention having the above hardware configuration. That is, the control means 17
Corresponding to various programs indicating the control procedure of the CPU 1 stored in RAM2 or HD3, the main storage means 18 corresponds to RAM2, the auxiliary storage means 19 corresponds to HD3 and HDD / F4, FD15 and FDDI / F16,
The display means 20 corresponds to CRT7 and CRTI / F8, etc., and the input means 21
Is provided on the keyboard 11 and the keyboard I / F 12, the printing means 22 is provided on the printer 13 and the printer I / F 14, and the image reading means 25 is provided.
Corresponds to the IR23 and the image reader I / F24, respectively.

The control means 17 forms various buffer memories M1, M2... And tables T1, T2... On the main storage means 18, and controls the buffer memories by the control means P2 to P5 realized by the various programs (software). The document file function and the data processing function are executed using M1, M2,... And tables T1, T2,.

Next, the buffer memories M1, M2,... And tables T1, T2,.

M1 is a text memory 1 for storing text created in the document processing mode and image data (text data) of a card created in the data processing mode, and T1 is a text memory.
The text management table 1 stores the number of pages, the number of lines, the page being accessed, the line number, etc. for managing the text data in 1M1, and the M2 is a record composed of a plurality of items (fields) input in the data processing mode. Is a record management table 1 for managing records in the record memory M2, the number of items, a record being accessed, an item number, etc., and T3 is a data processing mode. An item management table 1 in which data for managing input items is stored, M3 is various work buffers and various registers used in various processes, M4 is a program memory for storing various programs, and T4 is an HD3 on HD3. Document files and data processing files, and necessary for reading and writing various programs Is a directory table that stores over data.

Similarly, a buffer memory and a table used at the time of record disassembly / assembly include a text management table 2T5, a text memory 2M5, an item management table 2T7, a record management table 2T6, a record memory 2M6, and a repeat table T8 used for a repeat process described later. (Not shown).

 Next, the control means 17 will be described.

P1 is the main control means that performs the basic function of the control means,
Input / output control means P2, file management means P3, document processing means
Management and control of P4 and data processing means P5.

The input / output control means P2 controls the input means 21, the display means 20, the printing means 22, and the image reading means 25, exchanges control data with these and the main storage means 18, and controls the input / output control means P2. Transfers character data and image data to and from 18.

The file management means P3 uses the data of the directory table T4 to access various files (document files, data files, dictionary files, fin files, program files) stored in the holding storage means 19, and logically stores the files. Management. When the directory table T4 is displayed on the document selection screen (for example, in FIG. 5-1), the necessary data and the position information on the FD 15 of the file configured for the document, the number of constituent files, Contains usage flags.

The document processing means P4 executes the function of a Japanese word processor, and converts the characters input from the input means 21 into kanji / kana mixed sentences, various document editing functions, and facilitates this editing work. For this purpose, it comprises a document control means such as a document creation means P41 having a document display function for displaying the document being created on the display means 20, and a document printing means P42 for printing the edited document by the printing means 22.

The data processing means P5 includes card creation means P51, document creation means P52, record creation means P53, display format management means P54,
Record processing means P55, record disassembly / assembly processing means P5
6. Slip print processing means such as P57. The document creating means P52 has the same function as the document creating means P41 of the above-mentioned document processing means P4. When creating a new card, the card creating means P51 creates a card image (card format) as shown in FIG. 5-7, for example. It has a function to create using the function of the means P52, a function to define an item name, a type, and the like for an item (field) to which data is input, and a function to set the definition data in the item management table T3. The card image and management data are stored in the text memory 1M1 and the text management table 1T1, respectively. Then, read (hereinafter referred to as R) / write (hereinafter referred to as W)
The text memory 1M1 is read / written by the document creation means P52 having an access line pointer and an access digit pointer indicating a possible row and digit, using the pointer and the information in the text management table 1T1. Card making means P51
Has a function of displaying a card which has been selected and for which a data file has been created when not creating a new card.

The record creation means P53 displays the input data input from the input means 21 in the item input area (definition range) of the card created by the card creation means P51, stores the data in the record memory 1M2, and manages the records. Function for storing data for the record in the record management table 1T2,
An R function is provided for reading a specified record from the record memory 1M2 and displaying it by combining it with a card image. This record creation means P53 has an access pointer for specifying a record that can be read / written.

The display format management means P54 displays the records in a card format for each record (for example, see FIG. 5-11) or in a list format in which a plurality of records are summarized (for example, see FIG. 5-12). It has a function of switching whether to display.

The record processing means P55 has various record processing (data processing) functions such as record selection and sorting. For example, in the case of the selection processing, a record which does not meet the selection specification condition is excluded from processing targets, and
When the selection is released, all records are returned to the processing target.

Record disassembly / assembly processing means P56 disassembles one record into a plurality of records and saves them in another file,
This is a function to combine a plurality of records into one record and save it.

The slip print processing means P57 has a function of designating in advance the size of a slip to be printed out and the print position of an item, and printing the item data of the specified record on the slip.

The IR correction means P58 is for absorbing a mechanical error of the image reading means 25 itself, and has a function of obtaining a correction value indicating a ratio of the mechanical error by vertical and horizontal designation by millimeters. This correction value is used at the time of actual printing, and printing is performed at a correct position.

In the following, the function control means P1, P2,... Of the control means 17 have been described. For example, FIG. 4, FIG. 10,
This is realized by the flowchart shown in FIG. 13 (which shows an outline of the processing procedure performed by the CPU 1). Each function control means
P1, P2,... Can be replaced with logic circuits as required.

Next, the basic operation and functions of the apparatus of the present invention will be described mainly with reference to the flowchart of the control means 17 shown in FIG. 4 and the display screen diagram shown in FIG.

[A] Device Startup and Document Selection First, when the device is turned on, a document creation program is loaded, and an initial screen shown in FIG. 5-1 is displayed.
Appears on 20. In this display example, five files No. 1 to No. 5 are already created and stored in the auxiliary storage means 19 as numbered at the left end. Among the five files, the files Nos. 1, 2, and 4 in which the paper column is black inverted (indicated by shading) are data processing files created in the data processing mode, and the No. Files 3 and 5 indicate files created in the document creation mode. At the bottom of the screen, function keys corresponding to the function keys F1 to F10 at the top of the keyboard 11 are displayed. For example, the function key F1 is used for editing (document creation), and the function key F6 is used for data processing. Yes, it is.

[B] Activation of Data Processing Mode As described above, when the apparatus is activated, the initial screen shown in FIG. 5-1 is displayed, and in the initial state, the cursor C1 in the horizontal row accepts the creation of a new document of No. 0. The row of No. 0 is black-reversed to notify that it is in the available state. In this state, a document is selected based on step S1 in FIG.
When the function key F6 for selecting data processing is pressed from the menu item at the lower part of the display screen so that this document is created in the data processing mode, this is determined in step S2, and the processing enters the data processing mode. Step S3
When a new creation is determined, the display screen is changed to FIG. 5-2, and a window for inputting a document name, date, etc. is displayed in the lower right frame. As described above, after inputting the document name, date, and the like in the lower right frame of the multi-window display (step S4), pressing the execution key SW1 invalidates the document creation program that has been loaded so far. Instead, a data processing program is loaded. As a result, the data processing mode is activated, and the display screen changes to FIG. 5-3.
The process proceeds to a card creation routine after step S5.

[C] Card Creation The screen shown in FIG. 5-3 is a screen corresponding to one blank page in the document creation mode. The cursor C2 displayed at the upper left can be freely moved within one blank page. By using the function of the document creation means P52, a free input screen can be designed by the same operation as in the document creation mode by character input and key line drawing. At the bottom of the display screen, a function key for designating a data type (character or numerical value, etc.) of an item to be input is displayed. Now, the design of an address book card consisting of five items, namely, name, address, telephone, age, and date of birth will be described with reference to FIG. 5-4.

FIG. 5-3 shows a state in which the cursor is set to full-width and the cursor is displayed at the set size in the card setting routine of step S5 in FIG. FIG. 5-4 shows that a card image including item names of "name", "address", and "telephone" is created by the function of the document creating means P52 by inputting a kana key and a key line key and the like. Finish defining the item location of "Address" and call "Telephone"
In the middle of the item position definition. To explain the definition of this "telephone" item, first, the cursor C2 is positioned at the item definition start position of the "telephone" item, for example.
Card definition: When the function key F1 of the character is pressed and the cursor is moved using the cursor key SW2, the character data input range R is the length of the cursor as shown in the "telephone" item column in FIG. 5-4. The input (definition) range is displayed at the bottom of the screen as “Character item position definition: 30 half-width characters”
30 characters (calculated with half-width characters), such as "characters". In this case, the cursor size is set to full-width characters, so it indicates that it is 15 full-width characters. This display indicates that if the cursor size is set to half-width characters, It can be displayed as 30 one-byte characters.

If the item position definition relating to the telephone, that is, the data input range and the number of characters indicated by the cursor is satisfactory, pressing the enter key SW1 sets the cursor size in the cursor size register. The character changes to the character " X " of the size set in the register (FIG. 5-5).

In this state, 15 characters “X” indicating character data are displayed, and a bright line Z is attached below each “X”. Character code data consisting of 3 words (16 bits / 1 word, one for each attribute part such as character size, JIS code part, and extension part including luminance bits and character modification information), of which luminance bits (1 bit) is set to “1”. If the bit is "1", the bright line Z is added to the character at the time of display, and if the bit is "0", the bright line Z is erased. Thus, the item position definition for the item name “telephone” is provisionally registered.
Next, when the cancel key is pressed, the display returns to the cursor display, and when another key is pressed, the state remains.

When these processes are completed, input wait state is entered, and the cursor is moved to a predetermined position by operating the cursor key SW2. In the next process, the card image portion of "age" and "age" is used as a document creating function. After using the key, the cursor C2 is positioned at the definition start position of the "age" item, and then the card definition: numeric value function key F2 is selected, and the numeric item is provisionally defined in the same manner. Here, what differs from the above description is that the displayed characters are replaced with “N” indicating a numeric item instead of “X” indicating a character item.

Next, the specification of the date and time item will be described. Move the cursor to the date of birth and enter the actual data for the date and time you want to set. Then, the cursor is moved to the start position of the value (FIG. 5-6), and the function key F3 of "Card definition: date and time" is selected. Since the cursor position is reversed,
Invert the date and time data and press the execution key SW1 (No. 5-7
Figure). The control means 17 automatically confirms a predetermined date and time pattern from the kanji portion of the reverse area. Then, replace the numeric part with the English character that represents each type. Then, the inverted character string is removed from the inverted character string, the bright line Z is added, the written character string is written into the text memory 1M1, and the character string is displayed again (5-th).
8). The difference between the date and time and the way in which the items of characters and numerical values are indicated is that the date and time have various patterns such as the year display, the era name notation, etc., and if the apparatus of the present invention uniquely determines the pattern, the intention of the operator is Therefore, the date and time item cannot be justified until the operator inputs a desired pattern.

When the setting of each item is completed and the end key F11 of the input means 21 is pressed, two function keys in large shaded large notation are displayed on the left and right at the bottom of the screen as shown in the screen of FIG. When one of the left half keys F1 to F5 of the keys of the means 21 is pressed, the end of the card design is determined in step S6 in FIG. 4, and the process proceeds to the item management table set routine in step S7. FIG. 6 is a view showing the contents of the item management table. Here, definition information for each item is set in the item management table 1T3 as shown in FIG. A set error is determined, and if there is no error, step S9
Move to Here, the item management table 1T3 stores data types, data lengths, line positions, column start positions, item names, and the like. If an error is determined in step S8, the process returns to step S5. Function keys F6 to F1 in step S6
Press any of 0 to stop the card definition and step S
Return to 1.

[D] Record Creation In step S9, only the characters " X " and " N " with bright lines are erased on the display screen of FIG. 5-9, and in step S10 a blank card with only the item name is displayed. In step S11, the cursor C2 is positioned at the head of the first input item area. At the lower right corner of the screen, not only the position of the cursor but also the number of the card being input is displayed (FIG. 5-10). At the time of data input, the cursor C2 can move only in the item area (the area where X or N was set) set in the card design, and the cursor size is automatically changed to the defined character size. In the character item, free kanji, kana characters, numbers, and the like can be input by kana-kanji conversion, and the input characters are stored in 16-bit JIS code.
Only numeric keys can be accepted, and only numeric strings can be input, and input data is stored as 4-bit BCD codes in a code system different from 16-bit JIS codes.

When the input of each item is completed in step S13, a display screen as shown in FIG. 5-11 appears, and the next page key F12 of the input means 21 is displayed.
When the is pressed, the screen is changed to a new blank card based on step S14 as shown in FIG. 5-12, the second card is displayed as a card, and the process returns to steps S11 and S12 to return to FIG. 5-13. Item data is input in the second card format as shown in FIG. Thus, steps S12 to S13 to S12
By circulating the loop of ~ S14 ~ S12 ~ S13, 1
An arbitrary number (number) of card type address book data of one leaf is created. In this embodiment, twelve cards were created as shown in the "twelfth card" in FIG. 5-14.

When the display switching key F13 is pressed in step S12, the data display format management means 13 automatically switches from the previous card format screen to the list display as shown in FIG. 5-15. (Step
S21). FIG. 5-16 shows that the displayed items in the list can be released and changed.

Next, in the list display, input or correction of item data is accepted in step S18 of FIG. 4B, and in the case of correction, the cursor C2 is moved to the item data column as shown in FIG. 5-17. Then, a character input field L1 is displayed at the bottom of the screen, the item is moved to the item to be corrected, and correct item data may be input to the character input field L1 by the input means 21 using word processing touch. The items corrected in this way are the same as the item data corrected in the card format in spite of the list display. That is, when the display switching key F13 is pressed in step S19, the display returns to the screen of the card display format having the corrected contents as shown in FIG. 5-18 (step S22).

When the next page key F12 is pressed in step S19, a column for card No. 13 (not shown) is automatically added and displayed in step S20. Here, by inputting item data, a new record (card ) Is created.

[E] Record Processing Next, select processing will be described as an example of record processing in a data processing file including 12 input records.

In step S12, when the select key F15 is pressed, the screen becomes the fifth
Turning to FIG. 19, step S15 for accepting the selection condition
Move on to record processing. Then, a condition input screen is displayed below the card display screen, and “Osaka *” is input by a word processor touch using the input means 21 to search for a record whose address is Osaka in the condition input field L2. "*" Is a prefix match operator that indicates what the character after Osaka is. When the input of the condition is completed, the select process is executed by pressing the execution key SW1.

In the present embodiment, there are five records that meet the above selection conditions. To see them in a list, press the display switching key F13 in step S12 to display as shown in FIG. 5-20. Unless the switching key F13 is pressed, it is possible to view one by one in a card format.

If you do not need the result of the select process and want to save all 12 input records, select release key F1
Press 6 to cancel the selection. Then step S
By pressing the end key F11 at 12, the screen shown in FIG. 5-21 is displayed, and at step S15, the document name, author name, and date are displayed again in the window. Execute key SW if display content is OK
After pressing 1 and correcting and inputting the items such as the document name and date to be corrected (step S17), pressing the execution key SW1 closes the data processing file of the "address book", and proceeds to step S1. Return. Of course, select release key F1
A new data processing file can be created separately with only the selected records without pressing 6. In addition to the above-described selection, sorting and other conditional processing using logical operators such as AND and OR are also possible as data processing. For example, conditional expression [address = Osaka *] AND
Search by [age> 30 years old].

[F] Configuration of Data Processing File In the data processing file thus created, the card image of the "address book" is stored in the text memory 1M1 line by line as a continuation of character data. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the storage state of the record memory 1M2. A plurality of record data (each record is composed of a plurality of item data) is stored in the record memory 1M2 in the order of items as shown in FIG. Information on where each item of the record is to be embedded in the card image and other definition information are described in the sixth section above.
It is stored in the item management table 1T3 shown in the figure.

[G] Detailed Description of Embodiments Using Different Kinds of Cards Next, the operation of outputting a customer management list to a print slip will be described.

(1) Designation of print slip size The apparatus of the present invention has a slip output function of designating the size of a slip to be printed and the print position of an item in advance and printing the item data of the specified record on the slip. Next, this function and the means for executing it will be described mainly with reference to the flowchart showing the contents of the slip output process of the control means 17 shown in FIG. 8 and the display screen of FIG.

FIG. 9-1 shows the record data created by the same procedure as described above, and is the screen displayed in step S12 of FIG. 4 (a). The following shows the procedure for printing this record data on the designated slip.

When the function key F15 is pressed in step S12, the process proceeds to step S24, that is, the slip output process shown in FIG. 8A, where a menu is displayed on the slip output condition screen (step S2401). C1
Is displayed, the process waits for a key input of a condition in step S2403. The screen display in this state is shown in FIG. 9-2, and the vertical and horizontal sizes of the slip can be input in millimeter or inch display as output conditions. For example, height is 4 1/2 inches and width is 2
A case where a shipping slip sheet of 00 mm is specified is shown below.

Here, when an operation of moving the cursor downward by using the cursor key SW2 is performed, the register for setting the data that can be changed is switched by the moving process of step S2405, and then the process returns to step S2402 to display the cursor. In step S2403, key input is again waited for, and a screen is displayed in which the cursor C1 is displayed in an integer designation section of vertical inch display as shown in FIG. 9-3. Next, when the numeric key “4” is pressed to input the integer part of the vertical size, the process proceeds to the data input process of step S2404, and the numeric input is continued until a key other than the numeric key is pressed. In this example, after inputting “4”, the cursor key SW2 is used to move the cursor to the right as in the previous example, and the cursor C1 is displayed in the fraction designation part of the inch display as shown in FIG. 9-4. Becomes At the time of this cursor movement, in step S2405, the display of the positions P1 and P2, which are not specified and become unnecessary, and are the millimeter specification portion of the slip vertical size is deleted. Similarly, the state in which “1” is set as the numerator of the vertical size and “2” is set as the denominator is 9-5
Shown in the figure. Next, FIG. 9-6 shows a state in which 200 mm is designated as the slip size in the horizontal direction. Since the specification of the paper size is completed, when the end of the condition set is instructed by pressing the execution key SW1, the screen shown in FIG. 9-7 is displayed. Here, for confirmation, in step S2406, the display of the inch display portions P3 and P4, which are unnecessary data, is turned off, and then the execution key S
Waits for input of W1. After confirming the contents, when the execution key SW1 is pressed, the image reading means 25 shown in FIG.
, The slip image data is input, and in step S2408, the slip image data is displayed at the bottom of the screen as shown in FIG. 9-8.

(2) Print Item Position Designation and Printing Next, the procedure for designating the position to print each record will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 8 (b).

First, in step S2409, the cursor is displayed in the column of company name, and a state of waiting for key input (step S2410) is entered.
Here, in order to specify the position of the item of the company name, when the execution key SW1 is pressed at the item position of the company name, the print item is specified (step S2411), and the key input of step S2413 is awaited. Screen. On this screen, the cursor C2 represented by the intersection of the vertical and horizontal straight lines is moved to the position (upper left corner of the character string) to be printed on the slip image input using the cursor keys SW2 (step S241).
4) Press the execution key SW1. In step S2415, a menu for designating the character size and pitch is displayed at the bottom line, and in step S2416, the process waits for a key input. This state is shown in FIG. 9-10. Here, to specify the character size and pitch when printing the item "Company Name", the cursor C3
Is displayed. In this example, the default value was sufficient, so in step S2417, the item "company name" was entered using the execution key SW1.
Is printed, the entire area that can be occupied on the voucher is inverted, and the process returns to step S2409. This state is shown in FIG. 9-11. Similarly, as an item, step S2411
Select the "telephone number" in the moving process of step S2414, determine the printing start position in the moving process of step S2414, move the cursor to the pitch in the lower column in the moving process of step S2418, and enter the character pitch by numerical input in step S2419. The procedure to specify 4.00 mm is shown in FIGS. 9-12 to 9-16.

Since the print designation has been completed from FIG. 9-16, step S2
After pressing the end key indicating the end in 416, a designation request of the print page range is displayed in step S2420, and then in step S24
FIG. 9-17 shows the state of waiting for key input at 21.

Here, the actual printing operation is started by pressing the execution key SW1. When the cursor key SW2 is pressed, the cursor moves to the print start or end item (step S242).
3) Press the numeric key to specify the start or end page of printing.

Next, the IR correction process will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the contents of the IR correction process.

(1) IR Position Correction The IR correction absorbs the mechanical error of the image reading means 25 as described above.

FIG. 9-1 shows the record data created by the same procedure as described above, and is the screen displayed in step S12 of FIG. 4 (a). In this step S12, by pressing the function key F7 for instructing the IR correction, the control shifts to the step S25 in FIG. 4A, that is, the IR correction processing shown in FIG. 10, and the correction value request menu is displayed in a step S251. After the display, the cursor is displayed in step S252.
Next, in step S253, key input is waited, and the screen shown in FIG. 9-18 is displayed. Here, when the execution key SW1 is pressed, the input value is stored and the correction value is determined (step S256).
Returning to step S12 on the screen shown in FIG. 1, the IR position correction is completed. When the cursor key SW2 is pressed, the cursor moves to each of the horizontal and vertical numeric input positions (step
When the numeric key is pressed, the correction data is input as a numerical value (step S255).

In the present embodiment, an area required for printing is displayed from the print start position specified by specifying the paper size, and this area display is changed and displayed by changing the print size (character size, character pitch). Therefore, the area actually required for printing can be confirmed on the image.

In addition, paper size can be specified by selecting one of two units, inch and meter, and inputting.
Convert the input paper size to a unit suitable for the printer,
Since the paper is fed in the converted size, the conversion from meter to inch only needs to be performed once, so that the accumulation of errors due to a plurality of conversion operations can be reduced, and the occurrence of a shift in the printing position can be suppressed.

Further, in the present embodiment, in order to absorb the mechanical error of the image reading means, it is possible to correct the displacement in the vertical and horizontal directions and to print at the correct printing position.

〔effect〕

As described above, in the present invention, when printing data on a sheet on which the data entry range is determined, the image of the entry range is read, displayed on the display screen, and printing is started on the displayed entry range. By specifying the position and setting the print size, it is possible to display the area required for printing from the specified print start position, so it is not necessary to actually perform printing and confirm the position by trial, Since the area required for printing is changed and displayed by changing the print size, there is an excellent effect that the print size and the print start position that are the optimum print area can be set while checking on the screen.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a data processing device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a keyboard, FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of the data processing device, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a basic operation display screen, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of an item management table, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a storage state of the record memory 1, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display screen of the slip output process and the IR correction process, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the content of the IR correction process. 1 ... CPU, 7 ... CRT, 8 ... CRTI / F, 17 ... Control means, P57 ... Slip output processing means, 20 ... Display means, 23 ...
... IR, 24 ... Image reader I / F, 25 ... Image reading means

(72) Inventor Toshio Sumino 2-18-18 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Katsuhiro Nagata 2-18-18 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. In-company (56) References JP-A-64-37671 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G06T 11/00-11/80 G06F 17/24

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A data processing apparatus for printing created data on a sheet having a predetermined entry range, comprising: an image reading means for reading an image on a sheet having a predetermined entry range; and displaying the read image. Means for setting a print start position of the data on a displayed image; means for setting a print size of the data; and a method for setting the data based on the set print start position and the print size. Means for displaying the range occupied by the data printed on the paper as an area actually required for printing when the image is printed on the paper so as to be recognizable on the displayed image, and changing the print size. Means for displaying the area necessary for the actual printing based on the changed print size in a confirmable manner on the displayed image. Data processing equipment.