JP5305089B2 - Document creation apparatus, file management method in the document creation apparatus, and storage medium storing a program for executing the file management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a document creation apparatus that includes a printing unit and a document editing unit, and that allows a document size editing unit to edit a document having a paper size that cannot be printed by the printing unit, and further includes a text file created by the document creation unit, The present invention relates to a file management method for managing print data files in association with each other and a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the file management method.

  As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-210270 (Patent Document 1), a document editing function that includes an input unit and a printing unit, edits a document by the input unit, and a printing function that prints a document edited by the printing unit, With this, there is a document creation apparatus that enables editing to printing with a single device.

  Among such document creation apparatuses, in recent years, with the popularization of digital cameras and the like, document creation apparatuses having a function of printing on small sheets of postcards, L size, and 2L size have been proposed and put on the market. The document creation apparatus capable of printing on a small printing paper of about 2L size can automatically print the address of a postcard by storing an address book or the like, or automatically by connecting to a digital camera or the like. This is a very convenient device for printing a postcard or photo, such as printing a photo, or printing an image on a postcard.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-210270

  In the document creation apparatus as described above, the printable paper size is set to be relatively small (up to 2L size, etc.), and printing is performed on paper of a size generally used as a paper for printing text such as A4 and B5. Can not be executed. Therefore, the paper size that can be edited in the document creation apparatus is also limited due to restrictions on the printing paper.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and includes a printing unit that enables editing of paper size text that cannot be printed by the printing unit, and prints the edited text on an external device. A document creation apparatus that can be executed, a file management method that manages a text file created by the document creation apparatus in association with a print data file, and a program that causes a computer to execute the file management method are stored And a storage medium.

A document creation apparatus of the present invention includes a printing unit that performs printing on a printing paper ,
A document editing means capable of editing a text file having a size that cannot be printed by the printing means;
A print data file creation means for creating a print data file for each page of the text file;
Text information storage means for storing the text file and the print data file in a removable storage medium; and
The printing data file creation means creates the printing data file as a JPEG file,
The text information storage unit creates a folder structure in accordance with the DCF standard on the portable storage medium, and the folder for storing the print data file created by the print data file creation unit in the image file in the DCF standard is located. and stored together in a folder hierarchy and the same hierarchy, the text file edited by the document editing unit with the processing to be stored in the portable storage medium, the allowed contents of the text file as the print data file It is characterized in that the contents of the text file can be printed by an external printing device by performing processing to be stored in a portable storage medium.

  The document creation apparatus of the present invention further comprises management file creation means for creating a management file for managing the text file and the print data file in association with each other, and the management file is stored in the portable storage medium. The number of the text files, the display name of the text file, the text file name, the print data file name corresponding to the text file, and the number of the print data files corresponding to the text file are recorded. It is possible to make it possible.

  The text information storage means stores the text file and the management file together in a folder located immediately under a ROOT folder in the folder structure of the DCF standard.

Furthermore, the document creation apparatus of the present invention further comprises a thumbnail image creation means for creating a thumbnail image when the print data file corresponding to the text file is displayed as a thumbnail, and the thumbnail image creation means includes the print data file. When the thumbnail image is created, the reduced image of the predetermined print data file, the display name of the print data file managed by the management file, and the number of pages in the text file are displayed simultaneously. And generating a thumbnail image in which the number of pages is displayed in the center .

  The document creation apparatus of the present invention further comprises an automatic print file creation means for creating an automatic print file corresponding to DPOF for automatically printing the printing data file corresponding to the predetermined text file, The print file creation means stores the created automatic print file in a folder that is located immediately below the ROOT folder in the portable storage medium and is different from the folder in which the text file and the management file are stored. It is characterized by that.

The file management method of the present invention, a printing unit for performing printing on a printing paper, a document editing unit also text file size and paper size that can not be printed by said printing means is editable, the text file According to a document creation apparatus comprising: a print data file creation means for creating a print data file for each page; and a text information storage means for storing the text file and the print data file in a removable portable storage medium A file management method, wherein the print data file creation means creates the print data file as a JPEG file, and the text information storage means creates a folder structure conforming to the DCF standard on the portable storage medium, The print data file created by the print data file creation means. Yl it was stored together in a folder hierarchy and the same layer located folder to store the image file in the DCF standard, in accordance with the instruction for storing the text file, by the text information storage section, the accepted text file edited with the processing to be stored in the mobile storage medium, the processing to be stored in the portable storage medium the contents of the text file as the print data file, and performs automatically.

The computer-readable storage medium includes a printing unit that performs printing on a printing paper, a document editing unit that can edit a text file having a size that cannot be printed by the printing unit, and the text file. A document creation apparatus comprising: a print data file creation unit that creates a print data file for each page; and a text information storage unit that stores the text file and the print data file in a removable portable storage medium. The printing data file creation means creates the printing data file as a JPEG file, the text information storage means creates a folder structure conforming to the DCF standard on the portable storage medium, and the printing data file creation Before the print data file created by the means Is stored together in a folder hierarchy and the same hierarchy folder that stores the image file in the DCF standard is positioned, in accordance with the instruction for storing the text file, by the text information storage means, automatically, transportable text file edited storage medium is stored, together with this, characterized in that for storing in the portable storage medium the contents of the text file as the print data file, the program is stored.

  According to the present invention, a document creation apparatus that includes a printing unit, enables editing of a paper-size sentence that cannot be printed by the printing means, and allows the edited sentence to be printed by an external device, and the document creation apparatus A file management method for managing the associated text file and print data file in association with each other, and a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the file management method.

1 is a perspective view of a document creation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the document creation apparatus which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the document preparation apparatus which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the control flow in the case of editing a document with the document preparation apparatus based on the Example of this invention. FIG. 10 is a reference diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the display unit of the document creation device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a reference diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the display unit of the document creation device according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a reference diagram illustrating a folder configuration in a portable storage medium when text information storage means included in the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention stores a file in the portable storage medium. 4 is a table showing information in a management file of the document creation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, and a table explaining a file management function. It is a figure which shows the thumbnail image produced with the conventional thumbnail image and the document production apparatus based on the Example of this invention.

  Hereinafter, modes for carrying out the present invention will be described. The document creation apparatus 1 also includes a printing unit 55 as a printing mechanism 47 for executing printing on a printing paper 10 of 2L size (127 mm × 178 mm) or less, and a text file having a paper size exceeding 2L size that cannot be printed by the printing unit 55. Document editing means capable of editing, printing data file creating means for creating a printing data file for each page of the text file, and text information saving means for storing the text file and the printing data file in a portable storage medium And comprising.

  Then, the document creation device 1 stores the contents of the text file edited by the document editing means as a print data file in a removable storage medium that can be attached to and detached from the document creation device 1, thereby enabling the external printing device to store the text file. The contents can be printed.

  The print data file creation means creates a print data file as a JPEG file, that is, as an image file, and the text information storage means creates a folder structure conforming to the DCF standard on a portable storage medium to create a print data file. The printing data files created by the means are stored together in a folder at the same level as the folder for storing image files of digital cameras or the like in the DCF standard.

  The document creation device 1 includes management file creation means for creating a management file for managing a text file and a print data file in association with each other, and the management file includes a text file stored in a portable storage medium. , The display name of the text file, the text file name, the print data file name corresponding to the text file, and the number of print data files corresponding to the text file are recorded in association with each other. . In other words, the user only needs to perform editing work while only considering the display name, and the management of the text file and the print data file corresponding to the display name is automatically performed using the management file.

  The text information storage means stores the text file and the management file in a folder located immediately below the ROOT folder in the DCF standard.

  Further, the document creation device 1 includes thumbnail image creation means for creating a thumbnail image when the print data file corresponding to the text file is displayed as a thumbnail, and the thumbnail image creation means stores the thumbnail image of the print data file. When creating, a thumbnail image is created in which a reduced image of a predetermined print data file, the display name of the print data file managed by the management file, and the number of pages in the text file are displayed simultaneously. .

  The document creation device 1 also includes DPOF creation means for creating an automatic print file for automatically printing a print data file corresponding to a predetermined text file, and the DPOF creation means stores the created automatic print file. The text file located immediately below the ROOT folder in the portable storage medium is stored in a folder different from the folder storing the management file.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a document creation apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic side sectional view of the document creation apparatus 1. The document creation device 1 is a device that executes printing on relatively small printing paper 10 such as a postcard (100 × 148 mm), L size (89 × 127 mm), 2L size (178 × 127 mm), and creates an address book. Functions, a function for automatically addressing a postcard from an address book, a function for printing a photograph taken with a digital camera as a photograph, a function for editing a sentence, and a postcard combining a captured image and a sentence It has various functions such as the function of printing on the printer.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the document creation apparatus 1 includes a box-shaped housing 2, and a keyboard 3 as an input unit is disposed in front of the housing 2. The keyboard 3 is rotatably mounted near the front lower end of the housing 2 and is tilted forward as shown in FIG. 1 when in use, and faces the front of the housing 2 when not in use. It is stored in a state.

  Formed on the front surface of the housing 2 are a paper discharge port 5 through which the printing paper 10 is discharged and a storage medium insertion port 6 into which a portable storage medium such as a memory card can be inserted. Then, the printing paper 10 such as postcards and photographs that have been printed is ejected from the paper ejection slot 5, and a removable portable storage medium such as a memory card is inserted into the storage medium insertion slot 6, so that the digital camera It is possible to import image data of photographs taken with the camera and editing data such as text edited with a personal computer into the document creation device 1, and save data edited with the document creation device 1 to a memory card, etc. Has been.

  Further, a display unit 8 such as a liquid crystal serving as a display means is disposed on the upper surface of the housing 2, and the display unit 8 is rotatable in the front direction of the housing 2. This display unit 8 displays the input content on the screen corresponding to the input signal from the keyboard 3, or displays a menu screen necessary for various settings, or a photographic image captured from the digital camera For example, various data necessary for the document creation apparatus 1 are displayed. The display unit 8 may be configured as a touch panel. By configuring the display unit 8 as a touch panel, a simple input operation can be performed on the display unit 8 without using the keyboard 3.

  Furthermore, a handle 15 that is rotatable from the rear side of the housing 2 to the top of the housing 2 is attached to the upper portion of the housing 2. The handle 15 is formed in a substantially U shape and is gripped when carrying the document creation apparatus 1 or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cavity 2 has an opening 16 on the back surface of the housing 2, and the sheet feed tray 18 is disposed so as to close the opening of the cavity 16. This paper feed tray 18 is pivotally attached to the rear of the housing 2 and in the vicinity of the lower part, and can be rotated in the front-rear direction, so that a plurality of printing papers 10 can be stacked and accommodated. ing.

  In addition, a pickup roller 19 for sending the printing paper 10 stored in the paper feed tray 18 downward one by one is disposed inside the paper feed tray 18 and at an upper position. Further, in the vicinity of the lower end of the paper feed tray 18, transport rollers 20a and 20b for transporting the printing paper 10 sent downward by the pickup roller 19 in the direction of the paper discharge port 5 of the housing 2 are arranged. Further, a print head 21 serving as a printing unit is disposed inside the housing 2 and in the vicinity of the front of the transport rollers 20a and 20b. Further, paper discharge rollers 22 a and 22 b for discharging the print paper 10 that has been printed from the paper discharge port 5 are disposed inside the housing 2 and in front of the print head 21. The rotation of the transport roller 20a and the paper discharge roller 22a is controlled by a stepping motor (not shown) to transport the printing paper 10 at a predetermined speed. The pickup roller 19, the conveyance rollers 20a and 20b, and the paper discharge rollers 22a and 22b function as a conveyance unit in the document creation apparatus 1.

  A print head 21 serving as a printing unit is an inkjet print head 21 having respective nozzles for ejecting Y (yellow), M (magenta), and C (cyan) color inks. Printing is performed by jetting to 10. Although the inkjet type print head 21 has been described, the present invention is not limited to the inkjet type.

  Then, the printing paper 10 accommodated in the paper feed tray 18 is sequentially sent downward from the printing paper 10 positioned in front by the pickup roller 19 and is sandwiched between the conveyance rollers 20a and 20b. After the printing is completed, the sheet is sandwiched between the discharge rollers 22a and 22b and discharged from the discharge port 5 to the outside.

  Next, the control circuit of the document creation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional circuit block diagram of the document creation apparatus 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the document creation apparatus 1 includes a CPU 41 as a control means, a storage means 42 such as a ROM 51 and a RAM 52, a display means 44, an input means 45, a storage medium slot 46, and a printing mechanism 47. And comprising.

  The CPU 41 activates a system program stored in advance in the ROM 51, a control program stored in the memory card, etc. in accordance with a key operation signal from the input means 45, or automatically by using the RAM 52 as a work memory. To control the operation. Further, the printing mechanism 47 executes printing in accordance with a process for storing the image data captured from the portable storage medium in the storage medium slot 46 in the RAM 52 and the DPOF (Digital Print Order Format) data captured in the storage medium slot 46. Control, control to display images and thumbnail images on the display means 44 in accordance with the information of the imported Exif (Exchangeable image file format) standard, and edit data to the storage medium slot 46 in accordance with the DCF (Design rule for Camera File System) standard Processing to be stored in the inserted portable storage medium is performed.

  The DPOF is a format in which information and the like that allow a photographed image to be automatically printed by a printing apparatus or the like are stored. When an automatic print file is created by the DPOF, a memory card or the like provided with the automatic print file is used. It is possible to perform automatic printing simply by inserting the printer into the printing apparatus. Exif is a standard for image files for digital cameras, and is a standard that can record additional information such as information about images and shooting date and time, and thumbnail images (reduced images). Furthermore, the DCF standard is an image format for a digital camera, and defines a folder configuration, a recording format, and the like based on the Exif standard.

  The ROM 51 serving as the storage means 42 stores in advance a character font and print font used when editing a document, standard information on the printing paper to be edited, a control program for the CPU 41 to control various means, and the like. The RAM 52 as the storage means 42 performs processing for storing editing information of a document such as characters input by the input means 45 as a work memory, processing for storing pattern data displayed on the display means 44, and the like.

  Although not shown, the storage means 42 also includes an auxiliary storage device such as a hard disk. The auxiliary storage device stores a created address book, a text file of an edited document, captured image data, and the like. .

  The storage medium slot 46 is built in the inside of the storage medium insertion slot 6 described above, and the process of reading information from a portable storage medium such as a memory card inserted into the storage medium insertion slot 6 or the editing is performed on the contrary. Data such as text files, image data, printing data files, and automatic print files such as DPOF are stored in a portable storage medium.

  The printing mechanism 47 includes a printing unit 55 and a conveying unit 56. The printing unit 55 is the print head 21 described above, and performs a process of performing printing on the printing paper 10, and the conveying unit 56 The pickup roller 19, the transport rollers 20a and 20b, the paper discharge rollers 22a and 22b, and the stepping motor that rotates the rollers are configured to perform the process of transporting the printing paper 10. Note that the printing mechanism 47 is capable of printing on paper having a size of 2L size (178 × 127 mm) or less, and cannot execute printing on the printing paper 10 having a size exceeding 2L size.

  The document creation apparatus 1 of this embodiment has document editing means that can edit a document having a paper size exceeding 2L that cannot be printed by the printing mechanism 47, and stores a print data file of the document edited by the document editing means in a memory. By storing the data in a portable storage medium such as a card, a document having a paper size that cannot be printed by the document creation apparatus 1 can be printed by an external device.

  Hereinafter, a control flow in the case of editing a document with the document creation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control flow when a document is edited by the document creation apparatus 1 of this embodiment, and FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing examples of display screens displayed on the display means 44. .

  When the document creation device 1 is activated, the control unit displays a screen for inquiring the user whether the document to be edited is new or existing on the display unit 44, and determines the user's selection. When the determination process (step S101) is executed and a new document is selected, an initial setting screen display process (step S103) for displaying a screen for setting the paper size and format on the display means 44 is executed. In the initial setting screen display process (step S103), when the initial setting is completed, the control means executes an edit screen display process (step S110) for displaying a screen for inputting and editing a document on the display means 44, Have the user edit the document.

  If no new document is selected in the new document selection determination process (step S101), the control means stores the existing data stored in a portable storage medium such as a memory card as shown in FIG. A document selection screen display process (step S105) for displaying the display name list of the document on the display means 44 is executed, and a predetermined document ("spring excursion" in the drawing) is selected as shown in FIG. 5B. When the call is executed, a file call process (Step S107) for opening the text file of the selected document is executed, and an edit screen display process (Step S110) for displaying a screen for inputting and editing the document on the display means 44 is executed. ).

  After the editing screen display process (step S110), when editing is completed (step S115), the control means displays a screen for confirming whether or not to save the text file as editing data on the portable storage medium. A save selection determination process (step S117) for determining whether save is selected is executed, and if the save is not selected, the editing of the document is terminated as it is.

  When saving is selected in the save selection determination process (step S117), the control means causes the display means 44 to select whether to save as a new file as shown in FIG. 6A or to overwrite an existing file. When a new file determination process (step S120) is executed and a new file is selected, a display name input screen display process for displaying a display screen for inputting the display name of the new file as shown in FIG. S123) is executed.

  In the display name input screen display process (step S123), when the input of the display name is completed and “OK” shown in FIG. 6B is input, the control means uses a text file as a text information storage means. A text file storage process (step S125) to be stored in the storage medium is executed. Further, the control means executes a print data file creation process (step S127) for creating a print data file for each page from the text file as the print data file creation means, and again serves as the text information storage means for printing. A print data file saving process (step S130) for saving the data file in the portable storage medium is executed.

  This print data file is created as a JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) file, which is image data, and since it is a JPEG file, the number of files changes according to the number of pages of the text file. For example, if the number of pages of the text file is 5, five print data files are created.

  When the existing file stored in the portable storage medium is selected as shown in FIG. 6C in the above-described new file determination process (step S120), the control means is shown in FIG. 6D. In such a manner, an overwriting confirmation screen display process (step S150) for displaying on the display unit 44 a screen for confirming whether or not overwriting can be performed is executed, and when “Yes” is selected, text information is stored as a text information storage unit. A file overwrite storage process (step S153) is executed.

  When the text file overwrite saving process (step S153) is executed, the control means deletes the print data file stored in the portable storage medium corresponding to the overwritten saved text file (step S153). Step S155) is executed, and a print data file creation process (step S127) for newly creating a print data file corresponding to the edited text file is executed as the print data file creation means, and the text information storage means Then, a print data file storage process (step S130) for storing the created print data file in the portable storage medium is executed.

  As described above, the document creation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to automatically store a print data file in a portable storage medium when a text file of an edited document is saved. The document creation device 1 automatically creates a data file for printing from a text file and then saves it on a portable storage medium. Printing can be executed by loading the portable storage medium into an external device and taking in the data file for printing.

  The document creation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment manages a plurality of files with a management file in order to realize a function of automatically creating a print data file simply by editing a text file. Management file creation means for creating this management file is provided.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data configuration when the document creation apparatus 1 stores data in a portable storage medium such as a memory card. As shown in FIG. 7, the text information storage means of the document creation apparatus 1 stores a file in accordance with the DCF standard on a portable storage medium. Specifically, a folder structure of the DCF standard is described. There is a “ROOT” folder in the uppermost layer, a “DCIM” folder under this “ROOT” folder, a “MISC” folder in which DPOF files are stored, a text There is a “FGHIJ” folder in which files and the like are stored. Then, the text information storage means saves the files in these folders when this folder structure already exists in the portable storage medium, and if there is no such folder structure in the portable storage medium, Alternatively, when only the “FGHIJ” folder is not present, the above-described folder structure is built in the portable storage medium and the file is saved.

  Also, in this DCIM folder, a “100ABCDE” folder that is a folder of image files taken with a digital camera, a “102FGHI” folder that stores a print data file that is a JPEG file saved in the document creation apparatus 1, and There is. The image file in the “100ABCDE” folder stores, for example, an image file used when a photograph is pasted in editing a document.

  Further, in the “102FGHI” folder, all print data files created by the document creation device 1 are stored. The file name of the print data file in the “102FGHI” folder is stored as a continuous file name so that it can be discriminated that it is recorded by the document creation apparatus 1. In this embodiment, “fgh0001.jpg” The file name is “fghi0002.jpg”. That is, the print data file created by the document creation device 1 is stored in a folder in the same hierarchy as the folder in which the image file captured by a digital camera or the like is stored.

  In the “FGHIJ” folder, “text001.cso”, “text002.cso”, which are text files created and saved by the document creation device 1, a management file “filename.cso”, and the like are collectively saved. . Note that the folder name and file name used in this embodiment do not constitute an invention, and may be any name as long as the management file can be managed. A name that makes it clear that 1 is the generated folder or file is preferred. In this embodiment, folder names such as “102FGHI” and “FGHIJ” are used as folder names. However, a document can be created by creating a folder with the same name as the product name of the document creation apparatus 1 or with a substantially same name. This is preferable because it is clear that the folder is created by the creation device 1. The names “ROOT”, “MISC”, and “DCIM” are general names used in the folder structure of the DCF standard or DPOF.

  As described above, the text information storage unit of the document creation device 1 stores the file in accordance with the DCF standard. However, the print data file created by the print data file creation unit of the document creation device 1 is stored in one text file. On the other hand, there are many cases where there are a plurality of files, and the name of the text file and the name of the data file for printing are not related, so it is necessary to manage them so that they are related.

  Therefore, as shown in the table of FIG. 8A, the management file of the document creation apparatus 1 includes the number of documents stored in the portable storage medium, the display name, the name of the text file, and the print data file. Information on the name, the number of print data files, and the creation date is stored in association with each other. That is, the number of text files stored in the portable storage medium is “5”, the text file name corresponding to the display name “Spring Excursion” is “text.cso”, and the print data file name is It can be seen that starting from “fghi0001.jpg”, the number of print data files is “4”, and the creation date is “May 20, 2008”.

  Therefore, the document creation device 1 can use the information in the management file to store only one display name on the user's operation screen and operate it, and save or delete it. When operating a file management function such as the above, it is possible to easily operate document data having a complicated file structure without making the user aware of operating a plurality of files.

  FIG. 8B is a table showing the contents of the file management function. That is, when the edited document is “newly saved”, both the text file and the print data file are saved in the portable storage medium and the contents of the management file are updated. When an edited document is “overwritten” to an existing text file, the text file will be overwritten, but the print data file will change the number of pages, etc. All the files are deleted, a new print data file is created and saved for each page, and the management file information is updated. When the file of the display name list is “deleted”, the text file and the print data file corresponding to the display name to be deleted are deleted together and the management file information is updated. When the display name is changed, the text file name and the print data file name in the portable storage medium are not affected, so that only the display name in the management file is changed. In the case of “list display”, the contents are not changed because the management file is only opened.

  In this way, by managing multiple files using a management file, when printing on an external device after a user edits a document, not only the edited text file but also the data file for printing, etc. Because it is possible to automatically create and save files necessary for printing on an external device on a portable storage medium without the troublesome task of creating it manually, printing can be easily performed on the external device. It becomes.

  However, the function of automatically creating and saving a print data file on a portable storage medium is very convenient. However, when a print data file is imported from a portable storage medium by an external device, the print data file is Since it is a JPEG file, it is difficult to determine which print data file corresponds to the text file with which display name and what page image of the text file is by simply looking at the thumbnail image. Become.

  For this reason, the document creation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes thumbnail image creation means for creating an image in which a display name and the number of pages of a document are displayed on a thumbnail image as a thumbnail image. In other words, in the case of normal thumbnail display, as shown in FIG. 9A, since the image is a document, the reduced image may have small characters and the description may not be understood or difficult to understand. However, since the thumbnail image creating means creates a thumbnail image in which the display name and the number of pages of the document are displayed, as shown in FIG. 9B, a normal thumbnail image has a large display name and number of pages. Since the thumbnail image is displayed, a desired image can be easily selected.

  Even when the thumbnail image creation means creates a thumbnail image displaying the display name and the number of pages of the document, if the number of text file pages is large or the number of text files is large, the image to be printed May be difficult to select or may take time to select.

  Therefore, the document creation apparatus 1 of this embodiment includes an automatic print file creation means for creating a DPOF automatic print file. When the document creation apparatus 1 edits the document and then saves it, the automatically edited text An automatic print file of the print data file corresponding to the file is created, and the automatic print file is stored in the “MISC” folder in the portable storage medium.

  Thus, by automatically creating an automatic print file and storing it in a portable storage medium, printing can be automatically performed when the portable storage medium is inserted into an external device. There is no need to select a desired file from a plurality of print data files.

  Note that each processing and management file processing described in FIG. 4 can be applied to various apparatuses as a program that can be executed by a computer, for example, written in a storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a semiconductor memory. It is also possible to apply to various devices by transmitting through a communication medium. In this way, by storing each processing described in the present embodiment in a desired storage medium and causing the program to be executed by another computer or the like, the printing unit can be used in the same manner as in the case of using the document creation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment. It becomes possible to print a text file of a paper size that cannot be printed by a device that does not have it or a printing means that is equipped.

  According to this embodiment, in the document creation apparatus 1 that cannot print on printing paper having a paper size exceeding 2L, the document editing means that can edit a text file having a paper size that cannot be printed, and the page of the text file. The document creation apparatus 1 cannot perform printing by providing a print data file creation unit that creates a print data file for each and a text information storage unit that stores the text file and the print data file in a portable storage medium. Even for a paper-size document, it is possible to print the paper size and to have an external device that can read a portable storage medium execute the printing, so the application of the document creation device 1 can be expanded. .

  In addition, since the print data file creation means creates a print data file as a JPEG file, since the JPEG file is a standard that is generally widely used as an image file, printing is performed by many external devices. be able to.

  Further, the text information storage means creates a folder structure conforming to the DCF standard on the portable storage medium, and the print data file is placed in a folder in the same hierarchy as the hierarchy where the folder storing the image file such as a digital camera in the DCF standard is located. Since the DCF standard is used in many printing apparatuses because it is stored together, an apparatus that can handle an image file such as a digital camera when a portable storage medium is inserted into the printing apparatus or the like If so, the printing data file can be handled in the same manner, and the user can easily handle it.

  The management file creating means for creating the management file includes the number of text files stored in the portable storage medium, the display name of the text file, the text file name, and the text file. Since the information of the print data file name corresponding to the file and the number of print data files corresponding to the text file are managed, for example, when the text file is opened, the user can select an arbitrary display name. In the case of saving, it is sufficient to select an arbitrary display surface or create a new display name, and display only the display name to the user. Can manage text files, multiple print data files, etc., making the document creation device 1 easy for users to use

  Since the text information storage means performs a process of storing the text file and the management file together in a folder located immediately below the ROOT folder in the DCF standard folder structure, the position of the text file and the management file becomes clear. .

  Further, according to the file management method of the present embodiment, the text file saving process for saving the edited text file in the portable storage medium according to the text file saving instruction, and the print data for each page from the text file. The user edits the text file by automatically performing a print data file creation process for creating a file and a print data file save process for saving the created print data file in the portable storage medium. As a result, it becomes possible to automatically store the print data file for causing the external device to execute printing in the portable storage medium.

  If the text file is a new file, a file name input process for inputting the display name of the text file is performed, and then the text file saving process is performed, so that the user does not have to memorize the text file name. Since it is only necessary to store the display name that has been typed in, even if text file names such as “text001.cso” and “text002.cso” are arranged, a desired text file can be selected from the display name. become.

  Further, in the text file saving process, when the existing data file stored in the portable storage medium is overwritten and saved, the printing data file deleting process for deleting all the existing printing data files corresponding to the text file is performed. After that, since the print data file creation process is performed, an unknown file is stored in the portable storage medium when the number of pages is changed by editing the text file, especially when the number of pages is reduced. The problem of leaving behind can be eliminated.

  In the embodiment described above, the text file and the data file for printing are always stored in the variable storage medium when the text file is edited. However, the document creation apparatus 1 has a size exceeding 2L which cannot be printed. A configuration may be adopted in which a text file and a print data file are stored in the variable storage medium only when the text file is created.

  As described above, by storing a text file or a data file for printing on a variable storage medium only when a text file having a size exceeding 2L is created, a text file of a paper size that can be printed by the document creation apparatus 1 is as follows. It is possible to provide a document creation apparatus 1 that can store a text file or a print data file in an auxiliary storage device or the like and can execute printing immediately when an instruction to execute printing is received.

  Further, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be freely changed and improved without departing from the gist of the invention.

1 Document creation device 2 Case
3 Keyboard 5 Output slot
6 Storage medium insertion slot 8 Display
10 Printing paper
15 Handle 16 Cavity
18 Feed tray 19 Pickup roller
20a, 20b Transport roller 21 Print head
22a, 22b Paper discharge roller 41 CPU
44 Display means 45 Input means
46 Storage media slot 47 Printing mechanism
51 ROM 52 RAM
55 Printing means 56 Conveying means

Claims (7)

Printing means for printing on printing paper ;
A document editing means capable of editing a text file having a size that cannot be printed by the printing means;
A print data file creation means for creating a print data file for each page of the text file;
Text information storage means for storing the text file and the print data file in a removable storage medium; and
The printing data file creation means creates the printing data file as a JPEG file,
The text information storage unit creates a folder structure in accordance with the DCF standard on the portable storage medium, and the folder for storing the print data file created by the print data file creation unit in the image file in the DCF standard is located. and stored together in a folder hierarchy and the same hierarchy, the text file edited by the document editing unit with the processing to be stored in the portable storage medium, the allowed contents of the text file as the print data file An apparatus for creating a document, wherein the contents of the text file can be printed by an external printing device by performing processing to be stored in a portable storage medium. A management file creation means for creating a management file for managing the text file and the print data file in association with each other;
The management file corresponds to the number of the text files stored in the portable storage medium, the display name of the text file, the text file name, the print data file name corresponding to the text file, and the text file. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein information on the number of data files to be printed can be recorded. 3. The document creation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the text information storage unit stores the text file and the management file together in a folder located immediately under a ROOT folder in the DCF standard folder structure. . An automatic print file creation means for creating an automatic print file corresponding to DPOF for automatically printing the print data file corresponding to the predetermined text file, the automatic print file creation means including the created automatic print 4. The file according to claim 3 , wherein the file is stored in a folder located immediately below the ROOT folder in the portable storage medium, the folder being different from the folder storing the text file and the management file. Document creation device. A thumbnail image creating means for creating a thumbnail image when displaying the print data file corresponding to the text file as a thumbnail;
The thumbnail image creation means, when creating a thumbnail image of the print data file, a reduced image of the predetermined print data file, a display name of the print data file managed by the management file, , a page number in the text file, but simultaneously displayed, the document creating apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the number of pages to create a thumbnail image displayed in the center. Printing means for executing printing on printing paper, document editing means for enabling editing of a text file having a size that cannot be printed by the printing means, and creating a print data file for each page of the text file A file management method by a document creation device comprising: a printing data file creation means; and a text information storage means for storing the text file and the printing data file in a removable portable storage medium,
The printing data file creation means creates the printing data file as a JPEG file,
The text information storage means creates a folder structure conforming to the DCF standard on the portable storage medium, and the folder for storing the print data file created by the print data file creation means is stored in the DCF standard image file. Store them together in a folder at the same level as the
Depending on the instruction to save the text file,
By the text information storage section, together with the process of storing the text edited file to the portable storage medium, the processing to be stored in the portable storage medium the contents of the text file as the print data file, automatically The file management method characterized by performing. Printing means for executing printing on printing paper, document editing means for enabling editing of a text file having a size that cannot be printed by the printing means, and creating a print data file for each page of the text file A document creation apparatus comprising: a print data file creation means; and a text information storage means for storing the text file and the print data file in a removable portable storage medium.
The printing data file creation means creates the printing data file as a JPEG file,
The text information storage means creates a folder structure conforming to the DCF standard on the portable storage medium, and the folder for storing the print data file created by the print data file creation means is stored in the DCF standard image file. Store them together in a folder in the same hierarchy as the
Depending on the instruction to save the text file,
By the text information storage means, automatically, to store the text file edited portable storage medium, in conjunction with this, for storing in the portable storage medium the contents of the text file as the print data file ,
A computer-readable storage medium characterized by storing a program.

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