JPH01114932A - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit complex programming from a computer in a master equipment to easily set up an initial condition by adding a floppy disk, a bar code reader, an optical image scanner device, and so on. CONSTITUTION:In case of inputting data to be printed out to a printer device, the added floppy disk 22, bar code reader 3 and optical image scanner device 4 are selected by a selector circuit 5. In case of allowing the printer device e.g. to print out destination names on post cards, the floppy disk 22 storing address data is inserted into a floppy disk device 2 in a printer body and the data are read out, so that required printing can be attained without using the computer in the master device. In case of printing out images, the images are scanned by the device 4, and in case of setting up the initial condition, a bar code table 23 is scanned by the reader 3. Thus, various operation can be attained without executing complex programming of the computer in the master equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printer device that inputs print data from a host device such as a computer and performs output printing.

[Conventional technology]

When performing output printing with a conventional printer of this type, the user creates the desired output data on a computer, etc. of a host device, and transfers the data to the printer via an Inter7Ace cable for printing. I'm letting it go. Initial settings of printing conditions, such as font settings for printing, are performed by operating switches on the printer's operation panel.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

As mentioned above, conventional printers perform printing by receiving data from a higher-level device such as a combicoater, so until the printing operation of the printer device is completed, all other processing such as the computer of the higher-level device is interrupted. By using it @
There is a drawback that there is no Another drawback is that it is necessary to create a complicated program for the host device in order to output and print image data such as complicated graphic diagrams and ifsto diagrams. In addition, when operating a printer, initial conditions such as font settings, light margin settings, print margin settings, etc. are set by switching all the switches and dip switches on the printer operation panel. Another disadvantage is that the operation is complicated and troublesome.

[Means for solving problems]

The printer device of the present invention stores print data.
a floppy disk device that reads the printed data with a floppy disk attached thereto; a barcode reader that reads the barcode from a barcode table displaying initial conditions in barcodes; and an optical image scanner device that reads one image information; a barcode control unit that inputs and processes the initial condition data from the barcode reader; an image scanner control circuit that inputs and processes all of the image information from the optical image scanner device; a selector circuit that inputs output data from the code control section and the image scanner control circuit and outputs any one type of data; and a print section of the printer main body that inputs the output data from the selector circuit. and a printer control circuit that sends the data to the printer to perform printing operations.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the printer device of this embodiment is a conventional printer device with a 70 disk
When inputting data for output printing to the printing device configured as described above, the V-barcode reader 3 and the optical selector circuit 5 input data from the floppy disk 22, the barcode table 23, and the graphic image 24. Since data cannot be transferred to the printer control circuit 6 at the same time, if all data is input from any one of these means, the selector circuit 5 transfers the data from the image disk device 2. It operates in such a way that it does not accept.

The printer device configured as described above performs the following operations. For example, when a user wants the printer device to perform a simple repetitive printing operation (such as printing addresses on postcards), the printer device configured as described above performs the following operations. By inserting and reading the floppy disk 22 into the floppy disk device 2 of the printer main body 7, desired printing can be performed without using the computer of the host device. Also, if the user wants to print all images such as illustrations on the back of /S Gaki,
By scanning the optical image scanner device 4 over a desired illustration, the image can be easily printed. This eliminates the need to create a complicated program for the computer of the host device. Furthermore, the initial condition settings of the printer device (right merge/left margin, font, number of digits, print color specification, etc.) when starting to use the printer are performed using the barcode reader 3, and the necessary data in the barcode table 23 is set. Settings can be easily made by simply scanning the location.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the printer device of the present invention adds a 70 tsupi disk device, a barcode reader, and an optical image scanner device to a conventional printer device, thereby making it possible to easily print characters that require complicated programming. Moreover, there is an effect that the initial conditions can be easily set without operating the switches on the operation panel.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
This figure is a perspective view showing the appearance of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. 2...70 disk device, 3...
・Barcode reader, 4... Optical image scanner device, 5... Selector circuit, 6...
...Printer control circuit, 7...Printer main body,
13... Barcode control section, 14...
Image scanner control circuit. Agent Patent Attorney Hara Uchihara 7 Figure No.? figure

Claims (1)

[Claims] a floppy disk device that is equipped with a floppy disk that stores print data and reads the print data;
A barcode reader that reads the barcode from a barcode table displaying the initial conditions as barcodes, an optical image scanner device that reads image information, and a bar that inputs and processes the data of the initial conditions from the barcode reader. a code control section, an image scanner control circuit that inputs and processes the image information from the optical image scanner device, and inputs output data from the floppy disk device, the barcode control section, and the image scanner control circuit; and a printer control circuit that inputs the output data from the selector circuit and sends it to a printing section of the printer body to perform a printing operation. Characteristic printer device.