JPH01145760A - Document generating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save such trouble as resetting newly a printing condition, etc., and to simplify the operation at the time of correcting the contents of a document and restarting the printing by providing a means for executing an editing correction of the document in a printing suspended state. CONSTITUTION:The device is provided with a storage 5 for storing a printing condition and a printing suspended position, stores in advance the printing condition and the printing suspended position when printing has been suspended, starts a program of an editing correction and executes an editing correction of a document, and thereafter, derives an influence range by the editing correction, derives a printing start position from the influence range by the editing correction and printing suspended position information, and can designate selectively a printing restart position of a printing start page, etc., at the time of restarting the printing. In such a way, in case an error, etc., of the document has been detected in the course of printing the document, an editing correction of the document of a part to be corrected can be executed, while holding a printing state, a trouble for setting a condition at the time of restarting the printing is saved and waste of a rejection of a form of a printed part, etc., are avoided, and also, the designation of a printing start page at the time of restarting the printing can be automatized.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a document creation device, and more particularly, to a document creation device suitable for suppressing waste of paper and labor that occurs when correcting errors in a document. .

[Conventional technology]

In conventional document creation devices, when an error is discovered in a document during printing, the process is to stop printing, exit printing mode, return to editing proofing mode, and perform editing proofing such as error correction. , the method used was to specify printing again, set printing conditions, etc., and then print from the top of the document or the top of the specified page.

As an illustrative example of such a device, for example, r Newt
on Separate volume: All about word processors, latest edition”
(October 13, 1980, published by Kyoikusha Co., Ltd.) 132
There is a description of the page.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in the prior art, sufficient consideration has not been given to correction processing when an error or the like is discovered in a document while it is being printed. The disadvantage was that the document had to be corrected after the process was completed. Furthermore, there is a problem in that even if the editing and proofreading portion of the document is a red stamp ml, the already printed portion is wasted by exiting the print mode.

The present invention solves the problems seen in the above-mentioned prior art, and makes it possible to edit and proofread the part of the document that should be corrected while maintaining the printed state when an error or the like is found in the document while printing the document. To provide a document creation device which eliminates the trouble of setting conditions when restarting printing and the waste of discarding paper for already printed parts, and further automates the designation of the printing start page when restarting printing.

[Means for solving problems]

The above purpose is to provide a storage device that stores printing conditions and printing interruption positions, store the printing conditions and printing interruption positions when printing is interrupted, and launch an editing proofreading program to edit and proofread the document. After that, the range affected by the editing proofing is determined, and the print start position is determined from the range affected by the editing proofing and the print interruption information, and when printing is resumed, the printing restart position such as the printing start page can be selectively specified. This can be achieved by using a suitable device.

[Effect]

Printing of a document is interrupted by issuing a printing interruption instruction during document printing, and printing conditions and printing interruption position at the time of interruption are stored in a storage device.

Then, start the editing and proofreading program and correct any errors. In addition to the correction, the range of influence caused by the correction is determined and stored in the storage device.

After the above correction (editing proofreading) is completed, by instructing to restart printing, the printing restart position is determined from the printing conditions stored at the time of printing interruption, the printing interruption position, and the range affected by the correction, and printing is restarted. Note that it is also possible to restart printing from an arbitrary position by instructing to change the printing restart position.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a document creation device according to the present invention, in which an input device 1. Overall control device 22 display device 3. It is shown that it consists of a printing device 4 and a storage device 5. Here, the input device 1 inputs characters and symbols 9 (hereinafter abbreviated as character codes, etc.) during editing and proofreading of a document, print instructions, interrupts, etc.
The overall control device 2 is a device that instructs each means of restarting, and the overall control device 2 is a device that analyzes commands input by the input device 1, controls each device, and performs data transfer and recall operations to the storage device 5, and a display device 3. The printing device 4 is a device that converts the document data stored in the storage device 5 into a character code and displays the converted document data, and the printing device 4 is a device that converts the document data stored in the storage device 5 into a character code and prints it as a document. The device 5 includes a document data storage buffer 51, a print data storage buffer 52 for expanding the document being printed, a buffer 53 for storing printing conditions, a buffer 54 for storing the print interruption position, and a range affected by document correction. This device is composed of a buffer 55 for storing .

When the input device 1 instructs to print a document in the storage device 5, the specified document is displayed on the display device 3. All documents displayed on the display device 3 can be displayed by using a scroll key (not shown) of the input device 1.

Further, when a print execution command is input from the input device 1, the overall control device 2 transfers the print data to the document data storage buffer 51.
After the data is transferred from the print data storage buffer 52 to the print data storage buffer 52 and developed into print data, the print data is transferred to the printing device 4 to start printing. At the same time as the print data is transferred to the printing device 4, the transfer data portion is displayed in shading on the first display device 3 to display the current position up to which printing has been completed.

Here, the procedure for operating the above-mentioned apparatus of the present invention will be explained as follows.

If an error is discovered during document printing, first, a print interrupt command is input from the input device 1 using a print interrupt key (not shown). Here, the overall control device 2 issues a printing interruption command to the printing device 4, and the printing device 4 stops its print head and maintains the state when the printing interruption command was issued. At the same time, the printing conditions are stored in the printing condition storage buffer 53 and the position information at which printing was interrupted is stored in the printing interruption position storage buffer 54.

Next, the overall control device 2 starts an editing and proofreading program and shifts to a document editing and proofing mode.

To correct a document, move the cursor to the correction position, specify the correction range using a correction key, etc., and then change the erroneous part. In this case, other editing and proofreading functions such as insertion, deletion, right alignment, 5 unders, 1 line, etc. are also enabled.

The editing and proofreading results are reflected in the document data storage buffer 51 and displayed. At the same time, after performing nine edit proofs in which the range affected by the edit proofreading is determined and the range is stored in the affected range storage buffer 55, when a print restart command is input from the input device 1, the overall control device 2
compares the affected range due to edit proofing stored in the affected range storage buffer 55 and the printing interruption position data stored in the printing interruption position storage buffer 54, and if the already printed part is not affected, prints from the next position of the printing interruption position. Resume printing. In addition, if the already printed part is affected, after ejecting the paper on which printing has been interrupted and feeding another paper, a print restart command is issued to the printing device 4, and the effect is corrected by editing proofing. Resume printing from the beginning of the received page. Further, by inputting a print restart page position from the input device 1, the paper on which printing has been interrupted is ejected, another paper is fed, and printing is resumed from the specified page position in the printing device 4.

By using the document creation device configured according to the present invention as described above, it is possible to check the document contents while printing the document, and if an error is found in the document, the error can be corrected while maintaining the printing state. You can edit and proofread the
If the edited proof part has not been printed yet, the printed part will not be wasted, and if the document correction part has already been printed, it will automatically start from the first page of the 4 range and if further is needed. It was possible to easily resume printing from any specified page.

Incidentally, a flowchart showing the procedure for operating the apparatus of the present invention is shown in FIG.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, by using a document creation device configured according to the present invention, it is possible to solve the interstitial problems seen in conventional document creation devices, and to correct the document content and restart printing. Operations are simplified by eliminating the hassle of resetting printing conditions, and the range of influence from document editing and proofing is automatically determined, so there is no need to specify the page to start printing when printing resumes. Effects such as eliminating the wastage of paper when the edited proof portion of a printed document is not printed can be obtained.

Furthermore, by displaying the printed document on the display device during printing, there is an effect that the content of the document can be checked in parallel with printing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operating procedure of the document creation device of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Input device, 2... Overall control device, 3... Display device 74... Printing device, 5... Storage device, 51.
. . . Document data storage buffer, 52 . . . Print data storage buffer, 53 . . . Print condition storage buffer, 54.
・・Printing interruption position 1 [2] Second G location D

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Characters, codes, figures (hereinafter abbreviated as character codes, etc.)
a storage device that stores character codes, etc. input from the input device as character/code information, and a display device that displays character codes, etc. input from the input device;
In a document creation device that is equipped with a printing device that prints information such as character codes stored in the storage device as character codes, and an overall control device that transfers data and controls between each of the devices, printing is interrupted. means, and means for enabling editing and proofreading of a document in the printing interruption state created by the means;
A document creation device characterized by having means for restarting printing after the above-mentioned editing and proofreading, and means for making it possible to print, after restarting printing, including the portion that was edited and proofread during printing interruption. 2. The document creation device according to claim 1, further comprising means for selectively specifying a position at which printing is to be restarted in the restarting of printing. 3. In the above-mentioned restart of printing, when the portion edited and proofread during printing interruption is an unprinted portion, the invention is characterized by having a means for restarting printing from a position after the printing interruption position. Document creation device according to item 2. 4. In restarting printing, when the part that was edited and proofread during printing interruption is included in the already printed part, it is characterized by having means for automatically determining the position to restart printing and restarting printing from that position. A document creation device according to claim 2.