JPH01196367A - Printing control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make possible the printing of axially tilted characters in a specified position by allowing detection of character codes and sequence on the input side of each character in a character string, and selection of a corresponding output character font from among a group of output character fonts with different axial angles which are registered in advance. CONSTITUTION:If a character string is input to an input part 1, a control part 2 performs a loading processing of character codes and data on input sequence in a character string and stores these data in an input character loading means 3. The loading means detects the sequence and character code per character. A character font selection means 4 selects an output character font, corresponding to each character, which is formed with a different axial angle registered in advance in a font storage part 5. The above-mentioned action is performed per character, then an output position corresponding to a character code is set by an output control means 6 based on a character sequence, and a position setting signal is transmitted to a printer through the control part 2. In the above configuration, characters can be printed with a character axis tilted and aligned in a preset printing pattern array for printing.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a printing control device, and particularly to a printing control device for printing characters with different axis angles and arranging them in a preset printing pattern row, for example, in an arc shape. The present invention relates to a printing control device. Note that in this specification, ζ characters include characters in various glyph shapes such as kanji, hiragana, katakana, and English letters, various symbols, and numbers.

Various printing devices and their control devices have been known in the past, but there is no printing device that can print characters arranged in an arc shape, for example, with different axis angles. As shown, printing was simply done by adjusting the vertical position.

For this reason, conventionally, for example, if you want to display an arc-shaped label by tilting the axis so that the characters face the center, it is not possible to automatically print with a printing device.
As shown in Figure 7, it had to be done by hand.

The invention attempts to solve the problem - This handwriting work is extremely complicated and also causes errors in writing. There was a desire to develop a printing bag;

An object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a printing device that can meet this demand.

In order to achieve the above object of deciphering the gaps, the present invention provides the character code of each character forming an input character string and the character 1 in the character string.
An input character string importing means that detects the @ position, and a corresponding output character font is selected from a pre-registered group of output character fonts with different axis angles according to the detected character code and character order of the imported character string. and an output control means 8 for setting the selected output character font to an output position according to a pre-registered character order.

When a character string to be displayed in a preset printing pattern string is input, the character code and character order of each character in the character string are detected in the input order, and depending on the detection result, ζ,
This function selects the corresponding output character font from a pre-registered group of output character fonts with different axis angles, and sets the output position of the selected output character font to a position according to the pre-registered character order. be.

By outputting this set output position to a printer, characters with tilted axes can be printed at a predetermined position.

Sue JL-Doctor The following describes a preferred embodiment of the present invention in which a character string of 6 characters is printed in an arc shape on an arc-shaped label.
This will be explained in detail based on FIGS. 4 to 4.

Here, Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the printing device, Fig. 2 is a flowchart showing the control operation, Fig. 3 is a plan view showing six types of output fonts for the same character, and Fig. 4 is a printed arc-shaped label. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the printing device has an input section 1 such as a keyboard, and a character string that is input 1n information from this input section 1 is input to a control device C via a control section 2. The character string is imported by the character string importing means 3, and the character code and character order of each character are detected in the input order.

In accordance with the detection result of the character string imported by the input character string importing means 3, the character font selection means 4 produces six types of outputs with different axis angles registered in advance in the font storage section 5. Character font (
For each character, a corresponding output character font is selected from a group of output character fonts (see FIG. 3). The axis angle of the characters mentioned above is set according to the size and central angle of the arcs arranged when printing, the number of characters, and their arrangement position. Assuming that the center angle of the arc-shaped label 9 is 45 degrees, the axis angles are set to about 4 degrees, 11 degrees, and 18 degrees on the left and right, respectively, with the center vAx as a reference (see FIG. 3). In the font storage unit 5, an output position corresponding to the character order of the input character string is also registered in advance. You can also change the selected output character font to
Output control means 6 is provided for setting an output position according to each character order registered in the font storage section 5. The printer is configured to print a predetermined output character font at a predetermined position according to a control signal set by the output control means 6 and sent via the control unit 2. Note that the input character string, selected output character font, etc. are displayed on a display section 8 such as a CRT.

Next, the printing control operation in the above-described configuration will be explained based on FIGS. 2 and 3.

When a character string, for example the character string rs46907J, is input to the input unit 1, the control unit 2 checks whether all data regarding each character of the input character string, i.e., the character code and the input order in the character string, have been captured. If the input character string has not been imported (step 100), the input character string is processed and stored in the input buffer of the input character string importing means 3 (step 101). Normally, this is done by detecting the presence or absence of a data end signal.Next, the control unit 2 determines whether or not a font has been selected for printing each character in the character string (step 102); If the font has not been selected, the input character string importing means 3 detects the +111t position and character code for each character of the input character string (steps 103 and 104), and then each step 103 ，
Based on the detection result in step 104, the character font selection means 4 selects an output character font corresponding to each character of the input character string from a group of character fonts registered in advance in the font storage unit 5 (step 105).
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The operations of steps 103, 104, and 105 described above are performed for each character in the character string, and when it is determined that all have been completed (step 102), the process proceeds to step 106, where the output control means 6 changes the character order of each character. Based on this, the output position corresponding to the character code detected in step 104 is set. Then, a position setting signal is sent to the printer 7 via the control unit 2, and each selected output character font is printed by the printer 7 at the set output position of the label 9 (step 107, FIG. reference).

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments; for example, the number of characters in the character string is not limited to six characters, and
The shape of the printing medium such as the label to be printed is also arc-shaped,
It can be of any shape such as circular, fan-shaped, or rectangular.Furthermore, the position setting signal from the output control means 6 is not output directly to the printer, but is output and stored on a recording medium such as a disk or magnetic tape. The printer 7 may print using a recording medium such as the above.Furthermore, it goes without saying that the printing medium to be printed is not limited to labels, but may also be forms, general paper, etc.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, it is also possible to create a label form 10 as shown in FIG. This label form 1
0 is provided with a transfer portion 13 in which a large number of transfer holes 12 are transparently provided at equal intervals with the cutting perforations 11 as boundaries on both sides in the width direction,
It is made by peelably pasting two rows of arc-shaped labels 9 as in the above-mentioned embodiments on a continuous or unitary peeling mount 14 whose surface has been subjected to a peeling treatment.
Each label 9 is printed in the same printing pattern row as in the above-mentioned embodiment, that is, in an arc shape, with alphabetic characters followed by five-digit numbers (consecutive numbers) in each row.

As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention has the effect of being able to print characters by tilting their axes and arranging them in a preset printing pattern row.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show preferred embodiments of the present invention;
Figure 2 is a block diagram of the printing device, Figure 2 is a flowchart showing the printing control operation, Figure 3 is a plan view showing six types of output fonts for the same character, Figure 4 is a plan view showing a printed arc-shaped label, FIG. 5 is a plan view showing an example of a label form created using the present invention, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are plan views showing conventional examples. C... Control jJ device 1... Input section 2... Bow 1t
Control unit 3...Input character string importing means 4
...Character font selection means 5...Font storage section
6...Output control means 7...Printer
8...Display area 9...Label patent applicant Tosopan Moore Co., Ltd. agent Patent attorney Ko Yota -7F; Kan IQ No. 40 Name 20 No. 611 Map of the ground 7

Claims (1)

[Claims] A printing control device that controls print output according to input information, comprising an input character string importing means for detecting the character code of each character forming an input character string and a character order in the character string, and the imported character string. output character font selection means for selecting a corresponding output character font from a group of output character fonts having different axis angles registered in advance according to the detected character code and character order; 1. A printing control device comprising: output control means for setting the output position of a font to a position corresponding to a pre-registered character order.