JPH01231172A - Data output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain effective data in case of deciding synthetically the contents of an account work, etc., by designating plural business form files, and also, designating an output position of each business from file and placing and outputting plural business form files which is designated, to designated output positions of the same page, in an office computer, etc. CONSTITUTION:A printing processor 15 reads the first business form format from a hard disk 11, and subsequently, reads out a record of a one-item portion for constituting a designated business form file from a hard disk 14, allocates it to a prescribed position of the business form format, generates business form patterns of all record data and allows a pattern memory 16 to store them. This business form pattern refers to an output position table 18 and converted to a real printing pattern so as to conform to a size of a real printing effective area on a form, and thereafter, the printing processor 15 executes a business form printing processing, by which the second business form pattern is placed on the left side of the form and by the same processing, the second business form pattern is placed on the right side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a data output device such as an office computer or a personal computer that outputs a form file created in advance.

[Jl Summary of the Invention] This invention provides an office computer 9'J that, when specifying a plurality of form files and specifying the output position of each form file, the specified plurality of form files can be specified on the same page. It is arranged and output at the output position.

[Prior art] Generally, a trial balance has (1) a balance section, (2) a profit and loss section, (
It consists of 3) details of selling expenses and general and administrative expenses, and (4) details of manufacturing costs.

When these four types of forms are created using an office computer, the four types of forms are individually designed and are printed out on separate sheets of paper.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in order to comprehensively determine the content of accounting operations, it is desirable that the above-mentioned four types of forms be printed on the same page.

An object of this invention is to enable a plurality of forms to be printed out on the same page.

[Means to solve the problem] The means of this invention are as follows.

File storage means (see the machine block diagram in Figure 1)
(same hereinafter) is a hard disk or the like that stores a plurality of form files.

The output position specifying means 2 specifies the output position of each form file on the paper using a keyboard, mouse (pointing device), etc. 1. Specify.

The file specifying means 3 is a keyboard or the like for specifying a plurality of form files arranged on the same page.

When outputting a plurality of form files specified by the file specifying means 3, the output control means 4 arranges and outputs each form file at the output position specified by the output position specifying means 2 corresponding to each form file. let

[Work] This 9. The operation of the clear means is as follows.

Now, it is assumed that the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement among the various documents making up the trial balance are arranged and output on the same page.

In this case, the output position of each form file on the paper is specified in advance by the output position specifying means 2, and the form files of the balance sheet and profit and loss statement are specified by the file specifying means 3.
Specify by.

Then, in response to a command to print a form file, the output control means 4 outputs a plurality of form files specified by the file specifying means 3, and outputs a position specified by the output position specifying means 2 corresponding to each form file. Place and output each form file at the specified output position.

Therefore, for example, a balance sheet document file can be printed on the right half of the page, and an income statement can be printed on the left half of the page. In other words, since a plurality of form files are arranged and output on the same page, it is possible to provide effective materials when comprehensively determining the contents of accounting operations and the like.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 8.

First, the basic principle of the present invention will be explained.

FIG. 2 shows the maximum effective printing area on the printing paper of the liquid crystal printer used in this embodiment.

This maximum printable area is the area on the printing paper where the liquid crystal printer can actually print, and the white area in the figure shows the maximum printable area and the diagonally shaded area shows the non-printable area. In this case, the maximum printable area will vary depending on the size of the print paper, and the direction in which the paper is placed (
It also depends on whether you place it vertically or horizontally.

As described above, the maximum printable area is a variable area that varies depending on the paper size, etc. Therefore, in the present invention, a logical coordinate area is prepared in advance corresponding to the maximum printable area of the standard paper size, etc. Then, by enlarging this logical coordinate area, reducing la, or moving it in parallel, changes in paper size, etc. can be handled.

Here, the logical coordinate area is defined as follows. That is, the logical coordinate area is an area obtained by arbitrarily dividing the virtual logical space shown in FIG. 3(a) in the row direction and column direction, and as shown in FIG. 3(b), By dividing the logical space by the number of rows a and the columns Bb, aXb squares are generated. For each square generated by this, in the XY coordinate system defined by rows and columns (0
．． O), 〜(0,b-1)−・=・(a−1,0)〜
Set the coordinates of squares (a-1, b-1).

Here, the area actually printed by the liquid crystal printer is on the actual printing effective area determined by the margin area on the paper specified in advance in consideration of the paper size, print output size, printing position 1, etc.

In this case, if you specify a margin to specify the actual printable area taking into account the paper size, print output size, etc., the actual printable area will be divided by the number of rows and columns in the logical space, and the actual printout will be valid. A real coordinate area is generated by projecting the logical coordinate area onto the area. This real coordinate area expands the logical coordinate area,
This is an area obtained by performing reduction or horizontal movement, etc. Therefore, if the form pattern is developed on the logical coordinate area in advance, it can be used regardless of the paper size, print output size, etc.
Not only can form files be outputted in a layout with a similar format image, but also a plurality of form files can be arranged and output on the same page.

Next, the basic circuit configuration of an office computer that outputs form files will be explained with reference to FIG. 41JI&
(including fixed data such as E lines and labels), it is used to store file specifying devices such as keyboards and mice.
When a form file is specified by 212, the form format reading unit 13 holds the specified data in its internal memory.

A form format corresponding to the specified form file is read from the hard disk 11.

The hard disk 14 stores a plurality of form files created in advance, and stores form files transferred from the main body CPU (not shown). Then, under the control of the print processing bag 2115, the record data of each item constituting the @ slip file is read out one by one and taken into the print processing device 15. The print processing device 15 executes a print processing program for the form file in response to the input of the print command, and creates a form for printing by assigning the record data read from the hard disk 14 to the form format read from the form format reader 13. At the same time as creating a pattern, the created form pattern is stored in the pattern memory 16.
write to.

The pattern memory 16 has a memory configuration corresponding to the above-mentioned logical coordinate area, and a form pattern is developed on the logical coordinate area of this pattern memory 16. The logical form pattern in the pattern memory 16 is then taken into the pattern conversion device 17.

The pattern conversion device 17 converts the logical form pattern into an actual print pattern to be actually printed on paper by referring to the output position table 18. That is, the pattern conversion device fi17 converts the logical coordinate area into the output position table 18.
An actual print pattern is generated by enlarging or reducing the size to match the size of the actual print effective area on the paper specified by referring to the contents of . Then, the pattern conversion device 2117 places the actual print pattern at a predetermined position in the page memory 19 by referring to the output position table 18, and also changes the pattern! ! ! 9 fil 7 determines whether or not another form file to be printed out on the same page is specified by accessing the form format reading unit 13, and depending on the judgment result, prints the print processing device 15.
Alternatively, the printing device 20 is selectively activated.

Note that the printing device r120 is constituted by a liquid crystal printer, and reads the form file etc. stored in the page memory 19 and prints it on paper. Further, the setting device fi21 is a keyboard or the like for setting margin data indicating the output position for each form file.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the output position table 18. The output position table 18 contains output position data for a plurality of forms, that is, the left margin, right margin, top margin, and bottom margin on the paper in millimeters. The output position data corresponding to the form file specified by the file specifying device 12 is read out.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, a form format is designed prior to creating a form file, and the designed form format is stored in the hard disk 11.

In addition, the main CPU can be controlled by inputting commands from the keyboard.
By activating the form file creation processing program in the computer, a form file is automatically created, and the created form file is transferred to the hard disk 14 and stored.

Therefore, when printing out the form file created as described above, first consider the size of the paper set in the printing device 20, the direction of the paper, the print output size, and the output print position. Input the output position data of each form file from 21 and create the output position table 1.
For example, if you want to output two form files on the left and right areas of a B4 size paper in landscape orientation, set the output position of the form files to 8 as shown in Figure 5. Left margin, right margin on the paper for identification,
The top margin and bottom margin are set in the output position table 18 for each form (form 1) and (form 2), and the file specifying device 12 is used to set two form files to be placed and output on the same page. Please specify it using

In this state, when a print command for printing out a form file is input to the print processing device 15, the print processing device 15 executes a print processing program for the form file according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the print processing bag 2115 reads the form format corresponding to the first form file specified by the file specification device 12 from the hard disk 11 under the control of the form format reading section 13 (step AI), and then reads the form format corresponding to the first form file specified by the file specification device 12 from the hard disk 11 (step AI). , pattern development is performed on fixed data such as ruled lines and labels constituting table items (step A2).

Next, step A3) reads out one item of records constituting the designated form file from the hard disk 14;
Allocate it to a predetermined position in the form format (step A4), and check whether all records of the form file have been read (step A5).
The process returns to step A3 until all records for one file have been read, and a form pattern is created while sequentially allocating record data item by item to a predetermined position in the form format.

The form pattern thus created is transferred to the pattern memory 16 and stored therein, and the pattern conversion device 1
7 is activated (steps A6, A7).

As a result, the pattern conversion device 17 performs pattern conversion processing according to the flowchart in FIG.

First, the pattern conversion device 17 converts the logical form pattern developed on the logical coordinate area of the pattern memory 16 into the size of the actual printing effective area on the paper specified by referring to the output position table 18. It is converted into an actual print pattern by enlarging or reducing it to fit (step Bl).

The actual print pattern thus converted is transferred to the page memory 19 and arranged, but the arrangement position in this case becomes the output position preset corresponding to the form in the output position table 18 (step B2 ).

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the printing processing bag 15 is stored in the pattern memory 1 by executing the first form printing processing.
When the balance sheet form pattern is expanded on 6, if the margin is specified such that the balance sheet is placed in the left side area of the B4 size paper in landscape orientation, the page memory 19 is The balance sheet document pattern is placed in the area to the left of the balance sheet.

Therefore, in the next step B3, whether or not another form to be output on the same page is specified is checked by accessing the form format reading section 13. Since there is now another form to be output on the same page, the process advances to step B4 and the print processing device 15 is activated.

As a result, the print processing bag 2115 reads the form format corresponding to the next specified form, and the same process (
Step AI-A7) is executed.

Therefore, the pattern conversion device 2117 is activated again and steps B1 and B2 are executed, and as a result, the page memory 19
A second form pattern is placed at a predetermined position. In this case, the first form pattern is stored and held in the page memory 19 as it is.

Therefore, as shown in FIG.
By executing the second form printing process, one form pattern is developed in the profit and loss account on the pattern memory 16, and this profit and loss statement is placed in the area on the right side of the B4 size paper in landscape orientation. If a margin is specified, the form pattern of the profit and loss statement is placed in the area on the right side of the page memory 19, and the previously placed balance sheet is also stored in the area on the left side. It becomes.

When the two pre-designated form patterns are thus stored and arranged in the page memory 19, it is detected in step B3 that there is no other form to be output on the same page, so in this case.

Proceeding to step B5, the printing device 2120 is activated to print all the contents of the page memory 19, and then the contents of the page memory 19 are cleared (step B5).

Therefore, two types of pre-designated forms, for example, the balance sheet and the profit and loss statement shown in FIG. 8, are printed out on the same page at the pre-designated positions.

In the above embodiment, two types of forms are arranged and output on the same page, but three or more types of forms may be arranged and output on the same page.

In addition, in addition to the four types of documents shown in the conventional example as well as business analysis indicators to be printed on the trial balance, the output level l is set for each of these five types of documents.
For example, users in the service industry do not require details of manufacturing costs, so it is possible to select the output form according to the user, such as placing four types of forms on the same sheet. In this case, by setting a plurality of output positions for each form, the output position of the output form can be easily changed.

[Effects of the Invention] This invention can output multiple forms of different types on the same page, so it can provide extremely effective data when comprehensively determining the contents of accounting operations, etc. can.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a mechanical block diagram of the present invention, Figs. 2 to 8 show examples, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the maximum printable area of a liquid crystal printer, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the logical space. 4 is a block circuit diagram showing the main configuration of the office computer, and FIG. 5 is a storage state of the output position table 18 shown in FIG. 4. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the print processing device 15 shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the pattern conversion device 2217 shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing how a form is arranged at a predetermined position on a page memory. 11.14・old...hard disk, 12...
File specification device, 13...Format reading section, 15...Print processing device, 16. Old...
Pattern memory, 17... Pattern conversion device 22
．． 18.Old...Output position table, 19.Old...Page memory, 2o.Old...Printing device, 21...Setting device. Patent applicant Casio total 31! Ki Co., Ltd. Figure 1 Figure 2 (a"l (b) ': 53 Figure 5 Figure 6

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] File storage means for storing a plurality of form files; Output position specifying means for specifying the output position of each form file on paper; and specifying a plurality of form files to be placed on the same page. a file specifying means; when outputting a plurality of form files specified by the file specifying means, placing and outputting each form file at an output position specified by the output position specifying means corresponding to each form file; 1. A data output device, comprising: an output control means, and configured to arrange and output a plurality of form files on the same page.