JPH01241456A - Pattern output device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the execution of a recording operation in a desired form even when the size of paper to be used is changed, by calculating the ratio between paper sizes in first and second forms and by outputting recording data in a form being fitted for the paper size of the second form different from that of the first form, in accordance with the result of calculation of the ratio. CONSTITUTION:In response to a sheet size signal 14, a ratio calculating device 4 calculates the ratio (a) between the length B in the lateral direction of paper (A-4 size) to be used in an output device 2 and the length (b) in the lateral direction of paper (letter paper) whereon printing data inputted are to be printed. The result 15 of this calculation of the ratio is delivered to a data modifying device 3. When printing data 11 are inputted to a pattern generating device 1, an information 16 relating to a pitch (column interval), for instance, is transferred to the data modifying device 3, multiplied by (a) therein and returned to the pattern generating device 1. Eased on this information, the pattern generating device 1 generates a pattern compressed in the lateral direction and delivers a pattern signal 12 thereof to the output device 2. The output device 2 conducts printing on the A-4 paper on the basis of the input pattern signal 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data output device that outputs data for recording on paper.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when recording data on letter size paper by printing on A4 size paper, for example, as shown in Fig. 2(a),
Printing is performed by the method shown in (b) and (C).

FIG. 2(a) shows an example of data printing on letter paper 101, and FIGS. 2(b) and 2(c) show examples of printing data on A4 paper 102.
This shows an example of printing the same data on the .

As can be seen from FIGS. 2(a) to (C), the number of digits that can be printed in one line is greater on letter paper 101 than on A4 size paper 102. (b
) As shown in Figure 2 (C), there are methods of not printing ``o'' and ``ko'' in excess of digits, and methods of printing them on the next line as shown in Figure 2 (C).

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, when trying to print data used for printing on letter paper as is on A4 size paper, the data with overflowing digits will not be printed using the method shown in Figure 2 (b). However, in the method shown in FIG. 2(C), data that would normally fit in one line on letter paper is divided into two lines, resulting in the inconvenience that the page formatting is distorted.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and an object thereof is to provide a data output device that can appropriately send data so that recording can be performed in a desired format even if the paper size used changes. It is in.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a pattern generation method that generates a pattern signal for printing based on recording data created for the paper size of the first form. means, a ratio calculation means for calculating the size ratio between the paper size of the first form and the paper size of the second form different from the paper size of the first form; and calculation from the ratio calculation means. a data changing means for changing recorded data that controls the pattern generating means in accordance with the result so that the pattern signal is generated from the pattern generating means in a form suitable for the paper size of the second form; and a pattern generating means. It is characterized by comprising an output means for outputting pattern signals from the four child stages.

[Function] In the present invention, the ratio between the paper sizes of the first and second forms is calculated, and according to the ratio calculation result, the recorded data is transferred to the paper size of the second form different from the paper size of the first form. The recorded data is processed to extract a pattern signal so that it can be outputted, for example, printed and recorded, in a form that is suitable for paper of the form of paper size.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the size of the paper used changes, the recording operation can be performed in a desired format.

[Example] The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a data output device according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is print data (for example, character code, etc.) 1 that is manually input from an external device such as a host computer.
This is a pattern generation device that generates a pattern signal (eg, dot pattern) 12 based on a character generator, a well-known character generator, a page memory, and the like.

2 is a pattern signal 1 output from the pattern generation device 1
This is an output device such as a laser beam printer that records an image on a cut sheet based on 2.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a data changing device that sends spacing or size changing data 13 to the pattern generating device W1 in order to change the spacing or size of the dot pattern output from the pattern generating device 1.

4 receives a signal 14 indicating the format of the sheet size used in the output device 2, calculates a predetermined ratio for the sheet size according to the signal 14, and sends the ratio calculation result 15 to the data change device 3. This is a sending ratio calculation device.

Here, the print data 11 input manually to the circuit of FIG.
For example, as shown in FIG. 3(a), letter paper 101
shall be configured for the size of That is, in this example of the data format of the output, this manually generated print data 11 is changed to A4 paper, and the data format shown in FIGS. 3(a) and (b) is
), data that fits in one line on letter paper 101 is printed and recorded so that it fits on one line on A4 paper 102.

Here, the ratio calculation device 4 determines the horizontal length B of the paper (A4 paper) used by the output device 2 and the paper (on which the input print data should originally be printed) according to the sheet size signal 14 Calculate the ratio a to the horizontal length b of letter paper)°. Then, the ratio calculation result 15 based on this equation (1) is sent to the data changing device 3.

When the print data 11 is manually input to the pattern generation device 1,
For example, information related to pitch (digit spacing)
(horizontal tabs, margins, etc.) 18 are transferred to the data modification device 3, where they are multiplied by 8 and sent back to the pattern generation device 1.

The pattern generation device 1 generates a horizontally compressed (or enlarged, depending on the paper) pattern based on the information, and sends the pattern signal 12 to the output bag M2.

The output device 2 prints on A4 paper based on the manually inputted pattern signal 12. As a result, data for one line of letter paper 101 can be printed on one line of A4 paper 102, so
As shown in FIG. 3(b), no data is missing or shifted to the next line.

Next, another example of the data output format according to the present invention will be explained using FIGS. 1 and 4.

Here, contrary to the example described above, the print data 11 manually entered into the circuit of FIG. 1 is, for example, A4 ((f).

It is configured for the size, and this human-made A4
Change the size print data 11 to letter paper, and
As shown in the figure, the data that fit on one page of A4 paper 102 is printed and recorded so that it fits on one page of letter paper 101.

In this case, the ratio calculation device 4 calculates the sheet size signal 1
4, the vertical length B' of the paper (letter paper) used in the output device 2, the vertical length b' of the paper (A4) on which the manually input print data should originally be printed, and The ratio a' of is calculated. Then, the ratio calculation result 15 based on this equation (2) is sent to the data changing device 3.

When the print data 11 is input to the pattern generation device 1,
For example, information 16 related to line pitch (for example, vertical tabs, page length setting instructions, etc.) is transferred to the data modification device 3, where it is multiplied by 8 and
will be returned to.

The pattern generation device 1 generates a vertically compressed (or enlarged, depending on the paper) pattern based on the information, and sends the pattern signal 12 to the output device 2.

The output device 2 prints on letter paper based on the pattern signal 12 input manually. As a result, data for one page of A4 paper 102 can be printed on one page of letter paper 101, so as shown in FIG.
Matches on both 4 paper and letter paper.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the first and second
calculate the ratio between the paper sizes of the format, and output the recorded data in a format suitable for paper of a paper size of a second format different from the paper size of the first format, according to the ratio calculation result. For example, by processing the recording data and extracting a pattern signal so that printing can be performed, the recording operation can be performed in a desired form even if the size of the paper used changes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the data output device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of data output in a conventional example, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data output form in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the data output format in the embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Putter generation device, 2... Output device, 3... Data change device, 4... Ratio calculation device, 11... Print data, 12... Pattern signal, 13... Interval/size change data, 14... Sheet size signal, l5... Ratio calculation result, 16... Pitch related information, 101... Letter paper, 102... A4 paper. Block diagram of Embodiment 1 of the present invention Fig. 1 ((1> (b)
(C) I￥l: IM woman, Komata f〒 Conventional 1 row explanatory diagram Figure 2 ((1') (b) Bokubo August F5
1↑6 An explanation diagram of the data output format Ijjil Fig. 3 An explanation diagram of several examples of data output according to the present invention Fig. 4

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Pattern generation means for generating a printing pattern signal based on recording data created for a paper size of a first form; ratio calculating means for calculating a size ratio between the paper size of the first form and the paper size of a second form different from the paper size of the second form; and controlling the pattern generating means according to the calculation result from the ratio calculating means, data changing means for changing the recorded data so that the pattern signal is generated from the pattern generating means in a form that matches the paper size of the second form; and outputting the pattern signal from the pattern generating means. What is claimed is: 1. A data output device comprising an output means for outputting data.