JPH01246627A - Form printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print a form easy to see by dynamically changing format information in accordance with print data at the time of printing-out. CONSTITUTION:When a dynamic change is designated to format information 13, a print control means 15 calls dynamic format information changing means 12 before printing. This means 12 sets format information to each print page based on format information 13, to which print data 14 and dynamic change information are added, and sends it to a printer 16. Thereafter, the print control means 15 sends print data 14 to the printer 16 to print the form in accordance with formats different by pages. A dynamic format information setting means 11 not only directly changes format information 13 but also only temporarily changes it by a job control language or the like to more flexibly print the form.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a form printing method in a printing subsystem of a computer system, and more particularly to a form printing method that allows format information to be dynamically changed during printing.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of printing method, printing was performed based on format information that was fixedly set for all pages to be printed, for example, on a job-by-job basis. That is, as shown in FIG.
The print data 14 is then taken out and sent to the printing machine 16 for printing.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the case of the conventional printing method described above, for example, data related to the job is printed in units of jobs using fixed format information. Therefore, the format information cannot be changed according to the content of the print data, and an easy-to-read form cannot be output according to the print data.

[Means to solve the problem]

The form printing method of the present invention includes a dynamic format information changing means that instructs a printing subsystem of a computer system to change format information according to print data when creating format information prior to printing. , dynamic format information changing means for changing the format information according to the content and print data set by the dynamic format information changing means at the stage of printing the print data based on the format information.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment includes dynamic format information changing means 11, dynamic format information changing means 12, format information 13, and print data 1.
4, a printing control means 15, and a printing machine 16.

For printing when dynamic format information is not changed, the print control means 15 first takes out the format information 13 and sends it to the printing machine 16, and then takes out the print data 14 and sends it to the printing machine 16, as in the conventional technology. Perform printing.

Further, when dynamically changing format information, dynamic format information changing means 11 and dynamic format information changing means 12 are used. The dynamic format information changing means 11 changes the format information 1
3. This is a means for specifying format information to be dynamically changed. If dynamic change is instructed in the format information 13, the print control means 15 calls the dynamic format information change means 12 prior to printing. The dynamic format information changing means 12 is
The printing machine 1 sets format information for each print page based on the print data 14 and the format information 13 to which dynamic change information is added.
Send to 6. Thereafter, the print control means 15 controls the print data 14
By sending the information to the printing machine 16, the form is printed in a different format for each page. For example, dynamic format information changing means 1
2 is a dynamic format information changing means 1, when format information includes lines for printing a table, and when it is necessary to delete line headings for rows that do not have corresponding data in the table.
2 confirms the print data for each page to be printed, changes the ruler line information in the format information for lines that are not to be printed, and sends the changed line information to the printing machine 16.

Regarding the dynamic format information changing means 11, in addition to directly changing the format information 13, more flexible form printing can be achieved by temporarily changing the format information 13 using a job control language or the like.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the advantage that by dynamically changing format information in print output according to print data, it is possible to print a form that is much easier to see than conventional methods.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration according to a conventional technique. 11... Dynamic format information changing means, 12... Dynamic format information changing means, 13... Format information, 14... Print data, 15... Print control means, 16... Printing machine .

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a printing subsystem of a computer system, a dynamic format information setting means for instructing to change format information according to print data when creating format information prior to printing; 1. A form printing method comprising: dynamic format information changing means for changing format information according to content and print data set by a dynamic format information setting means at the printing stage.