JPH01314182A - Information processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print information with an optimum paper size for each page without confirming a paper size by mounting a paper identifying means identifying a paper size required of a document to be printed for every page. CONSTITUTION:Each of work stations 2a-2c consists of a processor body 20, a display device 21, a keyboard 22, and a mouse 23. When a formed document is to be printed, a document-icon 214 is selected and a 'transfer' key on the keyboard 22 is pressed and, thereafter, a cursor is shifted to be overlapped on a printer-icon 211a and a button on the mouse 23 is clicked; in this manner, a printing processing program is started, and the image plane of the display device 21 is switched to a printer option sheet 220. Then, with the setting of the column of a paper size to 'automatic', the processor 20 starts a paper size identification processing program to identify a paper size required for every page, adds this paper size information to the document contents per page, and transfers the same to a print server 3. Therefore, a printing can be carried out with a paper size optimum for every page.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to document creation on a workstation, etc.
The present invention relates to an information processing system having a collection function.

[Conventional technology]

As is well known, in order to mechanize office processing, devices called workstations are becoming widespread as interactive information processing devices that can independently process routine and non-routine tasks.

This workstation has advanced text processing capabilities, excellent man-machine interface functions such as a screen display that makes full use of icons (pictograms), etc., and connects to a local area network (LAN), allowing resources such as document files to be used for other purposes. It is a comprehensive information processing device that has functions that can be shared with others.

A plurality of workstations having such advanced information processing functions are often operated by being connected to a network such as a LAN. In this case, in addition to the roll character printers connected to each workstation, a high-quality printing machine such as a laser printer that is shared by each workstation is connected to achieve high-quality printing service functions. .

This high-quality printing mechanism is called a print server, and in addition to the laser printer, it also includes a magnetic disk device that stores document files to be printed, reads document files from the magnetic disk device, and prints them to the laser printer. It consists of a printer control device that controls information transfer, etc., and a monitor display that allows conversation necessary for inputting necessary parameters to the print server and monitoring operational status.

In a system configuration that includes such a print server, when printing a document created on one of the workstations, after transcribing the target document to the printer icon (pictogram representing the printer) on the message window of the workstation, Specify the page and paper size you want to print. Then, the document to be printed is converted into a file format that can be accepted by the print server, and is stored in the print server's magnetic disk device via a network line. Thereafter, the document in the magnetic disk device is read by the printer WJ device, converted into a file format compatible with the printing format, and transferred to the laser printer. This causes the document to be printed out by the laser printer.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) By the way, when printing a document created on a workstation, you specify the desired page and paper size to print as described above, but in conventional systems, each document is There is no way to identify the paper size that a page requires. Therefore, if a document contains pages that require different paper sizes, you must specify the largest paper size among them. In addition, when printing a document for which you do not know in advance what size paper to use, check all pages of the document to be printed and check the paper size. I had to check the paper size, which made the process of specifying the paper size extremely cumbersome, and I also had to specify the largest size of the paper sizes used for each page as mentioned above. However, there was a problem in that paper was wasted and each page of the document could not be printed on the optimal paper size.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing system that can print each page of a document at the optimal paper size without checking the paper size required for each page.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention is configured such that an information processing device or a printing device is provided with paper identification means for identifying the paper size required for a document to be printed on a page-by-page basis, and the document is printed on paper of the identified size. .

[Effect]

The paper identification means identifies the paper size 1l13! according to the print-related attribute information (print option sheet) when the print request operation is performed. ! When the selection mode is set, the paper size required for each page of the document to be printed is automatically identified, and a paper size corresponding to the identification result is selected and printed.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, in which a network circuit a1 includes a plurality of workstation computers 2a to 2a.
2c is connected, and the print server 3 is also connected.

Each of the workstation computers 2a to 2c includes a processor body 20, a display 1Ii21, a keyboard 22, and a mouse (pointing device) 23. Of these, an external storage device 4 that stores documents in file units and a local printer 5 are connected to the processor main body 20.

On the other hand, the print server 3 includes a printer control device 30, a magnetic disk device 31, a laser printer 32, and a monitor display device 33.

In this configuration, when editing of the created document is finished, printer icons 211 corresponding to the print server 3 and local printer 5 are displayed on the desktop window 210 of the display device 21, as shown in FIG.
a, 211b, icon 2 indicating the e-mail inbox
12. Icon 213 indicating an electronic file such as a report
, an icon 214 indicating the created span is displayed. Further, the content of the created span is displayed in the document window 215.

Therefore, when printing the created document, after selecting the document icon 214 and pressing the "transcribe" key on the keyboard 22, move the cursor with the mouse 23 or the like to select the printer icon 211a.

For example, when the printer icon 211b corresponding to the print server 3 is clicked on the button of the mouse 23, a print processing program prepared in the processor body 1 is started, and the display device 2
As shown in FIG. 3, the screen No. 1 switches to a printer option sheet 220 for specifying attribute information at the time of printing, such as the number of copies to be printed, pages desired to be printed, and paper size. Therefore, if you set the paper size field to A4 size and specify the "Start" command shown at the top of the printer option sheet 220, the information on the document to be printed will be changed to information in a format compatible with the print server 3. and is transferred to the print server 3 via the network line 1. Then, after being stored on the magnetic disk l1lt31 in the print server 3, the printer control 1]1
It is read out by 1t30 and output to the laser printer 32.

As a result, the document requested to be printed is printed on A4 paper size.

On the other hand, if the paper size field in the printer option sheet 220 is set to "Auto", the processor 20 starts a paper size identification processing program as shown in FIG. Identify paper size in pages. For example, open each page of a document and check whether the paper size required for that page is A4 or smaller, 84 or smaller, or A3 or smaller (Sl-83).
, set the paper size to be used when printing on a page-by-page basis, so that if A4 or smaller, select A4, if A4 or larger but 84 or smaller, select 84, and if 84 or larger and smaller than A3, select A3. Then, this paper size information is added to the document content of page 8 and transferred to the print server 3.<84-86
). In this case, if a sheet of A3 size or larger that is not available in the laser printer 32 is required, a warning message is generated (87) and the A3 size of paper is set.

Through the above processing, the document requested to be printed is printed with the optimal paper size for each page.

The above is a case where printing is performed using the print server 3, but the same applies when printing is performed using the local printer 5.

Therefore, in this embodiment, /lifter option sheet 22
0, if you specify a paper size of A4, 84, or A3, the document to be printed will be printed in the paper size specified on the printer option sheet 220, ignoring the paper size when creating the women's bath. is printed.

However, when [Auto J] is selected on the printer option sheet 220, each page of the document to be printed is printed in the paper size set at the time of creation.

By the way, although the paper size is identified in the processor body 20, it may also be done in the printer 1blJ ([1 device 30).

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided a means for identifying the paper size required for a document to be printed on a page-by-page basis.
It is possible to print on the optimal paper size for each page without having to do tH.

Therefore, it is extremely useful when printing a document containing pages of different paper sizes, or when printing a document whose paper size is unknown.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the display contents of the display device, and Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the display contents of the display device when specifying the paper size. , FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the paper size identification process. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Network line, 2a-2C... Works T-John, 3... Print server, 4... External storage device, 5... Local printer, 20... Processor body, 21...・Display device, 30... Printer III device, 31... Magnetic disk device,
32...Laser printer. Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An information processing device that has a function of creating and editing documents that include graphics, and a printing device that can be loaded with paper of multiple sizes for printing documents that have been created and edited by this information processing device. In the information processing device equipped with the above-mentioned information processing device, either the information processing device or the printing device is provided with paper identification means for identifying the paper size required for the document to be printed on a page-by-page basis, and paper of the identified size is selected to print the document. An information processing system characterized by printing content.