JPH01316283A - Operation information indicating system of printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable operation information suitable for service environment sent from a higher rank device in addition to fixed operation information to be stored and indicated by a method wherein a message received with a higher rank interface circuit is sent to a message memory to be stored, and the stored message is indicated according to its necessity. CONSTITUTION:A message memory 1 can store N-pieces of messages which are operation information of a printer, and an indicator 2 has a character pattern and a character generation circuit built-in and indicates a message of operating information by a character. Further, a higher rank interface circuit 3 is connected to a higher rank device 5, and receives a message and command information sent from the high rank device 5. Besides, a microprocessor circuit 4 has a microprocessor, a ROM, and a RAM, sends the message received with the higher rank interface circuit 3 to the message memory 1 to be stored by a microprogram, and sends the message stored in the message memory 1 to an indicator 2 to be indicated according to its necessity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of Industrial Application'1 The present invention relates to an operation information display method for a printer device, and in particular, an operation information display method for a printer device that displays operation information consisting of words, sentences, etc. Method tko(2).

I゛Prior art] The operation information display method of the conventional printer device displays information from a read-only memory provided inside the printer device as needed.
The operator is informed of the printer status and operation procedure by reading out and displaying one of several pieces of predetermined fixed operation information that indicates the printer status and operation procedure. .

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention - 1] The operation information display method of the conventional printer device described above displays one of several predetermined unique operation information, so that the user or operator can The disadvantage is that it cannot be changed or added to.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying operation information for a printer device that can store and display operation information suitable for the usage environment sent from a host device in addition to operation information specific to the printer device. There is a particular thing.

F゛Means for Solving the Problems The operation information display method of the printer device of the present invention includes (A> a message memory that stores N messages that are operation information of the printer device consisting of words, sentences, etc.); (B) a display device that displays the message; (C) a higher-level interface circuit that connects to a higher-level device and inputs the message sent from the higher-level device; (D> the message received by the higher-level interface circuit); and a microprocessor circuit that sends the message to the message memory for storage therein, and sends the message stored in the message memory to the display for display as required.

(Example〕 Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an operation information display method for a printer device according to the present invention.

The message memory 1 shown in FIG. 1 is capable of storing N messages, which are operation information for the printer device and are composed of words and sentences.

In addition, the display unit 2 has a built-in character pattern and a character generation circuit, and displays messages of operation information in characters.
It can be shown to users and operators.

The host interface circuit 3 is connected to the host device 5 and receives messages and command information sent from the host device 5.
has a micro program, a ROM, and a RAM, and sends messages received by the host interface circuit 3 to the message memory 1 to be stored therein. Display control is performed to send the information to the display 2 and display it as necessary.

FIG. 2 is a message explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of the message memory 1 of this embodiment.6 As shown in FIG. Among the N messages shown in message content 7, there are 1 to 1. L messages unique to the printer device having display content codes of , ,
It has M messages suitable for the usage environment sent from a host device having display content codes Xl to XM.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of this embodiment.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

First, when the power is turned on to the printer device, in step S1 of FIG. .

Next, in step S2, the microprocessor circuit 11 determines whether a direct display command and its message have been received from the host device 5 through the host interface circuit 3, and if it is a direct display command (YES), In the next step S3, the message received together with the direct display command is sent to the display 2 and displayed, and the process returns to step S2.

If it is not a direct display command (No> in step S2), in the next step S4, the microprocessor circuit t
1 determines whether a display command and a display content code have been received, and if it is a display command (YES), in the second step S5, a message corresponding to the received display content code in the message memory 1 is stored. is sent to the display 2 and displayed, and the process returns to step S2.

Further, in step S4, if it is not a display command (No>), in the next step S6, the microprocessor circuit 4 determines whether or not it has received a message change command, a display content code, and the message, and issues a message change command. If so (YES), in the next step S7, the message corresponding to the received display content code in the range of X1 to XM on the message memory 1 is changed to the received message, and the process goes to step S2. return.

Note that in step S6, the message change command is not (N
o>, the process returns to step S2 and the above operation is repeated.

As described above, the operation information display method of the printer device according to this embodiment, in addition to the operation information specific to the printer device,
It is possible to store and display operation information suitable for the usage environment sent from the host device.4. [-Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the operation information display method of the printer device of the present invention is as follows. , in addition to the inherent operating sentiment of the printer device,
This has the effect that operation information suitable for the usage environment sent from the first-place device can be stored and displayed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the operation information display method of the printer device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a message explanatory diagram showing an example of the contents of the message memory of the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is the present embodiment. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation. 1...Message memory, 2...Display unit, 3..."-place interface circuit, 11
...Microbrosse Vsu circuit, 5...
・Host device, 6...Display content = 1-code information, 7
...Message contents.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (A) A message memory that stores N messages that are operation information for the printer device consisting of words and sentences, (B) A display that displays the messages, (C) A host device (D) sending the message received by the upper interface circuit to the message memory and storing it in the message memory; An operation information display method for a printer device, comprising: a microprocessor circuit that sends the message that is being displayed to the display device as necessary to display the message.