JPH02127059A - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable the printing output of an analog data by installing a page memory, a printer section, an A-D converter, and a coordinate generator converting a digital value A-D converted by the A-D converter into printing information and storing the printing information in said page memory. CONSTITUTION:An analog signal (a) received by an analog data generator 1 is converted into a digital signal by an A-D converter 9, and converted into the printing information of a data type convenient for drawing by a coordinate generator 10 and written to a page memory 2 successively. When all of printing data corresponding to one page are stored in the page memory 2, printing is started by a printer section 6. A drawing control section 3 converts the printing data of page units stored in the memory 2 into the picture data of a dot unit as the minimum unit of printing, and draws them to a picture memory 4. Lastly, a printing output section 5 prints a picture image drawn on the memory 4 onto a blank form.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printer device, and particularly to a printer device that prints analog data.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a printer device for printing characters, figures, or images has been designed as shown in FIG.

That is, this printer device 7 includes a code converter 1, a page memory 2. The printer section 6 includes a drawing control section 32, an image memory 4. It is equipped with a print output section 5.

Then, the coded digital signal is received from the digital signal generator 8, the received data is converted by the code converter 1 into a data format convenient for drawing, and is stored in the page memory 2 as print information.

The drawing control section 3 converts the print data in units of pages stored in the page memory 2 into image data in units of dots, which is the minimum unit of printing, and draws it in the image memory 4.

The print output section 5 was to print the image drawn on the image screen 4 onto a sheet of paper.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The printer device 7 described above has a large memory capacity and is superior to analog data print output devices and display output devices that are widely used in fields other than computer processing. Although it has an image generation function and performance, it cannot process analog data, so it has the disadvantage that it cannot be used as a print output device for analog data.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and as a means for solving the problems, a printer device of the present invention includes a page memory that stores print information on a page-by-page basis, and A printer unit that prints print information stored in memory page by page, an A-D converter that converts analog data to digital, and converts the digital value converted from A-D by the A-D converter into print information. and a coordinate generator for storing in the page memory.

[Embodiments] Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This printer device 12 includes a code converter 1, a page memory 2. Printer section 6, A-D converter 9, coordinate generator l
and O.

The code converter 1 converts the coded digital signal sent from the digital data generator 8 into print information convenient for drawing, and stores it in the page memory 2.

The page memory 2 is a memory that stores the print information page by page.

The printer section 6 includes a drawing control section 39, an image memory 4, and a print output section 5. The drawing control unit 3 converts the print information stored in the page memory 2 into image data in dot units, which is the minimum unit of printing, and draws the converted image data in the image memory 4. It is a memory that stores. The print output unit 5 prints the image data generated in the image memory 4 onto printing paper.

Note that the printer device 12 includes a digital data generator 8.
and analog data generator 11 are connected. Digital data generator 8 generates coded digital signals for printing to printer device 12. Usually corresponds to a host computer. Analog data generator 11 sends analog data to printer device 12 for printing.

The A/D converter 9 converts analog data sent from the analog data generator 11 into digital data. The coordinate generator 10 converts the digital signal converted by the A-D converter 9 into print information and stores it in the page memory 2.

FIG. 2 specifically shows the signals of each part based on FIG. 1.

The overall operation will be described below according to FIGS. 1 and 2. The analog signal (a) received from the analog data generator 11
) is converted into a digital signal by the AD converter 9 at intervals of Δt as shown in FIG. 2(b).

Next, the digital signal is converted into X-axis, Y-axis coordinate points p, , p
2. p3. ．． ．． converted to pn.

At the same time, the coordinate points p, , p2 . p3. ．． .

Pn is converted by the coordinate generator 10 into print information in a data format convenient for drawing, and sequentially written into the page memory 2. An example of the print information is usually written into the page memory 2 with a command "draw a line from coordinate point P0-1 to coordinate point Pn".

When the print data for one page is completed in the page memory 2, the printer section 6 starts printing.

The drawing control unit 3 converts the print data in units of pages stored in the page memory 2 into image data in units of dots, which is the minimum unit of printing, and draws the image data in the image memory 4. An example of the print information is as shown in FIG. 2(d), from a coordinate point Pn-1 defined by X-Y coordinates to a coordinate point P on the image memory corresponding to the printing paper. Draw a line to. Finally, the print output section 5 prints the image drawn in the image memory 4 onto a sheet of paper.

On the other hand, the coded digital data received from the digital data generator 8 is converted by the code converter 1 into print information in a data format convenient for drawing, and written into the page memory 2. Thereafter, the page data on the page memory 2 is printed onto paper by the printer section 6 in the same manner as the processing of the analog data.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the printer device of the present invention is a digital data manual printer device that can print out analog data, thereby printing out not only computer printouts but also X-YL The present invention has the advantage that it is possible to provide a printer device that can replace a /coder or print out measurement data of a synchronoscope or the like.

It also has the effect of greatly expanding possibilities in application fields such as processing of analog data input and mixed processing with digital input data.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printer device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2(a) to (d) are respectively (a) to (d) of FIG.
d) A diagram specifically showing the signals of each part. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional example. 1: Code converter 2 Two-page memory 3: Drawing control section 4: Image memory 5: Print output section 6: Printer section 8: Digital data generator 9: A-D converter 10: Coordinate generator: Analog data generator 12: Printer device

Claims (1)

[Claims] A page memory that stores print information on a page-by-page basis, a printer section that prints the print information stored in the page memory on a page-by-page basis, and A that converts analog data into digital data.
- A printer device comprising: a D converter; and a coordinate generator that converts a digital value A-D converted by the A-D converter into print information and stores it in the page memory.