JPH02136918A - Format overlay output processing system for decentralized process - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the deterioration of the output speed of a terminal printer device as well as the overload of a communication process part and also to instantaneously confirm an output business form by performing an actual format overlay output process at the lower rank system side. CONSTITUTION:A printer device 34 containing a format overlay process function, an external memory 32, etc., are connected to a lower rank computer system 30. When a host computer system 10 tries to perform a format overlay output process to the device 34, the format data is previously stored in the memory 32 and a format overlay process instruction prepared at the side of the computer 30 is transmitted before transmission of the print data. The system 30 receives the process instruction and reads the format data out of the memory 32 for the print data to be received next. Then the overlay is outputted. Thus it is possible to prevent the deterioration of the output speed of the device 34 as well as the overload of a communication process part 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a format overlay output method to a terminal printer device in distributed processing.

[Conventional technology]

For format overlay output to conventional terminal printer devices,
Either the upper system controls and transfers all the information, or after only the print data is transferred to the lower system, the format overlay output processing is performed in the lower system's local mode.

As shown in FIGS. 3(a) and 3(b), when the host computer system 10 attempts to perform format overlay output processing to the printer device 34, in the conventional method, as shown in FIG. , the host computer system 10 transfers all the information necessary for format data and format overlay output processing of print data, or
As in, the computer system 10 once transfers only the print data to the computer system 30 (the transferred print data is stored in the external storage device 32), and then outputs the format overlay in the local mode of the computer system 30. It was being processed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The conventional method described above requires complicated control and large amount of information transfer in the host system, which tends to reduce the output speed of the terminal printer device and cause overload in the communication processing section. The method of newly starting output processing in a lower-level system has the disadvantage that it is not possible to immediately check the output form.

[Means to solve the problem]

The format overlay output processing method in distributed processing of the present invention is such that, in distributed processing, when an upper system performs format overlay output processing on a printer device with a format overlay processing function connected to a lower system, The present invention is characterized by having a means for overlay-outputting format information whose format is registered in advance in a lower system and print data transferred from the upper system.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration for implementing the present invention, and 34 is a printer device with a format overlay processing function (hereinafter referred to as a printer device) connected to the computer system 30 of the lower system; System 30 is connected to host computer system 10 via communication processing section 20 .

In this case, the host computer system 10 becomes an upper system of the computer system 30, and the computer system 30 becomes a lower system of the host computer system 10, and also serves as a terminal of the host computer system 0.

The computer system 30 is connected to a printer device 34, an external storage device 32, a console/workstation 33, and the like.

In this embodiment, when the host computer system 10 attempts to perform format overlay output processing to the printer device 34, format data is stored in advance in the external storage device 32 as shown in FIG. First, the computer system 30, which receives a format overlay processing command prepared on the computer system 30 side, reads format data from the external storage device 32 for the subsequently transferred print data. Output an overlay.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention performs the actual format overlay output processing on the lower system side, thereby preventing a decrease in the output speed of the terminal printer device and overloading the communication processing section, and allowing immediate confirmation of the output form. There is an effect that it can also be done.

10...Host computer system, 20.
... Communication processing unit, 30 ... Computer system, 40 ... Terminal controller (TC) or central processing unit (CPU), 32 ...
...external storage device, 33...console or,
Workstation, 34...Printer device with form overlay processing function.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In distributed processing, when a higher-level system performs format overlay output processing on a printer device with a format overlay processing function connected to a lower-level system, the format information that has been registered in advance in the lower-level system and the A format overlay output processing method in distributed processing, comprising means for overlay outputting print data transferred from the host system.