JPH02163818A - Data printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To continuously print plural files produced by dividing a sentence with the memory limitation of a word processor, etc., onto a form by using a merged print process part which merges and prints >=2 files. CONSTITUTION:When a print process is designated, a single file print mode for data on a single file, a continuous print mode for data on plural files, or merged print mode for data on plural files. In the merged print mode, for example, a user designates plural file names out of an input device 1. Then a merged print process part 11 reads the data out of a designated file, and this data is printed by a printer 5. The presence or absence of the next file to be printed is decided. When the presence of the next file is confirmed, the ejection of a form is inhibited, i.e., a new form loading command is neglected and the data on the following files are continuously printed. Thus the designated files are continuously printed with no page alignment is carried out at the boundaries of these files.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data printing device capable of printing documents such as electronic typewriters and word processors.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In recent years, word processors have become smaller, lighter, and cheaper. In addition, editing functions and display functions have been enhanced, and it has become necessary to process these expanded functions at high speed. Therefore, data is usually stored in memory.

However, since memory is finite, the reality is that the amount of data that can be edited at one time is limited by the amount of memory.

An example of a conventional data printing device for printing word processors will be described below.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a conventional data printing device. 1 is an input device for inputting data and editing command images, etc.; 2;
4 is a display that displays the edited data, 4 is an external storage device that stores the edited data as a file,
5 is a printer that prints the edited data; 6 is a memory that holds the data in ml; 7 is a printer that receives data, editing commands, etc. from the human-powered device 1, edits the data on the memory 6, and displays the data on the display 1; a data editing processing unit 8 for displaying; a file input/output processing unit 8 for controlling processing for storing data on the memory 6 as a file in the external storage device 4 and writing data from a file in the external storage device 4 to the memory 61; 9 is a print processing unit that outputs data on the memory 6 or file data on the external storage device 4 to the printer 5; 10 specifies data on the memory 6 or file data on the external storage device 4 in advance; This is a continuous print processing unit that performs output processing in the order in which the prints are printed.

The operation of the word processor printing device configured as described above will be described below.

When data, editing commands, etc. are input from the input device 1, the data editing processing section 7 stores the data in the memory 6 and displays the editing results on the display 2. Editing is repeated, and when a file storage command is output at the end of editing, the file input/output processing section 8 stores the data on the memo J6 in the external Hatfi device 4 under the specified file name. When you want to print data on this memory 6 or file data in the external storage device 4, input a print command from the input device 1, and the print processing unit 9 prints the specified data on the memory 6 or file data. The other side is sent to the printer 5 for printing processing. In addition, if you want to print data from multiple files consecutively, by inputting a continuous print command from the input device 1, you can print the data in the specified memory 6 or the data from the files in sequence. .

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in this case, if the data that should originally be one sentence is divided and recorded in separate files, it will be processed as separate sentences, so when printed, it will be written as one sentence. If the user tries to reorganize the data into a single page, the user is forced to make a great deal of effort.

In other words, it is not possible to edit a text that exceeds the memory capacity at once. Therefore, the text is divided into several parts, collected into #i collections, and each divided data is stored in an external storage device as separate files. If this is specified for continuous printing, for example, even if the data of the first file ends in the middle of the page, the data of the next file will be printed from the next page, that is, from the next paper. When printing a certain file, it prints according to the format set in this file, so if there is a paper that was printed earlier, it can be ejected and a new paper is loaded, Alternatively, when printing ends, the paper is ejected and printing ends. However, this series of data is originally one sentence, and it is not desirable to get the same result as a page break in the middle of a sentence. Moreover, even if the user tries to solve this problem by his/her own efforts, it will not be easy.

Even if you manipulate the data in the first file so that it ends exactly on the last line of the page, if you edit it by inserting or deleting it, the page break position will be incorrect. Therefore, each time a user inserts or deletes data, they have to perform unnecessary operations such as adding data that ends in the middle of a page to the next file, or adding data from the next file to the first file so that it fits on the last line of the page. It was very inconvenient to use.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a print control that causes the next specified file to be successively printed on the printing paper at the end of this file when the printing of the specified file is completed. Have the means.

Effect: A plurality of files specified by this configuration are printed consecutively without page breaks occurring at the boundaries between files.

EXAMPLE Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a printing device in this embodiment. Here, 1 is an input device such as a keyboard,
2 is a display such as a CRT, 4 is an external storage device, 5 is a printer, 6 is a memory, 7 is a data editing section, 8 is a file input/output processing section, 9 is a print processing section, 10 is a continuous print processing section, Since these are the same as those in the prior art, the same numbers as those in the prior art are given and explanations are omitted. This embodiment further includes the following elements. Reference numeral 11 denotes a merging processing unit that merges two or more files at the time of printing.

The operation of the printing device configured as above will be explained.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the printing apparatus in this embodiment.

When data or processing instructions are input from the human-powered device 1 (step s1), the contents are judged in step s2.
), data or data 1a collection command, the data editing processing section 7 edits the data on the memory 6 (step s3), and displays the result on the display 2 (step s4). If a processing command is input in step s2, the processing command is determined (step s5), and if it is a file input/output processing command, the file input/output processing unit 8 stores the data on the memory 6 as a file in the external storage device 4. A process of storing or writing file data to the memory 6 is performed (step s6). If it is determined in step s5 that a print processing command has been input, printing processing is performed (step s7).

The above is an outline of the operation of the entire device. Focusing on print processing, its operation will be explained below.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the control algorithm of the printing device in this embodiment.

When print processing is specified, it is determined whether to print data of one file in a single file, print data in multiple files continuously, or print data in multiple files in a merged manner (step 5ll). If the car file is to be printed in step s11, the user specifies either the file name or printing of the data on the memory 6 from the input device 1 (step 512). Subsequently, the print processing section 9 outputs the specified data to the printer 5 (step s1.3), ejects the paper (step s14), and ends the process. Also,
If continuous printing is performed in step all, the user specifies multiple file names from the human-powered device 1 (step 515).
). Next is i! The continuation print processing unit 10 reads data from the specified file and prints it using the printer 5 (step 516). Next, the paper is ejected (step s17), and it is determined whether there is a next file to be printed (step 518), and if there is, step s16 is performed.
If there is no file, the continuous printing process ends. If merged printing is performed in step s11, the user specifies multiple file names from the input device 1 (step 519). Subsequently, the merged print processing unit 11 reads data from the specified file and prints it using the printer 5 (step 520). It is determined whether there is a next file to be printed (step 521), and if there is, the paper is not ejected, that is, the command to load a new paper is ignored, and the data of the next file is printed continuously. . If there is none, the paper paste is removed (step 522), and the merged stamp 1 process is completed.

Next, the operation of another embodiment of the present invention will be explained according to the flowchart of FIG.

When print processing is specified, the user specifies either the name of the file to be printed or the data on the memory 6. In this case, even if there is only one file, multiple files do not overlap, but if multiple files are specified, specify whether the files are to be printed continuously or combined (step 531). Subsequently, the print processing section 9 outputs the designated file or the data on the memory 6 to the printer 5 (step s32), and determines whether there is a file to be printed next (step 533).

If so, it is determined whether it is continuous printing or merged printing (step 534), and if it is merged printing, the process returns to step s32;
If it is continuous printing, after ejecting the paper (step 53
5), return to step s32. If there is no file to be printed next in step s33, the paper is ejected (step 536) and the process ends.

In the above description, the combined print processing unit 11 prints the character data stored in the file using the printer 5, and cancels the page break code.

In other words, every time printing is completed to the last line of the paper being printed,
Alternatively, the paper is ejected every time the printing of the number of lines per page set in the first file is completed.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention is provided with a merge print processing unit that merges and prints two or more files, so data of multiple files can be printed continuously without unnecessary paper ejection. Can be done.

Therefore, due to memory limitations of a word processor or the like, it is possible to print a plurality of files created by dividing a single sentence onto paper in succession.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a printing device in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control procedure in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a control procedure during printing operation in this embodiment. Flowchart 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a control procedure during a printing operation in another embodiment of this embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of a conventional printing device. ■ 1...Input device 4...External storage device 5...Printer...Combined print processing unit Fig.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Storage means for storing a plurality of files; selection means for selecting two or more files from among the files stored in the storage means; and selection means for selecting two or more files from among the files stored in the storage means; a printing means for printing, and when the printing means finishes printing the first file, if there is a second file to be printed, the first file is printed;
A data printing device comprising: printing control means for printing a second file successively on the page on which the end of the second file is printed.