JPH02300818A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform emergency data printing at an another mode side without receiving the assistance of an operator by providing a means to confirm the presence/absence of reception at a reception interface at the another mode side at every unit of print processing being performed at present. CONSTITUTION:The title device is equipped with first and second reception means 101 and 102 which receive print data transferred from first and second data transfer means, a confirmation means 103 to confirm the presence/absence of data transfer at a reception means on one side out of the first and second reception means 101 and 102 while the reception means on the other side performs the reception of the print data, and a migration means 104 to migrate an operation so as to perform the reception with the reception means on the other side based on confirmation. When the reception is confirmed, a current processing is interrupted once, and the print of the emergency data is performed by automatically migrating a mode to another mode, and the mode is automatically returned to an original mode when the print is completed, then, a print processing being interrupted once is restarted. Thereby, it is possible to easily take out an emergency job part by changing the form of a classification sheet when an emergency job is printed, and outputting it at the time of starting and completing the print.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a printing device, and particularly to a page printer.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in an online/offline printing device, if one mode is currently outputting and the other mode is to output, the operator switches the mode and outputs after the current output is finished. It was configured to do so.

In addition, there are 45 printers that can be used both online and offline.
When outputting in either mode, sort the paper and
When outputting in one mode is temporarily interrupted and output is urgently output in the other mode, the paper format is exactly the same.

Furthermore, when data is transferred from the host computer to the printing device, if the printing device is performing some processing or is not in data receiving mode, the data will be transferred until the printing device finishes its current processing and enters data receiving mode. It was configured so that

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, the conventional printing apparatus described above has the following problems because it is configured such that it cannot proceed to the next process or to another print process until the current print process is completed.

(1) If you try to perform urgent printing in a mode other than the one in which print processing is currently being performed, the operator will intervene until the current processing is completed, and then There is a burden of switching between the two.

(2) If the processing time of the job currently being printed is too long, the operator can intervene to cancel the job and switch the mode to perform emergency data printing. will only give you partial output.

In addition, with the conventional printing device described above, the paper format is the same for both normal job printing and emergency job printing, and output is only performed at either the start or end of printing, so the following method is used: There was a problem.

(1) Even in emergency job printing, since the sorter outputs paper only at the start or end, it is not possible to tell at a glance whether the job is the start or end.

(2) When taking out printed matter from a part of the stacker of the printing device, if the form of the paper for sorting the emergency job is the same as the form of the paper for sorting the normal job, it is not possible to immediately find the printed matter for the urgent job.

Furthermore, with the conventional printing device described above, if the printing device is performing some processing, or if it is not performing any processing but is not in reception mode, the reception of transferred data from the host always has to wait. Jl configured to be
Therefore, there were the following problems.

(1) When a process other than printing is being performed, if you try to perform urgent data printing, you will be forced to wait until the process currently being performed is completed.

(2) Even if the printing device is not performing any processing, if it is not in reception mode, it will have to wait to receive the transfer data from the host, and in order to print the data,
This requires operator intervention on the printing device side to ``switch to A mode''.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a printing device that can respond to emergencies.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first receiving means for receiving print data transferred from a first data transfer means, and a second receiving means for receiving print data transferred from a first data transfer means. a second receiving means for receiving print data transferred from the data transfer means; and while one of the first and second receiving means is receiving print data, data in the other receiving means is received. The apparatus includes a confirmation means for confirming the presence or absence of transfer, and a transition means for transferring to the other receiver (i-means) based on the confirmation.

The present invention also provides a first receiving means for receiving print data transferred from the first data transfer means, and a second receiving means for receiving print data transferred from the second data transfer means.
3 means, a confirmation means for confirming the presence or absence of data transfer in the other receiving means while one of the first and second receiving means is receiving print data, and the other receiving means based on the confirmation. The sorting apparatus includes a transfer means for transferring the form to be received by the paper, a storage means for storing the form of the sorting paper, and a readout means for reading out a predetermined form from the storage means after the transfer.

Furthermore, the present invention provides an instruction means for instructing to give priority to printing of transfer data sent from a host, and a case where processing other than printing is being performed or when no processing is being performed but the receiving child is not a receiving child. and transition means for transitioning to the reception mode.

[For production]

According to the present invention, by providing a means for checking whether reception has been received by a receiving interface on another mote side for each processing unit, if reception is confirmed, the current processing is temporarily interrupted and the mode is automatically shifted to another mode. When data printing is completed, the printer automatically returns to the original mode and resumes the temporarily interrupted printing process.

According to the present invention, in the case of urgent job printing, the sorting is done by changing the form of the paper and outputting it at the start and end times to facilitate the removal 17 of the urgent job part.

According to the present invention, [priority is given to printing data transferred from the host]
By providing a means for instructing, if a process other than printing is being performed, the process is canceled at a convenient point and automatically transferred to the receiving child card, and even if no process is being performed. Even if the printer is not in reception mode, it automatically shifts to reception mode and prints data.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1(^), the printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a first receiving means 101 that receives print data transferred from a first data transfer means, and a first receiving means 101 that receives print data transferred from a second data transfer means. While one of the second receiving means 102 which receives print data and the first and second receiving means is receiving print data, it is checked whether data is being transferred in the other receiving means. It is characterized by comprising a confirmation means 103 and a transition means io4 that shifts to receiving by the other receiving means based on the confirmation.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1CB), a first receiving means 2 that receives print data transferred from the first data transfer means.
0! and a second receiving means 202 that receives print data transferred from the second data transfer means; and while one of the first and second receiving means is receiving print data, the data in the other receiving means is confirmation means 203 for confirming the presence or absence of transfer; transfer means 204 for transferring to the other receiving means based on the confirmation; storage means 205 for storing the form of the sorted +-i paper; The present invention is characterized in that it further comprises a readout means 206 for later reading out a predetermined form from the storage means.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 1(C), there is an instruction means 301 for instructing to give priority to printing of transfer data sent from the host, and when processing other than printing or when no processing is being performed. λ7 is characterized in that it includes a transition means 302 for transitioning to the reception mode when the mode is not the reception mode.

Embodiment 1 FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a printing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Here, 1 is a data generation source composed of a host computer, and data is manually transferred from channel 2 via channel controller 3 to online buffer (ON[l) 6A of human interface section 6, which is a component of printing device 5. do. Reference numeral 4 denotes a data generation source consisting of an MT device, which manually inputs data to an offline buffer (OFB) 6B of a human interface section 6, which is a component of the printing device@5.

Printing device 5 comprises components indicated by reference numbers 6 to 14. A CPll (central processing unit) 9 controls the printing device 5 in general. A ROM (read only memory) 7 stores a control program processed by CP[I9. RAM (random access memory) a is CPL! 9 various data and flag information:
and calculation results, etc.

The data page buffer (DB) 11 stores the data output from the CPt 19 in a low level page. The character pattern generating section 10 converts the character code in the data page buffer 11 into a character pattern and outputs it to the output page buffer (PB) 12. The output interface unit 13 generates a video signal based on the dot information in the output page buffer 12. The output device 14 receives the generated video signal and actually outputs an image.

FIG. 3 is an example of a flowchart I- explaining a print control procedure in the printing apparatus shown in FIG. First, in step St, one unit of data that can be received by the buffer 6Δ or 6B of the human interface section 6 in the current mode (online mode or offline mode 1.) is GET.

In step S2, 1# data is analyzed and printed. Next, in step S3, it is determined whether there is reception in another mode. If YES, the process proceeds to step S4, where the current process is temporarily interrupted and the process shifts to the other mode. If NO, the process returns to step Sl.

In step S5, one unit of data is obtained from the buffer of the interface unit 6. In step S6, one unit of data is analyzed and printed, and in step S7 it is determined whether the data is complete. The determination in step S7 is '
/ES, the process advances to step S8, returns to the original mode, returns to step S1, and continues the process that was interrupted in step S1. If NO, the process returns to step S5.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of a printing apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, the same parts as in FIG. 2 are given the same reference numerals. As a component of the mark-1 device 5, there is a disk 15 that stores forms for sorting paper, and for normal sorting, forms 15A, ! The emergency start sorting includes form 15B, and the emergency end sorting includes form 15G.

FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart illustrating a print control procedure in the printing apparatus shown in FIG. 4. First, in step Sll, it is determined whether there is received data in the current mode. If NO, proceed to step 516; if YES, proceed to step S12 to get one unit of data.

Step 5 lit 1. qL data is analyzed and printed. Next, the process proceeds to step 514, where it is determined whether the data for one job is complete. If NO, step 516
If the answer is YES, form printing is performed for normal sorting in step S16, and it is determined whether there is data received in another mode in step S16.

If the determination in step 516 is NO, the process returns to step Sll. If YES, the process advances to step 517 and shifts to another mode.

Next, in step S1B, form printing is performed for emergency start sorting. One unit of data is obtained in step SX9. At step 520, one unit of data is analyzed and printed.

After printing, it is determined in step $21 whether the data is complete.

If the determination in step S21 is NO, the process returns to step 519. If YES, a form is printed for the emergency 2 end sorting in step 522, and in step S23 the mode returns to the original mode, and the process returns to step Sll to print the continuation of the temporarily interrupted JJ.

FIGS. 6(A), CB) and (C) show examples of sheets for each sorting. Figure 6 (A) shows the normal sort output when a normal job is completed, and Figure 6 (B) shows the emergency start output output when an emergency job starts, and the number 6. In Figure (C), the emergency end sort that is output when an urgent job is completed is paper.

The sorting in Figures 6 (B) and (C) is at the mark 210. The position of the sorting in Figure 6 (A) is different from the position of the mark 20 - so that you can visually identify urgent jobs. Keep it.

FIG. 7 shows the configuration of a printing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 7, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 4 are given to studs.

Channel controller 3 is a component of printing device 5 . The disk 16 and the console 17 are also components of the printing device 5. Disk 1G stores account files, logging files, font files, data files, etc. The console 17 instructs ``prioritize printing of data transferred from the host'' or instructs some processing (file copying, etc.).

The RAM 8 has a console 1 which is the instruction means of this embodiment.
A data print priority flag (PF) 8^ indicating "priority for printing data transferred from the host" inputted from the console 17 and a command processing flag (DF) 8B indicating that processing is being performed for a command inputted from the console 17. area is secured.

Figure 8 shows the Frl 1 that is sent to the printing device shown in Figure 7.
This is an example of flowchart 1 for explaining the ja1 control procedure. First, in steps 531 and S32, PFI
Assign 0 to IA and old 8B and initialize them with 1.

Proceeding to step 533, it is determined whether there is human power from the console 17. If NO, proceed to step 53B; if YES, proceed to step S34.

In step S34, it is determined whether the manual input from the console 17 is a command to change the value of the data print priority flag (PF) 8Δ. If NO, the process proceeds to step S35; if YES, the process proceeds to step S543.

In step S43, it is determined whether the command is to turn on the flag. If YES, 1 is assigned to PF in step 544; if NO, step S45
In this step, O is substituted into PF and the process proceeds to step S3δ.

If the determination in step S34 is NO, step S35
The process proceeds to [) and 1 is assigned to Fe3, and in step S36, processing for the command is performed in units of one unit (for example, one file copy in the case of file copying). In step S37, it is determined whether all processing for the command has been completed. If YES, proceed to step 546 and DF8B
Assign 0 to .

If the determination in step S37 is No and after the process in step S46 is completed, step 538
In this step, it is determined whether or not the input interface section 6 has received data. The determination in step 538 is N.
In the case of O, it is determined in step S47 whether DF8B is equal to 1 or not. If the determination in step S47 is YES, the process proceeds to step 516; if NO, the process proceeds to step 533.

If the determination in step S38 is YES, the process advances to the next step S39, and it is determined whether DPIIB is equal to 1 or not. If the determination in step S39 is YES, the process advances to step 540, and if the determination is NO, step S41
Proceed to.

In step 540, it is determined whether PF8A is equal to 1. If the determination in step S40 is YES,
Proceed to step S41, and if NO, step S36
Proceed to.

In step 541, if the currently received f5,000 code is not (for example, file management mode), the mode shifts to the receiving mode, and in step S42, the job data is received and printed, and the process returns to step S33. The return console 17 waits for data transfer from computer 1 to the host.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, in the present invention, a means is provided for each of the 11 print processes currently being performed to check whether or not there is a reception on the receiving interface on the computer side. Therefore, there is an effect that emergency data printing in another mode can be performed without operator intervention.

In addition, in the present invention, when sorting emergency jobs, the mark position on the paper is changed and the output is output at the start and end of the job, which has the effect that emergency jobs can be easily retrieved. There is.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since an instruction means is provided for instructing "priority for printing data transferred from the host", processing other than printing currently being performed by the printing device can be canceled to automatic fishing, and processing that is currently being performed by the printing device can be canceled to automatic fishing. (Go to line 8 and 1
This has the effect of enabling emergency data printing without any burden on the operator.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of a printing apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the processing procedure of the first embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the third embodiment of the present invention. 1... Host computer, 2... Channel, 3... Channel controller, 4... Correction device, 5... Printing device, 6... Human interface section, 7... ROM (read only) memory), 8...R
AM (random access memory), 9...CPII
(Central processing unit), 10...Character pattern generation unit, 11...Data page buffer, 12...Output page buffer, 13...Output interface unit, 14...Output device, 15.16 ...Disk, 17...Console. Flowchart of 1st potato of departure B month, 1st damage of potato 1 of Ita 1st, 1st village of Hatake, 1st month of departure Fig. 3 Flowchart of 20th back row of misfire I, 1 move 1 negative raro chart Fig. 5

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) a first receiving means for receiving print data transferred from a first data transfer means; a second receiving means for receiving print data transferred from a second data transfer means; confirmation means for confirming whether or not data has been transferred in the other reception means while one of the first and second reception means is receiving the print data; and based on the confirmation, the other reception means and transition means for transitioning to receive. 2) first receiving means for receiving print data transferred from the first data transfer means; second receiving means for receiving print data transferred from the second data transfer means; and the first and second receiving means for receiving print data transferred from the second data transfer means. confirmation means for confirming whether or not the data has been transferred in the other receiving means while one of the receiving means is receiving the print data; and based on the confirmation, the other receiving means moves to receive the print data. A printing apparatus comprising: a transfer means; a storage means for storing a form of a sorting sheet; and a readout means for reading a predetermined form from the storage means after the transfer. 3) An instruction means for instructing to give priority to printing of transfer data sent from the host, and a transition to reception mode when processing other than the above-mentioned printing is being performed, or when no processing is being performed but the reception mode is not. A printing device characterized by comprising: a transfer means for transferring.