JPH0243073A - Printing information edition system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the wasteful use of paper and to edit printing information without such a restriction as that the selection of a printer is limited by reading printing input data per information, editing one-way printing mode information together with a page number and a line number in an output data storage area, and outputting this edited data to a printing output device. CONSTITUTION:An input means 10 obtains an input device and a storage area position in the device according to the name of a printing input data area in input/output indication information 60 declared by an output program, thereafter reading printing input data 40 to be printed per line. Then, the input means 10 checks the presence of the input data to be printed 40. If the input data 40 is absent, for information to an edition means 20 the input means 10 sets sign information meaning the end of the data and registers it in a printing input data storage area 70. If the input data to be printed 40 is present, the input means 10 counts up a page number and a line number in the appropriate page at every reading of the input data 40 per line, registers the counted-up page number and line number in the input data storage area 70 together with the input data 40, and after the registration transfers the control operation to the edition means 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a print information editing method for a computer system in which print data is framed in a predetermined tabular format and output to a print output device.

〔overview〕

The present invention relates to a print information editing method for printing input data for a computer system that frames print data in a table format and outputs it to a print output device in order to visually represent data processed by an information processing device and an information processing system. is read in units of information, and in the input data storage area along with the page number and line number, the ruled line output data based on the control code and the unidirectional printing mode information to eliminate the misalignment of ruled lines are edited in the output data storage area, and this is printed. By outputting to an output device, paper is not wasted and the printed information can be edited without being subject to restrictions such as limited printing devices.

[Conventional technology]

When utilizing data processed by an information processing device or an information processing system, printing in a conventional computer system is a method of visual expression that is easier to understand when printing data is framed in a tabular format and output to a print output device. In the information editing method, Japanese vertical and horizontal ruled lines are used for the vertical and horizontal ruled lines of the table frame, and the print output device is designed to have a built-in Japanese character pattern generator. be.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the conventional print information editing method described above, Japanese horizontal ruled lines are used for the vertical ruled lines of the table frame and the Japanese vertical ruled lines. This reduces the amount of information that can be printed per line or per page.

■It may be necessary to change the format of print data at the time of input.

■Limited to print output devices with a built-in Japanese character pattern generator.

There are drawbacks such as.

The present invention aims to eliminate such drawbacks, and aims to provide a method that eliminates wasted use of the paper surface as a print information area and allows editing of print information without being limited by the print output device. .

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a printing input data storage area in which at least all of the input data to be displayed between ruled lines can be temporarily stored in a printing information editing method including editing means for editing printing input data according to input/output instruction information. and a printing output data storage area for temporarily storing output information edited in a table format, and the editing means edits the input data stored in the printing input data storage area according to the input/output instruction information. The present invention is characterized by comprising means for executing and storing the data in the print output data storage area, and output means for outputting the data stored in the print output data storage area to a printing output device.

[Effect]

Information unit (line unit) for printing input data for printing in which the input method is registered in a printable data format.
and register it in the print input data storage area as a work area for editing processing to output the print input data in a predetermined print format along with the page number and line number that are the information units for printing this print input data. do.

In addition, the editing means frames the input data for printing in a table format based on the input/output instruction information that specifies the location of the input data for printing declared in the output program, the print format of the table frame of the input data for printing, and the print output device. This method generates ruled line output information using a control code to obtain the print format and perform print editing based on the format specification without changing the print position of the input data for printing, and also to prevent the print position of the ruled lines from shifting between lines. The unidirectional printing mode information in which the printing direction is unidirectional and the ruled line output data based on the control code are edited and registered in the printing output data storage area. The output means obtains output light from the input/output instruction information and outputs the data in the print output data storage area to a predetermined print output device as print output data.

This eliminates wasted paper as a printing information area,
Printing input data can be framed in a predetermined table format and output to a print output device without being subject to restrictions such as a limited number of printing devices.

If editing to tabular format is not possible under certain conditions,
It is possible to respond by changing conditions or issuing an alarm before printing is performed.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a print information editing method of an electronic computer system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic computer system according to the embodiment of the present invention has printing input data 4 registered in a printable and printable data format.
0, the input/output instruction information 60 in the output program that specifies the print format and print output device of the table frame at the location of the print input data 40, and the input/output instruction information 60 for outputting the print input data 10 in a predetermined print format. An information unit that has a printing input data storage area 70 as a work area for editing processing and a printing output data storage area 80, and prints printing input data 40 registered in a printable data format. input means 10 that reads the input data 40 for printing in units of lines) and registers it in the input data storage area 70 for printing along with the page number and line number that are the information units for printing the input data 40 for printing, and the input/output instruction information declared in the output program. A print format for framing the input data 40 for printing in a table format is obtained from 60, and ruled line output information is generated using a control code for performing print editing based on the format specification without changing the print position of the input data 40 for printing. In addition, editing means 20 registers, in the printing output data storage area 80, unidirectional printing mode information in which the printing direction is unidirectional so that the printed position of the ruled line does not deviate between lines, and ruled line output data based on the control code; It is provided with an output means 30 that obtains light from input/output instruction information 60 and outputs the printing output data to a predetermined print output device 50.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the input means 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The input means 10 obtains the input device and the storage area position in the device from the printing input data bubble in the input/output instruction information 60 declared by the output program (step 201), and executes the printing input data 40 to be printed. It is read in units (step 202).

Check whether there is input data 40 for printing to be printed (step 203), and if there is no input data 40 for printing, set sign information indicating the end of the data to notify the editing means 20 and print. registered in the input data storage area 70 (step 204).

If there is printing input data 40 to be printed, the page number and line number within the page are counted up every time the line-by-line printing input data 40 is read (step 205), and the counted up page number and line are counted up. The number is registered together with the print input data 40 in the print input data storage area 70 (step 206).

After registration, control is passed to the editing means 20.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the editing means 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The editing means 20 reads the ruled line designation information in the input/output instruction information 60 declared by the output program (step 301), and then reads the printing input data 40 registered in the printing input data storage area 70 by the input means 10. is read (step 302).

Step 303: Determine whether or not there is input data 40 for printing based on the sign information indicating the end of the data.
), if there is no printing input data 40 to print,
Printing end data is registered in the printing output data storage area 80. If the printing input data 40 to be printed exists, the input/output specification information 60 is checked to see if there is a ruled line type setting at the position corresponding to the page number and line number of the read printing input data 40. This is done regarding the designation of the ruled line type and the designated position (page number, line number) (step 305).

If the corresponding ruled line type is specified, the ruled line information is set in a predetermined position using a control code, and the output data storage area 8 for printing is
0 (step 306). When all ruled line types have been specified, control is passed to the output means 30.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the output means 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The output means 30 inputs and outputs ↑ information 6
The output light for printing is determined from within 0 (step 401).

Next, the output data edited with ruled line information etc. is read from the printing output data storage area 80 (step 402),
It is checked whether the data is print end data (step 403). If the data is print-completed data, the print input data 40 and print output device 50 are released (step 40).
4). If there is edited output data to be printed, the edited output data is output to a predetermined print output device 50 (step 405), and after outputting, control is passed to the input means 10 to continue the process.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram illustrating the contents of the printing input data 40 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The second input data for printing is
This means that the postal code is ``108'', the location is ``Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo'', the company name is ``NEC NEC'', and the industry is ``telecommunications''.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of instruction information when the printing input data 40 shown in FIG. 5 is framed in a table format and output to the print output device 50. For example, for the input data 40 for printing shown in FIG. 5, an instruction is given to insert vertical ruled lines at the 1st character, the 6th character, and -m- of each line from the 1st line to the 50th line across each page. do.

FIG. 7 shows how input data 40 for printing is read line by line.
7 is a configuration diagram showing a state in which the counted up page number and line number are added to the print input data and registered in the print input data storage area 70. FIG.

FIG. 8 illustrates a state in which the printing input data 40 shown in FIG. 7 has been compared with the input/output instruction information 60 in the output program and has been edited using a predetermined ruled line type. In this case, by setting the ruled line information using the control code, printing direction mode information that sets the printing direction to one direction is also set as a measure to prevent misalignment of the printing position between lines.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram illustrating the setting of control information that determines the printing direction in the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, ESC is the first character of a code sequence used to specify print direction control.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a format for generating vertical ruled lines based on the printing data illustrated in FIGS. 6 to 7, regarding the setting of ruled line information using the control code according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, CEX is the first character of a code sequence used when printing ruled lines.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example in which the printing input data 40 illustrated in FIG. 5 is framed in a tabular format and output to the print output device 50. There is no wastage of printing paper surface due to insertion of ruled line characters,
This exemplifies that there is no change in the format of the input data 40 for printing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to eliminate waste of paper as a print information area and to edit print information without being subject to restrictions such as limitations on the devices that can print.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a professional diagram showing an embodiment of a computer system to which the printed information editing method of the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the input means according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the editing means according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of the output means according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of input data for printing according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents of input/output instruction information according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents of the input data storage area for printing according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of the print output data storage area according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the setting contents of the printing direction mode according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the settings of the ruled output data format using the control code according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example in which the input data for printing illustrated in FIG. 5 is framed in a table format and output to a print output device. 10... Input means, 20... Editing means, 30...
Output means, 40... Input data for printing, 50... Print output device, 60... Input/output instruction information, 70... Input data storage area for printing, 80... Output data storage area for printing . Fig. 1 Processing of the input means Fig. 2 Processing of the output means of the embodiment Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig. Fig.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a printing information editing method comprising an editing means for editing input data for printing according to input/output instruction information, the input data for printing can be temporarily stored for at least all of the input data to be displayed between ruled lines. An input data storage area and a printing output data storage area for temporarily storing output information edited in a tabular format are provided, and the editing means executes the input/output instructions for the input data stored in the printing input data storage area. It is characterized by comprising means for executing editing according to the information and storing it in the above-mentioned print output data storage area, and output means for outputting the data stored in the above-mentioned print output data storage area to a printing output device. Print information editing method.