JPH02557A - Document print control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To accurately alter document format information by an operator and to avoid a wasteful operation by obtaining printable document format information from a designated sheet size and designated printing format information if the document can not be obtained in the sheet when document information is printed according to a printing formed designated by an operator. CONSTITUTION:A menu of a printing format is displayed on a CRT screen of a CRT display 108. When the format is designated by an operator according to the menu, printable numbers of characters and lines are calculated from information of designated sheet size, character interval, line interval, and compared with a document format belonging to the document information. Here, if the designated format is set larger than the values of the numbers of the lines and characteristic obtained according to the calculation, whether an automatic correction is possible or not is judged. If the automatic correction is impossible, a message of the gist that it is impossible to print with excess numbers of characters and lines and designated format is displayed on the screen of the CRT 108. Thus, when the operator alters the format, a wasteful operation and consumption of time can be prevented.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides a document printing control system for a word processor that has a printing function that allows documents to be printed in any format (a problem that the invention aims to solve). ) In recent years, document input, storage, editing, and printing functions have been added.
Moreover, Japanese word processors that can print documents in any format are widely used.In this type of Japanese word processors, when printing documents, the paper size (A
4. size of printing paper such as A5) and document format information (1
When the operator specifies print format information (number of characters per line, number of lines per page), print format information (character spacing, line spacing, etc.), printing is performed on the specified paper according to the specified format. Documents can be printed.

In this case, conventionally, when printing, it is checked whether printing is possible based on the contents of the format information specified above, and when a combination that cannot be printed is detected, a message indicating that printing is impossible is checked. It had a print format error detection function that notifies the operator of messages such as (printing paper is insufficient in width or length).

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional print format error detection means described above, when a print format error is detected based on the combination of print format information specified by the operator, how far can this setting be made? Since it is not known whether it is possible to print a document with a document format, when an operator wants to change the document format information so that it will fit on the specified paper, he or she must either modify the document format through trial and error or check the manual etc. Must be. Therefore, it takes a lot of time to change the print format information.

In a word processor in which a document printing format can be arbitrarily set, when document information is printed according to a print format specified by an operator and the document does not fit on the specified paper, the specified paper size and specified print The purpose of this invention is to provide a document printing control method that allows the operator to accurately change the document format information and avoid unnecessary operations by determining printable document format information from the format information and notifying the operator. did.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a storage means for storing document information representing a document, and a sheet for printing this document as printing format information necessary for printing this document. an input means for inputting document format information specifying the size, at least the number of characters per line of the document, and print format information specifying the print format of the document; When printing in a format, it is checked whether it will fit on the specified paper size, and if it does not fit on the paper with the specified print format, it will be checked whether it can be printed with this setting based on the paper size and the print format information. It is equipped with a means for determining a document format and a notification means for notifying a printable document format determined by this means, and when the input print format does not fit in the specified paper size, the set paper size and printing are provided. The print format setting function is enhanced by providing a function to notify which document formats can be printed.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In Figure 1, numeral 101 is a processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) that controls the entire device, and is responsible for document creation (kana-kanji conversion), editing, proofreading, and even the printing space as shown in Figure 2. Excess/deficiency content display, automatic correction of print format, etc. are executed based on a program stored in the internal memory (MMU). Reference numeral 102 denotes an internal memory (hereinafter referred to as MMU) which stores various program information of the CPU 10I and has a work storage area including a document information storage area for several pages according to a predetermined format. 103 is a DAM controller (DMA controller) that performs direct memory access control.
), 104 is a file memory controller that controls the external file memory. 105 and 106
105 is a floppy disk device ( FDD), 106 is a magnetic disk device (DISIO), and 107 is a various type of information input device used for inputting various types of information, including inputting documents and inputting print formats (paper size, line spacing, character spacing), etc. data key,
and a keyboard with white function keys (K
B), and here as the above function key,
Contains an autocorrect key to automatically correct print formatting,
will be included.

108 is a CRT display device (CRT) used to display various menus for document creation, document input, print output, etc., display of created documents, etc., and 109 controls the upper 5 gear board 106, CRT display device 108, etc. K
B/CRT controller. 110 is a kanji pattern memory (K P M ) that stores various kanji pattern information handled by the system. 111 is the document information displayed on the CRT display device 108; 71-a printer (PRT) used for Docobi and other form issuing processing;
, 112 is a printer controller (PRT-CONT) that controls this printer 111. Further, 113 is a system bus used for transferring addresses, data, control information, etc., 114 is a KPM bus used for transferring Kanji pattern data, and 115 is a DMA bus.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation in one embodiment of the present invention.

The operation of one embodiment will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 above.

First, when the system is powered on, an external memory such as the magnetic disk device 10 is stored under the control of the DAM controller 103 and the file memory controller I/roller 104.
The program information stored in MMU 6 is loaded into a predetermined program storage area of MMU 102, and the program information stored in MMU 10
Under the control of the CPU 101 according to the program stored in the KB/CRT controller 109, the KB/CRT controller 109 drives and controls the CRT display device 108, and a work menu is displayed on the CRT screen. From the work menu displayed on the CRT screen, the operator operates the keyboard 107 to select the subsequent processing work.

If execution of the print operation is selected here, the following operations are executed under the control of the CPU 101.

First, a print format menu is displayed on the CRT display device 108f7) CRT screen. When the operator specifies the print format according to this menu (see Figure 2 al.
= a4), and calculate the number of characters and lines that can be printed from the paper size, character spacing, and line spacing information specified in the print format. Figure 2 b), and compare it with the document format attached to the document information. (Figure 2 CI%C2) 0 Here, the specified print format is χ,
I do not have the optimal format, but the document format is the above:
If the number of lines or characters is set larger than the number of lines or characters calculated by calculation, is it possible to automatically correct it? (Is it possible to print by reducing the character pitch and line pitch?)
If automatic correction is not possible, the number of characters and lines exceeded and a message stating that printing is not possible with the specified print format are displayed on the CRT screen (
Figure 2 d-f).

In addition, at this time, automatic correction is possible and the keyboard 107
If the automatic correction mode is specified using the automatic correction setting key, the average line spacing and μ average character spacing are calculated from the paper size specified in the print format and the number of characters indicated in the document format. The line spacing, character spacing, etc. of the specified print format are automatically corrected, and printer control information in accordance with the corrected iE format is sent to the printer 111, and the correction contents are sent to the CRT display device 108 and displayed on the CRT display device 108.
Display it on the screen (Fig. 2 g-h). Printer 111
receives the document information and the corrected printer control information via the printer controller 112, and prints out the document information on the designated paper with the corrected line spacing and character spacing (FIG. 2j).

In addition, when determining the optimal format described above (Fig. 2 d), if it is determined that the specified printing format is the optimal format for printing the document, the specified printing format is followed. Document printing is executed (Figure 2 j)
.

In the above embodiment, if the document format settings are too large for the number of characters and lines that can be printed according to the specified print format, and it is determined that printing is not possible, the excess number of lines is , the number of characters, etc. was displayed on the CRT screen, but for example, when the setting value of the document format is small, a function has been added that converts the margin on the specified paper into the number of characters and lines, and displays the value on the CRT screen. It is also possible to do so. Furthermore, using control characters in the document information to be printed, the above-mentioned automatic correction can be performed line by line or item by tab 9J. In this case, character pattern memory (KPM) 111... allows you to create and print documents, tables, etc. on packages with good print quality (PRT).
), 112...Printer controller.

(PRT-CONT).

[Effects of the Invention] According to the document print control method of the present invention, when a print format error occurs during print format setting, a printable document format is determined from the currently set paper size and print format information, Since the operator is notified, unnecessary operations and wasted time can be prevented when the operator changes the print format.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the system configuration, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the processing flow of the main part.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) storage means for storing document information representing a document;
As the print format information necessary to print this document, enter the paper size on which this document will be printed, document format information that specifies at least the number of characters per line of the document, and print format information that specifies the print format of the document. When a document with a specified document format is printed in the specified print format, it is checked whether it fits on the specified paper size, and if the document does not fit on the paper with the specified print format. , comprising means for determining a printable document format with the settings from the paper size and the print format information, and a notification means for notifying the printable document format determined by the means, A document print control method characterized by notifying which document formats can be printed using the set paper size and print format when the format does not fit within the specified paper size. (2) The notification means is characterized in that it notifies which document formats can be printed by notifying the difference between document format information indicating printable document formats and inputted document format information. A document printing control system according to claim 1.