JPH0263879A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform printing output by freely setting a printing starting position even from any position of a format on fixed paper by together providing a printing position indicating part sending an order from the outside to a central processing part. CONSTITUTION:A correction switch for moving a printing starting position in each direction is provided to a central processing part 2, which controls the whole of an apparatus upon the reception of the data emitted from an input part 1, as a printing position indicating part 7 in order to adjust the printing starting position up and down as well as left and right and, when printing is applied to predetermined printing paper to generate a printing result having positional shift, by moving the printing starting position to the left by 2mm, printing having no positional shift can be performed. Therefore, the central processing part 2 receiving the indication from the printing position indicating part 7 gives data showing a correction direction and correction quantity to a printing position control part 3 which in turn corrects a top margin and a left margin on the basis of the data to correct a printable region. As a result, the printing starting position can be moved by arbitrary quantity up and down as well as left and right.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printer device, and particularly to a printer device suitable for printing on paper having a preprinted format and the like.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional control method for printing on paper with a preprinted format and the like will be explained based on the block diagram of FIG. 8.

Data output from the host device is received by the input unit 1 from the input terminal, and the received data is further input to the central processing unit 2 that controls the entire device.

The data input to the central processing section 2 is sent from there to each section of a print position control section 3 that controls a print start position, an output data generation section 4 that generates output data, and a display section 5 that displays data. Further, upon receiving a command from the central processing section 2, the printing section 6 operates in response to data from the output data generating section 4 to perform printing. In this case, a predetermined position designation signal from the print position control section 3 is input to the printing section 6, so that necessary data can be entered into each column of the table shown in FIG.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, in the above conventional example, the left margin (left blank) and top margin (top blank) of the printing paper
Since the amount of (see FIG. 7) is fixed, there is a drawback that the paper must be moved to change the printing start position. For this reason, there has been an inconvenience that the conventional type cannot be used for a cassette-type device that stores and uses cut sheets.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to improve the inconveniences seen in the conventional examples, and in particular to provide a printer device that can freely locate the print start position and print output from any position of the formant on fixed paper. Our goal is to provide the following.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention includes a human power section that receives data output from a host machine, a central processing section that receives data issued from this human power section and controls the entire system, and a central processing section that receives data output from the host machine. a print position control section that receives commands from the central processing section and controls the printing section 1; an output data generation section that receives commands from the central processing section and generates output data; and a display section that receives and displays data from the central processing section. It includes a central processing section, a print position control section, and a printing section that performs printing upon receiving instructions from the output data generation section. A method is adopted in which the central processing section is provided with a print position instruction section that sends commands from the outside.

This aims to achieve the objectives mentioned above.

[For production]

Data output from the host machine is input to the input terminal and received by the input section. The received data is further input to a central processing unit that controls the entire device. Data is sent from this central processing section to an output data generation section to generate output data. At the same time, data is also sent from the central processing section to the print position control section, and data for controlling the print position is issued.

The output data and print position control data are displayed on the display section according to commands from the central processing section, and the operator views this and inputs print position change data from the print position instruction section. The input print position change data is sent to the print position control unit via the central processing unit.

The data from the central processing section, together with output data and printing position control data, controls the printing section to print in the printable area.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7. Here, the same reference numerals are used for the same constituent members as in the conventional example described above.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes an input section 1 that receives data output from a host machine, a central processing section 2 that receives data output from this human power section 1 and controls the entire device, and this central processing section 1. a print position control section 3 that receives commands from the central processing section 2 and controls the print position; an output data generation section 4 that receives commands from the central processing section 2 and generates output data;
a display section 5 that receives and displays data from the central processing section 2;
and a printing section 6 that receives commands from the print position control section 3 and output data generation section 4 to perform printing, and further includes a print position instruction section 7 that sends commands to the central processing section 2 from the outside.

Next, a detailed explanation of the print position control section 3 will be given based on FIGS. 2 and 3.

The print position control section 3 includes a top margin control section 21 that controls the size of the blank area at the top of the paper on which the format is printed.
, a left margin control section 22 for controlling the size of the left blank area of the paper, and an AND circuit 23.

The print position control unit 3 receives a page synchronization signal 24, a line synchronization signal 25, and a dot synchronization signal 2 from the central processing unit 2.
6 is input. The page synchronization signal 24 is turned on (ON) L when printing one page is started, and the line synchronization signal 25 is turned on (ON) when printing one dot line. Also,
The dot synchronization signal 26 is turned ON when printing one dot.

Further, the page synchronization signal is sent to the top margin control section, the line synchronization signal 25 is sent to the top margin control section 21 and the left margin control section 22, and the donoto synchronization signal 26 is sent to the left margin control section 22.

The top margin control unit 21 controls the page synchronization signal 24 when it is on (
ON), the number of lines corresponding to the top margin length 27 is set by the central processing unit 2. Thereafter, since the line synchronization signal 25 is turned on every time one dot line is printed on the paper, the top margin control section 21 subtracts one from the set number of lines. This operation is repeated, and when the set number of lines reaches 0, it is assumed that the top margin has ended, and a top margin end signal is generated.

In the left margin control unit 22, when the line synchronization signal 26 is turned ON, the number of lines corresponding to the left margin length of 2 days is set by the central processing unit 2. Thereafter, since the dot synchronization signal 26 is turned ON every time one dot is printed on the paper, the left margin control section 22 subtracts one from the set number of dots. This operation is repeated, and when the set number of dots reaches O, it is assumed that the left margin has ended, and a left margin end signal is generated.

Next, the signals generated by the top margin control section 21 and the left margin control section 22 are input to an AND circuit. Only when the signals inputted at this time are a top margin end signal and a left margin end signal indicating that both the top margin line feed and the left margin dot feed have been completed, the print position control unit 3
An output data generator activation signal is generated from the output data generator.

Next, the printing position indicating section 7 will be explained based on FIG.

In order to adjust the print start position vertically and horizontally, a correction switch for moving the print start position in each direction as shown in the figure is provided as a print position indicating section.

At this time, by turning on each switch once, the data manually entered into the print position control unit 3 through the central processing unit 2 is set to the number of lines in the top margin and the number of dots in the left margin that were previously set. , by keeping the amount of correction constant, it is possible to move an arbitrary amount. The control content performed by turning each switch ON once is as follows.
It is as follows.

・Upper correction switch: Subtracts the constant value given to the top margin control section.

・Lower correction switch: Adds a fixed value to the top margin control section.

・Left correction switch: Subtracts the constant value given to the left margin control section.

・Right correction switch: Adds a constant value to the left margin control section.

For example, suppose that when printing on the preprint paper shown in FIG. 4, the printing result is misaligned as shown in FIG. 5. In this case, move the print start position 2 [mm] to the left.
), it is possible to print without positional deviation as shown in FIG. Now, for example, if you turn on the correction switch once, the difference will be 0.5 (mm) (
7) If correction is possible, printing results as shown in FIG. 6 will be obtained by turning on the left correction switch four times. Note that by displaying the correction direction and correction amount on the display section 5 at this time, the printing start position can be corrected more easily and more reliably.

In this way, the central processing section 2 receives an instruction from the print position instructing section 7 and provides the data to the print position control section 3 without determining the direction and amount of correction.

The print position control unit 3 corrects the printable area by correcting the top margin and the left margin based on the above-mentioned data.

In the above explanation, the case of correction to the left was described, but
Similarly, the printing position can be corrected in exactly the same way in any direction, up, down, right, left, or in any combination thereof.

This allows you to print on preprinted paper as well.
The printing start position can be easily changed without moving the paper.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, even when printing on preprint paper, the printing start position can be moved vertically and horizontally by an arbitrary amount without moving the paper, making it possible to create an unprecedented printer device. can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the control contents of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the print position control section, Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the printable area, and Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of preprint paper. Fig. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of misaligned printing, Fig. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a print after correcting the printing start position, Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a printing position indicating section, and Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional example. FIG. 1...Input section, 2...Central processing section, 3
...Print position control unit, 4...Output data generation section, 5...Display section, 6...Printing section, 7... Print position indicator.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An input section that receives data output from the host machine, a central processing section that receives data from this input section and controls the entire system, and controls the printing position upon receiving commands from this central processing section. an output data generation section that receives commands from the central processing section and generates output data; a display section that receives and displays data from the central processing section; and the central processing section and the printing position. A printer device comprising a control unit and a printing unit that receives commands from the output data generation unit to perform printing, characterized in that the central processing unit is also provided with a print position instruction unit that sends commands from the outside. printer device.