JPH0313357A - Recording method and recorder therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record italic characters including a symbol inclined obliquely on a material to be recorded by relatively moving simultaneously or alternately at dot unit a dot type recording head in both main and sub scanning directions to the material. CONSTITUTION:Control means 300 sets driving speeds or driving amounts of first and second moving means 100, 200 based on an inclining angle designated by input means 400. It drives a recording head and drives simultaneously or alternately at dot unit the first and second moving means 100, 200. Thus, italic characters inclined obliquely at an inclining angle designated and input by the means 400 are recorded. The means 300 controls to drive a recording head, and the first, second moving means to extract it from extracting means 600, and obliquely records character row information converted to a dot pattern by converting means 700 at word or sentence unit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a dot-type recording method and recording apparatus for recording character information including symbols in the form of dots on a recording material, such as recording paper. More specifically, the present invention relates to a recording apparatus that performs dot recording using a thermal transfer or inkjet type recording head.

[Conventional technology]

In a dot
After a line of character images is recorded as dots, the recording head or recording paper is sub-scanned (vertically) for one line to record the next line of character images.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, when it is desired to record italic characters using this type of conventional dot recording device, a character generator that converts a character code into an italic character pattern is used to record the characters. It has been considered to record the italic character pattern generated by a generator, but the dot recording device using the character generator described above requires a large capacity memory to store the image pattern of the slanted character. , and the slant angle of the characters is constant and cannot be set variably, and a character generator for slanted characters is required in addition to a normal character generator, resulting in high costs. .

Also, even if it is possible to record characters diagonally on a character by character basis,
I can only record diagonally in word units.

Therefore, the present invention! In view of the above-mentioned points, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording method and a recording device capable of recording italic characters without significantly changing the configuration of a conventional device. A second object of the present invention is to provide a recording device capable of recording characters with variable inclination angles. A third object of the present invention is to provide a dot recording device capable of performing diagonal recording in units of predetermined character strings.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the first type of the present invention, which is a dot type recording method for recording text information on a recording material in the form of dots, The recording head is moved simultaneously in both the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction with respect to the recording material.
Alternatively, italic characters including diagonally inclined symbols are recorded on the recording material by relative movement alternately at the dots and hi positions.

A second embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for recording character information in the form of dots. 5) In a recording apparatus for recording character information, the control means includes a first moving means for moving the recording head in the main scanning direction with respect to the recording material, and a sub-scanning means for moving the recording head in the main scanning direction with respect to the recording material. a second moving means for moving in the direction; and a control for driving the recording head, and for simultaneously or alternately recording an italic character including a symbol tilted at a predetermined angle by the first moving means and the second moving means on a dot-by-dot basis; Means and diagonally by word or sentence.

A third aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for recording character information in the form of dots. 5) In a recording apparatus that records character information, the control means includes a human power means for specifying and inputting the inclination angle of characters including symbols, and a first moving means for moving the recording head in the main scanning direction with respect to the recording material. a second moving means for moving the recording material in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the recording head; and a driving speed or drive amount of the first moving means and the second moving means based on the inclination angle specified by the input means. By setting and driving the recording head and driving the first moving means and the second moving means simultaneously or alternately in units of dots, italic characters that are tilted diagonally at a specified manually operated inclination angle are recorded by the manual means. control means and diagonally by word or sentence.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is an apparatus for recording character information in the form of dots. 5) In a recording device for recording character information, the control means is sandwiched between a storage means for storing character information in the recording order in character codes and a specific code indicating a break between words or sentences in the storage means. An extraction means for extracting character string information of a word or sentence from the recording means by detecting a character code string, a conversion means for converting the character string information extracted by the extraction means into a dot pattern, a recording head and a recording target. A moving means for relatively moving the material in both the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction simultaneously or alternately in dot units, and a recording head and the moving means are driven and controlled to be extracted by an extracting means, and a converting means extracts the material from the extracting means. and a control means for recording the extracted character string information diagonally in units of words or sentences.

In a fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the fourth aspect, the control means variably sets the set inclination angle according to the number of characters in the character string information, and based on the set inclination angle, the driving speed of the moving means or It is characterized by controlling the amount of movement.

[Function] In the first embodiment of the present invention, the recording head moves diagonally relative to the main scanning direction, and the entire dot row recorded by the recording head is sequentially recorded in the diagonal direction, so that the recording result is becomes an italic character image.

In the second embodiment of the present invention, the recording head is moved relative to the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction to realize diagonal dot recording of the recording head and form an italic character image.

In the third embodiment of the present invention, focusing on the fact that the inclination angle of a character is determined by the relative recording direction of the recording head, the first moving means and the second moving means
By setting the drive speed or drive amount of the moving means, the moving direction of the recording head can be variably set to form a character image with a desired inclination angle.

In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the extraction means extracts words and sentences from continuous character string information by detecting specific codes indicating breaks between words and sentences at the character code stage. diagonal recording becomes possible.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the fourth embodiment, the recording inclination angle is variably set according to the number of character strings in a word or sentence, so even if the number of characters in a word or sentence changes, Words and sentences can be recorded in the recorder, and line spacing can be kept constant.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a recording apparatus that records character information on a recording medium 5 with a recording head capable of recording character information in the form of dots, and the recording head is moved in the main scanning direction with respect to the recording medium. This is the 1st B imperial means to make it happen.

A second moving means 200 moves the recording material in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the recording head.

300 drives the recording head and also drives the first recording head.
The control means records italic characters including symbols tilted at a predetermined angle simultaneously with the moving means and the second moving means or alternately in units of dots.

400 is a manual means for manually specifying the inclination angle of characters including symbols.

The control means controls the driving speed or speed of the first moving means and the second moving means based on the inclination angle specified by the input means. 1J amount, and while driving the recording head, simultaneously or alternately dot by dot, the first
By driving the moving means and the second moving means, italic characters that are obliquely inclined at an inclination angle specified by the input means are recorded.

Reference numeral 500 denotes a storage means for storing the character information in the order of recording using character codes.

Reference numeral 600 denotes an extraction means for extracting character string information of a word or sentence from the recording means by detecting a character code string sandwiched between specific codes indicating the division of words or sentences in the storage means.

700 is a conversion means for converting the character string information extracted by the extraction means into a dot pattern.

The control means controls the recording head and the first and second
Means of transportation! f! Under direct control, the character string information extracted by the extraction means is extracted by the extraction means, and the character string information extracted by the extraction means is diagonally recorded in units of words or sentences.

Further, the control means variably sets the set inclination angle according to the number of characters in the character string information, and controls the driving speed or movement amount of the moving means based on the set inclination angle.

FIG. 2 shows a specific circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a central processing unit (CPU) as a control means and extraction means for controlling the entire apparatus, and also gives various operation instructions regarding oblique recording.

2 is read-only memory (ROM), and the CPU
The control program related to the above-mentioned device control and the control program related to diagonal recording (FIGS. 9 to 9) executed by
16) is stored in advance. The ROM 2 also stores a font table as a conversion means for converting character codes into font patterns. 3 is cpu
Random access memory (RAMI) serves as a storage means for temporarily storing various data used in the arithmetic processing of t.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a first timer that measures the timing of interrupt execution of a control procedure for driving the carriage motor 1O. Reference numeral 5 denotes a second timer that indicates the timing for interrupting and executing the control procedure for driving the vapor feed motor 9.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an interface unit, which is connected to the driver 8 and the bus 16, and inputs character information to be recorded as well as instruction information regarding diagonal recording from a host device 17 such as a word processor and a keyboard 14 as input means. The interface unit 7 also transfers recording control information sent from the CPUI to the driver 8.

8 is a driver that supplies drive signals to each part of the printer mechanism. In this example, the main (
MA) scan and feed the recording paper to the vapor feed motor 9.
By moving the carriage, the carriage is relatively sub-scanned.

The heating section 11 is composed of a plurality of heating elements, and by applying a pulse, the heating elements generate heat to perform dot recording.

The present invention enables the carriage to sub-scan by a predetermined amount for every predetermined number of dots along the main scanning direction while performing main scanning based on instructions from the CPUI, so that the pre-tilt image as shown in FIG. 3 (8) is The dot pattern is diagonally recorded in patterns of various shapes as shown in FIG. 3(B) and FIGS. 4 to 8.

FIG. 3(B) shows a state in which the character "A" represented by 40 vertical dots and 36 horizontal dots shown in FIG. 3(^) is moved vertically by 1 dot for every 4 horizontal dots.

Figure 4 shows an example of diagonal recording in character units, type A
is an example in which the lower left corner of the character frame 62 is in contact with the reference line 61. For type B, the lower right corner of the character frame 63 is the reference line 61
Here is an example of touching the . Type C shows an example in which the lower left corner of the character frame 64 is in contact with the reference line 6e, and the characters are recorded downward to the right. Type D shows an example in which the lower right corner of the character frame 65 touches the reference line 61 and the characters are recorded downward to the right.

Figure 5 shows an example of diagonal recording in word units. Type E is an example in which the recording inclination angle is fixed, and Type F is an example in which the inclination angle is set variable so that the height of the word frame is constant. Here is an example.

FIG. 6 shows an example in which diagonal recording is performed line by line, and the inclination angle is constant.

Figure 7 is an example of expressing the letters at the accent position in a word by diagonal recording. Type I is an example where the accent is expressed as evolution, but the accent is changed by changing the inclination and height of the first and second accent letters. This is an example of expressing the type of.

Figure 8 is an example of expressing the intonation of a sentence by diagonal recording, /
Where intonation is expressed with symbols, it is expressed with diagonal recording.

FIG. 9 shows a control procedure for recording one character diagonally.

In FIG. 9, in step 592, one character's worth of print dots is expanded and stored in the RAM 3 from the print font table in the ROMZ. In step 593, the amount of horizontal movement wJ for one character is set.Next, in step 594, the amount of vertical movement for one character is set. These movement amounts are instructed from the keyboard 14 or the host device 17.

In step S95, the horizontal timer table, that is, the timer table indicating the recording time according to the printing speed, is set to a specified value. In step S96, a vertical timer table is set. This table is selected from the above-instructed lateral movement amount (or movement speed), vertical movement amount (or movement speed), and the set lateral direction timer table. For example, lateral movement amount = 36
Pulse, vertical movement amount = 9 pulses, horizontal timer table = 1.54m5ec (18cps),
36÷9 x 1.54 for vertical timer table
= 6.16m5ec is set. In step S97, the first timer 4 is started for interrupt driving the carriage motor 100, and in step 598, the process ends.

FIG. 1O shows a control procedure for driving the carriage motor which is interrupted by the count-up signal of the first timer 4.

In FIG. 1O, in step 51002, the carriage motor lO is excited 6n. In step 51003, the excitation phase data is updated for the next interrupt operation. In step 51004, it is determined whether the print head is currently accelerating based on the rotational speed of the carriage motor IO. If the recording head is not accelerating, proceed to step 51005. If the recording head is accelerating, proceed to step 5IQIO.

In step 51010, the acceleration table for controlling the acceleration of the print head is updated. In step 51011, it is checked based on the rotational speed of the carriage motor IO whether or not the acceleration of the print head has ended. If the acceleration has not finished, proceed to step 51012, set the first timer 4,
Jump to step 51021. If the acceleration of the print head has been completed, a constant speed table for constant speed control of the print head is set in step 51013, and step 510
14, a second motor for interrupt driving the paper feed motor 9;
Start the timer and jump to step 51021.

Returning to step 51004, if the print head is not accelerating, it is checked in step 51005 whether the print head is decelerating. If the recording head is not decelerating, step 51
8 items to 015. When the print head is decelerating, the deceleration table for controlling the deceleration of the print head is updated in step 51006. In step 51007, it is checked whether the print head has finished decelerating. If the deceleration is not completed, the first timer 4 is set in step 51008, and step 51
Fly to 021. If the recording head has finished decelerating, the first timer 4 is stopped in step 51009, and the process jumps to step 51021.

Returning to step 51005, if the recording head is not decelerating, heat recording is performed in step 51015 for 40 dot rows corresponding to one vertical line of one character.

Next, in step 51018, the amount of lateral movement is subtracted. Check the movement amount subtracted in step 51017, and move! If ai is not zero, the first timer 4 is set in step 51018 and the process proceeds to step 51021. If the amount of movement is zero, the second timer 5 for vapor feed is stopped in step 51019, and the second timer 5 for vapor feed is stopped in step SI[1
The deceleration table is set at 2G and this control procedure ends.

FIG. 11 shows a control procedure for interrupt driving the paper feed motor.

In FIG. 11, in step 5112, the vapor feed motor 9 is excited 6'F1. In step 5113, the excitation phase data is updated for the next interrupt operation.
In step 5114, the amount of vertical movement is subtracted.

In step 5115, the subtracted movement amount is checked. If the amount of movement is not zero, the second timer 5 is set in step 511B, and the process proceeds to step 5118. If the amount of movement is zero, the second timer 5 is stopped in step 5117, and this control procedure is ended.

Next, based on the control procedures shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the control operations executed by the CPU will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

When various setting values for f3 movement of the recording head in the vertical and horizontal directions according to the inclination angle are determined (steps 592 to 596 in FIG. 9), the first timer 4 is set;
The first timer 4 starts counting a certain period of time (step 597 in FIG. 9).

When the first timer 4 finishes counting, the CPU executes the control procedure shown in FIG. 1O. According to this control procedure, the carriage motor 10 is driven and controlled, and as is conventionally known, dot recording by the recording head is performed once from when the recording head shifts to a constant speed state (step 51 in FIG. 1G).
002~51004 shout 51005→51015),
Thereafter, the control procedure shown in FIG. 10 is repeatedly executed every time the first timer 4 measures a certain period of time, and one character's worth of dot recording is performed while the recording head moves in the main scanning direction.

On the other hand, fJ in the main scanning direction of the recording head! ,! The vapor feed motor 9 is driven according to the control procedure shown in FIG. 1O every time the second timer 5 completes counting, and the recording paper is relatively moved by a set distance.

When the dot recording for one character is completed, the first timer 4.
The second timer 5 is stopped, the control procedures shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 are not executed in CPIJI, and the movement of the recording head and recording paper is stopped.

As explained above, in this embodiment, the recording head scans 4 bits in the horizontal direction to perform dot recording, and then the recording paper is moved 1 bit in the vertical direction, so the 5 recording results are as shown in Figure 3 (B). It has a diagonal shape as shown in . Note that relative movement may be performed simultaneously in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.

FIG. 12 shows a control procedure for continuously performing diagonal recording in character units.

In Figure 12, in the state of waiting for key power, step 5
If in step 1202 there is a key input from the keyboard 14 for a character code to be recorded or a control command code for an operation instruction, the process advances to step 51203 to check whether the input code is a character key. If the input code is a character code, step 5
In step 1204, the input character code is temporarily stored in a buffer in the RAM 3, and the process jumps to step 51202, where it waits for key input.

If the input code is not a character code, step 51
Check whether the return code indicates a line feed in step 205. If the manual code is not a return code, the process goes to step 5L202 and waits for key manual input. If the manual code is a return code, it is checked in step 51208 whether the buffer is empty. If it is empty, go to step 51202. If it is not empty, proceed to step 51207.

Next, in step 51207, it is checked based on the instruction information from the keyboard 14 whether or not the recording pattern instructed to be recorded is of type A shown in FIG. If the pattern to be recorded is of type A designation,
The procedure advances to step 512013, where attribute information indicating that the upward-rightward direction is specified is stored in the RAM3.

Next, by executing the control procedure shown in FIGS. 9 and 10 described above, one character is printed diagonally in step 51209, and then, in step 51210, the carriage is returned to the baseline, and then the process returns to step 51206, where the buffer wait until it is empty.

Further, if the recording pattern is not designated as type A in step 51207, it is checked in step 51211 whether type B of lower right baseline alignment (see FIG. 4) is designated. If the recording pattern is designated as type B, in step 51212 the carriage is lowered below the baseline and positioned so as to be at the lower right baseline. Then step 512
After determining the direction of vertical movement based on the upward right designation attribute information in step 13, one character is printed diagonally in step 51214. Next, the process returns to step 51206 and waits until the buffer becomes free.

If it is determined in the determination process of step 51211 that the recording pattern is not specified as type B, step 51
At step 215, it is checked whether the recording pattern is designated as type C (see FIG. 4). When type C is specified as the recording pattern, in step 51216 the attribute information indicating alignment to the lower right and lower left baselines is stored in RAM3, and then in step 51217 one character is printed diagonally.Next, in step 51218 the carriage is returned to the baseline, the process moves to step 51206, and waits for a buffer to become available.

Further, if it is determined in the determination process in step 51215 that type C is not specified, step 5121! 1, the designated pattern is determined to be type D, and the carriage position is set so that the carriage is raised above the baseline and aligned with the lower right baseline. At step 51220, the attribute information indicating alignment to the lower right and lower right baselines is stored in RAM3.
, and one character diagonal printing is executed in step 51221. Next, the program jumps to step 51206 and waits for the buffer to become available, and thereafter executes the above-described recording process whenever there is sufficient human power.

As a result, if, for example, a type B recording pattern is specified and input from the keyboard 14 prior to recording, the old CP stores one line of input character code in the input character code buffer each time there is a key press for a character, and then inputs a new line key manually. In response to this, the carriage position is initially set so that the character codes stored in the buffer are aligned one character at a time upward to the right and downward to the right, and diagonal recording is executed.

FIG. 13 shows a control procedure for performing diagonal printing in word units.

In Figure 13, step 5 from the state of waiting for key human power.
If there is key input in step 1302, check whether the input code is a character code in step S1: +03.If the input code is a character code, in step 51304 the input character code is stored in the buffer of RAM3, and in step 5130
Go to 2 and wait for the next key manpower.

If the human code is not a character code, step 5130
Check whether the manual code is a return code in step 5.0 If the manual code is not a return code, step 5130
Go to 2. When the input code is a return code, it is checked in step 51306 whether the buffer is empty.

If the buffer is empty, go to step 51302.

If the buffer is not empty, in step 51307 character codes are sequentially read from the code in the buffer and it is checked whether the character code is a space code. If the read character code is not a space code, in step 51308, in order to count the number of characters that make up the word between the spaces, the character counter in Put is incremented to 5.
Go to 1306.

If the character code read from the buffer is a space code, it is checked in step 51309 whether the recording pattern is type F with upper line alignment as shown in FIG. Note that upper line alignment means adjusting the angle of diagonal printing so that the word falls within the reference line 8.9 in the type F character pattern shown in FIG.

If the specified pattern is not aligned with the upper line, the process goes to step 51311. When the specified pattern is upper line alignment, the amount of vertical movement is calculated in step 51310 based on the number of characters of the word stored in the character counter. Then, the vertical shift vJ amount calculated in step 51311 is RA
Store the settings in M3. In step 51312, the pointer indicating the character code in the buffer is returned to the previous space code, and in step 51313, the character count becomes "0".
The word is printed diagonally one character at a time until it is confirmed that the number of characters is counted down (steps 51313-51314). Character count is “ON”
If so, return the carriage to the baseline in step 51415, go to 51306, repeat the above procedure, and move the carriage back to the baseline in step 51415, repeating the above procedure until the next ! in the buffer is reached. LL diagonal 5a 91
I do. When the buffer is empty after recording all the words for one line in the buffer, step 51306-step 5
1102, and waits for the character code to be recorded in the next line.

As explained above, in this control procedure, a specific character code such as a space code, which indicates the break between words, is detected, and the character code that is sandwiched between the space codes is detected. # Count the number of characters in the word. Therefore, even if the number of characters that make up a word differs from story to story, based on the above counting results,
Since the inclination angle of the characters and the recording position, that is, the vertical movement distance and the horizontal movement distance 1 of the carriage can be calculated to 81 so that the words are upper aligned, diagonal recording in word units is achieved.

Note that when performing diagonal recording with a constant inclination angle as shown in FIG. 4, a fixed value may be used for the amount of vertical movement for each character, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

FIG. 14 shows a control procedure for performing diagonal printing line by line as shown in FIG. In FIG. 14, if there is a key input while waiting for key input, it is checked in step 51403 whether the input code is a character key. If the input code is a character code, the input character code is stored in the buffer in step 51404, and the process returns to 51402, where the process waits for key input.

If the human code is not a character code, step 51405
Check to see if the input code is a return code. If the input code is not a return code, go to 51402. If the input code is a return code, confirm in step 5140B that the buffer is not empty, and then proceed to step 5.
At step 1407, the character codes in the buffer are printed one character diagonally in order, and the process goes to step 51406. At this time, a predetermined fixed value is used for the vertical movement amount for each recorded character, and the carriage does not return to the baseline, and in the recording example shown in Figure 6, the recording paper is vertically moved only in the downward direction in the figure. move it.

When all the characters in the buffer have been printed, the carriage is returned to the baseline in step 51408, and then a line feed process is performed to return the carriage to the left margin in step 51409.The process then proceeds to step 51402, and the process waits again for key input.

FIG. 15 shows an example of a control procedure for specifying the type of diagonal printing. This control procedure is executed when a designated type is input from the keyboard 14 prior to recording.

In FIG. 15, if there is human power on a key in the key human power waiting state, the process advances to step 51503, and it is checked based on the human power code whether or not the right downward designation key has been pressed. When the right-down designation key is pressed, the process advances to step 51510. If the right-down designation key is not pressed, it is checked in step 51504 whether the pressed key is the right-up designation key.

If the pressed key is not the right-up designated key, proceed to step 5.
Returns to 1502 and waits for key personnel. If the pressed key is the right-up designated key, the process returns to step 51505 and waits for the key to be pressed again. If there is a key press here, the process advances to step 51506, and it is checked whether the pressed key is the lower right base designation key. If the pressed key is the lower right base designation key, in step 51509 the designated type is determined to be type B as shown in FIG.
Store it in M3 to prepare for diagonal recording.

If the pressed key is not the lower right base specification key, step S
! In step 507, it is checked whether the pressed key is the lower left base designation key. If the pressed key is not the lower left base designation key, the process returns to 51505 and waits for key input. When the pressed key is the lower left base designation key, the designated type is determined to be type A shown in FIG. 4 in step 51508, and attribute information indicating type A is set and stored in IIAM:l.

Returning to step 51503, if the pressed key is the lower right designation key, the process waits for key input in step 51510, and depending on the next key input, it is checked in step 5isn whether the pressed key is the lower right base specification key. If the pressed key is the lower right base designation key, in step 51514 type D in FIG.
, the attribute information indicating type D is stored in the RAM 3, and the type setting is completed. Step 5151L
When the pressed key is the lower right base designation key, the designated type is determined to be type C shown in FIG. 4 in step 51513, attribute information to that effect is stored in the RAM 3, and the type setting is completed.

FIG. 16 shows an example of a control procedure for specifying the angle of diagonal printing. In FIG. 16, when key power is available in step 5162 while waiting for key power, step 5
At step 163, it is checked whether the pressed key is a key in the range of numbers "0 to 4". If a number from "0 to 4" is not input, the process returns to 5162 and waits for key input.

If the key input is from "0 to 4", it is determined that it is an angle designation command, and in step 5161 the key input is awaited.

When the key force for the numbers "0 to 9" is confirmed in step 5165, the angle parameters corresponding to the input numbers "0 to 9" are stored in RAM3, the recording angle is set, and this control procedure is executed. finish. Humanly possible numerical range “
00 to 49", one character has 36 dots in the horizontal direction, and if the size of one dot is equal in both the vertical and horizontal directions, tan53.74
49/38, and a maximum inclination angle of 53.7° can be obtained.

An example of performing diagonal recording on a line-by-line basis of characters and words has been described above, but the following examples are also possible.

(1) As in type H in FIG. 7, the accent position of a word is recorded diagonally, making it possible to express the accent position of a single ER. Furthermore, the first accent and the second accent in the word
By making the inclination angles of accented characters different as shown in Type I in FIG. 7, it is possible to indicate a plurality of accent positions and strengths. To record only the accent position diagonally, it is sufficient to input the accent position along with the character code manually, count the number of recorded characters using CPIII, and perform diagonal recording when the counted value reaches the accent position.

(2) As shown in type J in Figure 8? It is also possible to express the intonation of a sentence by recording only words with symbols diagonally. In this case, a word is extracted from the character code string stored in the buffer using CPIll, and a ? When it is confirmed that the word has a symbol code, the word is recorded diagonally.

[Effects of the Prior Invention] As described above, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to generate italic characters even without using a character generator for italic characters, thereby providing a convenient recording device. can do.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, the head scanning mechanism and recording paper conveyance mechanism of the conventional device can be used for the first moving means and the second moving means, so the mechanical configuration of the conventional device can be used. can do. As a result, italic character images can be formed simply by replacing the control circuit of the conventional device with a circuit incorporating the control means of the present invention.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a character image with a desired tilt angle can be obtained. It is possible to record a symbol or single symbol at an appropriate angle of inclination to emphasize the sentence, or to change the angle of inclination of the accented part of a word depending on its strength. becomes.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to record diagonally in units of words and sentences, so it is possible to express characters that were not possible in the past, such as a recorded image that looks like an English letter written by hand.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, since words and sentences with different numbers of characters can be stored in one recording frame, the consumption of recording paper can be reduced compared to diagonal recording at a fixed angle. This can contribute to reducing maintenance costs for recording devices.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 (A) shows a dot pattern of regular characters in an embodiment of the present invention. 3(B) is an explanatory diagram showing a dot pattern of diagonal characters according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of diagonal printing of character units according to an embodiment of the present invention. An explanatory diagram showing an example of diagonal printing on a word-by-word basis according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of diagonal printing on a line-by-line basis according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 7 shows the accent position of a word according to an embodiment of the present invention. An explanatory diagram showing an example of printing expressed by diagonal printing. Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of printing in which the intonation of a sentence is expressed by diagonal printing according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 9 is a diagram showing a printing example of one character diagonally printed according to an embodiment of the present invention. 10 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for interrupt driving the carriage motor according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 shows a control procedure for interrupt driving a vapor feed motor according to an embodiment of the present invention. Flowcharts: FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for diagonal printing in character units according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for diagonal printing in word units according to an embodiment of the present invention; 15 is a flowchart showing the control procedure for specifying the type of diagonal printing according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the control procedure for specifying the type of diagonal printing according to the embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for specifying the angle of diagonal printing according to the embodiment. l...CPU. 3...RAM. 4...First timer 5...Second timer 9...Vapor feed motor 10...Carriage motor 14...Keyboard. Figure 3 (A) Figure 3 (8) Figure 4 Remains! 11670-Cheat Figure 11 Misfortune (Hikimachi loquat f1 flow h-to Figure 13 Honso disaster Bikku 11th floor → [-Figure 14

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[Claims] 1) In a dot-type recording method for recording character information in the form of dots on a recording material, a dot-type recording head is moved in both the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction with respect to the recording material. A recording method characterized in that italic characters including oblique symbols are recorded on the recording material by relative movement simultaneously or alternately in units of dots. 2) In a recording apparatus that records character information on a recording material using a recording head capable of recording character information in the form of dots, a first moving means for moving the recording head in a main scanning direction with respect to the recording material. a second moving means for moving the recording material in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the recording head; and a second moving means for driving the recording head and moving the first moving means and the second moving means simultaneously or in units of dots. 1. A recording device comprising: control means for alternately recording italic characters including symbols tilted diagonally at a predetermined angle. 3) In a recording apparatus that records character information on a recording material using a recording head capable of recording character information in the form of dots, an input means for specifying and inputting an inclination angle of characters including symbols; a first moving means for moving the recorded material in the main scanning direction; a second moving means for moving the recorded material in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the recording head; and the tilt specified by the input means. The driving speed or the driving amount of the first moving means and the second moving means is set based on the angle, and while driving the recording head, the first moving means and the second moving means are driven simultaneously or alternately in units of dots. 2. A recording apparatus comprising: a control means for recording an italic character obliquely inclined at an inclination angle designated by the input means by driving the input means. 4) A recording device that records the character information on a recording material using a recording head capable of recording character information in the form of dots, comprising: a storage means for storing the character information in the recording order in a character code; Extracting means for extracting character string information of a word or sentence from the recording means by detecting a character code string sandwiched between specific codes indicating breaks between words or sentences; and a converting means for converting character string information into a dot pattern; a moving means for relatively moving the recording head and the recording material in both the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction simultaneously or alternately in units of dots; and the recording head. and a control means that drives and controls the moving means to diagonally record the character string information extracted by the extracting means and converted into a dot pattern by the converting means in units of words or sentences. Recording device. 5) The control means variably sets the recording inclination angle of the character string information according to the number of characters of the character string information, and controls the driving speed or movement amount of the moving means based on the set inclination angle. The recording device according to claim 4, characterized in that: (Margin below)