JPH03253935A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the registration and conformation of recording relating information for recording a color component, etc., by receiving the name of the recording relating information used for recording with the character-string information at the time of recording, and extracting the corresponding recording relating information from a storage means by retrieving a keyword, based on the received character-string information. CONSTITUTION:A storage means 100 stores in advance plural pieces of recording relating information, and also, character-string information for showing the name of its recording relating information. A retrieving means 200 receives the name of the recording relating information used for recording by the character-string information, and extracts the corresponding recording relating information from the storage means 100 by retrieving a keyword, based on the received character-string information. That is, the recording relation information used for recording is read out of the storage means 100 by retrieving the keyword by the name without designating an address. In such a manner, the storage contents of the storage means 100 can be recognized easily by a user, and also, it is unnecessary to fix in advance the housing address of the recording relating information, therefore, the device can be easily manufactured.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a recording device that receives and records information to be recorded.

[Prior Art] When recording information such as characters and figures in color, the recording information and the color to be recorded are received in the form of a code from a recording information source such as a host computer.

A color recording device converts characters and graphic codes into corresponding image patterns, and also converts the specified recording color into a basic color (R
, G, B or Y, M, C, K), and the above-mentioned image pattern is overlaid and recorded for each color component, thereby reproducing characters and figures of a designated color on recording paper.

In such a recording device, in order to separate the specified color into basic color components, the output density value of each color component is stored in table form at an address that is previously associated with a color code (or identification code). memory is used.

The color component values are sent in advance from the host computer and stored in the memory by the central processing unit of the color recording device.

The number of pieces of information stored in the memory can be variably set, and for this reason, it is necessary to provide the memory with a directory table showing the color codes stored in the memory and their storage addresses.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in order to specify the color that the user wants to record before recording an image, the user must first look at a code conversion table that shows the relationship between color names and color codes, and then start recording. The color code of the desired color and the values of its color components must be entered into the host computer. Further, when checking the registered color code and color components on the display screen of the host computer, the conventional apparatus has a problem in that it is difficult for the user to understand the color tone based on the color code alone.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to eliminate such problems,
An object of the present invention is to provide a recording device that can easily register and confirm recording-related information for recording color components and the like.

[Means for Solving the Problem] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a storage means that stores in advance a plurality of pieces of record-related information as well as character string information indicating the name of the record-related information; , a search means for receiving the name of the record-related information used for recording as character string information, and extracting the corresponding record-related information from the storage means by keyword search based on the received character string information. Features.

Furthermore, the present invention is characterized in that the recording related information is a color component of a basic color used for color synthesis, and the name is a name of a tone obtained as a result of the color synthesis.

Further, the record-related information is a character/graphic pattern,
The above-mentioned name is characterized in that it is a name indicating the shape of the character/graphic pattern.

[Function] In the present invention, recording-related information such as color tones to be synthesized and special character/figure patterns is expressed as a character string, and when recording, recording-related information stored in correspondence with the character string, such as color components, is stored by keyword search. Extract from means. For this reason, as in the past, colors to be synthesized are assigned identification numbers (color codes,
Compared to the conventional example in which colors are represented by table codes), there is no need for a correspondence table (directory table) between colors to be synthesized and identification numbers, so it is easier to register color components in the storage means. By displaying the read color components and character codes, it is possible to easily know the composite color determined by the combination of color components.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The color recording device of this embodiment performs a color recording device by combining color materials of a plurality of basic colors.

In FIG. 1, a storage means 100 stores in advance a plurality of pieces of record-related information as well as character string information indicating the name of the record-related information. The search means 200 receives the name of the record-related information used for recording as character string information, and extracts the corresponding record-related information from the storage means by keyword search based on the received character string information.

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

In FIG. 2, input buffer 11. Central processing unit (CPU)12. Read-on memory (ROM)13.
Random accelerator memory (RAM)14. A color table RAM 15 and an interface 16 are connected via a bus.

The power buffer 11 receives from the host computer character/graphic information to be recorded, image information, color information to be recorded, and control commands regarding the recording operation, and stores them.

The CPU 12 not only controls the entire apparatus, but also sets the color components of the basic color materials used for recording based on the received color information. cpuiz operates as a search means.

Control procedures executed by the CPU 12 are stored in the ROM 13 in advance. As for this control procedure, in addition to the conventionally known control procedure for the recording operation, the control procedure related to the present invention shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is stored.

The RAM 14 stores information received from the host computer 1,
It is used for temporary storage of image information to be recorded and intermediate calculation results of the CPU 12. RAM for color table
15 stores a color table described later for converting into color components (recording related information) of a composite color and a basic color. C.P.
U12 extracts color components of the composite color by keyword searching this color table. Therefore, the color table RAM 15 operates as a storage means.

A printing mechanism 17 is connected to the interface 16, and a recording operation command from the CPU 12 is transferred to the printing mechanism 17 via the interface 16.

FIG. 3 shows the contents of a color table to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 3, R-G
- A storage field for the value of the color component of the basic color B, a name entry field, a pointer area, and a name entry field for second and subsequent names are provided.

For example, general color names such as "RED" for red and "GREEN" for green are initially registered in advance along with color components as character string information. In this example, it is possible to register multiple names for the same color component, and a name entry column is provided for this purpose. For example, the same red color can have multiple names such as "Red", "Red J", "rRedJ", etc. In such a case, it is possible to specify the same color with different names. This pointer area stores attribute information indicating whether or not the name of the next tank is stored.For example, when this pointer area stores bit "0", the name of the next tank is stored. Indicates that it is not filled in.

With respect to such a color table, it is possible to register names for same color components and names for new color components through the host computer 1.

The operation of such a circuit will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

A) When registering a name When the host computer 1 sends a recording command together with a character code string of "BLUE" indicating the image information to be recorded and the name of the recording color, this information is temporarily stored in the power buffer 11. stored (step S5 in FIG. 4),
The CUP 12 code-identifies the content of the information stored in this manual buffer and detects that it is a recording command (fourth
Step S5→SIO→530 in the figure).

Based on this detection, the CPU 12 uses the received name "BLUE".
”, the color table (see Fig. 3) in the color table RAM 15 is searched by keyword.If the value in the pointer area indicates “1”, the next name in the same table is also read out, and it is used as the received name. Keyword matching is performed (step 531 in FIG. 4).

Specifically, a match comparison is made between the received name and each name in the color table, and the color component associated with the matching name is read out.

The received image information is recorded using this color component (step 532 in FIG. 4).

B) When performing initial registration or additional registration by name When the host computer 1 sends a registration command along with the name and color component of the object to be registered, the CPU 12 identifies the type of the received registration command by code, and executes the initial registration command. , the head table portion of the blank area of the color table is detected, and the received name and color component are written in the color table (step SIO→S15-320 in FIG. 4).

Note that FIG. 5 shows the registration procedure corresponding to the actual programming language. In the procedure shown in FIG. 5, if the same name as the receiving name is written in the color table, the color component with the same name in the color table is changed to the receiving color component.

In addition, when an additional registration command is received, the name part of the basic color in the received name is extracted, the name area of the basic color part of the color table is searched, and the blank first part of this area is filled with the name of the received name. The name and color components are written (step SIO→S15→525 in FIG. 4).

C) When outputting color table contents When a color table contents output command is received from the host computer 1, the CPU 12 sequentially reads the names and their color components from the top address of the color table and transmits them to the host computer 1. The host computer 1 displays the received information on the display (step SIO-3 in Fig. 4).
30→S40→S41).

As described above, in this embodiment, the color components listed in the color table are extracted by keyword searching based on their names. Therefore, it is possible to easily understand the tone represented by the color components of the color table.

In addition to this embodiment, the following examples can be considered.

1) The user creates hatching patterns, overlay forms, etc. on the host computer or document processing device, adds names to these character/graphic patterns, and creates a code/pattern conversion table in the memory of the recording device. You may. At this time, the keyword search function of cputz is used to convert the character/graphic pattern from the received code into an image pattern for recording.

2) In addition to the processing described in this embodiment, it is of course possible to add processing such as changing names in the color table and erasing registered data.

3) In this embodiment, the names of the nine color components are input by the user and displayed on the host computer l side, but they may be input on the printing apparatus side.

In this case, a keyboard input device and display are installed in the recording device.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, record-related information used for recording is read out from the storage means not by address specification but by keyword search by name.
Since it is easy for the user to grasp the storage contents of the storage means, and there is no need to fix the storage address of the recording-related information in advance, a new effect is obtained in that the device is easy to manufacture.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the color table of the embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing control procedures executed by the CPU 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Host computer, 11... Input buffer, 12... CPU, 15... RAM for color table 17... Printing mechanism. Figure 1 is a process diagram showing the basic construction method of the embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1) Storage means that stores in advance a plurality of pieces of record-related information as well as character string information indicating the name of the record-related information; and a search means for extracting corresponding record-related information from the storage means by keyword search based on the received character string information. 2) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording related information is a color component of a basic color used for color synthesis, and the name is a name of a tone obtained as a result of the color synthesis. 3) The recording device according to claim 1, wherein the recording related information is a character/graphic pattern, and the name is a name indicating the shape of the character/graphic pattern.