JPH0326576A - Printing method for form sheet by page printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To accurately print desired printing data by so displaying or quasi- displaying form data as to relatively coincide with the position of format sheet set in a page printer on a display, so inputting the data at describing positions of the data as to display the printing data, and controlling to drive the printer with the printing data. CONSTITUTION:When desired printing data is input at predetermined describing positions of form data on a display screen 5' via a keyboard 6, the printing data is stored in a printing data memory 8. In this case, the data are so stored in the memory 8 that the upper left corner A of the screen 5' coincides with the upper left corner B of a format sheet 10. When all the data are completely input, the sheet 10 is set in a page printer 2, and a print command is then instructed via the keyboard 6. Then, only the data store din the memory 8 is read, and the printer 2 is controlled to be driven with the data.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Fields The present invention relates to a form, which is a fixed form document in which entry areas are determined by a page printer used mainly to print one page of print data on printing paper. The present invention relates to a method of printing on form paper using a page printer for filling-in printing print data at each of the entry locations on the paper.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY When printing desired print data at each entry point on such form paper, a method is generally used in which the data is directly printed on the form paper using a printing device such as a typewriter.

Furthermore, as another means, printing is performed on blank printing paper using a printing system as shown in FIG. That is, the scanner 3 or the keyboard 6 reads or inputs form data such as a ruled line frame that has been printed or written on a form paper in advance, and displays this on the display 5. While looking at the display screen of the display 5 on which form data similar to this form paper is displayed, the desired print data is sequentially input and displayed in the designated entry areas using the keyboard 6 as if it were printed on the form paper. After the entire form data and print data is edited by the central processing unit 1, the data is stored in the memory 4.
is temporarily stored. Thereafter, the central processing unit 1 reads the stored data from the memory 4 in response to a print command from the keyboard 6, drives and controls the page printer 2 based on the data, and prints the form data and print data on blank printing paper. As a result, a document equivalent to a form paper with desired print data printed at each entry point is obtained.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, with means of directly printing on form paper using a printing device such as a typewriter, there is a problem in that it is difficult and troublesome to position each entry point on the printing section. On the other hand, the method using the printing system shown in Figure 6 is a printing method that is in line with the recent trend of text processing using the output of page printers that can be edited on large screens. It has the disadvantage that fill-in printing of print data cannot be performed on the paper, and since not only the print data but also the form data of the form paper is stored in the memory 4, a large memory capacity is required.

The present invention has been made in view of these conventional problems, and provides a method for printing on form paper using a page printer, which allows the page printer to accurately print desired print data at each entry point on the form paper. The technical problem is to provide a method.

Means for Solving the Problems> In the present invention, as a technical means for achieving the above-mentioned problems, a method for printing on form paper using a page printer is performed in the following steps. In other words, it is a method in which print data is printed in each of the entry locations on a form paper, which is a fixed form document with predetermined entry locations, using a page printer, and the display shows on the display screen whether the data has been printed or has already been printed on the form paper. form data such as ruled lines,
The form paper is displayed so as to be relatively coincident with the position of the form paper set in the page printer, or the form paper itself is positioned to simulate display, and the required print data is input into each entry area in this display form data. At the same time, only this input print data is temporarily stored in a print data storage memory, and after setting the form paper in the page printer, the print data stored in the memory is read out to drive and control the page printer. , the printing data is printed on the form paper.

<Operation> The form data on the form paper is read and input using a scanner and displayed on the display, or the form paper itself is fixed on the display screen and the brightness or contrast is adjusted so that the display screen can be seen through the form paper. Adjust the to display form data on the screen. In either case, the form data is displayed or pseudo-displayed so as to match the position of the form paper set in the page blink.

Next, input the print data so that the print data is displayed at each entry point of the form data displayed above or similar to W1, and temporarily store only this input print data in the memory, so that all the print data can be saved manually. When this is completed, a print command is issued to read out the data stored in the memory, and this data drives the page printer to print the print data on the form paper. At this time, the form data was displayed or pseudo-displayed on the display so that it corresponded to the relative position of the form paper set in the page printer, so the print data could be accurately entered at each designated entry point on the form paper. It can be printed directly onto form paper using a page printer.

<Example> Hereinafter, preferred examples of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the block structure of a printing system related to the implementation of the printing method of the present invention. In this figure, the difference from FIG. 6 is that the form data storage memory 7 and the print data storage memory 8 are It is only a configuration with seeds.

Next, we will discuss the second printing method using the above printing system.
This will be explained with reference to the figures and FIG.

First, the scanner 3 reads the form data of the form paper 10 in the format shown in FIG. The form data is stored in the form data storage memory 7 so as to coincide with each other, and is displayed on the display screen 5' of the display 5 as shown in FIG. Here, the upper left corner A of the display screen 5' shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 is stored in the form data storage memory 7 so that the upper left corner B of the form 10 matches.

Then, when desired print data is entered into each predetermined entry position of the form data on the display screen 5' using the keyboard 6, this input print data is stored in the print data storage memory 8.
is memorized. In this case as well, the upper left corner A of the display screen 5'
The print data is stored in the memory 8 so that the upper left corner B of the form 10 matches the print data. Once all of this print data has been input, set the form 10 in the page printer 2 and issue a print command using the keyboard 6. Only the print data stored in the print data storage memory 8 will be read out. The page printer 2 is driven and controlled by the data. At this time, the form data is displayed on the screen 5' of the display 5 by the page printer 2.
Since the display or pseudo-display was performed so as to correspond relatively to the position of the form paper 10 set in the paper, the print data is accurately printed at each predetermined entry location on the form paper 10. Note that the means for retrieving only the data stored in one of the two types of memories 7.8 can be easily performed using software or hardware. Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. This embodiment is a printing method that does not use the form data storage memory 7 shown in FIG. 1, and is shown in FIG. 4(a). As shown in (b), a foam paper 10 is placed outside the display screen 5' of the display 5.
Just pinch the edges of the foam and secure it.
A fixed frame 11 is provided which can automatically position 0. That is, the fixed frame 11 serves as a reference point for aligning the upper left corner A of the display screen 5' and the upper left corner B of the form 10 with the display screen 5' and the position of the page printer 2, and also as a reference point for aligning the display screen 5' with the position of the page printer 2. The paper 10 is provided so as to be fixed in close contact with the screen 5'.

First, as shown by the arrow in FIG. 4(a), form paper 10 is
is set on the fixed frame 11. At this time, depending on the transparency of the set foam paper 10, the amount of light received by the optical sensor 12 attached to the back of the fixed frame 11 changes as shown in FIG. The brightness of the light sensor 12 is adjusted, the transparency is lowered, and the light sensor 12
The brightness of the display 5 is adjusted to be higher as the amount of light received by the display 5 decreases. Therefore, as shown by the broken line in FIG. 4(b), since the display screen 5' can be seen through the form paper 10, input is made to display desired print data corresponding to each entry point on the form paper 10. Then, this input print data is temporarily stored in a memory, and the print data stored in this memory is read out and the page printer is driven and controlled by the data, and a predetermined print data of the form 10 is printed as shown in FIG. 4 (Cl). Print data is accurately printed at each entry location.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, according to the method of printing on form paper using a page printer of the present invention, form data is displayed on the display so as to be aligned with the position of the form paper set on the page printer. Or pseudo display,
The print data is input to be displayed at each entry point of the form data, and this print data drives and controls the page printer, so the page printer is used to accurately display the print data at each predetermined entry point on the form paper. Can be printed directly. However, since only print data is stored, there is an advantage that a memory with a small storage capacity can be used.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a printing system related to the implementation of the printing method of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic front view showing the display of the system, and Fig. 3 is a schematic front view of the form paper used for printing. , FIG. 4 is a schematic front view showing the printing process of another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a left side view of its display, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a conventional printing system. 2-Page printer 5...-Display (display section) 5'--Display screen 8--Memo 10--Form paper storage Figure 4 (Q) (b) (C) Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A method in which print data is printed on each of the entry locations on a form paper, which is a fixed form document with predetermined entry locations, using a page printer, and the screen of the display section shows that the data has already been printed on the form paper or is already printed on the form paper. The completed form data, such as a ruled line frame, is displayed so as to match the position of the form paper set in the page printer, or the form paper itself is positioned to simulate display, and each entry point in this displayed form data is displayed. Input and display the required print data respectively, temporarily store only this input print data in a print data storage memory, and after setting the form paper in the page printer, print the print data stored in the memory. 1. A method for printing on form paper using a page printer, characterized in that the page printer is read out to drive and control the page printer, and print data is printed on the form paper.