JPH03267267A - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sort printed documents with certainty by making a device store information at each paper discharge bin, displaying it all the time with a display means, while comparing paper discharge bin selection information being contained in printing data with the stored information, and selecting the paper discharge bin, then discharging the document. CONSTITUTION:A discharged paper bin name is registered in a memory 7i designated by a discharged paper bin selective code of discharged paper bin name register information, while information of each host computer registered in respective memories 7a-7m is outputted to each of corresponding discharged paper bins 9a-9m and displayed on displays 10a-10m. A data processing part 2, receiving the discharge paper name register information and printed data feeds a discharged paper bin unit 4 with a discharged paper selective code and a discharged paper bin name code, separating a document part from the printing data, and a printing pattern is fed to a printing part 3, making it do printing, thus the printed paper passes through a paper conveying part and is fed to a discharged paper bin unit 4, thus it is fed to the selected discharge paper bin by the discharged paper bin selective code or discharged paper bin name code.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to printer devices such as laser printers and facsimile machines, and particularly to facilitating the classification of printed sheets.

[Prior Art] When a printer connected to a sorter is used, when printing a plurality of copies of a normal document, the printers sort each printed page by distributing it to multiple paper ejection pins.

A printer having a plurality of paper ejection pins is generally used by a plurality of host devices, and in this case, the paper ejection pins are allocated and used for each host device. In this case, by displaying the name of the created document on the display corresponding to each paper ejection pin, a printer that can search for the created document can be used.
It is disclosed in Publication No. 4.

The printer disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 175384/1984 has ejection pin selection information and document name information for each document to be printed, and selects the ejection pin using the ejection pin selection information and selects the document name information. is displayed on the output pin. In other words, this is done using paper ejection pins that classify documents by document.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In a printer having a plurality of paper ejection pins, it is common for one host device to output a plurality of documents to a designated paper ejection pin. In such a case, the document name displayed on the paper ejection pin in the conventional printer is the last output document name.

For this reason, there is a disadvantage that it is not possible to know whether a document outputted before that time was outputted to the same paper ejection pin.

Additionally, conventional printers cannot retain the display content of the paper ejection pins, and if the printer is turned off and on with documents stacked on each paper ejection pin, the display content of the paper ejection pins will change. The disadvantage is that the document name disappears and cannot be identified.

Furthermore, conventionally, paper ejection pin selection is performed using a 1-byte paper ejection pin selection code, so operators using each host device must memorize the paper ejection pin selection code that they use. The disadvantage is that if you forget the pin code, you will not be able to select the ejection pin.

Furthermore, when one host device uses a plurality of paper ejection pins, it is necessary to store and use a plurality of pin selection codes, and there is also the disadvantage that it is complicated to use them properly.

The present invention was made in order to solve these shortcomings, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a printer device that can reliably classify printed documents.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A printer device according to the present invention includes a plurality of paper ejection pins, a nonvolatile storage means for storing information such as the purpose of use for each paper ejection pin, and a storage means for storing information such as the purpose of use of each paper ejection pin. a display means for displaying information for each paper ejection pin selected, and a selection means for comparing paper ejection pin selection information sent from the host computer with information stored in the storage means and selecting a paper ejection pin. It is characterized by:

[Operation] In the present invention, information such as the purpose of use of each paper ejection pin is stored in the storage means, and the information for each paper ejection pin stored in the storage means is constantly displayed on the display means. do. When the print data is sent from the host computer, the paper ejection pin selection information included in the print data is compared with the information stored in the storage means, the paper ejection pin is selected, and printing is performed on the selected paper ejection pin. eject the document that was created.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a paper ejection pin unit of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the overall configuration block diagram of FIG. 2, the printer 1 is composed of a data processing section 2, a printing section 3, and a paper ejection pin unit 4.

The data processing unit 2 includes a plurality of host computers 5a to 5n.
Receives and processes print data sent from.

The paper ejection pin unit 5 includes a data receiving section 6, a storage section 7 consisting of a nonvolatile memory, a control section 8, and a plurality of paper ejection pins 9.
It has a to 9m. Display sections 10a-10m are provided for each of the paper ejection pins 9a-9m.

When printing is performed using the printer 1 configured as described above, the paper discharge pin name registration information and print data are sent from the host computers 5a to 5[1 via the communication line 11, respectively.

The ejection pin name registration information is, for example, as shown in Figure 3.
It consists of a byte ejection pin name registration code, an ejection pin selection code, and a 16-byte ejection pin name code. As shown in FIG. 4, the print data consists of a header section including an ejection pin selection code and an ejection pin name code, and a document section to be printed.

The data processing unit 2 of the printer 1, which has received the paper ejection pin name registration information and print data, detects the paper ejection pin selection code and paper ejection pin name code from the paper ejection pin name registration information and print data, and It is sent to the paper ejection pin unit 4 via the pin control signal line 12. Further, the data processing section 2 separates and processes the document section from the print data, and activates the printing section 3 via the printing section control signal line 13. Then, the printing pattern is sent to the printing section 3 via the video signal line 14, and the printing section 3 is caused to print. The printed paper is sent from the printing section 3 through the paper transport section to the paper ejection pin unit 4, and then sent to the paper ejection pin selected by the paper ejection pin selection code or the paper ejection pin name coat.

First, the operation of registering the paper ejection pin name in the paper ejection pin unit 4 will be explained.

The data processing unit 3 sends the paper ejection pin name registration information indicating the host computer etc. sent from each of the host computers 5a to 5n to the data receiving unit 6 of the paper ejection pin unit 4 via the paper ejection pin control signal line 12. send. The data receiving section 11 sends the sent paper ejection pin name registration information to the storage section 7.

The storage unit 7 has rewritable non-volatile memories 7a to 7m corresponding to the number of paper ejection pins, and the memory 71 has rewritable non-volatile memories 7a to 7m corresponding to the number of paper ejection pins. Register the paper pin name.

The information of the host computers 5a to 5n registered in each of the memories 7a to 7m corresponds to the paper ejection pins 9a to 9a to 5n, respectively.
9m, and displayed on the display lOaNIOm provided for each of the paper ejection pins 9a to 9m. In addition, the printer l
When shipped from the factory, each memory 78 of the storage unit 7
~7m, register the number of the paper ejection pin, so that even if the FJF paper pin name information is not registered, each display 10
Paper ejection pin numbers can be displayed in a to 10m.

Next, the operation for sending printed documents to the paper ejection pins 9a to 9m will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the data receiving section 6 receives print data from the data processing section 2, it sends the print data to the control section 8. The control unit 8 reads the paper ejection pin selection code or the paper ejection pin name code from the header section of the sent print data (steps S1 and S2).
). At this time, if the Fn paper pin name code exists,
Check the information registered in the storage unit 7 (step S3),
Select the paper ejection pin that matches the paper ejection pin name (Step S
4. S5), if the same name is registered for multiple paper ejection pins, check the status of each paper ejection pin and repeat the above process to select a usable paper ejection pin (steps 86 to 86). S8) If all the paper ejection pin name codes are not specified, a paper ejection pin is selected using the paper ejection pin selection code.

In this way, a paper ejection pin is selected and the document is sent to the selected paper ejection pin. At this time, if the paper ejection pin cannot be selected, an error message is displayed (step S9).

[Effects of the Invention 1] As explained above, in this invention, information such as the purpose of use of each paper ejection pin is stored in the storage means, and the information for each paper ejection pin stored in the storage means is stored in the storage means. Since this is always displayed on the display means, each paper ejection pin can be easily distinguished.

When the print data is sent from the host computer, the paper ejection pin selection information included in the print data is compared with the information stored in the storage means, the paper ejection pin is selected, and printing is performed on the selected paper ejection pin. Since the printed documents are outputted, it is possible to easily classify the printed documents.

Further, by registering and displaying the name of each paper ejection pin in a non-volatile storage means, the name of each paper ejection pin can be displayed even after the power of the printer is turned off and on.

Further, each paper ejection pin is usually made to have the same stack amount. However, the amount of stacking differs depending on the host device, and a host device that performs continuous printing will easily become stacked over if only the L pin is used. This requires the use of multiple paper ejection pins, but in the past, the operator of the host device memorized the pin number assigned to him or herself and decided which pin to use while managing the status of the paper ejection pins. However, according to this invention,
The same higher-level device name can be registered for a plurality of paper ejection pins, and the paper ejection pin can be selected using this higher-level device name, thereby eliminating the complexity of selecting five paper ejection pins.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing a paper ejection pin unit of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the printer, and Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram 2 showing paper ejection pin name registration information. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing print data, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment. l...Printer, 2...Data processing section, 3...
...Printing section, 4... Paper ejection pin unit, 5a to 5n
...Host computer, 6..Data receiving section, 7..Storage section, 8..Control section, 9a to 9m.
...Paper ejection pin, lOaNlom...Display section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a printer device that performs printing according to print data including paper ejection pin selection information sent from a host computer, a plurality of paper ejection pins and information such as the purpose of use of each paper ejection pin are provided. a nonvolatile storage means for storing information, a display means for displaying information for each paper ejection pin stored in the storage means, and paper ejection pin selection information sent from the host computer and information stored in the storage means; A printer device comprising: a selection means for comparing paper ejection pins and selecting a paper ejection pin.