JPH03271969A - Document issue control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To share a printer efficiently by displaying the printing control function of a printer and instructions regarding a form and the operation of the printer to an operator. CONSTITUTION:A common control processing part 41 has an interface with a program group 1 for document printing and stores a virtual printer file 2 with document data and a document issue control file 3 with control information. Then the common control processing part 41 inputs and edits document data from a virtual printer file 2 according to control information stored in a document issue control file 3 and sends the kind of forms, the numbers of pages, etc., to a display processing part 42. Consequently, a display control processing means 42 displays information on the replacement instruction and page number of the form numbers, etc., of the forms and a printing control processing part 6 on an operation display device 5 and a printing control processing part 43 prints the document on the printer 6. Consequently, the printer can be shared efficiently between programs more than, specially, business paper for document printing.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to the mechanization of general office processing work using a small computer system, and particularly to the efficient sharing of printer usage between business processing programs for the purpose of printing forms. This relates to a form issuance management method for closing the document.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, business processing programs for the purpose of printing forms that are implemented in small computer systems each occupy the grid independently, and during that time, other programs cannot run, and the running program This was an inefficient operation in that it was executed when the printer finished outputting.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the business programs mentioned above for printing forms on conventional small-area computers, there is no interface between each program and each program occupies the printer. The disadvantages are that other programs cannot be executed while the printer is running, that work stops because keys cannot be manually operated while the printer is outputting, and that each program must control the printer.

[Means to solve the problem]

The configuration of the form issue management system of the present invention includes an interface with a business log 2 system for the purpose of printing forms in general office processing, and an interface with a group of business logs for printing forms in general office processing, and an interface with the form data! 481 is for displaying the printing function, the printing side m function of the printer, and instructions for the operator regarding the operation of paper and the printer.

〔Example〕

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

! FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a system that is an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a program group for the purpose of printing forms, and 2 is a virtual printer file, which accumulates and stores form data that is the output of the program group 1.

Next, 3 is a form issuance management file, which stores the management information (identifier, paper type, data amount, printing type) of the virtual printer file 2, and 4 is a form issuance management program, which is the core of the present invention. It is composed of a shared control processing section (41), a display control processing section (42), and a print control processing section (43).

Further, 5 is an operation display device that displays the output of the display control processing section 42, and 6 is a printer device that prints the form that is the output of the print control processing section 43.

<Overall operation> In the present invention having such a configuration, first, an interface is established with a group of programs for the purpose of printing a form (1), and the shared control processing unit 41 converts the output form data into a virtual computer (2). Store the printer file and management information in the form issue management file.

Next, based on the management information stored in the 41 shared control processing units based on the 1 form issue management file, input and edit the form data of the 2 virtual printer file, and change the paper type, number of pages, etc. The form data is transmitted to the display control processing section and the print control processing section 43.

As a result, the display control processing section 42 displays information such as the number of pages of paper replacement instruction on the operation display device 5, and the print control processing section 43 prints the form on the printer device 6.

Next, the functions of each device will be explained with reference to the drawings.

(1) Virtual printer file Figure @2 is a configuration diagram of a virtual printer file.

In the figure, two virtual printer files are composed of 21 virtual printer records.

Further, the virtual printer record 21 is the output result of the form printing program group 1, and has an identifier and form data as information.

It consists of 31 form issuance management records.

Further, the form issue management record 31 is an identifier as the management information of the virtual printer file 2.

Contains data on paper type, number of pages per page, and type of printing.

(1) Form issue management program FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the form issue management program.

In the figure, the form issue management program 4 is composed of a shared control processing section 41, an operation display control processing section 42, and a printing control processing section 43.

The shared control processing unit 41 inputs the form issue management records 31 and uses the identifiers in each record.

Based on the paper type, number of pages per page, and printing type data, the virtual printer record with the same identifier in the virtual printer file 2 is read and converted into a format that can be transferred to the operation display control processing unit 42 and the print control processing unit 43. Extract and edit.

The operation display control processing unit 42 displays the name of the form and the number of pages per page for paper replacement instructions on the operation display device 5 based on the data of the identifier and the paper type and number of pages transferred from the shared control processing unit 41. Output.

Further, the status of the printer device 6 (printing in progress, out of paper, device abnormality) transferred from the print control processing unit 43 can be output.

The print control processing section 43 edits and outputs to the printer device 6 based on the identifier and form data transferred from the shared control processing section 41.

Further, while the form data is being output, the printer device 6 notifies the print control processing unit 43 of the status, and the notification is transferred to the operation display control processing unit 42.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the effect of efficiently sharing the use of a printer between business processing programs for the purpose of printing forms by introducing it into the mechanization of general office processing work using a small computer system. .

6...printer device, 41...shared control processing unit, 42...operation display control processing unit,
43...Print control processing section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It is characterized by an interface with a group of business programs for the purpose of printing forms in general office processing, an accumulation function of the form data, a printing control function of a printer, and displaying instructions for an operator regarding paper and printer operations. A form issuance management method.