JPH035811A - Forms overlay for terminal of image data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output image data to a terminal printer without transmitting same and enormous image data from a host computer-side by permitting image data to exist on a terminal processor-side in relation to forms overlay information. CONSTITUTION:An application program 1, a terminal forms overlay generation means 2 for image data, a terminal forms overlay development means 3 for image data, an image data input means 4, a forms overlay file 5, an image data file 6, an image data input device 7 and a terminal printer 8 are provided. When terminal-side image data is permitted to exist and a slip is outputted from a host computer to the terminal printer 8, image data is printed in the terminal printer 8 by a form overlay load request. Thus, image data can be outputted to the terminal printer 8 and a load on a communication line can be reduced without transmitting enormous data from the host computer-side.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a terminal form overlay method for image data in an information processing device, and in particular, when outputting a form from a host computer to a terminal printer by making terminal-side image data exist. The present invention relates to a terminal form overlay method for image data that allows image data to be printed on a terminal printer in response to a form overlay load request without transmitting the image data from a host computer.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of form overlay method for image data, when creating a form overlay on the terminal side, image attributes are defined as attributes of an area within one form overlay (hereinafter, this area is referred to as image UPS). ), and the image data itself was sent from the host computer when outputting the form.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

With the conventional terminal form overlay for image data described above, the image data itself must be sent each time a form is output, so it is possible to avoid sending the same image data in a fixed format over and over again. Not,
Furthermore, image data has the drawback of low processing efficiency due to its enormous amount of data.

[Means to solve the problem]

The image data terminal form overlay method of the present invention is an image data terminal form overlay development means that reads image data on the terminal side and develops it as a terminal form overlay in a method in which an application program in an information processing device outputs a form to a terminal printer. and an image data terminal form overlay creation means for creating information indicating where the image data itself exists.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The first application program is a program that sends print data to a terminal printer. In addition to creating conventional form overlay information, this image data terminal form overlay creation means creates information indicating in which file the image data exists in the case of an image UPS. The image data terminal form overlay development means 3 reads the form overlay file 5 and the image data file 6, and transmits information regarding form overlay development to the terminal printer. The image data input means 4 receives image data from the image data input device 7 and creates an image data file. The form overlay file No. 5 is a file that stores form overlay information.

Image data file 6 is a file that stores image data. The image data input device 7 is a device for inputting image data (such as a facsimile).

The terminal printer 8 is a device that prints out data using form overlay. Before outputting the form, form overlay information and image data are stored in the form overlay file 5 and the image data file 6 in advance. The form overlay information is created by the terminal form overlay creation means of the image data in step 2. For the image area, information that image data exists in the image cheater file of 6 is created. The image data input means 4 receives and writes image data input from the image data input device 7 into the image data file.

An identification name is given to the form overlay information created as described above. 1 on the host computer side
In the application 3 program, when a form output request occurs, a form overlay load request is sent to the terminal processor using the form overlay information identification name. The terminal processor that has received the form overlay load request is notified to that effect to the terminal form overlay developing means of the image data in step 3. The image data terminal form overlay developing means 3 reads form overlay information from the form overlay file and develops the form overlay on the terminal printer 8.

After the form overlay development is completed, the image data terminal form overlay development means 3 reads the image data from the image data file 6 and sends the image data as print data to the terminal printer 8. One application program on the host computer side sends the print data existing on the host computer side, triggered by the end of the form overlay load request. When the terminal printer No. 8 finishes outputting one page, the image data terminal form overlay development means No. 3 sends the image data again as print data to the No. 8 terminal printer.

In this way, it becomes possible to output to eight terminal printers without transmitting a huge amount of image data from the host computer side.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the form overlay file and the image data file in FIG. 1. In addition to conventional form overlay information, the form overlay file stores information about image data in the image area. The image data information indicates where the image data exists based on the file name and medium name.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention allows image data to be present in the terminal processor side in association with form overlay information, so that three image data can be transmitted to the terminal without transmitting a huge amount of the same image data from the host computer side. It is possible to output to a printer, and has the effect of reducing the amount of data transmitted through a communication line, reducing the load on the communication line, and increasing processing efficiency.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship with image data files.

1...Application program, 2...
. . . Image data terminal form overlay creation means, 3 . . . Image data terminal form overlay development means, 4 . . . Image data input means, 5 . . . Form overlay file. ,6・
... Image data file, 7 ... Image data input device, 8 ... Terminal printer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a method in which an application program in an information processing device outputs a form to a terminal printer, a means for developing a terminal form overlay of image data that reads image data on the terminal side and develops it as a terminal form overlay, and indicates where the image data itself exists. 1. A terminal form overlay method for image data, comprising means for creating a terminal form overlay for image data for creating information.