JPH0367672A - Edition device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print out longitudinally-long pages and laterally-long pages batchwise in the order of paper number by a single cut paper printer without changing the set state of the paper by providing a dot conversion mechanism for converting the code data of a page to image data and a rotating mechanism for rotating the page through 90 degrees and outputting the image data of the page to the printer. CONSTITUTION:An aspect judging mechanism 5 judges whether a page to be outputted is longitudinally or laterally long and judges whether the code data of the page can be outputted to a cut paper printer 8. If the code data can be outputted to the cut paper printer 8, the aspect judging mechanism 5 outputs the code data of the page to the cut paper printer 8. If the code data of the page cannot be outputted to the cut paper printer 8, the aspect judging mechanism 5 transmits the code data of the page to a dot conversion mechanism 6. The dot conversion mechanism 6, converts the code data to image data composed of dots and transmits the image data to a rotating mechanism 7. The rotating mechanism 7 rotates the page of the image data transmitted from the dot conversion mechanism 6 through 90 degrees and outputs the image data of the page to the cut paper printer 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an editing device, and more particularly to an editing device in a combiator device equipped with a cut paper printer capable of printing out code data and image data.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when a book contains both vertically long pages and horizontally long pages, the combiator device separates the vertically long page 11 from the horizontally long page 13, as shown in FIG. The documents are grouped into files 10 and 12, and the vertically long page 11 is output to a printer 14 that prints the paper vertically, and the horizontally long page 13 is output to the printer 15 that prints the paper horizontally.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional technology described above, the vertically long page 11 and the horizontally long page 13 are stored in separate files 10 and 12 and output to separate printers 14 and 15.
There is a drawback that the pages of a book or the like must be printed out separately on two printers 14 and 15.

Of course, it is also possible to print out vertically long page 11 and horizontally long page 13 separately by switching the paper vertically and horizontally with one printer, but in this case, changing the paper in the printer is a hassle. There is a drawback.

Furthermore, in any of the above cases, there is a drawback that in order to make a book or the like, the pages must be aligned after being printed out to a printer.

In view of the above-mentioned points, an object of the present invention is to enable a single cut paper printer to print out vertically long pages and horizontally long pages in order of page number without changing paper sheets. The purpose is to provide an editing device.

[Means to solve the problem]

The editing device of the present invention is a computer device equipped with a cut paper printer capable of printing out code data and image data, and a file that stores a mixture of vertically long pages and horizontally long pages, and a file that stores pages corresponding to pages in this file. A directory that includes a portrait/horizontal display area that displays whether a page is vertically long or horizontally long, and a directory that includes a portrait/horizontal display area that displays whether the page is vertically long or horizontally long, and a directory that includes a portrait/horizontal display area that displays whether the page is vertically long or horizontally long, and a directory that includes a portrait/horizontal display area that displays whether the page is vertically long or horizontally long, and a page that is displayed based on whether the page is vertically long or horizontally long by referring to the portrait/horizontal display area when printing the page. Determine whether the code data of the page can be output to the cut paper printer, and if the code data of the page can be output to the cut paper printer, output the code data of the By page to the cut paper printer. a dot conversion mechanism that converts the code data of the page into image data when the length/width determination mechanism determines that the code data of the page cannot be output to the cut paper printer; and a rotation mechanism that rotates the page whose data has been converted into image data by 90 degrees and outputs the image data of the page to the cut paper printer.

[Effect]

In the editing device of the present invention, a file stores a mixture of vertically long pages and horizontally long pages, a directory is provided corresponding to each page in the file, and a vertical/horizontal display section is provided to display whether the page is vertically long or horizontally long. The aspect determination mechanism refers to the aspect display section when printing a page and determines whether the code data of the page can be output to a cut paper printer based on whether the page is portrait or landscape. However, if the code data of the page can be output to the cut paper printer, the code data of the page is output to the cut paper printer, and the dot conversion mechanism uses the aspect judgment mechanism to determine if the code data of the page cannot be output to the cut paper printer. When it is determined that the code data of the page is converted to image data, the rotation mechanism rotates the page whose code data has been converted to image data by the dot conversion mechanism 90 degrees and cuts the image data of the page. Output to paper printer.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The editing device of this embodiment is a computer device equipped with a cut paper printer 8 capable of printing out code data and image data. , there is a file 1 that stores a mixture of vertically long pages 2 and horizontally long pages 3, and a vertical/horizontal display section 4a that is provided corresponding to each page in the file l and displays whether the page is vertically long or horizontally long.
The code data of the page can be output to the cut paper printer 8 based on whether the page is vertically long or horizontally long by referring to the vertical/horizontal display section 4a of the directory 4 when printing the page. an aspect determination mechanism 5 which determines whether the code data of the page exists and outputs the code data of the page to the cut paper printer 8 if the code data of the page can be output to the cut paper printer 8; A dot conversion mechanism 6 converts the code data of the page into image data when it is determined that the data cannot be output to the cut paper printer 8; A rotation mechanism 7 that rotates the page by 90 degrees and outputs the image data of the page to the cut paper printer 8.
It is composed of.

Next, the operation of the editing apparatus of this embodiment, which is subjected to f1 in this manner, will be explained.

When printing out a page, the aspect determination mechanism 5 refers to the aspect/width display section 4a of the directory 4 and determines whether the page to be output is vertically long or horizontally long, and based on this, the page code data is determined. It is determined whether output to the cut sheet printer 8 is possible. Now, the cut paper is set vertically in the cut paper printer 8, and the aspect judgment machine fa
t5 determines that the code data of the page can be output to the cut paper printer 8 if the page is vertically long, and that the code data of the page cannot be output to the cut paper printer 8 if the page is horizontally long. shall be.

If the code data can be output to the cut paper printer 8 (that is, if the page is vertically long), the aspect determination mechanism 5
outputs the page code data to the cut paper printer 8, and if the page code data cannot be output to the cut paper printer 8 (that is, if the page is horizontal),
The page code data is passed to the dot conversion mechanism 6.

The dot conversion mechanism 6 converts the code data of the page passed from the aspect determination mechanism 5 into image data consisting of dots, and passes it to the rotation mechanism 7.

The rotation mechanism 7 rotates the page of image data passed from the dot conversion mechanism 6 by 90 degrees, and outputs the image data of the page to the cut paper printer 8.

As a result of the above, it is possible to print out vertically long pages 2 and horizontally long pages 3 in the order of page numbers in a state in which they are aligned vertically, without changing sheets, using one cut sheet printer 8.

In the above embodiment, if the cut paper is placed vertically in the cut paper printer 8 and the page is vertically long, the page code data can be output to the cut paper printer 8, and if the page is vertically long, the page code data can be output to the cut paper printer 8, and the page is horizontally long. In this case, it is determined that the code data of the page cannot be output to the cut paper printer 8, but even if the cut paper is placed horizontally in the cut paper printer 8, the code data of the page cannot be outputted to the cut paper. It goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly applied by simply reversing the determination as to whether output to the printer 8 is possible.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention includes a file that stores a mixture of vertical and horizontal pages, a directory that includes a vertical and horizontal display area, and a page code data that is output to a cut paper printer by referring to the vertical and horizontal display area. An aspect judgment mechanism that determines whether the page can be outputted and outputs it to a cut paper printer if it is possible to output it, and an aspect judgment mechanism that outputs the page code data to a cut paper printer when it is determined that the page code data cannot be output to a cut paper printer. By providing a dot conversion mechanism that converts code data into image data, and a rotation mechanism that rotates the page whose code data is converted to image data by the dot conversion mechanism 90 degrees and outputs the image data of the page to a cut paper printer. , even if a book contains a mix of portrait and landscape pages, you can use a single cut paper printer to print the page numbers for the portrait and landscape pages without having to change paper. This has the advantage that it can be printed out in sequence.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an editing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional computer device. In the figure, they are: ・file, ・vertical page, ・horizontal page, ・directory, ・vertical/horizontal display section, ・vertical/horizontal judgment mechanism, ・dont conversion mechanism, ・rotation mechanism, and ・cut paper printer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A computer device equipped with a cut sheet printer capable of printing out code data and image data, comprising: a file storing a mixture of vertically long pages and horizontally long pages; A directory that includes a portrait/horizontal display area that displays whether a page is portrait or landscape; and a page that refers to the portrait/horizontal display area when printing a page and determines whether the page is portrait or landscape. an aspect determination mechanism that determines whether the code data of the page can be output to the cut paper printer, and outputs the code data of the page to the cut paper printer if the code data of the page can be output to the cut paper printer; and a dot conversion mechanism that converts the code data of the page into image data when the length/width determination mechanism determines that the code data of the page cannot be output to the cut paper printer; an editing device that rotates the page converted into image data by 90 degrees and outputs the image data of the page to the cut paper printer.