JPH0410849A - Printer for font - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print out a designated font at a designated location of print paper by storing sequentially information read from an original to a location corresponding to a print storage means and printing out the information. CONSTITUTION:A cursor 2b is moved to a desired position by the operation of a key 2c on an LCD screen 2a sectioned in a matrix, then the location of the cursor is displayed in black, a shape of a desired font is formed on the screen by repeating the operation and the desired shape is entered by entering an end key. Moreover, a same size as the size of the original is set on the LCD screen 2a, the cursor 2b is moved on the screen by the operation of a key 2c to the position of the desired font for printout on the screen corresponding to the original and the end key is operated when the cursor reaches the desired position. Then the shape of the font and the position information are stored to a designated position in a RAM by the key entry. Thus, a font with an optional shape is printed out on a desired position of the print paper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a device that is included in facsimile machines, digital copying machines, etc., and that prints fonts on printing paper for these machines.

(b) Prior art and problems to be solved by the present invention For example, when a document is sent by facsimile, a desired font is automatically assigned to each sheet of paper on which the document is printed and received in order to clearly identify the sender of the document. It would be convenient if it could be printed (for example, the company's symbol mark). Here, font usually means a font, and here refers to the form of characters that include not only letters but also numbers and symbols. Conventionally, there has been a demand for facsimile machines, digital copying machines, etc. to be equipped with the ability to print fonts, but no device is known that can meet this demand. Furthermore, when printing a font on printing paper, it is necessary to consider the printing position and form.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a font printing device that can be suitably installed in facsimiles and the like.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a font printing device that allows the user to arbitrarily specify the printing position and form in which the font is to be printed on printing paper.

(C) Means for Solving the Problems This invention provides a form specifying means for specifying the form of a desired font to be printed, and a position specifying means for specifying the position on the printing paper at which the font is to be printed. , a print information storage means for storing form information of a font specified by the form specifying means at a position specified by the position specifying means; and a print information storage means for reading a document and sequentially storing the information of the read document in the print information storage means. The apparatus is configured to include means for writing in corresponding positions, and print output means for sequentially printing out information on the format of the document and font stored in the print information storage means.

(D) Function In this invention, the user arbitrarily stores the position and form of the font printed on the printing paper in the print storage means using the position and form specifying means. The information read from the original is sequentially stored in the corresponding positions of the print storage means, and then
The contents of the print storage means are sequentially read out and printed out. Therefore, the specified font format can be printed at the specified position on the printing paper.

(E) Embodiment FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of the case where the present invention is applied to a facsimile transmission section. In the first section, the reference numeral 1 surrounded by broken lines indicates an input/operation section, a CD (liquid crystal display) module 2 for inputting font position and format information, and an LCD control circuit that controls this LCD module 2. 3. An operation panel 4 provided with operation keys for performing facsimile transmission operations, etc.; and a microprocessor 5 that controls the operation panel 4 and the entire facsimile machine. Additionally, RAM (Random Access Memory) is used to store format information of the font to be printed in a designated location, and to temporarily store the image information of the read document before it is printed out.
6 is provided. Furthermore, an image processing circuit 7 is provided which performs image processing to sequentially read the original, convert the image information into parallel digital signals, and output the signals. The above CD control circuit 3, microprocessor 5, RAM 6
and the image processing circuit 7 are mutually connected by a bus 8,
The bus 8 is further connected to a contract transmitter (not shown) for transmitting printing information.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an input operation for setting the position and form information of a font to be printed on printing paper by the LCD monitor 2. FIG. In FIG. 2(A), move the cursor 2b onto the LCD screen 2a divided into a matrix using the 2 keys.
When you move to the desired position by operating C and operate the registration key, the position of the cursor turns black. By repeating this operation, the desired font form is formed on the screen, and by operating the end key, the desired font is displayed. The form is input.

In addition, in FIG. 2(B), set the same size as the original on the LCD screen 2a, and place the font on the screen corresponding to the original at the position of the desired font on the screen by operating the key 2c. Move the cursor 2b and operate the end key when it reaches the desired position.

The font format and position information can be changed using the above key operations.
It is applied to the RAM 6 through the CD control circuit 3, and
The format information of the registered font is stored in a designated position of the storage area corresponding to the size of the document.

FIG. 3 shows a detailed circuit diagram of the image processing circuit 7 and the document reading section. In FIG. 3, a document 11 is fed by a motor 12, and image information for one line illuminated by a light source 13 is transmitted to an image sensor 1 via an optical system.
It is accumulated in 4. The microprocessor 5 is the motor 1
2, the start of reading the original is identified by the signal from the reading start sensor 15, and the current reading position of the original is identified by counting the rotational pulses of the motor from the start. Further, the microprocessor 5 controls the sensor drive circuit 16 and reads out one row of image information stored in the image sensor 14 to the shading correction circuit 17. The shading correction circuit 17 corrects photoelectric distortion caused by the photoelectric conversion output, and the sample-and-hold circuit 1
Output to 8. The sample-and-hold circuit 18 outputs sampled image information to a comparator 19 and also outputs a level generation signal to a level generation circuit 20. The level generation circuit 20 obtains a reference slice level, and the comparator 1
Give to 9. The comparator 19 compares the input analog image signal with the slice level and outputs it as a binary image signal, and converts it to an analog/digital (A/D) converter 21 and a serial/parallel (S/P) converter 22. The image information is outputted to the bus 8 via each of them, and the image information is sequentially written into the storage area of the RAM 6 at the position corresponding to the original.

When the writing of one page of the original into the RAM 6 is completed, the microprocessor 5 identifies the end of writing from the amount of rotation of the motor 12. As a result, the image information of the document is stored in the storage area of the RAM 6 at the position corresponding to the document, and the image information of the document is printed at the desired position of the document (format information of the set font is stored together with the image information). will be done.

Next, the microprocessor 5 sequentially reads out the contents stored in the RAM 6 and sends them to the transmitter. Thus, information including font format information at a specified position on the print paper is transmitted together with the image information to the print head, and is printed on the print paper by the facsimile on the receiving side. Furthermore, when the printout of one page of the contents of RAM 6 is completed, the contents of RAM 6 are erased.
Information on the position and form of the font, which is also stored in another memory (not shown), is transferred to the RAM 6 and reset, and is prepared for temporary storage and printout of the next document.

Note that the print position information specified by the font is also stored in the microprocessor 5, and the specified position is compared with the current reading position of the document. When the specified position and the current reading position match, R
If the configuration is configured so that the font format information is printed out from the AM6, the image information of the document is not temporarily stored in the RAM 6 (the image information of the document is directly printed out from the image processing circuit 7, and the image information of the document is directly printed out at the specified position. When the font size is reached, the format information of the font can be printed out as well.

In the above embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a facsimile machine has been described, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and can be similarly applied to a digital copying machine.

(f) Effects This invention allows a font of any type to be printed at a desired position on the printing paper, so it is possible for the user to print a company's company logo on the printing paper. You can use it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the input operation for the position and format in which the font of the present invention should be printed, and FIG. 3 is an image of FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a detailed configuration diagram of a processing circuit and an image reading section. 1... Input/operation unit, 2... LCD module, 3
...LCD control circuit, 5...Micro processor,
6...RAM, 7...image processing circuit. (4 other people)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A form specifying means for specifying the form of the desired font to be printed; a position specifying means for specifying the position on the printing paper where the font is to be printed; printing information storage means for storing form information of the font designated by the form specification means; means for reading a manuscript and sequentially writing the information of the read manuscript into corresponding positions of the printing information storage means;
A font printing device comprising: print output means for sequentially printing out information on the format of the document and font stored in the print information storage means.