JPH04128918A - Re-editing device for print spool data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print while emphasizing printing of a line and a page including a specific character string, and to print only the specific character string by attaching a print spool data edit definition material on print spool data, and re-editing and printing the print spool data based on the material when print is performed. CONSTITUTION:The print spool data edit definition material 6 is attached on the print spool data 4, and only the specific character string, or the line and the page including the character string defined from the print spool data 4 are selected based on the print spool data edit definition material 6 on which the print spool data is added when the print is performed, and only the specific character string out of selected ones is emphasized and printed. In such a way, by adding the print spool data edit definition material 6 on the print spool data 4, and re-editing and printing the print spool data 4 based on the material when the print is performed, it is possible to easily print the specific character string, the line and the page including the character string, or to print only the specific character string by emphasizing.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a re-editing device that re-edits print spool data at the time of printing, a print spool data editing definition is added to the print spool data, and the print spool data is re-edited based on this at the time of printing. The purpose of editing and printing is to print specific character strings, lines containing character strings, pages, etc., or to print only specific character strings with emphasis, and the character code, borders, etc. that are to be printed are edited. print spool data, a specific character string from this print spool data, or a line containing this character string,
A print spool data editing definition body that defines selection information for selecting only pages, etc. and emphasis information for emphasizing only specific character strings is added to the above print spool data, and when printing,
Based on this added print spool data editing definition, select only the specific character string defined from the print spool data, or only the lines, pages, etc. that include this character string, and only select the specific character string from among the selected characters. Configure so that it is edited and printed with emphasis.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a re-editing device that re-edits print spool data during printing.

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Conventionally, there has been no function for re-editing print spool data in which print data of an editing method is stored in a magnetic disk device at the time of printing. For this reason, it is possible to extract and print only the lines of necessary information from the print spool data stored in the magnetic disk device during compilation, etc., or to emphasize specific character strings to make them easier to see. There was a problem that there was no need to extract lines containing specific characters (for example, ERROR) from the print spool data,
When highlighting specific characters in red, the user must create an input/output program that temporarily retrieves and stores print spool data from the magnetic disk device into memory, and edits the print spool data retrieved into memory. There is a problem in that it is necessary to spend the troublesome effort of creating, editing, and printing a program. Moreover, when editing, the print spool data includes various control orders for the printing device, making the editing process extremely complicated.

The present invention adds a print spool data editing definition to print spool data, re-edits and prints the print spool data based on this at the time of printing, and prints specific character strings, lines containing character strings, pages, etc. The purpose is to print and emphasize and print only specific character strings.

C. Means for solving the problem] Means for solving the problem will be explained with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, print spool data 4 is print data for editing methods such as character codes and ruled lines to be printed.

The print spool data editing definition body 6 is an editing definition body that defines selection information for selecting only a specific character string or a line or page containing the character string from the print spool data 4, and emphasis information for emphasizing only a specific character string. It is.

[Effect]

As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention provides print spool data 4
A print spool data editing definition 6 is added to the print spool data editing definition 6, and when printing, only a specific character string defined from the print spool data 4 or a line or page containing the character string is created based on the added print spool data editing definition 6. , and only a specific string of selected characters will be highlighted and printed.

Therefore, by adding the print spool data editing definition body 6 to the print spool data 4, and re-editing the print spool data 4 based on this at the time of printing and printing, a specific character string, a line containing the character string, etc. It is easily possible to print only a page or to print only a specific character string with emphasis.

〔Example〕

Next, the configuration and operation of one embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail using FIGS. 1 to 3.

In FIG. 1, a print data creation program 1 is a program that creates print data.

The spooler 2 stores the print data output from the print data creation program 1 in the magnetic disk unit W3 as print spool data 4.

The magnetic disk device 3 stores print spool data 4, print spool data editing definition body 6, and the like.

Here, the print spool data editing information 4-1 added to the print spool data 4 shown by the dotted line is added after converting the print spool data editing definition body 6 into an executable object format.

The print spool data 4 stores print data of an editing method for characters, ruled lines, etc., and stores print data as shown in FIG. 3 fat, for example.

The source data creation program 5 is a program for a user to define and create a print spool data editing definition body 6.

The print spool data editing definition body 6 is created by the user using the source data creation program 5 and stored in the magnetic disk device 3, and is used to edit specific character strings from the print spool data 4, lines and pages containing the character strings. This is an editing definition that defines selection information for selecting only a specific character string, and emphasis information for emphasizing only a specific character string (described later using Figure 3).

The print spool data editing command 7 converts the print spool data editing definition body 6 stored in the magnetic disk device W3 into an executable object format, and adds it to the print spool data 4 as illustrated print spool data editing information 4-1. It is something.

When the writer 8 takes out the print data in the print spool data 4 from the magnetic disk unit W3 and prints it, the writer 8 re-edits the print data according to the attached print spool data editing information 4-1, and after the editing. This print data is output to the printing device 9.

The printing device 9 prints based on the re-edited print data output from the writer 9 (see FIG. 3(C)).

Next, the operation of the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail in accordance with the order shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 and with reference to a specific example shown in FIG.

(11 The print data output from the print data creation program
Stores the 0BOL compile list.

(2) The user uses the source data creation program 5 and creates the print spool data editing definition body 6 as shown in FIG.
Create the print spool data editing definition body 6 shown in l,
It is stored in the magnetic disk drive W3 (FIG. 2 0), where:
(Figure 3) In the print spool data editing definition body 6, ■ is a selection process, and ■ is an emphasis process (see Figure 3 below).
(see explanation).

(3) When the user calls the print spool data edit command 7 and instructs it to edit according to the mark I11 spool data edit definition body 6 created in (2), the print spool data edit command 7 executes this print spool data edit. The definition program 6 is converted into an executable object format and added to the print spool data 4 as illustrated print spool data editing information 4-1 (FIG. 2@).

(4) When the user issues a print instruction, when the writer 8 extracts the print data from the print spool data 4 instructed from the magnetic disk device 3, the writer 8 re-edits it according to the attached print spool data editing information 4-1. After that, the edited print data is sent to the printing device 9 (FIG. 2 0).

(5) The printing bag W9 prints based on the print data sent in (4), and prints, for example, a list as shown in FIG. 3 (C1).

As described above, the print spool data editing information 4-1 is added to the print spool data 4, and it is possible to select and print only a specific character string, a line or page with a character string, or even select a specific character string. It becomes possible to easily print by emphasizing (designating color attributes, changing character type) only the text.

FIG. 3 shows a detailed illustration of the invention.

FIG. 3 fat shows an example of print spool data.

This is an example of print spool data 4 stored in the magnetic disk device 3 of FIG. 1, and is an example of a COBOL compile list.

FIG. 3 (bl shows an example of the print spool data editing definition body 6. This is an example of the print spool data editing definition body 6 stored in the magnetic disk device 3 of FIG. 1, and FIG. For spool data 4, (1) selection processing and (2) emphasis processing are defined.

■The selection process is a line selection process here, and is shown in FIG.
"ERROR" is written in the 100th column of al print spool data 4.
This is a definition that if there is a character string ", print that line. To be more specific, only the line where "ERROR" is written in the 100th column of Figure 3 (a) is extracted and printed. do.

- Emphasis processing prints the character string "ERROR" in red. This prints out "ERROR" among the character strings in the line extracted in the selection process (1), highlighting it in red. To be more specific, ① control orders defining the color red are inserted for each of the character strings "ERROR" in the line extracted in the selection process, and printed based on these. Note that the highlighting process may include changing the character type in addition to the color.

Figure 3 (C1 shows a printing example, this is Figure 3 fa+
FIG. 3 shows an example in which the print spool data 4 is re-edited and printed based on the selection process and emphasis process of the bl print spool data editing definition body 6.

Here, the print data of the line containing the character string "ERROR" in the 100th column is extracted, and the character string "ERROR" is further emphasized and printed in red.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, a configuration is adopted in which the print spool data editing definition body 6 is added to the print spool data 4, and the print spool data 4 is re-edited based on this at the time of printing and printed. Therefore, it is possible to print only a specific character string in the print spool data 4, a line containing the character string, a page, etc., or to print only a specific character string with emphasis. As a result, the user can dynamically edit print data simply by defining the print spool data editing definition body 6, without modifying the print data creation program I or creating a new editing program. This makes it possible to select and highlight only the desired character strings and print them.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a detailed diagram for explaining the present invention. In the diagram, l: print data creation program 2 print spooler 3rm disk device 4: print spool data 4-1: print spool data editing information 5: source data creation program 6: print spool data editing definition body 7: print spool data editing Command 8 Niwriter 9: Printing device

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a re-editing device that re-edits print spool data at the time of printing, the print spool data (4) in which character codes, ruled lines, etc. to be printed are edited, and a specific The print spool data editing definition body (6) that defines selection information for selecting only a character string or a line or page containing this character string, and emphasis information for emphasizing only a specific character string is added to the above print spool data (4). , and at the time of printing, only a specific character string defined from the print spool data (4) based on the added print spool data editing definition body (6), or only the lines, pages, etc. that include this character string. A print spool data re-editing device characterized in that the print spool data re-editing device is configured to select and edit/print only a specific character string among the selected characters.