JPH04130963A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set up standardized paper in a printer and to prevent the generation of misprinting in a printing direction by displaying the setting direction of the paper at the time of printing data on the paper based upon decision obtained operator's printing data relating to format information and printing processing. CONSTITUTION:The setting direction of printing paper, especially a postal card having a high additional value, which is determined by a printer built in an information processor 1 or a printer connected to the processor 1 is displayed on a display device 2. After setting up a printing condition, a postal card discriminating position indicating whether printing paper is a postal card or not is formed on the display means. When the printing paper required by an operator is a postal card, the display part indicating the setting direction of the postal card is displayed on the display device 2. When data to be processed by the operator are not a postal card, printing processing is directly started from the setting of a printing condition. Since the operator can check the document format of a postal card displayed on the upper right part of the display screen, misprinting due to the missetting of paper on the printer can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that outputs information using a printing device, and is provided with a function of guiding an operator in the direction in which paper is to be set.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of information processing device, the information processing section and the printing section are either completely independent as separate devices, or the information processing section and the printing section are integrated in the same housing. Broadly classified. The former is an independent information processing device that can be connected to various printing devices depending on its intended use, whereas the latter information processing device has an information output means that does not rely on the built-in printing device. Information is generally output using a built-in printing device.

There are various printing methods for printing devices, but the price of the printing device itself is the same regardless of whether the printing section is independent or built-in.

2. Description of the Related Art Printing devices using a thermal transfer method are widely used because of their print quality and quietness during printing.

In the case of these thermal transfer printing devices, a ribbon cartridge containing an ink ribbon capable of winding printing paper fed by a horizontal platen is positioned parallel to the platen axis, and the ribbon cartridge is moved back and forth in the left and right directions. Printing is performed by

In most of the various thermal transfer printing devices, the direction in which paper is set in the printing device is set in advance based on the unique printing conditions of the printing device and condition settings determined by the operator during information processing.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional technology described above, due to the configuration of the printing device, it is best to print horizontally to the platen axis, that is, to print along the platen axis to shorten the printing process time, improve printing position precision, and improve the ink ribbon. In order to make efficient use of the paper, the orientation of the paper and the printed information (hereinafter referred to as the vertical and horizontal direction of the paper, or the vertical and horizontal writing of printed characters) and the positional relationship between the platen axis and the orientation of the paper in the printing device should be determined as follows: There was.

As an example, on a rectangular printing paper whose four sides are a short side and a long side, the printing process was established under the following printing conditions.

(1) Paper direction Portrait text direction Vertical paper setting direction Landscape (2) paper direction Portrait text direction Vertical paper setting direction Portrait (3) paper direction Landscape text direction Vertical paper setting direction Portrait (4) paper direction Horizontal character direction Horizontal writing paper setting direction Because of the relationship beyond the horizontal length, users set printing paper in the printing device based on print processing information displayed in characters on the information processing device.

However, the print information displayed by this type of information processing device has been difficult to display since the user cannot easily express the relationship between the printing device and the printing paper while the user is processing the information, that is, while using the device. The difference in the set was often noticed during or after the printing process, which was extremely inconvenient to use and became a problem.

Particularly when it comes to printing on standard-sized paper, printing information processing for the standard-sized paper is performed, and if the above-mentioned problem occurs, the loss can be very large.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a printing device (hereinafter referred to as a printer) to print information displayed by the information processing device based on the printing conditions given when performing standard paper printing information processing in an information processing device. The positional relationship between the data and the standard paper is determined from the format of the standard paper (for example, paper direction: direction of one character vertically: vertical writing), and when inputting the user's desired data for print processing, the information processing device is integrated or separate. A guide display is provided for displaying the printing set position of the standard paper to the operator in a schematic diagram after printing from a display device configured as a unit.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, when an operator starts printing processing work,
The initial conditions for operating the information processing device and the setting direction of the printer and the printing position of the standard paper specified in advance in the printer discrimination function are stored as format information when the paper format is selected, and the format information and printing from the operator regarding the print process are stored as format information. Judging from the data, displays the loading direction when printing standard paper.

The operator can follow and confirm the display, and by setting standard paper in the printer, it is possible to prevent printing in the wrong printing direction.

〔Example〕

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, taking a postcard, which is a type of standard paper, as an example.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the information processing apparatus according to the present invention when an operator is performing print processing. The operator uses input device 3
The user is now inputting data and setting a postcard 4 while looking at the display section 2 of the printer-integrated information processing device 1 that has a built-in printer.

The flowchart in FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of how an operator starts information processing work, performs print processing, and finishes information processing work.

Next, the operating procedure seen from the operator's side will be explained along the flowchart of FIG. These can be accessed by the operator from the information processing device 1.
The initial set Sll is activated by performing information processing operations. After operation, the type of printer connected to the information processing apparatus is determined in printer determination S12. Of course, since the information processing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a built-in printer, printer determination S12 is fixed.

Further, when performing information processing such as document creation, the operator presets the desired print paper type, paper direction, character direction (hereinafter referred to as document format), etc. in condition setting 813.

At this time, in the information processing device 1 with a built-in printer and the information processing device with a separate printer, the type of printing paper and the direction in which the paper is set during printing are determined by the constraints unique to the printer, so the operator must Conditions are set within those constraints. A detailed embodiment of the print process flow from the start to the end of the print process 16 will be described below with reference to FIG.

Printing condition setting S21 is for setting desired printing conditions for print data processed from input data, and instructs the number of copies to be printed, the paper feeding method, the section to be printed, and the like.

When setting this printing condition setting S21, the operator sets items for setting each condition from the display section 6. In the prior art, the printing condition setting by the operator is completed at this point.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the printing paper setting direction is determined from the printer built into the information processing device or the connected printer. is illustrated on the display device. The displaying means is provided with a postcard determination point S22 to determine whether the printing paper is a postcard or not after the printing condition setting S21.

If the printing paper desired by the operator is a postcard, the display section 2 displays the postcard setting direction in S23. If the operator determines that the data to be processed is not a postcard, printing processing S24 is started directly from printing condition setting S21.

Next, FIG. 4 shows an example of display of the postcard setting direction.

It is shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7.

In order to emphasize the printer itself, Figure 4 shows the printer's platen shaft 5, a platen knob 6 at the tip of which is used to manually set printing paper, and an ink ribbon cartridge 7 that moves back and forth left and right along the platen shaft. . The printing paper displayed so as to be wrapped around the platen shaft 5 is a postcard 4, and the document format display state of the postcard 4 input by the operator is simultaneously displayed on the upper right corner of the display section 2.

The postcard setting direction shown in FIG. 4 is the horizontal direction of the postcard.

Indicates the case of horizontal writing. In this case, the printing format and the direction of the postcard match the paper setting direction of the printer. In this way, the operator can confirm the postcard format determined by himself/herself.

Similarly, in FIG. 5, the format of the postcard and the direction in which the paper is set are the same.

However, the format shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and the direction in which the paper is set in the printer do not match. The document format of the postcard in Figure 6 is paper direction, vertical character direction, vertical paper setting direction, and landscape orientation.

In addition, regarding FIG. 7, the paper direction, the direction of horizontally long characters, and the setting direction of vertically written paper are vertically long, so the formats of FIGS. 6 and 7 do not conceptually match the setting direction. The reason for this is as stated in the prior art section above.

As is clear from this example, if the document format of the postcard desired by the operator and the direction in which the postcard is set during printing do not match,
Although there was a risk of printing errors on postcards, by providing a postcard setting direction guide display, the operator can set postcards by following the setting direction guidance when printing.

At this time, the operator can confirm the document format of the postcard shown in the upper right corner of the display section, and this also has the effect of reducing printing errors caused by incorrectly setting paper in the printer.

In addition, the print process desired by the operator may be such that the print process S16 is frequently performed in a frequently used format depending on the operator.
There may be cases where the set of postcards is already clear to the operator. In this case, the direction in which the postcard is set can be arbitrarily selected at the time of setting the printing conditions so that the printing process starts without displaying the setting direction of the postcard.

In other words, by providing a display judgment point for the postcard loading direction,
If the operator selects no display, the postcard setting direction guidance can be omitted, which also has the effect of speeding up the printing process.

Furthermore, although this embodiment has been described using postcards as an example, the present invention can also be easily applied to standard paper on which printing fields, processing items, etc. have already been printed, and the same effect can be obtained.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, when processing print information on standard paper, the format of the standard paper and the direction in which it is set in the printer can be displayed on the display device, so that the operator can print the standard paper according to the guidance. By setting the paper in the printer, it is possible to reduce printing errors caused by setting the paper in the wrong direction.

In addition, the means for allowing the operator to arbitrarily select the display process for the paper setting direction has the effect that if the operator does not select the paper setting direction display, the information processing time on the setting direction display section can be shortened. .

[Brief Description of the Drawings] Figure 1 is a perspective view of the information processing device when an operator is performing print processing, Figure 2 is a flowchart of the printer-integrated information processing device, and Figure 3 is details of the print processing. FIGS. 4 to 7 are flowcharts showing guide displays showing the postcard setting direction displayed on the display section. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Printer integrated information processing device, 2... Display unit, 3... Input device, 4... Postcard, 5... Platen shaft, 6... Platen knob, 7... Ink ribbon cartridge .

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Means for processing information input from the outside, print processing means for outputting information from an electrically connected information output device when outputting information to the outside, and means for displaying information on a display device. What is claimed is: 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: means for displaying a standard paper setting direction on an information output device using a display device during standard paper printing processing of the information processing apparatus. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a schematic diagram after printing on a standard paper is displayed on the display device.