JPH04148966A - Printing controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To designate an opening angle and an inclining angle optionally by determining the opening angle of an arc designated by an alignment designating means on the basis of the input angle and aligning/printing a character string within the determined range. CONSTITUTION:The display of types I-IV indicates, respectively, to align a character string in a designated line in the shape of an arch (arc), an inverse arch, to slant the character string right upwards or right downwards. The angle represents an opening angle of an arc theta formed by the character string when the type I or II is designated. On the other hand, when the type II or IV is designated as the character alignment, an inclining angle of the character string becomes the angle theta. A desired angle can be set by moving a cursor 2 and inputting a numerical value of the angle through a ten key or the like of the inputting means.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to a printing control device.

(b) Conventional technology Currently, document processing devices called word processors:
Convert input string into arc, reverse arc, right]
Products that have a function that allows array printing (hereinafter referred to as multi-direct) along arbitrary array shapes such as two-way, downward-sloping, etc. have appeared (for example, Japanese printers manufactured by Canon Co., Ltd. (Refer to the word processor CanoWord α50 manual ``Operation Guide - Word Processing Function Edition'').

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention Accordingly, in the conventional device described in Section 2, the expansion angle of the arc when the arc is arranged and the angle of inclination when the arrangement is tilted downward to the right, etc.
It is determined by the size of the area designated as the area where characters are printed by multidirect. Therefore, when it is desired to arrange character strings at a desired expansion angle or inclination angle, it is necessary to calculate and specify the size of the area in advance.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and the first feature is an apparatus capable of array printing character strings in an arbitrary array shape, which is capable of array printing. a means for specifying a character string to be displayed, a means for specifying a circular arc arrangement, a means for inputting an angle, and an expansion of the arc specified by the arrangement specifying means based on the angle input from the input means. The present invention is capable of determining the corner and also means for arranging and printing the character string specified by the character string specifying means within the determined range.

The second feature is a means for specifying a character string to be arranged and printed, a means for specifying an inclined arrangement such as right 1-ri, right-hand, etc., a means for inputting an angle, and a means for inputting an angle. Based on the input angle, -1- Determine the inclination angle at the time of inclined arrangement specified by the arrangement specifying means; and at the same time, print the character string specified by the character string specifying means at the determined angle. The purpose is to have the means to do so.

(e) Operation According to this configuration, the expansion angle and the inclination angle can be specified arbitrarily.

(f) Example First, an overview of the present invention will be explained.

As shown in Figure 1, a document that is being created or has been created is displayed on the display section (1), and the cursor is placed in a predetermined area of the document, such as the first line of the document displayed on the display section (1). Assume that (2) is in position. In addition, in the figure (3a
)(3b) indicates left and right margins, and "." indicates a space. At this time, when a multi-direct command is input from the input means (not shown in Figure 1), it is assumed that multi-direct printout is specified for the first line marked 2 at the time of printing. , as shown in Figure 2, the display section (
1) Displays a screen requesting input of the printing format. Note that, hereinafter, the line in the document where the cursor (2) is positioned at the time the multidirect command is input will be referred to as a designated line.

As is clear from FIG. 2, there is a plurality of format data displayed on this screen -1-, and each will be explained below.

(1) Character arrangement This format data specifies the character arrangement type in the I-notation specified line, and the position indicated as "Type I" in Figure 2;
When you move the cursor (2) to 75 and enter a specific key (for example, "conversion key") in the input means, the display above the cursor position will change from "Type ■" → "Type 11J → "Type! II"
It changes cyclically as follows: J → "Type ■" → "None" → "Type T" →. +7 Types 1 to ■ Displays the character strings in the specified line as shown in Figures 3 (a) to (d): ■ Arrange the character strings in an arch (circular arc) ■ Arrange in a reverse arch (reverse arc) ■ Arrange to the right (1-1) Indicates to arrange to the right (J-way).

Note that the display "None" indicates that multidirection is not performed for the specified line indicated by -I-.

(ii) When the character arrangement format is specified as Type I or Type IT, the angular book format data is as shown in Figure 3 (a) (b).
) is the expansion angle θ of the arc where the character string is arranged, while the character arrangement format is type Il+ or type■
When this is specified, the array inclination angle θ of the character string is indicated as shown in FIGS. 3(c) and 3(cl). In addition, this angle data can be set to a desired value by moving the cursor (2) to the position indicated as "θ゛" in Figure 2 and inputting a numerical value indicating the angle using the numeric keypad etc. in the input means. Can be set.

(iii) Character size This format data specifies the character size for multi-direct printing. Specifically, move the cursor (2) to the position indicated by "m" in Figure 2. You can specify the vertical magnification by inputting a numerical value using the numeric keypad etc. in the input means, and you can specify the horizontal magnification by moving the cursor (2) to the position where "rn" is displayed and inputting a numerical value. You can specify the magnification in the direction. Note that the character size that is the basis of the writing magnification is the size (for example, full-width, half-width, etc.) specified in the text IF input as shown in FIG.

(iv) Line pitch This format data indicates the line pitch between the specified line and the next line, and by moving the cursor (2) to the position indicated as rLPIJ in Fig. Numbers from 0 to 15 can be entered at the position using a numeric keypad or the like.

-I-rLP], when the numerical value "]5" is input and displayed as J, the numerical value is calculated based on the above character arrangement data, angle data, character size data, etc., as will be explained in detail later. is the line pitch (hereinafter referred to as automatically set line pitch), and this value is r LP2J in Fig. 2.
will be displayed at the position indicated.

On the other hand, as rl and PIJ, the number f11E'Q J~'
) When my input is displayed, numerical values set in 15 steps based on the above-mentioned automatically set line pitch are associated with each other as the line pitch and displayed at the positions indicated as rLP2J. Specifically, if the automatic setting line pitch is now 120 mm, the r□J ~ "14
The row pitch corresponds to ``romm'', ``10m,'' respectively.
'20mm'', r30mmJ,...r120mm
”, “130mmJ, 7140mm” and will be displayed at the r LP2J display position. Furthermore, -
1- It is not possible to input numerical values directly into the display position rLr'2J using a numeric keypad or the like.

(v) Print width This format data indicates the width of paper-42 on which the specified line is printed. , can be set arbitrarily by inputting a numerical value indicating the desired width using a numeric keypad, etc., and the numerical value can be set arbitrarily by inputting a numerical value indicating the desired width using a numeric keypad or the like. ．． 1 display position.

In addition, although it has been explained that the above-mentioned data such as "arrangement of characters", "angle", "character size", "line pitch J", and "printing width j" are set only by being input from the input means, In reality, default values are set and displayed for each data, so subsequent input is equivalent to changing the data.

(vl) Number of effective characters This format data indicates the number of characters that can actually be printed when arranged as shown in Figure 3 (a) to (d), and angle data as will be explained in detail later. etc., etc., and is automatically calculated and displayed at the r ECJ display position in FIG.

(■1) Character pitch This format data is the character pitch when printing when the character arrangement is set to Type III or Type ■ (Figure 3 (
C)). Specifically, as will be explained in detail later, it is automatically calculated based on angle data, etc., and is displayed at the rpJ display position in FIG. Also,
This number f+Ii can be changed as desired by moving the cursor (2) to the display position of "1-■)" and inputting the number (1tffi) using the numeric keypad or the like.

(viii) Sample display area The frame surrounded by the dotted line in Figure 2 is the sample display area (4
), and patterns as shown in FIGS. 3(a) to 3(d) are displayed in the area (4) corresponding to the character arrangement data and angle data.

Next, character pitch P, number of effective characters EC, line pitch L I
'2 The heading method will be explained.

The arrangement form of Type ■ and Type IT is basically line symmetrical, so the calculation method will be explained using Type ■ as a representative example, while the arrangement form of Type II+ and Type ■ is also basically symmetrical. Since type II+ is line symmetrical, type II+ will be explained as a typical example.

A. Data calculation method for type ■ First, the number of effective characters EC is calculated based on the following 0-0 formula. Note that the size of the characters specified during document input is assumed to be J=C11 mm x C1-1 mm for convenience of explanation.

θ゛=θ/2...
・0mmmXCH-,■! Co'=nXCIIXα (α is a constant greater than or equal to 1)...
■S = (m sinθ' ten cosθ)/2
−・・■r = (1, −2S)/2sinθ′・・■
, ', EC-2w (r - m /2 ) θ/360
n + 1πθ(r −m')/360n'→-
1...■Specifically'' - Each formula is shown in Figure 4 (a,) (b)
To explain this based on the following, the formula (①) is the expansion angle of the arc in which the character strings are arranged, ゛V, and the value θ, as is clear from Fig. 4(a).
′ is calculated. Equation 00 is used to calculate the vertical and horizontal sizes m'Xn' of characters during printing, as shown in FIG. 4(b). Also, as is clear from Figure 4 (1)), formula 0 calculates the distance S between the middle c, 1 of the character located at the left end and the left end M1 of the printing area, and the formula is written in This is for calculating the radius of an arc that can be formed during the full printing width and has an expansion angle of θ based on the results of formulas 1 to 2. Furthermore, formula (2) is a formula for calculating the number of effective characters EC based on the results of formulas (1) to (2). The basic idea of this formula is that an arc - (-
The objective is to calculate the number of characters that can be arranged when arranging characters with a character width of n.

In addition, the horizontal size n'' of the printed characters in the above formula (■) is not simply calculated as r nX Ct (J, but is further multiplied by 6. Usually, the above α is r 1., 2
It is preferable to set it to about J. In addition, below, I-description α
is called the character pitch complement constant.

Next, the calculation of the row pitch lp will be explained, and such calculation is performed based on 4-notes (1) to (4), equations 0, and equations 0 to 0 shown below.

r'=rcosθ1...■t=
(m'cosθ'+n'sinθ')/2-・■,'
, 1. P2=(r+m/2-r+t)X
a (α' is a constant greater than or equal to 1)...■ The above formula ■, as is clear from Figure 4 (a), has a median line C,
The distance r' between the center R of the arc and the point of intersection with a straight line that is perpendicular to the median line C and passes through the center of the characters placed at the left and right ends is calculated. In addition, formula (2) is the distance t between a straight line passing through the center of the characters placed on the left and right ends and perpendicular to the median line C, and a straight line parallel to the straight line and passing through the lowest point of the characters placed on the left and right ends. is calculated. ■The formula calculates the line pitch correction constant α' to the distance between the intersection of the straight line passing through the lowest point of the character above and median line C and the lowest point of the character placed on median line C.
1. This is calculated as P2. Incidentally, the above constant α' is used to set an appropriate distance between adjacent rows, and is preferably set to approximately r ], , 3 J.

B. Data calculation method for type II+ First, the character pitch P is calculated based on the following equation 2'. Note that the character size specified during document input is assumed to be CH1+mm for convenience of explanation.

,', P=CI(XnXα (a is a constant of 1 or more)・■ Note that 1-α is the same character pitch correction constant as in the formula ”-■.

Further, the calculation of the number of effective characters EC is performed based on the equations (1) to (2) and the equations (2) to (2) shown below.

h = mX CII-■ i! ,,=hsinθ...■12=l −N,...■'II' = l t/cosθ...■',', EC
=ffi'/P ・・・■Specifically, using FIG. 5, the above formula
The height h of the area where characters are arranged is calculated.

■The formula is to calculate the distance 11 between the two most points in the area where characters are arranged and the right edge M2 of the printing area, and the formula is
``Based on the result calculated from the formula'', the distance j between the most -1- point in the second paragraph and the left end M1 of the printing area is calculated. (2) Formula is used to calculate the length e' of the area where characters are arranged. The formula ``■'' calculates the number of effective characters EC based on the results of the formulas ``■'' and ``2''.

Next, the method for calculating the row pitch gp will be explained. The pitch is calculated based on the following formulas 1' to 2'.

hl='! ×tanθ...■h,=
h Xcosθ...■,', i p
= (1)++ h t)

In the following, the method for calculating the data necessary for multi-direct printing has been explained. Next, the actual printing mode will be explained.

Now, for the first row in Figure 1, the multi-day l/
It is assumed that the site format has been set.

Angle 120 character sequence
Type ■ Character size 4x x 4x line pitch LPI = 15 Print width 150mm If set like this, the effective number of characters EC will be "month",
Also, LP2 is r 70.9mm. Therefore, the document shown in FIG. 1 is printed as shown in FIG. 6(a).

Furthermore, if the line pitch LPI set above is changed to "0", L P 2 becomes r Omm l , so the printing mode is such that the first line and the next line in the document are different as shown in Figure 6 (1)). Printed in completely overlapping form.

Next, set the multidirect format as follows.

Angle 30° Character arrangement Type I11 Character size 4 foil x 4 line pitch LPl, =] 5 Printing width 150mm With this setting, the effective number of characters EC is 10, and LP2 is rl 13.1mm4. Become. Therefore, the document shown in FIG. 1 is printed as shown in FIG. 6(C).

'' As is clear from Figure 6<a) and (b), when type ■ is specified as the character sequence, the spaces located before and after the character string rABCJ in the specified line are not printed ( (Hereinafter, this function will be referred to as space cut.)

Note that this function works similarly when type II is specified as the character arrangement.

On the other hand, as is clear from FIG. 6(C), when type III is specified as the character sequence, the character string [
The spaces before and after ABCJ are also printed as j symbols.

In addition, in FIGS. 6(a) to 6(C), the multi-direct printing area (5) is clearly indicated by dotted lines.

FIG. 7 shows a block circuit of a device to which the invention described above is applied.

In the figure, (10) is an input means, which includes a group of character keys (10) for inputting characters, symbols, etc., as shown in FIG.
], 01. ), a numeric keypad (102) for inputting numbers 0 to 9, a group of cursor movement keys (103) for instructing cursor movement, a designation key (104) for instructing multidirection, and a conversion key (105) for instructing conversion. and a print key (106) for instructing printing.

Returning to FIG. 7, (11) is a main control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and the main control section controls the various sections described below based on a built-in control program.

(]2) is a display section made of, for example, a liquid crystal or CRT;
(13) is a display control section, and this control section is a main control section (13).
Under the control of 1), display control is performed on the display section (12). (14) is a cursor position storage section, and the cursor position information on the display section (12) is stored in this storage section. Further, such information is changed by instructions from the main control section (11).

(15) is a document storage section in which documents that have been created or are being created are held line by line.

(16) is a format storage section, and this storage section consists of a default storage section (16a) and a setting value storage section (16b).

The default storage section (16a) stores a multi-direct format input format as shown in FIG. 2 and default values for each data. Further, in the setting value storage section (16b), various data for multidirection are stored for each line in the document where multidirection is specified, as shown in FIG. Specifically, the document storage unit (1
5) If the 10th line of the document in the document is specified as multi-direct, the value ``10'' is stored in the line number column in Figure 9, and the angle θ° and character arrangement are stored accordingly. Data such as type is stored.

(17) is a printer, which is a well-known printer such as an imprinter, serial printer, or page printer. (18) is a print control unit, which controls the printer based on the data stored in the document storage unit (15) and the setting value storage unit (16b) in response to the control from the main control unit (1). In (17), predetermined printing is performed.

(19) is a print position storage section, and the ↑α section contains line number 1, which is currently being processed by the print control section (18),
N is stored.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment based on the built-in program in the main control section (11). 1-', the operation will be explained based on this chart.

Now, assuming that the document input process is as shown in FIG.
10) Wait for input from. S2-S4 that continues when there is an input
In this step, it is determined which key in the input means (10) the input is based on.

In this determination, if it is determined that the designated key (104) is input, the main control unit (11)
Process step S18. In addition, the print key (1,06
) is input, 320 to 320 shown in FIG.
The processing of step S29 is entrusted to the print control section (18).

On the other hand, if it is determined that a key in the cursor movement key group (103) has been input, the process advances to step 85.

In step S5, the main control section (11) changes the information in the cursor position storage section (4) in response to the manual input of the key. Therefore, in response to such a change, the display section (],
2) The cursor position of J- will also be changed.

Note that the key input in step S1 is the designated key (
104), the print key (1, 06), or a key other than the cursor movement key, well-known document input processing is performed in step S6. Note that when steps S5 and S6 are completed, the process returns to step S1.

Next, use the flowchart in Figure 11 to select the specified key (1).
04) Explain the processing at the time of input.

First, in the SIO step, the display on the display section (2) changes from a display for inputting a document as shown in Figure 1 to a display for inputting a multidirect format as shown in Figure 2. At the same time, the row number and various data values are stored in the set value storage section (16b) in the S month step.

That is, in step 81.0, the main control section (11) reads out the format (format) stored in the default storage section (16a) and the default values of each data and displays them in the display control section (
]3) on the display unit (12). Also, Sl
In the l step, the cursor is placed at 11.5 points when the designated key (104) is input based on the information in the cursor position register α part (14);2. : Detects the line number - of the line in the document that was being read, stores it in the line number column in the setting value storage section (16b), and reads it out in the S]O step corresponding to this line number. Each set of data is stored in a predetermined column in the setting value storage section (16b).

When the processing of Sl, 1 step is completed, the main control unit (11
) waits for an input from the input means (10) in step S12. Then, when any key in the cursor movement key group (+03) is input, the cursor position information is changed in step 313 as in step S5.

When any key on the numeric keypad (102) is input, the process advances to step 514.

The process of step S14 will be specifically explained based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S]41, the cursor (2) on the display section (12)l moves to [θJ, r'! J.
Based on the information in the cursor position storage section (14), it is determined which of the positions displayed as "rLPIJ, rLP2", rrrB, and "n" is located. In this determination, if the θ position is determined, step 8142 is processed. In this step, the numerical value input in step S12 is displayed at the θ position 2, and the set value storage unit (
Change the contents of the θ column in 16b) to ``2 input numerical values.

Similarly, when it is determined that the position is 2 position, LP1 position, LP2 position, m position, or n position, steps 5143 to 5147 are selectively processed to display the numerical value input in step 812 at the above position, and The contents of the column in the setting value storage section (16b) corresponding to each position are changed to the above input numerical value.

8142~S] When step 47 is completed, then step 51
48 steps are processed, and in this step, the data in the type column in the setting value storage section (1613) is read out, and it is determined whether or not the data is "no" data.

When the data in 1- is not “not”,
At step 8149, the character pitch I), the effective number of characters EC and the line pitch LP2 are recalculated, and the set value storage unit (1
6b) and the display contents of the display section (12) J- are changed. Moreover, at the same time, the display contents of the sample display area (4) are also changed.

If it is determined in the S1 old step that the cursor (2) does not exist at any of the "-" registration positions, no subsequent processing is performed.

Returning to FIG. 11, in step S12, the conversion key is
If it is determined that (105) has been input, step 815 is processed.

The processing of 315 steps is shown in the flowchart of FIG.
This will be specifically explained based on 1-.

First, in step S]51, it is determined whether the cursor (2) exists at the position indicated as [Type J in FIG. 2 based on the information in the cursor position storage section (14). In such a determination, if it is determined that it is the "type" display position, in step 8152, the display content of the display position is changed according to the cyclic type described above, and the type column in the setting value storage unit (161) is changed. Also change the contents of

Continuation < At step 3153, it is determined whether the content of the type column changed at step 5152 is data of "no", and if it is not data of "no", the character is changed at step 8154 as in step 5149. Change the contents of pitch P, etc.

Note that if the cursor (2) does not exist at the "Type" display position in step 5151, steps 8152 to 5154 are not processed, and if the content of the type field is "no" in step 5153, 51 is not processed.
54 steps are not processed.

Returning to FIG. 11 again, if it is determined in step S12 that the designated key (1,04) has been input, step 516 is processed. In this step, the same judgment as in step 5153 is made, and when the data "No" is stored in the type column, the data set after the Sll step in the setting value storage section (16b) in step 31.7 is determined. Erase all data and proceed to step 81.8.

On the other hand, in the 81.6 step, the type field is set to "No".
If it is determined that data other than the above is stored, the process proceeds to step 51.8.

In step S18, the display contents of the display section (12) are changed to the first
Return to the document input screen as shown in the figure and end the multidirect format input.

Thereafter, the process returns to step S1. In addition, in step S12, the cursor key, numeric keypad, conversion key (1, 0
5) and when a key other than the designated key (104) is input, such key input is ignored.

Returning to FIG. 10, in step S3, the print key (1
06) is input, the main control section (11) causes the print control section (18) to execute processing based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

Specifically, when the print control section (18) is given control by the main control section (11), it first resets the content LN of the print position storage section (19) to "0" in step S20. This value LN indicates the processing line number in the document to be printed.

In the following step 821, the LN value written in ``2'' is increased by 1. Next, in step S22, it is determined whether or not the same value as the LN value written in 2 exists in the row No. column in the setting value storage section (1, 6b), and if it does not exist, the process is performed in step 323.
Proceed to step.

In step S23, the character string data in the LNth line of the document in the document storage section (15) is read out and changed into print data using a well-known method, and is output to the printer (17) for printing. When the S23 step is completed, the process goes to S.
Proceed to step 29.

Returning to step S22, if it is determined in such step that the object exists, the process proceeds to step S24.

In step S24, the data in the type column stored corresponding to the LN value stored in the row No. column is rIJ.
Or it is determined whether r II J or not.

In such a determination, if it is determined to be [IJ or r II J, the process advances to step 325. In step S25, the entire character string data of the LNth line including spaces is read out from the sentence storage section (15), and only the character string with spaces not located between characters removed is extracted. Specifically, the character string rABcJ is extracted in the first line of FIG. 1, and the character string r123J is extracted in the next line.

The process then proceeds to step S26. In this step, first, the number of characters (including spaces) constituting the character string extracted in step 325 is stored in the setting i1h storage unit (16
b) When the number of effective characters in the string is larger than the number of effective characters EC, only the number of effective characters EC from the beginning of the character string is left and the characters after that are removed. For example, if EC=2 when the character string r8BcJ is extracted in step S25, the character string to be printed will be rABJ.

Thereafter, in step S26, the printing position is determined so that the character string obtained by the above extraction is printed at equal intervals on a circular arc having the specified angle θ.

Specifically, if the number of characters in the extracted character string is CHN, the processing differs based on the CHN value. That is, (i) When Ct (N=O) Since there are no characters to be printed at this time, the printing position is simply changed (paper feeding, etc.) based on the line pitch LP2 in step 528.

(ii) When CHN = 1 At this time, the printing position is calculated so that the only character is printed at the left end of the arc explained in Figure 4, and the rotation angle with respect to the center line C of that character is set to θ/2. In the following step 828, the printer (17) prints based on the calculated position and rotation angle. Thereafter, as in the case (i) above, a printing position change process is performed to print the next line based on the line pitch LP2.

(iii) When CHN≧2 At this time, in order to arrange target characters at equal intervals on a predetermined circular arc, the expansion angle θ1 between adjacent characters is determined based on the following equation ( ]).

θ1=θ/(CI(N-1)...(1)t'/ As a result, if the center line C in Fig. 4 is the axis and the center R is the origin, it is arranged in an arc "-" The angle θ2 of the characters relative to axis C is θ, = θ/2−θ, (
N-1)...Given by (2). Note that N indicates the arrangement order when the leftmost character is the first character. Moreover, the above θ also becomes the rotation angle of square characters.

Therefore, as shown in Fig. 4, the position of each character (△X, △y) based on the intersection of the median line C and a predetermined circular arc is △x = r sin θ, −(3) △y
= r (1-cos θ1)=·(4). Furthermore, △
Xi, lt is the length of the middle mark in the fourth direction in Figure 4, and △y
indicates the length of the median line C in the extending direction.

Thereafter, in step 528, each character is converted to E+7 by the printer based on the L rotation angle θ2 and the position (ΔX, Δy), and the printing position is changed based on the line pitch LP2.

Returning to step 324 in FIG. 12, if the type data is determined to be r III J or "■" in this step, the process proceeds to step S27.

In this step, characters corresponding to the effective number of characters EC are extracted from the beginning of the character string (including spaces) in the LNth line in the document storage section (15).

Next, the rotation angle θ for each character in the extracted character string
2 and the printing position (△X, △y), but the rotation angle θ
2 are all the same as the angle θ, so no calculation is necessary. On the other hand, the printing position (△X, △y) is determined by the following formula using the leftmost character position (x, y) as a reference, as explained using FIG.

△x = x + (N - 1) cos θ - (5) △y =
y+(N-1)sin θ-(6) Then, in 328 steps, the rotation angle θ and the printing position of each character (ΔX
, Δy), each character is printed out by a printer (17). Also, after this printing, the setting value storage section (16b)
Printing position change processing is performed based on the middle line pitch LP2.

When the processing of the above 328 steps is completed, it is determined in the following 829 steps whether or not printing has been completed for all lines in the document, and if it is determined that printing has been completed, control is returned to the main control section (11) (Sl. Jump to the step.

(l.) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, since the user can specify the expansion angle for the arcuate arrangement and the inclination angle for the inclined arrangement, the user can easily perform the arrangement printing desired by the user.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 and 2 are schematic diagrams showing the display format of the display unit in the embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 3(a) to (()) are schematic diagrams for explaining the multidirect format, and FIG. Figure (a
)(b) and FIG. 5 are schematic diagrams for explaining the calculation method of various data in this embodiment, and FIGS. 6(a) to (C) are schematic diagrams for explaining specific examples of this embodiment. , FIG. 7 is a block circuit diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment, FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the input means of this embodiment, and FIG. 9 is for explaining the storage contents of the setting value storage section of this embodiment. Schematic diagram, Figures 10 to 1
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. (10)・Input means, (11)・Main control unit, (12)
...Display section, (15)...Document storage section, (+6b)
...Setting value storage section, (17) ...Printer, (18
)...Printing Control Department Applicant Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (1 other person) Patent attorney Takuji Nishino (2 others) Figure 5/≦'V'I No. 67 CD-) Cb) Figure 6 (C) Mai Tsukudaya

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A device capable of printing character strings in an arbitrary array shape, which includes means for specifying character strings to be arrayed and printed, means for specifying an arcuate arrangement, means for inputting an angle, and Based on the angle input from the input means, the expansion angle of the arc specified by the array specifying means is determined, and the character string specified by the character string specifying means is printed in an array within the determined range. A printing control device comprising: means. (2) A device capable of printing character strings in an arbitrary array shape, including a means for specifying character strings to be printed in an array, an upper right corner,
means for specifying an inclined arrangement such as downward to the right, means for inputting an angle, and determining the inclination angle for the inclined arrangement specified by the arrangement specifying means based on the angle input from the input means; A printing control device characterized by comprising: means for arranging and printing character strings specified by the character string specifying means at a determined angle.