JPH04180121A - Document processing device with banner printing function - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (a) Industrial Application Field This invention relates to a document processing device such as a Japanese word processor or a computer capable of creating documents in Japanese.
In particular, the present invention relates to a document processing device capable of enlarging characters and instructing character rotation, such as vertical printing.

(B) Conventional technology Conventionally, in this type of document processing device, a so-called "banner" with words written to draw people's attention, for example, is created by using the function of enlarging characters. If you want to print the input string in a large font in a line on a long roll paper, enter the string you want to print on the banner in normal document input mode, enlarge it for each character, and then print it. I am trying to print it out.

(c) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, when creating banners using such a document processing device, enlargement processing must be performed for each character, which is complicated.

Furthermore, when creating a banner using such a document processing device, characters are input and printed one character per line, and when creating a vertically long banner, a regular character generator is used. Create a vertical banner using the memorized font for horizontal writing.

For this reason, even for characters that have different printing patterns for horizontal and vertical writing, such as the long sound symbol "-" or the parentheses "(", they are printed using the printing pattern for horizontal writing as is. , there is a problem that these long symbols and brackets cannot be used as printed characters on banners.

In addition, when creating a horizontally long banner, if you use the so-called normal vertical printing function, the characters will be rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, so as shown in the input screen display example in Figure 8. The good news is that you have to specify the enlargement factor (24x in Figure 8) for each character in each - line, and enter the characters sequentially from the end of the character string you want to print.

This invention was made in consideration of these circumstances, and allows vertically long or horizontally long banners to be displayed without having to specify the enlargement ratio for each character or having to perform complicated input procedures.
To provide a document processing device having a banner printing function that allows banner printing to be easily created with a simple operation.

(d) Means for Solving the Problems FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of the invention according to claim 1 of the present application. As shown in the figure, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application includes A printing pattern storage means 1 which stores printing patterns for 1 in advance, an input means 102 for inputting various characters and format information such as the size of the characters and vertical writing/horizontal writing, and storing input L characters. a character storage means 103 for storing input format information; a format information storage means 104 for storing input format information; and a reading means 105 for reading out a print pattern corresponding to the character stored in the character storage means 103 from the print pattern storage means 101; It has a banner printing function comprising a printing means 106 which stores the printing pattern read out by the reading means 105 one character per line in a row in the paper feed direction in the format information storage means 104 and sequentially prints it in the r2 format. It is a document processing device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention according to claim 2 of the present application. As shown in the figure, the invention according to claim 2 of the present application prepares printing patterns for horizontal writing for various characters in advance. Stored horizontal writing printing pattern storage means 20
1, vertical writing printing pattern storage means 202 that stores in advance printing patterns for vertical writing for characters with different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing, and inputting various characters and the size of the characters. input means 203 for storing input characters, character storage means 204 for storing input characters, format information storage means 205 for storing the size of input characters, and characters stored in character storage means 204. A selection means 206 selects characters with different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing, and a selection means 206 reads out the printing pattern corresponding to the character selected by the selection means 206 from the vertical writing printing pattern storage means 202, and selects it. A readout means 207 reads out a print pattern corresponding to a character not selected by the means 206 from the print pattern storage means 201 for horizontal writing, and reads out the print pattern read by the readout means 207 one character per line in the paper feeding direction. This document processing apparatus has a banner printing function and includes a printing means 208 that sequentially prints characters in a line in the size of characters stored in a format information storage means 205.

Figure 3 in brown is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention according to claim 3 of the present application.As shown in the figure, the invention according to claim 3 of the present application is a printing pattern in which printing patterns for various characters are stored in advance. Storage means 301 and input means 30 for inputting various characters and their character sizes.
2, a character storage means 303 for storing input characters, a format information storage means 304 for storing the size of input characters, and a print pattern corresponding to the characters stored in the character storage means 303. A reading unit 305 reads out the printed pattern from the storage unit 301, a rotating unit 306 rotates the printed pattern read out by the reading unit 305 by 90 degrees clockwise, and a rotating unit 306 rotates the printed pattern rotated by the rotating unit 306 to feed the paper one character per line. This is a document processing device having a banner printing function, which includes a printing unit 307 that sequentially prints characters in the size of characters stored in a format information storage unit 304 in a line in a direction.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention according to claim 4 of the present application. As shown in the figure, the invention according to claim 4 of the present application prepares printing patterns for horizontal writing for various characters in advance. Stored horizontal writing printing pattern storage means 40
1, vertical writing printing pattern storage means 402 that stores in advance printing patterns for vertical writing for characters with different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing, and storage means 402 for storing various characters, their character sizes, and vertical writing. - Input means 403 for inputting format information such as horizontal writing, character storage means 404 for storing input characters, format information storage means 405 for storing input format information, format information storage means 405 When the vertical writing format information is stored in the character storage means 40
A selection means 406 selects characters with different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing from among the characters stored in 4, and a printing pattern corresponding to the character selected by the selection means 406 is printed for vertical writing A first reading means 407 reads from the pattern storage means 402 and also reads a printing pattern corresponding to a character not selected by the selection means 406 from the horizontal writing printing pattern storage means 401; When the format information is stored, the second reading means 408 reads out the printing pattern corresponding to the character stored in the character storage means 404 from the horizontal writing printing pattern storage means 401; A turning means 409 rotates the printed pattern by 90 degrees clockwise, and either one of the two printed patterns read out by the first reading means 407 or the printed pattern rotated by the turning means 409 is rotated one character per line on the paper. This document processing device has a banner printing function and includes a printing unit 41O that sequentially prints characters in the size of characters stored in a format information storage unit 405 in a line in the feeding direction.

In addition, in this invention, the print pattern storage means 101
．． 301, horizontal writing printing pattern storage means 201.401
And as the printing pattern storage means 202, 402 for vertical writing, a ROM that can be used as a character generator is used.
An internal memory such as a floppy disk device or an external storage device such as a magnetic disk device is used.

As the input means 102, 203, 302, 403, a keyboard device, a pointing device, etc. that can input kana characters, alphabets, various format information, etc. are used.

Character storage means 1G3.204.303, 404, and
RAM is mainly used as the format information storage means 104, 205, 304, and 405.

Reading means 105, 207, 305, first reading means 4
07, 211th! Output means 408, selection means 206.4
06 and the turning means 306, 409, a CPU consisting of a microprocessor is mainly used.

As printing means L06.208.307,410: yo.
Dot printers such as impact type and thermal transfer type are mainly used.

(E) Effect According to the invention according to claim 1 of the present application, as shown in FIG. Then, the input characters are stored in the character storage means 103 and the format information is stored in the format information storage means 104, respectively.

Then, the character storage means 103 is read out by the reading means 105.
A printing pattern corresponding to the characters stored in is read out from the printing pattern storage means 101, and the readout printing pattern is stored in format information in a row in the paper feeding direction, one character per - line, by the printing means 106. Means 10
4 are printed sequentially in the format stored in 4.

Therefore, when a vertically long roll paper is set in the printing means, the text is stored in the character storage means 103 according to the character size and format information such as vertical writing or horizontal writing stored in the format information storage means 1G4. Since the stored characters are printed in a line, one character per line, vertically or horizontally long banners can be easily created.

Further, according to the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, as shown in FIG. 2, when various characters and the size of the characters are inputted from the input means 203, the inputted characters are In 204, the font size is stored in the format information storage means 20.
5, respectively.

Then, the selection means 206 selects characters with different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing from among the characters stored in the character storage means 204, and then the reading means 207 selects characters with different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing. A corresponding print pattern is read out from the print pattern storage means 202 for vertical writing, and a print pattern corresponding to the unselected character is read out from the print pattern storage means 201 for horizontal writing, and these read out print patterns are read out. , the printing means 208 sequentially prints one character per - line in a line in the sheet feeding direction in the character size stored in the format information storage means 205.

Therefore, when a vertically long roll paper is set in the printing means, the character size stored in the format information storage means 205 is used to print one character per line in the vertical direction. is printed in a line, so
Vertical banners can be easily created.

Furthermore, according to the invention according to claim 3 of the present application, as shown in FIG. 3, when various characters and the size of the characters are input from the input means 302, the input characters are In 303, the font size is stored in the format information storage means 3.
04, respectively.

Then, the character storage means 303 is read by the reading means 305.
A print pattern corresponding to the character stored in is read from the print pattern storage means 301, the read print pattern is rotated 90 degrees clockwise by the rotation means 306, and the rotated print pattern is transferred to the print means 307. As a result, characters are sequentially printed in the character size stored in the format information storage means 304 in a row in the sheet feeding direction one by one per - line.

Therefore, when a vertically long roll paper is set in the printing means, the characters stored in the character storage means 3f13 are rotated 90 degrees clockwise according to the character size stored in the format information storage means 304. Since each character is printed in a row in the horizontal direction for each - line, a horizontally long banner can be easily created.

According to the invention according to claim 4 of the present application, as shown in FIG. , the input characters are stored in the character storage means 404, and the format information is stored in the format information storage means 405, respectively.

Then, when format information for vertical writing is stored in the format information storage means 405, the selection means 41116 determines that the printing patterns for horizontal writing and for vertical writing are different from among the characters stored in the character storage means 404. A character is selected, then
The first reading means 407 reads out the print pattern corresponding to the selected character from the print pattern storage means 402 for vertical writing, and reads out the print pattern corresponding to the unselected character from the print pattern storage means 401 for horizontal writing. Read from.

Further, when the format information for horizontal writing is stored in the format information storage means 405 by the second reading means 408, the print pattern corresponding to the character stored in the character storage means 404 is stored in the print pattern storage means for horizontal writing 401. The printing pattern is read out from the print pattern 409, and the readout print pattern is rotated 90 degrees clockwise by the rotation means 409.

Then, either the print pattern read by the first readout means 407 or the print pattern rotated by the rotation means 409 is printed by the printing means 410 by -
One character per line is sequentially printed in a line in the paper feed direction in the character size stored in the format information storage means 405.

Therefore, when a vertically long roll paper is set in the printing means, the character storage means 404 will print the paper according to the character size and format information such as vertical writing or horizontal writing stored in the format information storage means 405. The characters stored in the screen are printed either as they are or rotated 90 degrees clockwise, one character per line, in a line vertically or horizontally, making it easy to create vertically or horizontally long banners. can.

(f) Examples Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the drawings. Note that this invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor.

In this figure, 1 is a keyboard equipped with kana character keys, numerical keys, conversion keys, function keys, etc. In addition to inputting various character strings from this keyboard, when creating a banner, you can input the characters to be printed on the banner, the size of the characters, and the printing direction in the case of vertical or horizontal writing, that is, the rotation direction of the characters. Enter format information such as ``banner information'' as banner information.

2 is a CPU consisting of a microprocessor, and has a kana-kanji conversion function.

3 is a ROM, and this ROM 3 is written with a program for writing and editing original text in a word processor, and a program for creating banners.
2 performs various data processing to be described later using these control programs.

The ROM 3 further includes a character generator for horizontal writing characters (hereinafter abbreviated as CG) that generates printing patterns for horizontal writing for various characters, and a long sound symbol "
−”, parentheses “(”, or full stop ゛.” and comma “,”
CG for vertical writing characters that generates printing patterns for vertical writing is incorporated for characters whose printing patterns and printing positions are different for horizontal writing and vertical writing, as shown in FIG.

4 is a RAM that stores characters input from the keyboard I
It stores text data generated by text creation and editing that is inherent to word processors.

Further, when creating a banner, character strings and banner information input from the keyboard 1 to be printed on the banner are stored.

A CRT display device 5 displays various input character strings or banner information. This CRT display device may of course be an LC (liquid crystal) display device, an EL display device, or the like.

6 is a thermal transfer type dot printer, which prints ordinary documents as a word processor. Also, by using the text enlargement printing function, for example, create so-called "banners" with words that call for people's attention. That is, when a vertically long or horizontally long roll paper is set, the input character string is printed in a large font in a line on the roll paper.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the display of the input screen when creating a banner. As shown in this figure, when creating a banner, various format information such as the following is input as banner information.

In other words, first, the character string to be printed on the banner is entered in square brackets "[......]", the magnification of the character is specified, and whether it is printed vertically on vertical paper or horizontally. The printing direction (vertical or horizontal) is specified, i.e. whether to print horizontally on paper. Then, the type of enlarged decoration is selected, and finally a typeface such as Mincho font or calligraphy font is selected.

The CPU 2 stores this banner information in the RAM 4. Then, when the character in the banner information stored in the RAM 4 is in the direction of the mark i11 or in vertical writing, characters with different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing are selected from among the input characters stored in the RAM 4, A printing pattern corresponding to the selected character is generated from the CG for vertical writing characters in the ROM 3, and a printing pattern corresponding to the unselected characters is generated from the CG for horizontal writing characters in the ROM 5.

When creating a banner, if a vertically long roll paper is set in the printer 6, print the generated print pattern on the roll paper, one character per row, in a row in the paper feeding direction. A vertically long banner is created by sequentially printing characters in the font size specified in the banner information.

In addition, when the printing direction of the characters in the banner information is horizontal writing, a printing pattern corresponding to the input characters stored in the RAM 4 is generated from the CG for horizontal writing characters, and the generated printing pattern is rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Rotate.

When creating a banner, if a vertically long roll paper is set in the printer 6, print a print pattern rotated 90 degrees clockwise on the roll paper, one character per line in the paper feed direction. On the other hand, a horizontally long banner is created by sequentially printing in a line in the size of r characters specified by the banner information.

Next, the contents of the processing operation of the CPU 2 will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the user instructs the banner creation mode (function), the CPU 2 first displays the input screen for banner creation shown in FIG. 6 on the screen of the CRT display device 5 (
Step II).

On this screen, when the character string to be printed on the banner is input using the sound used (step 12), the character string is
When the banner information for printing the character string is inputted in step 13), step 14),
Store the banner information in RAM 4 (step 15)
.

Next, it is checked whether or not the user has given a print instruction from the keyboard 1 (step 16), and if there is a print instruction, the banner character string, which is a character string to be printed on the banner, is stored from the RAM 4. At the same time as reading (step +
7) Read banner information from RAM 4 (step 18)
).

Then, the content of the read banner information is checked, and if vertical writing is specified for the printing direction (step 19), characters with different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing are changed from horizontal writing to vertical writing. Convert the printing pattern of the characters to , that is, for those characters, generate the printing pattern by CG for vertical writing characters (step 20),
Step 21) Create image data for banner printing
, and outputs the image data to the printer 6 (step 24).

Furthermore, if vertical writing is not specified for the printing direction, that is, horizontal writing is specified (step 19), the printing pattern conversion in step 20 is not performed, and for each character,
Step 2: Generate printing patterns using CG for horizontal writing and create image data for banner printing.
1), the image data of each of those characters is rotated clockwise by 90
degrees (step 23) and output to the printer 6 (step 24).

In this way, by automatically converting the input character pattern and rotating the image data clockwise according to the specified printing direction, you can adjust the magnification of the characters to create vertically long or horizontally long banners. It can be easily created with simple operations without complicated operations regarding specifications and input procedures.

(G) Effects of the Invention According to this invention, the printing pattern of input characters is converted or rotated clockwise depending on the input format information, so that vertically long or horizontally long banners can be It can be easily created with simple operations without the need for complicated operations regarding designation and input procedures.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1st r! 1J is a block diagram showing the structure of the invention according to claim 1 of the present application, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the structure of the invention according to claim 2 of the present application, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of the invention according to claim 3 of the present application. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention according to claim 4 of the present application, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 6 is the input when creating the banner. An explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen display, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an input screen display when creating a horizontally long banner with a conventional document processing device. It is. l...Keyboard, 2...CPU. 3...ROM, 4...RAM. 5...CRT display, 6...Printer. 1E11!1 1 wo 2 w

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Print pattern storage means that stores print patterns for various characters in advance, and input means for inputting various characters and format information such as the size of the characters and vertical or horizontal writing. , a character storage means for storing input characters, a format information storage means for storing input format information,
reading means for reading a print pattern corresponding to a character stored in the character storage means from the print pattern storage means; and format information storage for storing the print pattern read by the reading means one character per line in a line in the paper feeding direction. A document processing device having a banner printing function, comprising a printing device that sequentially prints in a format stored in the device. 2. Horizontal writing printing pattern storage means that stores horizontal writing printing patterns for various characters in advance, and vertical writing printing patterns for characters that have different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing. A storage means for storing stored printing patterns for vertical writing, an input means for inputting various characters and their character sizes, a character storage means for storing input characters, and a storage means for storing input character sizes. a format information storage means for selecting characters stored in the character storage means, a selection means for selecting characters having different printing patterns for horizontal writing and vertical writing from among the characters stored in the character storage means, and printing corresponding to the characters selected by the selection means. reading means for reading out a pattern from the printing pattern storage means for vertical writing and reading out a printing pattern corresponding to a character not selected by the selection means from the printing pattern storage means for horizontal writing; and the printing pattern read by the reading means. 1. A document processing device having a banner printing function, comprising a printing means for sequentially printing one character per line in a line in a sheet feeding direction in a character size stored in a format information storage means. 3. A printing pattern storage means that stores printing patterns for various characters in advance, an input means for inputting various characters and the size of the characters, a character storage means for storing input characters, and an input device. a format information storage means for storing the size of characters stored in the character storage means; a readout means for reading out a print pattern corresponding to the character stored in the character storage means from the print pattern storage means; a rotation means for rotating the print pattern by 90 degrees in a direction; and a printing means for sequentially printing the print pattern rotated by the rotation means one character per line in a line in the paper feeding direction in the character size stored in the format information storage means. A document processing device having a banner printing function. 4. A horizontal writing printing pattern storage means that stores in advance printing patterns for horizontal writing for various characters, and a printing pattern for vertical writing for characters whose printing patterns are different for horizontal writing and vertical writing in advance. a stored printing pattern storage means for vertical writing, an input means for inputting various characters and format information such as the size of the characters and vertical writing/horizontal writing, and a character storage means for storing input characters; A format information storage means for storing input format information, and when format information for vertical writing is stored in the format information storage means, characters for horizontal writing and for vertical writing are selected from among the characters stored in the character storage means. a selection means for selecting characters with different printing patterns; a printing pattern corresponding to the character selected by the selection means; reading a printing pattern corresponding to the character selected by the selection means from the printing pattern storage means for vertical writing; and a printing pattern corresponding to the character not selected by the selection means. a first reading means for reading out a print pattern for horizontal writing from the printing pattern storage means for horizontal writing; a second readout means for reading out the print pattern from the print pattern storage means; a rotation means for rotating the print pattern read by the second readout means 90 degrees clockwise;
The size of characters stored in the format information storage means in which either the print pattern read by the first reading means or the print pattern rotated by the rotation means is arranged one character per line in a line in the paper feeding direction. A document processing device having a banner printing function, which is equipped with a printing means for printing sequentially.