JPH04221667A - Page printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To determine a printing position on a sheet easily by viewing an image at a printing position. CONSTITUTION:A printer system main body is 2 equipped with a CRT 1, a printing position adjustment switch 3 and a printing switch 4, and a printing position of print data developed in a page buffer on a sheet is displayed on the CRT screen. In addition, the printing position of print data displayed on the CRT screen is set at any site within a sheet size using the printing position adjustment switch 3. Further, a top margin and a left margin for print data set at CRT 1 are set using the printing switch 4 and printing is performed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a page printer.
In particular, the present invention relates to a page printer used for outputting data in an information processing system.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Although page printers are generally expensive, they are advantageous in terms of printing speed, printing function, and printing quality.

A conventional page printer has a page buffer for rasterizing print data and a top margin/left margin setting device. The print data developed in the page buffer is printed by setting the top margin and left margin.

0004

[0006] Conventional page printers have had a problem in that it is difficult to grasp the print position on paper during the process of adjusting the print position.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks and provide a page printer in which an image of the printing position can be visually observed and the printing position can be easily grasped.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a page printer according to the present invention has a page buffer for developing one page of print data analyzed by a central control unit. The apparatus includes a display device that displays the print position of developed print data on paper, and a device that adjusts the print position on the paper that is displayed on the screen of the display device.

[0007] Furthermore, the printing position adjustment device includes a printing position adjustment switch and a printing switch, and the printing position adjustment switch adjusts the printing position of the print data on the paper displayed on the screen on the display device within the paper size. The print switch is used to set the top margin and left margin of the print data as set by the print position adjustment switch.

[0008] Furthermore, a CRT is used as the display device.

[0009]

[Operation] The CRT 1 displays on the screen the print position of the print data developed in the page buffer on the paper. Print position adjustment switch 3 to set the print position within the paper size.
This is done by Furthermore, the top margin after setting
The left margin is set using the print switch 4.

0010

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, an operation panel 2a is provided on the front side of the printer main body 2 in a backward tilted position, and a C.
RT1, print position adjustment switch 3, and print switch 4
It is equipped with. The printer main body 2 also has a page buffer that expands one page of print data analyzed by the central control unit.

[0011] The CRT 1 displays the position on paper of the print data developed in the page buffer.
4. Print data is displayed in a layout on A3 size paper. In addition, the paper size is A4, A
It is not limited to 3.

The print position adjustment switch 3 is used to set the print position of the print data displayed on the CRT 1 to any position within the paper size.

The print switch 4 is used to set the top margin and left margin of print data as set on the CRT 1.

In this embodiment, the print position displayed on the CRT 1 is set to any position within the paper size using the print position adjustment switch 3 on the operation panel 2a of the page printer. Next, by pressing the print switch 4, the CRT
1. Set the top margin and left margin as set above and print.

[0015]

As described above, the present invention has the effect that the printing position on the paper can be easily grasped by having a screen that displays the printing position image.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CRT 2　Printer device body 2a Operation panel 3 Print position adjustment switch 4 Print switch

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a page printer having a page buffer that develops one page of print data analyzed by a central control unit, a display device that displays the print position on paper of the print data developed in the page buffer; 1. A page printer comprising: a device for adjusting the printing position on the paper displayed on the screen of the device. 2. The print position adjustment device includes a print position adjustment switch and a print switch, and the print position adjustment switch adjusts the print position of the print data displayed on the screen on the display device within the paper size. The page according to claim 1, wherein the page is set at an arbitrary location, and the print switch sets the top margin and left margin of the print data as set by the print position adjustment switch. printer. 3. The page printer according to claim 1, wherein a CRT is used as the display device.