JPH04340653A - Document processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the visual recognizability and the operability by adding a cut line and a margin to paste to a divided print image. CONSTITUTION:Various information of a document, a image, a graphic, or the like inputted from a input means 101 are stored in a storage means 102 and are converted to a print image by a conveting means 103, and the print image is divided into parts whose number is designated by a dividing means 104, and the divided print image is enlarged in accordace with the size of a print form designated by a enlarging means 105. Positions of the cut line and the margin to paste up are calculated by a calculating means 106 based on the size of the print form designated by a input means 101 and the number of divided parts, and the cut line and the margin to be paste are added to the print image enlarged by the enlarging means 105 by an adding means 107, and this print image with the cut line and the margin to paste is printed by a printing means 108.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing apparatus such as a Japanese word processor or a computer capable of creating documents in Japanese, and more particularly to a document processing apparatus having a printing function.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of document processing apparatus, there has been a limit to the size of paper that can be printed due to restrictions imposed by the print width of the printer.

0003

That is, in such a conventional document processing apparatus, it is not possible to print on A2, B2, A0, B0, etc. sheets used for posters, for example. Therefore, in order to create a B0 size poster or panel, it is necessary to print the contents of the poster or panel on printable paper and then enlarge it using an expensive machine such as a copying machine.

[0004] In order to solve this problem, the content to be printed as a poster or panel is divided into printable paper sizes, printed, and then stitched together to create one large poster or panel. It is possible that However, if you do this, for example, if you print using a vertical roll of paper, the cut part of the printed poster will not be known, and it will be used as a guide when piecing together the posters that have been printed in sections. Since there is no such thing, the problem arises of not knowing where to attach them.

[0005] Another problem is that when a poster printing mode is set separately, a document created in a normal document creation mode cannot be directly used for poster printing, and a document for poster printing must be specially created. Also occurs.

[0006] The present invention was made in consideration of the above circumstances, and its first purpose is that when an enlarged image such as a poster or panel is divided and printed on multiple sheets, each divided To provide a document processing device in which each part is provided with a cut line and a glue margin for overlapping and printed simultaneously.

[0007] A second object of the present invention is to make it possible to specify an enlargement ratio when printing, and after creating a document in a normal document creation mode, if an enlargement ratio of a predetermined magnification or higher is specified, To provide a document processing device which automatically enters a poster printing mode and prints an enlarged image such as a poster or panel.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention claimed in claim 1. As shown in the figure, the invention claimed in claim 1 can be used for various types of documents, images, graphs, figures, etc. An input means 101 for inputting information and specifying the size of printing paper and the number of copies to be divided; a storage means 102 for storing various information input from the input means 101; a dividing means 104 that divides the print image converted by the converting means 103 into the number of copies specified by the input means 101; an enlarging means 105 that enlarges the printed paper according to the size of the printed paper;
Calculation means 106 calculates the positions of the cutting lines and glue margins based on the size of printing paper and the number of copies specified by input means 101; This is a document processing device comprising an adding means 107 for adding a cut line and a glue margin at a position that has been added, and a printing means 108 for printing a print image to which the cut line and glue margin have been added by the adding means 107.

Further, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention of claim 2. As shown in the figure, the invention of claim 2 inputs various information such as documents, images, graphs, figures, etc. Input means 2 for specifying the number of copies and enlargement ratio
01, a storage means 202 for storing various information input from the input means 201, a conversion means 203 for converting the information stored in the storage means 202 into a print image, and an enlargement ratio specified from the input means 201. determining means 204 for determining whether the magnification is greater than or equal to a predetermined magnification; and determining means 204
When the determination by
The print image converted by 03 is input to the input means 201.
a dividing means 205 for dividing into a specified number of copies;
It comprises an enlarging means 206 for enlarging the print image divided by the dividing means 205 according to an enlargement ratio designated by the input means 201, and a printing means 207 for printing the print image enlarged by the enlarging means 206. It is a document processing device.

[0010] Furthermore, the input means 101 in this invention,
As the input device 201, an input device such as a keyboard device, a tablet device, a pointing device, or a touch panel is used.

Further, converting means 103, 203, dividing means 104, 205, enlarging means 105, 206, calculating means 1
06, the adding means 107 and the determining means 204,
It is convenient to use a microcomputer consisting of a CPU, ROM, RAM, and I/O port, and the storage means 10
2, 202 is usually a RAM therein.

[0012] As the printing means 108, 207, various printers such as a thermal transfer printer, a laser printer, a dot impact printer, an inkjet printer, etc. are used.

[0013]

According to the invention of claim 1, various information such as documents, images, graphs, figures, etc. input from the input means 101 is stored in the storage means 102 and then transferred to the conversion means 103.
The print image is divided into a specified number of copies by the dividing means 104, and the divided print image is enlarged by the enlarging means 105 according to the specified size of the printing paper. be done.

At the same time, the calculation means 106 calculates the positions of the cutting line and the glue margin based on the print paper size and the number of copies specified from the input means 101, and calculates the position of the cut line and the glue margin for the print image enlarged by the enlargement means 105. hand,
A cutting line and a glue allowance are added by the adding means 107,
The print image with the cutout line and glue margin added is printed by the printing means 108.

[0015] Therefore, if you want to print the content you want to print as a poster or panel by dividing it into printable paper sizes, after printing, cut it along the perforation line and paste it together with the glue margin overlapped. This makes it easy to create one large poster or panel, improving visibility and operability.

According to the second aspect of the invention, various types of information such as documents, images, graphs, figures, etc. input from the input means 201 are stored in the storage means 202 and then converted into print images by the conversion means 203. is converted to

At the same time, the determining means 204 determines whether the magnification specified from the input means 201 is greater than or equal to a predetermined magnification, and if it is greater than or equal to the predetermined magnification,
The dividing unit 205 divides the print image converted by the converting unit 203 into the specified number of division copies, and the enlarging unit 206 enlarges the divided print image according to the specified enlargement rate, and the printing unit 207
Printed by

Therefore, after creating a document, image, graph, figure, etc. in the normal document creation mode, by specifying a magnification of at least a predetermined magnification, the content you want to print as a poster or panel can be printed on printable paper. Since the document can be divided into different sizes and printed, there is no need to consider the print mode before document creation, improving operability.

[0019]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on embodiments shown in the drawings. Note that this invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 3 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, numeric keys, conversion keys, function keys, etc. Various data such as documents, images, graphs, figures, etc. are input from this keyboard 1, as well as posters. The size of printing paper, the number of divided copies, and the enlargement ratio are specified when printing is performed. When specifying the magnification ratio, the vertical and horizontal magnification ratios are specified as follows. N (vertical magnification) x M (horizontal magnification) (however, N, M = 1, 2, 3,...)

2 is a CPU, 3 is a document creation/editing program originally used in a Japanese word processor, and 1 of the present invention.
This is a ROM that stores a poster creation program when an enlargement ratio of more than double is specified. CPU2 is ROM
These programs written in 3 perform various data processing to be described later.

4 is a RAM that stores document data input from the keyboard 1, that is, document data generated by the original document creation/editing of a Japanese word processor, documents, images, graphs, figures, etc. input from the keyboard 1. Stores various data. It also stores the size of printing paper, the number of divided copies, and the enlargement ratio specified from the keyboard 1. This RAM4 is used when creating posters.
Used for poster creation location information and poster print image development.

[0023] 5 is an LCD (liquid crystal display device) that displays various data such as documents, images, graphs, and figures.
It is. The LCD 5 can change the orientation of the display screen vertically and horizontally by rotating the display screen. Of course, other display devices such as a CRT display device or an EL display device may be used as the LCD 5. 6 is a thermal transfer printer that prints various data such as documents, images, graphs, and figures.

[0024] The CPU 2 stores documents stored in the RAM 4;
Convert various data such as images, graphs, figures, etc. into print images. For this conversion, if it is document data, the character pattern is read from a character generator (not shown), if it is graph or graphic data, image data is calculated by the arithmetic processing program written in ROM3, and if it is an image, it is used as it is. Then, each print image is created and stored in the RAM 4.

At the same time, the magnification rate stored in the RAM 4 is read out, and it is determined whether the magnification rate is greater than 1. This determination is performed for both vertical and horizontal magnifications. If either the vertical or horizontal enlargement ratio exceeds 1, the number of copies to be divided is read from RAM4, the converted print image is divided by the number of copies, and each divided print image is stored in RAM4. .

Next, one of the divided print images is extracted, and the extracted print image is enlarged at a specified enlargement ratio. At this time, if only poster printing is instructed without specifying an enlargement ratio, the print image is enlarged to a size that can be printed on the specified size of printing paper. This expansion is a simple expansion. That is, for example, if an enlargement ratio of 4 times horizontally and 2 times vertically is specified, one dot is simply expanded to a size of 4 dots horizontally and 2 dots vertically.

Furthermore, the size of the printing paper and the number of copies to be divided are read from the RAM 4, and the positions of the cutting line and the glue margin are determined based on the size of the printing paper and the number of copies to be divided.
Remember it. Then, using the position information, a cutting line and glue allowance are added to the enlarged print image, and the print image with the cutting line and glue allowance added is printed on the printer 6 according to the print paper size specified from the keyboard 1. Print.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of poster printing. FIG. 4A shows content that is desired to be printed as a poster or panel. For example, if this is an A1 size paper, the printer 6 cannot print it. Therefore, this is divided into four parts from P-1 to P-4, and each is printed using a vertically long roll paper having a width of A4 size. FIG. 4(b) shows an example in which P-1 to P-4 are printed using a vertically long roll paper, with a cutout line 7 and a glue margin 8 added. Note that the shapes of the perforation line 7 and the adhesive margin 8 shown in FIG. 4(b) are not limited to these, and may be arbitrary shapes.

Next, the contents of the processing operation of the CPU 2 will be explained according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing details for additional printing of cutoff lines and glue margins. When printing each enlarged print image during poster printing, the CPU 2 first sets print image data for one page in the RAM 4 (step 11), and determines whether additional printing of cut lines and glue margins is necessary. (Step 12)
.

[0031] If it is necessary to additionally print the cutout line and glue margin, after printing the cutout line (step 13)
, set the enlarged image data to the one-line print image (
Step 14), it is checked whether the division position is at the right end (Step 15). At this time, if the dividing position is not at the right end, a glue margin line is set in the one-line printing image (step 16), and one-line printing is performed (step 17). Furthermore, if the dividing position is at the right end, one line printing is performed without setting the glue margin line in the one line printing image (step 17). Then, it is checked whether printing of the division position has been completed (step 18). If not, the process returns to step 14, and if it has been completed, the cutting line is printed (step 19).

[0032] In step 12, if additional printing of the cutout line and glue margin is not required, the enlarged image data is set as a one-line printing image (step 20), one-line printing is performed (step 21), and the dividing position is printed. It is checked whether or not the process has ended (step 22), and if it has not ended, the process returns to step 20, and if it has, the process ends.

[0033] In this way, when printing the content you want to print as a poster or panel by dividing it into printable paper sizes, you can print by adding cut lines and glue allowance to the print image. After printing, one large poster or panel can be easily created by cutting along the perforation lines and pasting them together with the glue margins overlapped.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing details of automatic poster printing when enlarged by more than 1 times. 1
When printing a poster when it is enlarged more than twice, the operator creates poster printing data and then issues a poster printing instruction from the keyboard 1.
U2 first enters a state of waiting for normal printing condition specification and enlargement ratio specification. Here, when the operator specifies a magnification rate from the keyboard 1 (step 31), the magnification rate information is stored in the RAM 4 (step 32).

Thereafter, when an instruction to execute printing is issued (step 33), the magnification information is read from the RAM 4 (step 34), and if the magnification rate exceeds 1 (step 3), the magnification information is read from the RAM 4 (step 34).
5) Performs poster printing processing to create print image data for poster printing (step 36), and outputs (prints) the print image to the printer 6 (step 37).

In step 35, if the enlargement ratio is 1x or less, print image data for normal printing is created (
Step 38), and output (print) the print image to the printer 6 (Step 37).

[0037] In this way, automatic poster printing becomes possible when an enlargement ratio of more than 1x is specified in printing.

[0038]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the invention as claimed in claim 1, in poster printing, a cutting line and a glue margin are added to the divided printed image, so that the connection between the divided images and sheets can be easily adjusted. can be connected together, improving visibility and operability.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, poster printing can be automatically performed by specifying an enlargement ratio of a predetermined magnification or higher, so there is no need to consider the printing mode before creating a document. This improves operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention according to claim 1.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the invention according to claim 2.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of poster printing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing details for additional printing of cut lines and glue margins.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing details of automatic poster printing when enlarged more than 1 times.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Keyboard 2 CPU 3 ROM 4 RAM 5 LCD (liquid crystal display device) 6 Printer

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: Input means for inputting various information such as documents, images, graphs, figures, etc., and specifying the size of printing paper and the number of copies to be divided, and storage means for storing various information input from the input means. a converting means for converting the information stored in the storage means into a print image; a dividing means for dividing the print image converted by the converting means into the number of copies specified by the input means; Enlarging means for enlarging the image according to the size of the printing paper designated by the input means, and calculation means for calculating the positions of the cutting line and the glue margin based on the size of the printing paper and the number of copies designated by the input means. and an additional means for adding a cut line and a glue allowance to the print image enlarged by the enlarger at the position calculated by the calculation means, and printing the print image to which the cut line and the glue allowance have been added by the addition means. A document processing device comprising: printing means; 2. An input means for inputting various information such as documents, images, graphs, figures, etc., and specifying the number of copies to be divided and an enlargement ratio; and a storage means for storing various information input from the input means; a converting means for converting information stored in the storage means into a print image; a determining means for determining whether an enlargement ratio designated by the input means is a predetermined magnification or more; In some cases, a dividing means divides the print image converted by the converting means into the number of copies specified by the input means, and an enlargement unit enlarges the print image divided by the dividing means according to the enlargement rate specified by the input means. What is claimed is: 1. A document processing device comprising: means; and printing means for printing a print image enlarged by the enlargement means.