JPH0462089B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information output device, such as a word processor, having document and graphic processing functions.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in information processing equipment with a document creation function such as a word processor, small pieces of document paper (for example, cassette labels, circulation route paper, small flyers, etc.) that fit into a certain area of the printing paper are used. When creating a large number of small pieces of paper, a means is used to print out several small pieces of document, arrange the small pieces of document on one sheet of paper, and copy the pieces of paper using a copying machine to obtain a predetermined number of small pieces of paper, or copy the pieces of paper on a page memory. A method was used in which a predetermined number of small pieces of paper were obtained by creating and printing out small pieces of paper.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in any of the above-mentioned cases, this method of creating small document paper sheets requires a lot of time and effort, and there is a problem that the workability is poor. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to enable blocks to be copied to be suitably arranged and outputted on one page of a predetermined printing paper or the like, with the number of blocks that can be outputted, by a simple operation.

[Means to solve problems] The means of the present invention are as follows.

a storage means for storing character string information or graphic information; selectively designating any area of the information stored in the storage means as a block to be copied;
For example, a specifying means for specifying the diagonal coordinate position of this block with a cursor, the specified size (horizontal size or vertical size) of the block to be copied, and one predetermined page (for example, one page of predetermined printing paper).
From the maximum output size (horizontal size or vertical size) in the page, calculate the number of blocks to be copied (the number of blocks in the horizontal direction or the number of blocks in the vertical direction) that can be output on one predetermined page, and the number of blocks for this number. a calculation means for calculating each output position on the predetermined page; and an output means for reading out the block to be copied specified by the specification means from the storage means and repeatedly outputting it at each output position calculated by the calculation means. , has.

[Effect] The operation of the means of the invention is as follows.

The block to be copied is specified by specifying an arbitrary area from the character string information or graphic information stored in the storage means. Then, from the block size of this area and the maximum output size of one predetermined page, the calculation means calculates the number of blocks that can be output on this one predetermined page and each output of this number of blocks on the one predetermined page. The positions are calculated and the block is repeatedly output to each output position.

Therefore, by only specifying an arbitrary block,
This block can be repeatedly output on one predetermined page, and moreover, the maximum number of blocks that can be output on one predetermined page can be automatically repeatedly output.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and here a Japanese word processor is taken as an example. In FIG. 1, numeral 11 is a keyboard, and here it is a print mode (hereinafter referred to as "print mode") in which blocks of information to be printed that fit in a part of the printing paper are properly arranged and printed in the number of blocks that can be printed on the same printing paper. A specific function key fk is provided for instructing the copy printing mode (hereinafter referred to as the copy printing key). Further, ek is an execution key operated when executing the above-mentioned copy printing, and cr, cl, cd, and cu are cursor keys.

Reference numeral 12 designates a display unit that displays an input document, 13 a display control unit that controls the display unit 12, 14 a printer that prints the document, and 15 a printer control unit that controls the printer 14.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a CPU that controls the entire device and performs various document processing including copy printing processing to be described later, and receives key input information from the keyboard 11 and executes processing such as document editing, proofreading, input/output, etc. In the copy printing mode associated with the operation input of the copy printing key fk, copy printing processing as shown in FIG. 2 is executed according to a copy printing processing program in the ROM, which will be described later.

17 to 19 are storage units connected to the memory bus of the CPU 16, respectively.
17 is a document memory for storing document information, and 18 is a ROM used as a character generator, various control programs including copy printing, a dictionary, etc. Also, 19 is
This is the working RAM of the CPU 16, and for copy printing processing, the maximum number of lines register MLR is set to the maximum number of lines printed on one page, the maximum number of characters register MCR is set to the maximum number of character digits printed in one line, and copy printing a print start line register PLR in which the print start line of the area (hereinafter referred to as copy print block) is set;
The print start character position register PCR sets the print start character position, the cursor registers CYR and CXR specify the cursor position, the execution key flag F displays the number of operations of the execution key ek, and the number of lines in the copy print area (1 block). A line number register LR indicating the same number of characters, a character number register CR indicating the same number of characters, work registers W1 to W4, etc. are prepared.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the copy printing process flow in one embodiment.

The operation of one embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

During copy printing, after specifying the copy printing mode by operating the copy printing key fk on the keyboard 11, specify the copy printing area using the cursor keys cr, cl, cd, cu and execution key ek, and then run key ek
By operating , a copy printing process as shown in FIG. 2 is started, and a specific example thereof will be explained below.

First, operate the copy print key fk provided on the keyboard 11 to specify the copy print mode, and follow the display guide of the mode to select one page of information (or copy print (documents, figures, etc. input for the purpose) are displayed on the display screen of the display unit 12. Then move the copy print area in the displayed document using the cursor keys cr, cl, cd, cu.
and specified by the execution key ek. To specify the area at this time, press the cursor keys cr, cl, and the cursor key
This is done by specifying cd and cu. When the cursor keys cr, cl, cd, cu are operated, the cursor registers CYR, CXR in the RAM 19 are updated, and the cursor is moved according to the contents.

To specify the copy printing area, first operate the cursor keys cr, cl, cd, and cu to set the cursor at the starting point of the copy printing area, and then operate the execution key ek. As a result, among the processes shown in FIG. 2, steps A1 to A6 are executed first. That is, in step A1, the contents of the cursor register CYR and the contents of the maximum line number register MLR are compared, and after it is determined whether the copy printing designated area exceeds the maximum number of lines on one page, step A1 is executed. At A2, the contents of the cursor register CXR and the contents of the maximum number of characters register MCR are compared,
It is determined whether the copy print designated area exceeds the maximum number of character digits in one line. In addition, at this time, the maximum number of lines register MLR and the maximum number of characters register MCR
The maximum number of lines to be printed on one page and the maximum number of characters to be printed in one line are set in advance during format setting operations. Here, if the starting point of the copy print designation area does not exceed the preset maximum number of print lines on one page and the maximum number of print characters in one line, in step A3, the execution key flag F
It is determined whether the content of is "0" or not. If the content of the execution key flag F is "0" here, in step A4, the content of the cursor register CYR (Y direction cursor address) representing the start line of the specified copy print area is stored in the print start line register PLR. is set, and in step A5,
The contents of the cursor register CXR (X
After the direction cursor address) is set in the print start character position register PCR, the contents of the execution key flag F are rewritten from "0" to "1" in step A6.

Next, operate the cursor keys cr, cl, cd, and cu again to set the cursor to the end point of the copy print area, and then operate the execution key ek again. As a result, the process starts again from step A1 in FIG.
Similarly to the above, in step A1, the contents of the cursor register CYR and the maximum number of lines register are
In step A2, the contents of the cursor register CXR and the contents of the maximum number of characters register MCR are compared, and the end point of the copy print designation area is set in advance to determine the maximum number of lines to be printed on one page. After it is determined that the maximum number of characters to be printed in one line has not been exceeded, it is determined again in step A3 whether the content of the execution key flag F is "0". Here, since the content of the execution key flag F is already "0", the process starts from step A7.

In this case, first, in step A7, it is determined whether the contents of the cursor register CYR are larger than the contents of the print start line register RLR, and then, in step A8, the cursor register CYR is checked. After it is determined whether the contents of CXR are larger than the contents of the print start character position register PCR and it is confirmed that the copy print area has been specified correctly, in step A9, the cursor is The value obtained by subtracting the contents of the print start line register PLR from the contents of the register CYR is set in the line number register LR as the line value of the copy print block, and in step A10, the print start character position register is calculated from the contents of the cursor register CXR.
The value obtained by subtracting the contents of PCR is set in the character count register CR as the number of character digits of the copy print block.
After that, in step A11, the number of vertical print blocks that can be placed in one page is calculated ((MLR) ÷ (LR), an integer value), and the calculated number of vertical print blocks is stored in the work register. It is set to W1. Furthermore, in step A12, the contents of the line number register LR are set in the work register W2, and then in step A13, the number of horizontal print blocks that can be placed within one page is calculated ((MCR) ÷ (CR)), and the calculated number of print blocks in the horizontal direction is set in the work register W3. Next, in step A14,
The contents of character count register CR are work register W4
In step A15, the contents of the print start line register PLR are loaded into the cursor register.
It is loaded into CYR, and in step A16,
The contents of the print start character position register PCR are loaded into the cursor register CXR. By loading the print start line and print start character position into the cursor registers CYR and CXR, the cursor is returned to the copy print block start point.

Next, printing processing of the copy printing block is started.
First, in steps A17 to A20, print processing control is performed on a line-by-line basis within one block. That is,
In step A17, the above cursor register
The characters in the first line and first digit specified by CYR and CXR are read from the document memory 17 and sent to the printer control unit 1.
5 and is printed out by the printing unit 13. Next, in step A18, the contents of work register W4 (the number of character digits in the block) are set to "-1".
Then, in step A19, it is determined whether the contents of the work register W4 have become "0". If not, in step A20,
The contents of cursor register CXR are incremented by 1,
Return to step A17 above and proceed to the next digit position (first row/
The process of printing one character (second digit) is repeated.

This printing process for each character is repeated, and in step A19, the work register W4
When the content of 0 becomes "0" and it is determined that printing of one line in one block has been completed, steps A21 and A are executed.
In step 22, it is determined whether or not the next block in the horizontal direction on the printing paper can be printed, and if the next block in the horizontal direction can be printed, the step A1 is performed.
Returning to steps 4 to A20, printing processing for one line of the next block is performed. That is, in step A21, the number of horizontal print blocks that can be arranged within one page calculated in step A13 is "-1".
Then, in step A22, it is determined whether the contents of the work register W3 are "0". Here, the content of work register W3 is "0"
If not (that is, if there is a printable horizontal block area remaining), perform steps A14 to A14 described above.
The print process A22 is repeatedly executed, and the print process is executed line by line for the printable horizontal block area.

By the printing process in steps A14 to A22 described above, one
Print processing is executed line by line, and the work register W
When the content of 3 becomes "0", next step A23
-A25, and steps A13-A22, vertical (line direction) intra-block printing is executed for each of the horizontal blocks on the printing paper. That is, in step A23, line feed processing is executed, in step A24, the contents of work register W2 (the number of lines in the block) are set to "-1", and in step A25, the contents of work register W2 are "0" It is judged whether or not you are tired,
If it is not “0”, return to step A13 above,
The number of horizontal print blocks that can be placed on one page is calculated again ((MCR) ÷ (CR) integer value),
After the calculated number of print blocks in the horizontal direction is set in the work register W3, step A14 is performed.
Subsequent print processing is executed. The intra-block printing process for each horizontal block is executed, and in step A25, the content of the work register W2 becomes "0" and it is determined that the intra-block printing process for each horizontal block is completed. Next, in steps A26 and A27, it is determined whether or not the next block in the vertical direction (bottom column) on the printing paper can be printed, and if the next block in the vertical direction can be printed, the process from step A12 onwards is performed. Returning, intra-block printing processing is performed for each of the next blocks in the vertical direction (each horizontal block in the lower column for the already printed block). That is, in step A26, the number of vertical print blocks that can be arranged in one page calculated in step A11 is set to "-1", and in step A27, the content of the work register W1 is set to "0". It is determined whether or not. Here, if the content of the work register W1 is not "0" (that is, if a printable vertical block area remains), the printing process of steps A12 to A27 described above is repeatedly executed, and the printable horizontal block area is - Copy printing processing is performed for all vertical block areas.

Then, in step A27, if it is determined that the content of the work register W1 is "0", the execution key flag F is set in step A28.
The content of is cleared, that is, set to "0", and the copy printing process for one page is completed.

By using the above-described copy printing process, a specified block of information to be printed that fits within a certain area of the printing paper can be printed on the printing paper using a simple operation input method and without preparing a large capacity pattern memory. You can print out as many as possible with proper placement.

In the above embodiment, the copy print block is specified by specifying the line and column, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be specified by an address on the document memory 17, for example.

Further, in the above embodiment, the number of copy print blocks is automatically determined according to the format, but the invention is not limited to this, for example, the number of copy print blocks can be specified arbitrarily, and It is also possible to print within a page by the specified number of blocks (or by setting the specified number as the maximum number of blocks).

Further, in the above embodiment, the printing position of the copy printing block is automatically determined according to the format, but the invention is not limited to this, for example, the printing start position of the copy printing block can be arbitrarily specified, A configuration may be adopted in which copy printing is started from the designated position.

Further, in the above embodiment, the space between the copy print blocks is not taken into consideration, but for example, the space between the copy print blocks may be set at a constant interval, and the number of printable blocks may be calculated including this space. , Furthermore, a configuration may be adopted in which the above space can be specified arbitrarily.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, by only specifying an arbitrary block, this block can be repeatedly output on one predetermined page, and moreover, the maximum number of blocks that can be output on one predetermined page can be automatically output. It can be output repeatedly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the main processing flow in the above embodiment. 11...keyboard, 12...display section, 13...
...Printing unit, 14...Printer, 15...Printer control unit, 16...CPU, 17...Document memory,
18...ROM, 19...RAM, fk...copy print key, ek...execution key, cr, cl, cd, cu...cursor key, MLR...maximum line number register, MCR
...Maximum number of characters register, PLR...Print start line register, PCR...Print start character position register,
CYR, CXR...Cursor register, LR...Line number register, CR...Character number register, W1 to W4
...Work register.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing character string information or graphic information, a designation means for selectively designating an arbitrary area of the information stored in the storage means as a block to be copied, and a designated area. From the size of the blocks to be copied and the maximum output size on one predetermined page, determine the number of blocks to be copied that can be output on one predetermined page, and each output position of this number of blocks on the one predetermined page. and output means for reading out the block to be copied specified by the specifying means from the storage means and repeatedly outputting it to each output position calculated by the calculating means. Information output device.