JPH05150920A - Form preparing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a form preparing system which copes with various output formats. CONSTITUTION:A print output image data generating means 10 generates print output image data 13 from given form format data 11 and output data 12 to be filled in the format. Contents of generated print output image data are printed out to a printer 16 by a form print output means 14. At this time, the form print output means is provided with the conversion function of a special caracter code to be outputted in accordance with the machine type of the printer.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for forming a form.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a conventional general example of a form creation system. In FIG. 4, 12 is output data,
Reference numeral 14 is a form print output means for outputting the form of the output data 12 to the printer 16 in a specific print format.

[0003]

The conventional form creating system is configured as described above, and when a form can be output only in a predetermined output format, and a user wants to change to a different output format, the form print output means There was a problem that had to be recreated.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above conventional problems and to add a printout image creating means to enable form printout based on the form format data arbitrarily created.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the form creation system of the present invention creates printout image data from a form format data created arbitrarily and output data to be output in the form. A printout image data creating means is provided.

[0006]

According to the above means, the form print image data is created from the form format data arbitrarily created by the print output image data creating means and the output data to be embedded therein. Next, the form print output means prints out the form print image data to the printer. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a form printout system based on an arbitrary form format.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining an embodiment of a form creating system according to the present invention. The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the form format data example and output data example shown in FIG. 2, the print output image data example and the special character printing device control code correspondence table example shown in FIG. To do.

First, in order to create the print output image data 13 as shown in FIG.
It is necessary to specify at which position in the form the output data 12 of (b) is displayed.

Therefore, the form format data 11 as shown in FIG. 2A is created in advance. At this time, the normal characters and ruled lines are the data to be printed in the described positions as they are, and other special symbols &,%, #,

[0010]

[Outer 1]

[0011] Etc. are arranged in advance as the substitution position of the output data as shown in the explanation of FIG.

Next, the print output image data creating means refers to the form format data 11 from the upper row to the lower row and from the left digit to the right digit in order, and the output data substitution position has a predetermined meaning. Substitute the output data,
The result is set as the print output image data 13 in FIG.

Next, the printout image data is output to the printer 16. At this time, by converting the special characters registered in the special character printing device control code correspondence table 15 of FIG. 3B into a printing device control code string, various printing devices can be supported, such as double-width display. It is also possible to make detailed expressions. This function is the form print output means 1 of FIG.
It corresponds to 4.

[0014]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, by adding the print output image data creating means 10, the print output can be performed without recreating the form print outputting means as in the prior art. By simply creating the form format data corresponding to the desired form format, it is possible to easily obtain the form creation system capable of outputting the required form printout.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of a form creation system of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an example of form format data. FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of output data.

FIG. 3A is a diagram showing an example of print output image data. FIG. 3B is a diagram showing an example of a special character printing device control code correspondence table.

FIG. 4 is a system configuration diagram showing a general example of a conventional form creation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Print Output Image Data Creating Means 11 Form Format Data 12 Output Data 13 Print Output Image Data 14 Form Print Output Means 15 Special Character Printing Device Control Code Correspondence Table 16 Printing Device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A print output image data creating means for creating print output image data from given form format data and output data, and a form printing means for printing and outputting the created print output image data to a printing device. A form creation system equipped with.