JPH0585009A - Exclusive sheet identification method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a method which is effective and hardly makes any mistake in selecting an exclusive sheet set in a printer. CONSTITUTION:The color image information and the sheet information such as size, color and name of the layout of an exclusive sheet are registered for an exclusive sheet information file 2 by using identification names as a key. The color image information and the sheet information of the layout of exclusive sheet corresponding to the sheet identification names given a job control sentence preliminarily are output on a graphic display 4 or a color printer 5 by means of an exclusive sheet identification step 3 by referring to the exclusive sheet information file just before processing an output job step 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dedicated paper specifying method for clearly indicating information such as a layout of a dedicated paper before outputting to a printer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when outputting to a special paper,
I selected the appropriate special paper from the system manual and attached it to the printer.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional output processing to special paper, the operator selects the corresponding special paper from a large number of special papers only by the identification name of the special paper and attaches it to the printer. There are drawbacks that it takes time to select the special paper and the selection is apt to be erroneous.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dedicated paper clarification method in a system for outputting to a dedicated paper, wherein color image information, size, and color of the layout of the dedicated paper are preliminarily set using a paper identification name as a key. , A special paper information file in which paper information such as name is registered, and the special paper corresponding to the paper identification name given in advance in the job control statement by referring to the special paper information file immediately before output to the printer It is characterized in that the color image information and the paper information of the layout are output to a graphic display or a color printer which is provided in advance.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the output job step 6
Immediately before processing the above, the special paper explicit step 3 of the present invention is executed. After the special paper clarification step 3, the output job step 6 is executed to perform the output processing to the special paper.

The dedicated paper clarification step 3 refers to the dedicated paper information file 2 in which the color image information of the layout of the dedicated paper and the paper information such as the size, color, and name are registered in advance, and the paper identification name designated by the job control statement is set. The color layout and the paper information of the dedicated paper corresponding to the above are output to the graphic display 4 or the color printer 5.

The graphic display 4 or the color printer 5 is selected by operating the keyboard 1 when the dedicated paper clarification step 3 is executed.

The operator reads the color layout and the paper information of the special paper output to the graphic display 4 or the color printer 5, and judges the corresponding special paper. Then, the corresponding special paper is attached to the printer 7, and the output job step 6 is activated to output the special paper.

As for the layout information of the color of the special paper output to the graphic display 4 or the color printer 5, it is not necessary to output all the special paper, and the layout information within the range that can be understood by the operator is the paper information. It may be output together with one screen or page.

When carrying out the above-mentioned job, it is necessary to previously put the paper identification name given to each special paper in the job control statement, and the layout of the special paper is made using this paper identification name as a key. The color image information and paper information such as size, color and name must be registered in the special paper information file 2.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, the color image information of the layout of the dedicated paper and the paper information such as the size, the color and the name are output to the graphic display or the color printer before the output to the printer. By doing so, there is an effect that it is possible to reduce the operator's selection time of the special paper and to eliminate erroneous selection.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 keyboard 2 special paper information file 3 special paper explicit step 4 graphic display 5 color printer 6 output job step 7 printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A dedicated paper specifying method in a system for outputting to a dedicated paper, in which a color image information of the layout of the dedicated paper and paper information such as size, color, name, etc. are registered in advance using the paper identification name as a key. A paper information file is provided, and the color image information and paper information of the layout of the special paper corresponding to the paper identification name given in advance in the job control statement are referred to by referring to the special paper information file immediately before output to the printer. A dedicated paper marking method characterized by outputting to a graphic display or a color printer provided in advance.