JPH06155862A - Mode setting device of data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the mode setting device capable of easily confirming whether the set content of the device is mistaken and capable of altering a plurality of set items at once. CONSTITUTION:At first, a set code is inputted by the key operation of an operation panel 2 (S81). Since a four-figure numerical value being a present set code is displayed on a liquid crystal display 21 in the input of the set code and the number of uppermost rank figures is flashed, a selection key 2b is pushed down to change the number of flashed figures to a number desired to be inputted and, since the flashed figure is transferred by one figure when a determination key 27 is pushed down, operation is repeated in the same way to set the four- figure numerical value. The inputted set code is converted to bit data of two bytes (S82) and this bit data is stored in an RAM 6 (S83).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, such as a printing apparatus, which is capable of performing data processing by selecting setting contents from a multi-item mode in order to cope with various data processing and setting according to the purpose. Related to the mode setting device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of information processing apparatus, in order to perform data processing which meets a user's request, the user selects and sets the setting contents according to the purpose from a multi-item mode. Data processing can be executed. For example, in a printing apparatus, many items relating to printing such as interface type, emulation type, font type and size, line pitch, character pitch, paper tray, print direction, print quality, etc. can be set. . Therefore, in order to perform the intended printing, it is necessary to confirm the setting contents before printing and correct the setting if there is an incorrect setting.

[0003]

However, the only way to confirm the setting contents is to operate the key switch to confirm the setting contents item by item, and if there is an incorrect setting, change it. When there are many items to be changed, it takes a lot of time and there is also a risk that an incorrect operation may cause an incorrect change. Further, in the actual use of the printing apparatus, the user often uses the setting unique to each person, and the setting of the printing apparatus has to be changed before the use every time the user changes, and the efficiency of printing work is improved. It was the cause of the decline.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and provides an information processing apparatus capable of easily confirming whether the setting contents of the apparatus are correct and changing a plurality of setting items at once. An object is to provide a mode setting device.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a mode setting device of an information processing device of the present invention comprises a numerical value generating means for generating a numerical value corresponding to the selected setting contents, and a setting. Input means for inputting a numerical value corresponding to the content one-to-one, storage means for storing the generated numerical value or the numerical value input by the input means, and display means for displaying the numerical value stored in the storage means Data processing execution means for executing processing according to the setting contents corresponding to the numerical values stored in the storage means.

[0006]

In the mode setting device of the information processing apparatus of the present invention having the above configuration, the numerical value generating means generates a numerical value corresponding to the selected setting contents one-to-one, and the generated numerical value is stored in the storage means. To be done. Further, when changing the setting contents, a numerical value corresponding to the setting contents on a one-to-one basis is input by the input means, and the numerical values are stored in the storage means. When the user wants to know the current settings, the display means displays the numerical value stored in the storage means. Further, the data processing means executes the processing according to the setting content corresponding to the numerical value stored in the storage means.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the outline of the printer of this embodiment. The printer 1 mainly includes a central processing unit (CPU) 4, an operation panel 2 connected to the CPU 4, a printing device 3, a ROM 5, and a RAM 6.

As shown in FIG. 6, the operation panel 2 includes a liquid crystal display 21 for display, an online key 22 for operation, a display key 23, a setting key 24, and an item key 2.
5, a selection key 26 and an enter key 27 are provided respectively.

The printing device 3 has a RAM as will be described later.
This is a device that receives print data, develops the received data into image data, and prints the developed data according to the settings stored in 6, and is, for example, a well-known printing device using a laser. The printing device 3 can be operated by the operation panel 2.

The ROM 5 has a printer 1 as shown in FIG.
The setting items and their setting contents are stored in association with the bit codes. The setting item is an interface or emulation, and the setting content is, for example, whether the interface is serial or parallel.

The setting contents are changed by operating the keys on the operation panel 2. There are two methods of changing the setting content: a method of operating the keys of the operation panel 2 to change the setting content item by item, and a method of inputting a numerical value from the operation panel 2 to change the setting content.

First, the former case will be described. In order to prevent the setting change during data reception, the setting contents of the printer 1 can be changed only in the offline state. The offline state means that the printing device 3 stops receiving data,
While waiting for a key input from the operation panel 2, each key operation on the operation panel 2 becomes valid. On the contrary, the state of waiting for data reception is the online state, and in this state, key operations other than the online key 22 are invalid. The online state and the offline state are switched by depressing the online key 22, and in response to this, the characters "online" or "offline" are alternately displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. When “online” is displayed, the printing apparatus 3 is in a data reception standby state,
When “offline” is displayed, the printing apparatus 3 is in a state where data reception is suspended.

First, in order to validate the key operation of the operation panel 2, the online key 22 is pressed to display the characters "offline", and the printing apparatus 3 is put into the offline state. Then, in order to select the setting item to be confirmed, the item key 25 is repeatedly pressed until the item name to be set is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. When the item key 25 is pressed, the item names that can be set in the printing device 3 are sequentially displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. Then, when the target item is displayed and the enter key 27 is pressed, the currently set contents of the displayed item are read from the RAM 6 and displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. In order to change the set contents, the settable contents are sequentially displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 each time the selection key 26 is pressed, so that the contents to be set are displayed and the enter key 27 is pressed. As a result, the stored contents of the RAM 6 can be replaced with the displayed contents.

For example, when the font size is set to 24 points, each time the item key 25 is pressed, "interface", "emulation", "font name"
"Font style""Fontsize""Linepitch""Characterpitch""Papertray""Printmode""Printquality""Interface". ． ． Since the characters are displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 in the order of, the item key 25 is repeatedly pressed until the "font size" is displayed, and the decision key 27 is pressed to confirm the setting contents. If "24" is not displayed at this time, it means that the size is different, so the selection key 26 is pressed to change this. Each time the selection key 26 is pressed, “08”, “12”, “24”, “36”, “08”. ． ． Since the characters are displayed in the order of, "24" is displayed and the enter key 27 is pressed to determine the font size. This is RA
The content stored in the "Font size" item of M6 is "24", and the font size of the printer 1 is 24.
The character is set at 24 points and the character is printed at 24 points when the printing device 3 performs printing. If there are other items to be set, these operations are repeated to make the settings.

When the display key 23 is pressed in the off-line state, the setting code in which the present setting contents are expressed by unique numerical values can be viewed. The method is shown below in Figure 7.
Will be described with reference to.

When the display key 23 is pressed, the CPU 4 reads out the present setting contents for one item from the RAM 6 (step S72, hereinafter referred to as S72, the same applies to other steps), and FIG. The bit code is set at the position indicated by (S73). This process is repeated for all items to create 2-byte bit data. When the processing of all items is completed (S71), the created 2-byte bit data is set to 1
It is converted into a hexadecimal number and displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 (S74), and the process ends.

For example, if the display key 23 is pressed while the settings shown in FIG. 4 are being made, the setting contents of FIG. 4 are converted into bit codes in order from the top, 1, 0, 01. , 10, 10, 01, 00, 10,
Since it becomes 0, 0, these bit codes stored in the ROM 6 are sequentially read out and combined according to the bit configuration diagram of FIG. 3 to create bit data of 2 bytes, which is 1001101001001000, which is a hexadecimal number. When converted into, the value becomes 9A48, and this value is displayed as “9A48” on the liquid crystal display 21. This numerical value becomes a table and setting code uniquely for the setting contents of Fig. 4,
At this time, if the enter key 27 is pressed, the setting code and the setting contents are printed on the paper as shown in FIG. Then, before using the printer 1 next time, press the display key 23 in the offline state to display the setting code on the liquid crystal display 21,
By comparing with the printed setting code, it is possible to confirm at one time whether the setting contents currently set in the printer are different from the setting contents made before the previous printing.

If the printed setting code and the setting code displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 are different, the setting contents of the printer are different from those previously set, and the setting contents must be changed. In such a case, the setting content can be changed at a time by pressing the setting key 24 and entering the setting code in the offline state. The method will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the setting key 24 is pressed, "LCD SET" is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21, and when the enter key 27 is pressed, the process is started. First, the setting code is input by operating the keys on the operation panel 2 (S8).
1). When entering the setting code, the 4-digit numerical value which is the current setting code is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21, and the number of the highest digit blinks. Press the select key 26 and enter the number of blinking digits. When the number is changed to the desired number and the enter key 27 is pressed, the blinking digit moves down by one digit, so the same operation is repeated to set a 4-digit numerical value. Then, the input setting code is converted into 2-byte bit data (S82), and this bit data is stored in the RAM 6 (S83).

For example, if "9A48" is input as the setting code, "9A48" becomes 100110100100.
Is converted into 1000, and the bit code is 1, 0, 0 in order.
Since they are 1, 10, 10, 01, 00, 10, 0, 0, they are stored in the RAM 6, respectively. Then, each item is set with the setting contents according to this, and as a result, the setting shown in FIG. As a result, it is possible to set a plurality of items at once without complicated key operations.

When the setting is changed, the online key 22 is pressed to bring the printer 1 into the online state, so that the printing according to the set contents can be performed.

Next, the print processing will be described.

When a print command is input from the outside in the online state, the bit code stored in the ROM 6 is read out, and the CPU 4 refers to this bit code in the ROM 5 to execute a print process with each setting content and print. The device 3 executes printing.

As is apparent from the above description, according to the printer of this embodiment, it is possible to easily confirm whether the setting contents are correct and to change a plurality of setting items at once.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in detail above, and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the setting code is input by the selection key 26, but in order to directly input a hexadecimal number on the operation panel, 16 keys from "0" to "F" are provided and used. You may do it. Also,
Although all the elements that can be set in the printer are digitized as setting codes, only some of the setting elements may be digitized. Further, although the setting code is represented by four hexadecimal digits, the radix and the number of digits may be any number.
The display is performed by a liquid crystal display, but a plasma display, a CRT screen or the like may be used.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above description,
According to the mode setting device of the information processing device of the present invention, it is possible to easily confirm whether the setting contents of the device are correct and to change a plurality of setting items at once.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a printer of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a correspondence between setting contents stored in a ROM and bit codes.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between setting items and bit positions.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a setting example of a printer according to the present exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of print output of setting contents.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an operation panel.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a numerical value display process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a numerical value setting process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Printer 2 Operation Panel 3 Printing Device 4 CPU 5 ROM 6 RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A setting content is selected from a multi-item mode,
In a mode setting device of an information processing device capable of performing data processing with a setting according to a purpose, a numerical value generating means for generating a numerical value corresponding to the selected setting contents in a one-to-one correspondence, and a one-to-one correspondence with the setting contents. Input means for inputting a corresponding numerical value, storage means for storing the generated numerical value or the numerical value input by the input means, display means for displaying the numerical value stored in the storage means, and the storage means A mode setting device for an information processing device, comprising: a data processing executing means for executing a process according to a setting content corresponding to a stored numerical value.