JPH0624084A - Tape printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To express an inserted registered document without being subject to the effect of a local format by inserting document data filed and registered at arbitrary positions among a plurality of the document data, to which the local format is set without being included in the setting of the local format. CONSTITUTION:A document-data inserting means 3 specifies the position of insertion in the input document data of a storage means, to a format of which is set by a local-format setting means PM, and inserts document data stored at the position of insertion as a file. A local-format data subscribing means CS subscribes format-setting completion data for the input document data immediately before the inserted document data and subscribes the same format setting data as the format setting data set to the inserted input document data immediately after the inserted document data. Accordingly, an inserted registered document is expressed without being subject to the effect of a local format.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tape printer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The applicant of the present application has put into practical use a tape printing device capable of printing characters and symbols on a printing tape as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 1-85050. It is suitable for making a tape having a file name printed on the spine.

In the tape printer, words and documents frequently used are stored in a memory together with file names, and the words and documents stored in the memory are input by a simple operation of inputting the file names. There are also functions that can be performed.

By using this function, words and documents stored in the memory (hereinafter referred to as registered document data) can be easily inserted into the input document data.

Further, the applicant of the present invention designates document data in an arbitrary range in a plurality of document data strings, such as character data and line feed data, which have been input and in which formats such as a typeface and character decoration have been set, and specify another range. We have also put into practical use a tape printer that can be set to a format (local format) such as typeface or character decoration.

[0006] With this function, the typeface or the character decoration of the words or documents expressed on the printing tape is partially replaced by the other part, so that the person who sees it can express this expression. You can enjoy the change in the typeface and the character decoration of words and documents.

[0007]

However, in the conventional tape printer as described above, the input and
When the document data registered in the file is called and inserted at an arbitrary position between the plurality of document data set with the local format, the inserted document data is locally located on the document data before and after the insertion position. It was included in the format settings and could not be inserted without being included in the local format settings.

Therefore, in order to cancel the setting of the local format relating to the inserted document with respect to the inserted document data, the set local format is once canceled and then the inserted document data of the inserted document data is re-established. Set the same local format as the canceled local format for the document data from the beginning to immediately before the inserted document data, and from the document data immediately after the inserted document data to the last document data of the inserted document data. It is necessary to set the same local format for the document data, which is a very troublesome work (operation).
Needed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and document data registered as a file at an arbitrary position between a plurality of document data that have been input and in which a local format has been set. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tape printer which can call the document data and insert the document data without being included in the setting of the local format.

[0010]

In order to achieve this object, a tape printer of the present invention inputs document data such as character data and line feed data, and data for setting formats such as typeface and character decoration. Input means, storage means for storing the input data, and for setting the format of the subsequent document data before the document data of a partial range of the document data stored in the storage means Local formatting means for joining the formatting data and joining formatting end data for ending the formatting after the document data of the partial range; file registration means for storing the inputted document data as a file;
Dot pattern data creating means for creating character dot pattern data corresponding to input document data and document data of a file called in the storage means, and printing on the printing tape from the created dot pattern data And a printing means for forming a character corresponding to the document data on the printing tape by the printed dot pattern and an inserted document data in the storage means formatted by the local format setting means. A document data insertion means for specifying a position and inserting the document data stored as the file at the insertion position, and immediately before the document data to be inserted,
Add the formatting end data for the input document data, and immediately after the document data to be inserted, add the same formatting data as the setting data set for the input document data to be inserted. And local format data subscription means.

[0011]

In the tape printer of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure, the document data such as the character data and the line feed data and the data for setting the format such as the typeface and the character decoration are inputted by the input means, and the inputted data is inputted. The storage means stores the data. Further, the local format setting means adds formatting data for setting the format of the subsequent document data before the document data of the partial range of the document data stored in the storage means, and the partial format data is added. Following the range of document data is the end-of-formatting data that terminates its formatting.

The input document data is stored as a file by the file registration means.

Then, the document data insertion means specifies the insertion position in the input document data formatted by the local format setting means, and the document data stored as the file is inserted at the insertion position. It Further, the local format data joining means joins the formatting end data for the inputted document data immediately before the document data to be inserted, and
Immediately after the document data to be inserted, the same format setting data as that set for the input document data is added.

The dot pattern data corresponding to the document data stored in these storage means is created by the dot pattern data creating means. Further, the printing means prints on the printing tape from the dot pattern data, and forms the character corresponding to the document data on the printing tape by the printed dot pattern.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to an English-only tape printer 1 capable of printing a large number of characters such as alphabetic characters and symbols on the printing tape 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, an input key group 3 is arranged in the front part of the main body frame 2 of the tape printer 1, and a printing mechanism PM is arranged in the main body frame 2 behind the input key group 3. A liquid crystal display (LCD) 22 capable of displaying characters and symbols is provided behind the input key group 3.

The input key group 3 includes character input keys for inputting characters such as alphabets, numbers and symbols, cursor movement keys, a return key for line feed or decision, and a modified block key for setting a modified block. Document creation key, etc., format key for setting the format (typeface, character size, character modification, etc.) of the entire input document, part of the input document is partially different from the format of the entire document A local format key for setting the format, a document registration key for registering the input document, a document call key for calling the registered document, a print key for printing the created document on a printing tape, and A power key and the like for turning the power on and off are provided.

Next, the printing mechanism PM will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 3. A rectangular tape storage cassette CS is detachably attached to the printing mechanism PM, and the tape storage cassette CS is transparent. Width of about 2 films
Tape spool 6 around which 4mm printing tape 5 is wound
And a ribbon supply spool 8 around which the ink ribbon 7 is wound.
And a take-up spool 9 for taking up the ink ribbon 7,
A supply spool 11 in which a double-sided tape 10 having the same width as the printing tape 5 is wound with a release paper outside and a joining roller 12 for joining the printing tape 5 and the double-sided tape 10 are rotatably provided. Has been.

A thermal head 13 is erected at a position where the printing tape 5 and the ink ribbon 7 overlap each other.
A platen roller 14 that presses the printing tape 5 and the double-sided tape 10 against the joining roller 12 are rotatably supported by a support 16. The thermal head 13 is provided with a heating element group consisting of 128 heating elements arranged in a vertical direction corresponding to the width of the printing tape 5 of about 24 mm.

Therefore, when the tape feed motor 24 (see FIG. 4) is driven in the predetermined rotation direction, the joining roller 12 and the take-up spool 9 are driven in synchronization with each other in the predetermined rotation direction to form 128 heating element groups. When energized, characters are printed on the printing tape 5 by a plurality of dot rows almost completely in the tape width, and the printing tape 5 is fed in the tape feeding direction A with the double-sided tape 10 joined. To be done. For details of the printing mechanism PM, refer to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-106555.

A cassette discriminating member 17 for setting the type of the tape accommodating cassette CS, that is, the tape width of the accommodated printing tape 5 is attached to the bottom wall of the tape accommodating cassette CS. A cassette discrimination sensor 18 (see FIG. 4) including a photo interrupter for detecting a provided protruding piece (not shown) is attached to the main body frame 2. Therefore, the tape width can be detected based on the discrimination signal from the cassette discrimination sensor 18. Also, the tape width is "6 mm",
Various tape storage cassettes CS around which the printing tapes 5 of “9 mm”, “12 mm”, and “18 mm” are wound are prepared separately.

The tape storage cassette CS that stores the printing tapes 5 having a width other than the 24 mm width is mounted on the tape printer 1 in the same manner as the tape storage cassette CS that stores the printing tape 5 having a width of 24 mm. . Then, by defining which heating element in the heating element group is to generate heat in accordance with the width of each printing tape 5, printing is performed on the mounted printing tape 5 to approximately the width of the tape. Is done.

Next, the control system of the tape printer 1 is shown in FIG.
The block diagram of FIG.

Input key group 3 and cassette discrimination sensor 18
A drive circuit 21 for driving the buzzer 20, a display controller (LCDC) 23 having a display RAM for outputting display data to a liquid crystal display (LCD) 22, and a drive for driving the thermal head 13. The circuit 25 and the drive circuit 26 for driving the tape feed motor 24 are connected to the input / output interface 27 of the controller C, respectively. The control device C is C
PU 29 and a bus 2 such as a data bus for the CPU 29
I / O interface 27, C connected via 8
It is composed of a GROM 30, ROMs 31 and 32, a RAM 40 and a battery backup RAM 45.

CGROM (pattern data memory) 30
In FIG. 5, dot pattern data for display is stored in association with code data for each of a large number of characters.

ROM (outline data memory) 31
In order to print the character, the outline data (outline data) that defines the outline of the character for each of a large number of characters is a typeface (Gothic typeface,
It is classified according to Mincho typeface, etc.) and stored in association with code data. Each of the large number of outline data stores the size of the print image in the vertical direction and the size of the print image in the horizontal direction.

The ROM 32 stores a program for operating the tape printer 1.

In the text area 41 of the RAM 40, the code data of the document creation key input from the input key group 3 is stored as document data. Print format area 4
In 2 is stored data of the set format for the entire input document. In the work memory area 46,
Data is temporarily stored to perform arithmetic work. The print buffer area 47 stores the data of the print dot pattern that has been image-developed. Further, the RAM 40 is provided with a buffer for temporarily storing the calculation result calculated by the CPU 29, an area for a counter, a pointer, and the like.

The battery backup RAM 45 is a RAM that is constantly supplied with power by a battery 44 provided in the tape printer 1 to retain the stored contents even when the power is turned off. Document data registered as a file is stored in the document registration area of the battery backup RAM 45.

Next, regarding the operation of the tape printer 1,
This will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 5 and 6. In addition, the reference symbol Si (i = 10, 11, 12, ...) In the drawing is each operation step.

First, it is assumed that the tape printer 1 is equipped with a tape storage cassette CS that stores a printing tape having a width of 24 mm. Then, when the power is turned on by operating the power key, the tape printer 1 starts operating.

When the operation is started, first, each storage area is initialized according to the program of the ROM 32 (S10).

Next, it is determined whether or not a key input is made from the input key group 3 (S11).

When no key is input (S11: N
o), the process returns to the operation of determining whether or not a key input has been made (S11).

When the key is input (S11: Yes),
It is determined whether the document creation key of the input keys has been pressed (S12).

When the document creation key is pressed (S12: Y
es), a document creation process of storing the code data (document data) of the document created according to the document creation key in the text area 41 (S13). Then, the process returns to the determination operation (S11) of whether or not a key input has been made.

If the document creation key has not been pressed (S12: No), it is determined whether the format key has been pressed (S14).

When the format key is pressed (S1
4: Yes), the font, character size, and character decoration related to the entire document can be set, and from this state, the format setting process of storing the data of the format set by the key input in the print format area 42 is performed (S1).
5). Here, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the normal typeface, the maximum character size, and the normal character decoration are formatted by the key operation by the user.

Then, the process returns to the operation of determining whether or not a key input has been made (S11).

If the format key has not been pressed (S14: No), it is determined whether the local format key has been pressed (S16).

When the local format key is pressed (S16: Yes), the local format setting process is performed as shown in FIGS. 7 to 10 (S17).

Here, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the user operates the document creation key, inputs the document data of "ABCDE", and presses the local format key.

This local format setting process (S1
In 7), first, the display of the cursor position "A" on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 22 is highlighted (S2).
9). It is assumed that the cursor is located on "A" by operating the left and right cursor movement keys.

Then, it is determined whether or not the left and right cursor movement keys have been pressed (S30).

When the left and right cursor movement keys are pressed (S
30: Yes), it is determined whether the character displayed at the cursor position is the first character "A" of the document and the pressed key is the cursor move key to the left (S31).

When the character displayed at the cursor position is the first character "A" of the document and the pressed key is the cursor movement key to the left (S31: Ye)
s), an operation of sounding the buzzer 20 (S32) and determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key is pressed (S30)
Return to.

When the character displayed at the cursor position is not the first character "A" of the document or the pressed key is not the cursor movement key to the left (S31: N).
In o), it is determined whether the character displayed at the cursor position is the last character "E" of the document and the pressed key is the cursor movement key to the right (S33).

When the character displayed at the cursor position is the last character "E" of the document and the pressed key is the cursor movement key to the right (S33: Y).
es), the buzzer 20 is sounded (S32), and the operation of determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key is pressed (S3)
Return to 0).

When the character displayed at the cursor position is not the last character "E" of the document or the pressed key is not the right cursor movement key (S33: N).
o) The character of the document displayed within the cursor movement range corresponding to the pressed left / right cursor movement key is highlighted (S34), and the operation for determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key is pressed (S30) is performed. Return.

In this embodiment, at the cursor position "A" at the beginning, the cursor movement key to the right is pressed (S
30: Yes, S31: No, S33: No), FIG.
As shown in, all of the displayed "ABCDE" are highlighted (S34).

On the other hand, if the left / right cursor movement key has not been pressed (S30: No), it is determined whether the return key has been pressed (S35).

When the return key is not pressed (S3
5: No), and returns to the operation of determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key has been pressed (S31).

When the return key is pressed (S3
5: Yes), the character document “ABCDE” in which the range of the document to be locally formatted is highlighted
(S36), the local format start data is added immediately before the range document data, and the local format end data is added immediately after the range document data.

The liquid crystal display (LCD) 22
A local format setting screen (see FIG. 10) is displayed on (S37).

In this local format setting screen,
Format contents of three items are displayed in the upper row. In these, the head (left) represents the format content of the typeface, the middle represents the format content of the character size, and the last (right) represents the format content of the character modification. The input document is displayed in the lower part.

Then, the symbol representing the contents of the first format item (typeface) displayed in the upper part of the local format setting screen is highlighted (S3).
8).

Then, it is determined whether or not the left and right cursor movement keys have been pressed (S39).

When the left and right cursor movement keys are pressed (S
39: Yes), it is determined whether the highlighted format item is the first (left) format item and the pressed key is the cursor move key to the left (S40).

When the highlighted format item is the first (left) format item and the pressed key is the cursor movement key to the left (S40: Ye)
s), an operation of sounding the buzzer 20 (S41) and determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key is pressed (S39)
Return to.

If the highlighted format item is not the first (left) format item or the pressed key is not the cursor move key to the left (S40: N).
o), it is determined whether the highlighted format item is the last (right) format item and the pressed key is the cursor movement key to the right (S42).

When the highlighted format item is the last (right) format item and the pressed key is the cursor movement key to the right (S42: Ye)
s), an operation of sounding the buzzer 20 (S41) and determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key is pressed (S39)
Return to.

If the highlighted format item is not the last (right) format item or the pressed key is not the cursor move key to the right (S42: Ye
s), the highlighted format item at the previous position is returned to the normal display, and the format item at the position corresponding to the pressed left / right cursor movement key is highlighted (S4).
3). Then, the process returns to the operation of determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key is pressed (S39).

In the tape printer 1 of the present embodiment, since the setting of the contents of the format item highlighted can be changed, the user operates the keys to highlight the format item whose contents the setting is desired to be changed. .

On the other hand, if the left / right cursor movement key is not pressed (S39: No), it is determined whether or not the up / down cursor movement key is pressed (S44).

When the up / down cursor movement key is pressed (S
44: Yes), the contents of the highlighted format item are changed to other contents shown within the dashed line in the figure (S4).
5). The user operates the up and down cursor movement keys to change the contents of the highlighted format item to the desired contents. Then, the process returns to the operation of determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key is pressed (S39).

If the up / down cursor movement key has not been pressed (S44: No), it is determined whether the return key has been pressed (S46).

If the return key is not pressed (S4
6: No), and returns to the operation of determining whether or not the left / right cursor movement key has been pressed (S39).

In the present embodiment, the contents of the format items displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 22 are changed to the bag typeface, the maximum character size and the normal character decoration by the key operation and the operation (S37 to S46) by the user. To do.

Then, the return key is pressed (S46:
Yes), the document “ABCDE” within the determined range
Is determined to be the format of the displayed content (S47), and data specifying the attribute of the format content is added to the text area 41 following the local format start data.

Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the local format range marks 50 and 51 are added to the left and right ends of the document "ABCDE" within the range determined on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 22 (S48). The display of the highlighted document is replaced with the normal display (S49).

With such an operation, the local format setting process (S17) is ended, and the operation returns to the operation (S11) of judging whether or not a key input is made.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the local format key has not been pressed in the determining operation (S16) as to whether or not the local format key has been pressed (S1).
6: No), as shown in FIG. 6, it is determined whether or not the document registration key is pressed (S18).

When the document registration key is pressed (S18: Y
es), of the document data stored in the text area 41, the document data in the document range to be registered is specified, the document data to be registered is determined, and the document data is given a file name. Document registration processing for storing as a file in the document registration area of the battery backup RAM 45 is performed (S19). Here, it is assumed that the document data of "123" created by the document creation process (S13) is stored as "file 1" by the document registration process (S19).

Then, the process returns to the determining operation (S11) as to whether or not a key input has been made.

By the document registration process (S19), a plurality of files can be registered in the document registration area.

If the document registration key has not been pressed (S18: No), it is determined whether the document call key has been pressed (S20).

When the document call key is pressed (S2
0: Yes), a registration document call document creation process is performed (S21).

This registration document call document creation process (S2
In 1), as shown in FIGS. 12 to 15, first, the liquid crystal display (LCD) 22 is caused to display the file selection screen (see FIG. 13) of the calling document (S60). On this file selection screen, a message indicating that it is the file selection screen is displayed in the upper part.

Then, the file name of the document to be called is displayed at the bottom of the screen (S61).

Next, it is determined whether or not the up / down cursor moving key has been pressed (S62).

When the up / down cursor movement key is pressed (S
62: Yes), the file of the document to be called is replaced according to the pressed up / down cursor movement key, and the file name is displayed (S61). The user operates the up and down cursor movement keys to display the file 1 of the document data "123".

If the up / down cursor movement key has not been pressed (S62: No), it is determined whether the return key has been pressed (S63).

When the return key is not pressed (S6
3: No), and returns to the operation of determining whether or not the up / down cursor movement key has been pressed (S62).

When the return key is pressed (S63: Y
es), the document data to be called is determined as the document data of the displayed file 1, and then it is determined whether or not the document data is already stored in the text area 41 (S6).
4).

When the document data is not stored in the text area 41 (S64: No), the document data of the file 1 determined from the document registration area is called and stored at the beginning of the text area 41 (S65).

When the document data is stored in the text area 41 (S64: Yes), the file concatenation process is performed (S66), and the operation of determining whether or not a key input is performed (S
Return to 11).

In this embodiment, the text area 41 has "AB
Since the document data of "CDE" is stored, this file concatenation process (S66) is performed.

Here, this file concatenation process (S66)
This will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15.

In the file concatenation process (S66), first,
It is determined whether or not the cursor display position is within the setting range of the local format (S70).

When the cursor display position is within the setting range of the local format (S70: Yes), the document data of the document displayed behind the cursor position is moved from the text area 41 to the work memory area 46 (S7).
1).

Then, immediately before the document data moved to the work memory area 46, the local format start data closest to the first document data in the direction from the last document data in the document data remaining in the text area 41. And the same data as the attribute designation data is added (S7
2).

Local format end data is added immediately after the document data remaining in the text area 41 (S73).

Then, the registered document data is concatenated and stored immediately after the document data in the text area 41. If there is no document data, the registered document data is stored at the beginning of the text area 41 (S74).

In this embodiment, "B" and "C" of the document "ABCDE" for which the local format is set.
In order to insert the document "123" registered between and, the cursor is positioned at the position "C" of the document "ABCDE" (S70: Yes). Then, the document data of the document "CDE" displayed behind the cursor position is moved from the text area 41 to the work memory area 46 (S71), and the document "A" is displayed immediately before the document data.
The same data as the local format start data and the attribute designation data set at the beginning of "BCDE" is added (S72). Further, the local format end data is added immediately after the document data of the document "AB" remaining in the text area 41 (S73), and the registered document data is linked immediately after the document data (S74).

On the other hand, when the cursor display position is not within the setting range of the local format (S70: No),
The document data of the document displayed behind the cursor position is moved from the text area 41 to the work memory area 46 (S75), and the registered document data is linked and stored immediately after the document data in the text area 41 (S74). ).

Then, the registered document data is linked and stored immediately after the document data in the text area 41 (S74).
After that, the document data in the work memory area 46 is connected and stored immediately after the document data in the text area 41 (S7).
6). In the document data thus created, not only is the registered document data inserted into the document data in the text area 41, but local format start data, attribute designation data, and local format are provided before and after the inserted registered document data. The end data is automatically subscribed.

After that, as shown in FIG. 15, the screen of the document in which the local format range marks 50 and 51 are displayed before and after the registered document is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) 2.
2 is displayed (S77).

Thus, a liquid crystal display (LCD)
The local format range marks 50 and 51 are displayed on the document 22 so that the document “AB” and the document “CDE” before and after the inserted registered document “123” have their local formats set, and the document is inserted. In the registered document “123” thus registered, it can be seen from the local format range marks 50 and 51 before and after the registered document “123” that the range is outside the set range of the local format.

Then, the file concatenation process (S66) is ended, the registration document call document creation process (S21) is ended, and the process returns to the operation (S11).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, in the operation of determining whether or not the document call key is pressed (S20), when it is determined that the document call key is not pressed (S20: No), It is determined whether or not the print key is pressed (S22).

When the print key is pressed (S22: Ye
s), the document data stored in the text area 41 is converted into dot image data based on the outline data (outline data) and the format data, and stored in the print buffer area 47. And the print buffer area 4
The dot image data stored in 7 is sequentially read, the thermal head 13 and the tape feed motor 24 are driven to print on the printing tape, and the printing process for creating the printed tape is performed (S23).

If the print key is not pressed (S2
2: No), other processing is performed (S24).

Next, a specific example of printing by the tape printer 1 as described above will be described.

FIG. 16 (a) shows the format of the entire document between "B" and "C" of the document data printed as shown in FIG. 17 (a) by setting the local format. FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a printing state of document data created by inserting registered document data registered in a file to be printed as shown in FIG. 18 (a). Note that FIG.
(A), FIG. 17 (a), and FIG. 18 (a) are explanatory diagrams for explaining the contents of the respective document data.

If the registered document data shown in FIG. 18 is simply inserted between "B" and "C" of the document data shown in FIG. 17B, the document data shown in FIG. 19 is obtained. , The inserted registered document data in which the local format is not set before the insertion becomes the document data within the setting range of the local format, but according to the tape printer 1 of the present embodiment, it is inserted. Local format start data immediately before and after the registered document data,
The registered document data, into which the attribute designation data and the local format end data are added, are not included in the setting range of the local format. Therefore, FIG.
As shown in (a), the inserted registered document is printed and expressed without being affected by the local format.

The present invention is not limited to the present embodiment described in detail above, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, when the registered document data is inserted within the range where the local format is set in this embodiment, the inserted registered document data is automatically released from the setting of the local format. Whether to insert the local format start data, attribute specification data and local format end data before and after the registered document data automatically when inserting the registered document data, and whether to add each data by key input or not Alternatively, the local format setting may be canceled only when joining is selected.

[0109]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the tape printer of the present invention, a file is registered at an arbitrary position between a plurality of pieces of document data that have been input and in which the local format has been set. By calling the registered document data and inserting the registered document data without being included in the setting of the local format, the inserted registered document can be expressed without being affected by the local format. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a tape printer.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a printing mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control system of the tape printer.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the tape printer.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the tape printer.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a local format setting processing operation.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a local format setting processing operation.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a local format setting processing operation.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a local format setting screen.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing a display screen on a liquid crystal display (LCD) of a document in which a local format is set.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a registered document call document creation processing operation.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of a file selection screen of a calling document.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a file concatenation processing operation of the tape printer.

FIG. 15 is a plan view showing a display screen on a liquid crystal display (LCD) of a document created by inserting registered document data into document data in which a local format is set.

FIG. 16A shows a print state of document data created by inserting document data registered as a file “123” between “B” and “C” of the document data. It is a figure. FIG. 16B is an explanatory diagram of the document data created by inserting the document data registered as the file “123” between “B” and “C” of the document data.

FIG. 17A is a diagram showing a print state based on document data input by a document creation key. Figure 1
FIG. 7B is an explanatory diagram of the document data input by the document creation key.

FIG. 18A is a diagram showing a print state based on document data registered in a file. Figure 18 (b)
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of document data registered as a file.

FIG. 19 is created when local format start data, attribute designation data, and local format end data are inserted before and after the registered document data into the document data in which the local format is set without joining. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of document data according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tape Printing Device 3 Input Key Group 5 Printing Tape 13 Thermal Head 28 Bus 29 CPU 31 ROM 32 ROM 40 RAM 45 Battery Backup RAM PM Printing Mechanism

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Input means for inputting document data such as character data and line feed data and data for setting formats such as typeface and character decoration, storage means for storing the input data, and storage means therefor. Formatting data for formatting the subsequent document data is added before the partial range document data of the document data stored in, and after the partial range document data is formatted. Local format setting means for adding format end data, file registration means for storing input document data as a file, input document data and document data of a file called in the storage means, etc. Correspondingly, the dot pattern data creating means for creating the dot pattern data of the character and the created dot pattern data A tape printing device that prints on a printing tape from a printer, and forms a character corresponding to the document data on the printing tape by the printed dot pattern. A document data insertion unit that inserts the document data stored as the file at the insertion position by designating an insertion position in the input document data of the storage unit that has been formatted by Immediately immediately before, the formatting end data for the input document data is added, and the same formatting as the formatting data set for the input document data to be inserted is inserted immediately after the document data to be inserted. A tape printing device comprising a local format data joining means for joining data. 2. The display means for displaying a mark corresponding to the format setting data and the format setting end data at a joining position of the format setting data and the format setting end data. Tape printing device.