JPH06243134A - Document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm the quantity of document data that can be printed on a seal, for example, when serving as a printing medium without carrying out any trial print, etc. CONSTITUTION:The seal width data are read out of a seal width register, and the data on the maximum print range of row direction corresponding to the seal width are retrieved out of the seal data stored in a ROM 6 and stored in a row direction print range register. The row pitch data on the format data are stored in a row pitch register, and the row direction maximum print range is divided by the row pitch so that the number of seal print rows is decided. Then the data on the column direction maximum print range that is prescribed by the storage capacity of a print buffer 9 are stored in a column direction print range register. The column pitch data on the format data are stored in a column pitch register, and the column direction maximum print range is divided by the column pitch so that the number of seal print columns is decided. These decided numbers of seal print rows and columns are shown at a display part 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing device such as a Japanese word processor for printing document data on a printing medium such as a label or a sticker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A label printing function and a sticker printing function in a conventional document processing apparatus are assumed to be a printing medium in which a tack sticker or a video label sheet which is individually separated is provided on an A4 size or B5 size mount. , Prints in a fixed print format. in this case,
One printed tack sticker or one video label sheet
Peel off the mount and use.

[0003]

Recently, a label printing cassette in which an ink ribbon and a seal having a release paper are integrated into a cassette has been developed, and the seal of the label printing cassette is used as a print medium for document data. Is required. However, the conventional document processing apparatus does not assume printing on a sticker integrated in the label printing cassette, and does not support sticker printing at all. Therefore, when performing sticker printing with the conventional document processing apparatus, it is necessary to use the partial printing function, repeatedly execute print image display, test printing, etc. to set the format and set the print start position. The work was very troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to easily determine how much document data can be printed on a sticker without performing confirmation work such as trial printing when sticker printing is performed using a sticker as a print medium. Is to be able to confirm.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a means for storing format information including at least a line pitch and a column pitch, a means for storing a width of a print medium on which document data is printed, and the print medium. Means for storing the maximum print length, and the number of print lines and the number of print digits of the document data printable on the print medium are calculated based on the format information, the width of the print medium, and the maximum print length. And a means for displaying the calculated print line number and print digit number.

[0006]

The operation of the means of the present invention is as follows. If you specify sticker printing, based on format information, including line and column pitches, print media width, and maximum print length,
The number of print lines and the number of print digits of the document data that can be printed on the print medium are calculated, and the calculated number of print lines and the number of print digits are displayed. Therefore, for example, when performing sticker printing using a sticker as a print medium, it is possible to easily check how much document data can be printed on the sticker without performing a confirmation work such as trial printing.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment. In the figure, the key input unit 1 includes various keys such as an alphabet key, a kana key, and a conversion key, and outputs a key input signal according to a key operation to the CPU 2. The CPU 2 controls the entire system and executes a document processing program stored in a ROM 6 described later. The display unit 3 is composed of, for example, a CRT display device or the like, and displays the input document data. The display memory 4 stores display data to be displayed on the display unit 3.
The external storage unit 5 is, for example, an FDD (floppy disk
Drive) and stores document data.
The ROM 6 fixedly stores various control programs such as a document processing program and the sticker data shown in FIG. The document area 7 stores the document data read from the external storage unit 5 or the newly created document data together with the format data.

The RAM 8 is composed of various registers as shown in FIG. The sticker width register stores the sticker width (horizontal width; mm unit) of the sticker which is the print medium. The print range register stores a range of document data for sticker printing. The row-direction print range register stores the maximum print range data in the row direction corresponding to the seal width. The digit direction print range register stores the maximum print range data in the digit direction which is defined according to the storage capacity of the print buffer 9 described later. The row pitch register stores the row pitch in the format data. The digit pitch register stores the digit pitch in the format data. The sticker print line number register stores the number of lines that can be printed when sticker printing is performed. The sticker print digit number register stores the number of printable digits when sticker printing is performed. The registers a to c are arithmetic registers used in the arithmetic processing in FIG.

The A register and the B register are arithmetic registers used in the arithmetic processing in FIG. The X register stores the size of the print data expanded in the print buffer in the x direction. The X1 register stores the print start x coordinate. The X2 register stores the print end x coordinate. Y
The register stores the size of the print data expanded in the print buffer in the y direction. The Y1 register stores the print start y coordinate. The Y2 register stores the print end y coordinate.

The print buffer 9 stores print data printed by the printer 11 in a bitmap format. The print control unit 10 controls the printer 11 to print based on the print data stored in the print buffer 9. The printer 11 is controlled by the print controller 10 and prints the print data stored in the print buffer 9 on a print medium such as a sticker, a label, or a sheet.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of seal data stored in advance in the ROM 6. Seal data is 6 [mm], 9
When printing on each [mm] and 12 [mm] sticker, set the maximum printing range in the row direction corresponding to the sticker width to [dot].
It is data expressed in units. For example, the seal width is 6
When a [mm] sticker is used, it indicates that a maximum of 60 [dot] print data can be printed in the row direction (the width direction of the sticker).

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of the document processing apparatus in this embodiment. Less than,
The flowchart shows the operation of the CPU 2 based on the control program. When performing sticker printing,
First, the document processing device is activated. After the start-up, a standby state for mode setting is entered, so as shown in step S1, the mode setting key or the like in the key input unit 1 is operated to set the word processor mode. In word processing mode, you can input and edit document data. In step S2, a standby state for designation of document data is entered, so that document data to be subjected to sticker printing is designated by inputting or selecting a file name.

When the document data is designated, step S3
And the document data read from the external storage unit 5 together with the format data set in the document data
It is stored in the document area 7. In step S4, the sticker print mode is set by operating the "sticker print" key or the like in the key input unit 1. As a result, the process proceeds to step S5. In step S5, a display "seal width?" Prompting the user to specify the seal width is displayed on the display unit 3. Therefore, by operating the ten keys of the key input unit 1, for example, the numerical data "6" is displayed.
Enter, and specify the seal width as “6 mm”. The designated seal width is set in the seal width register of the RAM 8.

As a result, in step S6, the sticker printable range calculation process is executed. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the sticker printable range calculation process. First, in step S11, the data (seal width: 6 mm) set in the seal width register is read. In step S12, the maximum print range data in the row direction corresponding to the read seal width is retrieved from the seal data stored in the ROM 6, and in this case, the maximum print range data in the line direction (60 dot) corresponding to the seal width (6 mm). Is ROM6
Read from the RAM 8 and stored in the row-direction printing range register of the RAM 8.

In the next step S13, the line pitch data of the format data stored in the document area 7 is stored in the RAM 8
Stored in the row pitch register. In this case, the row pitch data is set in [dot] units. Step S1
In 4, the row-direction maximum print range data stored in the row-direction print range register is divided by the line pitch data, and the division result is stored in the sticker print line number register of the RAM 8. As a result, the number of print lines for sticker printing is obtained based on the sticker width and the line pitch of the format data.

However, depending on the size of the character point, there may be a case where the number of lines can be increased. Therefore, in order to confirm this, steps S15 to S19 are performed. That is, in step S15, the number of sticker printing lines is multiplied by the line pitch, and the multiplication result is stored in the a register. In the next step S16, the multiplication result stored in the a register is subtracted from the row-direction printing range data, and the subtraction result is stored in the b register. That is, the remaining portion of the row-direction printing range is stored in the b register. In step S17, the character point data (9.6 points, 12
Points, etc.) are stored in the c register.

In a succeeding step S18, it is determined whether or not the content of the b register is equal to or more than (≧) the content of the c register. That is, it is determined whether or not the remaining portion of the print range in the row direction is at or above the character string point. If Yes is determined in step S18, another line can be printed, and thus step S18 is performed.
Proceed to 19. In step S19, "1" is added to the content of the sticker print line number register to increment the sticker print line number by 1, and the process proceeds to step S20. In step S18, N
In the case of o, the number of sticker print lines is the same as the result of step S14, and therefore the process immediately proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, the print buffer 9
The maximum print range data in the digit direction (for example, 200 mm in print length) defined by the storage capacity of R is R in [dot] units.
It is stored in the column direction print range register of AM8. In step S21, the digit pitch data in the format data stored in the format area 7 is stored in the digit pitch register of the RAM 8. In this case, the digit pitch data is set in units of [dot].

In step S22, the maximum print range data in the digit direction stored in the digit print range register is divided by the digit pitch data, and the division result is stored in the sticker print digit number register of the RAM 8. That is, the number of print digits for sticker printing is obtained based on the maximum print range data in the digit direction and the digit pitch of the format data defined by the storage capacity of the print buffer 9, and stored in the sticker print digit number register. It will be. By executing this step S22, the sticker printable range calculation process in FIG. 4 is completed, and the process proceeds to step S7 in FIG.

Returning to FIG. 3, in step S7, the seal printable range is displayed in the form of (m lines, n digits), and a message prompting the print range is displayed. That is, the number of sticker printing lines and the number of sticker printing digits stored in the number of sticker printing lines register and the number of sticker printing digits stored in the number of sticker printing digits register respectively are displayed in a window displayed on the display unit 3 as shown in FIG. "Range: 4 lines 12 digits" is displayed, and a message "Please specify the start position" prompting you to specify the range for sticker printing is displayed in the above window and the standby state for specifying the sticker print range is displayed. Becomes

Note that the sticker printable range display is not limited to the display in the format of (m lines, n digits) as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 7, a printable range frame may be displayed by a broken line or the like to indicate that the printable range is substantially m rows and n digits.

When the cursor keys of the key input unit 1 are operated to specify the start point and the end point of the print range, the process proceeds to step S8, where the start point coordinates and the end point coordinates of the specified print range are the print range register of the RAM8. Memorized in.
As a result, the document data of the designated print range is displayed in reverse on the display unit 3, and the range of the document data to be printed is clearly shown.

After the step S8 is completed, the "sticker print" key is in a standby state, so as shown in step S9,
The sticker print is designated by operating the "sticker print" key of the key input unit 1. As a result, the process proceeds to the sticker printing process in step S10.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the sticker printing process. First, in step S23, the document data in the range specified based on the contents of the print range register is expanded in the print buffer 9. In step S24, the size of the print data expanded in the print buffer 9 in the y direction is detected and stored in the Y register of the RAM 8.

In step S25, the seal width data stored in the seal width register of the RAM 8 is stored in the A register. In step S26, the print start y coordinate indicating the print start position in the y direction is set in the Y1 register.
That is, the calculation "(Y / 2)-(A / 2)" is executed and the calculation result is stored in the Y1 register as the print start y coordinate.

Next, in step S27, the print end y coordinate indicating the print end position in the y direction is set in the Y2 register. That is, the calculation "(Y / 2) + (A / 2)" is executed, and the calculation result is stored in the Y2 register as the print end y coordinate.

In step S28, the size of the print data expanded in the print buffer 9 in the x-direction is detected and stored in the RAM.
8 are stored in the X register. In step S29, the maximum print range data in the digit direction representing the maximum print length in the sticker print obtained in step S20 is stored in the B register of the RAM 8.

In step S30, the print start x coordinate indicating the print start position in the x direction is set in the X1 register. In this embodiment, since the print start x coordinate is the coordinate "0", "0" is stored in the X1 register.

In step S31, the print end X coordinate indicating the print end position in the x direction is set in the X2 register. In this case, x of the print data stored in the X register
The size in the direction is compared with the maximum print length stored in the B register, and the smaller data is stored in the X2 register as the print end x coordinate.

In step S32, the print data expanded in the print buffer 9 is transferred to the printer 1 via the print control unit 10.
Output to 1 to print on the sticker. Since the sticker printing process in FIG. 5 is completed by executing step S32, the entire process in FIG. 3 is also completed.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 8, the print start position and the print end position in sticker printing are calculated, and only the print data corresponding to this range is printed by the printer 11.

[0032]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention,
When sticker printing is performed, it is possible to easily check how much document data can be printed on the sticker without performing confirmation work such as trial printing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a document processing apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of sticker data stored in a ROM 6.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of sticker printable range calculation processing in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of sticker printing processing in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the number of print lines and the number of print digits that can be used for sticker printing.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example in which the number of print lines and the number of print digits that can be printed on a sticker are displayed by displaying a printable range frame.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a relationship between print data and a print range.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 key input part 2 CPU 3 display part 6 ROM 7 document area 8 RAM 9 print buffer 11 printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for storing format information including at least a line pitch and a digit pitch, a means for storing a width of a print medium on which document data is printed, and a means for storing a maximum print length on the print medium. Means for calculating the number of print lines and the number of print digits of the document data that can be printed on the print medium based on the format information, the width of the print medium, and the maximum print length, and the calculated print line A document processing apparatus comprising: a unit for displaying the number and the number of print digits.