JPH0654465B2 - Printer device control method - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control method for a printer, and more particularly to a control method for a printer suitable for improving output processing capacity.

[Background of the Invention]

Generally, a printer device performs an output operation under the control of an output control device that receives an output operation command from a central processing unit, for example. Then, the printer device under the control of the output control device analyzes the output data to be printed,
Printing is performed serially.

However, as the central processing unit and the like have been speeded up and a large amount of processing has been required, the limit of the printer device has arisen.

Therefore, various proposals have been made in order to improve the processing capacity. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 168254/56 is known.
This enables the I / O controller to accept the start of the I / O operation to be executed next during the idle time during the I / O operation is being executed when the I / O controller is started. By apparently eliminating the startup operation time, the input / output operation time of the input / output control device is shortened. However, although such a conventionally known control method has improved processing capability, consideration of reliability has not been sufficient when, for example, a result related to bank transactions such as a result of printout is particularly important.

[Object of the Invention]

It is an object of the present invention to provide a control method for a printer device, which improves the reliability of the result of print output and improves the output processing capability.

[Outline of Invention]

To achieve the above object, the present invention prints characters and the like on a medium, and in a printer device having a conveyance path for the medium, reports the end of printing to the connection partner device at the start of the medium discharge operation. To provide a control method for the printer device.

Example of Invention

 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, the printer device 1 is connected to the connection partner device 2. The connection partner device 2 sends a telegram 3 as a control signal to the printer device 1, while the printer device 1 sends an end report 4 to the connection partner device 2. Here, the electronic statement 3 is composed of a suction command 31 of a print medium (not shown), print data 32, and a print medium discharge command 33.

The printer device 1 is roughly divided into a reception control circuit 10, a print control circuit 11, a medium drive control circuit 12, a transmission control circuit 13, and a microcomputer 14. The reception control circuit 11 receives the electronic message 3 sent from the connection partner device 2 to the printer device 1, and transfers the received electronic message 3 to the microcomputer 14. The microcomputer 14 includes a module A14a for analyzing the received electronic message 3 and the print control circuit 11
It is composed of a module C14c for controlling the medium, a module D14d for controlling the medium drive control circuit 12, and a module B14b for controlling the transmission control circuit 13. Then, the module A 14a follows each module 1 according to the analysis of the telegram 3.
Start up 4b, 14c, 14d. Further, the print control circuit 11 controls the print output to the print medium, and the medium drive control circuit 12 controls the suction operation and the discharge operation of the print medium. Further, the transmission control circuit 13 sends the connection signal of the end report 4 to the connection partner apparatus 2.

Next, the procedure from the time when the electronic message 3 is received from the connection partner apparatus 2 to the print output end, the end report is raised, and the discharge operation is started and ended at the same time will be described.

(1) The telegram 3 to the printer device 1 having the conveyance path is the order of inhalation command / print data / discharge command, and the reception control circuit 10
And is analyzed by the module A14a.

(2) When the inhalation command 31 is detected by the module A 14a, the module D 14d is activated to control the medium drive circuit 12 to inhale the print medium.

(3) When the print data 32 is detected by the module A14a, the module C14c is activated and the print control circuit 11 is controlled to print out on the print medium.

(4) When the module A14a detects the ejection command, the module D14d is activated to control the medium driving circuit 12 to eject the medium, and at the same time, the module B14b is activated to control the transmission control circuit 13 to control the connection partner device. Raise the end report 4 to 2.

FIG. 2 shows the timing chart of the embodiment according to the present invention described above.

Compared with the conventional example in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the print medium discharge operation and the end report overlap, whereas in the conventional example, the end report is sent after the discharge operation is completed, and the connection partner After confirming the completion report, the device is ready for the next processing. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the connection partner device can recognize that the print output time to the print medium has been shortened by the discharge operation time, and the next process can be performed.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, it is possible to print out a print medium such as a bank transaction form in synchronization with a center file in a printer device having a conveyance path, and further, perform a print medium discharge operation and a completion report to a connection partner device. Can be overlapped with each other, so that the output processing capacity can be improved without lowering the reliability of the system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printing system to which a control method of a printer apparatus according to the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a timing diagram comparing its timing with a conventional example. 1 …… Printer device 2 …… Connection partner device 3 …… Telegram 4 …… End report 10 …… Reception control circuit 11 …… Print control circuit 12 …… Media drive control circuit 13 …… Transmission control circuit 14 …… Microcomputer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printer device having a conveyance path for printing characters and the like on a print medium and sucking and discharging the print medium, and a connection partner device connected to the printer device at the start of the discharge operation of the print medium. A method of controlling a printer device, wherein a print completion report is sent to the printer. 2. A control method for a printer device according to claim 1, wherein the print medium discharge operation time and the end report time overlap each other.