JPH0688431B2 - Document printing controller - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a document print control method for printing a plurality of copies of a document having a plurality of pages by a Japanese word processor.

[Prior Art and its Problems] Conventionally, in a Japanese word processor, when printing a plurality of copies of a document having a plurality of pages, the following two types of printing methods can be considered. That is, (1) As shown in FIG. 5, each page of a document consisting of n pages is printed one by one as shown by an arrow in the figure, and the first copy is printed. Then, this is repeated several times for printing, that is, m times to print m parts.

(2) As shown in FIG. 6, for each page of a document consisting of n pages, several copies, that is, m copies are printed, and this is repeated up to n pages as indicated by an arrow in the figure.

However, in the printing method of the above (1),
Although it is easy to separate the copies into pages, the page printer capable of high-speed printing has a drawback that the ability to print multiple pages of the same page repeatedly at high speed cannot be utilized. .

Further, in the printing method of the above (2), although the high speed of the page printer can be used, there is a disadvantage that it takes time and effort to separate the pages into one after printing.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a document print control method that enables designation of a print method.

[Points of the Invention] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention displays a screen for designating the number of copies and a printing method prior to printing,
In addition to designating the number of copies according to this designation screen and designating the first or second printing method, in response to the designation of the first printing method, the same page of the document is changed to the designated printing number. In response to the designation of the first printing means and the second printing method, which repeats printing for each page of the separation sheet for a corresponding number of sheets in succession, each page of the document is sequentially printed one by one, The first copy of the document is printed, and this is repeated as many times as the specified number of prints.
Prior to printing, it is possible to arbitrarily specify which of the first printing means and the second printing means is to be used for printing.

[Embodiment of the Invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a general Japanese word processor. In the figure, 10 is a central processing unit (CPU). 12
Is a CRT, and 14 is a CRT control circuit for controlling the CRT 12. 16 is a key board, 18 is the above key board
It is a key board control circuit that controls 16.

Reference numeral 20 is an external storage device, and 22 is an external storage control circuit for controlling the external storage device 20.

Reference numeral 24 is a printer, and 26 is a printer control circuit for controlling the printer 24. 28 is an initial program loading (IPL) program, an input / output control system (IOC)
S) Read only memory (ROM) in which programs, character patterns, etc. are stored, and the external storage device 20
Required to execute programs such as the program area where the word processor program is loaded from, the table area where the Kanji patterns (multi-font, display pattern, print pattern) are loaded from the external storage device 20, the key input buffer, etc. Work area, Japanese word
It is a random access memory (RAM) used as a document data area in which a document created / edited by a processor program is stored.

The Japanese word processor program includes various control programs such as an input control program, a display control program, an edit control program, an external storage device control program, and a print control program. The input control program is for inputting Japanese and is a program for performing processing such as Kana-Kanji conversion. The display control program is a program for performing control for displaying characters on the CRT 12. The edit control program is a program for performing control such as inserting characters in a document and deleting characters that have already been input. The external storage device control program stores the created document in the external storage device 20,
Alternatively, it is a program for performing control for reading out a document stored in the external storage device 20. The print control program is a program for performing control for printing a document on the printer 24.

The print control program can specify the number of print copies and the print method. That is, a display screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed on the CRT 12 and, for example, the number of prints is designated by inputting a number from the key board 16 and the printing method is designated by the cursor key.

When "Sorter = ON" is specified for the above printing method,
As shown in FIG. 5, each page of the document is printed one by one, one part of the document is printed, and this is repeated several times.

When "sorter = OFF" is designated, as shown in FIG. 6, the number of copies is printed for each page of the document.

The print control program will be described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. That is, the number of print copies is designated (step ST301), and the printing method is designated (step S301).
Then, it is determined whether the designated printing method is “sorter = ON” (step ST303). "Sorter = O
If “N”, the value of the copy counter C (not shown) is set to “0”.
(Step ST304), and the value of the page number counter P (not shown) is set to "1" (step ST305). Then, after printing the contents of the page designated by the page number counter P (step ST306), the value of the page number counter P is incremented (step ST30).
7). Next, it is judged whether or not the value of the incremented page number counter P exceeds the final page (step ST308). If not, the process is repeated from step ST306. If you exceed the last page,
The value of the copy counter C is incremented (step ST309). Then, it is judged whether or not the value of the incremented copy number counter C has reached the designated print number (step ST310), and the process is repeated from step ST305 until the print number is reached.

Also, in the above step ST303, "sorter = ON"
If not, the value of the page number counter P is set to "1" (step ST311) and the value of the copy number counter C is set to "0" (step ST312). Then, the contents of the page designated by the value of the page number counter P are printed (step ST313). Next, the value of the copy counter C is incremented (step ST314). And
It is judged whether or not the value of the incremented copy counter C reaches the designated number of prints (step ST315), and the step ST3 is performed until the number of prints is reached.
Repeated from 13. When the number of prints is reached, the value of the page number counter P is incremented (step
ST316). Then, it is judged whether or not the value of the incremented page number counter P exceeds the last page (step ST317), and the above step ST312 is executed until it exceeds.
Repeated from.

Steps ST312 to ST315 in FIG. 3 above
Is a processing step for repeatedly printing the content of the page designated by the value of the page number counter P several times. These processing steps are modified as shown in FIG. 4 when using a typical page printer. That is, set the number of prints (step ST
401), the contents of the page designated by the value of the page number counter P are stored (step ST402). And
Printing is performed for the set number of prints (step ST40
3).

That is, if the number of print copies is set, the content of the P page can be automatically printed by simply outputting the contents of page P once. When a plurality of copies of the same content are printed by such a page printer, the amount of data output to the printer is generally smaller than that in the case shown in FIG. 3, so high-speed printing is possible. It will be possible.

In this way, since it is possible to specify the printing method, especially when using a printer that can print multiple copies at high speed with the same content, such as a page printer,
Depending on your needs, you can freely choose a printing method with a short printing time or a printing method that makes it easy to separate each copy.
It can be adapted to various usage situations.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, any printing means can be arbitrarily selected and used prior to printing in accordance with the printing speed of the printer, the number of print copies, the number of printed pages, and the like.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a general Japanese word processor, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen for designating the number of copies and a printing system in a document printing control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the document print control method, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart when a page printer is used.
The charts, FIGS. 5 and 6 are views showing the printing method. 10 ... CPU, 12 ... CRT, 14 ... CRT control circuit, 16 ... Key board, 18 ... Key board control circuit, 20 ... External storage device, 22
... external storage control circuit, 24 ... printer, 26 ... printer control circuit, 28 ... ROM and RAM.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display means for displaying a screen for designating the number of prints and a printing method prior to printing, a designation means for designating the number of prints according to the designated screen and a first or second printing method, and In response to the first printing method in the designating means, the same page of the document is continuously printed by the number corresponding to the designated number of prints, and this is repeated for each page of the document; In response to the second printing method in the designating means, each page of the document is sequentially set to 1
A document printing control apparatus comprising: a second printing unit that prints one sheet at a time, prints a first copy of the document, and repeats this for a number of times corresponding to the specified number of prints.