JPH07114538A - Document preparation device and address printing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print an address book document attractively on the document preparation device equipped having a postcard address printing function, according to the numbers of lines of a receiver's address, a receiver's name, and a sender's address and a sender's name. CONSTITUTION:A receiver's address area 31 corresponding to the number of lines of a receiver's address in the address book document and a sender's address and name area 32 corresponding to the number of lines of the sender's address and name are generated, and a receiver's name area 34 corresponding to the number of lines of the receiver's name is generated in the middle between the receiver's address area 31 and sender's address and name area 34, and data on the receiver's address, receiver's name, and sender's address and name are printed according to the respective areas. Consequently, the receiver's name can be printed at an optimum position corresponding to the number of lines of the receiver's address and a print result which is attractive on the whole can be obtained.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus such as a Japanese word processor, and more particularly to a document creating apparatus having a postcard address printing function and an address printing method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document preparation device, the addresses, names, and postal codes of senders and recipients are prepared in advance as an address book document, and this address book document is a postcard such as a government-made postcard, a New Year's postcard, or a return postcard. It is possible to print in a format according to the type of. This is called a postcard address printing function.

By the way, conventionally, in this type of postcard address printing function, each data of the recipient address, the recipient name, and the sender address name is always printed at a fixed position regardless of the number of lines. For this reason, for example, when the recipient address is one line, the interval between the recipient address and the recipient name is too large,
Further, when the recipient address is four lines, the appearance between the recipient address and the recipient name may be too narrow, and the appearance may be poor depending on the number of lines of the recipient address.

[0004]

As described above, conventionally, the printing position of the recipient address, the recipient name, and the sender address name in the address book document is fixed. Therefore, each item is changed depending on the number of lines of the recipient address. There was a problem that the space between them was too wide or too narrow, and the overall appearance was poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a document creation apparatus capable of printing an address book document in a good-looking manner according to the number of lines of each of a recipient address, a recipient name, and a sender address name. And to provide an address printing method.

[0006]

A document creating apparatus according to the present invention uses a document buffer that stores address book document data including data of a recipient address, a recipient name, and a sender address name, and an address printing instruction. Read means for reading the address book document data from the document buffer, and first creating a recipient address area corresponding to the number of lines of the recipient address data in the address book document data read by the reading means. Area creating means, second area creating means for creating a sender address name area according to the number of lines of the sender address name data, the recipient address area created by the first area creating means, and A region calculating unit that obtains a printable region of the recipient name data by the sender address name region created by the second region creating unit, and the area calculating unit calculates the printable region. It was to come to the center of the printable area, a third area generating means for generating a recipient name area corresponding to the number of rows the recipient name data, the first
The print control means prints each data of the recipient address, the recipient name, and the sender address name in each area created by the third area creating means.

[0007]

According to the above configuration, a recipient address area corresponding to the number of rows of the recipient address data and a sender address name area corresponding to the number of rows of the sender address name data are created, and the recipient address area and the sender address area are created. A recipient name area corresponding to the number of lines of the recipient name data is created in the center between the address name area. Therefore, according to each of the above areas, the recipient address,
By printing the recipient name and sender address name data, the recipient name data can always be printed at the optimum position according to the number of lines of the recipient address data, resulting in an overall good-looking print result. Can be obtained.

[0008]

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 arrangement of a document creating apparatus having a postcard address printing function. In FIG. 1, an input unit 11 is a keyboard for inputting various kinds of information necessary for creating a document. The input unit 11 includes input keys for Kana characters, English letters, numbers, etc., various function keys related to the printing function of postcard addresses, and cursor keys for instructing the position of the cursor. Also,
As the function designation keys, for example, "function 1" and "function 2" keys are provided, and various functions can be designated by a combination operation of the "function 1" and "function 2" keys and other keys. It is like this. The input control unit 12 is the input unit 1
The input control of various information input by 1 is performed.

The address printing control unit 13 is composed of a CPU for controlling the entire apparatus. Here, the memory 14 is accessed in accordance with an instruction of the postcard address printing by the input unit 11, and the postcard address printing control process as shown in FIG. To execute.

The memory 14 has a document buffer (address book buffer) 15, an address print position storage section 16, a line modification buffer 17, and a print buffer 18. Document buffer 15
Stores the address book document. Address printing position storage unit 16
Stores the printing position for each item of the recipient address, the recipient name, and the sender address name in the address book document. The line modification buffer 17 has a print format (character size, character spacing,
Stores data such as line feed pitch). Print buffer 18
Stores the print data (dot pattern) of the address book document to be printed.

The display unit 19 is a display device for displaying various kinds of information, and comprises, for example, a liquid crystal display with a backlight of 40 characters and 20 lines, and the bottom line (20th line).
Is set in the area dedicated to guide display (guide line). The display control unit 20 controls the display of the display unit 19 under the control of the address printing control unit 13.

The printing unit 21 is a printing device for printing various kinds of information, and is composed of, for example, a thermal / thermal transfer type dot printer. The print control unit 22 uses the address print control unit 1
Printing control for the printing unit 21 is performed under the control of No. 3.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an address printing position. In the figure, 31 is a recipient address area, 32 is a sender address name area, 3
Reference numeral 3 indicates a printable range of the recipient name, and 34 indicates a recipient name area. The recipient address area 31 is an area for printing the recipient address. The sender address name area 32 is an area for printing the sender address name. Printable area 3
3 is defined by a recipient address area 31 and a sender address name area 32. The recipient name area 34 is an area for printing the recipient name.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of the address book document.
The address book document is a document created in a specific mode called “postcard address input”. In the "Postcard Address Input" mode, the postal code and address (address 1,
Address 2) and name can be entered. Further, regarding the recipient, the postal code, address (address 1, address 2, address 3, address 4) and name (name 1, name 2) can be input.
Each data input in the "postcard address input" mode is stored in the document buffer 15 as an address book document one by one. Since a specific method of creating this address book document is well known, its description is omitted here.

FIG. 4 shows four examples of printing an address book document on a postcard manufactured by the government. FIG. 4A shows a print result when there is one recipient address. When there is one recipient address, the recipient name is printed in the center between the recipient address 1 and the sender address 1. FIG. 4B shows a print result when there are two recipient addresses. If there are two recipient addresses, the recipient address 2 and the sender address 1
And the recipient's name is printed in the center. Figure 4
(C) shows the print result when there are three recipient addresses. When there are three recipient addresses, the recipient name is printed in the center between the recipient address 3 and the sender address 1. FIG. 4D shows the print result when there are four recipient addresses. When there are four recipient addresses, the recipient name is printed in the center between the recipient address 4 and the sender address 1.

Although not shown here,
When the postcard address is printed, the recipient's postal code and the sender's postal code are also printed at predetermined positions. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of postcard address printing control processing. The postcard address printing control process is executed by instructing the postcard address printing through the input unit 11. When this postcard address printing control process is executed, the address book document is read,
Each data of the address book document is printed on the postcard according to a print format designated in advance.

In this case, the recipient's address can be printed in the range of 1 to 4 lines, and the recipient's name can be printed in the main line and the sub-line, but if the printing positions are fixed, for example, the recipient's address is In the case of one line, the recipient name seems to be biased to the left,
Also, when the recipient address is four lines, the recipient name seems to be biased to the right.

Therefore, in this embodiment, an area corresponding to the number of lines for each address of the recipient, the name of the recipient, and the name of the sender's address is created, and these areas are evenly allocated to obtain a good-looking print result. Is.

The operation of this embodiment will be described in detail below. When a postcard address printing is instructed through the input unit 11,
As shown in FIG. 5, the address printing control unit 13 first reads the address book document designated by the user from the document buffer 15 (step S1). As shown in FIG. 3, the address book document includes items such as a recipient address, a recipient name, and a sender address name. In this embodiment, when printing a postcard address,
Print formats such as character size, character spacing, and line feed pitch can be set for each item of the address book document. The print format data set at this time is stored in the line decoration buffer 17.

Here, the address printing control section 13 is based on the printing format set in the addressee of the address book document, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), a recipient address area 31 corresponding to the number of recipient address lines is created (step S2). Similarly, the address printing control unit 13 creates the sender address name area 32 according to the number of lines of the sender address name based on the print format set for the sender address name (step S3).

Next, the address printing control unit 13 obtains a printable range 33 of the recipient name from the recipient address area 31 and the sender address name area 32 (step S4), and the recipient name is displayed in the center of the printable area 33. The recipient name area 34 corresponding to the number of lines is created (step S5).

When the recipient address area 31, the sender address name area 32, and the recipient name area 34 are created in this way, the address printing control unit 13 causes the recipient address, the sender address name, and the recipient name. Data in each area 31,
Printing positions for even allocation are set in the areas 32 and 34 and stored in the address printing position storage unit 16 (step S5). Then, the address printing control unit 13 expands each data of the address book document in the print buffer 18 according to the printing position stored in the address printing position storage unit 16, and the printing unit 21
Print on the postcard through (step S6).

At this time, the recipient's postal code and the sender's postal code are also printed. In this case, the recipient postal code is printed at a predetermined position on the recipient address area 31, and the sender postal code is printed at a predetermined location in the sender address name area 32.

In this way, areas corresponding to the respective numbers of lines of the address of the recipient, the address of the sender, and the name of the recipient are created, and they are evenly allocated. Therefore, by printing the data of each item according to each area, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (a) to (d), the recipient name can always be printed at the optimum position according to the number of lines of the recipient address. As a result, it is possible to obtain a good-looking print result as a whole. In addition, since the data of each item is evenly assigned and printed in each area, it is possible to obtain a good-looking print result for each item.

In the above embodiment, the case where the address book document is printed on the officially made postcard has been described as an example. However, even when the postcard is printed on other postcards such as a reciprocating postcard, the postcard is printed according to the type of postcard. By printing in format,
The same effect as described above can be obtained.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a recipient address area corresponding to the number of rows of the recipient address data and a sender address name area corresponding to the number of rows of the sender address name data are created, and the receiving area is created. A recipient name area corresponding to the number of lines of the recipient name data is created in the center between the person address area and the sender address name area, and each of the recipient address, recipient name, and sender address name is created according to the above areas. Since the data is printed, the recipient name data can always be printed at the optimum position according to the number of lines of the recipient address data, and a good-looking print result as a whole can be obtained.

Further, since the data of the address of the recipient, the name of the recipient and the name of the sender's address are allotted evenly in the respective areas to be printed, it is possible to obtain a good-looking print result for each item.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an address printing position of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the contents of an address book document of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of printing an address book document of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of postcard address printing control processing of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Input unit, 12 ... Input control unit, 13 ... Address printing control unit, 14 ... Memory, 15 ... Document buffer, 16 ... Address printing position storage unit, 17 ... Line modification buffer, 18 ... Print buffer, 19 ... Display unit , 20 ... Display control unit, 21 ... Printing unit, 22 ... Print control unit, 31 ... Recipient address area, 32 ...
Sender address name area, 33 ... Printable range, 34 ... Recipient name area

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A document buffer storing address book document data including data of a recipient address, a recipient name, and a sender address name, and reading means for reading the address book document data from the document buffer according to an address printing instruction. A first area creating means for creating a recipient address area according to the number of lines of the recipient address data in the address book document data read by the reading means; and the sender address name data. Second area creating means for creating a sender address name area according to the number of lines, the recipient address area created by the first area creating means, and the sender created by the second area creating means An area calculating unit that obtains a printable area of the recipient name data by the address and name area, and the center of the printable area obtained by the area calculating unit. Third area creating means for creating a recipient name area corresponding to the number of lines of the payee name data, and the recipient address and recipient in each area created by the first to third area creating means A document creation apparatus comprising: a print control unit that prints each data of a name and a sender's address. 2. The print control means includes the recipient address,
2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the recipient name and the sender address name data is evenly allocated and printed in each of the areas. 3. A document buffer that stores address book document data including data of a recipient address, a recipient name, and a sender address name, and reads the address book document data from the document buffer according to an address printing instruction. In the address printing method of the document creation device having the address printing function, the recipient address area corresponding to the number of lines of the recipient address data in the address book document data is created, and the sender address name data is created. Create a sender address name area according to the number of lines of the, and obtain a printable area of the recipient name data from the recipient address area and the sender address name area, and in the center of the printable area, the recipient name. Create a recipient name area according to the number of lines of data, and print the recipient address, recipient name, and sender address name data in each area. Address printing method characterized by the.