JPH07114539A - Document preparation device and background printing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print a background matching the form size of a format not corresponding to a document when the document is printed in a binding style together with the background. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 11 when printing the document in the binding style together with the background supplies print data, which have the background expanded matching the form size of the format, to a printer 19 not by printing made to correspond to the document according to a print control program(PA) 12 stored in a ROM 12. For multiple page batch printing together with the background, on the other hand, print data having one background pattern expanded for each page on a form are supplied to the printer 19.

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 having a background printing function and a background printing method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a printing function of a document creating apparatus has been capable of printing characters, figures, ruled lines, images and the like. In the conventional document creating apparatus of this type, when printing characters and images at the same time, it is necessary to have character data and image data on each page.

In this type of word processor, as a part of the expansion of the printing function, it is provided with special printing functions such as bag binding printing, batch printing of a plurality of pages, etc. However, the following problems occur in conventional overprinting. That is, similar to the conventional overprinting, when character data and a decoration pattern (for example, a background pattern) are simply printed in page units in association with each other, two pages of document data are divided into left and right (or up and down) to form one page. In the case of bag-bound printing, the document data is printed in a size according to the format, but it is the same on the left half and right half (or upper half and lower half) of the paper. The background pattern is reduced and printed, which causes a problem that proper background printing cannot be performed.

That is, in the case of bag binding printing, since character data for two pages are shifted (that is, left and right, or separately above and below) and printed, the character data is not reduced, and the character data is set in a set format. According to the above, it is printed on the paper as it is (for example, if the print format is the character size of 10-po, the character pattern of 10-po is expanded and output), but in the case of batch printing of a plurality of pages, all the character data of the plurality of pages The image is reduced so that it fits in. Therefore, in the above-described conventional printing means, in the case of bag-stitching printing, the background pattern is significantly reduced and printed with respect to the character, resulting in a print result lacking validity.

[0005]

As described above, when an attempt is made to apply a modified printing function to a page to a special printing function such as bag binding printing and batch printing of a plurality of pages, simple page-by-page overprinting is performed. In the conventional technique, in the case of bag-stitch printing, the background pattern (image data) is also reduced and printed in the same range as the document, and the background pattern is remarkably reduced and printed with respect to the character, which is not appropriate. There is a problem that the print result is obtained.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
When printing a background (pattern) at the same time as characters and figures on a sheet of paper, even when printing is not a single-page document on a single sheet of paper, the balance between the characters and the background is not always lost. An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device and a background printing method that can obtain various printing results.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has a plurality of pages batch print processing means for printing a document of a plurality of pages on a single sheet at a time, and a background print processing means for printing a background on the sheet. In the document creating apparatus, when a plurality of pages with a background are collectively printed, a processing means for printing a set (one sheet) of background patterns in association with each document page on a sheet is provided. Is characterized by.

Further, according to the present invention, in a document creating apparatus having a bag binding print processing means and a background printing processing means for printing a background on a sheet, in the case of bag binding printing with a background,
It is characterized by including a process of printing a pair of background patterns in association with a pair of pages printed on a sheet.

Further, in a document creating apparatus having a bag-stitch binding function, a plurality of pages batch printing and a background printing function, a pair of pages to be printed on a sheet at the time of bag-stitch binding with a background. And a processing means for printing a set of background patterns in association with each other, and a process of printing a set of background patterns in association with each page on a sheet in batch printing of a plurality of pages with a background. It is characterized by

[0010]

Operation: When printing multiple pages at once, multiple pages (for example, 2 pages)
Document is reduced and printed on a single page of paper, and at this time, the background is also reduced and printed in the same range as the document.

In the case of bag binding printing, the background printing is performed according to the paper size of the format regardless of the printing corresponding to the document. In this way, when a background (pattern) is printed on paper at the same time as characters and figures, even if a single page document is not printed on one paper, the document and the background are always printed. A reasonable print result can be obtained without losing the balance of

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes a CPU that controls the entire system, and here, in the case of batch printing of a plurality of pages (see FIG. 4C), according to the print control program (PA) 12a in the ROM 12, The print data rasterizing process as shown in FIG. 2 is executed, and the print data rasterizing process as shown in FIG. 3 is also performed according to the print control program (PA) 12a at the time of bag-stitch binding printing (see FIG. 4B). Run.

Reference numeral 12 is an R accessed by the CPU 11.
The OM stores information such as control programs and character fonts. Here, printing including a multiple page batch print processing routine as shown in FIG. 2 and a bag binding print processing routine as shown in FIG. Control program (PA) 12
a is stored and a plurality of types of sheet design data (SD) 12 having an outline configuration that becomes a background pattern
b is stored.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a RAM to which a work area used for the processing of the CPU 11 and a document data storage area are allocated. Here, a text buffer (TB) 13a for storing the document data to be printed out and a background pattern. A background data buffer (BB) 13b for storing arbitrary characters (character codes including graphic characters, symbols, etc.) within a predetermined number of characters is used.

14 is a keyboard controller (KBC)
The key input information according to the key input operation of the keyboard (KB) 15 is sent to the CPU via the system bus.
Reference numeral 16 is a display controller, which controls the display drive of the display device (LCD) 17 under the control of the CPU 11.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a printer controller, which is a CP.
The printer (PRT) 19 is driven and controlled under the control of U11. Reference numeral 20 denotes a line buffer (L-BUF) 20 in which print data is expanded under the control of the CPU 11, and here, in the case of multiple page batch printing, bag binding printing, etc. accompanied by a background, document data and a background pattern are printed. After each data is expanded and combined, it is printed as printer data (PR
T) 19 (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

A floppy disk controller (FDC) 21 controls the floppy disk drive (FDD) 21 under the control of the CPU 11.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for batch printing of a plurality of pages in the above-described embodiment, and here, a two-page batch printing processing as shown in FIG. 4C is shown as an example.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the processing procedure of the bag binding printing in the above embodiment, and here, FIG.
As shown in (b), a processing procedure when a pair of pages are placed on the left and right with respect to the paper feeding direction is shown. When a pair of pages are placed vertically with respect to the paper feeding direction, the document data and the background (sheet design) are alternately developed for each page.

FIG. 4 shows an example of printed output with a background in the above embodiment, and here, a sheet design is shown as an example of the background. Sheet design is a decorative print on a page. FIG. 9A shows an example of normal printing, FIG. 9B shows an example of bag binding printing, and FIG. 9C shows an example of batch printing of multiple pages.

Now, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, the sheet design is taken as an example of the background, and the type of sheet design to be printed, selection, expansion processing operation, and the like are not directly related to the present invention, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

In normal printing, one type of sheet design can be set for one page. In normal printing with a background based on the sheet design at this time, as shown in FIG. 4A, one sheet design is placed at the same print position on the paper for one page document as in the existing print form. It is associated and printed.

Further, in the case of batch printing of two pages, the normal printing is reduced as shown in FIG. 4 (c). Therefore, two kinds of sheet designs, that is, two sets of sheet designs are printed on one sheet of paper. Is printed. In this two-page batch printing, the data is reduced after being expanded on each page.
The print result is as shown in (c).

The two-page batch printing process in this case will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the two-page batch printing, first, the character data of the first page and the sheet design are developed on the line buffer (L-BUF) 20, reduced so as to fit in the printing position of the first page of the paper, and the first page is placed at the same position. Is printed (steps S11 to S14 in FIG. 2).

Subsequently, the character data of the second page and the sheet design are developed on the line buffer (L-BUF) 20,
The sheet is reduced so that it fits in the print position of the second page of the paper and the second page is printed at the same position (steps S15 to S18 in FIG. 2).

Each reduction processing of the document data and the sheet design at this time is realized by the CPU 11 executing the enlargement / reduction processing of the existing outline font, and the detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

As a result, as shown in FIG.
A two-page batch printing result in which one set of background patterns is associated with each page on the sheet is obtained. In addition, in case of bag binding printing,
As shown in (b), one type of sheet design is printed on one sheet, as in normal printing. The printing of this sheet design depends on the paper size, but in the case of bag binding printing, the character data for two pages is shifted (that is, left and right, or separately upper and lower), so the character data is reduced. No, it is the same as normal printing.

The bag binding printing process at this time will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, an example is shown in which a pair of pages are printed on the left and right sides of the paper. In this bag binding printing, after the character data of each page is developed at the corresponding page position, the sheet design is further developed according to the paper size of the format and printed on the paper (step S in FIG. 3).
21-S24).

As a result, as shown in FIG.
A bag-stitched print result with a background is obtained in which the sheet design is printed according to the paper size of the format. In the operation of the above-described embodiment, the sheet design is used as the background data, but it is also possible to use a combination of normal characters, pictograms, etc. as the background data. At this time, the background data buffer (BB) 13 is used for a combination of normal characters or a pictogram, which is the background data, by a predetermined operation and processing.
After setting to b, it is realized by expanding the pattern by the normal enlarging / reducing process of the outline font data of the CPU 11, but the description thereof is omitted here.

[0029]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, when a background (pattern) is printed on a sheet at the same time as a character or a figure, the printing is not a single page document on one sheet. However, a reasonable print result can always be obtained without losing the balance between the document and the background.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for batch printing of a plurality of pages in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for bag-stitch binding printing in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of printed output accompanied by a background in the above-described embodiment ((a) is a normal printing example, (b) is a bag binding printing example, and (c) is a multiple page batch printing example) .

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 12a ... Print control program (PA), 12b ... Sheet design data (S
D), 13 ... RAM, 13a ... Text buffer (T
B), 13b ... Background data buffer (BB), 14 ... Keyboard controller (KBC), 15 ... Keyboard (KB), 16 ... Display controller, 17 ... Display device (LCD), 18 ... Printer controller, 19 ... Printer (PRT) ), 20 ... Floppy disk controller (FDC), 21 ... Floppy disk drive (F)
DD).

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A document creating apparatus comprising: a plurality of pages batch printing processing means for printing a plurality of pages of a document on a single sheet at a time; and a background printing processing means for printing a background on the sheet. A document creating apparatus comprising: a processing unit that prints a set of background patterns in association with each document page on a sheet when printing a plurality of pages together with a background. 2. A document creation apparatus comprising bag-stitching print processing means for printing two pages of a document on a single sheet in a bag-stitch format, and background print processing means for printing a background on the sheet. A document creating apparatus comprising: a processing unit for printing a pair of pages printed on a sheet in association with a set of background patterns when performing bag-stitch printing with a background. 3. A document creation apparatus having a bag-stitch binding function, batch printing of a plurality of pages, and a background printing function, wherein a pair of pages to be printed on a sheet at the time of bag-stitch printing with a background. Processing means for printing a set of background patterns in association with
1 for each page on paper when printing multiple pages together with background
And a process of printing a set of background patterns in association with each other. 4. A bag binding function, a batch printing of a plurality of pages, and a background printing function, and in the case of bag binding printing with a background, one set of background patterns is associated with a pair of pages printed on paper. A background printing method characterized in that, when a plurality of pages are printed together with a background attached, a set of background patterns is printed in association with each page on a sheet. 5. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the background print pattern is provided in an outline font.