JPH0768858A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the production of print of analog picture information and the like by a method wherein a printer is provided with a means, converting into an arbitrary picture size, another means, printing picture information having the converted arbitrary picture size on a printing paper, and the like. CONSTITUTION:Picture size information D10, produced by inputting a memory picture data D9, stored in a frame memory 49, by a picture size inputting means 51, is expanded or contracted into a predetermined picture size by a picture size converting means 50, then, is converted into a picture data D11 for monitor outputting and a picture data 12 for printer outputting. A monitor changeover switch SW57 selects a through picture data D8, a memory picture data D9 and a layout data D14 for monitor outputting, which are converted by an A/D converting means 48, by a monitor switching means 54 and outputs a selective monitor outputting data D15. The outputted data is converted into an analog video signal D16 by a selective monitor outputting data D/A converting means 55 and is outputted into a monitor 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer for printing image information such as a video signal and a printer for printing character and image data information such as a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, printers for printing analog image information such as video signals and computer graphics have been realized as video printers. Also,
Printers for printing character and image data information such as personal computers have been realized as printers for personal computers. By the way, some video printers have the function of inserting characters such as alphabed above and below the image, but they do not have the function of printing character information such as Chinese characters as in a PC printer. Didn't.

[0003]

Therefore, it is attempted to create a print output in which analog image information such as a video signal and computer graphics and character information such as a personal computer are laid out on one print sheet. It is necessary to prepare two printers, a video printer and a personal computer printer, which is disadvantageous in that it is expensive. Alternatively, there is a drawback that it is complicated because it requires a step of attaching the image information output from the video printer to the character information created by the personal computer printer. Furthermore, there is a problem in that it is necessary to print out the character information in consideration of the layout of the image information in advance, which requires a lot of man-hours and a long working time.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks or problems, and an object thereof is to provide analog image information such as video signals and computer graphics, and character information such as personal computers. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printer that is inexpensive and can easily make prints when laying out on a single print sheet.

[0005]

In order to achieve this object, a printer according to the present invention includes a frame memory for storing image information based on an image signal and image information in the frame memory on a print sheet. Image position inputting means for printing at arbitrary position and arbitrary size, image size inputting means, image size converting means for converting to arbitrary image size by input information of this image size inputting means, arbitrary position and arbitrary And a printing means for printing the image information converted into the image size of the above on a printing paper. In addition, the printer according to the present invention,
Digital I / for inputting character and image data information
F, a character and image data information input from the digital I / F, and image data converted by the image size conversion unit and the image position input unit are combined at an arbitrary position with an arbitrary image size. It is equipped with and. Further, the printer according to the present invention includes a page memory for storing character and image data information input from the digital I / F, and layout information conversion means for converting the information in the page memory into layout information. The layout information and the image information converted by the image size conversion means and the image position input means are combined and combined display means for displaying on a monitor is provided.

[0006]

According to the present invention, image information based on an image signal is printed at an arbitrary position and at an arbitrary size. Also,
According to the present invention, characters and image data information and image information are combined and printed at an arbitrary position with an arbitrary image size. Further, according to the present invention, the image position and the image size can be selected on the monitor display, and the layout of the printed result can be confirmed.

[0007]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printer according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 10 is a personal computer as an input device for character and image data information, 20 is a video cassette recorder as an image input device, 30 is a monitor as an image output device, and 40 is a video output device.
Is a printer having a printer resolution of 300 dots / inch, a printer paper size of A4 size, and a print range of 3200 dots vertically × 2,500 dots horizontally.

The character code data and the image data D1 input from the personal computer 10 are input to the printer 40 via the digital I / F 41. The input character code information D2a is expanded into bit pattern data D2b by the character font 42, and written into a predetermined address of the page memory 43 for one page of print paper. Further, the input image data D3 such as graphs and ruled lines is directly written to a predetermined address of the page memory 43.

On the other hand, the image data D6 input from the video cassette recorder 20 is input to the printer 40 via the analog I / F 47. Input image data D
7 is converted by the A / D converter 48 into through data D8 of, for example, 486 dots in the vertical direction × 512 dots in the horizontal direction.
The image information converted into the through image data D8 is written in the frame memory 49 by inputting the memory SW56 on the operation panel.

The character image data D4 stored in the page memory 43 is 3200 dots vertically × 2 pixels horizontally.
Since it has information of 500 dots, it cannot be displayed on the monitor as it is. Therefore, the layout information conversion means 44 thins out, for example, 1/8 in both the vertical and horizontal directions to convert it into character layout data D5 of 400 dots vertically × 312 dots horizontally.

On the other hand, in the memory image data D9 stored in the frame memory 49, the image size information D10 input by the image size input means 51 is expanded or compressed to a predetermined image size by the image size conversion means 50. , Monitor output image data D11 and printer output image data 12.

The character layout data D5, the monitor image data D11, and the image position information D13 input from the image position input means 52 are combined by the combination display means 53 to generate monitor output layout data D14.

The monitor switching SW 57 is a through image data D8 converted by the A / D conversion means 48, a memory image data D9, and a monitor output layout data D.
14 is selected by the monitor switching means 54, and the selected monitor output data D15 is output. The selected monitor output data D / A conversion means 55, which has been output, converts the analog video signal D16 and outputs it to the monitor 30.

Based on the layout information output on the monitor 30, the image size input means 51 and the image position input means 52 are operated to lay out the image information.

After the layout is completed, the page memory 4
3, the character image data D4 written in No. 3 and the print output image data D12 converted by the image size conversion unit 50 to the image size set by the image size input unit 51 are set at the image position set by the image position input unit 52. The composite print data 45 is composited by the composite print means 45, and the print SW 58 is input to send the composite print data 17 to the print mechanism 46 to composite the character and image data information and the image information at an arbitrary position and at an arbitrary size. To print on print paper.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to confirm an image in which a character and an image are combined on a monitor. While confirming the image on the monitor, the character and the image can be displayed in a predetermined size and position. Since it can be set, the work is easy and the work time can be greatly reduced. Further, it is possible to easily print by combining characters and images without the need for special application software.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a printer according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Personal Computer 20 Video Cassette Recorder 30 Monitor 40 Printer 43 Page Memory 44 Layout Information Converting Means 45 Composite Printing Means 49 Frame Memory 50 Image Size Converting Means 51 Image Size Input Means 52 Image Position Input Means 53 Compositing Display Means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A frame memory for storing image information based on an image signal, and image information in the frame memory,
An image position inputting means for printing an arbitrary size on a print paper in an arbitrary size, an image size inputting means, an image size converting means for converting the image size into an arbitrary image size by input information of the image size inputting means, and And a printing means for printing the image information converted into an arbitrary image size on the print paper. 2. The printer according to claim 1, wherein a digital I / F for inputting character and image data information.
And a composite print means for combining the character and image data information input from the digital I / F with the image information converted by the image size conversion means and the image position input means at an arbitrary position and an arbitrary image size. A printer characterized by comprising. 3. The printer according to claim 1, wherein a page memory for storing character and image data information input from the digital I / F, and layout information conversion means for converting information in the page memory into layout information. And a combination display unit for combining the converted layout information and the image information converted by the image size conversion unit and the image position input unit and displaying the result on a monitor.