JPH0816338A - Output device and temporary printing stop processing method for continuous paper sheets - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid the collecting time of delivery and delivery reoutputting by enabling the temporary stop processing of a printer during the delivery at the time of the output processing of delivery onto continuous paper sheets due to the printer. CONSTITUTION:A host computer 1 requests the output processing of delivery onto the continuous paper sheets to the printer. A printer control part 4 exists inside the host computer 1 and requests printing to the printer, transmits print information and adds print control information for discriminating the interval of delivery to the print information. On the other hand, the printer 2 receives the output processing request of delivery onto the continuous paper sheets from the host computer 1. A printer console 3 exists inside the printer 2 and transmits temporary stop operation information showing the temporary stop operation of the printer 2 to a control part 5 inside the printer. The control part 5 inside the printer exists inside the printer, receives the print request and the print information from the host computer 1 and controls the temporary stop processing of the printer 2 corresponding to the print control information added to the print information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a delivery output method for continuous paper by a printer, and more particularly to a temporary stop function of the printer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional continuous paper printing printer has a pair of paper feed rollers 55, 56, a print head 53, and a tractor 59, as shown in FIG.
575). The paper feed rollers 55 and 56 are in contact with each other, and the continuous paper 51 supplied from the operator position side.
The continuous paper 51 is sent out between the front print head 53 and the platen 54 by rotating in opposite directions with the sheet sandwiched therebetween. The print head 53 is located on the opposite side of the platen 54 from the operator's position, and prints on the continuous paper on the platen 54 located on the front side. Tractor 59
Feeds the paper to the operator position side by driving pins inserted into continuous feed holes provided at both ends of the printed continuous paper. Reference numeral 64 is an operation panel. In the conventional continuous paper printer having such a configuration, when the operator inserts the leading edge of the continuous paper 51 into the continuous paper inlet 52 from the front side, a pair of paper feed rollers located at the end of the continuous paper inlet 52. It hits the circumscribed contacts of 55 and 56. Therefore, when the paper feed rollers 55 and 56 are driven to drive, the paper feed rollers 55 and 56 reversely rotate and the continuous paper 51
And feed it between the print head 53 and the platen 54. After the leading edge of the continuous paper 51 reaches the position of the pair of tractors, the pins 58 of the tractor 59 are inserted into the continuous feed holes 57 provided at both ends of the continuous paper 51 so that the continuous paper can be fed continuously. The work setup is completed. After that, the operator automatically feeds and sets the continuous paper from the operator position side, and collects the printed result to the operator position side. Some printers of this type are connected to a host computer, have a printer console, and are driven in response to a command from the host computer. In order to perform the temporary stop process for this printer, the temporary stop of the printer is made when a temporary stop request of the printer is issued from the printer console.

[0003]

In the conventional continuous paper print temporary stop processing method described above, the printer often stops temporarily while the subsequent delivery is transmitted from the host computer and printing is being performed. ,for that reason,
When removing the delivery printed on the continuous paper from the printer, perform the pause operation of the printer while observing when the printer is stopped, or perform the pause operation of the printer while printing the subsequent delivery. It was a thing. However, the former method is difficult when the printer is frequently used, and the latter method is a successor to the delivery currently being removed from the printer due to the paper feed that occurs when separating continuous forms. There was a problem that several tens of blank lines and several blank pages were generated during the printing of the delivery of the above on the continuous paper.

Therefore, the technical problem of the present invention is to enable temporary stoppage of the printer between deliveries in the delivery output processing to the continuous paper by the printer, and to remove the delivery already output to the continuous paper from the printer. But,
An object of the present invention is to provide an output device and a continuous paper print temporary stop processing method that can perform dozens of blank lines and several pages of blank pages during the printing of subsequent delivery on continuous paper.

[0005]

According to the present invention, in an output device comprising a printer for performing delivery output processing to continuous paper and a host computer for sending a request for the printer to perform the delivery output processing, The host computer requests to print to the printer,
The printer includes a printer control unit that transmits print information and adds print control information to the print information to determine whether each delivery is made. The printer transmits temporary stop operation information indicating a temporary stop operation of the printer. And a printer console for controlling the print request and the print information, and controlling the temporary stop process of the printer according to the temporary stop operation information and the print control information. An output device is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, in the continuous paper printing method in which the printer which receives the output processing request from the host computer performs the delivery output processing to the continuous paper, the host computer makes a print request and print to the printer. Information is transmitted and print control information for discriminating between each delivery is added to the print information, and the printer receives the temporary stop operation information indicating the temporary stop operation of the printer and receives the print request. There is provided a continuous paper printing temporary stop processing method characterized by receiving the print information and controlling the temporary stop processing of the printer according to the temporary stop operation information and the print control information. Here, in the continuous paper printing temporary stop processing method of the present invention, the print control information is a binary signal alternately added for each delivery, and the temporary stop processing changes each value of the binary signal. Is preferably performed at the timing of.

[0007]

In the present invention, print control information for discriminating between delivery is added to the print information transmitted from the host computer by the control unit of the printer, so that the printer output process can be temporarily performed in delivery units. It has a function that allows it to be stopped.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an output device according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the output device is a host computer 1 that requests delivery output processing to continuous paper,
The printer 2 receives a delivery output processing request for the continuous paper from the host computer 1. The host computer 1 is provided with a printer control unit 4 for making a print request to the printer 2, transmitting print information, and adding print control information to the print information for discriminating between delivery. . Further, in the printer 2, a printer console 3 for transmitting a temporary stop operation of the printer 2 and a print request from the host computer 1 based on transmission of temporary stop operation information indicating the temporary stop operation from the printer console 3. An internal printer control unit 5 is provided for receiving the print information and controlling the temporary stop process of the printer 2 based on the print control information added to the print information.

Next, the operation of the output device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

Normally, when the printer 2 outputs the delivery to continuous paper, the printer controller 4 of the host computer 1 sends a print request and print information to the controller 5 in the printer of the printer 2. Then, the in-printer control unit 5 of the printer 2 performs print information output processing according to the state of the printer console 3.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the print information transmitted from the printer control unit 4 of the host computer 1 to the in-printer control unit 5 of the printer 2 is delivered and delivered by the printer control unit 4 of the host computer 1. In order to make a distinction between these intervals by the in-printer control unit 5 of the printer 2, print control information of 0 and 1 are alternately added to the delivery unit. As a result, the in-printer control unit 5 of the printer 2 refers to the print control information added to the print information when the temporary stop operation information of the printer 2 is transmitted from the printer console 3, and sets 1 if 0. , 1, the printer 2 is temporarily stopped at the timing of changing to 0.

As described above, the printer 2 between deliveries
Can be suspended.

[0013]

As described above, according to the output device and the continuous paper print temporary stop processing method of the present invention, in the output processing of the delivery to the continuous paper by the printer, the temporary stop processing of the printer between the deliveries becomes possible. 、 As for the delivery of the output that has been output to continuous paper from the printer,
Since it can be performed without generating several tens of blank lines and several pages of blank pages during the printing of the subsequent delivery on the continuous paper, the delivery collection time can be shortened and delivery re-output can be avoided. Have.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a printer according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Host Computer 2 Printer 3 Printer Console 4 Printer Control Unit (Inside Host Computer) 5 In-Printer Control Unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An output device comprising: a printer that performs delivery output processing to continuous paper; and a host computer that sends a request to cause the printer to perform the delivery output processing, wherein the host computer prints to the printer. The printer control unit includes a printer control unit for requesting, transmitting print information, and adding print control information to the print information for discriminating between deliveries, and the printer has temporary stop operation information indicating a temporary stop operation of the printer. And a printer console for transmitting the print request and the print request and the print information, and an in-printer control unit for controlling the temporary stop processing of the printer according to the temporary stop operation information and the print control information. An output device characterized by. 2. A continuous paper printing method for performing delivery output processing to continuous paper by a printer which receives an output processing request from a host computer, wherein the host computer has a print request to the printer, transmission of print information, and Print control information is added to the print information to discriminate between the deliveries, and the printer receives temporary stop operation information indicating a temporary stop operation of the printer and receives the print request and the print information. And a continuous paper printing temporary stop processing method, characterized in that the temporary stop processing control of the printer is controlled according to the temporary stop operation information and the print control information. 3. The continuous paper print temporary stop processing method according to claim 2, wherein the print control information is a binary signal added alternately for each delivery, and the temporary stop processing is a binary signal. A continuous paper printing temporary stop processing method characterized by being performed at the timing of the change of each value.