JPH08282052A - Document forming apparatus and printing control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To perform printing without generating the confusion with a usual document at a time of printing using seal paper. CONSTITUTION: A card-seal printing document is set to document data of two pages and data to be printed is provided to a first page and sheet format data is provided to a second page to differentiate the printing document from a usual document. When a document to be called out is designated (step A11), the second page of the designated document is checked (step A12). As a result, if there is sheet format data on the second page (step A13), the document is set to the card.seal printing document and the data to be printed of the first page thereof and the sheet format data of the second page thereof are read to perform printing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor, and more particularly to a business card / card printing function suitable for printing using sticker paper having a plurality of standard stickers. A document creation device equipped with
The printing control method is related.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a document creating apparatus such as a Japanese word processor is provided with a printing device such as a line printer, and the created document can be printed on an arbitrary sheet.

By the way, some document producing apparatuses of this type have a label printing function for printing on a floppy label (paper attached to a floppy disk) in addition to ordinary paper. This label printing function uses sticker paper (label sheet) in which a plurality of floppy labels are arranged vertically and horizontally, and the file name of the document information stored in the document floppy is printed on the floppy label. .

In this case, a plurality of floppy labels are provided on the label sheet, but in order to print on any label among them, the label is set so that the print head faces the label at the time of printing. It is necessary to adjust the position of the seat.

Further, since such a label printing function is premised on printing different data on each label provided on the label sheet, there is no function to print the same data on a plurality of sheets at the same time. Therefore, if the same data is printed on a plurality of labels, it is necessary to repeat the same printing operation for the number of prints.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional label printing function, it is necessary to print on a desired label in the label sheet while adjusting the position of the label sheet. For this reason, there is a problem that the adjustment work is not only troublesome, but also print misalignment easily occurs.

Further, in order to print the same data on a plurality of labels, after printing one label, the label sheet is displaced and the same data is printed on the next label.
It was necessary to repeat such work. Therefore, there is a problem that the repeated work is not only troublesome, but also print misalignment is likely to occur.

Although the label sheet having a plurality of floppy labels has been described as an object to be printed here, the same can be said for a sticker sheet having a fixed sticker usable as a business card or various cards.

By the way, a document created for printing on such a specific sheet can be stored together with a normal document in a storage medium such as a floppy disk. However, at the time of printing, all documents can be called regardless of whether it is a specific document, so there is a problem that a normal document is called by mistake and printed on a sticker sheet.

There are a plurality of types of specific paper, and the recommended paper feed method (automatic paper feed / manual paper feed) for each type.
Will be different. For this reason, it is necessary to always keep track of which method should be used for feeding the specific paper to be used, and if it is mistaken, the paper may be damaged.

A first object of the present invention is to provide a document creating apparatus and a printing control method capable of printing without using a normal document when printing using a sticker sheet.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a document creation apparatus and a print control method capable of performing printing by using a paper feeding method according to the type of the sticker paper when printing the sticker paper. To do.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device and a print control method capable of printing on an arbitrary sticker on a sticker sheet by a simple designation operation when printing the sticker sheet. To provide.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a document preparation apparatus capable of simultaneously printing the same data on a plurality of stickers on a sticker sheet by a simple designation operation when printing the sticker sheet. A print control method is provided.

[0015]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) The document creation device of the present invention includes a sticker sheet having a plurality of standard stickers, and a storage unit that stores the document information having sheet format information preset in accordance with the sticker sheets on a predetermined page, By checking the predetermined page of the document information stored in the storage means,
Document type determining means for determining whether or not the document information is for the sticker sheet, and is included in the document information when the document information is determined by the document type determining means for the sticker sheet. Printing means for printing the print target data on each of the standard stickers on the sticker sheet according to the sheet format information.

(2) The document creating apparatus according to the present invention stores the sticker sheet having a plurality of standard sticker sheets, and the document information having the sheet format information preset in accordance with the sticker sheets on a predetermined page. Means and a document type determining means for determining whether or not the document information is for the sticker sheet by checking the predetermined page of the document information stored in the storage means, and the document type determining means. When the document information is judged to be for the sticker paper, a paper feeding method judging means for judging a paper feeding method according to the kind of the sticker paper based on the sheet format information, and a paper feeding method judging means And a notification means for notifying the paper feeding method determined by the above.

(3) The document creating apparatus according to the present invention includes a sticker sheet having a plurality of standard stickers, a storage unit for storing sheet format information preset according to the sticker sheets, and each of the standard stickers. Specifying means for specifying an arbitrary fixed-size sticker therein, developing means for expanding print target data to be printed on the fixed-size sticker specified by the specifying means into a print buffer, and the sheet format stored in the storage means A printing unit that prints the print target data expanded in the print buffer by the expanding unit on the designated sticker on the sticker sheet based on information.

(4) The document creating apparatus according to the present invention includes a sticker sheet having a plurality of standard stickers, a storage unit for storing sheet format information preset according to the sticker sheets, and each of the standard stickers. Designating means for designating an arbitrary standard sticker and the number of prints in it, and after expanding the print target data to be printed on the standard sticker designated by this designating means in the print buffer, the same data according to the number of prints Based on the expansion means for expanding the copy and the sheet format information stored in the storage means,
The printing means further comprises: printing means for printing each of the print target data developed in the print buffer by the developing means on the designated sticker and other standard sticker on the sticker sheet.

[0019]

According to the above configuration (1), by providing the sheet format information on a predetermined page (for example, the second page) of the document information, it can be differentiated from the normal document. Therefore, by checking the predetermined page, it is possible to determine whether or not the document information is for sticker paper. This allows you to print business cards and
Only the sticker print document can be called as the print target and correctly printed on the sticker paper.

According to the above configuration (2), the optimum paper feed method (automatic paper feed / manual feed) according to the type of the sticker paper is determined by the sheet format information, and the result is notified. Therefore, the sticker paper can be always fed by the correct paper feeding method.

According to the above configuration (3), by designating an arbitrary standard label, printing is performed on the designated standard label based on the sheet format information. As a result, the user does not need to adjust the paper position, and it is possible to easily obtain a print result that does not cause printing deviation with respect to the designated sticker.

According to the above configuration (4), by designating an arbitrary standard sticker and the number of prints, the designated standard sticker is used as the printing start position at the same time for a plurality of stickers based on the sheet format information. Printing is performed. This eliminates the need for repetitive work by the user and makes it possible to easily obtain a print result with no print deviation for a plurality of stickers.

[0023]

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 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a microprocessor (hereinafter referred to as CPU), and 12 and 13 are memories (RO
M, RAM).

The CPU 11 controls the entire apparatus and includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) 12 and a RAM (Random).
m Access Memory) 13 is executed to start a program according to an input instruction, and in addition to a document creation process, a business card / card printing process described later is executed here.

The ROM 12 has a program area 1 in which various processing programs for determining the operation of the CPU 11 are stored.
2a, a character pattern area 12b in which font data is stored, a dictionary area 12c in which a standard dictionary for converting reading information input in kana or romaji into kanji information is provided.

In the RAM 13, in addition to the document buffer 13a for storing the created document information, here, a business card,
A print target data area 13b for storing print target data in a sticker print document, a sheet format area 13c for storing sheet format information of the same business card / sticker print document, and a print format area 13d for storing print format information Is provided.

Regarding the print target data and the sheet format information in the business card / sticker print document,
It will be described later with reference to FIG. The print format information will be described later with reference to FIG.

Reference numeral 14 is a keyboard (KB), 15 is a keyboard controller (KB-CNT), 16 is a floppy disk device (FDD), 17 is an FDD controller (FDD-CNT), and 18 is a printer device (PR).
T), 19 is a printer controller (PRT-controller), and 20 is a print buffer.

The keyboard 14 is an input device for inputting data and performing a specific instruction. This keyboard 14
In addition to a "character" key and a "numerical value" key, a "cursor" key, a "select / execute" key, and here, a "strand print" key 14a is provided. The "strand printing" key 14a is a key for instructing to display a print menu as shown in FIG. The keyboard controller 15 controls input of information input by the keyboard 14.

The floppy disk device 16 is, for example, for 3.5 inch type high density recording, and stores / recalls created documents and the like. The FDD controller 17 is the CPU 1
1 controls the input / output of data between 1 and the floppy disk device 16.

The printer device 18 is, for example, a thermal / thermal transfer type dot printer, and prints a created document or the like. Further, the printer device 18 has a structure capable of color printing by using a color ribbon (full color ribbon / single color ribbon). Printer controller 19
Develops print data in the print buffer 20 under the control of the CPU 11 and outputs it to the printer device 18.

Further, 21 is a display, 22 is a display controller (display-CNT), and 23 is a VRAM (Video RAM).
), 24 are synthesizers. The display 21 is, for example, 40 characters 2
It consists of a 0-line backlit liquid crystal display, and the bottom row (20th row) is set as an area (guide row) dedicated to guide display. Also, this display 21 is a color L
It is composed of a CD and has a structure capable of color display. The display controller 22 controls the VRAM 2 under the control of the CPU 10.
The display data is expanded to 3 and is output to the display 18 via the synthesizer 24.

Here, in this apparatus, a video image or T
It has a structure capable of inputting a V image, and can display such image information on the display 21 (color LCD). The video device 25 and the TV tuner 26 are connected to a dedicated connector provided on the device body. The video input interface (video input I / F) 28 controls the input of the image information of the video device 25 or the TV tuner 26, expands the input image information in the frame memory 27, and outputs it to the synthesizer 24. Output.

In the synthesizer 24, the frame memory 27
Image information (video image or TV image) and VRAM
The image information (document image) 23 is combined, and the combined image information is output to the display 21. Thereby, the video image or the TV image and the document image can be simultaneously displayed on the display 21. Since the specific configuration and processing method of this simultaneous display are not directly related to the present invention, the description thereof will be omitted here.

Further, in this device, various information such as document information can be displayed on the monitor device 29. The monitor device 29 is connected to a dedicated connector provided on the device body. Video output interface (video output I / F) 3
0 controls the output of image information to the monitor device 29.

Further, in this apparatus, the color scanner 31
The image information read in can be incorporated into the document information. The color scanner 31 is connected to a dedicated connector provided on the apparatus body. A scanner interface (scanner I / F) 32 controls input of image information by the color scanner 31.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of the sticker sheet in the embodiment. In this apparatus, it is possible to print a business card / card by using a sticker sheet 41 as shown in FIG. The sticker sheet 41 includes a plurality of standard stickers 42.
a, 42b, 42c, 42d ... Are provided. These standard seals 42a, 42b, 42c, 42d ...
After printing, it can be removed from the sticker paper 41 and used as various cards or labels in addition to business cards, for example.

There are many kinds of sticker sheets according to the purpose of use, and the size and number of sticker sheets are different depending on the kind. Therefore, at the time of printing, it is necessary to create a business card / sticker printed document according to the format of the sticker paper used.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of a business card / sticker printed document in the embodiment. The business card / sticker printed document is a document dedicated to business card / sticker printing, and a sample document thereof is provided in advance according to the type of sticker paper used.

Here, in this embodiment, in order to differentiate from a normal document, the business card / sticker print document is composed of two pages of document information, as shown in FIG. Sheet format information is provided on the second page.

The print target data is the data actually printed on the sticker on the sticker paper, and is created by the user. The sheet format information is information set in advance according to the type of the sticker paper, for example, the vertical and horizontal size of the paper, the distance from the upper left of the paper to the first sticker, the number of stickers, the size of one sticker, the pitch of the sticker, etc. In addition to the various types of information described above, the information here includes information indicating the paper type.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of printing a plurality of sheets in the embodiment. Print buffer 2 shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 0 is a line buffer in which the printer device 18
Data which can be printed by one scan of the print head (data for one scan) is developed.

Here, for example, the sticker sheet 41 shown in FIG.
Assuming that the same data is printed on three sheets of standard stickers 42b, 42c, and 42d using FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, first, the data for one scan with respect to the standard size sticker 42b is developed in the area P2 of the print buffer 20. The areas P1, P2, P3, and P4 represent the data development areas for the standard stickers existing in the same scanning direction.

Next, the data expanded in the area P2 is copied and expanded in the areas P3 and P4. By this copy development, print data for three sheets is created in the print buffer 20. By printing each print data created in the print buffer 20 through the printer device 18, it is possible to simultaneously obtain print results for three sheets as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation procedure of the "business card / sticker print" function in the embodiment will be described. In the main menu screen (not shown), select the "Moriori Print" function, or
When the "strand print" key 14a provided on the keyboard 14 is pressed on the document input screen, a print menu screen as shown in FIG. In this print menu screen, "Full color print", "Super zoom",
Menus for various printing functions such as "Document name list label", "Continuous printing", "Print Gokko", "Labeka", "Taremaku", and "Business card / sticker printing" are provided. The "business card / sticker printing" function in these functions corresponds to the present invention.

When "Business card / sticker print" is selected with the cursor on the print menu screen shown in FIG. 5 and the "Select / execute" key is pressed, a warning screen (not shown) for saving the created document is displayed.
After is displayed, the main screen of the "business card / sticker print" function as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. In this main screen, you can call, save, edit,
Each work such as printing is selected with the cursor.

Here, if the calling of the business card / sticker printed document is selected on the main screen of FIG. 6, a document calling guide screen as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, and a useful floppy or business card / sticker printed document is displayed. The user is notified of the insertion of the saved document floppy.

The useful floppy disk is a floppy disk in which a business card / sticker print document (sample document) having sheet format information preset according to the type of paper is stored. When newly creating a business card / sticker print document, it is necessary to first create a document (data to be printed) dedicated to oneself using this useful floppy. The business card / sticker print document created in this manner is stored in the floppy disk together with a normal document according to the file name (document name) designated by the user.

When the floppy disk is inserted into the floppy disk device 16 and the document is called by pressing the "select / execute" key, the document calling screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. On this document calling screen, the file name (document name) added to the desired business card / sticker printed document is selected with the cursor to call the business card / sticker printed document.

At this time, the called document file is a business card.
If the conditions for the sticker print document are not satisfied, then FIG.
A message screen as shown in is displayed to notify the user that the document format is different.

On the other hand, if the called document file satisfies the conditions for the business card / sticker print document, a message screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, and the user is informed that the business card / sticker print document has been called correctly. Will be notified. Further, guide information for editing the business card / sticker print document and the type of the sticker paper corresponding to the document are displayed as a message.

When the calling of the business card / sticker print document is completed, an editing screen as shown in FIG. 11 is displayed. An edit area 51 corresponding to the document is provided on the edit screen. According to the guide information 52, a character string, an image or an illustration is input into the editing area 51. The data input to the editing area 51 corresponds to the print target data shown in FIG.

By pressing the "page break" key, as shown in FIG.
The main card / sticker print document edited on the edit screen of FIG. 11 can be saved or printed. The business card / sticker print document is saved by inputting a file name (document name) on a document save screen (not shown), similar to a normal document. Printing of a business card / sticker print document is performed by setting a print format on a print format setting screen as shown in FIG.

In this print format setting screen, in addition to normal setting items 61 such as font setting items, here, "start vertical" setting item 62 and "start horizontal" setting item for specifying the print start position are set. 63 and a “print number” setting item 64 for designating the number of prints.

In this case, the print start position is specified by inputting the number in the vertical direction to the "start vertical" setting item 62 with reference to the sticker located at the upper left of the sticker sheet, and setting the number in the horizontal direction to "start horizontal". This is done by inputting in item 63. The number of prints is specified by inputting the number of stickers to be printed from the print start position in the “print number” setting item 64.

Here, for example, if "start vertical" is specified as "3", "start horizontal" is specified as "2", and "print number" is specified as "8", in the sticker paper as shown in FIG. Each sticker will be printed at once.

When the "select / execute" key is pressed after setting the print format in this way, a paper setting screen as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. In this paper setting screen, in addition to the guide information for setting the sticker paper, here, the kind of the sticker paper recognized by the apparatus as the current print target, and the paper feeding method according to the paper type ( A message is displayed for automatic paper feed / manual paper feed.

When the "select / execute" key is pressed after setting the sticker paper on the printer device 18, the data (print target data) input to the editing area 51 shown in FIG. Printed on the sticker.
FIG. 15 shows the printing result at that time. In addition, FIG. 15 shows a printing result when printing is performed on one sticker,
When a plurality of print numbers are designated on the format setting screen of FIG. 12, similar print results are obtained over a plurality of stickers as shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described. Here, as various processing operations in the "business card / sticker printing" function, there are (a) processing when calling a document, (b) processing when a print start position is designated, and (c) processing when a number of prints is designated. Each operation will be described.

(A) Processing at the time of calling a document FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing the processing operation at the time of calling a document in the embodiment. When performing business card / sticker printing, it is necessary to first call a desired business card / sticker printed document from the floppy disk set in the floppy disk device 16. This document is called by selecting a file name (document name) on the document calling screen as shown in FIG.

If the document to be called is specified by selecting the file name (document name) (step A1)
1), the CPU 11 checks the second page of the designated document (step A12).

As described with reference to FIG. 3, in the business card / sticker print document, the print target data is the first page (data created for printing on the sticker paper by the user) and the sheet format information (the sticker to be used) is the second page. Information set in advance according to the type of paper) is set.

Therefore, if there is no sheet format information on the second page of the designated document (N in step A13)
o), the CPU 11 determines that the designated document is not a business card / sticker print document (step A14), displays an error message as shown in FIG. 9 on the display 21, and ends the processing here (step A15). ).

On the other hand, if the second page of the designated document has sheet format information (Yes in step A13),
The CPU 11 determines that the designated document is a business card / sticker print document (step A16), reads the print target data on the first page and the sheet format information on the second page, and stores these in the print target data area of the RAM 13. Thirteen
b and the sheet format area 13c, respectively (step A17).

In the case of a business card / sticker print document, the CPU 11 confirms the type of the sticker paper by the sheet format information, and then recommends the paper feed method (automatic paper feed / manual feed) depending on the kind of the sticker paper. (Step A18), and the result is displayed on the paper setting screen as shown in FIG. 14 (step A1).
9).

After that, by setting the sticker paper in the automatic paper feed unit or the manual paper feed unit of the printer device 18 in accordance with the message display, printing can be performed on each sticker of the sticker paper. It should be noted that a specific operation of the print processing at this time will be described in (b) Processing when a print start position is designated, which will be described later.

As described above, since the sheet format information is provided on the second page of the business card / sticker printed document, it can be differentiated from the normal document. This allows you to print business cards and
Only the sticker print document can be called as the print target and correctly printed on the sticker paper.

Further, since the user is notified of the optimum paper feed method (automatic paper feed / manual feed) for the sticker paper, the sticker paper can always be sent by the correct paper feed method. As a result, it is possible to prevent the sticker sheet from being damaged by the wrong sheet feeding method.

(B) Process when the print start position is designated FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing the processing operation when the print start position is designated in the embodiment. When printing
It is necessary to specify which sticker of the paper sticker to be used for printing. This designation is performed by inputting the print start position in the "start vertical" setting item 62 and the "start horizontal" setting item 63 on the print format setting screen shown in FIG.

When the print start position (desired sticker position) is designated through the keyboard 14 (step B11), C
The PU 11 stores the designated print start position in the print format area 13d of the RAM 13 as one piece of print format information (step B12).

At this time, the print target data area 13b
Further, it is assumed that the sheet format area 13c already stores the print target data and the sheet format information of the business card / sticker print document to be printed by the processing of (a) above.

When there is a print instruction through the keyboard 14 (Yes in step B13), the CPU 11 reads R
The printer controller 1 stores print target data, sheet format information, and print format information (including the print start position in this case) stored in the areas 13b to 13d in the AM 13.
9 to perform the following print control processing.

That is, the printer controller 19
First, the print target data is expanded in the print buffer 20 (step B14). In this case, since the print buffer 20 is a line buffer, specifically, the pattern for one line is developed. The pattern development for each line will be described later in (c) Processing when the number of prints is designated.

Next, the printer controller 19 determines the position where printing should actually start based on the sheet format information and the print format information (step B14).
Then, the printer controller 19 adjusts the paper position through the paper feeding mechanism in the printer device 18 so that the print head faces the determined position, and then drives the print head to print on the designated sticker.

In this way, it is possible to print on the designated sticker in the sticker paper. As a result, the user does not need to adjust the paper position, and it is possible to easily obtain a print result that does not cause printing deviation with respect to the designated sticker.

(C) Processing when the number of prints is designated FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing operation when the number of prints is designated in the embodiment. At the time of printing, it is necessary to specify how many sheets should be printed based on which sticker of the paper sticker to be used. This designation is made by inputting the print start position in the “start vertical” setting item 62 and the “start horizontal” setting item 63 on the print format setting screen shown in FIG.
This is done by inputting the number of prints in the setting item 64.

When the print start position (desired sticker position) and the number of prints are designated via the keyboard 14 (step C1)
1), the CPU 11 stores the designated print start position and the number of prints in the print format area 13d of the RAM 13 as one piece of print format information (step C12).

At this time, the print target data area 13b
Further, it is assumed that the sheet format area 13c already stores the print target data and the sheet format information of the business card / sticker print document to be printed by the processing of (a) above.

When there is a print instruction from the keyboard 14 (Yes in step B13), the CPU 11 reads R
By giving the print target data, the sheet format information, and the print format information (including the print start position and the number of prints in this case) stored in the areas 13b to 13d in the AM 13 to the printer controller 19, the following print control is performed. Execute the process.

That is, the printer controller 19
First, the pattern for one line to be printed on the designated sticker is developed in the print buffer 20 (step C14). In this case, the pattern for one line is print target data that can be printed by one scan of the print head.

When the data expansion for the designated sticker is completed, the printer controller 19 checks whether or not the number of prints of "2" or more is designated based on the print format information. As a result, when the number of prints equal to or more than "2" is designated (Yes in step C15), the printer controller 19 sets the designated number of prints in the print buffer 20 as described with reference to FIG. The copy is developed (step C16).

When the copy development for the designated number of prints is completed (Yes in step C17), the printer controller 1
9 prints one line of each pattern developed in the print buffer 20 (step C18).

Specifically, as described in (b) above, the position where printing should actually be started is determined based on the sheet format information and the print format information, and the print head faces the determined position. Printer device 18
After the paper position is adjusted through the paper feeding mechanism, the print head is driven to print from the designated sticker.

When the printing of one line is completed, the printer controller 19 prints the next line, and therefore returns to the process of step C14 (No in step C19). As a result, a plurality of stickers arranged in the horizontal direction with respect to the designated sticker are printed at the same time.

When the designated number of prints exceeds the maximum number of stickers in the horizontal direction, after printing one row in the horizontal direction with the designated sticker as the print start position, the leftmost sticker of the next row is set to the top. Then, the print processing similar to the above is executed (see FIG. 13).

In this way, it is possible to perform printing on a plurality of stickers at the same time with the designated sticker in the sticker paper as the printing start position. This eliminates the need for repetitive work by the user and makes it possible to easily obtain a print result with no print deviation for a plurality of stickers.

[0087]

As described above, according to the present invention, the predetermined page (for example, the second page) of the document information is provided with the sheet format information so as to be differentiated from the normal document. Therefore, the predetermined page is checked. By doing so, it can be determined whether the document information is for sticker paper. As a result, only the business card / sticker print document can always be called as a print target without being confused with a normal document at the time of printing, and can be correctly printed on the sticker paper.

Further, the optimum paper feeding method (automatic paper feeding / manual feeding) according to the type of the sticker paper is judged from the sheet format information, and the result is notified.
The sticker paper can be always fed by the correct paper feeding method.

Further, since the designated sticker is printed on the basis of the sheet format information, the user does not need to adjust the paper position, and the printed result can be easily obtained for the designated sticker without misalignment. .

Further, since the designated number of prints are printed based on the sheet format information, repeated work by the user is unnecessary, and it is possible to easily obtain a print result with no print deviation for a plurality of stickers. it can.

[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 a configuration of a sticker sheet in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a business card / sticker print document in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of printing a plurality of sheets in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a print menu screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a main screen of a “business card / sticker print” function in the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a document calling guide screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a document calling screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a message screen when the document formats are different in the same embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a message screen when the document format is correct in the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an edit screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a print format setting screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a printing state when the print start position and the number of prints are designated on the print format setting screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a paper setting screen in the embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a printing result in the example.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a processing operation at the time of calling a document in the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a processing operation when a print start position is designated in the embodiment.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a processing operation when the number of prints is designated in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... CPU, 12 ... ROM, 13 ... RAM, 13a ...
Document buffer, 13b ... Print target data area, 13c ...
Sheet format area, 13d ... Print format area, 14
... keyboard, 14a ... "strand print" key, 16 ...
Floppy disk device, 18 ... Printer device, 19 ...
Printer controller, 20 ... Print buffer, 21 ... Display, 25 ... Video device, 26 ... TV tuner, 29 ...
Monitor device, 31 ... Color scanner, 41 ... Seal paper, 42a to 42d ... Standard sticker, 51 ... Editing area, 5
2 ... Guide information, 61 ... Normal setting item, 62 ... "Start vertical" setting item, 63 ... "Start horizontal" setting item, 64 ... "Number of prints" setting item.

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A sticker sheet having a plurality of standard sticker sheets, a storage means for storing document information having sheet format information set in advance on a predetermined page according to the sticker sheets, and a storage means stored in the storage means. Further, by checking the predetermined page of the document information, it is possible to determine whether or not the document information is for the sticker sheet, and the document type determining means for checking the document information for the sticker sheet. When it is determined that the print target data in the document information is printed on each of the standard stickers on the sticker sheet in accordance with the sheet format information, a document creating device is provided. 2. A sticker sheet having a plurality of standard sticker sheets, a storage unit for storing document information having sheet format information set in advance on a predetermined page corresponding to the sticker sheet, and a storage unit stored in the storage unit. Further, by checking the predetermined page of the document information, it is possible to determine whether or not the document information is for the sticker sheet, and the document type determining means for checking the document information for the sticker sheet. When it is determined that the sheet feeding method is determined based on the sheet format information, the sheet feeding method is determined according to the type of the sticker sheet, and the sheet feeding method determined by the sheet feeding method determining section. A document creating apparatus comprising: a notification unit for notifying. 3. A sticker sheet having a plurality of standard stickers, a storage means for storing sheet format information preset according to the sticker sheets, and an arbitrary standard sticker among the standard stickers is designated. Based on the specification means, the expansion means for expanding the print target data to be printed on the standard label specified by the specification means in the print buffer, and the expansion means based on the sheet format information stored in the storage means. A document creating apparatus comprising: a printing unit that prints the print target data expanded in the print buffer on the designated sticker on the sticker sheet. 4. A sticker sheet having a plurality of standard stickers, a storage means for storing sheet format information preset according to the sticker sheets, and an arbitrary standard seal and the number of prints in each of the standard stickers. Specifying means for specifying, and expanding means for expanding the print target data to be printed on the standard label specified by the specifying means in the print buffer, and copying and expanding the same data according to the number of prints; Printing means for printing the respective print target data expanded in the print buffer by the expanding means on the designated sticker and other standard sticker on the sticker paper, respectively, based on the sheet format information stored in the means; A document creation device comprising: 5. A print control method for a document creating apparatus for printing using sticker paper having a plurality of standard stickers, the document having sheet format information preset according to the sticker paper on a predetermined page. By storing the information in the memory and checking the predetermined page of the document information stored in the memory, it is determined whether or not the document information is for the sticker paper. A print control method, wherein when it is determined that the sticker sheet is used, the print target data in the document information is printed on each of the standard stickers on the sticker sheet according to the sheet format information. 6. A print control method of a document creating apparatus for printing using sticker paper having a plurality of standard sticker, wherein a document having sheet format information preset according to the sticker paper on a predetermined page. By storing the information in the memory and checking the predetermined page of the document information stored in the memory, it is determined whether or not the document information is for the sticker paper. A print control method characterized in that, when it is determined that the sheet is for sticker paper, the sheet feed method according to the type of the sticker sheet is determined based on the sheet format information, and the sheet feed method is notified. . 7. A print control method of a document creation apparatus for printing using sticker paper having a plurality of standard stickers, wherein sheet format information preset according to the sticker paper is stored in a memory. By designating any standard sticker in each standard sticker, the print target data to be printed on the specified standard sticker is expanded in the print buffer, and based on the sheet format information stored in the memory. The print control method is characterized in that the print target data expanded in the print buffer is printed on the designated sticker on the sticker sheet. 8. A print control method of a document creation apparatus for performing printing using sticker sheets having a plurality of standard stickers, wherein sheet format information preset according to the sticker sheets is stored in a memory. By specifying an arbitrary standard sticker in each standard sticker and the number of prints, the print target data to be printed on the specified standard sticker is expanded in the print buffer, and the same data is output according to the number of prints. Copy-expand the data, and print the data to be printed expanded in the print buffer on the designated sticker and other standard stickers on the sticker paper, respectively, based on the sheet format information stored in the memory. A print control method characterized in that