JPH08297552A - Information processing system and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable a user to confirm the size of forms in a form cassette without going to the place where a printer main body is by displaying the size of forms set in the form when a printer is inquired of for the size. CONSTITUTION: A set screen for the ordinary printer 6 is opened on a display device 5 and a user presses an inquiry button for inquiring the form size in the form cassette on the main body of the printer 6. Then, a command for inquiring the form size of the printer 6 is sent through a two-way centronics cable 7. When a central arithmetic processor 2 receives an response regarding the form size from the main body of the printer 6 through the two-way centronics cable 7 in response, the form size of the forms set in the form cassette displayed in a paper feeding method display area is displayed in a form size display area in the set screen for the printer 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing system such as a personal computer and a workstation and a control method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when printing is performed in an information processing system such as a personal computer or a workstation, it is necessary to set a paper of a size to be printed in a paper cassette of the printer body, and the paper cassette is set in the paper cassette. Since the host computer side did not know the size of the paper, the user went to the place where the printer body was installed, and visually checked the size of the paper in the paper cassette.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional information system, the user has to go to the place where the printer main body is installed each time printing is attempted, which is very troublesome.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an information processing system capable of confirming the size of a paper contained in a paper cassette without the user himself / herself going to a place where the printer body is located, and the same. The purpose is to provide a control method.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, an information processing system of the present invention is an information processing system including a printer having a paper cassette for accumulating print paper and a communication means for communicating with the printer. And an inquiring unit for the user to inquire of the printer about the size of the printing paper stored in the paper cassette, and a notifying unit for informing the user of the paper size in which the printer responds to the inquiry. And

Further, the control method of the information processing system of the present invention is a control method of the information processing system including a printer having a paper cassette for accumulating print paper and a communication means for communicating with the printer, wherein When the printer is inquired about the size of the printing paper stored in the paper cassette, the user is notified of the paper size returned from the printer in response to the inquiry.

[0007]

According to the configuration of the present invention, when the user inquires of the printer about the size of the printing paper stored in the paper cassette, the paper size returned from the printer in response to the inquiry is notified to the user. It

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, an information processing system 1 includes a central processing unit 2 that controls a control method of the entire system, and a storage unit 3 that stores a control processing program executed by the central processing unit 2 and various data. A main part is constituted by a keyboard 4 for inputting various information, a display device 5 for displaying various information, a printer 6 for printing various information, and a bidirectional Centronics cable 7.

The control operation executed by the information processing system 1 configured as described above will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the paper size display process executed by the central processing unit 2 of the information processing system 1. FIG. 3 is an example of the printer setting screen displayed on the display unit 5. FIG.

In FIG. 2, first, the setting screen 11 of the normal printer of FIG. 3 is opened on the display device 5 (step S1), and the user inserts paper in a paper cassette (not shown) of the printer 6 main body. When the inquiry button 18 for inquiring the size is pressed, a command for inquiring the paper size is sent to the printer 6 via the bidirectional Centronics cable 7 (step S2), and in response to this, the printer 6 main body sends the bidirectional Centronics cable 7
When the central processing unit 2 receives a paper size response via the printer (step S3), the printer setting screen 11 is displayed.
The paper size display area 13 displays the size of the paper set in the paper cassette displayed in the paper feed method display area 12 (step S4).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the printer 6 is arranged to inquire about the size of the paper set in the paper cassette, and the inquiry result is displayed. You can check the size of the paper in the paper cassette without going to the place where there is.

In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to the control software for controlling the printer 6 by the central processing unit 2, but is not limited to this, and is applied to the control software for controlling the remote control panel of the printer body. You may.

In the present embodiment, the size of the paper set in the paper cassette of the printer 6 is displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the user may be notified of the paper size by voice or the like. Good.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the user inquires of the printer about the size of the printing paper stored in the paper cassette, the user is notified of the paper size returned from the printer in response to the inquiry. It is possible to check the size of the paper contained in the paper cassette without going out.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure of paper size display processing executed by the central processing unit of FIG.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a printer setting screen displayed on the display device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Central processing unit (communication means, inquiry means) 5 Display means (notification means, inquiry means) 6 Printer 7 Centronics cable (communication means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information processing system comprising a printer having a paper cassette for accumulating printing paper and a communication means for communicating with the printer, wherein the printing paper is stored in the paper cassette by a user. An information processing system comprising: an inquiring unit for inquiring the size of the sheet and a notifying unit for informing the user of the sheet size in which the printer responds to the inquiry. 2. A method of controlling an information processing system, comprising: a printer having a paper cassette for accumulating print paper; and communication means for communicating with the printer, wherein the user stores the paper in the paper cassette. A method for controlling an information processing system, comprising inquiring a size of a printing paper, and notifying the user of the paper size returned from the printer in response to the inquiry.