JPH09114618A - Output data management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To smoothly and rationally perform output control even when a fault is generated at the time of output to an output device and the output from the output device. SOLUTION: The page management system is a processor 2 for performing control at the time of outputting reception data DR from a communication channel 1 to a printer 5 (output device) as output data D0 and is provided with an external storage device 3 for storing file data composed by filing the reception data DR. The processor 2 is provided with a page management part 2a2 for managing the pages of the tile data and a reception output control part 2a1 for inputting the reception data DR and the fault detected result OR of the printer 5 and re-outputting the ones pertinent to the output data D0 , by the tile data. The file data of the external storage device 3 include the data of a page management file FS and respective page tiles F1 -Fn .

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an output data management system as a terminal device which can be applied to page management or the like for controlling reception data received via a communication line as output data to an output device. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of output data management system, when the received data received through a communication line is output as output data from a terminal device to an output device such as a printer, Received data is passed from the control unit that performs control to another output control unit, and actually, the received data is passed from there to the output device to obtain output data. still,
Another output control unit here is for controlling the output from the peripheral device under the terminal to the output device.

At this time, for example, when the printer runs out of paper or has a trouble, the sender of the data (a host device such as a host computer) is notified of the fact, and the sender retransmits the corresponding data. ing.

Incidentally, as a technique related to such an output data management system as a terminal device, Japanese Patent Application No.
The error processing method of the printer disclosed in JP-A-2-226221 and the display terminal device disclosed in JP-A-2-240725 can be cited.

[0005]

In the output data management system as the terminal device described above, if a failure is detected while the received data is being output as output data to the output device, the corresponding data is sent from the transmission source. If a failure such as a paper jam occurs when outputting the data from the output device after it needs to be retransmitted or when the output data is normally output to the output device, it is retained on the output device. Some or all of the existing data is lost and there is no data to be re-output.Therefore, the operator needs to request the sender to re-transmit the corresponding data. It has the drawback of not being exposed.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and its technical problem is to achieve smooth output control even if a failure occurs in output to the output device or output from the output device. It is to provide an output data management system that can be performed reasonably.

[0007]

According to the present invention, received data is received from a host device via a communication line, and
In an output data management system for controlling the output of the received data to the output device, the output data management system includes an external storage device for storing file data in which the received data is filed. An output data management system is provided which includes a page management unit for managing the received data and a failure detection result of the output device, and a reception output control unit for re-outputting output data corresponding to the file data.

Further, according to the present invention, in the above output data management system, a file creating means for filing the received data to form file data, a writing means for writing the file data in an external storage device for storage, and an external storage. Read means for reading the file data from the device and outputting it as output data to the output device; and re-output means for detecting a failure of the output device and automatically re-outputting the corresponding output data after recovery from the failure. An output data management system is provided in which a part of the writing means and the reading means constitutes a page management section, and the file creation means, the other section of the reading means, and the re-output means constitute a reception output control section. .

Further, according to the present invention, in the output data management system, the file data in the external storage device includes output data including a page management file managed and created by the page management unit and a plurality of page files. A management system is obtained.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The output data management system of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a page management system which is an example of the output data management system of the present invention.

This page management system receives received data D _R from a host device such as a host computer via the communication line 1 and outputs the received data D _R to an output device such as the printer 5 as output data D _O. The main body is a processor 2 as a terminal device for performing control when performing, and an external storage device 3 such as a magnetic disk device for storing file data in which received data D _O is filed is included. .

Of these, the processor 2 receives the received data D
File creating means for filing _R into file data, writing means for writing the file data to the external storage device 3 for storage, and file data read from the external storage device 3 for output to the printer 5 (output device) D A read means for outputting as _O and a failure of the printer 5 (output device) are detected, and output data D is output after the failure is recovered.
_And a re-outputting unit for automatically re-outputting those corresponding to _O.

Here, a part of the writing means and the reading means constitutes a page management section 2a ₂ which manages a page relating to the file data, and the file creating means, the other part of the reading means and the re-outputting means receive the data. A reception output control unit 2a ₁ for inputting the data D _R and the fault detection result O _R of the printer 5 (output device) and re-outputting the data corresponding to the output data D _O is formed, and further the page management unit 2a ₂ and the reception are performed. The output control unit 2a ₁ constitutes the device module 2a in the processor 2. Further, the file data in the external storage device 3 includes the page management file F _s managed by the page management unit 2a ₂ and data relating to the plurality of page files F _{1 to} F _n . Further, the workstation 4 is provided as a peripheral device related to the printer 5 (output device).

In this page management system, the communication line 1
The reception data D _R received on the processor 2 side via the processor 2 is formed as file data from the reception output control unit 2a ₁ of the device control module 2a and is passed to the page management unit 2a ₂ . The page management unit 2a ₂ makes the received file data into a file for each page and registers and stores the file in the external storage device 3. Further, the page management unit 2a ₂ registers and stores it in the external storage device 3 and at the same time passes it to the reception output control unit 2a ₁ to output the file data as output data D _O to the printer 5 via the workstation 4.

A printer synchronization code is added to the file data output from the reception output control unit 2a _{1 in} page units so as to wait for a print result and return a response. Based on the result, re-output from the processor 2 side and page Management file F
_s is updated or the corresponding one of the page files F _{1 to} F _n is deleted.

By the way, in the re-output process from the processor 2 side when a failure occurs, it is possible to set how many pages before the failure detection page the re-output processing should be executed after the failure recovery. The recovery of can be realized.

Next, the page management file F _s shown in FIG.
Registered storage of file data will be described with reference to the configuration example of FIG.

The page management unit 2a ₂ divides the received data D _R into page units and registers and stores it as a page file in the external storage device 3. Here, the page file is shown in units of output device (printer 5) numbers. Such page management information NO. 1 to NO. It is registered and managed as n.

Each page management information NO. 1 to N
O. n is an output device number, for example, as shown in FIG.
Maximum number of pages, number of registered pages, first page file name,
It consists of the final page file name and RFU.
Also, each page file F ₁ to F _n is composed of the following page file name and the print data, as shown in FIG.

Therefore, first, the page management information corresponding to the number of the output device (printer 5) of the page file is retrieved, and the page management information is fetched into the page management section 2a ₂ . If the maximum number of registered page numbers and the maximum number of registered page management information are compared, and the maximum number of pages> the number of registered pages and the last page file name is registered,
Write the page file name registered this time to the next page file name at the beginning of the page file. After the writing is completed, the last page file name of the page management information is updated to the file registered this time. By the way, when there is no file registered as the final page file name, the page file name registered this time is registered as the final file name. Here, after the registration is completed, the number of registered pages is incremented by one.

On the other hand, when the maximum number of pages = the number of registered pages, the area of the next page file name of the page file corresponding to the first page file name is referred to, and if the next page file name exists, the first page file is saved. Delete and register the acquired next page file name as the first file name. If the next page file name is not registered, the first page file name is deleted and the page file name registered this time is registered as the first page file. Here, after the registration is completed, the number of registered pages is decremented by one.

By the way, when the number of registered pages after subtraction is 0, the page file name registered this time is written in the last page file name, but when the number of registered pages after subtraction is 1 or more, the final page file name is written. Register the page file name registered this time as the next page file name and the last page file name of the corresponding page file.

Next, the procedure for re-outputting after detecting a failure will be described. When the output result is abnormal, the reception output control unit 2a ₁ starts recovery monitoring of the output device (printer 5),
When the failure is avoided, the page management unit 2a _{2 is} instructed to read the data to be re-outputted to the corresponding output device (printer 5). The page management unit 2a ₂ acquires the page management information corresponding to the output device number from the page management information, reads the data for the maximum number of pages, and outputs again.

That is, in such a page management system, received data addressed to an output device (printer 5) is registered in the external storage device 3 in a file format, and a failure occurs in the corresponding output device (printer 5). In this case, the re-output content is determined based on the failure content notified from the output device (printer 5) side, the content of the registered output data (file data) is read, and the corresponding output device (printer 5) is read. A function for automatically controlling the function for re-outputting is configured.

[0026]

As described above, according to the output data management system of the present invention, the output data management system includes an external storage device for storing file data in which received data is filed.
In addition to the page management section that manages the page of file data,
When the output to the output device or the output from the output device is performed, the reception output control unit that inputs the received data and the failure detection result of the output device and re-outputs the output data corresponding to the file data is output. Even if a failure occurs, output control can be smoothly and rationally performed. Further, particularly when the output data management system of the present invention is applied to a page management system, it is not necessary to request the sender to resend print data even when a failure occurs during online printer output, and the operator Printing is automatically restarted after the failure recovery on the printer side, regardless of which print data is used for re-outputting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a page management system which is an example of an output data management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a page management file stored in an external storage device provided in the page management system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the structure of page management information in the page management file shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a page file stored in an external storage device provided in the page management system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 communication line 2 processor 2a device control module 2a ₁ receiving the output control section 2a ₂ page management unit 3 external storage device 4 Workstation 5 printer F _s page management file F ₁ to F _n page file D _R received data D _O output data

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An output data management system for receiving received data from a host device via a communication line and controlling the output of the received data as output data to an output device, wherein the received data is filed. An external storage device for storing the file data, further comprising a page management unit for managing a page relating to the file data, input of the received data and a failure detection result of the output device, and the output data by the file data. An output data management system, comprising: a reception output control unit for re-outputting a device corresponding to the above. 2. The output data management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a file creating unit that files the received data to form the file data, and a writing unit that writes the file data to the external storage device for storage. A reading unit that reads the file data from the external storage device and outputs the file data to the output device as the output data, and automatically detects a failure of the output device and automatically recovers one corresponding to the output data after the failure is recovered. And a re-outputting unit for re-outputting, wherein a part of the writing unit and the reading unit constitutes the page management unit, and the file creating unit, the other unit of the reading unit,
The output data management system is characterized in that the re-output means constitutes the reception output control section. 3. The output data management system according to claim 2, wherein the file data in the external storage device includes a page management file managed by the page management unit and data relating to a plurality of page files. An output data management system characterized by.