JPH09198451A - Forms pre-printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily execute the pre-printing by simplifying an operation such as the setting of printing position in the case of setting pre-print data by providing a pre-printing control means for performing pre-printing while utilizing forms design data. SOLUTION: Based on the input operation of an operator, forms design data 7 containing information concerning forms such as the layout of the forms and the position information of a recognizing part are designed while using a forms designing means 6. Similarly based on the input operation of the operator, pre-print data 9 containing the data of characters or graphic to be pre- printed and position information corresponding to the recognizing part of the forms design data 7 are prepared by a pre-print data setting means 8. Based on the forms design data 7, the pre-print data 9 are printed onto the prepared and printed forms 11 by a printer 3 while using a pre-printing control means 10. These respective means can be provided by reading and executing a program stored in a recorder, for example, through a control part.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a form preprinting system for preprinting forms used in an OCR system, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a form generally used in an OCR system, a form designed by a form design tool such as a form design tool and output is used as it is, or it is copied as an original plate or printed by a printer. It was created and used by. In addition, it is possible to simplify the input by printing a predetermined character or graphic on the form as a recognition target or guidance for the input person. This is preprinted (or preprinted). Say.

The pre-printing is to change the design by a form designing means, specify the pre-printing at the time of printing by a printer, or print characters or figures on the form by another program such as a word processor. Etc.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned prior art, since the form design data created by the form design means cannot be utilized, it is necessary to change the printing original plate when creating by printing. In the case of printing with a program, extra work has been required, such as having to newly set the print position.

[0005]

The present invention comprises a display device for displaying information to an operator, an input device for accepting the operator's operation, a printing device for printing, and a control section for controlling each device. In a form pre-printing system for pre-printing a form, a form design means for designing a form and outputting form design data, a pre-print data setting means for setting pre-print data for pre-printing, and a form design data And pre-print control means for printing the pre-print data.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First Embodiment FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the embodiment.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a display device for displaying information to an operator, which is composed of, for example, a CRT or a liquid crystal display. Reference numeral 2 denotes an input device that receives an input operation of an operator, and is composed of, for example, a keyboard and various pointing devices. A printing device 3 prints characters and images on a medium such as a paper sheet. Reference numeral 4 is a recording device for recording various programs, data, etc., and is composed of, for example, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a control unit, which controls each of the above-described devices by reading and executing a program stored in the recording device 4 and realizes the form preprinting system of the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 denotes a form designing means such as a form designing tool, which is for designing a form or the like for use in an OCR system based on an operator's input operation. 7 shows the form design data,
It is designed by the form designing unit 6, and includes information about the form such as the form layout and the position information of the recognition portion.

Reference numeral 8 is a pre-print data setting means, which creates pre-print data 9 which is information about pre-printing based on an input operation by an operator. The pre-print data 9 includes data such as characters and figures to be pre-printed, position information corresponding to the recognized portion of the form design data 7, and the like. The data may be one file or a plurality of files.

The pre-print data setting means 8 may be manually set using a dedicated program, a text editor, or the like, or may be an interactive type using the display device 1 and the input device 2. Reference numeral 10 denotes a pre-printing control unit, which prints pre-print data 9 on the pre-printed form 11 based on the form design data 7. The actual printing operation is performed by the printing device 3.

The respective means described above are realized by, for example, the control unit 5 reading and executing a program stored in the recording device 4. Further, here, the functional blocks are shown separately, but it is needless to say that the form designing unit 6 and the pre-printing control unit 10 can be realized by one program. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram (1) showing a pre-printing example of the embodiment, which will be described more specifically with reference to this figure.

The form 11 has a plurality of columns for entry,
For example, in this figure, columns such as serial number, name, address and permanent domicile are shown. In this serial number column, for example, a unique number will be entered in ascending order. However, at the stage of printing the form, as shown in (a) of the figure, the item names and ruled lines forming the columns are printed. The numbers in the boxes had to be filled in by humans. In the present embodiment, FIG.
This unique number can be easily printed during the pre-printing process, as shown in.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram (2) showing an example of preprinting according to the embodiment. This figure shows an example of an application form that has fields for name, address, domicile, application type, etc., and you will fill in the necessary data in these fields. As shown in (a) of No., only the item names and ruled lines forming the fields are printed, and it is necessary for a person to fill in the items in the fields.

However, for example, when there is data such as a customer master registered in advance in the recording device 4 or another system, the information such as name, address and permanent domicile is used, and in the process of pre-printing, the data shown in FIG. As shown in (b), the data can be printed in the relevant column. The customer who receives the application form in the form processed in this way has already completed all the data items registered in advance.For example, by writing only new data related to the application item such as application type, , You can easily complete the application form.

It should be noted that the pre-print data 9 is not only created based on the information stored in the recording device 4, but also the information from another program is used via a network or the like.
Alternatively, an operator may input necessary information via an input device. In the above example, the preprint data is printed in the fields of the form. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and data such as notes and headers / footers outside the fields may be preprinted. By doing this, it is possible to add additional notes during pre-printing without printing all notes when printing the form, increasing the degree of freedom in the description content, and providing the description content such as notes for each person who fills out the form. You can change it.

Furthermore, in the above example, it was explained that preprinting is performed on a printed form, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for files output as image data such as bitmaps or page description language data, Data in characters, figures, images, page description languages, etc. may be embedded. Since the present embodiment is characterized in that preprinting is performed on a preprinted form, the printing device that prints the form and the printing device that performs preprinting do not necessarily have to be the same.

Second Embodiment FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of this embodiment. In the above-described first embodiment, the printed form is preprinted, but in the present embodiment, in the configuration of the first embodiment, the form paper 12 which is an unprinted form medium is used. It is characterized by printing a pre-printed form image.

The form data designed by the form designing means 6 is held as form design data 7 in a main memory, a recording medium or the like (not shown). The pre-print control means 10 is
With reference to the form design data 7, the pre-print data setting means 8
The pre-print data 9 set by is combined, and the pre-printed form image is printed on the unprinted form paper 12 by the printing device 3.

The information included in the form design data 7 is the same as that in the first embodiment, and the information included in the pre-print data 9 is also the same as that in the first embodiment. These data may be one file or multiple files. The pre-print data setting means 8 may be manually set using a dedicated program or a text editor, or may be interactively used using the display device 1 and the input device 2.

It goes without saying that the form designing means 6 and the pre-printing control means 10 can be executed by one program. When actually performing pre-printing, first, the form designing unit 6 creates the form design data 7. The pre-print data 9 is set by the pre-print data setting means 8. The pre-printing control unit 10 refers to the form design data 7 and the pre-printing data 9 and outputs a form image in which the pre-printing data 9 is embedded by the printing device 3.

In this embodiment, the preprinted form image is output by the printing device 3.
A file may be output as image data such as a bitmap or data in a page description language. In the first and second embodiments described above, the pre-printing is performed on the form used in the OCR system, but it goes without saying that the pre-printing can be performed on other various forms as well.

Further, it may be used as a form preprinting system for a FAX OCR system in which FAX is used for the image input section of the OCR system. In each of the above-described embodiments, the description has been centered on preprinting characters, but it goes without saying that various symbols, figures, images, etc. may be preprinted.

[0023]

As described in detail above, by providing the pre-printing control means for performing the pre-printing using the form design data, when setting the pre-printing data, the operation such as the setting of the printing position is performed. This simplifies the process and makes it possible to easily perform pre-printing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a hardware block diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram (1) showing an example of pre-printing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram (2) showing an example of pre-printing according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Display Device 2 Input Device 3 Printing Device 5 Control Section 6 Form Design Means 7 Form Design Data 8 Pre-Print Data Setting Means 9 Pre-Print Data 10 Pre-Print Control Means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A form for pre-printing a form, comprising a display device for displaying information to an operator, an input device for accepting operator's operations, a printing device for printing, and a control section for controlling each of these devices. In the pre-printing system, a form designing unit that designs a form and outputs the form designing data, a pre-printing data setting unit that sets pre-printing data for further pre-printing the printed form, and the form Referring to the design data, the pre-print data,
A form pre-printing system, comprising: a pre-printing control means for printing on a printed form. 2. A form for pre-printing a form, comprising a display device for displaying information to an operator, an input device for accepting an operator's operation, a printing device for printing, and a control section for controlling each of these devices. In the pre-printing system, a form designing unit for designing a form and outputting the form designing data, a pre-printing data setting unit for setting pre-printing data for pre-printing, and the pre-printing referring to the form designing data. A form pre-printing system, which has a pre-printing control means for printing data, and prints the form design data and the pre-printing data on an unprinted form medium.