JPH10275242A - Printing processing system and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute well-balanced printing through the full use of an entire space of a printing face by automatically magnifying/reducing a printing area according to the printing content of sender data and address data, deleting an unnecessary margin within an area and reusing the margin. SOLUTION: According to the printing content of sender data and address data, the printing area is automatically magnified/reduced to delete the unnecessary margin within the area to reuse the margin. In this device, a layout processing part 17 decides the arranging relation of each printing area and printing character size, etc., within each printing area in order to execute the printing of well character arranging ballance fully utilizing the entire space of the printing face of a post card, e.g. A memory part 18 incorporates a postcard kind table 19, an area initial coordinate table 20, a basic size table 21, a layout information table 22, an address data storing part 23, a sender data storing part 24 and a printing information storing part 25.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a print processing method and a print processing method, and more particularly to a print processing method and an address book data.
The present invention relates to a print processing method and a print processing method for automatically laying out and printing address data and sender data on postcards, envelopes, address labels, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional print processing system and its print processing method, for example, in a print processing method in which a print target is a "postcard", a destination address, a destination name,
The print area of each print data such as the sender's address and the sender's name is set in advance on the print surface of the "postcard" for each item, and the user only needs to input the print data for each item , So that the print data is automatically printed in a predetermined area. Also, recently, regarding the print character size, the character size is determined from a table determined so as to satisfy the printing conditions for “name>address> company / apartment name> affiliation / title” and to improve the balance. The method is disclosed in "Print processing method: Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-87494". According to this print processing method, the character size of each print area is divided into a plurality of stages according to the number of characters. Among these, the smallest character size is determined, and corresponding to the character size group, Is printed in the print area. For example, when "postcard" is to be printed, the character size of the print area is divided into three levels, "large", "medium" and "small", depending on the number of characters. The character size is determined, and the data of each print area is printed according to the character size group. Therefore, based on the size of the print area to be printed and the number of characters of the address data to be printed in the print area, the print character size of each print area is determined in conjunction with each other. Address printing can be performed in consideration of the overall character arrangement balance.

[0003]

In the above-described conventional print processing method (JP-A-8-87494), for example, the print target is "postcard" and the character size in each print area is "large". , "Medium" and "small", when the maximum character size / group of the address area is evaluated as "small" and all other print areas are evaluated as "large" In addition, the final character size group is "small", and the print area evaluated as "large" is changed to "small". As a result, although the print area can be printed as “large”, the print area is printed as “small”, and a useless blank space is generated in the print area.
There is a disadvantage that the character arrangement balance of printing as a whole "postcard" is lost.

Further, as described above, the print size in each print area is determined in conjunction with the size of the print area and the number of characters of data to be printed in the print area. If the postcard has three levels, if the address is 13 characters, the company name is 15 characters, the affiliation / title is 18 characters, and the name is 9 characters, the final character size group is evaluated as "large" However, if one character is added to the address to make it 14 characters, the final character size group becomes “medium”, and the character size of the entire area changes from “large” to “depending on whether or not one character is added to the address. The print area changed from "Large" to "Medium" will have an unnecessary margin, and the character as the entire print surface of "Postcard" will be generated. It is said that the placement balance is impaired There is a point.

Further, as in the above example, when the print processing method is applied to a “postcard”, the character size becomes 3 characters.
Since the pattern is limited to a pattern with a small number of steps, whether the number of characters in the print area increases by one character or not
As in the case of the above-described conditions, the print character size is extremely changed, and there is a disadvantage that a useless blank space is generated in the print area and the character arrangement balance on the print surface is impaired.

[0006] An object of the present invention is to provide an initial coordinate table for each print area and a layout information table for each print area, for example, in the case of "postcard" printing, so that each "postcard" is provided. , First set each print area to the initial state, and set the sender name, sender address,
Like the destination name and the destination address, by referring to the layout information table in order from the left side area of the “postcard”, the processing procedure of area enlargement, character size calculation, arrangement in the print area, and print area reduction is performed. A print processing method and a print processing method capable of reusing a useless blank area in a print area by repeatedly performing, and performing printing with a good character arrangement balance by fully utilizing the entire space of the "postcard". Is to provide.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print processing method for laying out address data, sender data, and the like on a print surface to be printed including a postcard, an envelope, an address label, and the like. An input unit formed by a keyboard including a function key and a cursor key for execution of a print process, an input control unit that comprehensively controls and outputs various information input via the input unit, and A display unit that displays various information necessary for execution, a display control unit that controls a display operation of the display unit, a printing unit that prints predetermined print data on the printing surface, and an operation control for the printing unit. A print control unit to perform, and through predetermined arithmetic processing, in order to realize printing with good character arrangement balance by fully utilizing the space of the entire printing surface. A layout processing unit that defines the layout relationship of each print area corresponding to name data and sender data, and the print character size and the like in each print area, and the type of print target including the postcard, envelope, address label, and the like. A print target type table for storing information, an initial coordinate table for storing information on initial coordinates of each print area for the address data and sender data on the print surface of each print target, and information on a basic print character size in each print area , A layout information table for storing information on the layout of each print area, an address data storage unit for storing the address data, a sender data storage unit for storing the sender data, and a print data table. Area coordinates, print character size, destination A memory unit having a print information storage unit for storing print information relating to data, sender data, and the like; and an overall control unit for integrally controlling operation functions of the input control unit, the display control unit, the print control unit, the layout control unit, and the memory unit. And setting the coordinates of each print area on the print surface to be printed in an initial state, referring to the layout information, enlarging the print area, calculating the character size, and arranging and printing the print area. By repeating processing such as area reduction, wasteful margins in the print area are reused, and a print surface with good print balance formed by effectively utilizing the entire print surface is realized. .

A printing method according to a second aspect of the present invention is a print processing method for laying out address data and sender data on a printing surface including a postcard, an envelope, an address label, and the like and printing the address data. By
A first step of selecting and specifying a printing object including a postcard, an envelope, an address label, and the like, and selecting a use type thereof; a second step of setting a coordinate table in an address printing area to an initial state; A third step of reading and setting data information from the buffer storing the address data and checking the sender information added to the address data, and a step of checking the sender information acquired in the third step. A fourth step of determining whether or not to change the sender data; and a fifth step of setting the coordinate table in the sender print area to an initial state when the sender data is changed in the fourth step. A sixth step in which information on the sender data to be printed is read from the buffer storing the sender data and set. When the sender data obtained in the fourth step is not changed, or after the sixth step, the sender data to be printed and the address data are placed in a predetermined position through a predetermined layout process. A seventh step of arranging, an eighth step of printing and printing the sender data and the address data at the layout position specified in the seventh step, and a remaining printing paper surface after printing in the eighth step. And at least a ninth step of determining the presence or absence of the print paper. In the ninth step, if there is no remaining print paper surface, the printing process is completely terminated. If a surface exists, the second
Then, the processing steps are executed again after the second step, and the processing is continuously executed until the printing paper surface is exhausted.

In the layout processing method in the seventh step, the print area enlargement direction, character size calculation method, character string arrangement method, and print area reduction direction include at least the sender name, sender address, and destination name. And for each destination address, refer to the table that is organized and held, and in order from the area on the left side of the printing surface,
By repeating area enlargement, character size calculation, arrangement within the area, and area reduction, the arrangement of each area and the arrangement of character strings within each area may be defined.

The calculation procedure in the character size calculation method in the seventh step includes a basic character size DSx in the line direction and a basic line spacing DK for each print area.
x, the basic character size DSy in the column direction, the basic character space DKy, and the value of the character size maximum value MS, and the arrangement method in the row direction is determined by the character size S.
In the case of a ratio arrangement in which the ratio between x and the line spacing Kx is always constant and the arrangement method in the column direction is a ratio arrangement in which the ratio between the character size Sy and the character space Ky is always constant, "DSx: DKx = Sx: Kx "," DSy: DK
Sx, Sy, Kx, and Ky satisfying the three conditions of “y = Sy: Ky” and “Sx = Sy ≦ MS” are obtained by calculation. On the other hand, the arrangement method in the line direction is the ratio between the character size Sx and the line spacing Kx. Is always constant, and when the arrangement method in the column direction is the uniform arrangement in which the character strings are evenly arranged in the area, “DSx: D
Sx, Sy, Kx satisfying the two conditions of “Kx = Sx: Kx” and “Sx = Sy ≦ MS” and Ky for evenly arranging may be obtained by calculation.

[0011]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and shows one embodiment of an automatic print processing apparatus for "postcard" printing. As shown in FIG. 1, the present embodiment includes an overall control unit 10 that comprehensively controls a printing process, various function keys corresponding to “postcard” printing,
And an input unit 11 formed by a keyboard having a cursor key or the like for indicating a cursor position, and an input control unit 1 for controlling various information input by the input unit 11
2, a display unit 13 formed as a display for displaying various information related to the printing process, a display control unit 14 for controlling the display operation of the display unit 13, and printing for printing various print data on a “postcard”. Unit 15 and the printing unit 1
And a print control unit 16 that controls the operation of the print area 5 and the layout relationship between the print areas and the print in each print area in order to realize a well-balanced print of the character layout utilizing the entire space of the “postcard” print surface. A layout processing unit 17 for determining a character size and the like, a postcard type table 19,
Area initial coordinate table 20, basic size table 21,
A layout information table 22, an address data storage unit 23,
The storage unit 18 includes a sender data storage unit 24 and a print information storage unit 25.

The “postcard” type table 19 in the memory unit 18 stores information on the type of “postcard” (government / private, New Year's greetings, summer visit, envelope, address label, etc.). As shown in FIG. 2, the initial coordinates of the start point and end point in each print area are "postcard".
The number of types of “postcards” stored in the type table 19 is stored. The basic size table 21 stores the basic character size DSx in the row direction and the column size in the column direction for each print area, as shown in FIG. Basic character size DSy, basic line spacing DKx, basic character spacing DKy, maximum character size M
A value such as S is stored. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the layout information table 22 stores information including an area enlarging direction, a character size calculating method, a character string arranging method, an area reducing direction, and the like for each print area. The address data and the sender data input by the user are stored in the unit 23 and the sender data storage unit 24, respectively. The print information storage unit 25 stores
Information necessary to print one "postcard" (coordinates of each print area, print character size, address data, sender data, etc.) is stored.

As described above, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the initial coordinates of the start point and the end point in each print area stored in the area initial coordinate table 20. The destination address specified by the initial coordinates is shown in FIG. The F1 area for printing, the F2 area for printing the destination name, the F3 area for printing the sender address, and the F4 area for printing the sender name are shown separately. The size of each of these areas is as shown in [Table 1] below.

[Table 1] F1 area: 324 horizontal dots × 1627 vertical dots F2 area: 563 horizontal dots × 1498 vertical dots F3 area: 180 horizontal dots × 1080 vertical dots F4 region: 180 horizontal dots × 900 vertical dots The data shown in [Table 2] is an example of the contents of an address book document, and shows destination data and sender data.

[Table 2] (Destination data) Postal code: 123-45 Address 1: X-XX, Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Address 2: NEC Kosugi Building 5F Name 1: Goro Bungo Honorific title: Sama (sender data) Postal code: 123-45 Address 1: X-XX, Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Address 2: NEC Kosugi Building 3F Name 1: Taro Nidec Also, FIG. 3 shows the above-mentioned address book document printed on an official postcard. An example of the case is shown, and FIG. 4 shows a flowchart including a processing procedure of postcard address print control. FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents of the layout information table 22 referred to during the layout processing.
FIG. 6 shows an example of the contents of the basic size table 21 referred to when calculating the print character size. FIG. 7 shows the layout processing unit 17 where the character size Sx in the row direction of each print area and the character size Sx in the column direction Conditional expressions for calculating the character size Sy, the line spacing Kx, and the character spacing Ky are shown together.
FIG. 8 shows the layout processing unit 17 where the character size Sx in the row direction and the character size S
FIG. 9 is a flowchart including a processing procedure for calculating y, line spacing Kx, character spacing Ky, margin Mx in the row direction, and margin My in the column direction. FIG.
The print area (F1 area in FIG. 2) and the print area of name 1 (F2 area in FIG. 2) were obtained according to the flowchart of FIG.
The arrangement relationship of y, line spacing Kx, character spacing Ky, margins Mx and My is shown.

Further, FIGS. 10 (a), (b), (c),
(D), (e) and (f) show the layout processing unit 1
In FIG. 7, a method of arranging a character string in a print area and a direction of reducing the print area are shown. FIG. 10 (a)
10D and 11D show processing contents in which a character string is arranged left-aligned and the print area is reduced in the left direction by a margin (2Mx). FIGS. 10B and 10E show the processing contents. Are arranged in the center, and the print area from both directions is reduced by a margin (Mx), respectively.
(F) and (f) show processing contents in which a character string is arranged right-justified and the print area is reduced rightward by a margin (2Mx).

FIGS. 11 (a), (b), (c) and (d), FIGS. 12 (a), (b), (c) and (d) and FIGS. 13 (a) and (b) , (C) and (d)
Is the enlargement of the print area in the layout processing unit 17,
FIG. 8 is a layout relation diagram of print characters corresponding to a flow of processing such as character size calculation, arrangement in a print area, and reduction of a print area. FIG. 11A is a layout diagram when the sender name area is enlarged to the left to a printable range, and FIG.
FIG. 11C is a layout diagram in which a character string is arranged left-aligned in the sender name area, FIG. 11C is a layout diagram in which the sender name area is reduced to the left, and FIG. ,
It is an arrangement | positioning figure at the time of expanding to the left to the boundary with the said sender's name area | region. FIG. 12A is a layout diagram in a case where a character string is arranged left-aligned in a sender address area, and FIG. 12B is a layout diagram in a case where the sender address area is reduced to the left.
FIG. 12C is a layout diagram in which the left and right sides of the destination name area are symmetrically enlarged to the boundary with the sender address, and the right side is expanded to the boundary with the destination address. FIG. It is an arrangement | positioning figure at the time of arrange | positioning by center alignment. FIG. 13 (a)
Is the layout diagram when the destination name area is symmetrically reduced,
13B is a layout diagram in which the destination address area is symmetrically enlarged to the boundary with the destination name on the left side and to the printable range on the right side with respect to FIG. 13A, and FIG. Is
FIG. 13B is a layout diagram in the case where the destination addresses are arranged in the center alignment with respect to FIG. 13B, and FIG. 13D is an arrangement diagram in which the destination address area is reduced symmetrically with respect to FIG. FIG.

Next, FIG. 14A shows the contents of the data list stored in the address data storage unit 23, and FIG. 14B shows the data list stored in the sender data storage unit 24. The content of the list is shown. Numeric information in the sender information column in the data list of the address data storage unit 23 is stored in correspondence with the numeric information in the number column of the data list in the sender data storage unit 24. I have. That is, in the example of FIG. 14, the destination name corresponding to the sender Taro Nidec (number “1”) is Goro Bungo (number “1”).
And Bungo Hanako (number “2”), and in the sender information column corresponding to these destination names, the number “1” of Nidec Taro
Is stored in the address data storage unit 23 as sender information.

FIGS. 15 and 16 are diagrams showing a printing result according to the present invention. FIG. 15 (a) is a printing example in which an echo postcard is vertically written, and FIG. 15 (b) is a New Year postcard. 7 is an example of printing when writing vertically. FIG.
(A) is a vertical postcard on a government-made postcard (company name / affiliation)
FIG. 16B is a print example in the case where horizontal writing is performed on an echo postcard. Further, FIG.
FIG. 7 is a comparative example of a printing result when the same data is printed according to the prior art and when the same data is printed according to the present invention.
7 (a) shows the printing result according to the present invention,
FIG. 17B shows a printing result according to the related art.

In general, when printing an address, there are various cases such as a postcard (government made, New Year's card, echo), an envelope and an address label, and the printing direction may be vertical or horizontal. In the description of the embodiment of the present invention, as an application example, a case where an address is printed vertically on an official postcard is taken as an example, and area initial coordinate data is defined as shown in FIG. 3] in which the destination data and the sender data are printed on a “postcard”.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the entire printing process of address printing for "postcard" performed by the overall control unit 10. In FIG. 4, first, when the user instructs the address printing for “postcard” from the input unit 11, the control operation of the overall control unit 10 receives the instruction and prints the official postcard, the New Year postcard and the new year postcard from the postcard type table 19. The type information of a printable "postcard" such as an echo postcard is acquired, and the display unit 13 displays a postcard type information selection screen. In the present embodiment, a government-made postcard is used as an example. Therefore, when the user issues an instruction of “government-made postcard” from the input unit 11 in response to this display screen, the general control unit 10 receives the instruction.
The postcard type information is stored in the print information storage unit 25 (step 101), and the initial coordinate table of the address area of the official postcard as shown in FIG. Are stored in the print information storage unit 25, and the coordinate table of the destination area is initialized (step 102).

Next, the address data to be printed and the sender information to be added to the address data are acquired from the address data storage unit 23 by the overall control unit 10, and the print information storage unit 25
(Step 103). Then, the overall control unit 10 determines whether or not the sender information acquired in step 103 has been changed (step 1).
04), if there is a change in the sender as a result of the determination, the initial coordinate table of the sender area of the official postcard as shown in FIG. 2 is acquired from the area initial coordinate table 20 and stored in the print information storage unit 25. It is stored and the coordinate table of the sender area is initialized (step 105). Further, the specified sender data is also stored in the sender data storage unit 24.
The sender information is stored in the print information storage unit 25, and the sender data is set (step 106). Then
The overall control unit 10 acquires basic size information corresponding to each print area as shown in FIG. 6 from the basic size table 21, and obtains each print area as shown in FIG. 5 from the layout information table 22. Is obtained, the print information stored in the print information storage unit 25 is also obtained, and the layout processing unit 17 is instructed to execute the layout processing of the “postcard” to be printed. .

In response to the layout processing instruction, the layout processing unit 17 refers to the layout information table 22 in order from the left area of the "postcard" such as the sender name, sender address, destination name and destination address. hand,
11 (a) to (d), FIGS. 12 (a) to (d), FIG.
As shown in (a) to (d), processes such as area enlargement, character size calculation, arrangement within the area, area reduction, and the like are repeatedly performed, and unnecessary margins between print areas and within the print area are re-used. The layout of the area that makes full use of the entire space of the "postcard" or the print character size, line spacing, character spacing, and margins in the area are determined, and the result is stored in the print information storage unit 25. (Step 107). If there is no change in the sender in the confirmation determination in step 104, step 105 and step 1
06 is skipped, and the process proceeds to the layout process of step 107. However, only the first print card immediately after the start of printing is subjected to the processes of steps 105 and 106 regardless of whether or not the sender has been changed.

Further, in the above processing procedure, if the sender change is not instructed, the layout processing of the sender name and the sender address is skipped, and the method of calculating the character size in each of these areas is as follows.
This will be described later. Finally, based on the print information stored in the print information storage unit 25, the whole processing unit 10 develops one postcard image and sends it to the print unit 15, where it is sent to the print unit 15. Is printed (step 108). With the above processing procedure, printing of one piece of address data is completed. After printing of this one piece of address data is completed, the overall control unit 10 refers to the address data information in the address data storage unit 23 to determine whether there is address data to be printed next (step 109). If there is address data to be printed, the processing procedure from step 102 is repeated again. If there is no address data to be printed in step 109, the printing process ends. According to such a printing procedure, the input data including the [destination data] and the [sender data] is printed as shown in FIG.

Next, the procedure of the character size calculating process according to the present invention will be described. When the information is arranged with reference to FIGS. 2 and 6 and [Table 1] and [Table 2], the information is represented as [Table 3] below.

[Table 3] Address: "X-XX NEC Kosugi Building 5F, Kosugi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 5F" Area width X: 324 dots Area width Y: 1627 dots Line number L: 2 lines Character number C: 17 characters Basic character size DSx: 60 dots Basic character size DSy: 60 dots Basic line spacing DKx: 2 dots Basic character spacing DKy: 1 dot Maximum character size MS: 160 dots Below, based on these data values, FIG.
The contents of the calculation formula will be described with reference to the flowchart of the print character size calculation processing procedure shown in FIG. The symbols used in the following description are the symbols shown in [Table 4].

[Table 4] X: Horizontal width of area Y: Vertical width of area L: Number of lines C: Number of characters in line DSx: Basic character size (X) DSy: Basic character size (Y) DKx: Basic line spacing DKy: Basic character spacing MS: Maximum character size Sx: Required character size (X) Sy: Required character size (Y) Kx: Required line spacing Ky: Required character spacing Mx: Required margin (X) My: Required margin (Y) In FIG. First, the character size S to be obtained by the following equation
x is calculated (step 201).

Sx = (X × DSx) / {(L−1) × DKx + L × DSx} = (324 × 60) / {(2-1) × 2 + 2 × 60} = 159.3 Next, Sx and MS Is determined (step 20).
2) Since Sx> MS is not satisfied, step 203 is skipped, and the line spacing Kx to be obtained is calculated by the following equation (step 204).

Kx = (Sx × DKx) / DSx = (159 × 2) /60=5.3 Mx = {XL−Sx− (L−1) × Kx} / 2 = {324-2 × 159 − (2-1) × 5｝ /2=0.5 In step 202, if Sx> MS, then MS → Sx (step 203), and the calculation in step 204 is performed. Next, it is determined whether or not a ratio arrangement is performed (step 205). In this case, since the ratio arrangement is performed in the column direction, the character size Sy, the character space Ky, and the margin My are obtained by the following equations.
(Step 206) Sy = (Y × DSy) / {(C-1) × DKy + C × DSy} = (1627 × 60) / {(17-1) × 1 + 17 × 60} = 94.2 Ky = (Sy × DKy) / DSy = (94 × 1) /60=1.5 My = 0 In step 205, if the ratio is not the ratio arrangement, the process proceeds to step 207, and the arithmetic expression of step 206 is The above-described required character size Sy, character spacing Ky, and margin My are calculated by different equations. In this case, as described above, since the column direction is the ratio arrangement, the character size Sy,
The character space Ky and the margin My are calculated. Next, the magnitudes of Sx and Sy are determined (step 208), and Sx>
Since it is Sy, Sy → Sx (step 21)
0), and calculate the space Kx and the margin Mx to be obtained by the following equation (step 213).

Kx = (Sx × DKx) / DSx = (123 × 2) /60=4.1 Mx = {XL−Sx− (L−1) × Kx} / 2 = {324-2 × 94 − (2-1) × 4｝ / 2 = 66 If Sx> Sy is not satisfied in step 208, the process proceeds to step 209, where the magnitudes of Sx and Sy are determined again, and Sx <Sy , Then S
As x → Sy (step 211), it is determined whether or not the ratio is arranged (step 212).
If it is determined in step 214 that the ratio is the ratio arrangement, step 214
The process proceeds to step 215 when it is determined that the ratio is not the ratio arrangement. If Sx <Sy is not satisfied in step 209, the calculation process ends. In this example, the calculation processing is performed in step 213 through step 210 after step 208, and all the corresponding calculation processing ends. The numerical values to be obtained in this case are as follows.

Character size Sx (Sy): 94 dots Line spacing Kx: 4 dots Character spacing Ky: 1 dot Margin Mx: 66 dots Margin My: 0 dots Next, FIGS. 2 and 6 and Tables 1 and 2 Referring to [2], the information on the destination name area is summarized and arranged as shown in [Table 5] below.

[Table 5] Destination name: "Goro Bungo" Area width X: 563 dots Area width Y: 1498 dots Number of lines L: Number of characters C: 6 characters Basic character size DSx: 60 dots Basic character size DSy: 60 dots Basic line spacing DKx: 6 dots Basic character spacing DKy: 8 dots Maximum character size MS: 200 dots Below, based on the numerical values of each data in [Table 5] above, the print character size shown in FIG. The contents of the calculation formula will be described with reference to the flowchart of the calculation processing procedure.

In FIG. 8, in the same manner as described above, the character size Sx to be obtained is calculated by the following equation (step 2).
01).

Sx = (X × DSx) / {(L−1) × DKx + L × DSx} = (563 × 60) / {(1-1) × 8 + 1 × 60} = 563 Next, the size of Sx and MS (Step 20)
2) Since Sx> MS, MS → Sx is set (step 203), and the obtained line spacing Kx is calculated by the following equation (step 204).

Kx = (Sx × DKx) / DSx = (200 × 6) / 60 = 20 Mx = {XL−Sx− (L−1) × Kx} / 2 = {563-1 × 200− ( 1-1) × 20｝ /2=181.5 Then, it is determined whether or not the arrangement is the ratio arrangement (step 205). In this case, in the column direction, the arrangement is not the ratio arrangement but the uniform arrangement. Then, the required character size Sy, character spacing Ky, and margin My are calculated by the following equation (step 207).

Sy = Y / C = 1498/6 = 249.6 Ky = (Y−CxSy) / (C + 1) = (1498−6 × 249) / (6 + 1) = 4 My = Ky = 4 Next, Sx And the size of Sy are determined (step 20).
8) Since it is not Sx> Sy but Sx <Sy, the process proceeds to step 209, and the sizes of Sx and Sy are determined again (step 209). In this case, Sx <S
Since it is y, Sx → Sy is set (step 211), and it is further determined whether or not the ratio is arranged (step 21).
2) Since the destination name area is not the ratio arrangement but the uniform arrangement, the process proceeds to step 215, and the line spacing Ky and the margin My to be calculated are calculated by the following equations (step 21).
5).

Ky = (Y−C × Sy) / (C + 1) = (1498−6 × 200) / (6 + 1) = 42.5 My = Ky = 42.5 By the above calculation processing, the sender address and the sender name are obtained. By performing the same calculation processing for the region (1), the print character size, line spacing, character spacing, and margin values in each region are calculated. However, in this calculation process, all values after the decimal point generated by the division are rounded down.

That is, according to the present invention, the data included in the sender data and the address data are arranged in the printing direction corresponding to the data in the line direction by the character size Sx and the line spacing Kx. In the case of a ratio arrangement in which the ratio is always constant and the arrangement method in the column direction is a ratio arrangement in which the ratio between the character size Sy and the character space Ky is always constant, the basic character size DSx in the line direction and the basic character size DSx DKx between lines, character size Sx and Kx between lines, and basic character size DSy in the column direction,
Between the basic line spacing DKy, the character size Sy and the line spacing Ky, and the character size maximum value MS, “DSx: DKx
= Sx: Kx ”, Sx satisfying the three conditions of“ DSy: DKy = Sy: Ky ”and“ Sx = Sy ≦ MS ”,
Sy, Kx, and Ky are obtained by calculation. On the other hand, the arrangement method in the row direction is the character size Sx.
And the line spacing Kx is always a constant ratio. In the column direction, when the character size is uniformly arranged in the area, the basic character size DSx in the line direction is used. "D" is set between the basic line spacing DKx, the character size Sx and the line spacing Kx, the basic character size DSy in the column direction, the basic line spacing DKy, the character size Sy and the line spacing Ky, and the character size maximum value MS.
Sx: DKx = Sx: Kx ”and“ Sx = Sy ≦ M
Sx, Sy, Kx that satisfies the two conditions of "S" and Ky for uniform arrangement are obtained by calculation, so that the print character size becomes extremely large depending on whether the number of characters in the print area increases by one character or not. There is no change, and a well-balanced print result that makes full use of the space in the area can be obtained.

[0040]

As described above, the present invention provides a printing process for automatically laying out address data and sender data on a "postcard", an envelope, an address label, etc. in correspondence with address book data. This method is applied to the printing method and its print processing method, and according to the print contents of the sender data and the address data, the print area is automatically enlarged or reduced to remove unnecessary margins in the area, and to reduce the margin. By reusing, there is an effect that the space on the entire printing surface can be fully utilized and a well-balanced printing result can be obtained.

Further, the printing area is automatically enlarged or reduced in accordance with the contents of the sender data and the address data for each printing surface, and the printing character size in each area is individually defined to perform printing. In order to perform, even if there are a plurality of sender data, by adding sender information to the address data, the sender data corresponding to the address data to be printed is automatically read,
There is an effect that printing can be performed in a well-balanced manner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of a print processing system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing each print area when “postcard” is to be printed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a print example of “postcard”;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flowchart of an embodiment of a print processing method of the present invention (address print processing of “postcard”).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a layout information table.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of a basic size table.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conditional expression when calculating a print character size.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart of one embodiment of a print processing method of the present invention (print character size calculation processing of “postcard”).

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result after a print character size calculation process of “postcard”;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence relationship between a character string arrangement method on a “postcard” printing surface and an area reduction direction.

FIG. 11 is a diagram (1) illustrating an image of a layout processing procedure on a “postcard” printing surface;

FIG. 12 is a diagram (2) illustrating an image of a layout processing procedure on a “postcard” printing surface;

FIG. 13 is a diagram (3) illustrating an image of a layout processing procedure on a “postcard” printing surface;

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of data configuration contents in an address data storage unit and a sender data storage unit.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print result on a “postcard” print surface.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating another example of a printing result on a “postcard” printing surface.

FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print result according to the present invention and an example of a print result according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 overall control unit 11 input unit 12 input control unit 13 display unit 14 display control unit 15 printing unit 16 printing control unit 17 layout processing unit 18 memory 19 postcard type table 20 area initial coordinate table 21 basic size table 22 layout information table 23 address Data storage unit 24 Sender data storage unit 25 Print information storage unit 101-109, 201-215 Step 301 Sender information 302 Sender number

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A print processing system for laying out and printing address data and sender data on a printing surface including a postcard, an envelope, an address label, and the like. An input unit formed by a keyboard including, and an input control unit that comprehensively controls and outputs various types of information input through the input unit, and a display unit that displays various types of information necessary for executing a printing process.
A display control unit that controls a display operation of the display unit; a printing unit that prints predetermined print data on the printing surface; and a printing control unit that performs operation control on the printing unit. In order to realize a well-balanced printing of the character layout that is fully utilized, the layout relationship of each printing area corresponding to address data and sender data, etc., and the print character size in each printing area, etc., through predetermined arithmetic processing A layout processing unit that defines the following: a print target type table that stores information on the types of print targets including the postcards, envelopes, address labels, and the like; each print area for the destination data, sender data, and the like on the print surface of each print target An initial coordinate table for storing information on initial coordinates of the basic printing character size in each printing area. Information, a layout information table for storing information on the layout of each print area, an address data storage unit for storing the address data, a sender data storage unit for storing the sender data, and A memory unit having a print information storage unit for storing print information relating to each required area coordinate, print character size, address data, sender data, etc .; the input control unit, display control unit, print control unit, layout control And an overall control unit that comprehensively controls the operation functions of the unit and the memory unit, and sets each print area coordinate to an initial state on a print surface to be printed, refers to layout information, and Printing is performed by repeating processing such as enlargement, calculation of character size, placement in the print area, and reduction of the print area. A print processing method characterized by reusing wasteful margins in an area and realizing a print surface with a good print balance formed by effectively utilizing the space of the entire print surface. 2. A print processing method for laying out and printing address data and sender data on a printing surface to be printed including a postcard, an envelope and an address label, etc., wherein the postcard, the envelope and the address label are instructed by an address printing instruction. A first step of selecting and specifying a print target including a target, and selecting a use type thereof; a second step of setting a coordinate table in an address printing area to an initial state; A third step of reading and setting the data from the buffer for storing the data, and confirming the sender information added to the address data; and determining whether or not to change the sender data from the sender information obtained in the third step. A fourth step of determining whether the sender data is changed in the fourth step, A fifth step of setting the coordinate table in the sender print area to an initial state; a sixth step of reading and setting information of sender data to be printed from a buffer storing the sender data; and the fourth step. If the sender data obtained in is not changed, or, following the sixth step,
A seventh step of arranging the sender data and address data to be printed at a predetermined position through a predetermined layout process; and printing and printing the sender data and address data at the layout position specified in the seventh step. 8th
And a ninth step of determining whether or not there is a remaining printing paper surface after printing in the eighth step. In the ninth step, the remaining printing paper surface exists. If not, the printing process is completed, and if there is a remaining printing paper surface, the process returns to the second step, and the processing steps after the second step are executed again to execute the printing. A print processing method characterized by continuously executing processing until there is no more paper. 3. A layout processing method in the seventh step, wherein a print area enlargement direction, a character size calculation method, a character string arrangement method, and a print area reduction direction include at least a sender name, a sender address, a destination name, Refer to a table that is organized and maintained for each destination address.
The arrangement of each area and the arrangement of character strings in each area are defined by repeating area enlargement, character size calculation, arrangement within the area, and area reduction in order from the area on the left side of the printing surface. Item 6. The print processing method according to Item 2. 4. The calculation procedure in the character size calculation method includes, for each print area, a basic character size DSx and a basic line spacing DKx in a row direction, a basic character size DSy and a basic character spacing DKy in a column direction, and a character size. Referring to the table including the value of the maximum value MS, the arrangement method in the row direction is a ratio arrangement in which the ratio between the character size Sx and the line spacing Kx is always constant, and the arrangement method in the column direction is the character size Sy. In the case of a ratio arrangement in which the ratio between the character and the character Ky is always constant, “DSx: DKx = Sx: Kx”;
“DSy: DKy = Sy: Ky” and “Sx = Sy ≦
Sx, Sy, Kx and Ky satisfying the three conditions of “MS” are calculated. On the other hand, the arrangement method in the line direction is a ratio arrangement in which the ratio between the character size Sx and the line spacing Kx is always constant. If the arrangement method for is a uniform arrangement where character strings are evenly arranged in the area,
“DSx: DKx = Sx: Kx” and “Sx = Sy ≦
4. The print processing method according to claim 3, wherein Sx, Sy, Kx that satisfies the two conditions of "MS" and Ky for uniform arrangement are obtained by calculation.