JPH10297030A - Method and sytem for processing print data, and computer readable recordig medium having program for operating computer as print data processing system recorded therein - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To notify the time required before completing a conversion processing accurately to a user by counting label data distributed to a print data when a processing for converting a print data into a writing data is being executed thereby recongnizing the progress of conversion processing accurately. SOLUTION: A print data inserted with each label data and label number data through label insertion processing of a computer 110 is outputted through the I/F circuit 14 of the computer 110 toward a printer 120. A print data outputted from the computer 110 is inputted through the host I/F circuit 24 of the printer 120 to the control section 20 thereof. The control section 20 of the printer 120 starts a conversion processing program stored in an ROM 22 to execute a processing for converting a print data inputted from the computer 110 into a writing data. The writing data is a data corresponding to pixels being printed on a printing medium, e.g. a paper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a print data processing system and method suitable for, for example, a computer system including a printer device or a printer device, and a program for causing a computer to function as a print data processing system. A print data processing system and method for converting print data for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium Belongs to a technical field related to a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as a print data processing system is recorded.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to print a document composed of characters and figures on a print medium such as paper and output the same, for example, a computer system constructed by connecting a computer such as a personal computer and a printer, or A computer system in which a computer and a printer device are integrated like a word processor is used.

In such a computer system, a document is created on the computer side, and this document is output from a computer to a printer as print data for printing characters and figures. The printer reads the print data output from the computer, converts the print data into drawing data (for example, bitmap data) corresponding to pixels to be printed on paper or the like, and prints the data on paper or the like.

More specifically, print data to be printed by a printer device is generally described in, for example, a page description language, and is mainly formed by arranging a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics. It is configured. On the other hand, a printer device is provided with a function of performing a conversion process for converting print data into drawing data (for example, a conversion processing program). And the control commands included in the print data are sequentially converted into drawing data.

When the size (data amount) of print data output from a computer is large, the printer may require a long time to perform the conversion process. For this reason, a user using the printer device may wait for a long time until the conversion process by the printer device is completed. As a result, there is a problem that the user is concerned about whether or not the conversion processing by the printer device is normally executed.

[0006] In order to solve such a problem, a printer device having a function of displaying the progress of the conversion process is known from, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-175618. This conventional printer device counts the number of bytes of each control command included in the print data read by the printer device, and recognizes the progress of the printing process based on the counted result and the size of the entire print data. , To be displayed. This allows the user to check the progress of the printing process, and to know whether or not the printing process is being executed normally even if the processing time for performing the conversion process is long. it can.

[0007]

The printer according to the prior art described above counts the number of bytes of each control command included in the print data read by the printer, and counts the counting result and the entire print data. The progress of the conversion process is recognized and displayed based on the size.

However, there are a plurality of types of each control command included in the print data. One control command is converted into one unit of drawing data, and the other is a combination of a plurality of control commands in one unit of drawing data. May be converted to data. For this reason, the time required to convert each control command into drawing data differs for each control command. As a result, as in the prior art described above, it is not possible to accurately recognize the time required for completing the conversion process by simply counting the number of bytes of each control command, and to determine the progress of the conversion process by the user. There is a problem that can not be accurately communicated.

[0009] As a kind of control command included in the print data, there is a repetition command. This repetition command instructs a so-called loop process of “repeat a set of control commands in a specified range a specified number of times”. If a repeat command is included in the print data, the conversion process for a set of control commands specified by the repeat command is repeated the number of times specified by the repeat command, so the processing time required for the conversion process is the number of times the repeat command is specified Double according to. As a result, as in the above-described prior art, the processing time repeated by the repetition command cannot be recognized only by counting the number of bytes of each control command. There is a problem that it cannot be recognized.

Further, in the above-described conventional technique, while the conversion process is being repeated by the repetition command, the control command counting is stopped. For this reason, in the above-described conventional technique, it is not possible to recognize whether or not the conversion processing is normally performed while the conversion processing is repeated by the repetition command. As a result, while the conversion process is being repeated by the repetition command, an error occurs in the conversion process, and even if the printer hangs up, there is a problem that it is difficult for the user to know the fact.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the related art, and can accurately recognize a time required for completing a conversion process of converting print data into drawing data. It is an object of the present invention to provide a print data processing system and method capable of accurately transmitting information, and a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as a print data processing system is recorded.

[0012]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for printing a print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics on a print medium. A print data processing system for converting print data into drawing data corresponding to the print data, and label data insertion means for inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the print data. And print data storage means for storing print data into which label data has been inserted by the label data insertion means, and reading means for reading the print data stored by the print data storage means from the beginning to the end of the print data. And determining whether the print data read by the reading means is a control command or label data. Means for converting the control command into drawing data when the print data is a control command as a result of the determination by the determination means; and a label when the print data is label data as a result of the determination by the determination means. A label data counting means for counting data and an output means for outputting a label data counting result by the label data counting means are provided.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the receiving means receives the print data generated by, for example, a word processor or the like, and the label inserting means operates the label data between a plurality of control commands included in the print data. And the print data storage means stores the print data with the label data inserted in the storage medium. As a result, print data in which a plurality of label data are distributed between the control commands is generated.

Here, the label data is data having a relatively small size of, for example, about 1 byte or 1 word, and is converted into drawing data even when a conversion process for converting print data into drawing data is executed. It is data that functions as a mere identifier (label) without any data.

Further, the reading means sequentially reads the print data stored in the storage medium from the beginning to the end thereof, and the determining means determines whether the read print data is a control command or label data. Is determined. As a result, when the read print data is a control command, the control means converts the control command into drawing data. On the other hand, when the read print data is label data, the label data is counted by the label counting means. Then, the output unit outputs the counting result of the label data by the label counting unit to, for example, a display device, a sound generating device, or a computer having these functions.

Thus, the user can be notified of the progress of the conversion process for converting each control command into drawing data, based on the counting result of the label data. Especially,
Since the label data is distributed among the control commands in the print data, in the process of sequentially reading each control command in the print data and converting the control command into the drawing data, the label data is stored for a predetermined short time. Are sequentially read and counted. Therefore, the progress of the conversion process can be accurately recognized based on the label data count result.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print data processing system for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium. Receiving means for receiving print data, label data inserting means for inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the receiving means, and the total number of label data inserted by the label data inserting means. Label number data inserting means for inserting label number data into print data, and print data storage for storing print data with label data inserted by label data inserting means and label number data inserted by label number data inserting means Means,
A read unit that reads the print data stored by the print data storage unit from the beginning to the end of the print data; and a print command that is read by the read unit is any of a control command, label data, and label number data. When the print data is a control command as a result of the determination by the determination unit and the determination unit,
A conversion unit that converts the control command into the drawing data, and a result determined by the determination unit, when the print data is label data, a label data counting unit that counts the label data, and a result determined by the determination unit,
When the print data is the label number data, the label number data storage means for storing the label number data and the label data counting result by the label data counting means are associated with the label number data stored in the label number data storage means. And output means for outputting.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the label number data inserting means inserts the label number data representing the total number of the respective label data inserted into the print data by the label inserting means into the print data. And the determination means is:
Determine whether the print data read by the reading unit is a control command, label data, or label number data, and if the read print data is a control command, convert the control command into drawing data. If the read print data is label data, the label data is counted. On the other hand, when the read print data is the label number data, the label number data storage means stores the label number data in the storage medium. Then, the output means outputs the counting result of the label data by the label data counting means in association with the label number data stored in the storage medium.
This makes it possible to easily and accurately output the progress of the conversion process for converting the control command in the print data into the drawing data based on the label data count result and the label number data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the print data processing system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the label data inserting means inserts label data every predetermined number of control commands. And

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the label data is inserted every predetermined number of control commands, it is possible to prevent the processing of the print data processing system from being delayed, and to perform the conversion processing. Accuracy of progress can be maintained. That is, if the number of label data inserted between each control command in the print data is too large, the load of the label data insertion processing by the label data insertion means or the label data counting processing by the label data counting means becomes excessive. These processes may be delayed. On the other hand, if the number of label data inserted between each control command in the print data is too small, the number of times label data is counted by the label data counting means is reduced, and the accuracy of the conversion process is reduced.

The "predetermined number" is, for example, a control command included in the print data so as to prevent the processing of the print data processing system from delaying and to maintain the accuracy of the conversion process. And the total number of label data to be inserted into the print data.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the first, second or third aspect.
Wherein the label data insertion means inserts label data in accordance with the repeated control command when the control command includes a repeated command. .

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the print data in which the label data is inserted in correspondence with the repetition command is read by the reading means, and the determination means, the conversion means, the label counting means, the output means, etc. Run. At this time, the label data inserted corresponding to the repeated control command can be counted even while the control command is repeatedly processed by the repeat command and the control command is repeatedly converted into the drawing data.
Thereby, even while the conversion process is being repeated by the repetition command, it is possible to recognize that the conversion process is in progress, and to notify the user that the conversion process is in progress.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and figures and label data distributed and arranged in the control commands is input from a higher-level device, and the print data is input. A print data processing apparatus for converting control commands included in the print data into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium, wherein the read means reads the print data from the beginning to the end of the print data; A determination unit that determines whether the print data read by the control unit is a control command or label data; and if the determination unit determines that the print data is a control command, convert the control command to the drawing data. When the print data is label data as a result of the determination by the converting means and the determination means, A label data counting means for counting the data, is characterized in that an output means for outputting a count result of the label data by the label data counting unit.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the progress of the conversion process can be accurately recognized by counting the label data during the execution of the conversion process for converting the control command in the print data into the drawing data, The progress of the conversion process can be accurately output.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print data processing method for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and figures into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium. Receiving the print data, a label data inserting step of inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the receiving step, and print data having the label data inserted by the label data inserting step. , A read step of reading the print data stored in the print data from the beginning to the end of the print data, and whether the print data read in the read step is a control command. Or a determination step of determining whether the print data is label data, and as a result of the determination in the determination step, When the print command is a control command, the control command is converted into the drawing data. When the print data is label data, a label data counting step of counting the label data is performed. An output step of outputting a result of counting the label data by the counting step.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the receiving step, print data generated by, for example, a word processor or the like is received, and in the label inserting step, label data is transferred between a plurality of control commands included in the print data. The print data into which the label data has been inserted is stored in the storage medium in the print data storing step by inserting the label data. As a result, print data in which a plurality of label data are distributed between the control commands is generated.

Further, in the reading step, the print data stored in the storage medium is sequentially read from the beginning to the end thereof, and the determining means determines whether the read print data is a control command or label data. Is determined. As a result, when the read print data is a control command, the control command is converted into drawing data by a conversion step. On the other hand, when the read print data is label data, the label data is counted in a label counting step. Then, the output means outputs the counting result of the label data to, for example, a display device, a sound generating device, or a computer having these functions. This allows the user to be notified of the progress of the conversion process for converting each control command into drawing data, based on the count result of the label data.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print data processing method for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and figures into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium. Represents a total number of label data inserted in the label data inserting step, the label data inserting step of inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received in the receiving step, the receiving step of receiving print data, A label number data inserting step of inserting the label number data into the print data, and the label data being inserted by the label data inserting step; and
A print data storing step of storing the print data into which the label number data is inserted by the label number data inserting step; a reading step of reading the print data stored by the print data storing step from the beginning to the end of the print data; ,
A determining step of determining whether the print data read in the reading step is a control command, label data, or label number data; and, if the determination result in the determining step indicates that the print data is a control command, When the print data is label data as a result of the determination in the conversion step of converting the command into drawing data and the determination step, the label data counting step of counting the label data and the determination result in the determination step indicate that the print data is a label. If it is numeric data, the label number data storing step of storing the label number data and the count result of the label data in the label data counting step are output in association with the label number data stored in the label number data storing step. And an output step.

According to the print data processing method of the present invention, in the label number data inserting step, the label number data representing the total number of the respective label data inserted in the print data by the label inserting step is included in the print data. Insert Then, in the determining step, it is determined whether the print data read by the reading step is a control command, label data, or label number data, and as a result,
If the read print data is label number data, the label number data is stored in a storage medium in a label number data storage step. Further, in the output step, the counting result of the label data in the label data counting step is output in association with the label number data stored in the storage medium. This makes it possible to easily and accurately output the progress of the conversion process for converting the control command in the print data into the drawing data based on the label data count result and the label number data.

According to the present invention, a computer is provided as a print data processing system for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing the computer to operate, wherein the computer inserts label data between receiving means for receiving print data and each control command included in the print data received by the receiving means. Label data insertion means, print data storage means for storing print data into which label data has been inserted by the label data insertion means, and print data stored by the print data storage means for directing the print data from the beginning to the end of the print data. Reading means for reading and print data read by the reading means Determining means for determining whether the command is a control command or label data; as a result of the determination by the determining means, when the print data is a control command, converting means for converting the control command into the drawing data; When the print data is label data as a result of the determination, label data counting means for counting the label data and output means for outputting the label data counting result by the label data counting means are provided. It functions as a print data processing system.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, label data is inserted between control commands included in the print data, and the label data is counted during the execution of the conversion process for converting the print data into the drawing data. As a result, the progress of the conversion process can be accurately output, and the progress of the conversion process can be accurately reported to the user.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer as a print data processing system for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and figures into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing the computer to function, the computer comprising: a receiving unit that receives print data; and a label data between respective control commands included in the print data received by the receiving unit. Label data inserting means for inserting, label number data inserting means for inserting label number data representing the total number of label data inserted by the label data inserting means into print data, label data inserted by the label data inserting means, and Label number data is inserted by the label number data insertion means. Print data storage means for storing print data, reading means for reading the print data stored by the print data storage means from the beginning to the end of the print data, and print data read by the read means for transmitting the control command A determination unit that determines which of the label data and the label number data is to be output. When the determination result indicates that the print data is a control command, the conversion unit converts the control command into the drawing data. Means, when the result of the determination by the determination means is that the print data is label data, the label data counting means for counting the label data, and when the result of the determination by the determination means is that the print data is label number data, A label number data storage means for storing label number data; The count result of the label data by the counting means, is intended to function as a print data processing system characterized by comprising an output means for outputting in connection with the label number of data stored in the label number data storage means.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the progress of the conversion process for converting the control command included in the print data into the drawing data is easily and accurately output based on the counting result of the label data and the label number data. it can.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and figures and label data distributed and arranged in the control commands is input from a higher-level device, and the print data is input. A computer-readable recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to function as a print data processing device that converts control commands included in the print data into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium.
Reading means for reading the print data from the beginning to the end of the print data, determining means for determining whether the print data read by the reading means is a control command or label data, and determining by the determining means As a result, when the print data is a control command, a conversion means for converting the control command into drawing data, and a label data count for counting the label data when the print data is label data as a result of the determination by the determination means. Means, and an output means for outputting a result of counting the label data by the label data counting means.

According to the tenth aspect, it is possible to accurately output the progress of the conversion process for converting the control command included in the print data into the drawing data, and to accurately inform the user of the progress of the conversion process. Can be.

[0037]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In each of the following embodiments, a print data processing system and method according to the present invention are described as a computer as a host device,
An example in which the present invention is applied to a computer system including a printer connected to the computer will be described.

(I) First Embodiment First, the overall configuration of a computer system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, the computer system 100 includes a computer 110 as a higher-level device and a printer device 120 connected to the computer 110 as a print data processing device.

Here, the computer 110 is a personal computer or a word processor having a function of creating a document or a drawing. More specifically, the computer 110 includes the computer 11
CPU (Central Processing Unit) 11 for executing comprehensive control and arithmetic processing, ROM (non-volatile memory) 12 for storing a document creation program, a label insertion program, and the like described later, and print data and the like described later. (Volatile memory) 13 for storing data, an I / F circuit (interface circuit) 14 for controlling input and output of data between the computer 110 and the printer device 120,
CPU 11, ROM 12, RAM 13, I / F circuit 14
And a bus 15 for interconnecting them. Note that the computer 110 is provided with a user interface (such as a keyboard and a monitor) for performing data input / output and operation of the computer 110, but description and illustration thereof are omitted.

The document creation program stored in the ROM 12 of the computer 110
Is a program for functioning as a word processor, for example, and has a function of creating arbitrary documents and figures. Further, the document creation program generates print data including a plurality of control commands for printing the created document and graphics by the printer device 120.

Further, the ROM 12 of the computer 110
As shown in FIG. 2, the label insertion program stores print data generated by the document creation program, and executes a label insertion process of inserting label data and label number data into the print data. It is.

On the other hand, the printer device 120 receives print data and the like output from the computer 110 and prints characters and graphics on a print medium such as paper based on the print data. To elaborate further,
The printer device 120 performs general control of the printer device 120, print control, and conversion processing relating to print data, and the like, and prints drawing data, which will be described later, on paper by being controlled by the control unit 20. And a panel unit 40 for displaying information on print control and the like, and for allowing a user to manually give an instruction to the printer device 120.

Further, the controller 20 of the printer 120
Is a C that performs comprehensive control and arithmetic processing of the control unit 20.
A PU 21, a ROM 22 for storing a later-described conversion processing program, a progress output program, and the like; a RAM 23 for storing drawing data, label number data, label data, and the like described later; A host I / F circuit 24 for controlling the input and output of data between them, and an engine I / F for controlling the input and output of data between the control unit 20 and the print engine mechanism 30.
An F circuit 25; a panel I / F circuit 26 for controlling data input / output between the control unit 20 and the panel unit 40;
21, ROM 22, RAM 23, and each I / F circuit 2
Clock 2 for supplying clock pulses to 4, 25, 26
7 is comprised.

The conversion processing program stored in the ROM 22 of the control unit 20 executes a conversion process for converting print data output from the computer 110 into drawing data, as shown in FIG. The ROM of the control unit 20
The progress output program stored in 22 is a program that outputs the progress of the conversion process to the computer 110 or the panel unit 40 in response to a request signal output from the computer 110 or the panel unit 40.

The computer system 1 according to the present embodiment
00 has the above-described configuration, and its operation will now be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when the user operates the computer 110, a document creation program of the computer 110 is started, and a document and a figure are created. Then, when printing the created documents and figures, print data for printing the documents and figures is generated by the document creation program of the computer 110 and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 23 of the computer 110.

Here, the print data generated by the document creation program is, for example, the print data D shown in FIG.
As described above, it is described in a page description language, and is mainly configured by arranging a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics.

More specifically, among the command statements over a plurality of lines in FIG. 5, in each command statement indicated by arrow a, the first character of each command statement is "#". This means that each of these command statements is a header of the print data D. Each command sentence indicated by an arrow b in FIG. 5 is a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics by the printer device 120. For example, "MOVE
The command sentence "50, 400" is a control command for instructing a position where a character or a figure is printed. As described above, each statement corresponds to one control command.
The command sentence indicated by arrow c in FIG. 5 indicates the end of the print data. When the printing process is executed by the printer device 120 based on the print data shown in FIG. 5, for example, characters and graphics as shown in FIG. 7 are printed.

The label data and the label number data are inserted into the print data generated by the document creation program by the label insertion program started in the computer 110 in parallel with the document creation program. Here, the label data is data that is distributed and arranged in the print data by the label insertion program, and is, for example, data having a relatively small size of one byte or one word. The label data is
A label number indicating the number of the print data inserted from the top is added. Further, the label data is data that is not converted into drawing data by the printer device 120 and does not affect print processing. The label number data is data representing the total number of label data distributed in print data by the label insertion program.

The label insertion processing executed by the computer 110 based on the label insertion program will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step S1 in FIG. 2, a memory area for label insertion processing is secured in a part of the RAM 23 of the computer 110, and print data generated by the document creation program is received in this memory area.
In step S2, when print data is received, it is determined whether or not the received print data is a header. When it is determined that the print data is a header, the header is ignored.

In step S3, the label insertion set value N is set, the label counter i is set to "1", and the command counter L is set to "0". Here, the label insertion setting value N is a value for setting an arrangement interval of label data to be distributed and arranged in a print command. For example, when the label insertion setting value N is set to “4”, one label data is inserted for every four control commands. The label counter i counts the number of inserted label data. Further, the command counter L counts the number of control commands.

In step S4, the head label data indicating the 0th is inserted at the head of the print data. In step S5, the print data created by the document creation program and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 23 is checked. It is determined whether a control command exists in a predetermined area of the RAM 23. As a result, when the control command is present in the predetermined area of the RAM 23, “YES” is determined, and the process shifts to step S6.

In step S6, one control command (one command line) is read from a predetermined area of the RAM 23.
In step S7, the command counter L is incremented by "1".

Further, at step S8, the command counter L is compared with the label insertion set value N, and it is determined whether or not both values are equal. If the two values are not equal, “NO” is determined, and the process returns to step S5. On the other hand, when the two values are equal to each other, “YES” is determined, and step S9 is determined.
Then, in step S9, the label data is inserted into the print data stored in the predetermined area of the RAM 23. Here, the label counter i counts the number of label data inserted into the print data. Then, step S9
Is added with the label number indicated by the label counter i.

In step S10, the label counter i is incremented by "1", the command counter L is set to "0", and the process returns to step S5.

As described above, steps S5 to S
By repeating the processing up to 10, the label data is distributed and arranged in the print data at the arrangement interval set by the label insertion set value N. Further, a label number indicating the order of insertion into the print data is added to the label data based on the label counter i.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S5, the RAM
If there is no control command in the predetermined area of No. 23, "NO" is determined, and the routine goes to Step S11. Then, in step S11, the label data to which the label number currently indicated by the label counter i is added is inserted into the print data.

In step S12, a header of the print data stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 23 is extracted, and in step S13, label number data is added to the header. Then, in step S14, the header with the label number data added is inserted at the head of the print data, and in step S15, the label insertion processing ends.

As described above, by executing the label insertion processing by the computer 110, the label data is inserted into the print data, for example, as the print data E shown in FIG. That is, the print data E in FIG. 6 indicates the print data obtained by executing the label insertion processing on the print data D illustrated in FIG. Arrows d1 to d5 in FIG. 6 indicate label data arranged in the print data E, for example, “LA” indicated by arrow d3.
“BEL2” is label data to which a label number “2” is added. Arrow e in FIG. 6 is label number data, and indicates that the total number of label data distributed and arranged in the print data E is “16”.

By the way, the arrangement interval of the label data arranged by the label insertion processing of the computer 110 is determined by the label insertion set value N. The value of the label insertion set value N is set so that the total number of label data does not exceed 3% of the total number of control commands included in the print data, and the total number of label data does not fall below five. The reason is that when the total number of label data exceeds 3% of the total number of control commands included in the print data, the number of label data becomes excessively large, and the process of converting the print data into drawing data by the printer device 120 is slow. This is because it may be. On the other hand, if the total number of label data is less than five, the progress of the conversion process by the printer device 120 described later may not be accurately obtained.

As described above, the print data into which each label data and the number-of-labels data have been inserted by the label insertion processing of the computer 110 is the I / O of the computer 110.
It is output to the printer device 120 via the F circuit 14.

The print data output from the computer 110 is input to the control unit 20 of the printer 120 via the host I / F circuit 24 of the printer 120.
At this time, the control unit 20 of the printer 120
The conversion processing program stored in the computer 22 is started, and a conversion process for converting print data input from the computer 110 into drawing data is executed. Here, the drawing data is data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium such as paper, and is, for example, bitmap data.

Hereinafter, the conversion processing executed by the control unit 20 of the printer device 120 based on the conversion processing program will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step S21, "0" is set in the label number storage buffer A for storing the label number data, and "0" is set in the label number storage buffer B for storing the label number of the label data.

Then, in step S22, it is determined whether or not there is data to be read, and as a result, if there is data to be read, the process proceeds to step S23. In step S23, the print data input from the computer 110 to the control unit 20 of the printer device 120 is sequentially read from the beginning to the end of the print data. In step S24, it is determined whether or not the read data is print data. If the read data is print data, “YES” is determined, and the process proceeds to step S25.

In step S25, it is determined whether or not the read print data is label number data. As a result, if the read print data is the label number data, it is determined as “YES”, and the label number data is stored in the label number storage buffer A in step S26. Thus, the total number of label data included in the print data that is currently being read can be recognized. Thereafter, the process returns to step S22.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S 25 is that the read print data is not label number data, “NO” is determined, and control proceeds to step S 27. In step S27, it is determined whether the read print data is label data. As a result, if the read print data is label data, it is determined as "YES", and the label data is counted by storing the label number of the label data in the label number storage buffer B in step S28. Thereafter, the process returns to step S22.

If it is determined in step S27 that the read print data is not label data, "N"
O "is determined. In this case, since the read print data is a control command, the process proceeds to step S29, where the control command is converted into drawing data in step S29, and the drawing data is stored in the RAM 23 of the control unit 20 in step S30. I do. Thereafter, the process returns to step S22.

As described above, the processing from step S22 to step S30 is performed by
Execute repeatedly while output from. Thereby, the control commands in the print data are sequentially converted into the drawing data. At the same time, the label number of the label data dispersedly arranged in the print data is updated, so that the label data is counted. The label number of the label data is updated at predetermined time intervals determined by the arrangement interval of the label data and the like.

When one page of drawing data is stored in the RAM 23 of the control unit 20, the print engine mechanism 30 is driven to print characters and graphics based on the drawing data on a print medium such as paper. The computer 110
When the output of the print data from is completed, "NO" is determined in the step S22, and the conversion process is ended in a step S35.

Further, as described above, while the conversion processing by the conversion processing program of the control unit 20 is being executed, the request signal requesting the control unit 20 of the printer device 120 to output the progress of the conversion processing is input. Then, the printer device 1
The control unit 20 of 20 starts a progress output program,
With this progress output program, a process of outputting the progress of the conversion process is executed.

The progress output process executed by the control unit 20 of the printer 120 based on the progress output program will be described below with reference to FIGS.

That is, when the user wants to know the status of the printing process of the printer device 120, the user operates the computer 110 to
10 outputs a request signal requesting the output of the progress of the conversion process to the control unit 20 of the printer device 120.
Note that a configuration may be employed in which a request signal is output from the panel unit 40 to the control unit 20 by operating the panel unit 40 of the printer device 120.

As described above, when the request signal is output from the computer 110 or the panel unit 40 to the control unit 20 during the execution of the conversion process, the control unit 20 executes the interrupt process, and In step S23, the request signal is read. Then, in the determination of step S24, "N
O ", and the process moves to step S31 in FIG.

In step S31, the label number data stored in the label number storage buffer A is read, and in step S32, the current label number stored in the label number storage buffer B is read. Then, step S33
Then, the read label data is divided by the read label number data to calculate the progress of the conversion process.

For example, when the label number data read from the label number storage buffer A is “16” and the label number read from the label number storage buffer B is “4”, the progress of the conversion process is “0”. .25 ", that is, 25%
Becomes

Further, at step S34, the degree of progress of the conversion process obtained by the calculation is output to the computer 110 via the host I / F circuit 24 as a response signal. Accordingly, the computer 110 receives the response signal output from the host I / F circuit 24 of the printer device 120, and determines the degree of the conversion process performed by the control unit 20 of the printer device 120 and determines the progress of the conversion process by the user interface provided on the computer 110. To inform the user. For example, a message such as "printing. Progress is 25%" is displayed on the monitor of the computer 110. In step S34, the progress of the conversion process is output to the panel unit 40 of the printer device 120, and the panel unit 4
The configuration may be such that the degree of progress of the conversion process is displayed on a display panel such as 0.

After the process of step S34 is completed,
Returning to step S22 in 3, the conversion processing by the conversion processing program is continued until the output of the print data from the computer 110 ends.

Thus, according to the computer system 100 of the present embodiment, the progress of the conversion process can be accurately reported to the user while the printer device 120 is executing the conversion process, and the conversion process can be performed. It is possible to make the user accurately recognize the time required for completion.

In particular, the following effects can be obtained by distributing the label data among the control commands in the print data. That is, in the process of the conversion process of sequentially reading each control command in the print data by the printer device 120 and converting it into drawing data, each label data is read one after another at predetermined intervals determined by the arrangement interval of the label data and the like. Thus, updating of the label number of the label data (counting of the label data) can be executed. Therefore,
Every time the label number of the label data is updated, the progress of the conversion process can be updated, and the user can be notified of the correct progress of the conversion process at any time.

Further, before the print data is converted into the drawing data by the printer device 120, a plurality of label data are dispersedly arranged in the print data. The label data can be easily counted simply by storing the label number. Therefore, it is possible to accurately inform the user of the progress of the conversion processing without performing complicated arithmetic processing.

Also, a configuration is provided in which label number data representing the total number of label data is inserted into the print data, and at the time of conversion processing, the progress of the conversion processing is calculated by dividing the label data by the label number data. Thus, for example, the progress of the conversion process can be expressed by a percentage or the like, and the progress of the conversion process can be output in a state that is easy for the user to understand. Further, the progress of the conversion process can be accurately notified to the user by a simple operation such as dividing the label data by the label number data.

Further, in the label insertion process of the computer 110, the value of the label insertion set value N is set such that the total number of label data does not exceed 3% of the total number of control commands included in the print data, and the total number of label data is By setting the number not to be less than five, the printer device 120
Can prevent the conversion process from being delayed, and can maintain the accuracy of the progress of the conversion process.

(II) Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. A feature of the present embodiment is that, when a repeat command is present in print data, label data is inserted in correspondence with a repeated control command. Since the overall configuration of the computer system according to the present embodiment is the same as the overall configuration of the computer system 100 according to the first embodiment, the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

First, a label insertion process executed based on the label insertion program according to the present embodiment stored in the ROM 12 of the computer 110 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Steps S41 to S41 in FIG.
In step 46, the processing is executed in the same manner as in steps S1 to S6 (FIG. 2) of the label insertion processing according to the first embodiment. Then, in step S47, step S4
It is determined whether the control command read in step 6 is a repeat command.

Here, the repeat command instructs a so-called loop process of "repeat a set of control commands in a designated range a designated number of times". If the print data includes a repeat command, the conversion process for a set of control commands specified by the repeat command is repeated the number of times specified by the repeat command.
For example, in the print data G shown in FIG. 11, “Loop1” indicated by an arrow f and “IF XL” indicated by an arrow g.
The command sentence "ESS 200 THEN GOTO Loop1" is a repeat command. This repetition command includes a line in which Loop 1 is arranged and “IF X L
A set of control commands (i.e., "MOVE", "CIRCLE", "ADD") arranged between the line where "ESS 200 THEN GOTOLoop1" is arranged.
Is executed 200 times repeatedly. Therefore, when the print data G is converted into the drawing data by the conversion processing by the control unit 20, the conversion processing relating to the control command of the three lines is executed 200 times.

Now, as a result of the determination in step S47,
When the read control command is a repetition command, it is determined as “YES”, and the process proceeds to step S50.
In step S50, label data is inserted irrespective of the label data arrangement interval set by the label insertion setting value N.

Thus, when there is a repeat command in the print data, the label data is forcibly inserted between a set of control commands repeated by the repeat command. For example, when the label insertion processing according to the present embodiment is performed on the print data G illustrated in FIG.
As in the print data H shown in FIG. 12, a repetition command “Loop1” and “IF X LESS 200
Label data is inserted between the repeat command "THEN GOTOLoop1".

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S47,
If the read control command is not a repetition command, “NO” is determined, and the process shifts to step S48. Then, the processing of steps S48 to S55 is
The process is performed in the same manner as steps S7 to S14 of the label insertion process according to the first embodiment described above, and the label insertion process ends in step S56.

As described above, the print data into which the label data and the label number data have been inserted by the label insertion processing of the computer 110 is output from the computer 110 to the printer device 120 in substantially the same manner as in the first embodiment. . Further, the print data is stored in the printer 1
The image data is converted into drawing data by the conversion processing program according to the present embodiment stored in the ROM 22 of the CPU 20.

Hereinafter, the conversion processing by the conversion processing program according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, in step S61, "0" is set in each of the label number storage buffer A and the label number storage buffer B, and "0" is set in the repetition counter j.
Set. If the result of determination in step S62 is that there is data to be read, step S63
In step S64, it is determined whether the read data is print data. As a result, if the read data is the print data, step S6
Then, in a step S65, it is determined whether or not the print data is label number data. As a result, when the print data is the label number data, the process proceeds to step S66, the label number data is stored in the label number storage buffer A, and the process returns to step S62. Further, step S65
If the result of the determination is that the print data is not label number data, the flow shifts to step S67.

In step S67, it is determined whether or not the print data is label data. As a result, if the print data is label data, “YES” is determined, and step S
Go to 68.

In step S68, the currently read label data is compared with the previously read label data, and the currently read label data is read from the start of the conversion process currently being executed to the present. It is determined whether or not it matches the label data (past label data). As a result, when the currently read label data matches the label data read in the past, "YES"
Is determined, and in step S69, the repetition counter j is incremented by "1".

That is, if the currently read label data matches the past label data, at least 2
This means that the same label data has been read.
Thereby, it can be determined that the repetition processing by the repetition command is currently being executed. Therefore,
In such a case, the label data repeatedly read is counted by the repeat counter j.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step S68, when the currently read label data does not match the past label data, it is determined as "NO", and in step S70, the repetition counter j is initialized to "0". Step S
It moves to 71. Further, in step S71, the label number of the currently read label data is stored in the label number buffer B, and the process returns to step S62.

If the result of determination in step S67 is that the read print data is not label data, the read print data is a control command, so "NO"
Then, the process proceeds to step S72, in which the control command is converted into drawing data in step S72, and stored in the RAM 23 in step S73. Thereafter, the process returns to step S62, and the processes from step S62 to step S73 are performed.
Repeat until there is no more data to read. And
When one page of drawing data is stored in the RAM 23 of the control unit 20, the print engine mechanism 30 is driven to execute a printing process.

Further, as described above, during the execution of the conversion processing by the conversion processing program of the control section 20, the request signal requesting the control section 20 of the printer device 120 to output the progress of the conversion processing is input. Then, the printer device 1
The control unit 20 of 20 activates the progress output program according to the present embodiment, and by this progress output program,
A process for outputting the degree of progress of the conversion process is executed.

Hereinafter, the progress output processing by the progress output program according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.

That is, during the execution of the conversion process, the computer 120 or the panel unit 40
When a request signal requesting the output of the degree of progress of the conversion process is output to the control unit 20 of the control unit 20, the control unit 20 executes an interrupt process, and reads this request signal in step S63 in FIG. Then, in the determination of step S64, "N
O ", and proceeds to the step S72 in FIG.
Then, in step S72 and step S73, the label number data stored in the label number storage buffer A and the label number stored in the label number storage buffer B are read out. Divide by several data to calculate the progress of the conversion process.

Further, in a step S75, it is determined whether or not the repetition counter j is larger than "0". As a result, when the repetition counter j is larger than “0”,
Since the repetition processing by the repetition command has been executed, “YES” is determined, and the process shifts to step S76. In step S76, the degree of progress of the conversion process calculated in step S74, a mark indicating that the repetition process is currently being executed, and the like are output to the computer 110 or the panel unit 40 as a response signal. Thus, the user can be notified of the progress of the conversion process by the control unit 20 and the fact that the repetition process is currently being executed by the user interface or the panel unit 40 provided in the computer 110.

On the other hand, if the result of determination in step S75 is that the repetition counter j is not greater than "0", then no repetition processing has been performed, and thus a determination of "NO"
The process moves to step S77. Then, step S77
Then, the progress of the conversion process is output to the computer 110 or the panel unit 40. Thereby, the progress of the conversion process by the control unit 20 can be notified to the user by the user interface or the panel unit 40 provided in the computer 110. After the processing in step S76 or step S77 is completed, the process returns to step S62 in FIG. 9, and the conversion processing by the conversion processing program is continued until the output of the print data from the computer 110 is completed.

Thus, according to the computer system 100 of the present embodiment, while the printer device 120 is executing the conversion process, the user is notified via the computer 110 or the panel unit 40 that the repetition process is being executed by the repetition command. Can be notified.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to inform the user whether or not the conversion processing is normally proceeding even while the conversion processing is repeated by the repetition command, and the conversion processing is completed. It is possible to make the user accurately recognize the time required to perform the operation.

In each of the above embodiments, step S1 in FIG. 2 or step S41 in FIG. 8 is a specific example of the receiving means (receiving step) of the present invention, and steps S4, S9 and S11 in FIG. Or step S in FIG.
44, S50 and S52 are specific examples of the label data inserting means (label data inserting step). Further, steps S13 and S14 in FIG. 2 or steps S54 and S55 in FIG. 8 are specific examples of the label number data inserting means (label number data inserting step).

Further, step S23 in FIG. 3 or FIG.
Step S63 in FIG. 3 is a specific example of the reading means (reading step), and steps S25 and S27 in FIG. 3 or steps S65 and S67 in FIG. 9 are specific examples of the determining means (determining step). Further, step S29 in FIG.
Alternatively, step S72 in FIG. 9 is a conversion unit (conversion step).
FIG. 9 is a specific example of step S26 in FIG.
Steps S69 and S71 in the drawing are specific examples of the label data counting means (label data counting step). Step S28 in FIG. 3 or Step S66 in FIG. 9 is a specific example of the label number data storage means (label number data storage step).

Further, steps S31 to S31 in FIG.
34 or steps S72 to S77 in FIG. 10 are specific examples of the output means (output step).

In each of the above embodiments, the progress of the conversion process is output in response to a request signal from the computer 110 or the panel unit 40 of the printer device 120. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the configuration may be such that the degree of progress of the conversion process is calculated and output at predetermined time intervals.
Further, the progress of the conversion process may be output every time the label number of the label data is updated.

In each of the above embodiments, the progress of the conversion process is obtained by dividing the label data by the number of label data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the label data and the number of label data may be obtained. And both output
Both of them may be displayed on the user interface of the computer 110 or the display panel of the panel unit 40 at the same time. In addition to determining the progress of the conversion process, based on the label data and label number data,
It may be configured to calculate and display the time required until the conversion process is completed.

Further, in the second embodiment, the label data to be inserted between the control commands repeated by the repetition command is set as “repetition label data” different from the normal label data. Alternatively, the configuration may be such that by recognizing "repeated label data", it is recognized that repetitive processing by a repetitive command is being executed.

In each of the above embodiments, the print data processing system includes the computer 110 and the printer 12.
Although the case where the present invention is applied to the computer system 100 connected to 0 has been described as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can also be applied to a computer system in which a computer and a printer device are integrated, such as a dedicated word processor.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the label insertion processing program is provided in the computer 110, and the label insertion processing is executed by the computer 110. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A configuration may be adopted in which a label insertion processing program is provided, and the label insertion processing is executed by the printer device.

In each of the above embodiments, the ROMs 12 and 22 correspond to the computer-readable recording medium in which the program for causing the computer to function as the print data processing system is applicable, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, various modifications are possible.
For example, a computer program is recorded in advance on a floppy disk or CD-ROM, and a floppy disk reader or CD-ROM reader is connected to a print data processing system, and a floppy disk or CD-ROM is
It is also possible to install the program and make the computer function. In this case, the floppy disk, CD-ROM, or the like corresponds to a recording medium, and the recording medium may be of a type pre-installed in the system or a system such as computer software distributed in the market. Includes the type that can be attached to and detached from. Further, it is also possible to install and use the computer program of the present invention from another program supply device via a wired or wireless communication network. In this case, the recording device that records the program of the program supply device corresponds to the recording medium of the present invention.

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As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, label data is dispersedly arranged in print data by inserting label data between a plurality of control commands included in the print data. . Then, when the conversion process for converting the print data into the drawing data is being executed, the progress of the conversion process can be accurately recognized by counting the label data distributed and arranged in the print data. Therefore, at the request of the user or automatically,
An accurate progress of the conversion process can be output at any time, and the user can be accurately informed of the time required until the conversion process is completed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the total number of label data distributed and arranged in the print data is inserted into the print data.
When performing a conversion process for converting print data into drawing data, the counting result of the label data can be output in association with the label number data. Therefore, based on the count result of each label data and the label number data, it is possible to easily and accurately output the progress of the conversion process,
The user can be notified of the progress of the conversion process in an easily understandable state.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the label data is inserted by the label data inserting means every predetermined number of control commands, it is possible to prevent the processing of the print data processing system from being delayed, and In addition, the accuracy of the progress of the conversion process can be maintained.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the label data inserting means includes a repeat command in the control command, the label data is inserted in correspondence with the repeated control command. During the execution of the conversion process of converting into the drawing data, the user can be notified that the conversion process is in progress even while the repetition command is repeatedly executing the conversion process.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the conversion process for converting the print data into the drawing data is being executed, the label data distributed and arranged in the print data is counted, whereby the progress of the conversion process is calculated. Can be accurately recognized. Therefore, at the request of the user or automatically,
An accurate progress of the conversion process can be output at any time, and the user can be accurately informed of the time required until the conversion process is completed.

According to the invention of claim 6, it is possible to output an accurate progress of the conversion process at any time according to the request of the user or automatically, and it is possible to accurately calculate the time required for the completion of the conversion process. To the user.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the progress of the conversion process can be easily and accurately output based on the count result of each label data and the label number data, and the progress of the conversion process can be understood. The user can be notified in an easy-to-use state.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to output an accurate progress of the conversion process at any time in response to a user's request or automatically, so that the time required for the completion of the conversion process can be accurately determined. To the user.

According to the ninth aspect, the progress of the conversion process can be easily and accurately output based on the counting result of each label data and the label number data, and the progress of the conversion process can be understood. The user can be notified in an easy-to-use state.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, an accurate progress of the conversion process can be output at any time according to the user's request or automatically, and the time required for the completion of the conversion process can be accurately determined. To the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a computer system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a label insertion process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a conversion process according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a progress output process according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of print data.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of print data into which label data and the like are inserted.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing characters and figures printed based on print data.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a label insertion process according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a conversion process according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a progress output process according to the second embodiment;

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of print data.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a specific example of print data into which label data and the like are inserted.

[Explanation of symbols]

13 RAM (print data storage means) 20 control unit 23 RAM (label number storage means) 100 computer system (print data processing system) 110 computer (upper device) 120 printer device (print data processing device)

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A print data processing system for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium, comprising: Receiving means for receiving, label data inserting means for inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the receiving means, and storing the print data with the label data inserted by the label data inserting means A print data storage unit, a read unit that reads the print data stored by the print data storage unit from the beginning to the end of the print data, and the print data read by the read unit is the control command. Determining means for determining whether the data is the label data or the label data; As a result, when the print data is a control command, conversion means for converting the control command into the drawing data; and as a result of the determination by the determination means, when the print data is label data, the label data is counted. A print data processing system, comprising: a label data counting unit that performs counting; and an output unit that outputs a result of counting the label data by the label data counting unit. 2. A print data processing system for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium, the print data processing system comprising: Receiving means for receiving, label data inserting means for inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the receiving means, and number of labels representing the total number of label data inserted by the label data inserting means Label number data inserting means for inserting data into the print data, and print data storing print data in which label data is inserted by the label data inserting means and label number data is inserted by the label number data inserting means Storage means, and print data stored by the print data storage means. Reading means for reading from the head of the printing data toward the end, and determining means for determining which of the control command, the label data and the label number data the print data read by the reading means, As a result of the determination by the determination unit, when the print data is a control command, a conversion unit that converts the control command into the drawing data; and as a result of the determination by the determination unit, when the print data is label data, Label data counting means for counting the label data; and as a result of the determination by the determination means, when the print data is label number data, label number data storage means for storing the label number data; The label data counting result is stored in the label number data storage means. Output means for outputting in association with the label number data stored in the row. 3. The print data processing system according to claim 1, wherein the label data insertion unit is configured to insert the label data every predetermined number of the control commands. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said label data inserting means inserts label data corresponding to the repeated control command when said control command includes a repeated command. Or the print data processing system according to 3. 5. A print command including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics and label data distributed in the control commands is input from a higher-level device, and a control command included in the print data is provided. A print data processing apparatus for converting the print data from the top to the end of the print data, wherein the read data is read by the read means. Determining means for determining whether the print data is the control command or the label data; and, as a result of the determination by the determining means, when the print data is a control command, the control command is added to the drawing data. Conversion means for converting, and as a result of the determination by the determination means, the print data is label data Includes a label data counting means for counting the label data, the print data processing apparatus being characterized in that and an output means for outputting a count result of the label data by the label data counting unit. 6. A print data processing method for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium, comprising: A receiving step of receiving, a label data inserting step of inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the receiving step, and storing the print data with the label data inserted by the label data inserting step. A print data storage step for reading, a read step for reading the print data stored in the print data storage step from the beginning to the end of the print data, and the print data read in the read step are the control commands. Or a determining step of determining whether the label data is the label data, As a result, when the print data is a control command, a conversion step of converting the control command into the drawing data; and as a result of the determination in the determination step, when the print data is label data, the label data is counted. A print data processing method comprising: a label data counting step; and an output step of outputting a label data count result in the label data counting step. 7. A print data processing method for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium, comprising: A receiving step of receiving, a label data inserting step of inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the receiving step, and a label number representing a total number of label data inserted by the label data inserting step A label number data inserting step of inserting data into the print data; and a print data storing the print data in which the label data is inserted by the label data inserting step and the label number data is inserted by the label number data inserting step. Storing the print data stored in the print data storing step; A reading step of reading from the beginning to the end of the data, and a determining step of determining which of the control command, the label data and the label number data is the print data read by the reading step, When the result of the determination in the determination step is that the print data is a control command, a conversion step of converting the control command into the drawing data; and, as a result of the determination in the determination step, when the print data is label data, A label data counting step of counting the label data; and, as a result of the determination in the determination step, when the print data is label number data, a label number data storage step of storing the label number data; The label data counting result is stored in the label number data storage step. An output step of outputting the output in association with the stored label number data. 8. A program for causing a computer to function as a print data processing system for converting print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium. Is a computer-readable recording medium recording the computer, the receiving means for receiving the print data, and a label for inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the receiving means. Data insertion means, print data storage means for storing print data into which label data has been inserted by the label data insertion means, and print data stored by the print data storage means directed from the beginning to the end of the print data. Reading means for reading and reading by the reading means A determining unit for determining whether the print data is the control command or the label data; and as a result of the determination by the determining unit, when the print data is a control command, the control command is converted into the drawing data. Conversion means for performing the determination, when the print data is label data as a result of the determination by the determination means, a label data counting means for counting the label data, and an output for outputting the label data counting result by the label data counting means. And a computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing the apparatus to function as a print data processing system. 9. A program for causing a computer to function as a print data processing system that converts print data including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics into drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium. Is a computer-readable recording medium recording the computer, the receiving means for receiving the print data, and a label for inserting label data between control commands included in the print data received by the receiving means. Data insertion means, label number data insertion means for inserting label number data representing the total number of label data inserted by the label data insertion means into the print data, label data inserted by the label data insertion means, and The label number data is inserted by the label number data inserting means. Print data storage means for storing the inserted print data; reading means for reading the print data stored by the print data storage means from the beginning to the end of the print data; and printing read by the reading means. Determining means for determining which of the data is the control command, the label data, and the label number data; as a result of the determination by the determining means, when the print data is a control command, A conversion unit that converts the drawing data; a label data counting unit that counts the label data when the print data is label data as a result of the determination by the determination unit; If the data is label number data, store this label number data Label number data storage means, and output means for outputting the result of counting the label data by the label data counting means in association with the label number data stored in the label number data storage means. A computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to function as a print data processing system is stored. 10. A print command including a plurality of control commands for printing characters and graphics and label data distributed in the control commands is input from a higher-level device, and control commands included in the print data are provided. Is a computer-readable recording medium that records a program for causing a computer to function as a print data processing device that converts drawing data corresponding to pixels to be printed on a print medium. Reading means for reading from the beginning to the end of the print data; determining means for determining whether the print data read by the reading means is the control command or the label data; determining by the determining means As a result, when the print data is a control command, Conversion means for converting the print data into the drawing data; and as a result of the determination by the determination means, when the print data is label data, label data counting means for counting the label data; and label data by the label data counting means. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing the apparatus to function as a print data processing apparatus, comprising: an output unit that outputs the counting result.