JPS59202868A - Printing control apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to perform proportional printing or right aligning treatment even if a dot printer is used, by writing the dot pattern of a character or mark except a form from the dot position determined on the basis of a dot width while wiring the dot pattern of the form from the dot position determined by the column position in one line of a form mark. CONSTITUTION:The dot pattern of a character or a mark except a form is written from the dot position in image buffer 10 determined on the basis of the dot width in the traverse or vertical direction of the dot pattern while the dot pattern of the form mark is written from the dot position in the image buffer 10 determined by the column position in one line of the form mark. The writing of a font pattern (a) in the image buffer 10 is performed by a method wherein the width (b) of each character is at first successively read from a font table 11 in which the font pattern (a) of each character and the width (b) thereof are stored and the writing start position to the buffer 10 of each character is calculated on the basis of said width value to be once written in the region to which a start dot table 12 corresponds. Subsequently, the font pattern read from the table 11 on the basis of the content of the table 12 is stored in the buffer 10.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application field The present invention relates to a printing control device.

(b) Conventional technology Current English word processors are based on proportional printing with equal character spacing, and print by performing various controls such as line-end processing, right alignment processing, right 1/2 alignment processing, centering processing, right fill processing, etc. Output.

Figure 1 shows the basic configuration of current English word processors, where (1) is a manual means such as a keyboard, and (2) is a CRT.
Display, (3) printer, (4) storage section,
(5) is a control section. In such a device, data input from the input means (1) is displayed on the CRT (2) screen, and corrections are made while viewing the display screen, and the data is stored in the storage section (4).
Store inside. Also, the takes stored in the storage unit (4>) are printed out by the printer (3).Such operations are performed by the control unit (1) based on signals input from the human power means (1).
5), and the above-mentioned line end processing and the like are also controlled by the control unit (5).

Next, each process such as line end process will be explained.

(1) Line end processing Now, the first line on the CRT screen (6) is shown in Figure 2 A.
Assume that a character string such as ``B CLJ uLI

When the above character string is printed out using a printer (3), if proportional printing is performed at a predetermined character interval, the above character string will fit within the print area (8) on the printing paper (7) as shown in Figure 2B. Sometimes there isn't. In such a case, end-of-line processing involves changing the character spacing so that the character string fits within the print area (8).

(i) Right alignment process This process aligns the character string displayed in Figure 2A with the printing paper (7
) when performing proportional printing at a specified character spacing.
As shown in Figure 3, there is a margin SP between the right edge of the printing area (8> (hereinafter referred to as the right margin position) and the last character of the character string.
This aligns the end of each line with the right margin when . Specifically, this is done by appropriately allocating the above-mentioned margin SP to each space 'U' of the line.

(iii) The process of refusing right 1/2 alignment process is approximately the same as the right alignment process described above, and is a process of aligning the last character of the line to SP from the right margin position.

(iv) For example, as shown in Figure 4A, the process of refusing centering processing
) When printing the character string "ABC" that can be displayed on the screen, the character string "ABC" is placed in the center of the printing area (8 is a centering mark, and the character string between these marks is subjected to the centering process described above.

(v) Right-click processing This processing is performed as shown in FIG. 5A, for example.<CRT screen (6)
This is a process for printing the character string "ABC" displayed above so that it is positioned at the right end of the printing area (8) as shown in FIG. 5B. In FIG. 5A, "en" is a right-click mark, and the character strings located after this mark are subject to the right-click processing.

Current English word processors use type printers. Therefore, the control device that performs each of the above-mentioned processes has been constructed on the premise that the output is to be output to a type printing device.

However, dot type printing devices are now being widely used as printing devices because they are capable of printing complex characters such as Chinese characters and graphic data.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The present invention was achieved in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a printing control device that can achieve each of the above functions even when using a dot printing device. .

(D) Structure of the Invention The structural feature of the present invention is that the size of the dot matrix varies depending on the type of character/symbol, etc. A first storage means stores at least one row of dot widths in the horizontal or vertical direction of a dot pattern. A second section that can store minute dot images.
The dot pattern is written from the dot position in the second storage means that can be determined based on the dot width for characters and symbols other than format marks, and the writing and formula marks are format marks to decline. The dot pattern is written from the dot position in the second storage means determined by the column position in one line.

(E) Embodiment First, before explaining the embodiment, the proportional printing process when using a dot type printing device and the processes (i) to (v) above based on this will be briefly explained.

(a) Proportional printing method Currently, in the printing control device for outputting using a dot type printing device, each character is printed in 24 x 24 dots or 3
It has a font pattern represented by 2×32 dots,
Each character is printed out by outputting such a font pattern to a printing device. However, if each character is set to a common matrix size V in this manner, the actual spacings p, 1, and ri2 between characters are different, as shown in FIG. 6, so that proportional printing cannot be achieved. This is the character width W1
, W2, and W3 are made into dot matrices of the same size. Note that m and n in FIG. 6 are dot sizes.

In view of this point, the inventor decided to define the matrix size in the width direction as a font pattern for proportional printing in accordance with the substantial character width. Specifically, as shown in Figure 7, a character with a character width of W1"
I'' has a font pattern with blank dot areas L1 and L2 added to the left and right sides, respectively. Therefore, the dot matrix size of the font pattern for the character ``■'' is mX (Lt+Wl+L2).Similarly, the character ``A'' is mX(LL+W2+L2), and the letter “M” is mX(
The font pattern has a dot matrix size of L1+W3+L2). Note that 1 and L2 mentioned above are fixed.

Next, a schematic process for making the phono dot putter 7 configured in this way into an actual printing form will be explained using FIG. 8. Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG.
A case where the character string "ABC" displayed on the T screen (6) is to be printed will be explained. In addition, each of the above characters “A”
- The widths of the font patterns for "B" and "C" are "18", "19", and "17", respectively.

In FIG. 8, reference numeral 10> is an image buffer, in which one line of printed image 2 or dot pattern is stored. In other words, the above character string "ABC" is located at the beginning of the line, and the width of each "ABC" is "18" and "19".
, "17", so the font pattern of the character "A" is from the 0th dot column of the image buffer (10).
The font pattern for the letter “B” in the 17th dot column and the font pattern for the letter “C” in the 18th dot column to the 36th dot column
The font patterns will be written in the 37th to 54th dot columns, respectively.

To write the font and pattern to the image buffer (10), first write the characters "A", "B", " from the table (11) to the phono 1 in which the font pattern and width of each character are stored. Read out the width of ``c'' sequentially and create an image of each character based on the width value /<
Find the writing start position in the rough font 10), write this position once in the corresponding area of the start dot table 12>, and then write it from the font table (work 1) based on the contents of the tonto table (12). This can be done by storing the read font pattern in the image buffer (IO).

As mentioned above, proportional printing can be achieved by simply setting the font pattern width of each character appropriately.
For example, if the writing start position (hereinafter referred to as "start dot position") is determined simply from the font pattern width in the case of continuous lines spanning multiple lines, such as vertical dot lines, deviations may occur during printing. Therefore, the method for spinning this is to define the star) and dot positions of vertical gay lines, etc., by the character position from the beginning of the line where the gay line is located (hereinafter referred to as the blade ram position). In addition to vertical lines, there are format marks that divide one line into processing units as continuous marks that span multiple lines.

<b> Right alignment process As shown in Figure 10A, in proportional printing, if the last character of the line is located within the printing area by m dots/t from the right margin, then the above m dots are aligned with the characters of such line. and the space between the characters. To do this, let the above space value be n, calculate the quotient A and the remainder B from m/n, distribute the quotient A to each of the above spaces, and apply it to B spaces in order from the first space of the line. Further distribute (') one dot each.

Specifically, as shown in Figure 10B, n=2, m=3
If there is a line like this, the quotient of m/n is A-1 and the remainder is B-1, so there are 2 dots in the first space (21) and 2 dots in the second
One dot will be allocated to the space (22). Therefore, if the width of the space is, for example, '18' during proportional printing, the width of the first and second spaces <21 and (22) will be '2' by such right alignment processing, respectively.
0'', ``19''.At this time, as the width of each space changes, the start dot position of each character also naturally changes, but this depends on the contents of the start dot table (12) according to the amount of change in the space width. It's okay to change it.

(C) Right alignment process This process is basically the same as the right alignment process described above, so the explanation will be omitted.

(d) Right-justification processing This process is performed, for example, as shown in FIG.
When there is a difference of m dots between the rightmost character and the right margin position, this can be done by moving the start dot position of each character m dots to the right.Such a change in the start dot position can be made by changing the start dot position. 1 - The start dot position information of each character in the table (12) is just 10 m.

(e) Centering processing Such processing is performed, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, when a line having a centering-processed character string "ABC" is simply printed according to one predetermined font pattern width of each character. According to the start dot position A of the first character "A" of the character string, the start dot position X of this line, the final dot position B of the last character "c" of the above character string, and the right margin position Y (X0Y-A- B) Find /2,
The start position of each character of the character string "'ABC" is changed by the result of such calculation. A sudden change in position only changes the contents of the start dot table (12).

(f) Line end processing Such processing is performed, for example, as shown in Figure 13, when each character is printed in accordance with a predetermined font pattern width and the character is printed beyond the right margin position, the font pattern of each character is changed. This reduces the width by one dot.

Specifically, each start driver 1-position information of the start dot table 12) is changed according to its column position n,
In other words, each of the above information is decreased by (n-1).

It should be noted that each of the above processes has been explained on a line-by-line basis, or for example,
As shown in the figure, each of the above processes can be performed in block units using format marks such as vertical lines and indent marks. In the following embodiments, an apparatus that processes blocks will be described.

FIG. 15 shows the overall configuration of the device of this embodiment.
) is a control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and the control section receives control signals 01 according to a processing program.
~C8 to control each means described below.

(201) is a text management means, and this means is a text memory (202>) in which characters, symbols, etc. constituting documents, etc. are stored as codes such as JIS, ASCII, etc., and reads and holds one line of code in the memory. line buffer (
203), a format mark column position management unit that searches for the column position of a format mark in one line read into the line buffer (203) and stores the position in the format mark column position storage unit (101); (Consists of 204>.

(300) is a row management means, which is composed of the following parts.

r Readout column position management unit (301) J: has a column counter that indicates the readout position in the row buffer (203), and the contents of the counter are output as a column position signal CP. Further, such a counter is reset by a reset signal R1 from the control section (100), and its contents are increased by a count-up signal UPI.

1 reading unit (302) J: Reads and outputs the iodine CC from the row buffer (203) based on the column position signal CP from the read column position management unit (301).

Centering mark determination section (303) J Determines whether the code CC read out from the reading section (302) is a centering mark, and searches the centering information storage section (304) if it is a centering mark. .The storage unit (304> is as shown in FIG. 16,
The first and second storage areas (305) and (306) are set in the first storage area (305), and the presence/absence information of the centering mark is set in the second storage area (306). The location column information can be set. Here, when information with a centering mark is set in the first storage area (305) by the above search, the centering processing means (400) executes the centering process described above, and then the second storage area (306) is set. ) sets the current column position signal CP. In addition, if the PLH is not set with the information indicating that there is a centering mark in the first storage area (305), the information indicating that there is a centering mark is stored in the area (305), and the current contents of the above-mentioned column counter are stored in the second column counter. Set it in the storage area (306).

"Right claw mark determination section (307) J... Manually operated via the above centering mark determination section (303): 1-
It is determined whether the FCC is a right-click mark, and if it is a right-click mark, the column position is stored in the right-click start position area (309) of the processing information storage unit (308) whose specific configuration is shown in FIG. At the same time as the signal CP is set to 1-, information indicating the presence of right-pull processing is set in the right-pull processing area (310).

Note that the processing information storage section (308) is set with information indicating whether to perform right alignment processing, right alignment processing, or left alignment processing (processing that does not perform right alignment or left alignment). There is an alignment processing area (311). Also, such area (3
The control unit (100) sets the information to 11) based on input from an input means (not shown).

Character determination section (312>...the cloth binding determination section (307)
The yaw FCC sent via the character hood format (2
mark, centering mark, right leg mark, and a code excluding spaces), and if it is determined to be a character code in such a determination, a column position signal CP is set in the end character column position storage section (313). do. Also, as shown in FIG. 18, the start character information area (315) in the start character column position storage section (314) is searched, and if the content of the decline area (315) is °0'', the start character position area < 316). The column position signal CP is set in the column position signal CP, and '1'' is set in the start character information area (315).

Furthermore, when the code CC is a character code, the determination result C
Outputs "1" as C8.

``Start dot position creation means (500) J ・Code CC1 sent via character determination section (312)
The start dot table described above is created based on the result CC8 and the column position signal CP, and the specific configuration and operation will be described later.

1 space determination unit (317) J...Yaw FC sent through the start dot position creation means (500)
It is determined whether or not C is a space code, and when it is a space code, the position information is stored in the space column storage section (31g) based on the column position signal CP. > is the first
As shown in Figure 9, each column position has a corresponding area for each bit. For example, when the code at the 3rd and 6th column positions is a space code, the area corresponding to the 3rd and 6th column positions has a corresponding area. 1' is set, and '0' is set in the other areas.

1 Format mark determination section (319) J... Determines whether or not the yaw FCC sent via the space determination section (317) is a format mark, and sends the determination result to the control section (100
) as a signal MD. The format marks used are the left and right margins that define one line ("[>" in Figure 14).
.

``<3'') (hereinafter referred to as the line regulation mark) and the indent mark and vertical key line etc. (hereinafter referred to as the block regulation mark '1) that divide the inside of the line into units of pro//ri (hereinafter referred to as the block regulation mark). As a result of the judgment, I will come out.

(102) is a basic dot position storage section, and as described above, this storage section stores characters, symbols, etc. located at column positions according to column positions in order to prevent positional errors when printing vertical lines, etc. The basic start dot position is stored. In this embodiment, the average font pattern width of characters, symbols, etc. is set to '18' and is stored as shown in FIG.

Reference numeral (103) is a start dot position storage section, which constitutes the start dot table described above.

(104) is a font management section, which is composed of a width storage section (105) in which font pattern widths are stored and a pattern storage section (106) in which font patterns are stored.

(600) is a right-justification processing means, (700) is a right-justification processing means, <800) is a processing means on the right, and (900> is an end-of-line correction means. The can processing means includes the above-mentioned right-justification processing, Performs alignment processing, right alignment processing, and line end supplement processing. (1
000) is a pattern image creation means, and this means creates the image nohafa described above.

(1100) is a zone check means, which determines whether the margin dot m in FIG. 10A exceeds a certain value when performing right alignment processing or right alignment processing. . That is, this is to prevent the above-mentioned m from being too large, the number of dots allocated to each character space becomes large, and the character space becomes wide, which is aesthetically undesirable.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the processing program of the control section (100), and its operation will be specifically explained based on this flowchart.

First, in step S1, first initial settings are performed. Specifically, the counter value in the read column position management section (301) is reset to '0'' based on the reset signal R1, and the format mark column position storage section (101), start dot position storage section (102), The space column storage section (318) and the like are cleared by a reset signal from the control section (100), not shown.

In step S2, one line of code to be processed below is read out from the text memory (202) to the line buffer (203).Specifically, this operation is performed by giving the control signal c1 to the text management means (201). is executed.

Further, in step S3, such means (201) searches the format mark column position management unit (204) for the format mark position in the line buffer (203), and stores the position information in the format mark column position storage unit (101). set.

In step S4, second initial settings are performed. Specifically, the centering information storage unit (304), the processing information storage unit (
308), end character column position storage section (313),
The start character storage section (314) and the like are cleared based on a reset signal (not shown) from the control section (100).

In step S5, the content of the column counter in the read column position management section (301) is incremented by one. in particular,
It can be executed based on the count-up signal UPI from the control unit (100). The contents of such a column counter are output as a column position signal CP, and based on such signal CP, S
In step 6, one code in the row buffer (203) located at the column position corresponding to the signal CP is read by the reading unit (203).
02) is output as the read yaw FCC.

In step S7, the centering mark determining section (303) determines whether or not the hood Cc is a centering mark. If it is a centering mark, the process proceeds to step 88; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 812.

In step S8, the centering information storage unit (304>
The first storage area (305) within is searched, and its contents are determined in step S9. That is, the first storage area (30
5) If the centering mark "presence" information is set in step S10, the centering processing means (
400), the centering process is executed. If the centering information is not full, the process advances to the Sll step and the centering information is set. Specifically, the centering "presence" information is set in the first storage area (305), and the column position signal CP is set in the second storage area (3063i).When the process of step 310.11 is completed, the process proceeds to S12. Proceed to step 88 above.
Processing of A12 step is performed by the centering judgment unit (303)
It is executed in

In step S12, it is determined whether the ~7-dot CC is a right-click mark or not. If it is a right-click mark, the process proceeds to step S13, and if not, the process proceeds to step 514.

In step S13, the right-justified information is stored in the processing information storage section (3
08). Specifically, the storage unit that refuses (308)
The Karano position signal CP is set in the right edge start position area (309), and the information indicating that right edge processing is present is set in the right edge processing area (310). Note that the processing in step S12.13 can be executed by the right-jaw determination unit (307).

In step S14, it is determined whether the yaw FCC is a character code or not, and if it is a character code, the
L5. Execute step 16 and proceed to step 817.
If not, proceed directly to the 317 sub-tub. In the internal step, the character code is a code that represents alpha to 71., numbers, etc., excluding format marks, centering marks, right fill marks, spaces, etc.

In step S15, start character column position information is set in the start character column position storage section (314).Specifically, when the content of the start character information area <315) of the storage section (314,) is "o", Such area (
315), set column position A8 CP to the start character position area (316), and when the content of the area (316) is "1", the memory section (314) contains The process proceeds to step S16 without performing any processing. In step S16, the end character column position is set in the end character column position storage section <313>. Specifically, the column position signal CP is input to the storage section (313). The processing from steps 314 to S16 is executed in the character determination section (312).

In step 317, start dot position creation means (50
0), the start dot table (12) described above is created based on the yaw FCC and column position signal CP.

In step 518, it is determined whether or not the code CC is a space hood. If it is determined that it is a space code, in step 519, the start column storage unit (3
1" is set in the area corresponding to the column position signal CP in 1B). Note that the processing in step S18.19 is executed by the space determination section (317).

In step S20, the format mark determination unit (3'
i9) and sends the result as a signal MD to the control unit (1
00). Specifically, the signal MD is output as a 2-bit digital signal, and each of these 2-bit signals has a meaning as shown in the table below.

In step 321.22, the format mark determination section (31
Based on the signal MD from 9), it is determined whether the yaw FCC is a format mark and not the left margin, and if it is not a format mark or the left margin, the process returns to step S5, and if it is a format mark and is not the left margin. Sometimes the process proceeds to step 323.

In step S23, the start character column position storage section (3
14), the start character information area (315) is searched to determine whether or not there are characters in the block currently being processed. That is, if "1" is cented in the above area (315), it is assumed that there is a character in the block, and the process proceeds to step 324, and if "o" is cented, it is assumed that there is no character. The processing then proceeds to step 332.

In step S24, the line end processing described above is performed.

Specifically, it can be executed in the line end processing means (900) based on the control signal C6 from the control section (100).

When such processing is completed, the processing proceeds to step 825.

, 825 to 331, it is determined which of the right-aligning process, the right-justifying process, and the right-aligning process is to be performed, and each process can be executed.

Specifically, in step S25, the odor processing information storage section <3
08) is read and it is determined that the right fill processing area (310) stores information indicating that the right fill processing is enabled, 529 is executed.
In step, the right claw processing means (600) carries out the right claw processing based on the control signal C3. Further, in step S26, the zone check means (
In step 1100), the zone check described above is performed, and based on the check result XC, it is determined whether right alignment and alignment to the right are possible. If it is determined that this is not possible, the process is S.
Proceed to step 32, and if it is determined that it is possible, proceed to step 327.
In step 28, the alignment processing area (311) of the processing information storage section <308) is searched, and based on this search result, the right alignment process of the S30 step is performed, the alignment process is performed to the right of the S31 stem, or nothing is done. It is determined whether or not the process is performed, and the process proceeds to any of steps S30, 31, and 32, respectively.

Note that when steps 829 to 31 are completed, the process proceeds to step 832. Further, each process of steps 830 and 31 is executed in the right alignment processing means (700) or the right alignment processing means (800) based on the control signal C4 or C5, respectively.

In step S32, it is determined whether or not the end of the currently processed block is a block regulation mark. If it is a block regulation mark, the process returns to step S4, and if it is not a block regulation mark, that is, if it is at the right margin, the process returns to step S3. 'Proceed to step 3. The above judgment is performed using the judgment result signal M output from the format mark judgment section (319).
It is done based on D. ' In step S33, the pattern image for one line described above is created. Specifically, this is done by the pattern image creation means (1000) based on the control signal C7. When this process is completed, the process returns to step S1.

The processing operations according to the flowchart in FIG.
In the loop consisting of step S22, if necessary, centering processing is performed for each block, while creating a start dot table (12) and detecting the end of the block (determined in steps S21 and 22).
Steps .about.S31 are executed to correct the start dot position of each character by performing right-justification, right-justification, right-alignment, etc. in block units. Therefore, when a plurality of programs exist in one line, a loop consisting of steps 84 to S32 is executed, and each process is performed in block units.

Furthermore, when the processing of each block in one row is completed, a pattern image is created in step 533, and then the process returns to step S1 again to process the next row.

Next, the configuration and operation of each means such as the centering processing means (400) and the start dot position creation means (500) will be explained.

FIG. 22 shows the configuration of the centering processing means <400>, in which (401) is a centering processing control section consisting of a microcomputer, and control signals CIO to C
6 "Block position search unit (402) J... Searches for the column position of the format mark before and after the column position CP that is currently read out. Specifically, the control signal Based on the column position signal CP, the format mark column position storage unit (l
ot) and the above column positions CPA and CPB are searched and output.

1 process dot search unit (403) J ・Based on the column positions CPA and CPB sent from the block position search unit (402), the basic dot position storage unit (
103) and column position CPA+1. Read the start dot position corresponding to each CPB, and
/ is stored in the start area (405) and end area (406) of the start position storage section (404). That is, as shown in FIG. 23, if the current column position signal CP indicates the column where the right centering mark ``donkey'' is located, the start area (405) and the end area (406)
> can store the start dot position of the 7/talling mark ``open'' located on the left and the start dot position of the indent mark ``◇゛'' located on the right, respectively.

1 processing dot position search unit (407)... Searches for the star and dot positions of the first character of the character box to be subjected to the 7-tuttering process. Specifically, the control signal C1l
Based on this, the data in the second storage area (306) of the centering information storage section (304), that is, the column position of the centering mark 'donkey' located on the left in FIG. 23, is read out based on the column position data. The start dot mark is read out from the column position ((column position where the centering mark is located)+1) of the position memory section (103), that is, the start dot position information of the letter "A" in FIG. 23, and is stored in the character star 1-dot memory section. (40
8).

"First calculation unit (409> J... Calculates the difference between the start dot position of each character after centering processing and the start dot position obtained by the predetermined font pattern width. In other words, the difference between the start dot position of each character after centering processing and the start dot position obtained by the predetermined font pattern width. The number of corrected dots is calculated.Specifically, the following calculation is performed based on the control signal C12, and the calculation result d1 is output.

d,=)zr(X-Y+A-B)X...Start area (4) of block dot position storage section (404)
05) Value A stored in the end area (406) of the block dot position storage section (404) Value B stored in the character start dot storage section (408)...Described later This is the value stored in the character final dot position storage section, and specifically, for example, in FIG. 23, it is the value of the character "c" (start dot position child font pattern width).

1 Second calculation unit <410) J: Calculate the dot difference between the block start position before centering processing and the start dot position of the first character of the character string to be subjected to centering processing. Specifically, the following calculation is performed based on the control signal C12, and the calculation result d2 is output.

d2 matte X-A 1 determination section (411) J...Based on the control signal C13, the above-mentioned 1. Output d from the second calculation unit (409) (410)
, d2 are compared, and the result Z is output to the centering processing control section (401). The above comparison first determines whether d<O, and if it is negative, further Idll>d
2, and the result is d1〈0, big 1d11
>d2, outputs 1'' as result Z, and otherwise outputs "o".

1 start dot position changing unit (412), . . . changes the start dot position of each character in the character string that can be subjected to centering processing, and specifically changes the start dot position of each character in the character string to which centering processing can be applied.
4 in the centering information storage section (304).
The content CCP of the storage area (306), the content ECP of the end character column position storage unit (313), and the first calculation unit (40
The result d1 of step 9) is read out, and dl is added to the column position information of each of CCP+1 to ECP in the start dot position storage section <103).

Next, the operation of the centering processing means (400) is
The flowchart in FIG. 4 will be explained.

First, in step S101, line end correction is performed.

Specifically, it is executed by the line end correction means (900) based on the control signal C15 from the centering processing control section (401).

In steps 3102 and 103, the control signal C is
Block dot position storage unit (based on IO and C1l)
404) start and end areas (405) (406)
and set the specified value in the character start dot position field (408).

In step 5104, the first,
The above-mentioned calculations are performed in the second % calculation section <409) (410). In addition, the calculation results d, d2 in both calculation units (409) (410>) are subjected to the determination described above in the determination unit (411) using the control signal C13 in step 5105, and as a result, Z is determined by the control unit (401). is output to.

In step S106, it is determined whether the result signal Z is "1" or not. When it is "i", the process proceeds to step 8108, and when it is not "1", the process proceeds to step 510.
Proceed to Step 7.

In step S107, the start dot position is changed. Such processing is executed in the start dot position changing section (412) based on the control signal C14, as described above.

At step 5108, the start character position storage section (31
4) Reset. Specifically, the control unit (401) applies reset No. 18 R2 to the storage unit (314>) to clear the inside of the storage unit (314).

In the above processing, in steps 3101 to 5104, a correction value dL of the start dot position corrected by the T centering process is obtained, and in steps 3105 and 106, when the start dot position is corrected based on the correction value d1. It is determined whether the beginning of the character string to be subjected to centering processing does not exceed the format mark defining the start of a block of such character string, and if it does not, step 5107 is executed and the process proceeds to step 8108. The 5108 step will be described later, but it is intended to prevent other processing from being performed on the character string that has been subjected to such shifter processing when a request for right alignment processing, etc. is made in such a block. It is.

FIG. 25 shows the line end correction means (900>, (901)
is an end-of-line correction control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and this control section (901) receives the control signal C6 or C
15 is input, the following control of each section is controlled by outputting control signals C21 to C25 according to the processing program.

1 block index column position search section (902)
...Search and output the column position of the format mark that exists after the currently processed column and is closest to the column position. Specifically, by inputting the control signal C21,
The column position signal CP is read and the format mark column position storage section (101) is searched based on the signal CP, and the format mark column position ECP is read and output.

1 Basic dot position reading section (903), ... Based on the column position ECP sent from the block end column position search section (902), the basic start dot position BSDP corresponding to the column position is basically determined. The dot position is determined and output from the dot position storage section (102>).

Incidentally, such processing is terminated when the control signal C22 is input.

1 subtraction section (904) J... By manually inputting the control signal C23, the basic dot position reading section (903)
The start dot position BSDP output from the character end dot position BSDP and the contents CEDP of the character final dot position storage section to be described later are read out, and the result SZ is obtained by calculating ``CEDP-BSDP''.

"Determination unit (905) J...Based on the control signal C24...
So the above result SZ is 'sz≧o°゛ or 'SZ < 0
If =SZ≧0−tt, then =1”, and if I'SZ< o゛tt, then '0°°, respectively, the determination result z1
It is output to the control unit (901) as

r dot deletion means (950) J...Decreases the position information corresponding to each column position n in the start dot storage section (103) by (n - 1>) based on the control signal C25. Perform the above processing.

FIG. 26 shows a specific configuration of the dot deletion means (950), in which (951> is a dot deletion control unit made of, for example, a microcomputer), and when the control signal C25 is input, the control signal C30 is inputted according to the processing program.
~C35 and controls the following parts.

Processing start position search unit (95k) J... Among the formatting marks, centering marks, and right-justification marks located before the current column position CP, the most above column position C
Search and output the column position of the mark near P. Specifically, when the control signal C31 is input, the column position signal CP
is read, and based on the signal CP, the format mark column position storage unit (101>) and the centering position storage unit (304) are read.
) and the processing information storage section (30B) to find a column position that meets the above conditions, and the processing range storage section (95B) is searched.
3) Set the above column position in the start area (954). Also, the end area (95) of the storage unit (953)
5>, a column position signal CP is set.

r column counter (956)''...Control signal C3
2, the content of the start area (954) of the processing range storage section (953) is read and held, and the held content CD is incremented by 1 based on the count-up signal UP2.

1 g count counter (957) J...Reset signal R
Cleared by 2, count up signal UPS
Therefore, the content SD will be increased by +1.

1. The first determination unit (958) reads the content CD of the column counter (956) and the content EC of the end area (<955) based on the control signal C33, determines 'CD=EC', and determines 'CD=EC'. When 'CD≠EC', '1' is output as the determination result Z2, and when 'CD≠EC', '0'' is output to the control section (951).

``Dot subtraction section (959) J...Start dot position storage section (959) corresponding to signal CD based on control signal C34
103) is subtracted by SD and set in that column position again.

"@2 determination unit <960) J...Contents E of end character column position storage unit (313) based on control signal C34
The CC and the content EC of the end area <955> are compared, and when they match, a match signal Q is output to the character final dot subtraction section (961).

1-character final dot subtraction unit (961) i...When the signal Q is input, the contents of the character final dot position storage unit to be output later are read out, the SD is subtracted, and the subtraction result is stored in the storage unit again. cent to the department. The character final dot position storage section stores the final dot position of the last character in the block.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dot deletion means (950) of FIG. 26.

First, in step 5201, -
The C processing search unit (952) sets the processing start position to the star 1 to area (954) of the processing range storage unit (953), and the column position signal CP is sent to the end area (955).

In step S202, the contents of the start area (954) are transferred to the column counter (956) based on the control signal C32.
), and then at step 5203, the contents of the Hokki counter (956) are set to the count an knob signal UP2.
is increased by 1.

At step 5204, the subtracted counter (957>) is cleared by the reset signal R2, and S205°2 is cleared.
In step 06, the contents of the subtracted counter (957) and column counter (956) are incremented by one.

A first determination is made in step 5207. Specifically, the process described above is completed in the first determination unit (958) based on the control signal C33, and as a result, in step 5208, Z2 is compared in the control unit (951) to see if it is an “o” or a tongue. .

In the comparison to decline, if 'Z2 = 0', the processing is 520
Proceeding to step 9, if "Z 2 = 1"T' is found, the process ends.

In step 5209, the subtraction process described above is executed in the dot subtraction section (959) based on the control signal C34.

In step 5210, a second determination is made. Specifically, the process described above is executed in the second determination section (960) based on the control signal C34. In the process of refusing, when the second determination unit <960) outputs the coincidence signal Q, the process proceeds to step 521.
The process advances from step 1 to step 5212, and when the signal Q is not output, the process returns to step 5205.

In step S212, the contents of the character last dot storage section are subtracted. Such processing is executed in the character final dot subtraction section (959) as described above.

When this process is completed, the process returns to step S205.

That is, in steps 5201 to 5204, the column position range in which dot deletion is performed is determined, and the force ram counter (956) and subtractable counter (957) are initialized. Next, in a loop consisting of steps 5205 to S212, the start/start positions within the above range are sequentially changed, and when the changing process is completed, the loop is exited in step 8208.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing the operation of the line end correction means (900) of FIG. 25.

First, in step 5301, the block end column position search section (902) is controlled by outputting the control signal C21.
Search for a column position ECP that meets the conditions described above.

Next, in step 5302, the column position EC
Search for the basic dot position BSDP corresponding to P. Such a search can be executed by the basic dot position reading section (903) based on the control signal C22.

At step 5303, the subtraction unit (9
The calculations already described in 04) are performed.

In step 5304, the determination unit (9
05) The control section (901) selects the next execution step based on the determined judgment section iZ1. That is, when 'Z1=0', the process proceeds to step 5305, and when 'Z1=1', the process ends.

In step 5305, the dot reduction process is executed based on the flowchart of FIG. 27, as described above.

The processing of the end-of-line correction means (900) will be explained below using a specific example.

As shown in Figure 29 A, each character data is stored in each column position, and the center/mark mark ゛'mouth'°, character "m", space "u", and indent mark "
◇゛′ font pattern width is “18” and “26” respectively.
”.

``18'', ``18'' and the average font pattern width is ``18'', the start don't deple created based on the predetermined font pattern width is the second
It will look like Figure 9B.

Here, if line end correction processing is performed on the block located before the 13th column in FIG. The final dot position of the character “m” in the 11th column corresponding to “234” and the final character is “257”.
”, the process proceeds to step 5305 via steps 5303 and 5304. Therefore, step 5201 is processed next, and the start position and end position of the next column processed in step 5201 are stored in the processing range storage unit (30g >, i.e. in this case the start area (954) and the end area (955)
are set to ``8'' and ``13'', respectively.Next, by executing each process from step 5202, the start dot table in FIG. 29B is changed as shown in FIG. 29C, and the character final dot position is changed. The value in the memory is also “2”
The angle is changed from 76” to 273°, and the process ends.

FIG. 30 shows a specific configuration of the start dot position creation means (500), in which (501) is a start dot position creation control section consisting of, for example, a microcomputer, and this control section generates control signals C41 to C4 according to a processing program.
6 and controls the following parts.

, "Food determination section (502) J...the above control section (50
1) It is determined whether or not the yaw FCC sent from is a format mark. If it is determined that it is a format mark, 1' is output as the determination result signal z3, and if not, it is '0'. ′ is output.

r Basic dot position reading unit (503) J: When the control signal C41 is input, it retrieves the basic start dot position BSDP from the basic dot position storage unit (102) based on the column position signal CP and outputs it.

r Width reading unit (504) J...When the code CC is sent from the control unit (501), it reads the font pattern width FB of the character (excluding format marks, including centering marks, etc.) corresponding to the yaw FCC. Font management department (104
) is read and output from the width storage unit (105).

"Basic dot width storage section (505) J..." The font pattern width BB of the format mark is stored in this storage section.

r dot width selection unit (506>J...For example, it consists of a multiplexer, and when the control signal C42 is input, the signal z
3, the output FB from the width reading unit (504) or the content BB in the basic dot width storage unit (505) is selectively output. That is, when it is "23-1", BB is output, and when it is "Z3-0", FB is output.

1 character final dot position storage unit (507) J...The final dot position of the character stored in the column position before the currently processed column position CP and closest to the column position CP is Stored. Specifically, the value (start dot position of the above character + font pattern width of the above character - 1) is stored.

1. Start dot position storage unit (508), . . . Start dot position corresponding to the currently processed column position CP.
Numerical values that may be stored in the area in the /to position storage unit (103) are stored. Specifically, the value (start dot position of the pattern located one position before the current column position CP+font pattern width of such pattern) is stored. The above-mentioned pattern includes all format marks, centering marks, right-justification marks, spaces, characters, symbols, etc.

The values to be stored in the character final dot position storage section ('507) and the current dot position storage section (508) will be explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 31.

In Figure 31, assuming that the column position signal CP indicates the 11th column, the character final dot position storage section (507) stores the start dot position of the character "m" located in the 8th column. The value obtained by adding the font pattern width of the character "m" and subtracting 1 from the addition result is stored, and the start dot of the space "Ll" located in the 10th column is stored in the current dot position storage unit (508). A value obtained by adding the font pattern width of the space "'U" to the position is stored.

"Start position selection section (509) J. Control signal C4
3 is inputted, either the output BSDP from the basic dot position reading unit (503) or the content CURR in the current dot position storage unit (508) is selectively output based on the signal z3. Specifically, when "23-1", BSDP is output, and when "Z 3-0" (7), CUR is output.
Output R. This is to prevent positional deviation as described above when the F-FCC is a format mark.

"First adder (510) J...When control signal C44 is input, font width FB and current dot position CUR
R and stored in the character final dot position storage section (507).

"Second addition section (511) J...When the control signal C45 is input manually, the output value of the dot width selection section (506) and the output value of the start position selection section (509) are added and the current dot position storage section is added. The addition result is stored in (50g).

1 start dot position writing section (512) J... When the control signal C46 is input, the start dot position storage section (1
The output value from the start position selection section (509) is set in the area within 03).

FIG. 32 shows the start dot position creation means (500)
This is a flowchart showing the operation of the means (500), and the operation of the means (500) will be explained below based on the flowchart.

First, in step 5401, code determination is performed.

Specifically, the code determination unit (502) is controlled by the control unit (501).
) is executed by giving the code CC, and the determination unit (502) determines whether the code CC is a code representing a format mark or not, as described above.

In the 5402 snap/chip, a next step to be processed in the first stage can be selected based on the determination result z3 obtained in the 5401 snap. That is, when "Z3=0", the process advances to step 5403, and when "Z3=1", the process advances to step 5404.

In step 5403, the width reading unit (
By giving the yaw FCC to 504), the width reading section (504>) reads out the font pattern width FB corresponding to the yaw FCC.

In step 5404, the basic dot position reading unit (503) reads out the basic start dot position BSDP corresponding to the column position CP in the basic dot position storage unit (102) based on the control signal C41.

When the processing in step 5403 or 5404 is completed, step 5405 is executed.

Step 5405 is based on the control signal C43.

BSDP or CU in the start position selection section (509)
RR is selectively output.

At step 5406, the control signal C46 is applied to the start dot position writing section (512>), so that the above-described processing is executed in the writing section (512).

In step 5407, the control signal C42 is applied to the dot width selection section (506), thereby executing the processing already described in the selection section (506i).

Processing then proceeds to step 3408, where a second addition is performed. Specifically, the control unit (
By outputting the control signal C45 from the adder (501) to the second adder (511), the adder (511) performs the addition process described above and stores the result in the current dot position storage (511).
508).

In step 5409, the next step to be processed is selected based on the signal CC5 sent from the character determining section (312). In other words, when 'CC3-1', the process advances to step S410 and 'ccs≠1'.

Processing ends when .

A first addition is performed in step 5410. Specifically, the control section (501) sends the control signal C44 to the first addition section (
510), the addition section (510) performs the addition process described above and sets the result in the character final dot position memory tal+ (507).

Therefore, in steps 3401 and 402, it is determined whether the code cc is a format mark code or not, and based on the result of this determination, step 5403 or step S404 is executed. Next, in step S405.406, the column position C in the start dot/position storage section (103) is
ccs or BSDP is set in the area corresponding to P. When Z 3 = 1'', BSDP is set, and when z3≠1, ccs is set.

After that, in step S407.408, the value that may become the start dot position of the font in the next column position to be processed is stored in the current dot position storage unit (508).
If there is a character in the currently processed column position CP, the final dot position of that character is stored in steps 5409 and 410.

FIG. 33 shows a specific configuration of the right claw processing means (600), where (601) is a right claw processing control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, which outputs control signals C51 to C53 based on the processing program. This controls the various parts described below.

1 block dot search unit (602) J...Control signal C
When 51 is input, the contents stored in the area of the start dot position storage section (103) corresponding to the column position signal CP are read out and output. In other words, as is clear from the flowchart in FIG. 21, the column position signal CP when this rounding process is executed indicates the format mark position located at the right end of the processing block, so the above output value is is the starting dot position of such a formatting mark.

"Subtraction unit (603) J... Subtracts the contents of the character final dot position storage unit <507> from the output value from the block end dot search unit (602) based on the control signal C52, and stores the result S. Department (605) /
View. That is, such result S corresponds to m in FIG.

"Start dot position change unit (604) J When the control signal C53 is input, the contents stored in the right-justification start position area (309) from the processing information storage unit (308), that is, the column position RMC where the right dot mark is located, and Read the contents ECC of the end character column position storage section (313) and add the above S to the data of each area in the start dot position storage section (103) corresponding to each column position from (RMC+1) to ECC. .

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing the operation of the cloth tacking processing means (600).

First, in step 5501, the start dot position of the rightmost format mark is searched. Specifically, by outputting the control signal C51, the block end dot search unit (602
).

At 5502, a value s3 corresponding to m shown in FIG. 11 is determined. Specifically, as described above, it is determined by the subtractor (603) based on the control signal C52.

In step 5503, the start dot position is changed. Specifically, as described above, this is executed by the start dot position changing section (604) by outputting the control signal C52.

Therefore, by sequentially executing steps 8501 to 503, the right-click processing is completed.

FIG. 35 shows a specific configuration of the right alignment processing means (700), in which (701) is a right alignment control section consisting of, for example, a microcomputer, and the control section (701) is configured to operate each section described below according to a processing program. The control signal C61~
Controlled by C66. Note that the block end dot search section (701) and subtraction section (702) controlled by control signals C61 and C62 have the same functions as the search section (602) and subtraction section (603) in FIG. 33, respectively. Therefore, the explanation will be omitted. Further, the result S of the subtraction section (703) is set in the subtraction result storage section (704>).

1 determination unit (705) J... By inputting the control signal C63, determines whether the content S of the subtraction result storage unit (704) is '°S>0゛' or 'S≦0゛; The determination result Z4 is output to the control section (701). Specifically, “S”
>0'', "1" is output as the result Z4, and when '°S≦θpa, "o" is output as the result Z4.

"Space counter section (706-...When control signal C64 is input, start character column device storage section (31)
4) Nostart character area (316) (7) Contents SCC and contents Ecc of end character column position storage unit (313)
At the same time, it is determined whether or not a space exists in the area defined by the column positions SCc and ECC by searching the space column storage unit (318), and the result Z5 is read out by the control unit (701). ).

Specifically, "i" when a space exists and "o" when it does not exist are output as the result 25. In addition, the counter section (706) counts and outputs not only the presence or absence of a space but also the number SN thereof. do.

Division by 1 section (707) J...When the control signal C65 is input manually, the content S of the subtraction result storage section (704) is divided by the output value SN of the space counting section (706), and the merchant outputs the remainder B.

"Do / G insertion part (708) J... Control signal C66
When input manually, the start character column position storage section (31
4) The space position existing between the column position 1 sec stored in the start position area (316) and the column position ECC stored in the end character column position storage unit (313) is obtained from the space column storage unit (318). At the same time as searching, the start dot position storage unit (
103).

FIG. 36 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the right alignment processing means (700).

3501.5601 in FIG. 34 in steps 5601 and 602.
Similarly to step S502, a value corresponding to m explained in FIG. 11 is obtained and stored in the subtraction result storage section (704).

In step 8603, it is determined whether the above S is "s>o". Specifically, the determination section (705) performs this by outputting the control signal C63.

In step 5604, it is determined whether the M result Z4 outputted from the determination unit (705) is "Z 4 = 1" or not, and the next processing is performed based on the result of such determination.
Select a knob. That is, when "Z 4 = 1", the process proceeds to step 5605, and otherwise ends.

In step 5605, the presence or absence of spaces and their number are counted. Specifically, when the control signal C64 is output to the space counting section (706), the counting section (706)
06), the processing as described above is executed.

In step S606, it is determined whether or not the result Z5 obtained in the above step is "Z5=1", and the next step to be processed is selected based on the determination result.

That is, when 'Z5=1', the process advances to step 5607, and when Z5≠1', the process ends.

In step S607, division is performed to find the number of dots distributed to each space. Specifically, the division section (707) performs this by outputting the control signal C65.

In step 9608, processing is performed to change the start dot position, which is changed in accordance with the rejected dots when dots are distributed to each space. Specifically, by outputting the control signal C66 to the dot insertion section (708), the dot insertion section (708) is caused to perform the dot insertion.

Therefore, when the final dot position of the final character in the block is determined based on the predetermined font pattern width in steps 5601 to 5604, it is determined whether or not the format mark at the right end of the block has been reached. Naturally, right alignment processing cannot be performed when there is a file, so the processing ends at step 5604. Further, in steps 5605 to 5606, it is determined whether or not there is a space to which the dots should be distributed. If there is no space, such processing cannot be executed, and the process ends in step 8606.

Further S 607. In step S608, dots are distributed to each space as described above.

FIG. 37 shows a specific configuration of the right alignment processing means (800), where (801) is a right alignment control unit consisting of, for example, a microcomputer, and the control unit receives control signals C71-C77 based on a processing program. It outputs and controls the various parts explained below. In addition, the alignment processing means (800
) and the right alignment processing means (700) are substantially the same and have many common parts, so the same parts in Fig. 37 as in Fig. 35 are given the same numbers and their explanation will be omitted.

``Divide section (802>
An operation called S/2'' is performed, and the result S' is set in the division result storage section (803).

The difference from FIG. 35 is that the dividend in the division section (707) is S'.

FIG. 38 is a approach route showing the operation of the alignment processing means (800) to the right.

In this operation, steps 8701 to 5708 are the 36th step.
Since these steps are the same as steps 8601 to 8608 in the figure, a description of steps S701 to S708 will be omitted.

The difference from the flowchart in FIG. 36 is that a step 5709 is provided between the step 5706 and the step knob 8707, and in the step 5709, as described above, the control signal C77 is sent to the divider (802). The value S set in the subtraction result storage unit (704) by giving '
S/2゛ and divide the result S° into the result storage unit (80'3
).

Furthermore, although it has been stated that the 5707 step is the same as the 8607 step, the dividend of the division in the 5707 step is the value S'.

Therefore, 5701-S706. S709. S
707. S 708 sequentially processes the character string based on the predetermined font pattern width.
As shown in FIG. 9A, the output form of the output line can be changed as shown in FIG. 39B.
n, a.

a' indicates the number of dots.

FIG. 40 shows a specific configuration of the zone check means (1100), where (1101) is a zone check control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and the control section outputs control signals C81 to C84 according to a processing program. This controls the various parts described below.

1 block position search unit (1102) ”...Has exactly the same function as the search unit (402> shown in FIG. 22), and when the control signal C-81 is input, the current column position signal CP
The format mark column position storage unit (101) is searched based on the format mark column position storage unit (101), and the column positions CPA and CPB are stored in the start area (1104) and end area (1105) of the block range storage unit (1103), respectively.

"Arithmetic unit (1106) J When the control signal C82 is exhausted, it reads CPA and CPB from the star 1 to area (1104) and end area (1105) of the block range storage unit (1103), respectively," CP B -C
A subtraction process called P A '' is performed and the result CPS is output. That is, the result CPS becomes the number of columns of the block.

1 zone range determination unit (1107) Control signal C83
When input is completed, the zone range ZL is determined and output according to the above CPS. This zone range ZL is a zone range to prevent the space between characters from becoming too wide and aesthetically undesirable when performing right alignment processing and right alignment processing, as described above. If the final character is not located within the above range ZL from the column position of , the aesthetic appearance will be impaired if the above processing is performed.

In this embodiment, the relationship between the above CPS and ZL is as shown in the table below.

1 determination unit (1108),...When the control signal C84 is inputted, the content E of the end character column position storage unit (313)
CC, end area of block range storage (1103) (
1105) based on the content CAB and zone range ZL -
It is determined whether or not C''CA B-E CC<Z L'', and the determination result zC is output to the control section (1101). As the above result zC, “CAB-ECC<ZL
"(7) When "1" is "CAB-ECC≧ZL
”, °0゛ is output respectively.

FIG. 41 is a flowchart showing the operation of the zone check means (1100), and the operation of the zone check means (1100) will be explained based on this broach.

First, in step S801, the column positions CPA and CPB of format marks defining a processing block are searched.

Specifically, the control signal C81 is sent to the block position search unit (11
02).

In step 5802, the CPS is calculated. Such calculation is performed by the calculation unit (110) by outputting the control signal C82.
6).

In steps 5803 to 5809, the above ZL is determined. This is performed by the zone range determination unit (1107) based on the control signal C83. Specifically 8803-580
In step 5, it is determined whether the CPS is suitable for the judgment conditions of each step, and when performing i, 8806-5
808 steps 1 each ZL '1'.

"15", "20°" and S 803-S 80
5.58 if it is not suitable for any of the conditions of 5.
In step 09, ZL is determined to be '25'.

5810~S 812 status 'CAB-ECC<E
It is determined whether or not it is “L”, and the result is set as ZC and the control unit (
1101). Further, such result ZC is outputted to the control section (1101m) in FIG. 15 at step 5813.

Therefore, by sequentially processing steps 5801 to 5813, it is possible to determine whether or not the last character in the processing block is located within the sawn range ZL.

FIG. 42 shows a specific configuration of the pattern image creation means (1000), in which (1001) is a pattern image creation control section consisting of, for example, a microcomputer, and the control section sends control signals C91 to C91 in accordance with the processing block.
C95 is output to control each section described below.

"Column instruction counter (1002) J...Control unit (
1001') are cleared by the reset signal R3, and the content C5C is set to 1 by the count-up signal UP3.
It is a counter that increments by

- "Code reading section (1003), control signal C9
When 1 is input, the contents of the counter (1002) c
The yaw FCC stored in the column position of the corresponding row buffer (<203) is read out and output.

"Font reading unit (1004) J...Control signal C92
When input, the font/turn FP corresponding to the yaw FCC is read out from the pattern storage section <106) and output.

1 start dot position reading unit (1005), - When the control signal C93 is input, the content SD of the column position of the start dot position storage unit (103) represented by C5C
Read and output P.

"Pattern writing section (1006), control signal C94
When is input, the image to the image shown in Figure 8 (
10) The font pattern F is stored in the image storage unit (1007) constituting the font pattern F from the dot position represented by the above SDP.
Write P.

"Discrimination unit (1008) J...When the control signal C95 is input manually, it is determined whether or not the above code CC is a right margin code, and if it is a right margin code," 1
”, otherwise, outputs “0” to the control unit (1001) as the determination result z6.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing the operation of the pattern image creating means (1000), and the operation will be explained below based on the flowchart.

First, in step 5901, the column indicator color/(10
02) is cleared based on the reset signal R3.

In step 5902, the control section (1001) sends a count-up signal UPS to increment the content C8C of the column instruction counter (1002) by one.

In step 5903, code reading is performed. Specifically, this can be done by outputting the control signal C91 to the code reading section (1003).

In step 5904, font reading is performed.

That is, the control signal C92 is applied to the font reading section (1004) to operate the reading section (1004).

At step 5905, by giving the control signal C93 to the start dot position reading section (1005), the C5C
Read out the start dot position SDP corresponding to .

At step 8906, the font pattern F is written by giving the control signal C94 to the pattern writing section (1006).
P is written from the position corresponding to SDP in the image storage unit (1007).

In step 5907, the control signal C95 is sent to the discriminator (10
08), the above-described determination is performed in the determination unit C1008>.

In step 5908, the next step to be processed is selected based on the determination result in step 5907. That is, when "Z6≠1", the process proceeds to step 5902, and when "Z6=1", the process ends.

Therefore, by cyclically processing the loop consisting of steps 8902 to 8908, the code c is sequentially processed from the first column of the row.
At the same time as the font pattern FP corresponding to the yaw FCC is read out, the font pattern FP corresponding to the yaw FCC is sequentially stored from the start dot position SDP of each column in the image storage section (1007). Further, if it is determined in S907.3908 that the code CC is a right margin code, this loop is exited and the process ends.

Next, in order to further facilitate understanding of the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment, a specific example will be explained.

Now, when steps 81 to S3 are executed, the row buffer (
203) stores one line of data as shown in FIG. 44A, and the format mark column position storage section (101) stores the presence or absence of format marks corresponding to each column as shown in FIG. 44C. Assume that it is set. Incidentally, the font pattern width of each font stored in the line buffer (203) is shown in FIG. 44B.

Next, after processing step S4, the first loop consisting of steps 85 to S22 is cycled to obtain row high y 7 y.
The first to fifth columns in (203) are output sequentially,
As shown in FIG. 45A, the start dot position storage section (10
3>, start dot positions can be stored in the first to fifth column positions. Also, since there is a centering mark "'o" in the third column, the first storage area (305) of the centering information storage section (304) contains "'" information, and the second storage area (306) contains "3". are each set.

Therefore, when processing the centering mark "'IO" in the sixth column, the centering process is lost in the SIO storage, and the contents of the start/seventh position storage section (103) are changed as shown in FIG. 45B.

After that, the first loop is circulated again, and when the king processing or the 11th column is reached, the start point position storage unit (103
) is as shown in FIG. 45C.

Also, at this time, the 11th column is an indent mark ``◇'', and the right leg mark ``''' is located at the 8th column position, so the processing starts from step S23 to S24.S.
25. S29. Process step S32 and return to step S4.

When the end of line processing is performed in step S24, the dots in the 9th and 10th columns of the font are subtracted by one, so the start dot position is changed as shown in Figure 45. Also, since the S29 step is shifted to the right, the start throat position is further changed to Fig. 45E.
It is updated as shown below.

Then, when the process proceeds from step S4 to the 12th column to the 20th column, the start dot position storage section (103) becomes as shown in FIG. 45F. Further, if the 20th column has a right margin '<l' and right alignment processing is requested, the processing of such a column will start from step S22.
24. S26. S27. S30. S
The process advances to step S33 via step S32.

In the end-of-line processing at step S24, the position of one dot is changed as shown in FIG.
Since the dot position exceeds the right margin (7) start dot position, the start/knot position cannot be changed without interruption.

In step S33, a pattern image is created based on the start dot position shown in FIG. 45G. The process then returns to step S1.

Incidentally, in the non-implemented case, a plurality of aluminum units and a plurality of functional units controlled by such a control unit were individually installed, but it is also possible to configure these with one micro combi coater.

(f) Effects - According to the present invention, even when using a dot printer, proportional printing is possible, and processing such as right alignment can also be performed.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and modifications can be made without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the processing of English text has been described, but in particular, Japanese text has different character widths such as katakasa and flat kana (sudden sounds, etc.).
It can also be applied to things that include character types.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a word processing sensor, Figs. The figure is a schematic diagram showing the structure of the font pattern of the present invention, FIGS. 8 to 14 are schematic diagrams showing the basic processing form of the present invention, and block diagrams showing examples;
Fig. 27, Fig. 28, Fig. 32, Fig. 34, Fig. 36
38, 41, and 43 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of this embodiment, Section 19, FIG. 20,
Figure 23, Figure 29, Figure 31, Figure 39, Figure 44,
FIG. 45 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation of this embodiment. <103>...Start dot position storage unit, (105
)... Width storage section, (106) - Pattern storage section,
(202) Dexter memory, (400) - Centering processing means, (500) - Start dot position creation means, (600)... Right click processing means, (700)
- Right alignment processing means, (800) - Right alignment processing means, (900)...Line end correction means, (1000) - Pattern image creation means, (1007) - Image storage unit, (11Oo) - Zone check means. Figure 2
Fig. 5 8 Fig. 6 Fig. 3 Fig. 7 Attribute wear percentage diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) The size of the dot matrix 7x varies depending on the type of character/symbol, etc. The first storage means stores the dot width in the horizontal or vertical direction of the dot pattern, and can store at least one line of dot images. Characters, symbols, etc. other than format marks are determined based on the dot width.The dot pattern is written from the dot position in the second storage means, and the dot pattern is written as a format mark. A printing control device characterized in that the dot pattern is written from the dot position in the second storage means determined by the column position of the format mark in one line.