JPS59221739A - Monitor printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To add a desired blank space to facilitate the confirmation of distributed state of characters by performing the data processing in accordance with a microprocessor and a program memory. CONSTITUTION:A paper tape storing data is loaded to a paper tape reader 1, and ''paper tape reading'' instruction is fed from a keyboard 2. Then a microprocessor 3 reads the data out of the paper tape in response to the paper tape reading instruction and stores the data to a data buffer 5. Then ''monitor print'' instruction is fed from the keyboard 2, and the processor 3 performs the data processing based on the program stored in a program memory 4 and supplies the processed data to a printer 6. That is, an instruction for formation of a blank part over plural lines is detected out of the article data. Then the allotted number of characters to be printed is calculated for each line of the blank part from the detected instruction and the allotted number of characters printed. Based on this calculated number of characters, the character data is extracted out of the above-mentioned article data and then printed with addition of a desired space.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The main issue is the monitor printing method, for more details.

The present invention relates to a monitor printing method suitable for use in printing out article data in which a blank space is provided for placing a heading or cut part in the text.

In a plate-making system using an electronic computer, a monitor (galley print) used for one proofreading operation is created using a monitor printing device. In this case, the monitor printing device does not have a wide range of functions because it is desired to keep costs as low as possible, and conventional devices simply print the character data of the printed matter (hereinafter referred to as "
It was only possible to print sequentially with the same number of characters as the number of characters printed. Tonodame.

If there are blank spaces in the text to accommodate headings, cuts, tables, etc., the content and number of lines on the monitor for the blank areas may not match those of the actual printed matter. This has the disadvantage that it is difficult to check the placement of single characters, press the total number of lines for pagination, etc. To explain this in more detail, 1. In print a, the number of printed characters PN is 40 characters, the total number of lines TLN is 30 lines, the blank space for accompanying headings in the first part of one sentence is 20 characters x 5 lines, and the number of characters for the heading placed here is Assuming that there are 10 characters, the first line L1 to the fifth line I, 5=lH located to the right of the blank area 1) each have 20 characters (of course, if there are 90 characters such as half-width characters, the number of characters increases by that amount). ), 4 from the 6th line L6, respectively.
0 characters are allocated.

(In the figure, the character string is simply shown as a thick solid line.) However, on a conventional monitor C as shown in FIG.
Part of the character string in line L1 and the character string in the second line L2, totaling 4
The letter o.

In addition, a total of 40 characters are allocated to the second line M2 of the monitor C, including a part of the second line L2, the third line L3, and the fourth line L4 of the actual printed material a. Each line L i of print a.

Monitor C with different content and number of lines from L2...
Each row M + , to 42. . . . is formed, resulting in the disadvantages mentioned above, namely, that it is difficult to confirm the character arrangement state and that it is difficult to grasp the total number of lines for pagination.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, and to provide a monitor printing method that can create a monitor that is more similar to the actual printed matter, while being functionally equivalent to the conventional method. The present invention is.

Calculate the number of characters in each line related to the blank part from the number.

The present invention is characterized in that character data corresponding to the calculated number of characters in the line related to the blank section is extracted from the article data, a required space is added to the extracted character data, and the resultant data is supplied to the printer section.

The details of the present invention will be explained below based on illustrated embodiments.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the block configuration of the system of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a paper tape reading device.

This device reads the paper tape on which article data for proofreading is recorded (punched). Reference numeral 2 denotes a keyboard, which is used to input necessary commands and data for starting processing and the like. Reference numeral 3 denotes a microprocessor, which performs various data processes to be described later in accordance with a program stored in a program memory 4. 5 is a data buffer.

It is used to store data read by the paper tape reader 1 and various data required in the process of data processing. 6 is a printer.

It has a print control circuit inside, reads font data from the font memory 7 in accordance with data supplied from the microprocessor 6, and creates a monitor. The font memory 7 stores full-width font data necessary for printing, and the font memory of the CRT display of the kanji input machine and proofing machine is commonly used. 8 is a size table, which stores a table indicating the size of each character (full-width, half-width, etc.).

FIG. 4 shows an example of Cheetah format of paper tape. In the figure, 11 is a start code, indicating that data is recorded from here.

12 is the label section, which is an abbreviation that indicates the content of the article.

The number of lines, one character, two fonts, vertical farewell, and various other information necessary for platemaking are recorded. 13 is the classification code,
It shows the separation between the label section 12 and the next article data section 14. In the article data section 14, character codes indicating article contents are so-called bar materials.

That is, they are continuously recorded at necessary locations along with function codes such as line breaks and font designation codes. 15 is an article data end code.

Listen to the code "2361" (~, left bonezuki half-width et al. 17
I'm asking for the code 822J. Correspondingly, the size table 8 stores the numerical value "1" indicating full-width at the address corresponding to code 2361, and the numerical value 13A indicating half-width at the address corresponding to code 7822.

FIG. 5 shows a recorded example of an instruction for forming a predetermined blank space 2 (for example, a blank space 1 for a companion heading) in a sentence. In the same figure, TF is a heading function code indicating the beginning of the command of the accompanying heading.

SC is a heading format information group that records information regarding the heading format, such as heading font size, font type, and other formats;
LN and CN are the number of lines and characters forming the blank space for heading 7, IC is the heading character placed in the blank space, and E
is a termination code indicating the end of the instruction.

Next, using the article data recorded in this manner, the microprocessor reads the data from the paper tape and stores it in the data buffer 5.

Next, when a "monitor print" command is manually input from the keyboard 2, the microprocessor 3 processes the article data according to the program stored in the program memory 4 and supplies it to the printer 6. The printer 6 creates a monitor as shown in FIG. 7 based on these data.

This process uses several registers and counters. Here, general-purpose registers within the microprocessor 5 are used as these registers and counters. Note that the number of registers differs depending on the type of microprocessor, so if this number is insufficient, a storage area corresponding to the registers is set in the data buffer 5.

The following registers and counters are used. 1 line start address t/jista''...In the real jJ1i+ example, the text data is truncated.

There is a key to recognizing where the data at the beginning of the line to be processed is stored, and when we refer to the corresponding address of the data buffer 5 (hereinafter referred to simply as "address"), we refer to the address of the data buffer 5. is stored in this register. [Check address register]...
- Since the code is judged one code at a time starting from the first data of one line of data, this register stores the address of the data buffer 5 in which the code to be judged is stored. "Character count register": The number of characters in the line to be processed is stored in this register. "Blank line number counter"...The number of lines where a blank space is formed, in the example of Figure 1, the number of lines "5" is stored in this register. 1 character number counter...1 The number of characters from the beginning of the line is added up. 1 line number counter”...
...The number of printed lines is added up. "Size counter" ・
Used to add up character sizes and extract character data for -digits. Is there any way to express the size? In this case, the full-width font size is 11", and 2-byte, 3-minute, 4-byte characters are used.
Minutes of arc,...all 3A, 3A, %,...
It will be expressed as...

Following the storage of data into the data buffer 5, initial settings are made to each of the registers and counters.

That is, first, the address of the data buffer 5 containing the first data of the article data 14 is set in the line start address register and check address register. The print character count PN specified in the label section 12 is set in the character count register. If you want to change the number of characters, enter the new number from the keyboard and it will be stored in the register. The number of lines LN mentioned above is set in the blank line number register.

Further, "10" is set in the character number counter and size counter, and "1" is set in the two line number counter.

Next, the microprocessor 3 extracts data line by line in the procedure shown in FIG.

This process is roughly divided into extraction of one digit worth of character data for a line in which a blank part 1) is formed, and processing for a normal character-filled line without a blank part 1]. Here, we will take as an example the processing of article data in which a blank space 1 as shown in FIG. 1 is formed.

First, the article data at the address in the data buffer 5 specified by the check address register is checked. 1st
In the printed matter a as shown in the figure, the beginning of this article data is the heading function code TI". Therefore, in step 211 of FIG. It is done. That is, the fifth
The number of blank characters CN is read out from the series of command data shown in the figure, and this is subtracted from the number of characters already set in the character number register 1) N, and the contents of the character number register 2 are as shown in Figure 1. This is the number of characters in one line L1. Then proceed to step 26.

Similarly, the number of blank lines LN is read from the data of the instruction to be formed (blank section 1), and this is set in the blank line number register, and the process proceeds to the next step 24. Here, index character data IC is similarly read out of the command data and supplied to printer B. In response to this data supply, the printer 6 reads each font related to the character data from the font memory 7, and prints the title character block C on the paper 51 as shown in FIG. (Also, the character string is simply shown as a solid line.) Then, the process proceeds to step 25, where the address of the article data following the end code E of the instruction forming the blank section is set in the check address register, and the process returns to step 21.

The article following this blank space formation instruction code
If ``Yu'' is a character code, then in step 21, ``Is it TF?'', the answer is 4, and the answer is j-no, so is it a one-character code in step 26? ”, the answer is “yes” and the process proceeds to step 27. In step 27, add 1 to the character counter and proceed to step 2.
Proceed to step 8. In step 28, the size of the character code.

For example, the character size such as 1-IJ for full-width characters and ERA for half-width characters is read from the size table 8, this is added to the size counter, and the process proceeds to step 29. In step 29, the integrated value of the size counter is compared with the set value of the character filling counter, thereby checking whether character data extraction for one line has been completed.

In the example taken from JC, the character size corresponding to the character code is only added in the previous step 28, and the answer in step 29 is "no". Therefore, proceed to step 30 and set the check address counter to 1-.
1'' is added and the process returns to step 21 to repeat the same operation. In addition, if there is a function code such as font change in the process of this repetition, step 21 "T
Is it F? ”, Step 26 [Character code ka? -] and step 31 ``Is it an article end code?'', the answer is 1-no, respectively, and in the first step 30, 1 is simply added to the check address register, and these functions are read out.

After repeating this process, when the integrated value of the size counter reaches the number of characters, step 29 "Has the number of characters been reached?"
” becomes YES, which means that the character data included in the first line L1 of FIG. 1 has been read out. As a result, step 62
The contents of the blank line number register are checked.

In this register, the number of lines LN is set in step 23, which is set to ``5,'' so the answer to step 32 is 1 no. Therefore, the process goes to step 36, where the blank line number counter is set. 1 is subtracted.At this point, the content of the blank line number counter after the subtraction is id4, and in the next step 34L, ``Is the blank line number 0?'', the answer is ``no''.

The number of lines set in the line number counter in step 35 is 11.
'', the same space as the number of characters LN stored in the empty internal character count register, that is, the space for 20 characters in the example taken here, and the character data of the first line L1 in Figure 1, that is, stored in the line start address register. The character data from the address book to the address of the check address register used in step 55 is supplied to the printer 6, and then a one-line print command is supplied to the printer B. In response to this command, the printer 6 prints one line while reading the font data corresponding to the character code from the font memory 7, as shown in FIG.

Line number “1J, space S for 20 characters indicated by the two-dot chain line
1 and the first line of character data L1 are printed. When this process is completed, the process proceeds to step 36, where "1" is added to the 1 line number counter, and step 60
1 is added to the check address and the first step is 21.
Returning to step 1, the character data of each line is sequentially extracted and printed in the same manner starting from the second line L2 of printed material a. Then, extract the character data of the fifth line L5.

During the printing process, if the answer to step 64 "Is the number of blank lines 0?" is "yes", the process goes to step 57, where the normal number of characters PN (in this example, 4) is entered again in the 2-character number register.
0 character) is set.

As a result, the number of data in one line sentence from the sixth line L6 is extracted based on this number of characters P N , and if there is no blank space, the answer to step 32 is "yes", so step 68
Then, the character data for one line and the line number are supplied to the printer 6. Note that, of course, no spaces are added in areas where there is no blank space 1].

In this way, data is sequentially extracted and printed line by line, and when the address with the last article end code 15 is reached, step 21. Proceeding from step 26 to step 31, the answer to ``Is it an article end code?'' is checked, ``Is the answer ``Yes J'' and the second step 391 character counter is O?''. If the answer to this is [no], the small letters ¥-yu remain before the article end code 15. Therefore, in the next step 40, the line number and this data are supplied to the printer 6, and then the data processing is ended. When the number of characters is rQJ, the process ends without going to step 40.

In this way, a monitor printer as shown in FIG. 7 is created.

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to create a monitor with the same new content and the same number of lines as the actual printed matter, although it has the same essential functions as the conventional one, making proofreading work more efficient. You will get it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a line diagram showing an example of printed matter with blank spaces formed in the text, Fig. 2 is a line diagram showing an example of a conventional monitor, and Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the monitor printing method of the present invention. figure,
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of article data recorded on paper tape, Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a command to create a blank space, and Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of data processing by the present ψj method. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a monitor produced by the method of the present invention. 6 ・・・・・・・・・Printer section, b・・・・・・
・ Blank area. P N・・・・・・Number of printed characters. Patent applicant Pentel Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A blank thermoforming command extending over a plurality of lines is detected from article data, and the number of characters in each line related to the blank portion is calculated from the detected command and the number of characters to be printed. Monitor printing characterized in that character data corresponding to the calculated number of characters in a line related to the blank area is extracted from the article data, a required space is added to the extracted character data, and the result is supplied to a printer unit. method.