JPS60247578A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain print contents which are ought to be obtained originally when two or more printing papers are arranged sideways by a method in which a printer to print data stored in a memory on a paper is provided and data in an amount exceeding the width of the paper are dividedly printed on the first and second papers in a controlled manner. CONSTITUTION:Printing data are read out of a memory 2 according to indication of an indicator 3 by means of an analyzer 5. The content enough to match the side width of a printing paper is cut out according to print digit numbers stored in a register 4 and printed by a printer 6. The data so cut are registered on a processed result dictionary 5a and then printed by the printer 6 on the basis of analysis of the analyzer 5 on one line of the 2th printing paper according to incidation of the indicator 3 and the dictionary 5a. The processing mentioned above is repeated, and the first and second printing papers so printed are doubled to obtain a printing which are ought to be obtained originally.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing apparatus that divides and prints print content for printing with a limited printing width.

Configuration of the conventional example and its problems When there is printing content that does not fit within the width of the printing paper, for example as shown in Figure 1, in the conventional printing device, it is originally printed in one line as shown in Figure 2. 2 minutes of printed content
There was a problem in that it was printed over more than one line.

Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to divide the printed content of one line onto two or more sheets of printing paper and print the printed content that does not fit within the width of the printing paper. , above 2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing device that can print content that should originally be obtained when more than one sheet of printing paper is arranged side by side.

Structure of the Invention The present invention includes a storage means for holding print data, a printing means for printing the print data held by the storage means on paper,
Print data that does not fit within the width of the paper is printed in the first step. The above object is achieved by providing a control means for controlling the printing means so as to divide and print on the second paper.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a printing apparatus in an embodiment of the present invention.

In Fig. 3, 1 is an input means such as a keyboard;
Enter the information that should be a unit, separating it into lines, such as ``1 Jun Kanno 3-4 Tsurumaki, Tama City'' shown in the figure. Reference numeral 2 denotes a storage means for temporarily storing information inputted from the input means 1 together with an address indicating a row of the information, and is composed of, for example, a RAM. Reference numeral 3 denotes an instruction means for instructing the address of a line to be analyzed by an analysis means, which will be described later, and specifically comprises a counter or the like. Reference numeral 4 denotes a register that stores the number of printing digits (number of printed characters) that can actually be printed per line, and the storage of the number of printing digits is updated according to the paper on which printing is to be performed. Reference numeral 6 denotes an analysis means that reads information corresponding to the address indicated by the instruction means 3 from the storage means 2, and then cuts out the information according to the number of characters corresponding to the number of printing digits indicated by the register 4. Reference numeral 6a denotes a processing result dictionary, which stores addresses of lines in which characters are truncated by cutting out by the analysis means 6 by setting flags or the like. Reference numeral 6 denotes a printing means, which prints out characters that are cut out by the analysis means 6.

The operation of the above configuration will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

(a) First, characters as shown in FIG. 1 are input using the input means 1, and are sequentially stored in the storage means 2 along with their addresses.

(b) The number of printing digits (number of characters to be printed) is set in the register 4 according to the printing paper. This setting may be configured so that the number of printing digits can be input directly from a keyboard or the like, or the setting means 6 etc. can automatically input the number of printing digits according to the size of the paper set in the printing means 6. It may be configured to perform calculations.

(c) Next, the analysis means 5 reads "1 Jun Kanno...Tsurumaki 3-4" in the first line shown in FIG. 1 from the storage means 2 in accordance with the address indicated by the instruction means 3.

b) The character string in the first line is cut out according to the number of printing digits stored in the register 4. As a result, Figure 3a
``1 Jun Kanno'' as shown in Figure 1 is cut out and printed by the printing means 6. At the time of cutting out, the address of the line of the truncated character string is registered in the processing result dictionary 5a.

(E) Below, cut out one page of printing paper in sequence.

Perform printing. That is, by repeating processes (c) and (c), printing up to "1 Jun Kanno" and "5 Yoshimi Okamura" is printed as shown in FIG. 5a.

(to) Next, in the processing, the character string truncated in ), that is, "3-4 Tsurumaki, Tama-ku" in the first line of FIG.
The first line of the first sheet of printing paper is printed by the printing means 6 based on the analysis by the analyzing means 5.

At that time, if the address of "4 Osamu Iwasaki" is unknown and the truncation information is not registered in the processing result dictionary 6a, the analysis means 6
does not issue a print command to the printing means 6, but only sends a line feed command for one line.

(g) By repeating the above process, the printing means 6 prints as shown in FIG. 6.

By pasting together the first and second sheets of printing paper printed through the above process as shown in FIG. 6, a printed matter as shown in FIG. 1 can be obtained.

According to this embodiment, the analysis means 5 is the instruction means 3, the register 4. By cutting out the character string information of each line stored in the storage means 2 according to the information in the processing result dictionary 6a and printing it by the printing means 6, it is possible to finally obtain a printed matter that is easy to see.

In this embodiment, the number of printing digits for the register 4 is set first, but since there are half-stroke characters, planned characters, etc., each time character information is read from the storage means 2, the analysis means 5 sets the number of printing digits for the register 4. , the entire surface, etc. may be considered in the calculation.

Further, in this embodiment, only the printing of up to the second sheet of paper is described, but it goes without saying that printing of three or more sheets can be performed in the same manner.

Further, the information stored in the storage means 2 is not limited to the information inputted from the input means 1, but instead of the input means 1, information processing means such as a personal computer may be used.

Further, the paper in the printing means 6 may be roll paper or caputo paper, and the printing in the printing means 6 is in the horizontal direction.

Alternatively, it may be printed vertically.

As described in detail, the present invention divides the printed content and prints it on the printing paper, so that what should originally be one line is not printed over two or more lines, making it possible to achieve easy-to-read printing. .

[Brief explanation of drawings]

' Fig. 1 is a diagram showing printed content, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing printed content by a conventional printing device, Fig. 3 is a block wiring diagram of a printing device in an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the same. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the apparatus, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the contents printed by the apparatus. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the formation of printed matter by the apparatus. 1...Input means, 2...Storage means, 3.
...instruction means, 4 ... register, 6 ... -
...Analysis means, 5a...Processing result dictionary, 6...
---Printing means. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person No. 1
Figure *Dairiki *Isutomu Book Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5'

Claims (1)

[Claims] a storage means for holding print data; a printing means for printing the print data held by the storage means on a sheet of paper; and a printing means for printing the print data that does not fit within the width of the sheet of paper by dividing it into first and second sheets of paper. and a control means for controlling the printing means.