JPS6172571A - Document processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to again print the same document in the same mode, by providing a printing position indication means for indicating a printing character and an indicated printing position memory means for storing the printing position indicated by said means to a document forming apparatus for forming a document by printing characters. CONSTITUTION:For example, in a Japanese electronic typewriter, a printing position indication code setting key 16 indicates the setting of the printing position indication mode respectively using carsor moving keys 12-16 as printing position indication keys as printing position indication means. That is, when a printing position indication mode is set by this printing position indication mode setting key 16, the carsor left (right) moving key 12 indicates the movement of a carriage in an one figure left (right) direction as a carriage left (right) moving key. A carsor upper (lower) moving key 14 indicates the (back) line feed (paper feed) corresponding to one line of printing paper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to a document processing device having a single document creation function.

In general, when creating documents using various document processing devices such as electronic typewriters with memory or electronic typewriters with memory and display, the operator moves the printer's print head left and right to the printing start position by operating keys. , the document is printed by manually inputting the text data at that position.

In this case, 1 the created document is stored and retained in a text memory etc. 5, but the information regarding the printing start position of the document is not retained 6. Therefore, when printing the same document again, the printing start position specified at the time of previous creation is Printing does not occur from certain positions.

Since it is not possible to print in the format intended by the operator, there is an inconvenience that the document must be created and printed while moving the printer head again.

Purpose This invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to improve the operability of a single document printing operation.

Structure In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a print position specifying means for specifying a print position, and a designated print position storage means for storing the print position specified by the print position finger/foot means. .

Hereinafter, a detailed explanation will be given based on one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In this document processing apparatus, when a print position is designated by the print position designation means A, the print position designated by the print position designation means A is stored and held in the designated print position storage means B.

Therefore, when the print control unit C receives a command to print the text at that time, the print control unit C controls the printing bag [IE] by printing the text read from the text storage unit according to the specified print position information stored in the specified print position storage means. and print.

Accordingly, when printing a plurality of documents in the same format, the same format can be printed without specifying the print position and creating the document each time, thereby improving the operability of the printing operation.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an example of a Japanese electronic typewriter embodying the present invention.

This electronic typewriter includes a keyboard 1 for inputting various character information and control information, and a display device 2 consisting of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or an LED display for displaying text (documents) etc. input by the keyboard 1. and a type wheel type printer 3 which is a printing device for printing text and the like.

The display device 2 includes, for example, a display area for the entire line;
It may have any display area, such as a display area for a portion of one line (for example, 16 to 23 characters) or a display area for two or more lines. Here, it is assumed that the display area has multiple lines.

This electronic typewriter also has a character scale of 5. A volume 6 for adjusting the brightness of the display 2 is provided.

Further, the printer B is equipped with a paper guide 8 equipped with a paper edge guide 7 for guiding the left end of the printing paper to be inserted.

Inside the paper guide 8, there is a position detector (not shown) that outputs binary code position data corresponding to the moving position of the paper edge guide 7. can determine the location of

Here, among the various keys arranged on the keyboard 1, only the main keys related to the present invention will be explained.

The A/N key group 11 consists of various keys for inputting character/graphic information displayed on each key top.

Move cursor left (←) key 12. Move cursor right (→)
Key 13. The cursor up (↑) key 14 and the cursor up (↓) key 15 move the cursor on the display device 2 one digit left and right and one line up and down, respectively.

The print position designation mode setting key 16 instructs setting of a print position designation mode in which each of the cursor keys 12 to 15 is used as a print position designation key as a print position designation means.

That is, when the print position designation mode is set by the print position designation mode setting key 16, the cursor left movement key 12 is used as a carriage left movement key to instruct the carriage to move one digit to the left, and the cursor right movement key Reference numeral 13 is a carriage right movement key that instructs the carriage to move one digit to the right.

Further, the cursor up movement key 14 is used as a paper feed key to instruct the line feed (paper feed) of the printing paper by one line, and the cursor up movement key 15 is used as the one paper return key to instruct the backline feed (paper feeding) of the printing paper by one line. (Return the paper).

The key used as the print position specification key is:

The keys are not limited to the ones mentioned above, and can be determined depending on the electronic typewriter used.Carriage left/right movement 2
It is also possible to provide keys dedicated to paper feed and paper return, and the space key and backspace key can be used as carriage left and right movement keys, and the index key and reverse index key can be used as paper feed and paper return keys.

The automatic position designation print mode setting/cancellation key 17 is.

Instructs to set/cancel automatic position designation printing mode, which will be described later.

The print key 1st instructs to print out text.

Note that the functions of other various function keys will be described to the extent necessary in the operation description that will be described later.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are a schematic plan view and a front view showing an example of the mechanical part of printer B.

In this mechanical section, a platen 42 is rotatably mounted between frames 41 and 41, which wraps and feeds paper to be printed.

This platen 42 is moved by a motor gear 44. An idle gear 45, an idle gear 46 and a gear 47 which move together with the idle gear 45 are driven by an intermediate drive to automatically feed the paper.

Further, manual operation knobs 48, 48 are fixed to both ends of the platen 42, and by turning the knobs 48, 48, paper can be manually loaded or removed.

Further, in front of this platen 42, a pail roller 53 is provided.
The paper pail 54 equipped with the paper pail 54 is urged toward the platen 42 and is swingably disposed.

On the other hand, a carriage 57 is mounted on the rod 55 and rod S6 fixed between the frames 41 and 41 so as to be movable in parallel with the platen 42 in its axial direction.

This carriage 57 has a cassette type type wheel 58.
A selection motor 5S consisting of a stepping motor equipped with a printing hammer 60 for hitting the type on the type wheel 58, a ribbon cartridge 62 loaded with an ink ribbon S1, etc. are provided.

Further, on the front side of this carriage 57, a transparent paper guide 6 is provided for guiding the paper to the platen 42 when inserting the paper.
4 is installed, and carriage 57 is installed when paper is automatically inserted.
is moved to a substantially central position and the printing paper is guided by the paper guide 64.

Furthermore, this carriage 57 includes, although not shown,
A collection tape such as a peel-off tape or an overcoat tape is provided, and a collection mechanism is provided which swings the collection tape to an impact position by a printing hammer 60 during collection and feeds the collection tape by this swing.

A space motor 67 consisting of a stepping motor is attached to the subframe 6th, and a space gear 68 is attached to the rotating shaft of this space motor 67.

Also, on both sides of the subframe 66, 66'.

A pulley 71 integrally formed with a gear 70 that meshes with a space gear 68 of a space motor 67 is rotatably mounted, and a guide pulley 72 is rotatably mounted.

Then, a space wire 73 is stretched between these pulleys 71 and guide pulleys 72, and this space wire 73
The end of the space motor 6 is fixed to the carriage 57.
7 moves the carriage 57 parallel to the platen 42.

In addition, the selection motor 59 and the space motor 67
may be configured with a servo motor, or may be configured with a stepping motor and may be controlled in a closed manner using an encoder (open control in this embodiment).

Next, a ribbon lift mechanism including a collection mechanism mounted on the carriage 57 will be explained with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.

First, the ribbon holder 80 to which the ribbon cassette 62 is attached
is swingably mounted on a carrier frame (not shown) constituting the carriage 57 via a mounting shaft 81.

And, in the middle of one side of this ribbon holder 80.

An engaging piece 82 is formed by integrally forming a first engaging claw 83 and a second engaging claw 84 extending in parallel in the horizontal direction.

Further, a reel 87 is rotatably mounted on the front upper surface of the ribbon holder 80 (a position below the ribbon cassette 62), and a collection tape 87 is loaded therein.
The collection tape 86 pulled out from the guide roller 8
8 to the other reel (not shown), and is stretched between the platen 42 and the type wheel 58 in the axial direction of the platen 42.

On the other hand, a first solenoid S1 and a second solenoid 92 are installed at the lower middle of the ribbon holder 80 for each plunger 9.
1a and 92a are arranged facing upward.

One end of an abbreviated arm S4, which is swingably supported by a support shaft 93 on a carrier frame, is attached to the plunger 92a of the second solenoid S2 by engagement with an elongated hole and a pin.

Further, a bent portion S5 is formed at the other end of the arm 94. Note that the support shaft S3 and bending portion S5 of this arm 94 are connected to the first and second engaging claws 83 and 83 of the ribbon holder 80, respectively.
84.

Next, to explain the operation of this ribbon lift mechanism, first, when neither the first solenoid 91 nor the second solenoid S2 is operating, each plunger 91a,
92a are both pulled down and the ribbon holder 8
0 is held at the position shown in FIG. 5 (first position).

Therefore, at this time, both the ink ribbon 61 and the collection tape 86 are located below the type 58a of the type wheel 58, and the printing state and correction state of the paper set on the platen 42 can be checked.

Then, by activating the first solenoid S1 from this state, the plunger 91a rises, the ribbon holder 80 swings counterclockwise in the figure, and the second engaging pawl 84 as shown in FIG. is held at a position (second position) where it engages with bent portion S5 of arm S4.

Therefore, at this time, since the ink ribbon 61 faces the type characters 58a of the type wheel 58, printing can be performed.

Furthermore, when both the first solenoid S1 and the second solenoid 92 are actuated, the respective plungers 91a and 92 rise, and the ribbon holder 80 further swings counterclockwise.
As shown in FIG. 7, the first engaging claw 83 is held at a position (third position) where it engages with the support shaft S3 of the arm 94.

Therefore, at this time, since the correction tape 86 faces the type characters 58a of the type wheel 58, corrections can be made.

In this way, by also operating the first solenoid 91 when changing from the standby state (first position) shown in FIG. 5 to the collection state (third position), the second solenoid 92 can be made smaller as shown in FIG. Ru.

Furthermore, in this case, hunting of the cassette holder 80 can be quickly suppressed by slightly delaying the activation timing of the second solenoid S2 rather than the activation timing of the first solenoid S1.

Note that the collection tape 86 is retracted by a predetermined amount by a latch mechanism when the ribbon holder 80 swings, but this point is omitted from illustration.

Figure S shows the paper guide 6 provided at the front end of the carriage 57.
4 is a schematic front view of FIG.

This paper guide 64 has through holes 6 through which the characters of the character wheel 58 impacted by the printing hammer 60 pass.
4a is formed, and the position of this through hole 64a corresponds to the impact position.

A mark M indicating the impact position by the printing hammer 60 is attached around the through hole 64a.

This mark M is added for the purpose of paper alignment, because if a document for which one position is specified is to be printed at the same position, the paper must be set in the same state.

Note that in this example, the paper guide 64 is not displaced by the ribbon lift operation described above.

When the mark M is displaced, the position where the mark M is attached may be changed accordingly, and the mark M may be attached at a position as shown in FIG. S, for example.

In addition, if such a paper guide S4 is not provided, or if the paper guide comes off the impact position due to ribbon lift operation, the paper guide shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, a mark M may be attached to the printer head PH by pasting a notch.

By performing such treatment, reproducibility is improved. However, even without such measures, it is possible to obtain a considerable degree of reproducibility, although the reproducibility is slightly inferior, simply by operating the platen 42 and moving the carriage by key operations.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the control section of this electronic typewriter.

This ETW control unit 100 includes a CPU and a ROM.

A microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as "microcomputer") 101 consisting of a RAM and the like controls the entire electronic typewriter based on a program stored in an internal ROM.

A dictionary for kana-to-kanji conversion is stored in the dictionary memory 102, and kana characters entered manually are converted into kanji data by accessing the dictionary memory 102 according to predetermined rules.

The text memory 103 stores created text (document)
Store.

The designated print position memory 104 is designated print position storage means and stores the designated print position.

The ETW control unit 100 also serves as a buffer memory that controls data input from the keyboard 1 and data transfer from the ETW control unit 100 to lighting control data for LEDs provided on predetermined keys of each key on the keyboard 1. Keyboard interface 106 and display (display device) 2
a display controller 107 that controls the display of
It also includes a printer interface 108 for exchanging print data, ready signals, etc. with the printer 3.

Furthermore, this ETW control section 100 is equipped with a floppy disk drive (FDD) controller 10, to which a floppy disk device 110 (not shown in FIG. A cassette tape recorder can also be used as a device.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing the control section of the printer 3.

In this printer control section, the mask control circuit 112 is composed of a microcomputer system, etc.
Each unit is controlled based on various data such as type code data (type information), space (carriage movement amount) data, line feed data, etc. transferred from the control unit 100, and a busy signal from each control circuit described later.

In other words, this mask control circuit 112 uses line feed data LFD indicating the amount and direction of rotation of the platen 42.
, space data SPD indicating the amount and direction of movement of the carriage 57, printing pressure data HMD indicating driving of the print hammer 60, ribbon feed data RBD indicating feeding of the ink ribbon 61, amount and direction of rotation of the type wheel 58. It outputs selection data 5ELD, etc. indicating the information, and controls each section.

The line feed control circuit 113 is the mask control circuit 11
Based on the line feed data LFD from 2, a drive pulse is output to the line feed driver 114 to drive and control the line feed motor 43 to rotate the platen 42 by the required amount in the required direction, and to control the mask control circuit 112. outputs a line feed busy signal LFB.

The space control circuit 115 controls the space driver 1 based on the space data SPD from the mask control circuit 112.
16 to drive and control the space motor 67 to move the carriage S7 a required amount in a required direction, and output a space busy signal SPB to the mask control circuit 112.

The hammer control circuit 117 outputs a drive pulse to the hammer driver 118 based on the printing pressure data HMD from the mask control circuit 112 to drive the hammer magnet 60A constituting the printing hammer 60. 58 with a required printing pressure, and outputs a hammer busy signal HMB to the mask control circuit 112.

The ribbon control circuit 110 controls the ribbon driver 1 according to the ribbon feet data RBD from the mask control circuit 112.
A drive pulse is output to 11 to drive and control the ribbon feed motor 112 to feed the ink ribbon 61 by the required amount.

The selection control circuit 113 is the mask control circuit 112
Based on selection data 5ELD from , a drive pulse is output to the selection driver 114 to control the selection motor 59t-1m,
is rotated by the required amount in the required direction to position the printed characters to be hit by the printing hammer 60, and at the same time sends a selection busy signal 5ELB to the mask control circuit 112.
Output.

Furthermore, when the collection instruction data is input from the ETW control unit 100, the mask control circuit 112 outputs a drive pulse to the ribbon lift driver 125 to activate the first solenoid S1d and the second solenoid S2, respectively, at predetermined timings. The drive is controlled to position the collection tape 86 at the impact position by the printing hammer 60.

Note that, as described above, the first solenoid S1 is similarly driven and controlled to position the ink ribbon 61 at the impact position by the printing hammer 60.

FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram of main parts of the ETW control section 100.

The next process determining unit 130 determines the key data input from the keyboard 1 and determines the next process to be performed.
Commands are given to each part according to the determined processing.

' The character string human power section 1mi1 takes in the character data COD from the input data from the primary process determination section 130.

If necessary, the information is output as character string data CGE.

The text editing section 132 takes in the character string data CGE from the one-character string input section 131 as text data, and also inputs it into the floppy disk device 110 or the text memory 10.
The text data TEDt from 3 is read out and sequentially edited, and the result of 1 editing is stored as text data TED in the text memory 103 or floppy disk M [1110
Store in.

The printer control unit 133 takes in line/column information RCD, etc. from the primary process determining unit 130, control command PCD from the position designation control unit 134, which will be described later, and position designation information PSD from the position designation information table 135, and processes them. Depending on the result, control information SLD for horizontal movement of the carriage of the printer B, paper feed 2 paper return, etc. is output.

The position designation control unit 134 selects information regarding position designation (position II) from the input data IND from the next process determination unit 130.
Extract specified mode setting information, carriage left/right movement information (1 paper feed/paper return information).

Printer control unit 1! At the same time, this position designation control unit 134 extracts line/column information RCD based on the information regarding the position designation, and outputs the control command PCD to +3. Transfer to.

The position designation information table 1'55 is stored in the position designation control section 13.
The line/column information RCD sent from 4 is converted into position specification information PSD.
It is stored in the designated print position memory 104 as .

Further, the position designation information table 1!15 can be stored in the floppy disk device 110 as needed.
SD is stored, and the stored position designation information PSD is read out.

This position designation information table 135 is as follows.

The stored position designation information PSD is output as necessary.

The print format creation unit 1'56 creates a printing format PRF by referring to the position designation information PSD from the 1-position designation information table 135.

The print data creation section 137 combines the text data TED from the text editing section 1'52 and the print format creation section 1.
Print data PRD is created based on the print format PRF from 36 and output to the printer 3.

Further, when the print data creation unit 137 reads designated print position search information indicating that there is a position designation from the text data, it accesses the position designation information table 135 in accordance with the designated print position search information.

The current mode determining unit 138 determines the current mode based on the input data END from the secondary process determining unit 130, and outputs mode setting information MSD as necessary.

Mode setting section 1! +9 sets a mode according to the mode setting information MSD from the current mode determining unit 138 and outputs guidance information GSD.

The display data creation unit 140 creates display data DSD based on the text data TED from the text editing unit 132 and the guidance information GSD from the mode setting unit 139.
is created and output to the display device 2.

Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIG. 15 and subsequent figures.

First, the print position designation process will be explained with reference to FIG.

When there is a key input from the keyboard 1, the ETW control unit 100 converts the key input data IND into character data COD.
If it is determined whether or not one character data has been input, the text editing section 132 performs text (document) editing processing.

On the other hand, if the input data IND is not character data COD, it is determined whether it is print position designation data (information regarding designation of a print position).

In this determination process, it is determined whether or not the print position designation mode is set by the print position designation mode setting key 16 by checking a flag that is set in a process (not shown) when setting the mode. When it is set, it is determined whether the input data IND is print position designation data by pressing down the cursor keys 12 to 15.

If the input data IND is a print position designation data, it is the cursor left movement key (carriage left movement key) 12. Cursor right movement key (carriage right movement key) 13 is pressed to determine whether the data is carriage left/right movement data.

At this time, if the input data IND is carriage left/right movement data, the 1-position designation control section 134 transfers the carriage movement control information PCD to the printer control section 133.

As a result, the printer control unit 133 transfers the carriage movement data to the printer 3 and moves the print hammer So (hereinafter also referred to as "printer head") of the printer 3 to 1.
Move to the left or right by the specified number of digits.

Thereafter, the 1-position designation control unit 134 transfers Pa information, which is position designation information indicating the designated position of the printer head at that time, to the position designation information table 135 (designated print position memory 10
4).

In addition, if the input data IND is not carriage left/right movement data, that is, the cursor up movement key (paper feed key) 1
4 or paper feed/return data by pressing the cursor up movement key (paper return key) 15, the 1 position designation control unit 134 sends the line feed control information to the printer control unit 1.
Transfer to 33.

Thereby, the printer control unit 133 transfers the line feet data to the printer B.

Move the platen 42 of printer B one line in the specified upward direction (
line feed) or downward (battery).

feed) to feed the paper one line upward or downward.

Thereafter, the 1-position designation control unit 134 transfers line information, which is position designation information indicating the designated position of the printer head at that time, to the position designation information table 135 (designated print position memory 104).
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Note that the position designation control unit 134 updates the write address of the position designation information when the final printing position is designated.

In other words, while print position designation data is continuously input, the contents of the same predetermined designated position storage address are updated according to the input data, and when data other than print position designation data is input, The input result of the print position designation data before the data input is determined to be the final print position designation, and the position information storage address is updated to the next address.

Further, when the final printing position is specified, the text 1 editing unit 1'52 writes specified printing position search data indicating that the printing position is specified at the corresponding position of the text as text data.

Furthermore, when the cursor key is used as a print position designation key as in this embodiment, when the print position designation mode is set, the display area (for example, the guidance display area) of the display device 2 is displayed as shown in FIG. 16, for example. As shown in , information indicating the display of the cursor keys and the contents of the corresponding print position specification, as well as information indicating the cancellation of the print position specification mode (
By displaying the number "9" in the example, the operability of the printing position designation operation is improved.

When such a guidance display area does not exist, the text display area is used, and when the print position specification mode is set, the guidance is displayed in the text display area, and when inputting text after the print position is specified, the print position specification mode is used. By performing an operation to cancel the print position, the operability of the print position designation operation can be similarly improved.

Next, this process will be specifically explained with reference to FIGS. 17 to 23.

First, the printing paper may be a blank paper, but here, for example, as shown in FIG. This section describes the case where items are printed later.

When printing on this pre-printed material, the paper is set in the printer using, for example, an automatic paper setting mechanism, and then, as shown in FIG. While looking at the mark M (see FIGS. 8 and 9) on the paper guide 64 of the carriage 57, align the printer head PH to the position of the already printed character ``1'', for example.

In this case, the printer head PH may be aligned to the position of the first column, but it is easier to align by targeting the characters that have already been printed.
Therefore, in order to improve the reproducibility when printing a document of the same format again, the above-mentioned method is used. Therefore, how to align the paper and the printer head is not limited to the above example.

Therefore, first, in order to print the name and designate the printing position of the name field, the print position designation mode setting key 16 is depressed to set the print position designation mode.

And 1 For example, cursor up movement key (paper feed key) 14
After pressing down n times to move the printer head PH to the row position of the name column as shown in FIG. 1S.

Press cursor right movement key (carriage right movement key) 13 to m
Press down twice to move the printer head to the first printing digit position in the name column as shown in FIG.

After that, by operating the character keys on the keyboard and inputting, for example, "Koharu Iyo" (the "[" is for explanatory purposes only and should not be entered) as a name, and then pressing the print key 18, the screen shown in FIG. 21 is displayed. As shown, "Koji Iyo" is printed in the name field.

At this time, the position designation control unit 134 takes in sequentially input print position designation data and stores it in the position designation information table 135 (designated print position memory 104).

In this case, the paper is fed n lines from the position of the character "out" on the printing paper (this is called the "reference position").

Since data other than the print position designation data was input after the carriage was moved to the right by m digits, the position at that time becomes the first designated print position in the name column.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 23, the text editing unit 132 first stores the designated print position search data "@" in the text memory 103 that stores this document, and then stores the text that is input next. Stores the data of a certain "Koji Iyo".

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 24, the designated position information table 135 includes identification data "■" indicating that the final first designated print position is stored, and the first designated print position. Line information that is specified position information indicating (relative position to reference position).

"rn row m digit" is stored as digit information.

At this time, since the reference position is not the first row, first digit, the first row information and the first digit information include the direction with respect to the reference position.

That is, it includes information indicating whether it is a space or a backspace, a line feed or a backline feed, and information indicating the number of 1-digit lines.

However, if the first column of the first row is used as the reference position, the two-digit line information such as 9 may simply be information indicating the one-digit number of lines.

Similarly, move the printer head to the print start position in the business trip destination column (this position is the relative position r s fTt digit), enter "San Francisco" as the business trip destination, and instruct printing. As shown in Figure 22, "San Francisco" is printed in the business trip destination column.

At this time as well, text memory 03 contains the second
The specified print position search data "@" followed by the text data "San Francisco" are stored, and the specified position information table 135 contains the identification data "■" indicating that it is the 21st specified print position data and the specified position. The row information 2-digit information r s 5 digit is stored.

In the same way, move the printer head to the printing start position (
Move this position to the relative position "X row, y column"),
By inputting "United States of America" as the country name and instructing printing, "United States of America" is printed in the country name column as shown in FIG.

At this time as well, the text memory 103 contains the third
The th designated print position search data "■" and the following text data "United States of America" are stored, and the 1st position designation information table 135 contains the identification data "■" indicating that it is the third designated print position data and the designated position. Two-digit row information "X row, y digit" is stored.

In this way, the second
As shown in Figure 2, predetermined items are filled in and printed.

Then, the data stored in the text memory 103 regarding the document created as a result becomes as shown in FIG.
The stored data of 04) is as shown in FIG. Note that each of these data is stored in a text file and a position specification information file in an external storage device as necessary. In FIG. 23, "NO" is data meaning a carriage return (line feed).

In this way, information regarding one created document is classified into text information and print position designation information, and is stored in the text memory 103 and the designated print position memory 104 (position designation information table 1
35) etc., the printing process of the 6th order 1 created document will be explained with reference to FIG.

When the print key 18 is pressed, the ETW control unit 100 starts executing the print process and puts the key into a standby state.

Then, if there is key manual power, it is determined whether or not the automatic position designation print mode setting data is obtained by pressing the automatic position designation print mode setting/cancellation key 17.

If it is automatic position designation print mode setting data, set it to automatic position designation print mode.

At this time, the guidance area of 1 display device 2, etc.

As shown in FIG. 26, guidance for key operations in the automatic position designation print mode is displayed.

On the other hand, if the automatic position designation printing mode setting/cancellation key 17 is not pressed, that is, when a predetermined key indicating that the automatic position designation printing mode is not set is pressed, the data from the text memory 103 is Performs text data (text information) import processing and determines whether text data is available.

At this time, if there is text data, the position designation information of the text data is loaded into the position designation information table 135.

Next, the print data creation unit 137 reads the text data and converts the text data into the print position designation search data "
@” is checked to determine whether a position is specified.

At this time, the text data is the designated print position search data "
@”, the print format creation unit 136 creates a print format, and the print data creation unit 137
Create print data and print it out.

On the other hand, if 1 position is specified, that is, the read text data is the specified print position search data "@J in
The print data creation unit 135 determines whether the designated print position search data "■" is the designated print position search data "@" or not.

The address of the position designation information in the position designation information table 1'55 corresponding to that number is accessed, the corresponding position designation information PSD is read out from the position designation information table 135, and the printer control unit 1! Transfer to +3.

Thereby, the printer control unit 133 determines whether or not the position designation information includes digit information, and moves the printer head leftward or rightward to the position indicated by the digit information.

After that, or if there is no digit information, it is determined whether or not there is line information in the position designation information, and if there is line information, the paper is fed upward or downward.

Then, with the printer head moved to a predetermined printing designated position in this manner, the printing operation is stopped and the printer enters a state of waiting for human input from the keys.

Here, if there is a key input using a key (for example, a line feed key) that instructs printing to continue.

The text data from the designated print position search data "O" at that time to the designated print position search data "@" is read out and printed in a predetermined format.

Then, it is checked again in the same way to see what number of designated print position search data "@" the designated print position search data "r■" as text data read out is, and the corresponding position designation information is read out, and the printer head is It performs processing to move to the designated position and enters a state where it is waiting for key power.

On the other hand, if the key input when the printer is stopped is a numeric key, it is determined whether or not the automatic position designation print mode is currently set, and if the automatic position designation print mode is set, Extracts the position designation information of the number corresponding to the input number, moves the printer head to the print position specified by the position designation information, and
The key is placed in a state where it is waiting for human power.

Furthermore, if the data entered while the key is waiting for human input is text creation data such as character data, the above-mentioned first
Return to the process shown in Figure 5 and perform the text editing process,
At the same time, the text is printed.

Furthermore, if the data input while waiting for manual input is information related to print position designation, the process returns to the process shown in FIG. 15 and print position designation processing is performed in this case as well.

Next, this printing process will be described using as an example the case of printing on the pre-printed material shown in FIG. 17 mentioned above.

First, when printing on this paper, set the paper with the printer head aligned with the low print character "out", as in the case described above.

If you do not want to set the automatic position designation print mode, press the print key 18 and then press the key that does not set the automatic position designation print mode.Although not shown in FIG. (file name), etc., and specify the text to be printed. This is similar to a normal electronic typewriter.

As a result, this time the 22nd r! If a document as shown in A is to be printed, the first data of the text data of this document shown in FIG. 23 is read out.

This data is the first designated print position search data "@"
Therefore, from the position designation information table shown in FIG. 24, the position designation information rn row m digit in column (2) is read out.

As a result, the printer head is moved to the relative position rn row m column relative to the reference position, that is, the printing start position of the name column, and the printer is brought to a halt.

Here, by pressing the line feed key as the print continuation key, the first specified print position search data of the text "
``Koji Iyo'', which is the text data from ``@'' to the second designated print position search data ``@J,'' is printed.

After that, the printer head is moved to the printing start position in the business trip destination field, and the line feed key is pressed to select [San Francisco].
is printed, and the printer head is moved to the printing start position in the country name column. Similarly, the line feed key is used to print "United States of America", and as a result, the same document as shown in FIG. 22 is printed.

For example, if you want to change the name in the name field to another name, such as "Nori Usui," and print it, press the key to change the name to another name, such as "Nori Usui," and print it as character data with the PRINK\RAD stopped at the printing start position in the name field. By inputting ``Nori Usui-'', ``Koharu Iyo'' in the text data is changed to ``Nori Usui-''.

Then, by pressing the line feed key after this, the changed "Nori Usui" is printed in the name field as text data. An example of the printing result in this case is shown in FIG. 27.

Changes to other witness matters may be made in the same manner.

Also, when changing the designated print position, the printer head should be stopped at a predetermined print start position, for example, the name column print start position.

After operating the print position designation mode setting key 16 to enter the print position designation mode, the user operates the cursor keys 12 to 15 to designate a new print position.

For example, when the name field on a pre-printed document is changed to a position shifted one digit downward or one digit to the left, with the printer head stopped at the previous name field position, press the cursor key to By moving 1 row down and 1 digit to the left, the contents of the position specification information table are changed to ``n-1 row 9m-1 digit'', and the rest is the same as described above. You can then print it in the correct position.

Next, a case where the automatic position designation print mode is set will be explained.

This automatic position designation printing mode can be used when the witness information column of the pre-printed material is changed.1 For example, as shown in Figure 28, the name column and country name column are changed (the printing start position does not change. ) is effective in such cases.

In other words, in this case, if you enter the number "3" with the printer head stopped at the previous name field position,
The position specification information in the column ■ of the position specification information table is extracted, and the printer head moves to the position of the previous country name column and stops, so by pressing the new line key here, the name (assuming it is not changed) is extracted. In the automatic position designation printing mode, the input order can be easily changed, such as when ``Koji Iyo'' is printed.

In this way, in this electronic typewriter.

The print position is specified when creating a document, and the specified print position is maintained.

As a result, when printing the same document again, it is possible to print according to the specified print position information of the document without having to specify the print position again and create the document, improving the operability of one document printing operation. This is especially effective when printing on pre-printed materials.

Note that the document processing device implementing the present invention is not limited to the electronic typewriter as in the above embodiment, but may also include an English or Japanese electronic typewriter without a display with a memory, an electronic typewriter with a display and memory, or other word processors, etc. The same procedure can also be carried out for .

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the operability of document printing operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing an example of an electronic typewriter embodying the invention. 3@ and 4 are schematic plan and front views showing an example of the mechanism of the printer, and FIGS. 5, 6, and 7 are of the ribbon lift mechanism provided in the carriage of the printer. A schematic side view for explanation; FIG. 8 is a front view showing an example of a paper guide provided in the carriage of the printer; FIGS. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of the same <ETW control section; FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing an example of the same printer control section. The block diagram shown in FIG. 14 is a functional block diagram of the main part of the ETW control section.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the printing position designation process executed by the ETW control unit control unit. 16 to 24 are diagrams for explaining the process shown in FIG. 15, respectively. FIG. 25 is a flowchart for explaining document printing processing executed by the ETW control unit. FIGS. 2S to 28 are diagrams for explaining the process shown in FIG. 25, respectively. 1...Keyboard 2...Display device 3...Printer 12-15...Cursor keys 16...
・Print position designation mode setting key 100... ETW control unit 103... Designated print position memory, Fig. 1, Fig. 5, M2, Fig. 7, Fig. 8, Fig. 9, Fig. 10, Fig. 11, M7- PH Figure 15 Figure 16 Figure 17 Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20 Figure 21 Figure 26 Figure 27 Figure 28 Procedural Amendment (No. 1 November 7, 1982)

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a document processing device having a document creation function including a printing device for printing a document, a printing position specifying means for specifying a printing position and a printing position specified by the printing position specifying means are stored. 1. A document processing device comprising: designated print position storage means for storing designated print positions. 2. The document processing device according to claim 1, wherein the print position designation means also includes means for actually operating the printing device according to the designation result.