JPS62105640A - Printing control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform printing a document having plural sorts of characters in mixture in such a manner that lateral and vertical prints are convertible similarly to a normal print by providing means for updating the line feed of line information according to a character size in paper feeding direction and means for developing a character pattern in a print line buffer. CONSTITUTION:Means LIB for storing line information including a line feed position, a bit number and a zone number with the line of a document to be printed as a unit, means for obtaining the number of lines to be printed with a character size as a factor, means PL for updating the line fed position of line information, means for obtaining a line feed value for deciding print paper feeding amount, and means for developing a character pattern in a print line buffer 141 are provided. A document having different character sizes with lines as a unit is so printed on paper inserted vertically to a paper feeder of a printing mechanism that lateral and vertical prints are convertible such that the paper is inserted laterally. Thus, a paper feeder having narrow width is effectively utilized to print a document having plural types of characters in mixture in such a manner that lateral and vertical prints are convertible with lines as unit, thereby largely improving printing function.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention provides an aspect conversion mark for line-modified documents. The present invention relates to a printing vIn method of a document creation device that realizes this function.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems] Conventionally, document creation devices such as Japanese word processors have used a CRT display for the text display TL structure and an external storage such as a D-tube disk 811 for the document file mechanism. As a result, the device configuration became large and expensive. However, in recent years, various innovations and improvements have been made, such as using an LCD (liquid crystal display) for the display mechanism, and using an 0M (cassette type magnetic tape device) or a micro-floppy disk drive for the document file mechanism.
A small, lightweight, and low-cost document creation device called a personal word processor has now been realized.

In such a low-cost and compact document creation device, for example, there are major restrictions on the display screen size of the LCD that serves as an input mechanism, and the number of lines is 1 to 2 lines, characters @ 10 characters to several crosses. A small screen size is used.

Additionally, there are significant restrictions on the paper size that the printing mechanism can handle; for example, providing a printing mechanism that can insert B4 size paper horizontally into the paper feed section would require a larger device and an increase in the number of occupants. , which leads to higher prices and makes it impossible to achieve the intended purpose.

Therefore, a so-called portrait-horizontal conversion printing method has been realized, which allows printing even when B4 paper is inserted vertically in the same manner as when it is inserted horizontally.

However, in printing using the normal printing method, the printable range in the column direction of the paper is limited by the printable range of the printing mechanism, whereas in printing using the above-mentioned aspect conversion printing method, the printable range in the row direction of the paper is limited. be done. Figure 17 (
a> to (d). That is, the figure (a) is standard/horizontal printing, the figure (b) is standard/vertical printing, and the figure (
C) shows the form of vertical/horizontal conversion/horizontal writing printing, and ((j)) shows each form of vertical/horizontal conversion/vertical writing printing.

Therefore, conventionally, when printing by aspect conversion printing,
Even if the line pitch is fixed or variable, if a line pitch exceeding the printable range is specified, printing is not executed at all. Furthermore, in conventional aspect conversion printing, not only the line pitch mentioned above, but also character size, character spacing, line spacing, etc. are fixed, so when performing aspect conversion printing, the printing result is completely different from normal printing. It had

[Object of the invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances.
? ! The purpose is to provide a printing method that can print documents with a mixture of several types of characters in portrait/horizontal conversion so that the print result is similar to that of normal printing.In particular, it is possible to print documents with vertical/horizontal conversion of documents with different font sizes on a line-by-line basis. The purpose of this study is to provide the Inryu Seishi method that can perform the following.

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention provides line information including a line break position, column number, and zone number for each line of a document to be printed, in a document creation device having a line modification function including character enlargement. a means for calculating the number of printable lines by using the character size in the direction perpendicular to the paper feeding direction as one element among the character sizes of the line modification information; means for updating the line feed position of the above line information, means for determining a line feed value for determining the printing paper feed amount from the line feed position of the above line information, and printing with reference to the type of character size of the above line modification information and the zone number of the above line break information. It is equipped with a means for developing a character pattern in a line buffer for printing, and the character size is different for each line, just as if the paper was inserted horizontally on the paper inserted vertically into the paper feed section of the printing mechanism. This is a configuration that performs vertical/horizontal conversion printing of documents. This allows personal word processors to effectively utilize the narrow paper feed section and print documents containing multiple types of characters line by line. It is possible to perform portrait/horizontal conversion printing so that the printing result is the same as that of printing, and the printing function can be greatly improved.

[Embodiments of the invention] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an @ location according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a keyboard (KB), a data recorder (CMT) using an audio cassette magnetic tape device for external storage, a 3.5-inch microfloppy disk (FDD), a liquid crystal display (LCD),
Each input/output control circuit unit that performs input/output control for each structural unit such as a serial printer (PRT) is used as a control circuit,
R, which has a processing unit (CPU) that controls the entire device, as well as a dictionary area, character font area, program area, etc.
It is a large-scale integrated circuit device that is integrated into a single chip together with an internal storage section consisting of OM and RAM, and in actual equipment it has 100
Consisting of a bottle terminal structure, patent application No. 59-204
No. 455, Special v4 No. 1983-204456, Special application No. 1983
This is realized based on the semiconductor integrated circuit technology disclosed in No. 204462 and the like.

Hereinafter, this large-scale integrated circuit device will be referred to as superintegration or SI.

11 to 19 are internal components of the above 5IIO, respectively. Of these, 11 is the CPLJ that controls III and Ill of the entire device, and here, in addition to processing such as key manual recognition, kana-kanji conversion, document editing and proofreading, character modification on a line-by-line basis according to line attribute information, and print stop control. Execute the row am processing that includes. In the actual machine, this CPU 11 has a logical structure equivalent to 280.

Further, in the figure, logic that is not directly related to the present invention, such as an external bus connected to the system bus inside the 5110, connection terminals, and a counter/timer provided inside the 5110, is omitted.

12 to 18 are internal components of 3110, which are connected to the internal system bus of the CPU IV, respectively.

Of these, 12 are peripheral control circuits (bidirectional interface circuits), one of the three ports is used to output keyboard scan data (4 bits) and cassette write data (1 pit), and the other One port is used for inputting the keyboard return signal (8 bits). This peripheral control circuit is hereinafter referred to as PPI. In the actual machine, this PP112 has a logical structure equivalent to 8255.

13 is a decoder (DC
E).

14 is a RAM, in which, in addition to a document buffer area, line modification information area, external character pattern area, provisional dictionary area, etc., line information including line feed positions, column numbers, and zone numbers is stored for each line of the input document. Block < Line l nr
Ormation 31ock; Jul lower LIB
In addition to securing each area of line v1 decoration information (LIB buffer and line modification buffer), including line pitch, character spacing, and character size, various areas during printing, including vertical/horizontal conversion printing, are secured. A print control register area (RO to R14) for storing variables, pointer values, etc. is secured, and a row image buffer <D-BtJ F') 140
, line buffer (LB) 141, etc. are secured, and LIB stored in the IB buffer, line decoration information stored in the line modification buffer, and print control register area (RO to R14) are secured. Details are shown in FIGS. 2-4.

15 is a ROM, in which system programs,
Dictionaries, character fonts including English fonts, conversion tables, messages on multiple screens, etc. are stored.

16 is a cassette interface circuit (CMT-INTF) which performs read/write control of a data recorder (CMT) using an audio cassette magnetic tape device serving as an external storage under the control of the CPU 11; In this case, before starting writing, the reader section outputs all "1" data for about 10 seconds,
After that, PpH2 outputs Pip 1 ~ Serial cassette 1 ~ Seating data (line modification area data/Bunshi area data/Gaiji pattern area data/Boku registration area data/
Temporary speech! (threshold area data, etc.), and then outputs all "O" data for about 2 seconds as a trailer section.

11 is an LCD control circuit (LCDC);
It accesses a row image buffer 140 provided in 14 and outputs LCD display data.

18 is a printer controller (PRTC), and CP
Under the control of U 11, print image data is output via RAlv 114.

A clock generator (CG) 19 receives a basic clock output from an external oscillator (QSC) 20 and outputs a predetermined frequency-divided clock, timing signal, etc.

20 is an oscillator (QSC) that generates a basic clock and supplies it to the clock generator 19 inside the 5110, 30 is a keyboard connected to the PP112 and decoder 13 inside the 5110 (<KB), and 40 is capable of recording write data. A D/A converter that converts into analog signals and A that converts the reproduced analog coral signals into digital signals.
5 through a CMT adapter 41 having a /D converter.
110 is a data recorder (CMT) using an audio cassette magnetic tape device connected to the cassette interface circuit 16 inside; 50 is an LCD driver (L
A liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as LCD) is connected to the LCD control circuit 17 inside the 8110 via a CD-DR (CD-DR) 51, and 60 is a serial printer connected to the printer controller 18. 10 is a 3.5-inch micro floppy disk drive (FDD), and 3) is connected via a floppy disk controller (FDC) 71.
CP tJ inside 10 is connected to the internal system bus of 11.

Here, the serial printer 60 enables forward/reverse paper feed control, and performs paper feed in the reverse direction (backfeed), for example, when printing italic characters.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the LIB stored in the IB buffer in the TRAM 14 shown in FIG. Area PL, digit number of 7-bit configuration @ area P
c, a 6-bit zone number area PZ, and further includes an underline connection bit, a ruled line connection bit, a right half-width specification bit, etc. The initial setting of this LIB is to set the digit number value "1" (first digit) only in the digit number area Pc, and set the line feed position M area PL.
, and the zone number area Pz, respectively. Each area within this LIB is designated by a LIB pointer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the print control register area (RO-R14) in the RAM 14 shown in FIG. is a register that stores the specified number of lines to print, R1 is a register that stores the number of remaining lines to print, R2 is a register that stores the number of printable lines, R3 is a register that stores the print start line number, R4 is a register that stores the mark 1111 starting point,
R5 is a register that stores the temporary printing start point, R6 is a register that stores the character expansion start point, R7 is a register that stores the print end point, R8 is a register that stores the print head position, R9
is a register that stores the line feed execution position, R10 is a register that stores the print line number, R11 is a register that stores the number of print lines, R+2 is a register that stores the character writing start point, R13
is a register that stores the character writing end point, and R14 is a register that stores the printable range.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the row #I decoration information stored in the row r1 decoration buffer in the RAM 14 shown in FIG. 1 above.
Here, 1 bit (“l1ll, yes/no
“O”: None) is assigned, and 3 bits (“00”) are assigned to rotate/italicize.
0”: Rotation/oblique designated heat, “001”: Rotation 1 (90°
), “010”: Rotation 2 (180”), “011”
”; rotation 3 (270'), 100"; italic)
, assign 4 hits ('oooi', size 1 (24 x 24 dots) ~"1001°'; size 9 (576 x 576 dots)) to the font size, and assign 1 pip I- ("1": stop) to whether or not to stop printing. ni/"O": Stop heat)
Assign 2F″:l-(”○○゛′;
Remove character spacing 0 (0 dots) to "'11": Character spacing 3 (12 dots)) and add 4 pitches to the line pitch ("111").
1 line break B (line feed amount; ~8 inches/120 inches, "oo
oo': line feed 0 (line feed m: 0 inch/'120),”
0001”: Line feed H (Line feed m: 0 inch/120),
"0010"; modified (1K < modified (-1fi1: +1ez
',,zchi/120),'0011': a line E (line feed; +20 inch/120), '0100': line feed 1 (line feed amount; +30 inch/120) ~ '0111'
:Line feed 4 (Line feed amount: →-60 (inch/120))
, and assign 1 bit ('''1'': paper exchanged/'O': no paper exchange) to whether or not paper should be replaced, and write 1 in the left digit margin.
Bi (...ku-9...-63 digits)° is assigned.

FIG. 5 shows the structure of the Kanji character code stored in the document buffer adder 1 area in the RAM 14. Each character consists of 2 bytes, and each character has a 7. Consists of a half-width specification bit and an underline specification bit.

Figure 6 shows the horizontal character size of line-modified characters. Shows size.

Figure 7 is a diagram for explaining the definition of zones for various modified characters.
For example, the zone boundaries of double-width (48 x 48 dots)/italic characters are shown with broken lines.

In addition, to specify a line modification, on the actual machine, the line modification instruction is input by pressing a specific first character key while holding down the [Function] key, but the explanation will be simplified here. To make [Row II! It is assumed that line modification is specified by operating the II key. Also, when setting the above line decoration, by updating the selection screen using the up/down cursor keys, the item selection on the selection screen before the update is completed (the item at the cursor position is selected). It is assumed that the row modification setting is completed by pressing the [Select/Execute] key, and the row is information is stored in the RAM 14 above.
The Tg associated with the document line is stored in the line modification buffer 1 in the file. or,
In the above line decoration display mode, when not selected, it is in the selected state set by formatting or the state set by full text deletion, and each setting value at this time is the line decoration standard value here. It is called.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the arrangement of character patterns and the names of each part on the line buffer P141 in the RAM 14 during portrait/horizontal conversion printing, and FIG.
It is a diagram that does not show the character arrangement state and the names of each part.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of the vertical/horizontal conversion printing operation.

Here, SC on the paper is a 4゛ scale indicating the printing position provided in the paper feed section (paper insertion slot) of Print nII,
Here, the scale is scaled from 0 to m (m = 56 on the actual machine) in units of printing width of 27 dots (full-width character size; 24 dots → - character spacing: printing width equivalent to a character pitch of 3 dots 1 -). . Using this scale SC as a guide, for example, the printing start position ti during portrait/horizontal conversion printing is specified.

11 to 16 are diagrams showing the process flow of the aspect conversion printing in the above embodiment, respectively. FIG. 11 is the process flow of the entire aspect conversion printing, and FIG. 12 is the process flow of the aspect conversion printing in the above embodiment. Process flow 1 of step S1 Fig. 13 shows the process flow of step S4 in Fig. 11 above, Fig. 14 shows the process flow of steps 316 and 822 in Fig. 11 above, and Fig. 15 shows the process flow shown in Fig. 11 above. Steps to enter $17
FIG. 16 shows the processing flow of step 818 in FIG. 11 above.

In addition, to specify document printing, in the actual machine, [press the specific second character key while pressing the meat side 1 key]: I am inputting the instruction to print the document. , Here, to simplify the explanation, it will be assumed that the document print mode is specified using the document print 1 key. Also, here, it is possible to partially print an arbitrary number of lines even during document creation, and this partial printing is also specified by a combination with a specific key that is the function 1 key.

Under these print modes, you can specify settings such as "Standard printing/Vertical/horizontal conversion printing" or even "Width 187" or "Left margin" by pressing the cursor keys (lri key operation and selecting/
This is done by pressing the [Execute] key.

Here, the operation of one embodiment will be explained with reference to each figure in F.

When inputting a sentence containing kanji, the key input signal from the keyboard 30 is converted into kana and kanji by control 1 of CPIJll in 5110, and is stored in document buffer II in RAM 14. At this time, the CPU 14 uses P
A scan signal is output to the 4-board 30 via the P112 and the f loader 13, and the return signal is sent to the PP.
I+7 is manually identified (,) to generate a key code.Furthermore, based on the same key code, for the kanji designated part manually inputted into kana, the text in RO\・115, and furthermore in RAM +4. After quoting the provisional dictionary ~ and performing kana-kanji conversion processing, the input character lower code string including the converted kanji ]- is stored in the document buffer.

At the time of inputting the above-mentioned literary intelligence, the input characters stored in the document buffer) are immediately expanded into the line image buffer 140 (, 'l pattern and L
CD control circuit 17 display system (company), historical = l-CD
1. In the display drive of the driver 51. , - Ci one to fifty ten? , i is displayed.

The previously inputted text input in this manner can be arbitrarily displayed as a character string of a predetermined number of digits on the LCD 50 by operating the cursor keys, and is used for proofreading, correction, etc. of the document.

If you want to specify character modification on a line-by-line basis for the above input document, use the cursor keys to select and display the character string at the line position you want to modify, then press the Specify line decoration by operating the [Line modification] key in combination with .

The CPU 11 switches the display mode of the LCD 50 from the document display mode to the line modification display mode when determining the operation input of the line modification key. In this line modification display mode, to give a specific example, first a selection screen for selecting the character amount interval and line feed pitch is displayed, and then a selection screen for selecting the character size is displayed. At this time, items can be switched from character spacing to line feed pitch by pressing the [Next Item] key, selection screens can be changed by pressing the up and down cursor keys, and each item can be selected by pressing the left and right cursor keys. It will be held in For example, when the selection screen for selecting character spacing and line break pitch is displayed, instead of selecting the item by operating the [Next item] key or operating the left/right cursor keys, select by operating the up/down cursor keys. When the screen is switched, the character amount interval displayed by the cursor on the selection screen above is assumed to have been selected.
The line modification information having the control information of A is stored in the line modification buffer in the RAM 14, and the next item (character size) on the newly displayed selection screen becomes the selection target. or,
By switching the selection screen above, for example, the selection screen for "Stop Printing" is displayed, and "Stop Printing Cloth" is selected by operating the cursor keys, and then the [Select/Execute] key is operated.
The line modification information with the control information of "print stop cloth" is the above RA
Stored in the line modification buffer in M14.

In the above line decoration setting means, document buffer? After line modification settings have been made for any line position of the document stored in the document buffer, the already input document in the same document buffer can be displayed on the LCD 50 by operating the cursor keys.
In the guide display section above 50, the line, digit, and number of characters per line of the displayed character string are displayed, and a line modification indicator is selectively displayed. That is, when a display string consisting of a cursor operation is selected, the line position, column position, and number of characters per line of the display string specified by the cursor are displayed, and the corresponding line stored in the line modification buffer is displayed. The row modification information of the position is referenced, and the same information is
It is compared with the standard value to determine whether or not line decoration is set for the display line selected by the cursor. Here, if the line decoration is not set, that is, the content of the line decoration information is like the line decoration 11! If it matches the value,
The line decoration indicator is not turned on, and if the line decoration is set, that is, the content of the line decoration information does not match the line decoration standard value, the line decoration indicator is turned on. Such line modification indicator display control is performed for all lines of the displayed document selected by the cursor keys. In this manner, the line position where the line modification has been performed can be easily confirmed from the lighting state of the row modification indicator.

Next, process the portrait/horizontal conversion printing when specifying the document print mode with the document print key described above or when specifying the partial print mode with a specific key operation for specifying a predetermined [partial print]. The operation will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 16.

When Bunnan print mode is specified by the above "Document print" key operation, or when partial print mode is specified by a predetermined specific key operation for specifying [partial print 1], L
The display mode of the CD 50 is switched to a print information setting mode, and a selection screen for setting print information is displayed. First, a selection screen for [41 stamp, /vertical/horizontal conversion printing] is displayed. Here, when [m-horizontal conversion printing] is selected, a selection screen for [vertical writing/horizontal s] and [first line position 43] is displayed next. At this time, the selection screen, switching of selection items, item selection, etc. are the same as in the line modification mode described above, using the cursor key, [Next item] key,
key etc., but if no numerical value (2 digits) is set in the selection item of [First row position 43] and you move to the next screen using the up/down cursor keys, here, the 43rd according to the initial value (43)
This means that the line (scale display) is set as the [Print first line position] for vertical/horizontal conversion printing.

By operating the [Select/Execute] key after completing the above print information settings, CPU ii selects the print start line of the document to be printed (in the case of full-text printing, the first line of the first page) stored in the line modification buffer. When printing 9 parts, the line modification information after the cursor specified line is referred to in the printing order, and the line modification information with the information "Printing stop" or "Paper replacement" is detected, and the above printing starts from the printing start line. After calculating the number of lines up to the detected line as the [print designated number of lines], execution of the print routine is started. The aspect conversion printing process vJ at this time will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 to 16.

First, the entire processing operation of aspect conversion printing will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. After calculating the above-mentioned "designated number of lines to print," the print routine is executed, and the process shown in the flowchart in FIG. Set the line number of the start line to [RAM1 above as print start line number 1]
4 to register R3 in the print control register area, and then add the character size and line pitch of the line modification information of the print start line position 1 and the corresponding line position, as well as the dots of the line buffer 141. Find the [number of printable lines] based on constants etc. according to the number of configurations, set the [number of printable lines] in register R2, and set line buffer 1.
41, the full-width character printing width (27 dots), and the [Printable range] determined from the [Printing first line position], and the above [Printable number of lines].
This [character expansion start point] is set in register R6.

Incidentally, a detailed flowchart of the above step S1 is shown in FIG.

In addition, the specific relative positional relationships of the above-mentioned [Mark 1ii1n starting line number] [Print first line position] [Printable number of lines] [Printable range 1 "Character development start point" etc. are shown in Figures 8 and 9. and FIG. 10, respectively.

Next, in step S2, "O" is set in register R8 that specifies the [print head position] in the print control register area.
is set to initialize [print head position @], and rOJ is set in register R9 indicating [line feed execution position W] to initialize [line feed execution position 1].

Then, in step $3, LIB buffer LI
Initialize B (as shown in Figure 2, change only the digit number Pc to "
1" and set all others to rOJ), and step S4
In this step, the LIB line feed position flPt is updated according to the "left finger margin" of the line modification information set in advance.

Furthermore, in step S5, the [Print start line number] stored in the register R3 is set as the [Print line number 1] in the register RIO, and the [Printable number of lines] stored in the register R2 is set as the [Print line number]. number of rows] as register R11
and set [Character expansion start point] in register R12 and register R13. Next, in step S6, the minimum value of the line feed position is detected from the line feed position area PL of the LIB of each line corresponding to the document to be printed, and this is stored in the register R9 as the line feed execution position 1fl.

Next, in step S9, the [Line feed execution position] held in the register R9 is set to a specific value representing the maximum number of printable dots in the paper feed direction, such as "7FFFFFFFF (H
)J (Hereinafter, the lower digits are "F F F F"
), and if the maximum number of printable dots has been reached, the process ends.
If the maximum number of printable dots has not been reached, the next step S8 is actually executed.

In step S8, the [print head position] held in the register R8 is subtracted from the [line feed execution M] held in the register R9, and the result of the reduction is converted to "inches", and then the process proceeds to step S9. Execute a line break at .

After performing the above change action, in step 310,
LIB start address to LI8 pointer (address M in Figure 2)
Set.

Then, in step S11, the CPU determines the line feed position in the line feed position area Pt from the address indicated by the LIB pointer.
11, and enters the process of the next step S12.

In step S12, it is determined whether the line feed position of the LIB and the [line feed execution position] stored in the register R9 are equal. If they are equal, in step 813,
[Print line number and LIB] held in register RIO
The character code to be developed is loaded from the document buffer 1 in the RAM 14 according to the digit number Pc. After that, in step 814, the underline connection bit of LIB is turned ON.
("'1"), and if it is not ON, it is determined in step 815 whether the underlined bit (shown in FIG. 5) of the character code is ON. If the underline bit of the character code is ON, underline development processing is performed in step 816, and then character development processing is performed in step 317. If it is determined in step S15 that the underlined bit of the character code is not turned on, the process in step S11 is immediately executed, and the LIB update process in step $18 is executed. Furthermore, if it is determined in step 314 that the underline connection 1- is ON, in step S22, after performing underline connection development (underline development in the inter-character portion),
LIB update processing in step 818 is performed.

A detailed flowchart of the underline development process and the underline connection development process at this time is shown in FIG. 15, and a detailed flowchart of the character development process is shown in FIG.

After completing the above LNB update process, in step S19, the vertical character size (indicated by character expansion start point 1 and line modification information main) held in register R12 is
(character size in the direction perpendicular to the paper feeding direction) and writes the addition result to the register R13 as the [character writing end point].

Next, in step 820, after r-IJ the [number of print lines] stored in register R+1, step S21
At this point, it is determined whether the [number of printed lines] has become "0" or not.

Here, if the above-mentioned "number of lines to be printed J" is "0", carriage return and printing are executed in step 823, and after the printing process is completed, the process returns to the above-mentioned step S5.

Also, in step 321, [Number of print lines] is set to "○".
If it is determined that this is not the case, in step 824, the print line number held in the register RIO is
Play one.

Next, in step 825, [Character writing end point (
R13 Calculate "child pitch - vertical character size" and write the result of the calculation to register R12 as the [character writing start point]. Then, in step S26, LIB
After adding "+4" to the content of the pointer, the process returns to step 311.

Thereafter, similar processing is repeatedly executed, and the line feed execution position stored in register R9 becomes equal to the maximum printable dot in the paper feed direction, and this state is detected in step $7 and the M1 horizontal conversion mark 81 process is performed. end.

Next, the above steps $1.34, S16.317, S1
The details of 8.822 will be explained according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 12 to 16.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing details of step S1 in FIG. 11 above.

The process of step S1 in FIG. 11 begins with the step A1 in FIG.
'' is set as the printable range and is stored in register R14 in the print control register area.

Next, in step A2, the [designated number of lines to be printed] is set in the register RO, and the [number of remaining lines to be printed] is set in the register R1.

Further, in step A3, the print start line number is set in the register R3, and in step A4, "0" is set in the register R7 as the print end point.

Next, in step A5, the vertical character size of the character in the line indicated by the [print start line number] held in the register R3 is loaded.

Next, in step 86, the above vertical character size is added to the [print end point] held in the register R7, and this is written in the register R5 as the [temporary print start point].

Thereafter, in step A7, it is determined whether the above-mentioned [temporary printing start point] is larger than the above-mentioned [printable number of lines].

Here, if the above-mentioned [temporary printing start point] is smaller than the above-mentioned [printable range], in step 88, register R5 is set.
The [temporary print start point] held in is set as the [print amount start point] in register R4.

Then, in step 80, after multiplying the [number of remaining print lines] held in register R1 by r-1J, step A
In step 10, it is determined whether the above-mentioned [number of remaining lines to print] has reached rOJ, and if it is not "0", the process proceeds to step A11.

In this step A11, the line pitch of the characters on that line is loaded from the [print start line number] held in the register R3.

Next step A? In Step 2, add the above [mark - end point] by the number of row bits and set the updated [print end point] in register R7] - In step A13, the [print end point] is set to rOJ. ,! Determine whether or not it is small.

Here, if the above [Print end point] is greater than "0",
In step A14, the [print start line number] held in register R3 is set to r+1JL, and then the process returns to step A5.

Also, in step A7 above, the [temporary printing start point]
If it is determined that is larger than the above-mentioned [printable range], in step A15, the [print start line number] held in register R3 is set to r-1JL, and then the process proceeds to step A16. .

Furthermore, in step AIO, the above [number of remaining lines to print]
If it is determined that the value has become "0", or if it is determined in step A13 that the above-mentioned [mark ai completion point] is smaller than "0", the processing of step A16 is also entered.

In this step A16, from the above [printable range],
The [mark fi11 start point] held in the register R4 is subtracted, and the 1111iI result is set in the register R6 as the [character development start point].

After that, in step A17, the [number of lines remaining to print] held in register R1 is subtracted from the [number of designated print lines] held in register RO, and the result of the subtraction is set as the [number of printable lines]. Set in register R2.

This completes the data setting process for the registers R2, R3, and R6, and moves on to the process of step S2 in FIG.

FIG. 13 shows LI in step S4 of FIG. 11 above.
B shows the details of updating the line break position from the left turn margin.

This LIB line break position update process begins with step B1.
In Step B2, the LIB top address is set in the LIB pointer, and furthermore, in step B2, [print start line number] is set in register R3, and register R
Set [Number of printable lines] to 2.

Next, in step B3, the minimum line feed positions PL (t) to PL (N
), a specific value r7FF representing the maximum number of printable dots in the direction of forwarding is placed at the line feed position PL(+)) representing the minimum value of
Set F (H)j. Next, in step B4, the printing start position is determined and the printing start position is set to cella 1 at line feed position 11 (PL) of 11B.

After that, in step B5, it is determined whether the line feed position is smaller than the minimum line feed position, and if the line feed position is smaller than the minimum line feed position, in step B6, the line feed position is set to the minimum line feed position. After that, the process starts at step B7. If the line feed position is greater than the minimum line feed position, the process directly proceeds to step B7.

In step B7, the print start line number 1 is held in register R3, and then in step B8, "4" is added to the LIB pointer, and in step B9
"Number of printable lines" held in register R2 in
Then, in step B10, it is determined whether the number of printable lines 1 held in register R2 has become rOJ, and if it is not 01, step B4
Returning to the process of step B11, if the value has reached "0", the process proceeds to step B11.

In step 311, the LIB top address is set in the LIB pointer, and in step 312, [number of printable lines] is set in register R2. After subtracting the minimum line feed position from the line feed position indicated by the LIB pointer in step 313, "4" is added to the LIB pointer in step B14. Further step B1
After decrementing the number of printable lines 1 held in register R2 in step 816, it is determined whether or not the number of printable lines has become r OJ, and If the possible number of rows] is not "0", the process returns to step 313 and the same process is repeated.

Then, the above steps 1313 to 316 are repeated, and in step 316, the number of printable lines is rOJ.
If it is determined that the line break position has been reached, the process of updating the line feed position from the left finger margin is completed, and the process proceeds to step S5 in FIG.

FIG. 14 shows details of the underline development process in step 316 and the underline connection development process in step 822 in FIG. 11 above. When performing underline expansion, first,
In step C1, the character size in the horizontal direction is set as the length of the underline, and then in step C2, the underline is developed on the left side of the character when writing horizontally, and on the right side when writing vertically.

This completes the underline development process.

When performing underline connection expansion, the character spacing is set as the length of the underline in step D1, and then the process of step C2 is executed to complete the underline connection expansion process.

FIG. 15 shows details of the character development process in step 317 in FIG. 11 above. In this character expansion process, first, in step E1, it is determined whether or not it is a line feed code, and if it is not a line feed code, in step E2, L
It is determined whether the ruled line connection bit of IB is ON. L.I.B.
If the ruled line connection bit of LIB is ON, the horizontal ruled line code is set in the character code in step E3, and the process proceeds to step E4, and the ruled line connection bit of LIB is set to O.
If it is not NL, the process immediately proceeds to step E4.

In this step E4, the character pattern is loaded from the ROM 15, and then in step E5, the LIB zone number is loaded. Then, in step E6, the character is enlarged based on the line in information such as character size, rotation, italic, zero-type, etc., and the zone number, and then, in step E7, it is determined whether or not it is a vertical ruled line code. , if it is not a vertical ruled line code, the process ends. If it is a vertical ruled line code, the process proceeds to step E8, where a vertical ruled line pattern is developed between the lines, and the process ends. If it is determined in step E1 that it is a line feed code, in step E9, a specific value r7FFF(H) indicating the maximum number of printable dots is set at the line feed position of LIB, and characters are expanded. Finish the process.

FIG. 16 shows the LI shown in step 318 of FIG. 11 above.
This shows the details of B history new processing. In this LiB update process, first, in steps F1 and F2, it is determined from the horizontal character size whether or not it is the final zone to be developed.If it is the final zone, in step F3, the LIB underline connection bit is ON or not. Decide whether or not. The above underline connection bit is ON
If so, it is further determined in step F4 whether or not the left half-width expansion has been performed, and if it has been after the left half-width expansion, the left half-width of LIB is turned on in step F5, and then the process proceeds to step F6. , if it is not after left half-width expansion, immediately proceed to step F6
Proceed to processing.

In step F6, a character spacing is added to the line feed position of LIB, and then in step F7, the digit number of LIB is changed to "+".
1”. Thereafter, in step F8, the LIB zone number is set to "0" and the LIB update process is ended.

If it is determined in step F2 that the zone is not the minimum zone, "24" is added to the line break position of LIB in step F9, and then, in step FIQ, the LIB is updated by changing the zone number of LIB to r+IJI. Finish the process.

In addition, in step F3 above, if it is determined that the underline connection bit of LIB is ON, step “1
In step 1, it is determined whether or not the ruled line connection bit of LIB is ONL. If it is ONL, the process proceeds to step F6, and if it is not ONL, the process proceeds to step F12.

In this step F12, it is determined whether or not it is a vertical ruled line code, and if it is a vertical ruled line code, LIB is determined in step F13.
The ruled line connection bit is turned ON, and then, in step F14, the character size is added to the line feed position of LIB, and then the process proceeds to step F8.

If it is determined in step F12 that the code is not a vertical ruled line code, it is determined in step F15 whether an underline connection is necessary, and if an underline connection is necessary, in step F16 the LIB underline code is After turning on the connection bit, the process proceeds to step Fi4.

In addition, if it is determined in step F15 that the underline connection is not necessary, LIB
After adding the character pitch to the line feed position, the digit number of LIB is incremented by "+1" in step F7, and the zone number of LIB is changed to rOJ in step F8, and the IB update process is ended.

By using the above-mentioned aspect conversion printing process, line by line,
Left digit margin/Line bits/Character spacing/Character size/Rotation/
Even if the document has various character modifications such as italics/0 handling, or even documents where the printing start column is determined by line, it can be printed horizontally and vertically in the same way as standard printing, and with arbitrary specified lines. Conversion printing can be executed, and furthermore, even if the document to be printed exceeds the physically printable range due to line modification, it is possible to print only the number of printable lines starting from the first line.

Note that in the above embodiment, horizontal leakage in the vertical/horizontal conversion (Fig. 17 (C)
Although the operation has been explained by taking the example of (see), the same vertical/horizontal conversion printing process described above can also be performed in vertical writing of vertical/horizontal conversion.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the print control method of the present invention, in a document creation device having a line correction Ps function including enlargement of characters, line by line of a document to be printed, Calculate the number of printable lines using a line information storage means that stores line information including line break positions, column numbers, and zone numbers, and the font size in the direction perpendicular to the paper feed direction among the font sizes of the line modification information as one element. means for updating the line feed position of the line information according to the font size in the paper feed direction; means for determining a line feed value for determining the printing paper feed light from the line feed position of the line information; and means for updating the font size of the line modification information. It is equipped with a means to develop a character pattern in a printing line buffer by referring to the type and the zone number of the above-mentioned line feed information, and it is possible to load the paper horizontally onto the paper inserted vertically into the paper feed section of several stamps. As shown in the image above, by configuring the configuration to perform portrait/horizontal conversion printing of documents with different font sizes line by line, it is possible to effectively utilize the narrow paper feed area in personal word processors.
Sentence 1, in which IJ characters of several types are mixed together, can be vertically and horizontally converted and printed on a line-by-line basis so that it becomes a printing beam similar to that of normal printing, and the printing function can be greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of LIB in the above embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the LIB in the above embodiment. A diagram showing the register configuration of the register area, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of line modification information in the above embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the line modification information in the above embodiment.
A diagram showing the structure of the kanji code used in the example, Figure 6 is a diagram showing the horizontal character size of various characters with line modifications in the above example, and Figure 7 is a diagram showing the horizontal character sizes of various characters with line modifications in the above example. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the arrangement of character patterns on the line buffer in the above embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the arrangement of characters on the line buffer in the above embodiment. Figure 10 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the vertical/horizontal conversion mark (611ffi) in the above embodiment, and Figures 11 to 16 are flowcharts each showing the vertical/horizontal conversion printing process in the above embodiment. , FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a comparison between the vertical aging of standard En printing and the horizontal writing and vertical aging of vertical/horizontal conversion printing. 10...St (Large-scale integrated circuit 11ti11...C
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...Keyboard (KB), 40...Data recorder (CMT), 41...CMT adapter, 50...Liquid crystal display (LCD>, 51...LCD driver (LCD-DRV), 60...・Serial printer (P
RT), 70... Floppy disk drive (FD
D), 71... Floppy disk controller (F
DC), 140... line image buffer (D-8U
F), 141...line buffer (L8), LI
B... Line information block, Pt... Line break position area, P
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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) Line information that stores line information including line break positions, column numbers, and zone numbers for each line of a document to be printed in a document creation device that has a line modification function that includes character enlargement. A storage means, a means for determining the number of printable lines using as one element the character size in the direction perpendicular to the paper feed direction among the character sizes in the line modification information, and updating the line break position of the above line information based on the character size in the paper feed direction. means for determining a line feed value for determining the printing paper feed amount from the line feed position of the line information; 1. A print control method, comprising means for developing a pattern, and performing vertical/horizontal conversion printing of a document with different font sizes line by line. (2) A patent that searches for the minimum line feed position from line information corresponding to each line of a document to be printed, calculates a line feed value from that line position and the print head position in the paper feed direction, and feeds the paper according to the line feed value. A print control method according to claim 1.