JPS62115520A - Regular format printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain a regular format printing, such as an address, etc., with a simplified input operation by converting and printing the data of a zip code, an address, and a name, etc., inputted according to an input format regulated in advance in a regular format. CONSTITUTION:When a postcard print mode designation key 121 at a key input part 12 is operated, a mode becomes a postcard print mode. At such a time, furthermore, when an address to be printed is designated by the key input part 12, the name, the zip code, and the address of a designated address are read out from an address book memory 14, and are stored at a print data storing part 20. And they are transferred to a print conversion processing part 22. The print conversion processing part 22 converts them to addressing formats by using an address format memory 16 in which data to designate an output format, such as a character size, a print position, or a printing pitch regarding the zip code, the address, and the name, respectively for the address print of a mail are stored. Thereby, the printing in the regular format can be performed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Background of the Invention] The present invention relates to a printing method for Japanese word processors, etc., and particularly for printing postal items such as postcards (hereinafter simply referred to as postcards) and sealed letters. The present invention relates to a standard format printing method suitable for use in printing predetermined standard formats such as addresses and senders.

[Prior art and its problems 1] Traditionally, when printing a postal code, address and sender's name consisting of nine names on a postcard using a Japanese word processor, etc., it is necessary to consider each layout in advance and enter the information. I had no choice but to leave it there.

Therefore, printing as described above is very time-consuming and difficult.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and provides a fixed format printing method that makes it possible to print addresses, etc. in a fixed format on mail items such as postcards with a simple input operation. The purpose is to provide.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a postal code input according to a predetermined input format. It is characterized by converting item data such as address, name, etc. into a standard format and printing it.

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

Figure 2 shows the postcard printing data input format for printing in a standard format, for example, postcard printing.This is a postcard printing data input format for printing in a standard format, such as postcard printing. It is input with a line break mark "O" added at the end. However, the delimiter mark "↓" in the figure is a mark to be input at the position where one line is to be replaced when the address is long. Note that the text after the third reading mark "," becomes a memo section, and the characters in this memo section are not actually printed. In other words, postcards can be printed even without this part.

All data other than the memo section above should be entered in full-width characters. Also, spaces in the name data section are ignored. Furthermore, the comma mark "," and the delimiter mark in the address data section are added.
Spaces other than the continuous space immediately after the mark "↓" are ignored. In other words, by entering a space after the comma mark "," and the delimiter mark "↓",
You can lower the print start position for that line.

FIG. 3 shows a standard format for printing postcards.

In this case, the addressee's postal code is printed in octagonal characters.

Addresses are printed in double-width. However, for this address, a maximum of 13 characters can be printed on the first line, and a maximum of 11 characters can be printed on the second and third lines.

In this case, if the delimiter mark "↓" is input, a line break is made there; if not, a line break is automatically made after printing the maximum number of characters on each line.

Further, characters exceeding the number of excessive characters (35 characters) are not printed. Note that when printing this destination address, the input numbers are automatically replaced with the corresponding Chinese numerals.

The addressee's name is automatically printed in quadruple size and evenly distributed. In this case, only a maximum of 12 characters are printed, and the excess characters are not printed.

Also, the sender's postal code is printed in half-width characters.

The sender's address is printed in full-width characters. However, this is 1
A maximum of 15 characters can be printed on the first line, and a maximum of 13 characters can be printed on the second line. In this case, if the delimiter mark "↓" is input, a line break will be made there; if it is not, a line break will be made automatically. Furthermore, characters exceeding the maximum number of characters (28 characters) are not printed. Note that when printing the sender's address, the input numbers are automatically replaced with the corresponding Chinese numerals.

The sender's name is automatically printed in full-width characters, evenly spaced. In this case, only a maximum of 12 characters are printed, and the excess characters are not printed.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration for printing in a standard format as described above, and 10 is a central processing unit W1ccpu.
＞, and 12 is the name and postal code.

This is a key manual section having character and numeric keys for inputting addresses, etc., and a postcard printing mode designation key 121 for designating postcard printing mode. Reference numeral 14 denotes an address book memory, which stores a plurality of items such as name, postal code, address, etc. as a code in the input format described above. In addition, the font size and printing position for each name in this address book.

Address format memory that stores data for specifying output formats such as printing pitch,
18, like 16 above, is a sender format memory in which data for specifying the output format for sender printing is stored. 20 is a print data storage section in which all items of the specified record are set;
The data stored in the print data storage section 20 is output in formats 1 to 1 based on the data stored in the addressee or sender format memory 16 or 18, depending on the state of the addressee/sender switching signal from the CPU 10.
This is a print conversion processing unit that converts into .

Further, 24 is a print buffer, and 26 is a printer. Note that the conversion processing unit 22
Depending on the dessert/document switching signal from o, the data stored in the print data storage section 20 is converted into a postcard format as described above, or the data stored in the address book memory 1 is converted into a postcard format.
Whether or not the document data stored in 4 is output to the print buffer 24 as is is controlled.

The operation will be explained below with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. That is, when the postcard printing mode designation key 121 of the key manual section 12 is operated, the postcard printing mode is entered. Further, when an address to be printed is specified by the key manual section 12, the name, postal code, and address of the specified address are read out from the address book memory 14,
Stored in the print data storage section 20 (step 5T)
401), and these are the print conversion processing section 22.
and are converted into the address format described above and printed (steps 5T402 to 5T).
404).

The address printing operation in step 5T403 will be explained in more detail with reference to FIG. That is, the address corresponding to the first character position of the address printing position in the print buffer 24 is designated (step 5T501), data for one character is extracted (step 5T502), and it is stored there (step 5T504). Then, the following characters are placed in the following positions, and the extracted characters are marked with a delimiter mark "↓
” or the lowest address printing position.

If the extracted character is a delimiter mark "↓" (step 5T502) or reaches the lowest address printing position (step 5T505), the data in the print buffer 24 is printed (step 5T506).

Then, an address corresponding to a position two digits lower than the head position of the address printing position in the print buffer 24 is specified (step 5T509), and the process returns to step 5T502.

At this point, printing of 3 lines has been completed (step 5T50).
7) If no data remains (step 5)
T508), the next recipient's name is printed.

The printing of the recipient's name in step 5T404 and the recipient's postal code in step 5T402 are also carried out in the same manner as the printing of the recipient's address, so no particular explanation will be given.

Furthermore, the designation and printing of the sender's address, name, and postal code are performed in the same manner, so no particular explanation will be provided. At this time, the format conversion between the addressee and sender and the switching of the printing in the print conversion processing section 22 are performed by the CPU I.
Controlled by 0.

In this way, especially when printing on postcards and other postal items using a Japanese word processor, if you input each data according to the input format for easy input, the input data Since a printing format different from the usual one is automatically set, standard formats such as addressee, sender, etc. can be easily printed on postal items in hJH.

In the above embodiment, only postcards have been described, but this can also be applied to sealed letters. For example, by controlling the switching between sweets and sealed letters by the CPU 10, printing can be performed on any of them. You can also try to get it.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a standard format printing method that enables printing of addresses, etc. in a standard format on mail items such as postcards with a simple input operation. I can do it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a fixed format printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an input format for printing on postcards, FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the address printing operation, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart for explaining the address printing operation of the address printing operation of FIG. 4. 10...Central processing unit (CPU), 12...Key personnel department, 14...Address book memory (document memory), 1
6... Addressee format memory, 18... Sender format memory, 20... Print data storage section, 22... Print conversion processing section, 24... Print buffer, 26... Printer, 121 ...Print mode old fixed key. Applicant Casio Computer Co., Ltd. Figure 5

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) means for storing a plurality of records consisting of data of multiple items input in a predetermined order; means for specifying fixed format printing for the stored records; and means for specifying fixed format printing for the stored records; 1. A fixed format printing method, comprising means for converting a recorded record into a predetermined fixed format and printing it out. (2) The fixed format according to claim 1, further comprising means for arbitrarily specifying the output position of the record within the fixed format when converting into the fixed format. Printing method.