JPS62152881A - Page joint designating device for page printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a joining relationship to be easily detected from a paper for each page outputted, by a system wherein the joining relationship of each page with other pages is detected by referring to a joining relationship storage means at the time of printing the page, and discrimination marks for indicting the directions for joining are printed together with printing data in accordance with the detected joining relationship. CONSTITUTION:Printing data for the first page are read from a printing data memory 2 by a page data output part 3, and are printed. When the end of the one page is detected by a one page data end detecting part 4, a joint format table memory 5 is referred to know that the mark code for the joining at the corresponding address is K1. Then, an address corresponding to the code K1 in a joint mark data table memory 6 is referred to know that marks having corresponding shapes are to be outputted to right and lower parts (R, D). Namely, the detecting part 4 outputs to a printing-controlling part 7 the mark data corresponding to the code K1 in addition to the printing data for the first page, and the marks are printed at a printing part 8.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention provides a method for printing print data that expresses one image on multiple pages by adding a mark to each page to easily understand the connection relationship between the print data. The present invention relates to a page combination designation device for a page printer that can perform the following operations.

[Prior art and its problems]

As a printer that can print print data,
Page printers that print page by page are common. In such a page printer, when printing data that expresses one image image on multiple pages, conventionally, after printing each page, each page number is used as a reference and printed on the 11th. I was working on pasting them together.

However, according to this method, 1. ■It is difficult to judge whether to paste printing data with a complicated pattern on the south side or on the side, as shown in Figure 6, by looking at the original specifications. The problem was that it was difficult to match.

[Purpose of the invention]

In order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, the present invention includes a means for storing the coupling relationship between each page, and an identification having the coupling direction by referring to the means during the printing operation of each page to know the coupling relationship. To provide a page joining Nanao device for a page printer which allows the pasting relationship to be easily known from the paper of each output page by having a means for printing a mark superimposed on print data.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a combination format table memory (5) that describes the connection relationship between each page.
), the combination mark database memory (6) corresponding to each combination relationship, and the combination format table memory to know the combination relationship for each page,
The present invention is characterized by comprising a one-page data end detection section (4) which reads a corresponding combination mark from the combination mark data table memory and outputs print data of the combination mark in a predetermined portion of each page.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a page printer using the present invention. The page combination information and combination mark data set by the format data setting section 1 are stored in a combination format table memory 5 and a combination mark data table memory 6, respectively. Further, in the format data setting section 1, end information of one page, such as whether one page ends with the previous line, is set and transferred to the one page data end detection section 4.

On the other hand, the print data from the print data memory 2 is read out page by page by the page data sending unit 3, and sent to the print unit 8 via the one page data end detection unit 4 and the print control unit 7.
is printed page by page. The one-page data end detection unit 4 refers to the combination format table memory 5 and the combination mark data table memory 6 when one page of print data ends, extracts predetermined combination mark data of the corresponding page, and performs print control. Transfer it to section 7 and print it.

In the page printer configured as described above, it is assumed that one image is composed of four pages of print data as shown in FIG. The combination format table on the combination formant table memory 5 is set as a table having two-dimensional page addresses corresponding to FIG. 4, as shown in parentheses in FIG. At this time, the correspondence between each address on the table and each page number in FIG. 4 can be made by the format data setting section 1. Next, in each address on the combination format table, codes 1 to 4 are stored as codes indicating addresses on the combination mark data table memory 6, as shown in FIG. Then, the combined data table memory 6
In the above combined data table, as shown in FIG. 3, the combined mark data of each page whose addresses are 1 to 4 and their printing positions are recorded 4.1. This combined mark data can be freely set by the format data setting section 1.

Now, assume that, for example, the print data for the first page in FIG. 4 is read out from the print data memory 2 by the page data sending section 3 and printed. When the one-page data end detection unit 4 detects the end of one page, it first refers to the combination format table memo +J5 and learns that the combination mark code of the corresponding address is 1. As a result, the address 1: corresponding to the code 1 in the combined mark data table memory 6 is referred to, and it is understood that the mark of the corresponding shape should be output to the right and bottom (RSD). That is, the one-page data end detection unit 4 outputs the mark data corresponding to the code 1 in addition to the print data of the first page to the print control unit 7, and as a result, the print unit 8 outputs the mark data shown in No. 511iF (Ei). A mark like this will be printed.

The above operation is performed in the same way when outputting the print data of other pages, and as a result, each page is output as shown in Fig. 5 (b).
Since a mark as shown in 1 is printed, bonding can be easily performed by aligning this mark.

In the above embodiment, the print data consisting of four pages is output as shown in FIG. By resetting the contents of the memory 6, it is possible to respond flexibly.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, by pasting together the outputted pages so that the joining marks match, it becomes possible to perform easy pasting, and it is possible to eliminate pasting mistakes.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a page printer using the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a combination format table, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a combination mark table, and FIG. 4 is an explanation of the page combination relationship. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of combined marks in print data output, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of conventional problems. 1... Formant data setting section, 4... 1 page data end detection section, 5... Combined format table memory, 6... Combined mark data table memory, Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3. Figure 4 1 Dirge (O)' 3N-ji (b) Strategy 5 Figure 6 Type + = jl Divination Paste

Claims (1)

[Claims] A page printer that prints print data representing one image in a plurality of pages for each page, and a page connection relationship memory that stores connection relationships between the pages on the image for each page. means (5);
A page printer characterized in that it has a predetermined page combination identification mark printing control means (4, 6) for reading the connection relationship of the corresponding page in the page connection relationship storage when printing the print data for each page. page join specification device.