JPS62202771A - Printing processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to prevent printing data from being printed in an area other than a printable area, by recognizing the printable area based on information read from information previously printed on a printing medium, and comparing, by calculations, the result of recognition with printing positions calculated from printing data supplied from a host device. CONSTITUTION:A device having an optical reading function and a printing processing function is provided with a recognizing means 8 having a function of discriminating a printable area for printing data on a printing medium on the basis of data optically read from information previously printed on the printing medium, and a printing position calculating and comparing means 9 for calculating printing positions on the medium from printing data transferred from a host device and comparing, by calculations, the printing positions with positions in the printable area. The printing data are printed in the printable area set as above. Accordingly, the printing data can be prevented from being printed in an area other than the printable area on a business form, and accuracy of printing processing can be further enhanced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] This is a print processing method for a device having an optical reading function and a print processing function, which reads the content printed or printed in advance on a printing medium and uses the read information to Recognizes the printable area, checks whether the recognition result matches the print position calculated from the print data transferred from the host device, and if they match, prints at the calculated print position. By configuring it as such, printing of print data outside the printable area on the printing medium is prevented,
It becomes possible to further improve the accuracy of printing processing operations.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a print processing method for an apparatus having an optical reading function and a print processing function.

For example, when automatically printing transaction status on printing media used in the financial industry, the content on the printing media that has been written or printed in advance is transferred to a higher-level device, and along with this, the information is transferred from the higher-level device. 2. Description of the Related Art Apparatuses have been developed that print transferred print data on a print medium.

When printing with such an apparatus, there is a need for the development of a method for efficiently printing within a more accurate printing area (frame) on a printing medium.

[Prior art and problems to be solved by the invention] FIG. 3 shows a block diagram illustrating a conventional example.

In the conventional example shown in FIG. 3, an image reader 11 optically reads the printed content on a printing medium (hereinafter referred to as a form), and converts the read image data into binary data and sends it out. A reading unit 1, a memory 2 that stores the binary data of the image data read by the reading unit 1, a recognition unit 3 that performs predetermined processing on the binary data of the image data and recognizes it; The data recognized by the section 3 is transferred to the higher-level device (not shown) via the line control section 6, and the line control section 6 is transferred from the higher-level device (not shown) based on the received data. A main control unit 4 instructs to print the print data transferred through the main control unit 4 onto a form (not shown), and a process for sending out the form (not shown) to be printed according to instructions from the main control unit 4. a paper feed processing section 5 that performs printing, a line control section 6 that controls the transfer of print data, etc. onto a communication line connected to a host device (not shown), and a printing section 5 that performs printing based on instructions from the main control section 4. The apparatus includes a stamp processing section 7 that prints data onto a form (not shown).

As shown in FIG. 3, the reading unit 1 reads a form (not shown).
An image reader 11 that reliably and quickly reads the content printed or printed in advance on the image reader 11;
It consists of a binarization circuit 12 that converts the image data sold at 8 into white/black binarized information.

The image data converted into white/black binary information by the binarization circuit 12 is temporarily stored in the memory 2, and the information processed by the recognition unit 3 to recognize the format of the form (not shown) and the external The information obtained by the main control section 4 based on the operation from the main control section 4 is transferred to a host device (not shown) via a communication line under the control of the line control section 6.

The host device (not shown) transfers the print data corresponding to the received information 1 to the main control section 4 via the communication line, and the main control section 4 instructs the paper feed processing section 5 and the print processing section 7. The transferred print data is printed on a form (not shown).

Note that the paper feed processing unit 5 feeds the form (
It consists of a paper feed control section 51 that controls the feeding operation of a form (not shown), and a paper feeding section 52 that executes the feeding operation of a form (not shown).

Further, the print processing section 7 includes a print control section 71 that controls the print processing of print data sent from the main control section 4, and a printer section 72 that prints the print data on a form (not shown). There is.

The following two methods are conceivable for printing data in a conventional device having the image reader 11 and the printer section 72 as described above.

That is, (1) a method in which print data received from a host device (not shown) is printed directly on a form (not shown), regardless of the presence or absence of the image reader 11;

(2) There is a method in which print format data corresponding to the type of form (not shown) is prepared in advance and the received print data is matched with the print format data to perform print processing.

However, method (2) is generally not very practical and is therefore rarely adopted. The reason for this is: ■ It takes a lot of man-hours to prepare the print format data in advance, and ■ The method of verifying whether the format of the form (not shown) you are trying to print and the print format data matches is complicated. Therefore, it is difficult to guarantee that the form and print format data match.

-Furthermore, there is a need to create a print format database for each form of form (not shown). For this reason, the above-mentioned method (1) is generally implemented.

However, in method (1), the reading unit 1 reads the form (
When processing print data transferred from a host device (not shown) according to the data obtained by reading and processing the contents of a host device (not shown), the print data transferred from the host device (not shown) It is printed on the relevant form (not shown) only by designation.

In other words, there is no information regarding the print area (frame) etc. corresponding to the form (not shown) from the host device (not shown), and the form (not shown) set by the paper feed processing unit 5 and print processing unit 7 (not shown)), the format of the form (not shown) does not match the specification of the print data; ■When there is an abnormality in the specification of the print data. , ■When the printing position shifts significantly due to misalignment when setting the form (not shown), there is a problem that printing may occur in an area (frame) that is not originally desired to be printed, such as .

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram illustrating the invention in detail.

The block diagram in Figure 1 is the functional block 1 explained in Figure 3.
, 2.4 to 7, a function of reading image data stored in the memory 2, processing it for recognition, and converting it into predetermined code data, and reading and processing the image data for recognition, and converting it to the corresponding form (not shown).
A recognition means (recognition unit) 8 having a function of determining the printable area (frame) of A print position calculation/comparison unit (print position calculation/comparison unit) that calculates the print position and compares and examines whether the calculation result is within the printable area (frame) determined by the recognition unit (recognition unit) 8. )9.

[Effect]

The content that is pre-printed or printed on the form is read by a reading unit that has an image league, and the printable area (frame) of the print data is determined by the recognition unit (recognition unit) based on the read information, and the determination result and the upper The print position calculation/comparison unit (print position calculation/comparison unit) checks whether the print position calculated from the print data transferred from the device matches or not, and if they match, the calculated print position is checked. By configuring the document to be printed on the document, it is possible to prevent printing outside the printable area (frame) on the form, and it is possible to further improve the accuracy of the print processing operation.

〔Example〕

The gist of the present invention will be specifically explained below with reference to an embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram illustrating the invention in detail. Note that the same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures.

The present embodiment shown in FIG. 2 shows an outline of an optical character reading device with a printer function.

The configuration of this embodiment is as follows: reading section 1. Memory 2. The main control section 1, paper feed processing section 51, line control section 6, and print processing section 7 are the same functional blocks as explained in FIG.

The recognition unit 8 shown in this embodiment also includes a character recognition unit 8■ which reads image data stored in the memory 2, performs recognition processing, and converts it into predetermined code data; In addition, a print area recognition unit 82 for determining a printable area (frame) on the form (not shown) is provided.

The image reader 11 in the reading unit 1 optically reads the characters, symbols, image information, etc. printed on the form (not shown), and the binarization circuit 12 converts it into white/black binarization. It is converted into information and stored in the memory 2.

The character recognition unit 81 reads out the contents stored in the memory 2, performs recognition processing, and converts them into predetermined code data. The converted code data is transferred to a host device (not shown) via the main control unit 41 and the line control unit 6, and predetermined processing corresponding to the code data is performed.

When the predetermined processing in the host device (not shown) is completed,
The line control unit 6 receives the print data transferred after being subjected to predetermined processing in a host device (not shown), and the print area recognition unit 82 reads out the content stored in the memory 2 and processes it for recognition. , determines and recognizes the printable area (frame) on the form (not shown).

Next, the print position calculation/comparison unit 9 calculates the print position on the form (not shown) from the print data received by the line control unit 6, and uses the calculation result and the print area recognition unit 82 to determine and recognize the print position. The calculated printable area (frame) is compared with the calculated printable area (frame) to check whether the print position obtained from the calculation result is within the printable area (frame).

If the check result indicates that the print position is within the printable area (frame), the main control unit 4 instructs the print control unit 71 to print the print data, the printer unit 72 performs the printing process, and the print position becomes printable. If it is not within the area (frame), it will be treated as an error.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention as described above, the printable area (
This has the effect that printing on areas other than the frame can be prevented, and the accuracy of printing processing operations can be further improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram explaining the present invention in detail, FIG. 2 is a block diagram explaining the present invention in detail, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram explaining a conventional example. In the figure, 1 is a reading unit, 2 is a memory, 3.8 is a recognition unit, 4 is a main control unit, 5 is a paper feed processing unit, 6 is a line control unit, 7 is a print processing unit, 9 is a print position calculation/printing unit 11 is an image league, 12 is a binarization circuit, 51 is a paper feed control unit, 52 is a paper feed unit, 71 is a print control unit,
72 is a printer section, 81 is a character recognition section, 8
2 indicates a print area recognition unit. The waste of August, the secret gate] Mouth cover O・T fi helmet 1 drawing

Claims (1)

[Claims] Read data obtained by optically reading the content printed or printed on the printing medium, and transferred from the confirmation unit of the content printed or printed on the printing medium and the host device. and a print processing unit for print data that is to be printed, the print data can be printed on the print medium based on data that is optically read from the content printed or printed on the print medium. a recognition means (8) having a function of determining a specific area; and a printing unit that calculates a print position on the print medium from print data transferred from the host device and compares the print position with the position of the printable area. A print processing method, comprising: position calculation and comparison means (9), and the print data transferred from the host device is printed within the set area.