JPS62210533A - Print control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the selecting operation of print documents following the print stop line by displaying a character string of the line following the print stop line in the position of the first line when printing is stopped. CONSTITUTION:A CPU 11 reads out line modification information in a line attribute buffer corresponding to a document to be printed from line modification information of the first line and retrieves the line position, where print stop is set, to obtain the number of lines to be printed and outputs a printing execution command to execute the print processing up to said line position. When printing is stopped in said line position, a sentence of the following line and a print menu are displayed on an LCD 50. When this menu is selected, its contents are displayed. When a selection/execution key is operated again, printing is started from the line position following the stop line in accordance with a newly set document form.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Objective of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a print control method for a document creation device, and particularly to a method for checking the content of each sentence to be printed in a print mode. The present invention relates to a print control method 1 for a document creation device having a display mechanism that can be used.

(Prior art) In recent years, document creation equipment H uses an LCD (liquid crystal display) for the display mechanism and GMT for the document file structure.
A compact, elegant, and low-cost document creation device called a so-called personal word processor using a cassette-type magnetic tape device has now been realized. In this type of personal word processor, a device that can be driven by battery power is required in order to further improve rescue performance and operability.

However, in conventional personal word processors of this type, it has been difficult to provide internal memory comparable to that of medium- and large-sized machines due to various aspects such as lower product costs, space savings, and simpler and simpler hardware and firmware. Moreover, the display mechanism is limited to a small and lightweight one such as a liquid crystal display panel.

Although such conventional personal word processors have a function display function including a print menu in the print mode, there is no way to check the contents of the document to be printed, so when printing a saved document, There is a problem in that there is a risk of specifying the wrong document to be printed.

In addition, word processors that have the function of specifying the print stop line cannot recognize the contents of the line following the print stop line, which causes problems in selecting documents to be printed after the print stop line. .

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in conventional personal word processors, it is not possible to confirm the contents of the document to be printed at the time of printing. There is a risk of specifying the wrong sentence 1 to be printed, and in a word processor that has the function of specifying a line to stop printing,
There is an inconvenience in that it is not possible to Ll'H the contents of the line following the print stop line.

The present invention makes it possible to check the contents of a document to be printed at low cost and easily by effectively utilizing a display mechanism in a personal word processor. To provide a print control method that allows effective document printing at all times without the risk of damage.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a document creation device that has a display mechanism capable of displaying characters in multiple lines and a function to stop printing at any line position of the text to be printed. an unprinted document line display mechanism that displays a character string on the next line of the print stop line in the print target document at the first line position of the display mechanism when printing is stopped at a preset print stop line position; It is configured with the following.

(Operation) When printing is stopped at the print stop line position, the character string in the line next to the print stop line in the print target text is displayed at the first line position of the display mechanism. This allows you to easily read the contents of the line following the print stop line. This makes it easy and efficient to select the next print word when printing is stopped.

(Example) 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 apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a large-scale integrated circuit device made into one chip, and a processing bag fi (C
PU), furthermore, resignation! ! area, character font w4 area,
An internal storage unit consisting of ROM and RAM having a program w4 area, etc. is built-in. This integrated circuit device 10 is actually configured with a terminal structure of 100 bins, and is a semiconductor integrated circuit shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 59-204455, Japanese Patent Application No. 59-204456, Japanese Patent Application No. 59-204462, etc. This is realized based on technology. Hereinafter, this large-scale integrated circuit device will be referred to as superintegration or SI.

11 to 19 are internal components of S10, respectively. Of these, 11 is the CPU that controls all of II, and in addition to processing such as key manual recognition, kana-kanji conversion, editing and proofreading of Sentence I, it also performs character modification on a line-by-line basis according to line attribute information, and print stop control. Execute Yukishima decoration processing including.

In the actual machine, this CP LJ 11 has a logical structure equivalent to 280.

Further, in the figure, an external bus connected to the system bus inside the 8110, connection terminals, and logic such as a counter/timer provided inside the 511G are omitted.

12 to 18 are internal components of 8110 connected to the internal system bus of the CPU 11, respectively.

Of these, 12 are peripheral control circuits (bidirectional interface circuits), and one of the three ports is used to output keyboard skin I# data (4 bits) and cassette write data (1 bit). , the other board inputs the keyboard return signal (8 bits)
used for. This peripheral control circuit is hereinafter referred to as PPI.

13 is a decoder (DC
E).

14 is a RAM, in which a document buffer area, line modification information area, external character pattern area, provisional dictionary area, etc. are secured, and a display line image buffer (D-BU) is secured.
F) 140, and further line buffer for printing (LB
), etc., and the details thereof will be described later with reference to the memory map shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 15 is a ROM, in which the Kanji Pattern Editorial Department (KPM) registers various character fonts including Kanji and English characters.
), and also stores system programs, kana-kanji conversion statics, messages on multiple screens, etc.

16 is a data recorder (C
This is a cassette interface circuit (CMT-I NTF) that performs read/write control of the MT). When writing data, the reader section outputs all "1" data for about 10 seconds before starting writing, and then output from the PP112] - Outputs serial cassette writing data (line modification area data/document area data/external character pattern area data/iTi phrase registration area data/temporary word a area data, etc.), and outputs the trailer as well. As a part, all "O" data is output for about 2 seconds.

17 is an LCD I control circuit (LCDC);
The row image buffer 140 provided in M14 is accessed to output LCD display data.

18 is a printer controller (PRTO), and CP
Print image data is outputted via the RAM 14 under the control of U11.

A clock generator (CG) 19 receives a basic clock output from an external oscillator (O20) 20 and outputs a predetermined frequency-divided clock, timing signal, etc.

20 is an oscillator (O20) that basically generates an O-sock and supplies it to the clock generator 19 inside the 5rio;
is a keyboard (KB) connected to the PP112 and decoder 13 inside the same <5rio, 40 is a D/A converter that converts written data into recordable analog signals, and converts the reproduced analog signals into digital signals. This is a data recorder (CMT) that uses an audio cassette magnetic tape WAN connected to the cassette interface circuit 16 inside the 5110 via a CMT adapter 41 that has an A/D converter for converting into . 50 is LCD
A liquid crystal display (LCD-DRV) connected to the LCD control circuit 17 inside the S
(hereinafter referred to as an LCD), and is configured here to be capable of displaying four lines (in the case of no space between lines). This L
On the CD 50, in the print mode, the document contents of the first line of the document to be printed are displayed in the first line display position, the details of which will be described later. 60 is 5I
This is a serial printer connected to the printer controller 18 inside the IO. 70 is a 3.5-inch microfloppy disk drive (FDD), and 8110 is connected via a floppy disk controller (FCC) 71.
It is connected to the internal system bus of the internal CPU 11. The floppy disk drive 70 selectively stores a document floppy disk for storing documents, a custom character floppy disk for storing custom characters, a second level floppy disk for storing each second level kanji pattern, etc. inserted.

2 is a memory map of the RAM 14 shown in the first factor above. The RAM 14 includes the above-mentioned LCD control circuit 1.
row image buffer 140, accessed by 7;
Document buffer 141 that stores document information (character code string)
, a line property that stores various line modification information such as whether to stop printing, character spacing, line pitch, character size, rotation/italicization, and outline specification for each line of the document stored in the document buffer 141. A buffer 142, a custom character pattern buffer '143 for storing registered custom character patterns, a line buffer (LB), a provisional dictionary area, a control information area, a phrase registration area, etc. are provided, as well as flags and phrases used for printing control. A working register area is provided for storing eight types of control information including pointers (character type flag/double mark flag/second level flag/character code pointer, etc.).

Here, 6768 bytes (94 x 72 bytes) are added to the line image buffer 140, and document buffer 1
41, 1440 bytes (480 lines x 3 bytes) are allocated to the line attribute buffer 142, and 1152 bytes (16 characters x 72 bytes) are allocated to the external character pattern buffer 143.

FIG. 3 shows the structure and contents of the row modification information stored in the row attribute buffer 142 shown in FIG. 2 above.
Here, 1 bit ("1": Stopped/"101'l: No stop) is set for whether or not there is a stop in the middle column, and 2 bits are set for the character spacing ("
00": Character spacing 0 (O dots) to 111111. Character spacing 3 (12 dots)), line, pitch l: 4 hits ("11
11”: Line feed B (line feed fl knee 8 inch/120)
, “0000”; line feed O (line feed amount; 0 inch/120)
, “0001”: Line feed H (+8 inches/120),”
0010″; Line feed K (+16 inches/120), “00
11": Line feed E (+20 inches/120), "0100
”: Line feed 1 (+30 inches/120) ~ “0111”
; Assign line feed 4 (+60 inches/120)), character size
1 (24X24 dots) ~ ``1001'': Size 9 (
576 x 576 dots), “'1111”: Size Q (
12x12 dots)), and 3 bits for rotation/slant (“000”: No rotation/slant designation, “001”: Rotation 1)
(96°), “010”: Rotation 2 (180°), “0
11": Rotation 3 (270°), "100": Italic designation), and 1 pit ("1'°; Yes/No) for presence/absence of white outline.
Assign “O”; None) and set 8 pits (-9 to +) in the left turn margin.
56) is assigned.

4 to 8 are flowcharts for explaining the print processing operation of the above embodiment, respectively.

Of these, Figure 4 shows the processing flow from print designation to the start of printing, and Figure 5 shows the character development (
6 shows the processing flow of standard printing/vertical/horizontal conversion printing; and FIG. 7 shows the processing flow of dividing printing (triple printing).

Figures 9 to 14 show examples of guide displays when printing, respectively. Figure 9 is the screen when setting the middle column format, Figure 10 is the screen when the middle column is stopped, and Figure 11 is the screen when printing is executed. the screen inside,
FIG. 12 shows a screen when a page break is detected, FIG. 13 shows a screen when partial printing is set, and FIG. 14 shows a screen when one line printing is set.

Here, the operation of one embodiment will be explained with reference to the above figures.

When inputting a sentence containing kanji, the key input signal from the keyboard 30 is converted into kana and kanji under the control of the CPU 1l in the 3110, and is stored in the sentence buffer 141 in the RAM 14. , the CPU 11 is P
via P112 and further via the decoder 13 to the keyboard 3.
0, and output the return signal to PP1.
12 to perform key discrimination and generate a key code. Furthermore, for the designated part of the kana/kanji input based on the same key code, the kana/kanji conversion dictionary in the ROM 15,
Furthermore, after indexing the temporary dictionary in the RAM 1'4 and performing kana-kanji conversion processing, the input character code string including the converted kanji code is stored in the document buffer 141.

During the above-described document input, the input characters stored in the document buffer 141 are sequentially developed into patterns on the line image buffer 140 under the control of the CPU 11, and
Display control of CD III a11 circuit 17, furthermore LC
The display drive of the D driver 51 outputs the data to be displayed on the LCD 50.

The already input documents input in this way are displayed on the LCD 50 in up to 4 rows and columns according to the line/column specification using the cursor keys.
It can be displayed arbitrarily with a character arrangement of o columns x 4 lines, and is used for document proofreading, correction, etc.

For example, if you want to modify characters on a line-by-line basis or specify a stop in the middle column for the above input document, use the cursor keys to select and display the character string at the line position you want to modify.
By combining the [Function] key with another specific key,
Specify line modification by operating the 111 key. The detailed line modification means at this time is shown in Japanese Patent Application No. 129237/1988 (Document Creation Apparatus), so the explanation thereof will be omitted here.

Next, the printing processing operation of the above-mentioned document will be explained.

When printing this document, document printing is specified by operating the [branch print] key in combination with the [service] key and another specific key. Here, it is assumed that full text printing is specified by a combination operation of the [Function] key and the [¥] primary key.

When the CP IJ it determines that the [document print] key has been operated, it switches the display mode of the LCD 50 from the document display mode to the print menu display mode.

When the CPU 11 determines the operation input of the E branch mark lIJ] key, it initializes the count value of the line counter indicating the printing line position, and then controls the LCD control circuit 17.
As shown in FIG. 9, the first line of the specified expenditure is displayed on the first line of the LCD 50, and the print menu is displayed sequentially and selectively using the cursor keys from the second line onwards. indicate. At this time, item selection is performed by operating the left and right cursor keys, and screen switching is performed using [Select/
Execute] key, for example, the 9th
On the initial screen when specifying full text printing as shown in Figure (a),
Move the cursor to the "Standard" position and [Select/Execute]
By operating the key, "Standard J printing" is selected.
The display screen on the L CD 50 switches from the screen shown in FIG. 9(a) to the screen shown in FIG. After selecting each item in )-2), by operating the [Select/Execute] key, the mode shifts from the print menu setting mode to the print execution mode, and the print process is executed. Also, on the initial screen of WAJβ fixed time in the full text shown in FIG. 9(a) above, move the cursor to the position of "vertical/horizontal conversion"
"Vertical/horizontal conversion" by operating the [Select/Execute] key.
Print is selected, and the display screen on the LCD 50 changes from the screen shown in FIG. 9(a) to the screen shown in FIG. 9(C).

In this case as well, after selecting each item, click [Select/Execute]
By operating the key, the mode shifts from the print menu setting mode to the print execution mode, and the print process is executed.

In addition, during the setting period of the print menu above, the LCD
As shown in FIG. 9, the sentence in the first line of the designated document is continuously displayed on the first line of the screen 50, and the display continues even during subsequent printing.

The display screen during printing is shown in FIG.

In addition, even in the case of partial printing or single line printing, the first line on the LCD 50 will contain the information shown in Figures 13 and 13 from the time the screen changes until the end of printing depending on the print mode specification. 14
As shown in the figure and FIG. 11, the sentence in the first line of the specified document is continuously displayed. In addition, the above r45X quasi” printing and “
The "vertical/horizontal conversion" printing differs in control including motor excitation on/off of the serial printer 60, the details of which will be described later with reference to FIG. 6.

After setting the print menu, the specified document stored in the document buffer 1141 in the RAM 14 is read out line by line, and after the pattern is displayed on the line buffer (LB), it is printed out by the serial printer 60. be done. At this time, if a single line of character string to be printed contains a mixture of non-standard characters and second-level characters, the pattern development for one line is performed over 21f. , and then the second-level characters.

The character pattern conversion process at this time will be explained with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

The CPU 11 first uses the document buffer in the RAM 14?
The first line address of the print designated document stored in 141 is set in the character code pointer, and character expansion processing is executed with the second level character flag and twice expansion flag set to "0" (see Figure 4). Steps A1 to A3).

In this character development process (step A3 in Figure 4),
Character code discrimination processing for second-level characters and non-standard characters is performed, and this will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the above character m same processing, CP tJ 11 is first 2
Check whether the degree expansion flag is “0” and rO
If it is J, it recognizes that this is the first expansion fnl process on the same line and outputs a carriage return command to the serial printer 60 via the printer controller 18 (step 31°B2 in FIG. 5).

Then, read the character code from the document buffer 141 according to the address in the start buffer 141 indicated by the character code pointer, save it in the character code save area, set the character type flag to "0", and read the character code from the character code save area. After loading, it is first determined whether or not the character code is a code of 85 wards or more assigned to registration of external characters (steps 83 to 86 in FIG. 5).

Here, if the code is 85 wards or higher, set the character type flag to "1" to indicate that it is a non-standard character code, and if it is 85 wards or lower, it will be assigned to the next level 2 character. If the code is within the 48th to 83rd wards, the character type flag is set to ``2'', indicating that it is a second-level character code. set (steps 86 to 89 in FIG. 5).

In addition, codes for 85 wards and above (external characters), 48 wards to 83 wards (
If the code is not one of the codes (second-level characters), then it is determined whether the content of the double expansion flag is rOJ, and then it is determined whether the content of the character type flag is "2". (Steps 810 to B12 in FIG. 5). Here, the content of the twice expansion flag is "
"0", indicating that the content of the character type flag is a first-level character other than the second-level character code or a custom character code.
Or, if it is "1" and the content of the character type flag is "0", the character pattern data corresponding to the above character code is read from the kanji pattern memory unit (KPM) and the same pattern data is passed through the character pattern buffer. and writes to the line buffer (LB) according to the address indicated by the self-programming pointer (steps B10. B11. B14. in FIG. 5).
B15°B25).

In this way, if the content of the twice expansion flag is rOJ indicating the first expansion process, and the character type flag is the first expansion process,
When the value is "0" indicating a standard character, character patterns according to the character codes read from the document buffer 141 are sequentially developed on the line buffer y (LB).

In addition, when the content of the double attack flag is "O" indicating that it is the first expansion process, and the content of the character type flag is "2" indicating that it is the second level character code, the second Set the level flag to "-1", update the write pointer, reduce the number of unprinted characters in the middle column target line by one character, and if the number of characters is not "0", that is, the number of unprinted characters in the line to be printed is If any characters remain to be printed, update the character code pointer by 2 bytes (one character code), read the character code from the document buffer 141 according to the address indicated by the character code pointer, and store it in the character code save area in the same way as above. After saving, the character type discrimination and pattern expansion processing of the same character code are repeatedly executed (steps 810, 811, and B in Fig. 5).
13.826~829.83~).

In this way, during the first pattern processing on the same line, if a second-level character exists in that line, the second
Skips level character expansion processing and begins character pattern expansion processing for the next character digit.

Also, when the content of the twice expansion flag is "O" indicating that this is the first expansion process, and the content of the character type flag is "1" indicating that it is a non-standard character code, the serial printer 6
The motor excitation of the same printer is canceled at the end of the operation of 0 (
The motor is turned off), a message prompting the user to insert a floppy disk with external characters is read from the ROM 15, and the message is sent to the LCD driver 51 via the LCD IIJ control circuit 17.
and outputs it for display on the LCD 50 (steps [314 to 818 degrees B20 in FIG. 5).

When it is confirmed that the external character floppy disk has been loaded into the floppy disk drive 70 according to the message prompting the user to insert the external character floppy disk, the external character pattern data according to the above character code is read from the loaded external character floppy disk, and the same data is read out from the loaded external character floppy disk. After inputting the above character pattern buffer into the character pattern buffer, confirming that the mode is not a specific print mode (eg external character-table printing), turn off the motor of the floppy disk drive 70, and input the above character pattern buffer? Read out the external character pattern data written to
Line buffer (LB) according to the write pointer address
) (Steps 821 to 825 in Figure 5).

Furthermore, after that, the capture pointer is updated and the number of unprinted characters in the line to be printed is decreased by one character, so that the number of characters becomes rOJ.
If not, that is, if unprinted characters on the print line remain,
After updating the character code pointer by 2 bytes (for 1 character code), read the character code from the document buffer 141 according to the address indicated by the character code pointer, save it in the character code save area, and then read the character code of the same character code. Character type discrimination and pattern development processing are repeatedly executed (steps 826 to 829 and 83 in FIG. 5).

In this way, when the content of the twice-expansion flag is rOJ, which indicates the first expansion process, if the character code to be output is a code other than the second-level character,
Each character pattern of a custom character or a first level character according to the character code is sequentially expanded into a pattern on the line buffer (SHIB).

The above-mentioned process is executed repeatedly in sequence, and the number of unprinted characters in one line in the first character expansion process on the same line has disappeared, that is, the number of unprinted character digits has become "0". When this is confirmed (step 828 in FIG. 5), the first character expansion process on the same line (step A3 in FIG. 4) is performed.
).

Next, the content of the second level character flag is determined, and if the content of the flag is not "0", the content of the second level character flag is set to "0", and the content of the exhibition flag is set twice. "0"
The second character ry1 on the same line after setting
Intermediate processing begins (steps A4 to A6 in FIG. 4).

Here, the content of the twice expansion flag is not rOJ, and
Check that the content of the character type flag is "2" (
FIG. 5 Step 828. B12) After that, when the operation of the serial printer 60 is completed, the printer's motor excitation is canceled (motor off), and a message prompting the insertion of the second level flexible disk is read from the ROM 15.
The message is sent to the LCD driver 51 via the LCD control circuit 17 and displayed on the LCD 50 (steps 814 to B19 in FIG. 5).

Following the message prompting you to insert the second level floppy disk, confirm that the second level floppy disk has been loaded into the floppy disk drive 70.
Then, the second-level character pattern data according to the above character code is read from the loaded second-level floppy disk, and after loading the same data into the character pattern buffer, a specific print mode (for example, the middle column of the list of external characters) is executed. After confirming that the floppy disk drive 70 is not in Steps 821-B25).

Furthermore, after that, the write pointer is updated and the number of unprinted characters in the line to be printed is decreased by one character, so that the number of characters becomes rOJ.
If not, that is, if unprinted characters on the print line remain,
After updating the character code pointer by 2 bytes (1 character code), similarly to the above, read the character code from the document buffer 141 according to the address indicated by the character code pointer, save it in the character code save area, and then update the character code of the same character code. Character type discrimination and pattern development processing are repeatedly executed (steps 826 to 829 and 83 in FIG. 5).

In this way, when the content of the twice expansion flag is "-1" indicating the second expansion process, only when the character code to be output is a second level character, that character Each character pattern of the second level character according to the code is sequentially developed into a pattern at a corresponding digit position on the line buffer (LB).

The above-mentioned process is executed repeatedly in sequence, and the number of unexpanded characters in one line in the second character i opening process on the same line has disappeared, that is, the number of unprinted character digits has become rOJ. (Step 82B in Figure 5), the second character-shaking opening in the same line is I! ! (Step A6 in FIG. 4) is completed.

When each character development process described above is completed, the motor excitation of the serial printer 60 is canceled (motor off) after the operation of the serial printer 60 is completed, and a print execution command is then output to the printer 60 (step A7 in FIG. 4). A8
).

Next, the printing processing operation of the character pattern developed in the line buffer (LB) will be explained with reference to the processing flows shown in FIGS. 6 to 8. Here, the printer control differs depending on whether "standard" printing is specified or "vertical/horizontal conversion" printing is specified, as shown in FIG. 6. In addition, when printing is executed, the seventh
As shown in the figure, the execution determination of triple punching and its divided printing control are selectively performed. Furthermore, when printing,
After the print menu is set, until the printing is finished, the character string of the print start line is displayed on the LCD 50 as shown in Fig. 8 (Fig. 9 and Figs. 11 to 14). (Example shown in FIG. 10), and when a print stop line is set, the character string of the next line is displayed when printing is stopped (Example shown in FIG. 10).

First, with reference to FIG. 6, each printer control will be described when "standard" printing is specified and when "rm horizontal conversion" printing is specified.

When executing printing, the CPU 11 determines whether the printing is in the "standard" printing mode or the "vertical/horizontal conversion" printing mode (step C4 in FIG. 6).

When determining "standard" printing, the pattern development start position on the line buffer (LB) is determined from the first character column position of the line to be printed, and then the position in FIG. 3 corresponding to the line to be printed is determined. Load the line modification information shown below, and check whether it takes a long time to develop the character based on its contents (character size (enlargement/reduction), presence of white outline, etc.) (full-width character (size 1)
If it is determined that it will take a long time, it outputs a carriage return command to the serial printer 60 via the printer controller 18, and further outputs a motor excitation off command ( FIG. 6 Steps 02 to C5).

As a result, the serial printer 60 enters the motor excitation off state after the carriage returns.

If it is determined that a long time is not required, only the carriage return command is output to the serial printer 60 via the printer controller 18 (step C4 in FIG. 6).
, C6). At this time, even after the carriage returns, the motor is not energized and turned off, so that printing can be performed immediately.

After that, the character pattern for one line is stored in the line buffer (LB) by the character expansion process shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 mentioned above.
A print execution command is output to the serial printer 60 via the printer controller 18 (steps C7 and C8 in FIG. 6).

The serial printer 60 receives the print execution command and prints one line of character patterns developed on the line buffer (LB) (step C9 in FIG. 6).

When printing of one line is completed, a line feed command is output to the serial printer 60 via the printer controller 18, and then a check is made to determine whether the printing process for the document line to be printed has been completed, that is, whether there are any unprinted lines. If there are any unprinted lines, the above-described line printing process is repeated again, and if there are no unprinted lines, the standard printing process is ended (steps C21, C11, C2 in FIG. 6). ~C9).

In this way, standard printing processing is executed.

Also, when determining whether to print with "vertical/horizontal conversion", first set the line feed value to "0", output a line feed command to the serial printer 60 via the printer controller 18, and then
Output the motor excitation off command (Step C in Figure 6)
21, C22).

As a result, in the serial printer 60, after the line feed process is executed, the motor is turned off.

After this motor excitation is turned off, it is confirmed that the characters to be printed exist, and the character pattern for one line is transferred to the line buffer (L
B) Expand on top (steps C23 and C24 in Figure 6).

After determining the print start position from the character pattern developed on the line buffer (LB), a carriage return command is output to the serial printer 60 via the printer controller 18, and then a print execution command is output (sixth Figure steps 025 to C27).

The serial printer 60 receives the print execution command and executes printing of the bar and turn developed on the line buffer (LB) (step 028 in FIG. 6).

Then, when printing one line is finished, set the line feed value for the next print, and then perform the above-mentioned ``vertical/horizontal conversion printing process with red stamp 5E.''
The process is repeated until 11 characters no longer exist (steps C29, C22 to C28 in FIG. 6).

In this way, the printer II m, including motor excitation control, is executed under different processing controls in the "standard" print mode and the "vertical/horizontal conversion" print mode.

Note that detailed pattern development processing and the like for the "vertical/horizontal conversion" printing at this time are disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 60-247571, so a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted here.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, a description will be given of the determination of execution of three strokes during printing and the division printing control thereof. Note that here, the CPU 11 has a model determination boat,
The type determination board displays whether the own model is a built-in type or a separate type of flexible disk drive. In this case, the built-in type model has a built-in NiCd battery with a large charge capacity, and the separate type model has a built-in normal dry cell battery with a small charge capacity compared to the NiCd battery.

When the printer controller 18 receives a print execution command from the CPU 11, it first sets the triple-strike flag in rOJ, reads the preset data of the model determination boat of C P tJ 11, and based on the data contents, prints the Determine whether the model is a built-in NiCd battery type (with a built-in floppy disk drive) or a built-in dry cell type (separate floppy disk drive type), and if it is a type with a built-in NiCd battery, use the serial printer 60.
Output the print execution command to line buffer y (L
B) Execute normal printing process control to print out the pattern developed on the top at once (steps D1 to D4 in FIG. 7).

In addition, if the type has built-in dry batteries, the line buffer (L
B) Set the start address as the dot check address in a predetermined register R1, set the initial 1a rOJ as the number of dots on to be counted and set it in register R2, and set r144J (check unit: 24 x 48 dots) as the number of check bytes in register R3. and sets r8J (1 byte) as the number of check pits in register R4 (steps D5 to D8 in FIG. 7).

Then, based on the dot check address stored in register R1, 1 byte of dot data on the line buffer (LB) is read into a predetermined shift register, and 1 byte is moved to the left.
Shift bit by bit to determine carry-on,
Each time an on-dot is detected, the contents of register R2 are updated, and the process is repeated for the number of check bytes, that is, 144 bytes (steps D8 to D15 in FIG. 7).

Then, the number of check bytes stored in register R3 (
When the dot-on determination for 144 bytes) is completed, the number of dot-on stored in register R2 becomes r576J or more (
1/2 or more), and determine whether the number of dots is r
If it is 576J or more, a 3-time flag is set, that is, the 3-time flag is set to "-1", and then a print execution command is output to the serial printer 60 (steps D1B and D17.[ in FIG. 7). 4).

After the printer controller 18 completes the triple stroke determination process described above, it sends the pattern data on the line buffer (LB) to be printed to the serial printer 60, but at this time, if the triple stroke flag is set, The pattern data developed on the line buffer (LB) is divided into three parts by a predetermined thinning process (here, 24 vertical dots of the line buffer (LB) are taken out in three batches of 8 dots each), and printed three times. The operation finishes printing one line.

Next, we will discuss the display operation under print/print mode in the 8th section.
This will be explained with reference to FIGS. During printing, after the print menu is set as shown in FIG. 8, until the printing is finished, as illustrated in FIG. 9 and FIGS. 11 to 14, Mark V on L CD 50
The character string in the A start line is displayed, and if the print stop line is set, the character string in the next line is displayed when printing is stopped, as illustrated in FIG. 10.

It should be noted that the detailed setting means and stop control means for stopping printing at this time are disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 129229/1982, so a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted here.

When the CPU 11 determines the operation input of the document print 1 key, the CPU 11 initializes the count value of the line counter indicating the print line position, and then executes the LCD ill al1 circuit 1.
7 to display the sentence in the first line of the designated document on the first line on the LCD 50 as shown in FIG.
Print menus are sequentially and selectively displayed on the second and subsequent lines of the LCD 50 according to cursor key operations (step 8 in FIG. 8).
10-512). Item selection by left/right cursor key operations, screen switching by [select/execute] key operations, etc. at this time have been described above, so their explanations will be omitted here. Figure 9 (a) is an example of the display when full text printing is specified, and Figure 9 (b-1) and (b-2) are examples of the display when full text printing is specified.
) is an example of the display when an item is selected after "Standard" printing is selected, and (C) is an example of the display when an item is selected when "Aspect conversion" printing is selected in (a) of the same figure. It shows.

Next, the CPU 11 sequentially reads the line modification information in the line quality buffer 142 corresponding to the wording to be printed, starting with the line modification information of the first line, and searches for the line position where "print stop" is set. , after determining the number of lines to be printed, outputs a print execution command and executes the printing process up to that line position (8th
Figure steps 813-521).

During this printing, as shown in FIG. 11, the printing start line and the printing status (a message indicating that printing is in progress) are displayed on the LCD 50. Note that when printing is stopped during "vertical/horizontal conversion" printing, the display format is as shown in FIG. 10.

When printing stops at the line position where "Print Stop" is set, the next line of text and the print menu are displayed, as shown in Figure 10 (a-1), and the menu can be selected using the cursor and the [Select/
By selecting with the execution key operation, the print menu shown in (a-2) of the same figure is displayed.

Here, by operating the [31 Select/Execute key again, from the line position next to the above-mentioned stop line, that is, 1, L CD
Printing according to the newly set document format is started from the line text displayed in the first line on 50.

Also, if it is detected that the document to be printed has ended (there is no document on line L+1) before the above-mentioned "stop printing" setting line is searched, the number of lines to be printed up to that line position is calculated,
Execute the printing process up to the accompanying position (Step 8 in Figure 7)
13-815.822-524).

In this way, in print mode, the first line of the document to be printed is displayed when setting the print menu and during printing, and the next line of text is displayed when printing is stopped. The content of the printed document can be confirmed by being displayed.

As described above, since the contents of the document to be printed can be confirmed during printing, there is no risk of printing out the wrong document, and the desired printing process can be performed reliably and effectively.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the printing tlII 6D method of the document creation device of the present invention, the display 814f4 can display multiple lines of characters and printing can be stopped at any line position of the document to be printed. In a document creation device having this function, when printing is stopped at a preset print stop line position, the character string of the line next to the print stop line in the document to be printed is displayed at the first line position of the display mechanism. The structure is equipped with a display mechanism for unprinted document lines, so that the contents of the line following the print stop line can be easily recognized, and when printing is stopped, the next print document can be selected easily and efficiently. Ru.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a memory map in the RAM in the above embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a device in the above embodiment. FIGS. 4 to 8 are flowcharts showing the processing flow of the above embodiment, respectively.
FIGS. 9 to 14 are diagrams showing various selection screens under the print mode and their display order in the above embodiment, respectively. 10...S■, 11...CPU, 12...PPI
(peripheral control circuit), 13... decoder (DCE), 1
4...RAM, 15...ROM, 1G...cassette interface circuit (CMT-INTF) 17...
・LCD CD guilty circuit CDC), 18... Printer controller (PRTC), 19... Clock generator (CG), 20... Oscillator (O20), 3O-
-t--ho t' (KB), 40=-7-tare recorder (CMT), 41...CMT adapter, 50...
LCD160...Serial printer (PRT), 14
0...Line image buffer (D-BLJ F), 1
41... Branch buffer, 142... Stiletto buffer, 143... External character pattern buffer, LB... Line buffer. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 2 Figure 5 (only 2) Figure 5 (+03)

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A document creation device that has a display mechanism capable of displaying multiple lines of characters and a function to stop printing at any line position of a document to be printed, which when printing is stopped at a preset print stop line position. A printing control method comprising: a display means for displaying an unprinted document line for displaying a character string in a line next to a print stop line in the document to be printed at a first line position of the display mechanism. (2) The display of document lines by the display means is canceled in accordance with a print designation from a line position other than the display line or with a transition from print mode to another processing mode. printing control method. (3) A patent in which, when displaying document lines by the display means, selection target items for setting printing conditions and print execution status are displayed at preset line positions other than the first line position of the display mechanism. A print control method according to claim 1.