JPS62278668A - Information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm the type of a document layout by reducing the document layout information to display plural pieces of document layout information to a single visible area in case plural pieces of layout information are available. CONSTITUTION:A reducing circuit 7 reduces a slip pattern outputted from a form memory in a prescribed reduction ratio based on the parameter received from a CPU1 and then completing said slip pattern by a thinning process, etc. An output picture buffer memory 8 which can evolve an image pattern to be delivered to the recording paper by an amount equivalent to a page delivers the image data evolved to an output part 9 by an instruction of the CPU1 to perform the print processing. Then the slip patterns are reduced in each prescribed reduction ratio or less and plural slip patterns are outputted repetitively to a sheet of recording paper when these slip patterns are printed. Thus the types of those slip patterns stored in the form memory can be confirmed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 3. Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to an information processing device, particularly an information processing device that records a plurality of document layout information and uses external information to generate one document layout information. The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that selects document information from the outside and develops it in a visualization area according to the document layout information.

[Prior Art] For example, when filling out a form, etc., multiple sheets of several types of forms are printed in advance, and necessary document information (
However, some forms were used frequently and others were not, and the number of sheets was quite large, making the management of the forms complicated.

For this purpose, multiple form patterns, which are one type of document layout information, are stored, one of the forms is selected from the input data from the host computer, and the document information is similarly applied to the selected form according to the document information from the host computer. A recording device that positions and records on recording paper or the like may be considered.

The operation of this recording device will be explained below.

First, a desired form pattern is read out from a plurality of forms using data for selecting a form sent from a host computer, which is a higher-level model, and the image thereof is developed in an image buffer memory for one page. Incidentally, when reading out the form pattern, the position information where the document information is expanded is also read out at the same time. Next, the image patterns corresponding to the document data (character codes) sent from the host computer are sequentially developed from the built-in font memory into the image buffer memory based on the position information mentioned above, and all document information is When the data is expanded, the image expanded data in the image buffer memory is outputted to a predetermined recording section to obtain a form with necessary information written thereon.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention C] Now, a problem arises in such a recording device when a large number of form patterns are stored. In other words, it is necessary to confirm what types of forms are stored and which forms are to be used.

Therefore, when sending document information to this type of device, the operator on the host computer side needs to know in advance which form format the document information should be outputted according to. For this reason, it is conceivable to output the stored form pattern page by page for confirmation, but it goes without saying that it would take time to output the form pattern page by page just for confirmation. However, this method requires a large amount of recording paper, which is not economical6.Furthermore, this is especially true when the number of stored forms itself is enormous.

The present invention has been proposed in order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus that can efficiently confirm the types of a large number of document layout information.

[Means for Solving the Problem] As a means for solving this problem, for example, the recording device of this embodiment includes a form memory that stores a plurality of one type of form pattern in document layout information;
a reduction circuit of a reduction means that reduces the form pattern stored in the form memory to a desired size according to an instruction from a central control unit (CPU); and an output image buffer memory that develops an image to be recorded on recording paper; Data sent from outside! It has a page buffer memory that stores pages, and a font memory that stores character font patterns corresponding to manually generated data.

[Operation] In the configuration of this embodiment, in order to confirm the types of a plurality of form patterns stored in the form memory, the form pattern is reduced to a predetermined size or less when printing the form pattern. The process of outputting a plurality of form patterns onto one sheet of recording paper is repeated.

C Embodiment] Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of an information processing apparatus according to this embodiment.

In the figure, 1 is the main body of the recording apparatus, and 2 is a host computer that is a data generation source. Reference numeral 3 denotes a CPU that controls the entire recording apparatus, and includes a ROM 1a in which a program related to a flowchart shown in FIG. 2, which will be described later, is stored, and a RAM 1b used as a work area for the CPUI. A page buffer memory 4 stores one page of document information (character code group) transmitted from the host computer via the data line 10. Reference numeral 5 denotes a font memory in which font patterns corresponding to character codes are stored. A form memory 6 stores a plurality of types of form patterns. 7 is a reduction circuit that reduces the form pattern output from the form memory at a predetermined reduction rate according to parameters from cput;
For example, this is accomplished by thinning out the sent form patterns. Reference numeral 8 denotes an output image buffer memory that can develop one page of image patterns to be output on recording paper.
Print processing is performed by outputting the developed image data. Reference numeral 11 denotes a control line for transmitting control data from the host computer, which transmits data for determining the desired type of form.

The processing procedure in the recording apparatus of this embodiment having the above configuration will be explained.

In the following description, the mode for confirming what kind of forms are stored will be particularly referred to as confirmation mode, and the normal form printing process will be referred to as normal mode. Also, switching between confirmation mode and normal mode is done by the host computer 2.
The judgment is made based on the control data sent from the control line 11 through the control line 11, but there is no problem even if the recording apparatus main body 1 side is provided with a switch for confirmation mode, for example. .

Now, in step S1, control data transmitted from the host computer 2 via the control line 11 is received.

Next, in step S2, it is determined whether this control data is confirmation mode or form selection data. If it is form selection data, the process moves to the next step S3, and the specified form pattern is stored in the output image buffer memory 9 without going through the reduction circuit 7 or with the reduction ratio of 1x (same size). Expand the image. Next, in step S4, document information based on the selected form is received from the host computer 2 and stored for one page in the page buffer memory. In step S5, a character pattern is read from the font memory 5 based on the received document information, and the image is developed at a predetermined position in the output image buffer memory 9. Next, in step S6, when the image development of one page of document information is completed, the data in the output image buffer memory is output to the output section 9 to form an image, and the series of processing is completed.

Now, if it is determined in step S2 that the control data obtained via the control line 11 is confirmation mode designation data, the process advances to step S7. In step S7, one form pattern stored in the form memory is read out, reduced to a predetermined size via the reduction circuit 7, and developed sequentially from, for example, a corner in the output image buffer 8. In step S8, it is determined whether the output image buffer memory 8 is full of developed form patterns. If it is determined that there is still "room" in the output image buffer memory 8, the process returns to step S7 and the next form pattern is developed in the output image buffer memory 8 via the reduction circuit 7 in the same way. To go. Note that the number of form patterns that can be developed in the output image buffer memory 8 depends on the reduction rate of the reduction circuit 7, so if processing is performed only to check the form of the form pattern itself, the reduction rate is increased so that more form patterns are developed in the output image buffer 8. In any case, by simply developing at least two form patterns into the output image buffer memory 8, it is possible to save 1/2 of the recording paper, and by further reducing the size, more form patterns can be stored into the output image buffer memory 8. It becomes possible to expand.

Now, if it is determined in step S8 that the form pattern has been developed to the fullest extent in the output image buffer memory 8, the process proceeds to the next step S9, where the image data in the output image buffer memory 8 is outputted to the output section 9 to be recorded. This is what is done by recording on paper. Next step SIO
Then, it is determined whether all the form patterns have been outputted, and it is determined whether there are any form patterns that have not yet been outputted in the form memory 6. If it is determined that there is a form pattern that has not been output yet, the process returns to step s7 and the same process is repeated to record and output all form patterns.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when checking the type of registered form pattern, by reducing the size of the form pattern and printing it, multiple forms can be printed on one page of recording paper. It becomes possible to record the pattern, thereby reducing time, saving recording paper, and making it possible to distinguish it from other form patterns at a glance.

In this embodiment, the confirmation mode was selected by control data from the host computer 2, but for example, as shown in FIG.
0 may be provided, and confirmation mode processing may be executed by energizing this switch. Incidentally, the processing procedure related to this is achieved by determining whether or not the switch 20 has been pressed in step S2 of FIG. 2, so a description thereof will be omitted.

Furthermore, although this embodiment has been described for the case where it is applied to a recording device, it can also be applied to, for example, a document processing device equipped with a display device, in which the form pattern registered in the display device is similarly reduced, and multiple forms can be displayed. A pattern may be displayed.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the case where each form pattern is reduced and printed is explained, but in order to determine the format of each form, a pre-registered sample document is added and reduced together with the form pattern. It is also possible to process and output it.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the document layout information has been explained as a form, but for example, tables, flowcharts, etc. are also part of the document layout information that becomes meaningful by filling in the document information.
Needless to say, it can be applied to these as well.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, when there is a plurality of pieces of document layout information, it is possible to reduce each piece of document layout information and show the plurality of pieces of document layout information in one visualization area. , it is possible to easily confirm the type of document layout.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment. In the figure, 1... recording device main body, 2... host computer, 3... CPU, 3 a-ROM, 3 b...
RAM, 4... Page buffer memory, 5... Font memory, 6... Form memory, 7... Reduction circuit, 8... Output image buffer memory, 9... Output unit, 10...・Data line, 11... Control line, 20...
It's a switch. Figure 1 Figure 2

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) storage means for storing a plurality of document layout information; and selection means for selecting one of the plurality of document layout information specified by external instruction data;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a developing means for expanding document information from the outside into a visualization area according to a format of document layout information selected by the selecting means, a reducing means for reducing the document layout information, and a reducing means for reducing the document layout information; and means for expanding at least two pieces of document layout information reduced by the reduction means into a visualization area by the expansion means, thereby facilitating confirmation of the type of the document layout information. Processing equipment. (2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the document layout information is a form pattern consisting of ruled lines. (3) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the visualization area is a recording member. (4) The information processing device according to claim 1, wherein the visualization area is a display screen.