JPS6282423A - Character processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the burden of an operator by providing an internal storage means where document information stored in an external storage means is stored and printing information automatically after read. CONSTITUTION:A character processor consists of a CPU 1, a keyboard 3, a controller 4 of the keyboard 3, a liquid crystal display device 5, a controller 6 of the device 5, a refresh memory 7, a character generator 8, a ROM 9, a RAM 10, a printer 12, and a controller 11 of the printer 12. Procedures related to control of reading-in and printing are stored in the ROM 9. The RAM 10 has a document memory SM or the like to store character information or the like. Document information from the external storage means is read into the RAM 10, and document information in the RAM 10 is printed by the printer after this reading-in. As the result, information is printed automatically by depression of a read and print key.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a character processing device with a printing press to which external storage means using, for example, a sequential file, that is, a magnetic tape, can be connected as an external storage device.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, compact cassette tape recorders (hereinafter referred to as CWT) have been used as external storage devices in simple character processing devices, such as handheld word processors.
There are some systems that use ``to store documents.''

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, GMT has a slow reading speed; for example, it is not uncommon for it to take 30 seconds or more to read a document. Furthermore, if an operator wants to print a document stored on a cassette tape, he must read the document from the CWT, then print it, and while reading from the CWT, he must wait until the end of the reading, and then e.g. There was a drawback that printing had to be executed by pressing the print start key.

Step F for Solving Problem E] The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a character processing device that can automatically print after reading from an external storage means, For this purpose, an internal storage means for storing the document information stored in the external storage means;
A printing means for printing the document information stored in the internal storage means; and a means for causing the internal storage means to read the document information from the external storage means and after the reading is completed, printing the document information in the internal storage means. equip

Therefore, according to the present invention, the trouble of issuing a print instruction after waiting for the end of reading from the external storage means is eliminated.
For example, even if the operator has to leave his/her desk in the middle of reading, printing will have been completed by the time the operator returns, thereby reducing the burden on the operator. Furthermore, it has the advantage that the time until printing is finished can be effectively utilized for other tasks.

[Example] The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the configuration of the character processing device of the present invention,
Here, 1 is a microprocessor (
cpu). 2 is a pass line, which serves as an address bus for specifying the address of each input/output memory (described later), a bidirectional data bus used for transferring various data, and a reception bus for reading and writing interwires of each memory, etc., described later. It consists of control lines and the like used for transmitting information such as marking or data set timing.

Furthermore, 3 is a keyboard (KB), which is equipped with various keys such as alphabet keys (alphanumeric keys), kana keys, and command keys for insertion, deletion, page break, and line feed, as shown in Figure 2. be. 4 is the keyboard controller (KB
G), which encodes the data input from the keyboard 3 and sends an interwoven signal to the path line 2.

Fortunately, 5 is a liquid crystal display (LCD).
It can display alphanumeric characters, kana, kanji, etc. 6 is a liquid crystal display controller (LGDc). A refresh memory (RM) 7 stores character patterns to be displayed on the display 5 and outputs the character patterns as appropriate in response to display drive No. 0 from the display controller 6. Further, 8 is a character generator (CG) in which patterns of alphanumeric characters, hiragana, katakana, kanji, and special characters are stored in advance.

Further, reference numeral 9 denotes a read-only memory (ROM) in which a control procedure (see FIG. 3) relating to the present invention, which will be described in detail below, is stored. Further, 1o is a readable/writable random access memory (RAM), which is used for temporary storage of various data or for storing information necessary for character processing. Therefore, RAM10 includes, for example, a document memory SN as described below. That is, 5lll is a document memory and stores character information. CR is a cursor register and stores the cursor position.

llTR is a display start register and stores the display start position. Further, 11 is a printer control, and 12 is a printer.

The procedures for document creation, editing, proofreading, etc. using the character processing device of the present invention as shown in FIG. A detailed explanation will be omitted, and an example of the reading printing control operation related to the present invention will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, set the tape in the cassette tape recorder,
After loading paper into the printer 12, step S1
When you press the read print key, the motor starts rotating through the remote terminal of the cassette tape recorder, and starts reading the document information recorded on the tape installed in the cassette tape recorder ("Reading" is displayed on the display. (See Figure 4 (A)). Next, step S
In step 2, the read data is stored in the document memory while checking for parity errors, framing errors, etc. The data from the cassette tape recorder consists of a total of 11 bits: a start bit, 8 data bits, a parity bit, and a stop bit. 1 records consisting of 11 bits are sequentially read out and stored in the document memory while being synthesized into an internal 16 bit code. At this time, a parity check and a framing error check are performed every time an l record is read from the cassette tape recorder, and if either of these occurs, an error flag register EFI'i in RANIO (not shown) is set to 1.
Set and continue reading.

Then, in step S3, it is determined whether reading is complete. If the reading is not completed, the process returns to step S2, and when the reading is completed, it is determined whether there is a reading error in step S4. That is, the motor is stopped through the remote terminal of the cassette tape recorder and the printing operation begins. At the end of reading, the contents of the error flag register EFR are determined. If this is 1, step S is executed.
5, but the print operation does not begin and the message ``Reading completed error'' appears.
The menu "Return to Country" is displayed on the display (see Figure 4 (B)), and the system waits for key personnel.

In step S4, the contents of the error flag register are set to 1.
If there is no reading error, the process proceeds to step 86, where it is determined whether or not paper is loaded in the printer. If no paper is loaded, the process proceeds to step S7, and a message "No paper..." is displayed. It will be displayed (see Fig. 4 (C)) and will wait for key personnel. Here, the absence of paper or the absence of ribbon as described below can be easily detected using, for example, a photosensor.

If paper is loaded in step S8, step S
8, "Printing..." is displayed (Fig. 4 ([
1)), the printing operation of the document information stored in the document memory begins. Next, in step S9, printer failure 2 is detected.
Determine whether no paper or ribbon is detected. If these (at least one) are detected, step SI
Proceed to O, stop printing there, and display the corresponding message, such as "Printer failure..." (see Figure 4 (E)), "Out of paper..." (see Figure 4 (C)), ""Noribbon..." (see Figure 4 (F)) is displayed, and the machine waits for key personnel.

If there is no detection in step SS, step Sll
It is then determined whether printing has finished. If the printing is not finished, the process returns to step s9, and when all the contents of the document memory have been printed, the process proceeds to step S12, where the message "Printing finished..." is displayed.
The message (see FIG. 4(G)) is displayed, and the process of reading and printing ends, with a wait for manual input.

In this example, the I-life display was used as the display, but
It is clear that the same effect can be obtained with two or more lines, and the same effect can also be obtained with other external storage devices, such as a floppy disk drive. Further, in a printing press equipped with an automatic paper feeder, the same effect as that in which the operator can operate without worrying about the paper size or the lack of paper is also possible as explained in this embodiment.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the operation was explained using the read/save key, but it is clear that the same effect can be obtained by selecting from the menu screen on the display.

[Advantageous Effects of the Invention 1] As explained above, according to the present invention, a document can be read from an external storage means and automatically printed on paper by a very simple operation such as pressing the read/print key. As a result, an extremely useful effect can be obtained in that the operator does not have to bother until the printing is finished.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement of the keyboard, Fig. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing example of the invention, and Fig. 4 is displayed on the LGD. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of display.

1l...CPu, 10...RAM.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Internal storage means for storing document information stored in an external storage means; printing means for printing document information stored in the internal storage means; and printing means for printing document information stored in the internal storage means; A character processing device comprising: means for reading document information and, after the reading is finished, causing the printing means to print the document information in the internal storage means.