JPS63108428A - Routine document forming system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form lots of routine documents including a merge data quickly by synthesizing and outputting a routine document data and a merge data on a bit map memory and outputting, and clearing the merge data after the end to synthesize the next merge data. CONSTITUTION:A routine document data is registered on a floppy disk 20 and the merge data are written on a hard disk 19 or an optical disk 21 for each RAM 3. A CPU 2 reads a routine data from the disk 20 based on an indexed data of the RAM 3 and expanded in a bit map memory 17. Then the merge data is read from the disk 19 or 21 and sent to the memory 17. The memory 17 expands the merge data in the indicated area. The data is sent to a printer 18, where the data is printed out. Then only the data in the merge area is cleared and the next merge data is read from the disk 19 or 21 and expanded in the cleared area and printed out by the printer. The processing above is repeated for a prescribed number of times.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention relates to a standard document creation method in a word processor using a personal computer.As the use of personal computers as word processors has become commonplace, it has become commonplace to use personal computers as word processors. Editors that can handle images simultaneously have also been announced. However, among such editors, there is still no one that can quickly create a large number of standard documents, such as photo identification cards, in which only the image (photo) and part of the test document (name) differ. For example, the method of creating a standard document using a conventional word processor is called mail merge printing, but after editing, not only the merge data but also
All data is sent to the hair print buffer memory (bitmap memory), so if image data, etc. is included in areas other than the insertion area, it may take some time to print out.
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〔the purpose〕

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for quickly creating and outputting a large number of standard documents including insertion areas in a word processor using a personal computer.

〔composition〕

In a document creation system having a bitmap memory for the entire surface of output paper, when creating a standard document, the present invention specifies an insertion area where the content changes, and stores data such as text, graphics, images, etc. in the insertion area. Each location is registered along with its location information. When outputting a standard document, first the standard document part other than the insertion area is sent to the bitmap memory, and then only the insertion data is sent, combined on the bitmap memory, and output. When the output is finished, only the insertion area on the bitmap memory is cleared, and the next insertion data is sent and synthesized. Repeat this from now on.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, a boot ROM '12 stores an initial setting program for the CPU 2, and the system is started up by executing this program. The CPU 2 is a processing device that controls the entire system. R.A.
Programs and data are stored in M3. VRAM4
is video RAM for display device (CRT) 8, T
RAM5 is text RAM for CRT, CG6 is TRA
Character generation RO that patterns M5 character code
M, CTRC7 is a display control unit that controls the display of CRT8. 9 to 14 are interface circuits, each of which has a keyboard (KB) 15 and an image input scanner (SC).
) 16 - Bitmap memory (BM) 17, hard disk (HDD, ) 19, floppy disk (FDD)
) 20 and an optical disk (ODD) 21 are connected.

Bitmap memory (BM) is printer (LP) 1'8
The BMI 7 is a memory unit that stores data to be output as a print image, and has an internal processor and can perform editing and image processing on the BMI 7 according to instructions from the CPU 2. An optical disk (ODD) 21 is a large-capacity external file, and is normally used to store and retrieve editing results. 22
is a path line that connects each part of the system.

First, an overview of general editing processing performed by this system will be explained.

Character data input from the KB 15 is sent to the TRAM 5, converted into a character pattern using the CG 6 under the control of the CRTC 7, and displayed on the CRT 8.

In addition, the image data read by 5C16 is stored in VRAM4.
Similarly, 6CR, T8, which is sent to CRT8 and displayed on CRT8 under the control of CRTC7,
It is also possible to display the TRAM5 and VRAM4 (7) data alone or at the same time by logically adding them together. Note that at the end of each line in TRAMS, a line control command (LCC) is stored that indicates the print size of the character data on that line, line feed amount, etc., but on the CRTB, the character size and line spacing are stored. is constant.

Every time editing is completed, the data in TRAM5 is transferred to CG6.
It is patterned and sent to 8M17.

At this time, the LCC in TRAMS is also converted into a BM instruction and sent to 8M17. 8M17 interprets LCC,
It controls the size and position of the characters and expands the received character pattern data. Image data in VRAM4 may also be sent to BMI7. In addition, in BMI 7, "logical OR" and "
Logical operations such as "exclusive OR" and "logical product" may be performed. When the editing is completed, the data of BMI 7 is output to the printer 18 according to a command from the CPU 2, and is also registered in the HDD 19 or FDD 20. be done.

FIG. 2(a) shows the file format (standard document) registered in the HDD 19 and FDD 20. That is, the registration file consists of a header part, a text code part, and a page directory part, the details of which are as follows.

(A) Part of the header contains information such as the document name, document creation date, number of pages, and various data writing start addresses.

(B) Text code section Because text has the property that overflowing characters flow into the next page, character strings are saved in batches in document units rather than page by page.

(C) Page Directory Section (Page Dir) Page allocation information is written in the page directory, which is composed of an image directory, a graphics directory, and a ruled line vector.

For images and graphics, information such as the file name, location, and magnification specified at the time of integration is written.
The contents of the component file itself (image raster boots and individual graphic vectors) are not written. Therefore, when outputting or displaying the layout, both this directory information and the component files are referenced.

If this method is adopted, it is not necessary to have a huge amount of image raster data for each document, and the file capacity becomes extremely small. FIG. 2(b) also shows the layout.

Next, the printout process for a standard document including an insertion area will be described.

The data of the standard document part is stored as an integrated file in Figure 2 (
For example, it is registered in the FDD 20 in the format a). Data in the insertion area, such as image data and graphic data, is written in the HDD 19 or 0DD 21, for example. For example, when printing out ID cards, write everyone's facial photos on 0DD21.

Next, set the type of insertion data (for example, person's name, face photo) and insertion area using KB15, write it to RAM3,
Instruct printing. Thereby, the CPU 2 reads out the standard data from the FDD 20 based on the index (reference) data in the RAM 3, and expands the print image data other than the insertion area into 8M17. Following this, the inserted data such as image data or graphic data is transferred to the HDDI.
Read from 9 or 0DD21 and send to BMI 7.

BMI7 develops the insertion data in the specified insertion area. Furthermore, the inserted data is character data and is stored in TRAM5.
If it is set, CG6 converts it into a character pattern and sends it to 8M17, and 8M17 develops the character pattern data in the insertion area.

The standard data and insertion data developed in this 8M17 are printed out by the LP18.

After that, clear only the data in the part corresponding to the insertion area in 8M7, leave the other standard data parts as they are without clearing them, and then write the next insertion data to H
Read from D'D 19 or 0DD21, etc., 8M
Expand to the above cleared area (insert area) of 17 and LP
18 to print out. After that, 8M17 again
Clear only the insertion area inside and move the next insertion data to H.
Data is read from DD 19 or 0DD 21 and written to the insertion area. Thereafter, the same process is repeated a predetermined number of times.

The above series of operations is performed by the CPU 2 based on the program written in the program storage area of the RAM 3.
controlled by

FIG. 3 shows the state of the BMI 7 during the above processing, and 101 and 102 indicate insertion areas. Figure 3 (a
) is the case where standard data other than the insertion areas 101 and 102 is expanded, and FIG. 3(b) is the case where the insertion areas 101 and 102
This shows that the inserted data is expanded, combined with standard data outside the insertion area, and printed out. Figure 3 (Q
) indicates that after printing, data in the insertion areas 101 and 102 is cleared to return to the state shown in FIG. 3(a). Thereafter, the states shown in FIGS. 3(b) and 3(c) will be looped a predetermined number of times.

〔effect〕

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, there is no need to resend data other than the insertion area, so the data transfer time from the host computer (CPU) and the data development time on the bitmap memory are reduced. is shortened.

In particular, when there is image or graphic data outside the insertion area, or when creating a large number of standard documents, a significant time reduction is expected.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the system according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the file format of a standard document and its layout, and Fig. 3 is a process for creating a standard document including an insertion area. FIG. 17... Bit map memory, 101, 102... Insertion area. Figure 2 (αn Figure 3 L) m times Rua

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a document creation system that has a bitmap memory that stores print image data, when creating a standard document, specify an insertion area for changing the content, and insert the data that will fit into the insertion area into text, graphics, or images. When outputting a standard document, first send the standard document part other than the insertion area to the bitmap memory, and then send only the insertion data and store the standard document on the bitmap memory. A standard document creation method characterized by combining and outputting parts.