JPS63178071A - Document preparing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a rule-printing time and to efficiently use an ink ribbon, by printing only the change point extracted by a rule characteristic extraction part. CONSTITUTION:When a document printing key is inputted after the simple rule key of a keyboard part 11 is inputted, the document data of a prepared document memory part 4 is sent to a rule characteristic extraction part 15. Rule data is also sent to the rule characteristic extraction part 15 when the characteristic of the change point of a rule is extracted as shown by a drawing, and only the change point of the rule becomes shortened or hook-shaped data which is, in turn, sent to a printer part 16 along with character data to apply printing output to paper. The characteristic of the rule can be extracted in the same way as the searching of a character and the printing corresponding to the extracted characteristic can be registered as a mask. By this method, by printing only the change point of the rule without printing all of rules, a printing time can be shortened and an ink ribbon can be effectively used.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention can be used, for example, as a word processor.

Enter document information such as letters and lists from the keyboard 1
The present invention relates to a document creation device that checks and edits the layout and contents of document information input through a display unit, and prints the created document information using a printing device.

(Prior Art) Conventional Art 1 For example, the external appearance of a personal word processor is as shown in FIG. 1 is a keyboard section,
Document information is input using this keyboard section 1. A display section 2 displays document information input from the keyboard section 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a printing device section which prints out document information on paper. Reference numeral 4 denotes a document external storage section, which stores created document information in a storage medium such as a floppy disk.

5 is a wall that forms the outer shape.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of a conventional word processor, which includes a keyboard section 51, a document creation control section 52, a display section 53, a created document storage section 54, and a printing device section 55.

Next, the operation of the conventional example will be explained with reference to FIG.

When character information such as characters, symbols, and ruled lines is input using the keyboard section 1, the document creation control section 52 operates.

Information that can be displayed as a document on the display section 53 and information that can be printed out on the printing device section 55 are configured, and the document information is output to the display section 53 and the created document storage section 54, respectively.

The display section 53 displays document information from the document creation control section 52. The created document storage unit 54 stores document information from the document creation control unit 52, and when printing a document,
The stored document information is transmitted to the printing device section 55. When a document printing key is input to the keyboard section 51, the printing device section 55 transfers information from the document creation control section 52 to the created document storage section 54.
Receives document information and prints it out on paper.

In this way, even in the conventional document creation apparatus described above, it is possible to create an rp' character output document on paper from document information input from the keyboard.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above-mentioned subordinate document creation device, for example,
When printing tables with ruled lines on paper using a printing device, the print head can print text information in both directions, but
When printing tables, etc. that use ruled lines, printing is performed in one direction to prevent the printed lines from shifting, and lines are also printed between the lines, so the line feed pitch becomes shorter, and it takes longer to print than normal character printing. There was a problem.

In addition, when printing ruled lines with a printing device that uses a thermal ink ribbon that can only be used once, only a small portion of the ink ribbon surface is used by simply printing the lines, and the ink ribbon is used only for the length of the ruled line. There was a problem that the ink ribbon was consumed and the ink ribbon was used very inefficiently.

The present invention is intended to solve such conventional problems, and aims to provide a document creation device that can shorten the printing time when printing ruled lines and efficiently use an ink ribbon.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that allows the user to select not to print ruled lines during trial printing, but to print ruled lines only during actual printing. .

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses information from a ruled line feature extraction unit that extracts changing points of ruled lines, whereas conventionally all ruled lines are printed. This allows only the points of change to be printed. That is, a document is created using a keyboard section for inputting document information and character information input from the keyboard section.

a document creation control section that sends the document information to a display section and a created document storage section; a display section that displays the document information from the document creation control section on a display screen; and a display section that stores the document information from the document creation control section. A document creation device comprising a created document storage section and a printing device section that prints out document information on paper, including a ruled line feature extraction section that extracts characteristics of changing points of ruled line information stored in the created document storage section. and only the changing points are printed based on the information of the ruled line feature extraction section.

(Function) The present invention has the following effects due to the above configuration. That is, when printing a table or the like including ruled lines on a sheet of paper, printing time can be shortened by printing only the points of change extracted by the ruled line feature extraction section instead of printing all the ruled lines.

Furthermore, in the present invention, since not all of the ruled lines are printed on a printed table, etc., the ink ribbon can be used efficiently.

Even if you need to draw ruled lines after printing only the changing points,
This can be easily done by simply placing a ruler at the point of change and drawing a line.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, when printing all ruled lines, it is possible to print the contents of the created document storage unit without passing through the ruled line feature extraction unit.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of a personal document creation device (word processor). It is comprised of a document external storage section 4 for storing written documents in a storage medium such as a floppy disk, and a housing 5 that forms the external shape.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the document creation device, in which a keyboard section 11 is used to input character information, a document is created using character information input from the keyboard section 11, and the document information is displayed on a display section. 13 and created document storage section 14
a document creation control section 12 that sends the document information to the document creation control section 12, a display section 13 that displays the document information from the document creation control section 12 on a display screen, and a created document storage section 14 that stores the document information from the document creation control section 12.
1. A ruled line feature extraction unit 15 extracts the characteristics of the change points of the ruled line information stored in the created document storage unit 14, and a ruled line feature extraction unit extracts the document information and ruled line feature extraction unit of the created document storage unit 14 based on the print control information of the document creation control unit 12. a printing device unit 1 that prints out document information from which the characteristics of changing points of ruled lines are extracted on paper;
6.

When character information such as characters, symbols, and ruled lines is input using the keyboard section 11, the document creation control section 12 outputs information that can be displayed as a document on the display section 13 and the printing device section 16.
The document information is configured as information that can be printed out and output to the display section 13 and created document storage section 14. The display section 13 is
The document information from the document creation control section 12 is displayed. The printing device section 16 receives document information from the created document storage section 14 using the document printing keys of the keyboard section 11, and
Print out on paper.

Further, when the document print key is input after the simple ruled line key of the keyboard section 11 is input, the created document storage section 14
The document information is sent to the ruled line feature extraction section 15. The ruled line information is then extracted by the ruled line feature extraction unit 15, which extracts the characteristics of the changing points of the ruled line, and only the changed points of the ruled line become short line or key-shaped information, which is sent to the printing device unit 16 together with the character information to be printed on the paper. Output.

FIG. 3 is an example of feature extraction by the ruled line feature extraction section.

When the change point of the ruled line is mouth 21, it is mouth, when it is L, it is 1, when it is ], it is ], when it is G 22 or H, it is 1.
When it is T or above, it is l, and when it is +23, there is no printing. Characteristics of ruled lines can be extracted in the same manner as character search, and printed characters corresponding to the extracted characteristics can be registered as symbols. FIG. 4 shows an example of printing after extracting features using the ruled line feature extraction section, and FIG. 5 shows an example of printing without passing through the ruled line feature extraction section.

As shown in Figure 4, instead of printing all the ruled lines,
By printing only the changing points of ruled lines, printing time is shortened and the ink ribbon can be used efficiently.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above-mentioned embodiments, the present invention, when printing a table or the like including ruled lines on paper, extracts the changing points of the ruled lines as a feature, and extracts the changing points of the ruled lines along with character information. The object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can shorten printing time and efficiently use an ink ribbon by printing only an ink ribbon.

Furthermore, the present invention makes it possible to select the presence or absence of a ruled line feature extraction section, and to print all ruled lines or to print only the changing points of ruled lines, thereby shortening the printing time and efficiently using the ink ribbon. The present invention provides a document creation device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external view of a personal document creation device, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the present invention, Fig. 3 is an extraction diagram of changing points of ruled lines, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing only the changing points of ruled lines printed. A printing example, FIG. 5 is a printing example when all ruled lines are printed, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a conventional example. 1...Keyboard section, 2...Display section, 3...
Printing device section, 4...Document external storage section, 5...
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Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A keyboard section for inputting document information, a document creation control section that creates a document using character information input from the keyboard section and sends the document information to a display section and a created document storage section, and the document creation control section. Document creation includes a display unit that displays document information from a control unit on a display screen, a created document storage unit that stores document information from the document creation control unit, and a printing device unit that prints out the document information on paper. In the device,
A document characterized in that it has a ruled line feature extracting unit that extracts characteristics of changing points of the ruled line information stored in the created document storage unit, and prints only changing points based on the information of the ruled line feature extracting unit. Creation device. (2) The document creation device according to claim (1), wherein the ruled line feature extraction section can be selected as necessary. (3) The features extracted by the ruled line feature extraction unit are:
, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, ■, The document creation device according to claim (1). (4) The information for printing the change point of the ruled line on the paper is either a short line or a key (
The document creation device described in section 1).