JPS63278863A - Form overlay printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify an indication system for attaining the matching of the printing position of a form part as fixed data with that of the data in a form being variable data, by a method wherein a prepared form transferred to a printing apparatus to be registered thereto and the printing apparatus calls out the form registered through a region name corresponding to indication and combines the same with the variable data to perform printing. CONSTITUTION:The form editer 16 on the side of a personal computer 10 edits a fixed form part (a rule part, a text part) and the region name inputted by a user as a pair and the edited one is transmitted to the control part 20 of a printing apparatus by the form transmitting function of a form printer 17 and registered on a predetermined registering area by a form registering means 28. The form printer 17 on the side of the personal computer 10 converts the region name among the variable data, form No. and region name inputted by the user to a position to transmit the variable data, the form No. and the position data to the controller 20 of the printing apparatus, On the side of the controller 20 of the printing apparatus, the form corresponding to the transmitted form No. is developed on a rule and a text and the text of the variable data is synthesized with said form to perform printing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention Technical Field The present invention relates to a form overlay printing method, and in particular to an instruction for ensuring consistency in print position between a form section as fixed information and data within the form as variable information in the form overlay method. This invention relates to a simplified form overlay printing method.

Position specification in prior art printing devices specifies coordinate positions (xt y) according to coordinate density within a page. In the conventional method, it is necessary to specify the positions of the form part and the variable data part, and there is a problem that the two parts have no relation to each other, resulting in double effort.

Purpose The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the conventional method, and to eliminate the form part as fixed information in the form overlay printing method and the form part as fixed information and variable information. An object of the present invention is to provide a form overlay printing method that simplifies the instruction method for ensuring consistency of print position with data in a certain form.

Structure The above-mentioned object of the present invention is a system having a host and a printing device, wherein the host side includes a form creation means and a form transfer means to the printing device, and the control section of the printing device includes a form registration/calling device. and transmits and registers the form created by the form creation means to a printing device, and the printing device calls the registered form via the area name and prints in combination with variable data according to the specification. This is achieved by a form overlay printing method characterized by:

Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be explained in more detail based on examples.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a "personal computer"), and a main body 11. Keyboard 12. CR1
Display section 13. It is composed of a hard disk 14.

Further, 20 is a controller section of the printing apparatus, and RAM (random access memory) 21.20 has a form registration area. ROM (read only memory) storing fonts22. RAM23 with page development area
．． It consists of a ROM 24 which is a system area.

FIG. 3 is a software configuration diagram corresponding to the above block diagram. The software configuration on the PC 10 side includes O
8 (operation system). Form editor 16, which is a form creation means. It includes a form printer 17, which is a form transfer means, another user application program 18, and the like. In addition, the software configuration on the printing device controller section 20 side also includes O.
8 connected to the cable generating means 26. Text generation means 27. A form registration means 28 and the like are included.

The form editor 16 consists of a line creation means and a text creation means, and the created form section is used as a control command to the printing device to generate a line.

It is a collection of codes (control codes) necessary for text generation. Here, specify the variable data input area,
Enter the area name as a text input area. Further, the form printer 17 transfers the control code created by the form editor 16 to the printing device side.

FIG. 1(a) is a diagram showing a form registration procedure.

The form editor 16 on the PC 10 side edits the fixed form part (cross line part, text part) and the area name input by the user as a pair, and sends this to the controller of the printing device using the form transfer function of the form printer 17. The form registration means 28 registers this in a predetermined registration area.

FIG. 1(b) is a diagram showing a procedure in which the variable data section input by the user is combined with the registered fixed form section and printed. The form printer 16 on the PC 10 side converts the area name into a position among the variable data input by the user, the form Nα, and the area name.
Variable data, form Nα.

The position data is transferred to the printing device controller 20 side. On the printing device controller 20 side, the form corresponding to the transferred form island is developed into lines and text, and text of variable data is combined with this to print.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing how a fixed form is stored in a form file as a control code by the form editor 16. As shown in FIG. 0, the fixed form part is divided into a highlighted part and a text part. It is stored in the form file together with the variable data input area (areas A to E) in the form of a control code.

FIGS. 5(a) to 5(d) are diagrams showing form tables that are specific examples of the above control code, in which (a) is a form header, (b) is a frame corresponding to the above-mentioned C line, and (Q ) is a standard character area, and (d) is a table of character areas corresponding to the above-mentioned variable data. Also.

Although not mentioned in the above explanation, FIG. 6 shows data control codes when image data is printed in a similar manner.

Figure 7 is a diagram showing the specific operating procedure. In this example, the amount of 999 yen as variable data is registered in the uppermost area (area A) in the form (Form & 1) shown at the bottom of Figure 1. It is something to be printed. In addition.

This upper screen is displayed when the user uses the keyboard 12. Input using the CR1 display section 13.

In the embodiment described above, all print information is
Variable data, form N, as shown in Figures (a) and (b)
Although the case where α and the area name are input is shown, it will be shown below that the position information may be directly input as before.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the form printer shown in FIG. In this case, the conversion to position is performed only when

Effects As described above, according to the present invention, in a system having a host and a printing device, a form creation means and a form transfer means to the printing device are provided on the host side, and form registration is performed in the control section of the printing device. - A calling means is provided to transfer and register the form created by the form creating means to the printing device, and the printing device calls the registered form via the area name according to the specification and combines it with the variable data. The form overlay printing method simplifies the instruction method to ensure consistency in the print position between the form part as fixed information and the data within the form as variable information. This has the remarkable effect of realizing the following.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1(a) is a diagram showing a form registration procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1(b) is a diagram in which the variable data section input by the user is combined with the registered fixed form section and printed. 2 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the embodiment; FIG. 3 is a software configuration diagram corresponding to FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the storage status of a fixed form in a form file; FIGS. 5(a) to (d) are diagrams showing form tables that are specific examples of the above control code,
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a control code table when printing image data, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing specific operating procedures,
FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the operation of the form printer. 10: Computer, 11 2 main body, 12: Keyboard, 13
: CRT display section, 14 hard disk, 20: Printing device controller section, 21: Form registration area, 22:
Font storage area, 23: Page development area, 24 System area. Figure 5 (a) Figure 5 (b) Figure 5 (Q) Figure 5 ((1) Figure 6 Figure 7 Estimate

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a system having a host and a printing device,
A form creation means and a form transfer means to the printing apparatus are provided on the host side, and a form registration/calling means is provided on the control section of the printing apparatus, so that the form created by the form creation means is transferred to/from the printing apparatus. A form overlay printing method characterized in that the registered form is registered and the printing device calls the registered form via an area name according to a specification and prints the registered form in combination with variable data.