JPS63282831A - Document printing system for electronic filing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make use of another apparatus such as a copying machine unnecessary at the time of changing paper size by providing the titled system with a paper size managing mechanism and an image information working mechanism. CONSTITUTION:The electronic filing device has the paper size managing mechanism 2 for managing relation between the size of an original at the time registering a document registered in the filing device and that of a document to be outputted to a printer and the image information working mechanism 3 for working the image information of the document in accordance with the paper size for a document to be outputted to the printer on the basis of the management of the mechanism 2. The mechanism 2 manages the relation between the size of an original at the time of registering a document registered in the filing device and the size of paper for the document to be outputted to the printer and the mechanism 3 works the image information of the document in accordance with the size of paper for the document to be outputted to the printer on the basis of the management of the mechanism 2. Consequently, printing can be executed by means of the paper size specified by the operator independently of the size of the original at the time of registering the document.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a document printing method in an electronic filing device, and in particular to the document size at the time of registering a document (including not only character strings but also drawings, etc.). (Relates to a document printing method in an electronic filing device for printing a document on paper of a size specified by an operator.)

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in a document printing method in this type of electronic filing device, when image information (expressed as binary data) of a document retrieved based on display of a document name on a display device is printed, Generally, documents are printed on a fixed paper size that is the same as the original size registered in a mass storage device such as an optical disk device.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the document printing method of the conventional electronic filing device described above, the size of the paper on which the document is printed is fixed, so it is necessary to use other equipment such as a copying machine to change the paper size. The disadvantage is that it does not.

In view of the above-mentioned points, an object of the present invention is to enable printing of a document filed as an image pleasure using the paper size specified by the operator, regardless of the size of the original at the time of registration. An object of the present invention is to provide a document printing method in an electronic filing device that does not require the use of other equipment such as a copying machine to change the paper size.

[Means for solving problems]

The document printing method in the electronic filing device of the present invention is an electronic filing device that electronically records a document as image information in a mass storage device and outputs it to a printing device as needed. A paper size management mechanism that manages the relationship between the original size at the time of document registration and the paper size of the document output to the printing device, and the paper size of the document output to the printing device based on the management of this paper size management mechanism. and an image information processing mechanism that processes image information of a document according to its size.

[Effect]

In the document printing method in the electronic filing device of the present invention, the paper size management mechanism manages the relationship between the document size at the time of registration of the document registered in the electronic filing device and the paper size of the document output to the printing device. Then, the image information processing mechanism processes the image information of the document according to the paper size of the document to be output to the printing device based on the management of the paper size management mechanism.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a document printing method in an electronic filing device of the present invention.

The document printing method in the electronic filing device of this embodiment manages document image information by associating it with the document name, number of pages, and storage address in an optical disk device (not shown), which is a large-capacity storage device. a document management mechanism 1; a paper size management mechanism 2 that manages the relationship between the original size at the time of document registration and the size of paper on which the document is printed; An image information processing mechanism 3 that performs reduction processing, etc., an image information reading mechanism 4 that reads image information of a document from an optical disk device, and an image information printing mechanism 5 that outputs image information of a document from a printing device (not shown). , and a control mechanism 6 that controls each of the above-mentioned mechanisms.

Referring to FIG. 2, the document printing process in which the paper size can be specified is performed by the document printing method in the electronic filing device of this embodiment. (Japanese Industrial Standards A-row No. 4 size.

Hereinafter, when indicating the size of paper, etc., we will use A or B indicating the column and the number according to the Japanese Industrial Standards, so that the document [shown as A4J] can be freely sized by processing the image information based on the paper size specification by the operator. (A4.BS, B4
The concept can be illustrated by an example in which printing is performed on a sheet of paper (sizes such as A3 and A3).

Referring to FIG. 3, the enlargement/reduction magnification in image information processing in the image information processing mechanism 3 is the output size (A3, B4.A4 and B5) relative to the registered size (A3.B4.A4 and B5). The ratio will be as shown in the figure.

Referring to FIG. 4, the processing of the document printing method in the electronic filing device of this embodiment includes a document name and output size specification step 41, and a management information import step 4.
2, enlargement/reduction magnification determination step 43, image information 91 gfH output step 44, size conversion necessity determination step 45, image information enlargement/reduction step 46
And image information printing step.

47.

Next, the operation of the document printing method in the electronic filing device of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

When the operator specifies the name of the document to be printed, the number of copies to be output, the size of paper to be output to the printing device, etc. to the electronic filing device, step 41), document management corresponding to the specified information and the specified document name is performed. Is the management information managed by Organization 1 controlled? 1 mechanism 6, the paper size management mechanism 2 takes in the paper size management mechanism 2 (step 42).

The paper size management mechanism 2 determines the enlargement/reduction ratio of the image information as shown in FIG. 3 based on the relationship between the original size at the time of document registration and the paper size to be output to the printing device specified by the operator. (step 43), and the value is notified to the image information processing mechanism 3 via the control mechanism 6.

Next, according to instructions from the image information processing mechanism 3, the image information of the document to be printed is read out from the optical disk device by the image information reading mechanism 4 together with information on the number of pages of the document (step 44).

The image information processing mechanism 3 determines whether it is necessary to convert the output size from the registered size based on the enlargement/reduction ratio of the image information notified from the paper size management mechanism 2 (step 45).

If it is determined that there is no need to convert the size, the image information printing mechanism 5 outputs the image information of the specified document to the printing device in the same paper size as the original size at the time of registration (step 47). When printing of a predetermined number of pages is completed, the image information processing mechanism 3 is notified of the completion of processing.

If it is determined in step 45 that it is necessary to convert the size, the image information processing mechanism 3 performs the enlargement/reduction processing of the read image information based on the enlargement/reduction ratio determined by the paper size management mechanism 2. It is done (step, step 4)
6) The image information of the designated document is output to the printer by the image information printing mechanism 5 in the converted paper size (step 47), and when the predetermined number of pages have been printed, the image information is processed by the image information processing mechanism 3. You will be notified of completion.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, by providing a paper size management mechanism and an image information processing mechanism, the present invention enables the operator to specify the paper size management mechanism and the image information processing mechanism when printing a written fortune filed as image information regardless of the size of the document at the time of registration. This has the effect that it is possible to output the paper to the printing device at the paper size that is specified, and there is no need to use other equipment such as a copying machine to change the paper size.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the concept of document printing method processing in the electronic filing device of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the structure of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the processing of the document printing method in the electronic filing device of this embodiment. In the figure, 1... document management mechanism, 2... paper size management mechanism, 3... image information processing mechanism, 4... image information reading mechanism, 5... image information printing mechanism, 6...・It is a control mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an electronic filing device that electronically records a document as image information in a mass storage device and outputs it to a printing device as necessary, a document at the time of registration of a document registered in the electronic filing device. a paper size management mechanism that manages the relationship between the size of the document and the paper size of the document output to the printing device; and a paper size management mechanism that manages the relationship between the size of 1. A document printing method in an electronic filing device, comprising: an image information processing mechanism for processing information;