JPS63286386A - Stencil printing press with function identifying page and volume number of printing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To form a stencil plate from character data, image data, and others stored in a recording medium and to enable the numbers of pages and volumes to be printed, by providing the following parts: a control part reading and outputting the printing data including characters, images, and printing information which are stored in a portable recording medium; an identifying part judging the numbers of pages and volumes in printing information from the output of the control part; a printing part; and a central control part controlling an action timing of the respective parts. CONSTITUTION:In a floppy disk 1 as a portable recording medium, printing data including data 1a for character, image, etc., and printing information 1b for the numbers of pages and volumes are stored by a host machine. The floppy disk 1 is inserted into the control part 20 of a stenil printing prees 2, and the information stored in the floppy disk is read, the numbers of pages and volumes for the character data and the image data are judged in an identifying part 21, the identified output is inputted into a printing part 22, and the required numbers of pages and volumes for the character data and the image data are printed. In this manner, in operation for an operator is simplified, and a printing is favorably finished without the dust or stain remaining on the surface of a printed document.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention is capable of printing the required number of pages and copies based on print data including character data, image data, etc. and print information (true number of prints and number of copies). The present invention relates to a stencil printing device.

(Prior Art) In conventional stencil printing devices, a printing manuscript created by a word processor or other method is read sheet by sheet by a reading section of the stencil printing device, and a stencil is created and printed. was. For this reason, when a printed document has many pages and a large number of sheets need to be printed, the operator is forced to do so for a long time, which is inconvenient and uneconomical.

Moreover, the operator's operating procedures (manuals) are also complicated, which is inconvenient and increases costs.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, from the viewpoint of ease of handling, it has been desired that the operator be able to change the number of pages and copies of a printed document without having to perform operations each time printing is performed.

In addition, recently there has been a strong demand for the background of printed matter to be beautifully finished, and the conventional method of printing by having the printing manuscript read by the reading section of a stencil printing machine is not suitable for creating a printing manuscript due to dust and dirt. etc. were read as they were and I did not like them. Therefore, the "stencil printing method" was filed on the same day as the claimed invention.
There are two methods: a method in which a portable storage medium is created from a host machine and then read by a stencil printing machine, and a method in which stencil printing is performed by inputting data directly from the host machine.The present invention is directed to the former method. This is due to

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to create a stencil from character data, image data, etc. stored in a storage medium, and to be able to print the number of pages and copies to be printed based on the print information stored in the storage medium.

(Structure and operation) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention stores print data including character data, image data, etc. and print information in a portable storage medium, and reads and outputs the print data. a control unit; an identification unit that determines print pages and the number of copies of the print information from the output of the control unit; and a printing unit that prints the print pages and number of copies of character data, image data, etc. under the control of the identification unit; This device is characterized by comprising a central control section that controls the operation timing of each of these sections.

The present invention is achieved by inputting a storage medium in which character data, image data, etc. and printing information created by a host machine and printing information are input to a control unit of a stencil printing apparatus.

The control unit reads the information, and based on the read output, the identification unit identifies print pages of character data, image data, etc., and the number of copies to be printed based on the print information, and controls the printing unit based on this identification output,
Nine copies of the required character data 2, image data, etc. pages are printed, and these operations are controlled at respective timings by the central control unit.

(Embodiment) The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a portable storage medium, which in this example is a floppy disk, in which character data, image data, etc. 1a are stored by a host machine (not shown).

Further, print data including print information 1b of the print pages and the number of print copies is stored. 2 is a stencil printing apparatus of the present invention, in which a control unit 20 reads and outputs the stored contents of a floppy disk (floppy disk drive, video I/F function), and an identification unit 21 reads and outputs the contents of the print information 1b. The content is determined and output to the printing unit 22. A central control section 23 controls the operation timing of each section 20-22.

Regarding the operation of this embodiment, the floppy disk 1 is inserted into the control unit 20 of the stencil printing bag R2, and the stored contents are read, and the identification unit 21 determines the printed pages and number of copies of character data and image data. Then, this identification output is input to the printing section 22, and the number of copies of each page of required character data and image data is printed.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention, print data includes character data, image data, etc., and print information, and based on this print information, pages and number of copies of required character data and image data are automatically printed. This makes it easier for the operator to operate. Furthermore, since the print data can be printed directly from the storage medium, there is no dust or dirt on the background of the printing area, resulting in a clean finish.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. 1: Floppy disk, 2: Stencil printing device, 20: Control section, 21: Identification section, 22...
Printing section, 23... central control section. Patent Applicant: Ricoh Electronic Industries Co., Ltd. Procedural Amendment Order August 26, 1988 Director General of the Patent Office Kunio Ogawa 1, Indication of Case Patent Application No. 120255/1982 Name Name: Ricoh Electronic Industries Co., Ltd. Representative Maejima Yuki Yasushi 4, Agent address: 3-3-3-5 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Date of procedural amendment order: July 1, 1985 (Shipping date: July 28, 1988)
6. Number of inventions increased by amendment 07. Subject of amendment Detailed explanation of the invention in the specification, brief explanation of the drawings columns, and drawing 8. Contents of amendment (1) Page 4, line 13 of the specification "The figure shows j of the present invention"
Figure 1 is corrected to read ``The present invention''. (2) On page 6, line 1, ``Drawing 1 shows the present invention'' is corrected to ``Drawing 1 shows the present invention.'' (3) Submit the drawing marked as Figure 1 as attached. (
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A portable storage medium stores data including character data, image data, etc. and print information, and a control unit reads and outputs this print data, and from the output of this control unit, prints pages and number of copies of the print information. The printer is composed of an identification section that determines the number of copies, a printing section that prints the number of print pages and copies of character data, image data, etc. under the control of this identification section, and a central control section that controls the operation timing of each of these sections. A stencil printing device that features a function to identify printed pages and number of copies.