JPS63304364A - Document producing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform a printing job along the rules printed previously by recognizing the rules in a designated print area and then setting a format based on those recognized rules. CONSTITUTION:The picture information read by a picture information reading part 1 is displayed at a picture information display part 2. An area to be printed is designated on the part 2 via a print area designating part 3. The designated print area is stored in a print area memory part 4 and a rule recognizing part 5 recognizes the rules out of the picture information on the designated area. Based on the recognizing result of the part 5, a document setting part 6 sets the format information on the line number, the space between lies, etc., and stores this information into a format memory part 7. Then the character strings to be printed are inputted via a character input part 8 and a form is set at a print part 9. The character strings are printed in the print area stored in the part 4 based on the format stored in the part 7. Thus it is possible to perform a print job along the rules printed previously and also to print the character strings in a partial designated area.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creation device that inputs and prints character strings.

Conventional technology Conventionally, word processors are used to create documents.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional word processor.

In FIG. 3, 101 is a formatting section that sets the format. 102 is a format storage unit, and a format setting unit 1o1
Remember the format set in . 103 is a character string input section for inputting a character string. Reference numeral 104 is a printing unit, which stores the character string input in the character string input unit 103 in the format storage unit 102.
Print on printing paper according to the format stored in .

In this conventional example, with the above configuration, first, the format is set in the format setting section 1o1. Then, the set format is stored in the format storage section 102.

Next, a character string is input using the character string input section 103.

Thereafter, the printing unit 104 prints the input character string on printing paper according to the format stored in the format storage unit 102.

The above are the parts of the configuration and operation of the conventional word processor that should be compared with the present invention.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The conventional word processors described above are based on the premise that the printing paper is blank and that printing is to be done in a well-balanced manner over the entire paper. However, it is not possible to support cases where printing must be done along pre-printed lines in a predetermined partial area of the paper, such as an application form for academic conference submissions, or the format settings required to support this are difficult. This method has the problem of being time-consuming.

In view of this, an object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device that can easily print when it is necessary to print along lines that are preprinted in a predetermined partial area of printing paper. .

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides an image information reading unit that reads image information on printing paper, an image information display unit that displays the read image information, and a print area specification that specifies the area to be printed on the printing paper. a print area storage unit that stores the specified print area; a line recognition unit that recognizes the rules in the print area from the image information read by the image information reading unit; and a format based on the recognition result of the line recognition unit. A format setting section for setting a format, a format storage section for storing the set format, a character string input section for inputting a character string, and a formatting section for inputting the input character string on printing paper according to the format stored in the format storage section. The document creation device includes a printing unit that prints in a printing area stored in the printing area storage unit.

According to the above-described configuration, the present invention reads the image information of the printing paper, and then, when the area to be printed on the paper is specified, the ruled line within the specified printing area is recognized, and based on the recognition result, Format.

Then, when a character string is input, the input character string is printed in a specified area on the printing paper in the set format.

Embodiment A document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device in an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an image information reading section, which reads image information on printing paper. Reference numeral 2 denotes an image information display section, which displays read image information.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a print area specifying section, which specifies on the image information display section 2 the area to be printed on the printing paper. 4 is a print area storage unit that stores a specified print area. Reference numeral 6 denotes a rule recognition unit, which recognizes rules within the print area. A format setting section 6 sets a format based on the recognition result of the rule recognition section 6. 7 is the format.

This is the boundary section and stores the format set by the format setting section. 8 is a character string input section for inputting a character string. Reference numeral 9 denotes a printing unit, which prints the input character string in the print area stored in the print area storage unit 4 on the set printing paper according to the format stored in the format storage unit 7.

The operation of the document creation device of this embodiment configured as described above will be described below.

First, an operator sets printing paper in the image information reading section 1. An image information reading section 1 reads image information on printing paper, and an image information display section 2 displays the read image information.

Next, the operator specifies the area to be printed on the image information display section 2 through the print area specifying section 3. Print area specification section 3
causes the specified printing area to be stored in the printing area storage section 4. After that, the rule recognition unit 5 recognizes the rule from the image information of the specified print area among the read image information. The format setting unit 6 sets format information such as the number of characters in a line, 9, the number of lines, 1 character interval, and 1 line interval, based on the recognition result of the line recognition unit 6.
The format is stored in the format storage section 7. Also, if there are no ruled lines, each part of the formatting information is set to the default value.

Further, the operator inputs a character string to be printed through the character string input section 8. After the character string is input, when the operator sets the printing paper in the printing section 9, the printing section 9 prints the printing area stored in the printing area storage section 4 on the printing paper.
Print a character string according to the format stored in the format storage.

Next, explanation will be given using a specific example.

FIG. 2 is a diagram of a printing paper sample used to explain one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, point G is the origin for indicating the position, and for convenience, it is aligned with the upper left end point of the printing paper. The position of each point is represented by a pair of X and Y (x, y). X
is the horizontal distance between each point and the origin G, Y is the distance between each point and the origin G
This is the distance in the vertical direction from The distance shall be expressed in dots when printed.

It is assumed that the dot size of the characters is 24 in height and 24 in width, and the interval between characters in the horizontal direction is determined in advance to be 3.

Assume that the operator has set printing paper as shown in FIG. 2 in the image information reading section 1. An image information reading section 1 reads image information on printing paper, and an image information display section 2 displays the read image information.

Next, the operator specifies the upper left end point S and the lower right end point E of the print area through the print area specifying section 3.

The print area storage unit 4 stores the position of the designated point S (3o.

1200).

The rule recognition unit 5 recognizes a rule within a rectangular range having a point S in the read image information as an upper left end point and a point E as a lower right end point. As a result of recognition, the starting point is (30,1224')
The end point is (29, 1224) and the starting point is (30
, 1268) and the end point is (297).

1268), a line whose starting point is (30, 1312) and an ending point (297, 1312), and a line whose starting point is (30° 135)
Step 6) yields four ruled lines whose end points are (297, 1356).

As a result, first, the number of recognized ruled lines, 4, is set as the number of lines.

Next, the inequality DX≧N X 24+ (N-1) showing the relationship between the difference DX between the values of
Find the maximum value of N that satisfies X3. The number of characters in the line is 10. The value 24 is the number of dots in the horizontal direction of one character, and the value 3 is the number of dots in the character interval.

Next, a value 2o obtained by subtracting 24 the number of dots in the vertical direction of characters from the distance in the vertical direction between the ruled lines is set as the line spacing.

At this stage, the format information is set such that the number of characters in a line is 10 degrees, the number of lines is 41, the character spacing is 3 dots, and the line spacing is 2o dots, and stored in the format storage section 7.

Here, the operator inputs the character string to be printed through the character string input section 8.

After that, the printing section 9 stores the printing area storage section 4 on the printing paper.
The character string is printed according to the format information stored in the format storage section 7 from the position of the upper left corner point S of the print area stored in the format storage section 7. An example will be explained in which a dot printer is used as the printing device. First, when the operator sets the printing paper, the printing paper is fed until the printing point reaches the dot position "12oQ" in the Y direction of the point S stored in the printing area storage section 4. Next, the first character is printed from dot position "30" of point S in the X direction. Then print the second character with 3 dots between characters, and so on until 10 in the line.
Print text. Thereafter, after the paper is fed by a line interval of 20 dots, the characters on the second line are printed from the dot position "3o" of point S in the X direction. In this way, up to four lines are printed.

As a result, the input character string is printed in the print area indicated by the broken line in FIG.

As described above, according to this embodiment, when it is necessary to print along the lines that are preprinted in a predetermined partial area of the paper, the upper left end point S of the area where the lines are printed is By specifying the lower right corner point E, the input character string can be printed along the rules within the area.

Although this embodiment has been described as an example in which a dot printer is used as the printing device, the present invention is not limited to this.

Also, as a method of specifying the print area, the upper left corner point S of the area
, and the lower right end point E. However, various methods can be applied, such as specifying the upper left end point, the size in the X direction, and the size in the Y direction. Furthermore, although it is assumed that the format is used as it is set by the device, it goes without saying that the format that has been set may be changeable according to the operator's specifications. Further, although the case has been described in which there is one area within the paper, it goes without saying that there may be a plurality of areas.

As described in detail, according to the present invention, printing can be easily performed in cases where printing must be performed along lines that have been printed in advance on a predetermined partial area of printing paper. It can also be applied to printing on a partial area of printing paper that does not have lines, or to printing on printing paper that has lines printed all over it in advance, and its practical effects are significant. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a document creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram of a printing paper sample used to explain the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a conventional example. It is a block diagram. 1...Image information reading section, 2...Image information display section, 3...Print area specification section, 4...
・Print area storage unit, 5... Rule recognition unit, 6...
...Format setting section, 7...Format storage section, 8...
...Character string input section, 9...Print section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An image information reading section that reads image information on printing paper, an image information display section that displays the read image information, a print area designation section that specifies the area to be printed on the printing paper, and a print area that stores the specified printing area. a storage unit, a line recognition unit that recognizes the rules in the print area from the image information read by the image information reading unit, a format setting unit that sets a format based on the recognition result of the line recognition unit, and stores the set format. a format storage section for inputting a character string, a string input section for inputting a character string, and
A document creation device comprising: a printing unit that prints an input character string in a print area stored in the print area storage unit on a print sheet according to a format stored in the format storage unit.