JPS63724A - Editing and printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily edit and print data just by supplying the editing information and without producing an application program, by using an editing information reading means, an editing information memory means, a data input means, a data editing means and a data printing means. CONSTITUTION:A editing information reading part 11 reads the editing informa tion out of an editing information input device 2 and stores it in editing informa tion memory part 12. A data input part 13 inputs a single record out of a data file of a magnetic disk device 3 designated by a data file name of the editing information. A data editing part 14 edits the data on the record supplied by the part 13 into a print image based on the data record style and the print style out of those editing information stored in the part 12. Then a data print part 15 sends the print image edited by the part 14 to a printer 4 for printing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an editing printing method, and more particularly to a data editing printing method in a data processing system.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in a data printing/editing method in a data processing system, an application program prints headings and edits and prints data into a print format.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In the conventional editing printing method described above, editing processing that matches the printing format must be performed even for general processing such as creating a list of data stored in an external storage device such as a magnetic disk device. The disadvantage is that a different application program must be created to perform editing printing each time the print format is different.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide an editing printing method that allows editing and printing of data in different printing formats without creating an application program.

[Means for solving problems]

The editing printing method of the present invention includes an editing information reading means for reading editing information that defines a print format, an editing information storage means for storing the editing information read by the editing information reading means, and reading data from an external storage device. data input means; data editing means for editing the data read by the data input means according to the editing information stored in the editing information storage means to obtain a print image; and data printing means for outputting a print image to a printing device.

[Effect]

In the editing printing method of the present invention, the editing information reading means reads the editing information that determines the print format, the editing information storage means stores the editing information read by the editing information reading means, and the data inputting means receives the data from the external storage device. the data editing means edits the data read by the data input means according to the editing information stored in the editing information storage means to obtain a print image, and the data printing means prints the print image obtained by the data editing means. Output to device.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. The editing printing method of this embodiment includes an editing printing mechanism 1 and an editing information input bag! (workstation) 2, a magnetic disk device 3 as an external storage device, and a printing device 4 (printer)
It is composed of.

The editing printing mechanism 1 includes an editing information reading section 11 that reads editing information from the editing information input device 2;
1, and a magnetic disk drive 3 in which the data is stored.
A data input section 13 reads data from the data input section 13, and an editing information storage section 12 stores the data read by the data input section 13.
a data editing section 14 that edits according to the editing information stored in the editing information storage section 12; and a data printing section that outputs the headline and print image edited by the data editing section 14 to the printing device 4 according to the editing information stored in the editing information storage section 12. It consists of 15.

Referring to FIG. 2, the processing in the editing printing method of this embodiment includes an editing information reading step 21, an editing information storage step 22, a data input step 23, a data editing step 24, and a data printing step 25. Become.

Referring to FIG. 3, examples of the editing information items read by the editing information reading section 11 include the data file name of the data file that stores the data to be printed;
Heading #l and Heading #2, which are character strings to be printed at the beginning of the page, a data record format that shows the position and length of each data in the record stored in the data file, and a print format that shows the print position of each data. , the number of lines per page, etc.

Next, the operation of the editing printing method of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

First, the editing information reading unit 11 reads the editing information shown in FIG. 3 from the editing information input device 2 (step 21),
The information is stored in the editing information storage unit 12 (step 22).

Next, the data input section 13 inputs a code from the data file of the magnetic disk device 3 specified by the data file name of the editing information (step 23).

The data editing unit 14 edits the data of the record input by the data input unit 13 into a print image according to the data record format and print format of the editing information stored in the editing information storage unit 12 (step 24). .

The data printing unit 15 outputs the print image edited by the data editing unit 14 to the printing device 4 for printing (step 25). The data printing unit 15 also manages the number of lines and performs page break processing during printing, and if it is the beginning of a page, it successively outputs the heading #1 and heading #2 of the editing information to the printing device 4 for printing.

When the printing for the code is finished, the data input station 23
Return to and process the next record.

When attempting to input data file records from the magnetic disk device 3 in data input step 23, the file is
If it is OF (End Of File>), it means that all the records of the data file have already been input, so the process ends.

Figures 4 and 5 show specific printing examples using the editing printing method of this embodiment, respectively. Figure 4 is an example of printing an inventory list, and Figure 5 is an example of printing a list of performance test results. It is.

As can be seen from these specific printing examples, according to the editing printing method of this embodiment, it is possible to edit and print several items of a ledger sheet, which conventionally required creating an application program to edit and print each item. You can easily edit and print just by providing the information.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides editing information reading means, editing information storage means, data inputting means, data editing means, and data printing means, so that editing information can be easily provided without creating an application program. This has the effect of allowing you to edit and print data.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing processing in the editing printing method of this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an example of editing information items in the editing printing method of this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific printing example using the 1-volume printing method of this embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another specific printing example using the editing printing method of this embodiment. . In the figure, 1... Editing printing mechanism, 2... Editing information input device, 3... Magnetic disk device, 4... Printing device, 11... Editing information reading section, 12. ...editing information storage section, 13... data input section, 14... data collection section, 15... data printing section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Editing information reading means for reading editing information that defines a print format, editing information storage means for storing the editing information read by the editing information reading means, and data input for reading data from an external storage device. means; data editing means for obtaining a print image by editing the data read by the data input means according to the editing information stored in the editing information storage means; and the print image obtained by the data editing means. An editing printing method comprising: data printing means for outputting the data to a printing device.