JPH01263064A - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a host device to conduct a next processing action also during an output printing action to enhance a throughput as a system, by providing a floppy disk device which stores printing data in a floppy disk and transmits this data to a printing part to print the same. CONSTITUTION:To conduct an output printing, printing data formed by a host computer is once stored in a floppy disk 5 set to a floppy disk device 3 provided in a printer device 1. After the completion of the data storage in the floppy disk 5, the printer device 1 is disconnected from the host device and issues the stored printing data from the floppy disk device 3 to a printing part 4 through a control circuit 2 to conduct a printing action. In this manner, since the printer device 1 can perform a printing action independently from the host device, the host device can conduct a next processing action immediately after completing the issuance of printing data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printer device, and particularly to a printer device having a reception printing function of receiving print data from a host device and printing the data.

[Conventional technology]

Among conventional printer devices, printer devices that are used in information processing systems and the like and receive print data from a computer as a host device and perform output printing are those in which a user creates desired data on a computer as a host device, and prints out the desired data. Data is sent to the printer device via an interface cable, and the printer device receives this output data and performs printing.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As mentioned above, the conventional output printing printer device receives data from a computer, which is a host device, and prints the data. Therefore, there is a drawback that the host device cannot perform the next processing operation until the printing operation by the printer device is completed.

The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional printer device as described above, and to improve the processing capacity of the system by enabling the host device to execute the next processing operation even during the output printing operation. The object of the present invention is to provide a printer device that can perform the following tasks.

[Means to solve the problem]

The printer device of the present invention includes a floppy disk device for storing print data on a floppy disk and sending this data to a printing section for printing.

In other words, the printer device of the present invention includes a floppy disk device equipped with a floppy disk and storing print data sent from a host device on the floppy disk, and a printing section that performs output printing based on the print data stored on the floppy disk. and a control circuit that controls operations of the floppy disk device and the printing section.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the embodiment of FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, in this embodiment, in order to perform output printing, the print data created by the host computer is first loaded into the floppy disk device 3 provided in the printer device 1. Save it to a floppy disk. When the data has been stored on the floppy disk 5, the printer device 1 disconnects from the host device and sends the stored print data from the floppy disk device to the printing unit 4 via the control circuit 2 to perform a printing operation. In this way, the printer device 1 can perform printing operations independently of the higher-level device, so that the higher-level device can immediately perform the next processing operation after sending out the print data.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the printer device of the present invention incorporates a floppy disk device and stores print data therein, thereby preventing the host device from becoming unusable during long printing operations. It has the effect of eliminating the problem.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of the embodiment of FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Printer device, 2... Control circuit, 3... Floppy disk device, 4... Printing part, 5... Floppy disk.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a floppy disk device equipped with a floppy disk and storing print data sent from a host device on the floppy disk; a printing section that performs output printing based on the print data stored in the floppy disk; and a floppy disk device and a printer. A printer device comprising: a control circuit that controls the operation of the printing section.