JPH0241278A - Printing method for record - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable one to see a data record as a longer line than the width of a printing sheet by printing an extremely long data record on the sheet limited in its width, and then laterally realigning arbitrary number of sheets. CONSTITUTION:A record input unit 12 inputs an extremely long data record in length to be processed by once, and edits it in a format necessary for a record editor 14. One record is divided into length to be printed in the width of the sheet by a printing record divider 15. Further, printing information such as the number of logic pages to be printed with a printing information additive 16, a physical page number and printing line number are added, and a printing record is preserved in a printing record storage unit 17. Then, a printing record input unit 18 reads the record from the unit 17, and a printing record sorter 19 sorts the logic page number, the physical page number and the printing line number as keys, thereby realigning it to a printing order of one logic page. Further, a print output unit 20 sequentially outputs the record to a printer.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention prints extremely long data records on printing paper with a physically limited width, and arranges them horizontally to form one horizontally long logical record. (Regarding a record printing method for viewing as a digital camera.)

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when printing extremely long data.

The method used was to divide the data into the number of digits that could be printed on the printing paper, and then repeat the fold-back printing process.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

An object of the present invention is to solve the drawbacks that when printing extremely long data, it is difficult to see the continuity of the data when folded printing is performed using only the width of the physical paper, or the data cannot be seen in landscape orientation. be.

[Means to solve the problem]

The data printing method according to the present invention is useful when printing data records with extremely long codes.

Print on printer paper that is physically continuous vertically.

In a record printing method that allows data to be viewed horizontally as a logical page that is generated by arranging an arbitrary number of sheets of printed paper in the horizontal direction after printing is completed.

The record input section reads extremely long data records.

Information on the paper used to print this includes the physical size of the printing paper, the number of digits in the horizontal direction, the number of lines in the vertical direction, and the number of physical sheets to be expanded in the horizontal direction after printing.

and a paper information acquisition unit that acquires it from the outside.

and a record end determination unit that detects the end of a data record.

and a record editing department that performs the necessary editing to print input records.

a print record dividing unit for dividing a print record edited for printing by a length corresponding to the number of digits of the physical paper obtained by the paper information acquisition unit;

Print information addition that adds print information including a logical page number, physical page number, and print line number within one physical page to each print record as information to indicate the print position of each divided print record. Department and.

A print record storage section for temporarily storing print records with print information added.

The end of the record is determined by the record end determination unit.
a print record input unit that inputs the print record stored by the print record storage unit after the determination;

A print record sorting unit that sorts the print records using the print information added to each print record as a key.

A print output section that outputs print data to a printing device.

and a printing end determination section that determines whether the printing process has ended.

When printing out extremely long data records.

The feature is that by rearranging the paper after printing, it can be seen as a line that is longer than the width of the printing paper.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the process flow of a record printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The record input unit 12 inputs an extremely long data record as long as it can be input in one input process, and the record editing unit 14 edits the record contents into a format necessary for printing.

The code edited by the record editing section 14 is divided into lengths that can be printed on the width of the physical paper by the print record dividing section 15 based on the number of digits of the physical paper obtained by the paper information acquisition section 11.

Furthermore, for this divided print record.

The print information adding section 16 adds print information consisting of the number of the logical page to be printed, the physical page number, and the print line number within the physical page to each print record, and adds the print information to the print record storage section 17. temporarily stores the print record.

When the above processing is performed on all the input data records and the record end determination section 13 determines that the record input has ended, the print record input section 18 next outputs the print record stored in the print record storage section 17. Next, the print record sorting unit 19 sorts the logical page number added by the print information adding unit 16, the physical easy number, and the print line number as keys, thereby sorting each logical page. Sorted by the beginning of the print. Further, the print output section 20 sequentially outputs print records to the printing device.

The above processing is performed on all the temporarily stored print records, and the printing end determination section 21 determines whether all the processing has ended.

Referring to FIG. 2, there is an example in which an extremely long data record 22 is divided into printing width units of a vertically continuous actual printing paper 23 (A, B, C, . . . ).

The order in which these divided records are printed on the actual printing paper 23 and an example of the format of the logical page 25 in which the physical pages 24 are arranged horizontally after printing are shown.

Referring to FIG. 3, the print information adding section 1 in FIG.
At the beginning of each print record is added a logical page number 31.6. Physical page number 32, print line number 33
is added. A key portion 35 made up of these keys becomes a key when records are rearranged by the print record sorting unit 19 in FIG.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, after an extremely long data record is printed on printing paper whose width is physically limited, visual data can be Printing records - logically freeing lines from paper width constraints.

It has the effect of being able to be viewed at any length.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a flowchart showing the processing flow of a record printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between records and physical paper, and Figure 3 is a printed record with a printed letter added. It is a figure which shows the example of a format. 11...Paper information acquisition section, 12...Record input section. 13... Record end determination section, 14... Record editing section, 15... Print record division section, 16... Print information addition section, 17... Print record storage section, 18...
- Print record input section, 19... Print record printing method. 20...Print output unit, 21...Print end determination unit, 2
2...Extremely long data record, 23...Actual printing paper. 24...Physical page, 25...Logical page, 31.
...Logical page number, 32...Physical page number, 33
...Print line number, 34...Print record, 35...
・Ki part. 36...Print paper width. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] When printing out a data record where each record is extremely long, it is possible to physically print on continuous printer paper in the vertical direction, and after printing is completed, the printed paper is printed on an arbitrary number of sheets at a time. In a record printing method that allows data to be viewed horizontally as logical pages generated by arranging them horizontally, a record input section that reads extremely long data records and information about the paper on which the data records are printed are provided. a paper information acquisition unit that externally obtains the physical size of printing paper, including the number of digits in the horizontal direction, the number of lines in the vertical direction, and the number of sheets of physical paper to be expanded in the horizontal direction after printing; A record end determination unit that detects the end of a record; a record editing unit that performs the necessary editing to print the input record; and a record editing unit that performs the editing necessary to print the input record, and a record editing unit that performs the editing necessary to print the input record, and converts the print record edited for printing to the physical paper obtained by the paper information acquisition unit. A print record division part for dividing by the length of the number of digits, and a logical page number, physical page number, and print line number within one physical page as information to indicate the print position of each divided print record. a print information addition unit that adds the included print information to each print record; a print record storage unit that temporarily stores the print record to which the print information has been added; and a record end determination unit that determines the end of the record. a print record input unit that inputs the print records stored in the print record storage unit after the determination; a print record sort unit that rearranges the print records using print information added to each print record as a key; A record printing method that includes a print output unit that outputs a printout, and a print completion determination unit that determines whether printing processing has ended.