JPH03250363A - Character output device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a character output device, and particularly to a character output device capable of outputting page-edited character information for double-sided printing to a printing means. .

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a character output device equipped with a keyboard and a CRT display has been put into practical use, and it outputs input character information or character information read from a document file edited and stored on a storage medium (floppy disk, hard disk) in double-sided printout. It is configured so that it can be

Further, this type of device is configured to be able to distinguish between high-speed page search and normal page search processing in order to search for edited character information. For example, when normal page search processing is executed using the current page as a reference, the pages are searched serially one page at a time, and when high-speed page search processing is executed using the current page as the reference, a designated page is immediately searched.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the case of normal page search processing, all input data is analyzed, so there is no difference between the front and back sides of the searched page, but in the case of high-speed page search processing, To speed things up, instead of parsing all input data, only the format control code specified for each record in the input data is analyzed, and if this is a code that means a page break, the number of pages is counted. It's rising.

In addition to this format control code that means a page break, there are control commands that close the page when the command is analyzed, such as job start and end commands, even though they can be analyzed using normal page search processing. In the high-speed page search process, control instructions are not analyzed, resulting in a count error in the number of pages.

Therefore, when an operator executes high-speed page search processing, the searched page should be the "front" page, but it ends up being the "back" page. There was a problem in that the entire page was printed with the front and back sides reversed.

This invention was made in order to solve the above problem, and when a reverse state occurs between the front and back sides of a page specified according to the page search mode type, it is possible to correct the specified front and back relationship to a normal specified front and back relationship. The purpose is to obtain a character output device.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A character output device according to the present invention includes a search means for page searching character information page-edited according to a specified search mode, and a search means for page searching text information page-edited according to a specified search mode, and a search method based on page search results by this search means. A correction means for correcting the front and back conditions being set is provided.

[Operation 1] In this invention, during page editing of text information, the search means executes a page search process for the edited text information according to a specified search mode. Here, the correction means corrects the front and back conditions being set based on the page search results by the search means, making it possible to re-designate the output side of the searched page as the desired output side.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a character output device showing an embodiment of the present invention, and 1 is a character output device main body;
2 is a CPU, which executes a control program (
In addition to comprehensively controlling each part necessary for character output processing based on the procedure shown in FIG. , a high-speed search mode (searching for a designated page)).

Reference numeral 2b denotes a correction means that changes the front and back conditions of the front and back management variables 4b of the RAM 4 in response to an instruction to change the display management information inputted from the keyboard 7, for example, after page search processing during the high-speed search mode setting. The front and back management variables 4b store management variables for managing the front and back sides when a page is created next time.

4a is an input buffer that temporarily stores input data. 4
C is a page buffer that stores page editing performance data obtained by analyzing input data. 5 is CRT
On the display, page editing performance data is displayed, for example, in a bit map, information input from the keyboard 7, or current information of the system is displayed. 6 is a bus.

In the character output device configured as described above, during page editing of character information, the search means 2a executes a page search process for the edited character information according to a designated search mode. Here, the correction means 2b corrects the front and back conditions being set based on the page search results by the search means 2a, making it possible to re-designate the output side of the searched page as the desired output side.

Hereinafter, the page search processing operation in the character output device according to the present invention will be explained with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a page search processing procedure in the character output device according to the present invention. Note that (1) to (9) indicate each step.

First, when the operator inputs a command instructing a high-speed search, such as "page + 16", from the keyboard 7, the high-speed page search is started and it is determined whether the page specified by the high-speed page search command has been found. 1) If no, execute error handling 2)
This fact is notified to the CRT display 5 or the like.

On the other hand, if the determination in step (1) is YES, an operation command for executing sample output is input from the keyboard 7, and sample printing is performed (3).

Next, the operator checks the output result and determines whether the front and back conditions are correct 4) If YES, executes the print process 5) If NO, inputs an operation command from the keyboard 7 6) Front and back management variable 4b of"
(7) Next, clear the contents of the page buffer 4c that has already been created (8), set the next page to be created as a front page, and buffer the print information in the page buffer 4C (9), and print Start processing.

In the above embodiment, in step (6), the operation command is used to forcibly create and output page output information with the next page as the front page, but it is also possible to forcibly set the next page as the back page. It may be configured to specify. However, since the contents of the page buffer 4c created up to the time of the search will be lost, in this case it is necessary to create the front blank page first.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the present invention provides a search means for page searching character information page-edited according to a specified search mode, and a search means for page searching text information page-edited according to a specified search mode, and a search means for page searching character information page-edited according to a specified search mode, and a search means for page searching character information page-edited according to a specified search mode, and a search means for page searching character information page-edited according to a specified search mode. Since a correction means for correcting the conditions is provided, even if the designation of the printing output side does not satisfy the normal front-back relationship as a result of high-speed search processing, that is, the front and back sides are reversed, the printout for the character information searched for the page will not be affected. The surface can be reset as the desired print output surface. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently perform double-sided printing processing while satisfying the specified front-back relationship for character information subjected to high-speed page search processing.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a character output device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a page search processing procedure in the character output device according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is the main body of the character output device, 2 is the CPU, 2a is the search means, 2b is the correction means, 3 is the ROM, 4 is the RAM, 4a
4b is a front and back management variable, 4C is a page buffer, 5 is a CRT display, 6 is a bus, and 7 is a keyboard.弗子

Claims (1)

[Claims] Character information page-edited according to a specified search mode in a character output device that stores character information page-edited so that the printing output side can be specified and outputs this character information to an output means capable of double-sided printing output. 1. A character output device comprising: a search means for page searching; and a correction means for correcting front and back conditions being set based on page search results by the search means.