JPH03257523A - Data printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit the re-formation and the re-printing of data including the additional data by designating a desired part to be printed out of the data displayed on a screen, sending this designated data to a printer, and printing the data at an appropriate position of a business form via the printer. CONSTITUTION:The data read out of a file, etc., are displayed on display screen 1 as the display data 2, and the new data 3 are inputted to a blank area of the data 2. In other words, a display area is designated on the screen 1 for the data 3 so that this data 3 is newly printed on a business form 11. Meanwhile the screen 1 includes the printed data 12 and the newly printed data 13 is additionally printed on the form 11 in response to the data 3. Thus it is possible to print a part of display data including the added new data at an optional position of the form 11. Then it is not required to reform nor to reprint all data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a data printing method, and particularly to a data printing method in which a part of data is extracted and printed.

[Conventional technology]

In general, a printing device is a device suitable for printing all data recorded in a file or the like at once. Therefore, it is hardly useful when you want to select a part of data and print it, or add new data and print it.

Conventionally, in the above case, it was necessary to reconstruct all data including the data to be added and reprint it, or to cut and paste or hand-write the necessary data. That is, the conventional data printing method has the disadvantage that there is no appropriate means for printing only a portion of the data.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The problem to be solved by the present invention, that is, the purpose of the present invention is to specify the part of the data displayed on the screen that you want to print and send it to the printing device, and the printing device prints it at the appropriate position on the form. The object of the present invention is to provide a data printing method that improves the above-mentioned drawbacks.

[Means to solve the problem]

The data printing method of the present invention displays data read from a file on a screen, inputs additional data to the data and displays it on the screen, and specifies part of the display data including the additional data as new data. This is realized by transmitting the new data to a printing device and printing it at an arbitrary position on the form.

Further, the data printing method of the present invention is realized in such a way that the printing device prints new data in the blank spaces and margins of the form.

Further, the data printing method of the present invention is realized by setting a printing device at an arbitrary position on a form and printing new data.

Furthermore, the data printing method of the present invention is realized by changing the printing magnification and printing new data.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a data printing method according to the present invention. In FIG. 2A, a display screen 1 displays data read from a file or the like as display data 2. Display data 2 has blank fields and margins, into which new data 3 is input. New data 3 is data that has never been printed on a form. In order to print new data 3 on a form, a display area for new data 3 is designated on display screen 1.

In FIG. 1(b), already printed data 12 is printed on the form 11. In FIG. New print data 13 is further printed on this form 11. The new print data 13 corresponds to the new data 3 in which the display area is specified in FIG. 1(a).

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation procedure of the data printing method described above. In the figure, in step 21, previous data (old data) is read from a file or the like and displayed on the display screen l.

Step 22 uses the display screen 1 to input new data 3 into the blank fields and margins of the old data. At this time, it is also possible to update part of the old data.

In step 23, on the display screen l containing new data 3,
Indicate the part that requires printing using a mouse or the like. Note that the portion that requires printing may include not only new data but also part of old data.

Step 24 transmits the data of the print portion specified above to the printer. The printer is a handy printer that allows you to freely set the printing position.

Step 25 is to print the form 1 using the above handy printer.
Print the specified data at any position in 1.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a system configuration for realizing the above data printing method. In the figure, a workstation 32 reads old data from a file 33 and displays it. Then, enter new data and specify the range that needs to be printed. Furthermore, the designated data is transmitted to the handy printer 31.

The handy printer 31 prints the received data on the form 11. The printing position can be set by freely moving the handy printer and the form.

Note that the host computer 34 is the workstation 3.
This is a host device that connects and controls multiple units such as 2.

In the data printing method described above, by specifying the printing magnification at the same time as specifying the printing range, it is possible to additionally print an appropriate size in the blank spaces and margins of the form.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above in detail, according to the data printing method of the present invention, part of the display data including added new data can be printed at any position on the form, so all data can be reorganized. This has the effect of eliminating the need to reprint everything.

Also, there is no need to cut and paste or handwrite.

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[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operating procedure, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a system configuration. 1...display screen, 2...display data, 3
・・・・New data, 11・・・・Form, 12・
...Already printed data, 13...New print data.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Displaying data read from a file on a screen, inputting additional data to the data and displaying it on the screen, and designating a part of the display data including the additional data as new data. , a data printing method characterized in that the new data is sent to a printing device and printed at an arbitrary position on a form. 2. The data printing method according to claim 1, wherein the printing device prints new data in blank spaces and margins of the form. 3. In the data printing method according to claim 1 or 2,
A data printing method characterized by printing new data by setting a printing device at an arbitrary position on a form. 4. The data printing method according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the new data is printed by changing the printing magnification.