JPH0358218A - Printer with forms overlay cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To overlay a form of routine format on output data even when no information of a form overlaid from a host device is loaded by recording the overlay information of the form of routine format on a loadable/unloadable forms overlay cartridge, and loading it on a printer. CONSTITUTION:The above printer consists of a forms overlay cartridge 4 on which the information of the form of routine format to be overlaid is recorded and loadable/unloadable on the printer, a read/write control part 3, an interface control part 1, and a forms overlay control part 2 which generates a print image by combining the output data from the host device with the information of the form read out with the read/write control part 3 and sends it to a print mechanism 5. When the overlay is performed, the forms overlay cartridge 4 on which corresponding form data of overlay is recorded is selected, and is loaded on the printer, then, print output is started. Thereby, it is possible to obtain the print output of forms overlay print only by sending the output data from the host device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printer, and more particularly to a printer that prints out an overlay of an output categorization and a fixed format form.

(Prior art) Conventionally, when printing out data in a fixed form such as a slip, there are two methods: printing out data output from a host device using paper on which the form is printed in advance, and printing out data output from a host device using paper with the form printed in advance. There is a form overlay method in which the output data and form are printed simultaneously using paper that does not have any paper.In the case of forms overlay, the information on the overlay form is sent to the forms overlay control unit by the host device before the printing operation starts. After loading, the output data was input, and the output data and form were printed out.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The problem with the conventional forms overlay described above is that the form information loaded into the forms overlay control section is lost when the printer's power is turned off, so even when printing in the same format, the overlay is updated every time the power is turned on. The disadvantage is that the form information must be loaded from the host device, and if a polycomplementary form is used, the form must be replaced, so the form must be loaded from the host device each time. The downside is that you have to.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a printer with a forms overlay cartridge that can overlay a fixed format form on output data and print it out without loading the information of the form to be overlaid from a -L device.

[Means to solve the problem]

The printer with a forms overlay cartridge of the present invention records information on a fixed format form to be overlaid,
A forms overlay cartridge that is removable from the printer, a read/write control unit that controls read/output of the installed forms overlay cartridge, information on forms read by the read/write control unit, and output sent from the host device. and a forms overlay control unit that creates a print image by combining the data and sends it to the printing mechanism.

[For production]

By installing a forms overlay cartridge in which a fixed format form to be overlaid is recorded into a printer, printing can be performed by overlaying a fixed format form on output data from a host device even if the information of the form to be overlaid is not loaded from the host device. I get the output.

[Example] Next, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a printer with a forms overlay cartridge of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a print output of a forms overlay.

The printer of this embodiment includes a printing mechanism 5, a non-volatile IC memory made in the form of a cartridge that is removable from the printer, and a forms overlay cartridge 4 in which one fixed format form is recorded, and a forms overlay cartridge. a read/write control unit 3 that controls read/write of the printer 4; an interface control unit 1 that controls an interface between a host device (not shown) and the printer;
A print image is created by combining the output data from the E-position device via the interface control unit 1 and the form information read by the read/write control unit 3,
The form overlay controller 2 sends the forms to the printing mechanism 5.

When overlaying a form with the printer of this embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, select the forms overlay cartridge 4 in which the form data 6 of the corresponding overlay is recorded and insert it into the printer to start print output. For example, from now on, the printout of forms overlay printing 8 can be obtained by simply sending the output data 7 from the host device. When using a different type of form, print output is performed by replacing it with the forms overlay cartridge 4 in which the corresponding form data is recorded. In particular, even when the printer of this embodiment is connected to one terminal of an online system having 3j number of terminals, and the host does not send information on the form to be overlaid, the printer prints a form in which the overlay information of the corresponding form is recorded in advance. By installing the overlay cartridge 4 in a printer, output data can be printed out in a predetermined format on blank printing paper.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention records the overlay information of a fixed format form on a removable forms overlay cartridge and installs it in the printer, thereby converting the overlay form information into output data without being loaded from the host device. Forms in a fixed format can be overlaid, and the transfer of forms overlay information from a host device and the preparation of printing paper on which a fixed format is printed can be omitted.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a printer with a forms overlay cartridge of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a print output of a forms overlay. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Interface control unit, 2... Forms overlay control unit, 3... Read/write control unit, 4... Forms overlay cartridge, 5...
Printing mechanism, 6... Form data, 7... Output data, 8... Forms overlay printing.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a printer that prints out an overlay of print data and a form in a fixed format provided separately, a forms overlay cartridge that records information on the form in the fixed format to be overlaid and is removable from the printer. a read/write control unit that controls read/write of the attached forms overlay cartridge; and a combination of form information read by the read/write control unit and output data sent from the host device to print. A printer with a forms overlay cartridge, comprising a forms overlay control unit that creates an image and sends it to a printing mechanism.