JPH04336271A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a solid score line to be outputted without forming a broken line by maintaining high speed output of a character unit by a method wherein whether a character code of the score line is outputted or not is judged, the result is stored, and the same line as the outputted score line is outputted in a dot outside a character output range based on said information. CONSTITUTION:A storing place for a memory or the like is provided inside a printer, and information on whether a character code of a score line is outputted or not is stored therein. Where the score line 4 is outputted on a character output part 2 together with an ordinary character 6 on output paper 1, said information is stored in the storing place abovementioned, and the same form score line 5 is continuously printed also on an output part excepting the character 3 based on said information. Therefore, a vertical score line can be printed as a solid line instead of a broken line.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer such as an information processing device, and more particularly to a printer that outputs ruled lines at high speed.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional printing apparatuses have two methods for outputting ruled lines: one method is dot-by-dot, and the other is character-by-character.

0003

The above-described conventional dot-by-dot output method has the disadvantage that the printer output speed is significantly reduced.

On the other hand, with the conventional character-by-character output method, the printer output speed is high, but the vertical ruled lines are broken in each column and become broken lines, and do not form one continuous line. There are drawbacks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a printer device that can output solid ruled lines while maintaining high-speed output in character units.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The printer device of the present invention includes a storage means for storing information indicating whether or not a character code for a ruled line has been output, and a means for outputting dots other than normal character output (non-character dots). and means for outputting a line having the same form as a ruled line outputted in a previous line as a dot outside the character in response to information stored in the storage means.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
The printer device 10 connected to the information processing device 20 by a cord 21 includes an internal storage location 11 such as a memory, and stores therein information indicating whether a ruled line character code has been output.

FIG. 2 shows an example of printer output. When ruled lines 4 are outputted together with normal characters 6 on output paper 1, conventionally, normal characters 6 and ruled lines 4 based on character codes are displayed only within character output portion 2, as shown in (a). Therefore, the vertical ruled lines 4 are printed like broken lines.

FIG. 2(b) shows an example of printer output according to the present invention. When a ruled line 4 is output on the character output portion 2, the information is stored in the storage location 11 in the printer shown in FIG. Initially, the printer prints ruled lines 5 of the same form also in the non-character output portion 3, that is, the portion between normal characters 2. Therefore, vertical ruled lines can be printed as solid lines.

[0011]

As explained above, according to the present invention, by outputting ruled lines for each character in the same way as usual, the printer output speed can be maintained at a high speed, and the areas between characters where nothing is normally output can be improved. Also, by outputting ruled lines, vertical ruled lines can be output as solid lines instead of broken lines.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of printer output, in which (a) is according to a conventional technique, and (b) is according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Character output part 3 Output part outside the character 10 Printer device 11 Storage location

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A printer apparatus comprising: means for determining whether a character code for a ruled line has been output; means for storing the determination result; and means for printing on dots outside the character output range. 2. Storage means for storing information indicating whether or not a character code of a vertical ruled line has been output; means for outputting dots between character output ranges arranged separately in the vertical direction; A printer characterized in that the printer comprises means for driving the dot outputting means in response to the information and outputting a vertical ruled line within the character output range following the vertical ruled line outputted in the previous line. Device.