JPH0465261A - printing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the convenience property by a method wherein sorting marks are output to specified control codes and printing is performed. CONSTITUTION:A function to output sorting marks is added to particular control codes besides the principal function to be performed by the particular control codes. Thereby, the control codes output the sorting marks automatically to pages after analyzed, so that an information source is not required to output the control codes for the sorting codes and printing data are decreased. At the same time a character code, which is instructed to be printed on the surface by the control code, is written in a page buffer memory 4, printing data with sorting mark is output to the relevant page. The contents in the page buffer memory 4 are converted to dot pattern information by an output process functioning section 5 and expanded on an image buffer memory 6. Then, when expansion process of dot pattern information is completed, an instruction is given to a printer I/F section 7.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a printing device, and more particularly to a printing device that processes input printing information page by page and prints according to the printing information.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of device processes input print information page by page, and then controls the print engine to print the processed print information on both sides of the fed recording medium, thereby achieving advanced printing. Processing is in progress. In addition to the above-mentioned printing function, a device has also been proposed that is configured to print a predetermined page on the front side while outputting a series of print data on both sides, and also to print marks for sorting. There is.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the above conventional example, when printing a mark on the sorter, the front side specification control code is first output and data is printed on the front side, and then the sorter outputs the mark printing control code and the mark is printed. . Therefore, it is necessary to output two control codes, which causes problems such as a burden on the analysis of the control codes, a decrease in analysis processing efficiency, and a decrease in printing throughput. The present invention was made to solve the above problems, and
The object of the present invention is to provide a printing device that outputs and prints a sorting mark in response to a predetermined control code.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the printing apparatus of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, in a printing device that processes input print information page by page and prints according to the print information, there is an analysis device that analyzes a control code included in the print information, and a predetermined analysis result that is analyzed by the analysis device. In the case of a control code of , the output means outputs a sorting mark on the next processing page.

[Effect]

In the above configuration, when processing input print information page by page and printing according to the print information, the control code included in the print information is analyzed, and if the result is a predetermined control code, The sorter operates to output a mark on the next processing page.

【Example】

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. <Description of Configuration (FIG. 1)> FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a printing apparatus in this embodiment. In the figure, numeral 1 is a host computer, which is an external information device that outputs print data including character codes and control codes for editing and controlling the output of character codes to the present apparatus. Reference numeral 2 denotes an input buffer memory, which is a memory for temporarily storing print data from the host computer 1. Reference numeral 3 denotes a data analysis function section which analyzes the print data stored in the input buffer memory 2 and determines whether or not it is a predetermined control code (in this embodiment, it is a one-surface designation control code). Reference numeral 4 denotes a page buffer memory, which is a memory for storing marks and analyzed print data in units of pages. Reference numeral 5 denotes an output processing function section, which generates dot pattern information based on the print data in the page buffer memory 4 and instructs the image buffer memory 6 to develop it. Reference numeral 6 denotes an image buffer memory, which temporarily stores generated dot pattern information. 7 is the printer interface (
This is an I/F) unit that controls the transfer of dot pattern information in the image buffer memory 6 to the printer engine unit 8. 8 is a printer engine section such as a laser beam printer or a wire dot printer, and is a printing mechanism section that actually performs printing based on input dot pattern information. The operations of the data analysis function section 3 and output processing function section 5 described above are realized by the CPU executing a control program (FIG. 2) stored in the ROM 12. In such a configuration, the processing during double-sided printing will be described. First, when the data analysis function section 3 inputs print data created by the host computer 1 via the power buffer memory 2, the print data is analyzed. here,
If the print data is not a control code, the character code of the print data is written into the page buffer memory 4. However, in the case of a control code (front surface designation control code), the page being created is closed and a check is made to see if the page is front or back. As a result, if it is the back page, the next process is performed as is, but if it is the front page, the corresponding back page is processed as a blank page. This process allows the next page to be printed on the front side. For example, when the front side designation control code is analyzed at the beginning of the fourth page, the print data for the fourth page that should be printed on the back side of the third page is printed on the front side of the fifth page, and (that is, the fourth page) becomes a blank page. This processing is the original function of the surface designation control code. However, in this embodiment, in addition to the original function, the function of sorting and printing marks is added, so the character code instructed to be printed on the front surface by the surface specification control code is transferred to the page buffer memory 4. At the same time as writing, the sorter outputs mark print data on the corresponding page. Next, as described above, the output processing function unit 5 converts the written contents of the page buffer memory 4 into dot pattern information and develops it in the image buffer memory 6. Furthermore, when the dot pattern information development process is completed, the printer I/F
An instruction is given to the unit 7 to transfer the contents of the image buffer memory 6 to the printer engine unit 8. Through this series of operations, marks were originally printed on the sorting using the mark output control code, but marks can also be printed on the sorting using only the surface specification control code, so it can be used to separate chapters, departments, etc. When printing a mark for sorting, it becomes possible to print the sorting mark without outputting a mark output control code. <Description of Control Procedure (FIG. 2)> Next, the control procedure of image output in this embodiment will be explained below according to the flowchart shown in FIG. In step S1, print data is received from the host computer 1 via the large-capacity buffer memory 2. Then, the process advances to step S2, and the data analysis function section 3 determines whether or not the print data has ended. Here, if the process is not completed, the process advances to step S3, and data analysis processing of the input print data is performed. Next, in step S4, it is determined whether or not it is a surface specification control code, and if it is a surface specification control code, the process advances to step S7, the page being created is closed, and the original processing of the surface specification control code is performed. . Then, in step S8, the sorting mark print data is written into the page buffer 4 of the front page as described above, and the process proceeds to step S9. However, if it is not the surface designation control code in step S4, the process advances to step S5, and the analyzed print data is written into the page buffer memory 4. Next, in step S6, it is determined whether data for one page has been written to the page buffer memory 4, and if the data for one page has not been written, the process returns to step S1, and data for one page has been written. If so, the process advances to step S9. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S2 that the print data has ended, the process advances to step Sll, and it is determined whether data for one page is being created. If the creation is in progress, there is unoutputted data in the page buffer memory 4, so the process advances to step S9 to output it. but,
If it is not in the middle of creation, the process ends. Next, in step S9, the dot pattern information is expanded from the page buffer memory 4 to the image buffer memory 6 in order to output the page. Then, in the subsequent step SIO, an instruction to transfer the dot pattern information developed in the image buffer memory 6 is given to the printer I/F section 7, and the printer engine section 8 prints out the information. As explained above, according to this embodiment, by adding the function of outputting a sorting mark to a specific control code as a process other than the function originally included in that control code, after analyzing the specific control code, The sorting mark can be automatically output on the page of the page, and there is no need to output the control code for sorting mark output from the information source (this reduces the amount of printing data. Also, it is possible to output the sorting mark output control code from the information source. When you want to output a mark for sorting, there is no need to output the control code for sorting and mark output to the printing device, and you only need to output a certain control code, making it easier to output at the information source. .Also,
Since the cover or the beginning of a chapter does not have to be printed on colored paper as a separator, operations on the printing device become easier. In the above-described embodiment, there is one CPU II, but a separate CPU may be provided and realized as the output processing function section 5. Further, although the print data is generated from the host computer 1, other sources such as a magnetic tape device, a disk device, etc. may be used. Furthermore, although the specific control code is a surface specification control code, it may also be a control code indicating a break in the flow of an example of data, such as a control code such as job start, section start, etc.

【Effect of the invention】

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a printing device with improved convenience by outputting and printing marks for sorting in response to a predetermined control code.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing the configuration of a printing apparatus in this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a print output control procedure in this embodiment. In the figure, 1... host computer, 2... input buffer memory, 3... data analysis function unit, 4... page buffer memory, 5... output processing function unit, 6...
Image buffer memory, 7...Printer I/F section, 8.
...Printer engine section, 11...CPU, 12...
・It is a ROM.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a printing device that processes input print information page by page and prints according to the print information, an analysis unit that analyzes a control code included in the print information; and an analysis unit that analyzes a control code included in the print information. If the result is the given control code,
A printing device comprising: output means for outputting a sorting mark on the next processing page;