JPH05131708A - Method of creating print format of printing device in text processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Structure] The carriage 70 provided with the index 72 indicating the print position of the printer 7 is instructed by the print format creation start key 11. Cursor keys 13-16
To move the carriage 70 to a desired position. The position of the designated index 72 is set to the carriage position storage unit 53 ...
A print format is created on the paper 74 of the printer 7 by storing the print format on the paper 74 of the printer 7. As long as it fits in the printer 7, the print format can be set for any paper 74, and printing on various papers 74 can be supported.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of creating a print format for a printing apparatus, which allows the print format to be set arbitrarily.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a method for creating a special print format, for example, a method for creating a print format for printing sentences at positions a and b on a paper set in a printer as a printing device, the following method is used. There is something. After setting the carriage of the printer to the specified position and printing, then moving the carriage to the next specified position and setting and printing, set the specified position each time and print. repeat. As shown in FIG. 4, the position of a in the figure (x _1, y ₁ ),
Measure the distance (b) (x ₂ , y ₂ ) of b to the specified standard position in advance, adjust the line pitch of the document creation format with the format setting function, etc. Adjust the position of each specified position by inserting. A predetermined document creation format is set in advance, and a sentence is input according to the format.

[0003]

However, printing one by one with different designated positions takes time, and is not suitable for printing a large amount of text. Next, since each printing position is actually measured and a format is created, it takes time and labor. In addition, cannot support formats other than the set format. Therefore,
Each of these conventional methods is not created on the assumption that an arbitrary format is easily created, and has a problem in that it is inconvenient to use.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a format for printing freely and easily. For example, even if a special format sheet is moved, the carriage is moved to the format. It is possible to easily create an arbitrary format by specifying the position according to.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, a method of creating a print format of a printing apparatus in a text processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input unit for inputting information such as characters, and the above input. A sentence storage unit that stores the sentence information input from the unit, an edit control unit that edits the sentence information, a display unit that displays the sentence information, and a sheet of the sentence information of the sentence storage unit for creating a sentence. In a text processing device including a printing device for printing on the top, an idle feed instruction means for instructing idle feed of a carriage having an index indicating a print position, and a position for moving the position of the carriage to designate the index desired An input means for moving the carriage to a position and a position storage means for storing the designated position are provided, and the idling instruction is given to move the index on the carriage to a desired designated position. Allowed, by storing the designated position, characterized by creating a print format on the paper.

[0006]

By the above-mentioned method, the above-mentioned blank feed instruction is given,
While observing the carriage, move it by the input means,
By setting the index indicating the print position in the printing device to a desired position and storing the position, it is possible to create an arbitrary print format on the paper in the printing device. Therefore, it is possible to set an arbitrary print format on a paper of an arbitrary size that can be inserted into the printing apparatus.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The following will describe one embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the text processing device is provided with a key input unit 1 for key-inputting information such as characters and control, and a character corresponding to an operated key, a symbol code, and the related characters. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) (editing control unit) 2 for inputting and processing information such as codes and control codes
Are arranged.

The CPU 2 is controlled by a program stored in advance in the ROM 3 so that a sentence can be created and edited, and the CRT controlled by the CPU 2 is controlled.
A display device 4 such as a liquid crystal display or the like displays an input or stored text, a procedure for operating the editing, and the like.

A RAM 5 is provided which is accessed by the CPU 2 and stores coded sentences, addresses for control and the like, and the RAM 5 stores character codes and the like input by the key input unit 1. A sentence buffer (sentence storage unit) 50 is provided.

A starting point (X ₀ , Y
₍₀ ) from the present position of the carriage in two-dimensional x, y carriage position storage unit 51, 52, and further, the position of each designated carriage (X ₁ , Y ₁ ,
_{X 2, Y 2, ...)} , i.e. a plurality of designated position storing part 53, 54, 55, 56, ... for storing the printing position respectively are provided.

A printer control unit 6 instructed by the CPU 2 is installed, and a printer (printing device) such as a dot printer controlled by the printer control unit 6 is installed.
7, a printer 70 has a recording head 71 for printing and an index 72 indicating a printing position mounted on a carriage 70.

The carriage 70 is driven by a carriage motor 73 which is controlled by the printer control unit 6, and a paper sheet 74 is conveyed.
Is set to be reciprocable left and right in the longitudinal direction of the cylindrical platen 75 into which the carriage 70 is inserted (when the carriage motor 73 rotates forward, the carriage 70 moves to the right, and when the carriage motor 73 rotates in the reverse direction, the carriage 70 moves to the left).

On the other hand, the platen 75 includes a printer controller 6
The platen motor 7 controlled by the
The sheet 74 is raised when the sheet 6 is rotated in the forward direction, and is lowered when the sheet is rotated backward. Further, the printer 7 is provided with a home position sensor 77 for detecting the leftmost position of the movable platen 75 in the carriage 70 as the above-mentioned starting point.

In the key input section 1, a character key 10 for inputting a sentence, a creation start key (idle feed instruction means) 11 for starting format creation, and a creation end for ending the above format creation. A key 12; cursor keys (input means) 13, 14, 15, 16 for moving the cursor in the printer 7 up, down, left and right; and a position designation key 17, for storing a designated position as described later. A print key (not shown) for printing the text information in the text buffer 50 in order from the beginning is provided.

Further, the cursor keys 13, 14, 15,
After the creation start key 11 is input, the carriage 16 in the printer 7 is moved to the left or right, or the platen 75 is rotated to feed or return the paper 74, thereby causing the index 72 of the carriage 70 to move on the paper 74. It has a function to move it to the desired position.

In the above function, while the index 72 is moving, the recording head 71 of the carriage 70 is not operated and printing on the paper 74 is stopped. On the other hand, the creation end key 12
The above-mentioned functions of the cursor keys 13, 14, 15, 16 are released by.

Next, the operation of the configuration of the above-described embodiment will be described, but the outline of the main operation will be described below. 1. Text input: When you input characters with the character input key 10 according to the text to be created, the character information is
It is input at the cursor position of the display device 4 and stored in the text buffer 50.

2. Cursor movement: After entering the text as described above, use the cursor keys 13 and 14 to edit the corrections.
When the buttons 15 and 16 are operated, the cursor moves to the target position and the storage position of the cursor position in the text buffer 50 is updated.

3. Printing: When a print key (not shown) is operated, the text data stored in the text buffer 50 is read in order from the beginning and printed by the printer 7 on the paper 74 in a predetermined print format.

4. Format creation: First, after operating the creation start key 11, the cursor keys 13, 14, 15,
16 is operated to move the index 72 of the carriage 70 to a desired position on the sheet 74 attached to the printer 7. Then, the position designation key 17 is operated to store the position of the index 72 in a predetermined position of the RAM 5.

By repeating such an operation, the text positions up to a predetermined number are set respectively. After that, when all the designations are completed, the creation end key 12 is operated to end the print format creation.

Next, a specific procedure for creating the above format will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, it is assumed that a print format is created in which “aiueo” is printed at the position a and “scraping” at the position b on the paper 74.

What is needed here is a means for indicating the start position (and the end position if necessary) of each of a and b, and
The index 72 indicating the position to be printed in No. 4 is idly fed to each desired position of a and b by the cursor key, and the position is designated and stored by the position designation key 17 to indicate each start position.

First, when the format creating function is designated, first, the index 7 of the carriage 70 in FIG.
By moving 2 to the home position using the home position sensor 77 and determining the absolute position in the lateral direction, the left and right moving ranges are uniquely set. this is,
This is because the amount by which the carriage 70 can move laterally is restricted by the printer 7. Further, it is not necessary to specify the vertical direction.

In order to use this position as a starting point, the X position and the Y position of the carriage 70 are respectively (X ₀ , Y ₀ ) = (0,0)
And After that, by operating the cursor keys 13 to 16, the carriage motor 73 or the platen motor 7
6 is operated to move the position of the carriage 70 on the paper 74, and the index 72 is set at a desired position as shown in FIG.

The position of the index 72 of the carriage 70 is updated by using the cursor keys 13 to 16 with reference to the previously stored starting point. For example, when the upward cursor key (↑) 14 is pressed only once, the paper 74 is raised by one step and the carriage position storage units 51 and 52 are set to (X, Y) = (0,1). If the down cursor key (↓) 13 is only once
The value of Y is updated so that (X, Y) = (0, -1).

If the cursor key (→) 16 pointing to the right is used, the carriage 70 is moved to the right, and if the cursor key pointing to the left (←) 15 is used, the carriage 70 is moved to the left.・ X at 52
Update the value of. Further, the paper 74 or the carriage 70 may be continuously moved when each key is continuously pressed for a certain period. This paper 74 and carriage 70
1 step (minimum movement amount) depends on the function of the printer 7, and can be arbitrarily set within the range of the function.

When the index 72 is set in this way, the position designation key 17 is pressed to store the position. By operating, that is, pressing this position designation key 17, the paper 74
The first X position and Y position of the carriage 70 at
As the designated position (X ₁ , Y ₁ ) of the carriage designated position storage unit 5
Sequentially stored in 3.54.

When this is completed, the index key 72 is then moved to the position b using the cursor keys 13 to 16 and designated in the same manner as above, and the X and Y positions of the carriage 70 at that time are set to the second position. The designated positions (X ₂ , Y ₂ ) are sequentially stored in the carriage designated position storage units 55 and 56. In this way, when all designations are completed and each designated position is stored, the end key 12 finishes the format creation. It should be noted that the number of designated positions can be arbitrarily set within a predetermined range, and it is also possible to provide a function that can correct the mistaken designation.

In the method of the above embodiment, it is possible to easily specify the print start position (and the print end position) while visually confirming the position of the index 72 of the carriage 70 on the paper 74, so that the special print format can be used. However, the print position can be easily specified. It should be noted that a function may be provided so that a sentence can be input in accordance with the specified print format.

Thus, according to the above method, since any format can be set on a paper of any size, once set, each sentence of different print format can be printed at a time. It is possible to save the trouble of setting the print position for each position of different formats, and thus it is easy to cope with a large amount of printing.

Further, since the predetermined position such as the start position can be set while visually observing, it is not necessary to actually measure the predetermined position each time, and the print format setting is easy. Further, as long as it fits in the printer 7, it is possible to easily set the print format for any type of paper 74, and to quickly deal with various types of paper 74, so that it is possible to deal with paper 74 of special shape. ..

[0033]

As described above, the method of creating the print format of the printing apparatus in the text processing apparatus according to the present invention, as described above, provides an idle feed instruction means for instructing the carriage having the index indicating the print position in the printing apparatus. And an input means for moving the position of the carriage to move the index to a desired designated position, and a position storage means for storing the designated position. Move the indicator to the desired designated position,
This is a method of creating a print format on a sheet inserted in the printing device by storing the designated position.

Therefore, in the above method, an arbitrary format can be set on a paper of an arbitrary size, and therefore, once set, each printing of different formats can be performed at once, and each text of different printing formats can be printed once. Since it can be done, you can save the trouble of setting the print position each time at the position of different print format as in the past.
Therefore, it is easy to deal with a large amount of printing.

Further, in the above method, since the predetermined position such as the start position can be set while visually observing it, it is not necessary to actually measure the predetermined position each time, and the format setting is easy. Further, as long as it fits in the printing apparatus, it is possible to easily perform format setting on any paper, and it is possible to promptly deal with printing on various papers.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a text processing device used in a method of creating a print format of a printing device in the text processing device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a print position assumed on a sheet in the text processing device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a main part of a sheet on which an index is set for designating the print position.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a sheet showing an example of a method of designating a print position in a conventional text processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Key Input Unit 2 CPU (Edit Control Unit) 4 Display Device 7 Printer 11 Creation Start Key (Jump Feeding Indication Means) 13-16 Cursor Keys (Input Means) 50 Text Storage 53, 54, 55, 56 Carriage Position Storage (Position storage means) 70 Carriage 72 Index 74 Paper

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting information such as characters,
A text storage unit that stores the text information input from the input unit, an edit control unit that edits the text information, a display unit that displays the text information, and the text information of the text storage unit for creating the text. In a text processing device including a printing device for printing on a sheet of paper, an idle feed instruction means for instructing idle feed of a carriage having an index indicating a print position, and a position of the carriage is moved to obtain the index. Input means for moving to the designated position, and position storage means for storing the designated position, giving the idling instruction, moving the index on the carriage to the desired designated position, and moving the designated position. A method of creating a print format of a printing device in a text processing device, characterized in that a print format is created on the paper by storing the print format.