JPH0522932B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of the Invention] The present invention relates to a word processor, and more particularly, to a word processor that is capable of printing characters at predetermined positions on a sheet of paper on which lines, characters, etc. are printed in advance. Regarding possible word processors.

[Background of the invention]

Conventional word processors, for example,
As described in Japanese Patent No. 109928, consideration is given to where to print an edited document on a display relative to a blank sheet of paper.

However, printing on paper with a pre-printed format, such as lines or fixed characters, has not generally been considered.

For example, as described in JP-A-58-140842, some printers have a test printing function, but when printing on paper with a pre-printed format, the It is difficult to accurately understand the relationship between the character display position on a cathode ray tube display (hereinafter referred to as a CRT display) and the character print position on paper, so it is difficult to accurately understand the relationship between the two. It is necessary to match the format of the paper through repetition.

On the other hand, with the device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-35230, it is possible to print in a predetermined position on a sheet of paper on which a form has been printed in advance, but it requires a document image information storage, retrieval, and reading device. Therefore, it is difficult to provide inexpensive equipment.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention enables characters to be printed correctly at predetermined positions on sheets of paper with pre-printed lines and characters that have a fixed format, and when creating a document, the character printing position can be correctly matched to the format. It eliminates the need for trial printing and repeated trials to ensure that the results are correct, enables efficient document creation, eliminates the need for expensive document image information storage, search and reading equipment, is inexpensive, and is a special tool for conventional word processors. The object of the present invention is to provide a word processor capable of executing form printing with a simple configuration and operation without adding any mechanism.

[Summary of the invention]

The purpose is to control the input means for inputting character codes, etc., the display means for displaying the input character codes, etc., the printing means for printing the character codes, etc. displayed on the display means, and the entire control. In a word processor that is equipped with a control means and prints at a predetermined position on a sheet of paper on which a format has been printed in accordance with the format, in addition to document information consisting of character codes and general control codes, printing interruption The control code from the temporary storage means is sent to the printing means to print the control code corresponding to the format at a predetermined position on the paper on which the format has been printed in advance. When the printing interruption control code is detected, the printing is temporarily interrupted, and when the printing is interrupted, the print head is moved to the left or right by operating a cursor control key, and the platen is rotated in the forward or reverse direction. After the print head is positioned at a predetermined position on the paper on which the form is printed, printing is resumed from the code following the control code that caused printing to be interrupted by inputting the print resume key. This is achieved through configuration.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the word processor according to the present invention is as follows:
This will be explained with reference to each figure.

Here, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a word processor, FIG. 2 is a format diagram showing the format of a printed document, and FIG. 3 is a format diagram showing the document in FIG. 2 displayed on a CRT. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the key arrangement of the keyboard in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is an external view of the wire dot type printer shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing control in print mode.

In Figure 1, which shows the overall configuration of a word processor, a keyboard (KB) 1 is used to control character codes such as kana, alphabets, numbers, etc., as well as general information that determines the operation of the word processor. The control code and the control code are output.

Stored program type main controller (CONT.hereinafter referred to as
The control function of the main controller (2) is determined by a program stored in a built-in storage device, and controls the entire system as described later.

The first flexible disk (FD) 3 includes
It houses the system program and the kana-kanji conversion dictionary, and is stored on a second flexible disk (FD).
4 stores previously created documents or newly created documents.

A page memory (PM) 5, which is a temporary storage means, temporarily stores a document input from the keyboard 1 or a document read from the second flexible disk 4.

Refresh memory (RM) 6 includes
Character examples of documents displayed on the CRT 9 (including general and print interruption control codes) are stored in the form of address codes that indicate character format storage addresses of the character generator (CG) 7, which will be described later. Character shapes are stored in the lactation generator 7.

A display control circuit (CRTC) 8 reads out character examples to be displayed from the refresh memory 6 and converts them into character form using a character generator 7.
Document characters are displayed according to the electron beam scanning of the CRT9.

Wire dot printer (PRINT) 10
receives a signal obtained by converting the character code of the document stored in the second flexible disk 4 or the page memory 5 into a character form using the character generator 7, and prints the document.

In the above configuration, the main controller 2 has a ROM that stores a part of the program as part of its internal storage device, and when the power is turned on, the program in the ROM causes the first flexible disk 3 The program is then transferred to its own RAM area and ready for operation.

FIG. 2 shows a printed document 20 for the purpose of this embodiment.

Here, the shaded area 21 and the visible line 22 are printed on the paper in advance.

FIG. 3 shows that the document 20 shown in FIG.
This shows the case when displayed on the screen.

Here, the printing interruption mark 30 is configured to temporarily suspend printing when the main control device 2 detects a control code for printing interruption, that is, when the timing at which the main mark 30 should be printed is reached according to the printing control program. The line feed mark 31 is a visualization of the control code that means .
This is a visualization of a control code that means to feed paper by a predetermined amount, and the blank mark 32 is a type of character code that indicates that nothing will be printed at this character position on the screen of the CRT9. It is visualized so that it can only be recognized by

FIG. 4 shows the key arrangement of the keyboard 1, in which a print interrupt key 40 and a print resume key 41 are arranged.

According to this figure 4, using keyboard 1,
Next, a method for displaying a document on the CRT9 will be explained.

When an operator operates the keyboard 1, processing work codes, kana character codes, alphabetic characters, numerical codes, etc. are input into the main controller 2.

When kana characters are input, the main controller 2
If there is a character string mixed with kanji that corresponds to the input kana character, the first flexible disk 3
Find the string containing the kanji from the dictionary.
If there are a plurality of character strings mixed with kanji corresponding to kana characters, the operator instructs the selection from the keyboard 1.

In order to display a print interruption control code that causes the wire dot printer 10 to stop printing during printing, the operator presses the print interruption key 40 at the desired character position in the document. However, during document creation, even if the print interrupt key 40 is pressed, the word processor does not perform any special operation.

The character control codes of the Japanese document, including kana and kanji characters, print interruption control codes, etc., created in this way are stored in the page memory 5. In order to display some of the stored documents on a CRT, the main controller 2 converts them into accommodation address codes in the character generator 7's character format (including the shape of control code marks) and refreshes them. Transfer to the Tsushi memory 6.

The document shown in FIG. 3 is created as described above.

5 is an external view of the wire dot type printer 10 described above.

Insert the paper with the pre-printed format shown in FIG. 2 through the paper insertion slot 50, and
1 is wound around the platen 52 and set in a predetermined position.

In this state, the paper feed motor (not shown) is controlled by the control signal given from the main controller 2.
feeds the paper through the rotation of the platen 52,
While the print head 53 is moved left and right by a head feed motor (not shown), characters are printed by the impact of the wire built into the print head 53.

As described above, when printing, the operator presses the edit/print key 42 shown in FIG. 4 on the keyboard 1 to start the print program of the main controller 2.

The main controller 2 converts the character code of the document stored in the page memory 5 into a character form using the character generator 7 and sends it to the wire dot printer 10. When a control code is detected, the printing is temporarily interrupted and
Enter the print alignment state.

That is, for example, in order to print the document in which the print interruption mark displayed in FIG. 3 is surrounded by line feed marks on the prescribed paper shown in FIG.
A processing state for aligning the print position of the print head 53 is entered.

In this print alignment state, the cursor control keys 43 to 46 shown in FIG. 4 of the keyboard 1 function to control paper feed and head feed of the wire dot printer 10.

That is, when the operator presses the left and right cursor control keys 43 and 44, the main controller 2
A control signal is sent to the wire dot printer 10 to move the print head 53 to the left or right by the rotation of the head feed motor, and when the operator presses the up and down cursor control keys 45 and 46, the main controller 2 sends out a control signal to move the paper up and down by rotation of the paper feed motor.

Then, the operator presses the cursor control key 43
If it is determined visually that the print head 53 has reached the predetermined position on the paper through the operations in steps 46 to 46,
That is, once the position has been selectively determined, the print restart key 41 is pressed.

The main controller 2 exits the print alignment state,
Printing is resumed from the character code next to the print interruption control code that caused the printing interruption.

By repeating this operation, the document shown in FIG. 3 can be printed on a sheet of paper on which a format has been previously printed, as shown in FIG. 2, at a position where the format matches.

Here, as already mentioned, FIG. 6 is a flowchart for editing and creating a part of the document shown in FIG. 3, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing control in print mode.

According to the present invention, when printing a document according to a printed format, it is possible to match the format and print position and print while checking, and furthermore, this operation can be performed using a keyboard.

In other words, it is possible to print characters correctly in a predetermined position on a paper with pre-printed lines and characters and a set format, and when creating a document, it is possible to correctly print the character printing position to match the format. This eliminates the need for trial printing and other trials, enables efficient document creation, and eliminates the need for an expensive document image information storage, retrieval, and reading device.

By the way, the cursor control keys 45 and 46 each have an up and down direction, and the cursor control keys 43 and 44 each have a left and right direction, but the present invention utilizes this property. , cursor control keys 45 and 46 respectively on the platen 52.
The cursor control keys 43 and 44 are used to command the print head 53 to move in the left and right directions, respectively. For movement, a simple structure does not require adding a special mechanism to a conventional word processor, and since there is no need to manually move the platen 52, processing operations when printing is interrupted can be carried out without getting your hands dirty. All of this can be easily done by operating the cursor control keys 43-46.

Although the word processor printer used in the above embodiment is a wire dot type printer, it is possible to use a wide variety of other serial type printers such as a thermal transfer type printer.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, characters can be printed correctly at predetermined positions on paper with pre-printed lines and characters in a fixed format, and when creating a document, characters can be printed in the correct format. It eliminates the need for trial printing and repeated trials to match the specifications, and enables efficient document creation.
Moreover, it is possible to obtain a word processor that can perform form printing with a simple configuration and operation without adding any special mechanism to a conventional word processor.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a word processor, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the format of a printed document, and Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the format of a printed document. A schematic diagram showing the displayed state; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the key arrangement of the keyboard in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is an external view of the wire dot type printer shown in FIG. 1 with reference numeral 10, FIG.
The figure is a flowchart showing control in print mode. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Keyboard, 2... Storage program type main controller, 3, 4... First and second flexible disks, 5... Page memory, 6... Refresh memory, 7... Character generator, 8
...Display control circuit, 9...CRT, 10...Wire dot printer, 40...Print interrupt key, 4
1...Print resume key, 42...Edit/print key,
43-46... Cursor control key, 50... Paper insertion slot, 51... Platen knob, 52... Platen, 53... Print head, 54... Operation panel.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An input means for inputting a character code, etc., a display means for displaying the input character code, etc., a printing means for printing the character code, etc. displayed on the display means, and the entirety thereof. In addition to document information consisting of character codes and general control codes, a word processor is equipped with a control means for controlling a format and prints at a predetermined position on a sheet of paper on which a format has been printed in accordance with the format. , has a temporary storage means for storing a control code for printing interruption, and sends the control code from the temporary storage means to the printing means, and prints it on a predetermined position on the paper on which the format has been printed in advance according to the format. When performing matching printing, when the printing interruption control code is detected, the printing is temporarily interrupted, and when printing is interrupted, the print head is moved to the left or right by operating the cursor control key, and the platen is moved forward or backward. After rotating the print head to the desired position on the paper on which the form is printed, press the print resume key to resume printing from the code following the control code that caused printing to be interrupted. A word processor featuring a restart configuration.