JPH0545486Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a printing device capable of printing addresses, names, honorific titles, etc. based on a pre-input address book.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, printing devices capable of printing addresses, names, etc.
It was equipped with an address book memory for storing the input address book, and was configured to print addresses, names, etc. based on the address book stored in the address book memory. Then, “sama”, “dono”, which is added after the name,
By inputting honorific titles such as "Ochu" into the address book memory, it was possible to print the honorific title following the address, name, etc.

[Problem that the invention aims to solve] However, inputting honorific titles in advance in the address book memory increases memory usage, especially when there are many entries in the address book. This has the problem that a considerable amount of memory is used for this purpose. Furthermore, when it is necessary to change the title, it is necessary to change the title by the number of relevant titles in the address book memory, making the operation cumbersome.

In order to solve these problems, we
Publication No. 154127 describes a document creation device equipped with an honorific flag for selecting an honorific title, and a printing device that automatically adds and prints the honorific title selected by the honorific flag after printing a name. . According to this document creation device, the operator does not store honorific titles in the address book management file in which the address book is stored, but prints "sir", "sir", etc. before printing the address book.
When any one of the honorific titles such as "Ochu" is selected, this printing device is configured to print the selected honorific title after printing the address and name.

However, the problem with the above printing device is that it is only possible to add one selected type of honorific to all names stored in the address management file, and it is not possible to add a different honorific to each name. had.

[Purpose of the invention] This invention was devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it minimizes the amount of address book memory used, provides good operability when changing honorific titles, and allows each name to be changed individually. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing device that can print with different titles added.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the printing device of the present invention includes an input means for inputting an address book consisting of data such as addresses and names, and a plurality of A code key group that allows you to enter different types of honorific codes,
An address book memory that stores the input address book and associates each name with one of multiple types of honorific codes, and allows you to set each honorific title in correspondence with multiple types of honorific codes. The address and name are printed based on the setting means and the address book stored in the address book memory, and the honorific title set by the setting means is printed after the name in accordance with the type of honorific code associated with each name. and a printing control means for printing.

[Operation] According to the above configuration, the print control means prints the honorific title set by the setting means in accordance with the type of honorific code associated with each name input in the address book memory after the name. Print.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example in which the present invention is embodied in a word processor equipped with an address printing function will be described with reference to the drawings.

This word processor has an address printing function in addition to normal document editing and printing functions. This address printing function allows the address entered by the operator,
Multiple address books consisting of data such as names are stored, and any one address in the address book can be saved as needed.
This is used to print names, etc. on postcards, envelopes, etc.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a word processor.

Manage all operations of this word processor
The CPU (central processing unit) 10 has a keyboard 20
, RAM (Random Access Memory) 30,
ROM (read-on memory) 40 and display section 50
and the printing section 60 are connected.

The keyboard 20 is used to input print data, and includes a plurality of character/symbol keys, a start/end key for starting and ending the creation of an address book, and a printing section 60.
It has various function keys 21 including a print key for performing a printing operation, and three types of title code keys 22 that are operated to add a title after a name when inputting an address book.

The RAM 30 temporarily stores print data and other various information input using the keyboard 20, and stores addresses input when creating an address book,
An address book memory 31 that stores data such as names and honorific codes added to names, and when honorifics are set corresponding to each of the three types of honorific codes, which type of honorifics is selected for each of the three types of honorific codes. a title register 32 that stores whether the
It has a print register 33 that temporarily stores data such as one address, name, etc. to be printed based on the operation of a print key on the keyboard 20.

The ROM 40 stores a control program for operating the CPU 10, and the CPU 10 is configured to control all operations of the word processor including document editing and printing operations in accordance with the control program.

The display section 50 has a display memory therein, and is connected to the keyboard 20 and the like via the CPU 10.
It is configured to store data transferred from the RAM 30 in a display memory and display the stored data.

The printing unit 60 prints data to the RAM 30 via the CPU 10 when a printing key is operated on the keyboard 20.
The printer is configured to print data transferred from a print register 33 or the like within the printer.

Address book memory 31 provided in RAM 30
The address and name entered when creating an address book,
It is configured to store display/print codes expressed in binary numbers, and to store various types of honorific codes added after the name in binary numbers. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating the structure of these data based on a certain input example displayed on the display unit 50. The address and name data are entered by the operator in the address input area 51, respectively, as shown in the input example shown in FIG.
When the name is input in the name input area 52, the data structure of the address book memory 31 is: label LBL, address data ADR, delimiter code SEP, first name data.
NAME1, 1st title code K1, 2nd name data
NAME2, 2nd title code K2, 3rd name data
The order is NAME3, third honorific code K3.
The label LBL indicates the address number,
Address data ADR is in the address input area 51 of the input screen.
This is a coded version of the address entered in . The first to third name data NAME1 to NAME3 are the names entered in the name input area 52 of the input screen.
It is a coded version of what is separated by honorific codes. The first to third honorific codes K1 to K3 are codes indicating the honorific titles input in the name input area 52. The delimiter code SEP is a code that indicates a delimiter between address data ADR and name data.

Title register 32 provided in RAM 30
When setting honorific codes, as shown in the schematic diagram in Figure 6, corresponding to the 1st to 3rd honorific codes,
Which honorific title has been selected: “Mr.”, “Tono”, “Sensei”, “Ochu”, “Kimi”, “Chiyan”, or “Gyo” is displayed in the 1st area AREA1, 2nd area AREA2, and 3rd area.
AREA3 is provided and the honorific title is stored in display/print code.

Print register 33 provided in RAM 30
is for storing data such as one address, name, etc. selected by the operator when printing an address.
Data such as the address and name of one person are transferred to the print register 3 by the CPU 10 from the address book memory 31 based on the operation of the print keys on the keyboard 20.
It is now being transferred to 3.

In addition to the control program, an address printing format is stored in the ROM 40. This address printing format indicates the printing start position of the line and digit of the address and name when printing the address.

The operation of the word processor having the above configuration will be explained.

CPU1 manages all operations of the word processor
0 executes the control program stored in the ROM 40, that is, the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3 to 5. When the power switch is turned on, in step S1 (hereinafter simply referred to as S1 to S36),
Initial setting of values of counters, etc. (not shown) is performed.
In S2, it is determined whether there is a key input from the keyboard 11, and if YES, the process moves to S3.
If NO, return to S2. In S3, it is determined whether the input key is a start key for starting address book creation, and if YES, the process moves to S4, and if NO, the process moves to S7. In S4 to S6, address book creation processing is performed.
That is, if there is a key input in S4, it is determined in S5 whether or not the key is an end key to end address book creation, and if it is an end key, the process returns to S2. When a character/symbol key other than the end key and the title code key 22 are input, the input data is stored in the address book memory 31. At this time, the second
The label LBL and delimiter code SEP shown in the figure are automatically added.

In S7 to S12, processing for printing the address is performed.
That is, in S7, it is determined whether or not the key input in S2 is a printing key. If it is not a printing key, in S12, other processing corresponding to the input key is performed, and the process returns to S2. If it is determined in S7 that the print key has been input, it is checked in S8 whether or not data exists in the address book memory 31, and if there is no data, error processing is performed in S11 and the process returns to S2. When the print key is input with data existing in the address book memory 31, honorific title setting processing is performed in S9.
In order to have the operator set the honorific title, the CPU 10
The display unit 50 is caused to output the honorific title setting screen shown in FIG. Then, when the operator sets the honorific title corresponding to each honorific code using the cursor key and execution key (not shown), the CPU 10 executes S13 to S13 in FIG.
Execute the honorific title setting processing routine consisting of 21 steps.

The honorific title setting processing routine includes steps S13 to S15 regarding the setting of the first honorific title, and steps S16 to S16 regarding the setting of the second honorific title.
18, and S19-21 regarding the setting of the third honorific title. In S13, it is determined whether any honorific title is selected for the first honorific code, and if the determination result is YES, the process proceeds to S14;
If NO, move to S15. In S14, the selected honorific title is converted into a display/print code expressed in binary numbers, and the first area of the honorific title register 32 is
Store in AREA1. In S15, it is assumed that the first honorific title is set as unprinted, and the data in the first area AREA1 of the honorific title register 32 is deleted. The second and third of the following S16-18 and S19-21
The process for setting the honorific title is the same as the process for setting the first honorific title in S13 to S15, so the explanation will be omitted.

When the series of title setting processes in S9 and S13 to S21 are completed, address printing process is performed in S10. That is, the CPU 10 executes the address printing processing routine consisting of S22 to S36 in FIG. First, in S22, desired data to be printed in the address book memory 31, which is currently being processed, is read into the print register 33. In S23, it is determined whether two or more of any honorific codes exist in the print data in the print register 33, and if so, in S24,
Delimiter code in print data in print register 33
The print length of the first name data NAME1 existing between SEP and the first honorific code K1 is compared with the print length of the second and subsequent name data present between the respective honorific codes. Then, by inserting blank data corresponding to each difference at the beginning of the second and subsequent name data, the final printing position of the first name and the final printing position of the second and subsequent names are set at the printing digit position. Rearrange the print data so that they line up.

In S25 to S36, the print data in the print register 33 is read out individually, and processing such as printing is executed. In S25, the CPU 10 reads the print data in the print register 33. Then, in S26, it is confirmed whether or not there is data, and if there is no data, the address printing process is ended and the process returns to S2. S27
In S25, it is determined whether or not the read data is print data, and if it is print data, the process moves to S34. If it is determined that it is not print data, it is determined in S28 whether or not it is an honorific code, and if it is not an honorific code, the process moves to S31.
Also, when it is determined that it is an honorific code, S29
Then, data is read from the area in the honorific register 32 corresponding to the honorific code, and the printing section 60 is caused to perform a printing operation based on the data.
Then, in S30, a paper feed means (not shown) in the printing unit 60 performs a change operation based on the address printing format stored in the ROM 40, and the process returns to S25.

When it is determined in S28 that the read data is not an honorific code, in S31 the read data is a line feed code or delimiter code.
It is determined whether or not it is SEP, and if YES, a paper feed means (not shown) performs a change operation based on the address print format in the ROM 40 in S32, and the process returns to S25. If NO, other processing based on the read data is performed in S33,
Return to S25.

When it is determined in S27 that the read data is print data, it is determined in S34 whether or not the current printing position is a printable position;
If printing is not possible, the paper feed means performs a change operation based on the address print format in the ROM 40 in S35. And in S36,
The printing section 60 is caused to perform a printing operation based on the printing data, and the process returns to S25.

By repeating the above operations, the word processor of this embodiment prints the address without storing the honorific title in the address book memory 31 and without considering the print format, even if the addressee is a joint name. Joint names can be printed by aligning the printed positions. Therefore, the storage capacity of the address book memory can be reduced, and the burden on the operator when creating the address book can be reduced.

Furthermore, even if you want to change the title after creating the address book, there is no need to rewrite the data in the address book memory 31, and you can just change it when setting the title, which further reduces the burden on the operator. be.

In this embodiment, address printing is explained without distinction between vertical writing and horizontal writing, but in both cases, the printing position of the honorific title that should be aligned is the digit position with respect to the direction of movement of the printing head. . Furthermore, this embodiment is merely an example of the invention being implemented in a word processor, and it is obvious that the invention can be implemented in any other printing device having an address printing function.

[Effects of the invention] As detailed above, the printing device of the present invention can set each honorific title in response to multiple types of honorific codes, so it is possible to minimize the amount of address book memory used, and it is possible to change the honorific title. It has good operability when printing, and has the effect of being able to print a different honorific title for each name.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a word processor in which the present invention is embodied, FIGS. 2 and 6 are schematic diagrams showing the input screen and data structure, and FIGS. It is a flowchart showing the operation of the setter. In the figure, 10 is the CPU, 20 is the keyboard, 22
is a salutation code key, 30 is a RAM, 31 is an address book memory, 32 is a salutation register, and 33 is a print register.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Utility Model Registration Request] An input means for inputting an address book consisting of data such as addresses, names, etc., a code key group provided in the input means that allows input of multiple types of title codes, and the input address. an address book memory that stores the address book and stores one of a plurality of types of honorific codes for each name in association with each other; and a setting means that can respectively set honorifics corresponding to the plurality of types of honorific codes. , printing the address and name based on the address book stored in the address book memory, and printing after the name the honorific title set by the setting means in accordance with the type of honorific code associated with each name; What is claimed is: 1. A printing device comprising: printing control means for controlling