JPH0561868A - Printing control system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention relates to a print control system used for a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor, and when a document is printed, a specified sentence or the like is deleted from the printed document and An object of the present invention is to provide a print control system capable of efficiently executing a storage process of a designated text and the like, and consequently improving the document print process efficiency. [Structure] When a print suppression control character for specifying a range of a character string that should not be printed is input from the keyboard 1 during document editing processing, a character string within the range specified by the print suppression control character is printed at printing. On the other hand, print control processing such as deletion is executed. The edit control unit 2 detects a print inhibition control character from the document and instructs print control processing such as deletion. The print control unit 4 executes the instructed print control process and deletes the character string in the specified range from the print document.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a print control system used in a document preparation device such as a Japanese word processor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a document creating device such as a Japanese word processor, a screen of a display device is used to create and edit a document. When the created / edited document is printed by the printer, all the characters of the document edited / laid out on the screen are printed.

By the way, when creating / editing a document in the document creating apparatus, for example, even if there is a character or a sentence to be deleted in printing at the stage of drafting a sentence, it may be desired to save the document data as it is.

[0006] In creating a document, it may be desired to save a character string annotated as a private memo or a draft at the thinking stage, but not to publish it as a print document. In such a case, it is necessary to carry out an editing process in which the character or sentence to be saved is filed on the disk as a separate document and the character or sentence is deleted from the document to be printed.

Therefore, at the time of printing a document, there is a troublesome process of storing a document as an original document, file a sentence or the like unnecessary as a print document on a disk as a separate document, and deleting the unnecessary sentence or the like from a print target. It is necessary and inconvenient.

[0006]

In the conventional print control system, when a created / edited document is printed and there is a sentence or a character string which is not to be disclosed as a print document but is desired to be saved as a document, It is necessary to save the sentence or character string you want to save as a separate document. Further, it is necessary to perform edit processing for deleting unnecessary sentences and the like from the print target document. Therefore, there is a drawback that a complicated process is required at the time of printing the document, resulting in a reduction in the efficiency of the document printing process.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to delete a designated sentence or the like from a printed document when printing a document and to efficiently save the designated sentence or the like. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a print control system that can be effectively executed and, as a result, can improve the print processing efficiency of a document.

[0008]

FIG. 1 illustrates the principle of the present invention.

The print control system of the present invention detects an input means 1 for inputting a character string and a print inhibition control character, the print inhibition control character input from the input means 1, and specifies by the print inhibition control character. The edit control means 2 for instructing a predetermined print control process for the specified range of the character string, and the above-mentioned instructed by the edit control means 2 at the time of printing the character string input by the input means 1. The print control means 4 executes print control processing for the designated range of the character string, and the printer means 6 prints the character string under the control of the print control means 4.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the input means 1 is used at the time of editing a document.
When a print suppression control character for specifying the range of character strings that you do not want to print is input from, print control processing such as deletion is executed on the character string in the range specified by the print suppression control character when printing. To be done. The edit control unit 2 detects a print inhibition control character from the document and instructs print control processing such as deletion. The print control unit 4 executes the instructed print control process and deletes the character string in the designated range from the print document.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The print control system of the present invention is applied to a document creation device such as a Japanese word processor. As shown in FIG. 2, the document creating apparatus according to the embodiment includes a keyboard 1, an edit control unit 2, a document buffer memory 3, a print control unit 4, a print buffer memory 5, a printer 6 and a display unit 7. ..

The keyboard 1 has various character keys required for creating a document, various editing function keys required for editing processing, and special symbol keys for inputting print inhibition control characters according to the present invention. The edit control unit 2 is a microprocessor that controls the entire apparatus and executes document creation / edit processing.

The document buffer memory 3 is a memory for storing the document data created and edited by the editing control unit 2 and the print inhibition control characters. The document data and the print suppression control characters consist of character codes corresponding to various characters and special symbols.

The print control unit 4 controls the printer 6 and executes print control according to the character pattern data expanded in the print buffer memory 5. The print buffer memory 5 stores the character pattern data corresponding to the character code edited by the edit control unit 2. The display unit 7 includes the editing control unit 2
Is a display device for displaying document data created / edited on the screen under the control of.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described. First,
When a character string is input from the keyboard 1 (step S1 in FIG. 3), the editing control unit 2 executes kana-kanji conversion processing and the like, and executes document creation / editing processing. The edit control unit 2 develops the created / edited document data in the document buffer memory 3 (step S2). The document data consists of character codes corresponding to each character.

The edit control unit 2 displays the created / edited document data on the screen of the display unit 7 (step S7). While confirming the document displayed on the screen of the display unit 7, the user instructs the document editing process through the keyboard 1. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5A, for example, a document "in the current Japanese word processor ..." Is displayed on the screen of the display unit 7.

When the printing process is instructed from the keyboard 1 (YES in step S3), the edit control unit 2 expands the character pattern data corresponding to the character code expanded in the document buffer memory 3 into the print buffer memory 5. (Step S4). The print control unit 4 outputs the character pattern data expanded in the print buffer memory 5 to the printer 6 to print a document as shown in FIG. 5A (step S).
6).

By the way, according to the present invention, when the print processing is instructed from the keyboard 1, the edit control section 2 judges whether or not the print inhibition control is executed (step S5). In this determination, the printing suppression control mode may be started when the keyboard 1 is instructed, or the printing suppression control may be automatically started when the printing process is instructed.

When the print inhibition control is started (YES in step S5), the edit control unit 2 searches the character code expanded in the document buffer memory 3 for the print inhibition control character (step S9). Here, when editing the document, the special symbol “#”, which is a preset print suppression control character,
When “!” Is input from the keyboard 1, it is stored in the document buffer memory 3 together with the document data.

In the embodiment, the special symbol "#" means the print inhibition control start character, and the special symbol "!" Means the print inhibition control end character. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the special symbols “#” and “!” Are input in the document, for example, “Japanese” in the range designated by these “#” and “!” Is entered. The word "" is the print inhibition area.

When the print inhibition control character is retrieved (YES in step S10), the edit control unit 2 retrieves preset print information for inhibition processing and determines the content of the print processing control for the print inhibition area ( Step S11).

If the print information for inhibition processing is "character packing" (YES in step S12), the edit control unit 2 extracts the data of the print inhibition area from the print data (character pattern data) expanded in the print buffer memory 5. delete. Further, the character data after the print inhibition area is shifted to the position of the print inhibition area (step S13).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5C,
The print inhibition area "Japanese" is deleted, and the character filling process is executed so that "current" before the print inhibition area is followed by "in the word processor ..." After the print inhibition area.

If the print information for the suppression process is "padding" (YES in step S14), the edit control unit 2 executes a process of replacing the print suppression area with a designated character (including a space) and outputting (step S14). Step S15).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5D,
Execute the process of deleting "Japanese", which is the print suppression area, and replacing it with a space. Further, as shown in FIG. 5E, a process of deleting "Japanese" which is the print inhibition area and replacing with the special symbol "***" is executed.

Further, if the print information for inhibition processing is "not inhibited" (NO in step S14), the edit control unit 2
Deletes the print suppression control characters "#" and "!" And executes a process of outputting the print suppression area as it is (step S1).
6).

Specifically, as shown in FIG.
The print suppression control characters “#” and “!” Are deleted, and the print suppression area “Japanese” is printed as it is. In terms of results,
As shown in FIG. 5A, this is the same as the case where the print suppression control is not executed.

In this way, when a document is edited, a character string or a sentence to be excluded from printing in the document is designated by the print inhibition control characters, and the print inhibition area is set. During the printing process,
Print control processing such as "character padding" and "padding" is executed on the set print inhibition area based on preset print information for inhibition processing.

As a result, when printing the created / edited document, it is possible to delete a sentence or character string that is not to be disclosed as a print document, or replace it with a designated character.

[0031]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is only necessary to input a print inhibition control character for setting a print inhibition area at the time of editing a document, and a sentence or character which is not desired to be disclosed as a print document at the time of print processing. You can delete a column or replace it with a designated character. Therefore, when printing a document,
The editing process for deleting unnecessary sentences from the document to be printed is unnecessary.

Further, if the document to be printed including the print inhibition area is saved as it is, it is not necessary to save the sentence or character string in the print inhibition area as a separate document. As a result, the cumbersome process becomes unnecessary, and as a result, the efficiency of the document printing process can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main part of a document creation device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 keyboard (input means), 2 edit control section (edit control means), 3 document buffer memory, 4 print control section (print control means), 5 print buffer memory, 6 printer (printer means), 7 display section.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An input means (1) for inputting a character string and a print inhibition control character, and the print inhibition control character input from the input means (1) is detected and designated by the print inhibition control character. An edit control means (2) for instructing a predetermined print control process for a designated range of the character string, and an edit control means (2) for printing the character string input by the input means (1). A print control unit (4) that executes the designated print control process for a designated range of the character string, and a printer unit (6) that prints the character string under the control of the print control unit (4). A print control system characterized by being provided. 2. The edit control means (2) deletes a designated range of the character string designated by the print inhibition control character and continues a character string after the designated range to a character string before the designated range. The print control system according to claim 1, wherein the print control processing is instructed. 3. The edit control means (2) instructs a print control process for replacing a designated range of the character string designated by the print inhibition control character with a previously designated character string. The print control system according to item 1. 4. The edit control means (2) deletes the print inhibition control character in response to an instruction from the input means (1), and a designated range of the character string designated by the print inhibition control character. The print control system according to claim 1, wherein a print control process for directly printing is printed.