JPH0596787A - Printing method for boldface character - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform a boldface character printing by providing a direction definition processing for defining a direction for generating a boldface character and a face setting processing for setting a boldface character using the defined direction. CONSTITUTION:In a direction definition processing 1, a direction required for generating a boldface character is set to an angle of 45 degrees, and using this value, addition amounts per pixel in directions X and Y are respectively calculated to be X=Y=Sin 45 deg. pixel. In a face setting processing 2, a face name to be used is assigned, a character size to be used is reduced to some extent the reduced character is printed out, and printing positions are added by the X- and Y-direction amounts calculated in the direction definition processing 1 until the character size becomes equal to the actually assigned character size. After this processing is completed, a boldface character is printed through a character code output processing 3 and a paper discharge processing 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bold character printing method, and more particularly to a bold character printing method for printing bold characters using a printer connected to a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional bold character printing method includes a font setting process, a character code output process, and a paper discharge process. Was possible, but it could not be printed without the bold body.

[0003]

The conventional bold character printing method described above has a drawback in that bold characters cannot be printed by a printer having no bold typeface.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bold character printing method which enables printing of bold characters even if a printer having no bold body is used.

[0005]

A bold character printing method of the present invention is a bold character printing method using a printer having a language interpreter, and a direction definition process for defining a direction for generating a bold character and the direction definition processing. A typeface setting process for setting a bold character using the direction defined in the process, a character code output process for transmitting a character code to be printed using the bold character set in the typeface setting process, and the character code output process And a paper discharge process for printing and discharging the page for which the print image is determined.

[0006]

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

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of the bold character printing method of the present invention. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a direction definition process 1 and a font setting process 2 are performed.
Then, the conventional character code output process 3 and the conventional paper discharge process 4 are executed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the direction definition processing 1 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, in the direction definition processing 1, in step 21, the direction required to generate a bold character is set to 45.
Then, in step 22, the increased amount per pixel (1/72 inch) in the X and Y directions is calculated as X = Y = SIN 45 ° pixels in step 22.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the typeface setting process 2 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, in the font setting process 2, in step 31, the name of the font to be used as a bold font is designated, and in step 32, the size of the character to be used is slightly reduced. Then, in step 33, the reduced character is printed out, and in step 34, step 35 is repeated until the size of the actually designated character is equalized.
Then, the print position is increased by X and Y calculated in the direction definition processing 1.

After completion of this process, the present embodiment is as shown in FIG.
Bold characters are printed by the character code output process 3 and the paper discharge process 4 shown in FIG.

[0011]

The bold character printing method of the present invention has an effect that it is possible to print bold characters having no bold typeface using a printer connected to a computer.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing an embodiment of a bold character printing method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a direction definition process 1 of FIG.

3 is a flowchart showing an example of a font setting process 2 in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Direction definition processing 2 Font setting processing 3 Character code output processing 4 Paper ejection processing

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a bold character printing method by a printer having a language interpreter, a direction definition process for defining a direction for generating a bold character,
A typeface setting process for setting a bold character using the direction defined in the direction definition process, a character code output process for transmitting a character code to be printed using the bold character set in the typeface setting process, and the character A bold character printing method comprising: a paper discharge process of printing and discharging a page whose print image is determined by a code output process.