JPH079620B2 - Print data automatic editing method - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a print data automatic editing system, and more particularly to a print data automatic editing system at the time of print output in an electronic computer system.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, in the print data editing method, the print data of the x-th row prints the data of the first byte to the y-byte in the m digit and the data of the y byte to the w-byte in the n digit. The print control unit cuts the print data according to the format information and issues a print instruction to the printer when the print output is performed.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Since the conventional editing method described above has a fixed method of cutting out print data in byte units as part of format information,
There is a one-to-one relationship between the structure of how the 1-byte characters and 2-byte characters are arranged in the print data and the editing method. Therefore, if the structure of the print data changes a little Therefore, even if the editing method of printing some characters does not change, new editing information has to be recreated, and the work is very complicated. Also,
Mistakes such as fraudulent printing due to inconsistency between the edit information and the actual print data structure were likely to occur.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In the print data automatic editing method according to the present invention, an edit field definition section having the cut-out position of the print data and the number of cut-out characters as field information, and the position of which line and which position the field is printed. An edit field setting unit for setting an edit field allocation unit for determining whether or not the print field is read from the print data storage unit, and an edit field definition unit set in the format information storage unit by the edit method setting unit. An automatic editing method is provided for converting the field information from the character unit information to the byte unit information by distinguishing whether the character in the print data is a 1-byte character or a 2-byte character.

(Example) Next, this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a print data automatic editing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The print data automatic editing method according to the present embodiment includes an editing method setting unit 1, a format information storage unit 2, and an editing field definition unit 3.
An edit field allocating unit 4, a print data output unit 5, a print data storage unit 6, and an editing method automatic conversion unit 7.
A print controller 8 and a printer 9.

The editing method setting means 1 sets, in the format information storage section 2, an edit field defining section 3 and an edit field allocating section 4 which determine whether or not the print data is to be edited.

The print data output means 5 has a print data storage unit 6 in advance.
Output the data to be printed on.

The edit method automatic conversion means 7 reads the print data from the print data storage unit 6, checks whether the content of the print data is a 1-byte character or a 2-byte character, and obtains the field information of the edit field definition unit 3 corresponding to this print data. The character unit information is converted into byte unit information, and the original information of the edit field definition unit 3 is rewritten with the converted information.

The print control unit 8 divides the print data according to the edit field allocation unit 4 set by the edit method unit 2 and the edit field definition unit 3 converted in byte unit by the edit method automatic conversion unit 7 in advance, and prints on the printing device. Give instructions.

Next, the editing method setting means 1 and the editing method automatic converting means 7 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 and FIG.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the edit field definition unit 3 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the edit field allocation unit 4 of FIG. The editing method setting means 1 sets the editing field defining section 3 and the editing field allocating section 4 in the format information storage section 2 in order to determine the printing data editing method. For example, when printing the print data as shown in FIG. 4, the "mountain" to the first "△" (indicating a blank) of the print data is field 1 and the "1" to "5" are field 2 Delimiter, field cutout information is set in the method 1 of the edit field definition part in FIG.

First, since the field 1 starts from the first character and has 5 characters, the cut-out position of the field 1 in the edit field definition portion of FIG. 2 is set to 1 and the cut-out character number is set to 5. Since the field 2 has 3 characters starting from the 9th character, 9 is set in the cutout position and 3 is set in the cutout character number. Method 2 and subsequent steps are set when different print data is cut out differently from method 1, and a plurality of types of cutout methods can be set.

In addition, at the line position x of the edit field allocation part in FIG. 3, the method 1 of 1 is printed in the referenced edit classification number, and the field 1 is printed in the 10th digit, so the print position is set to 10 and the print field number 1 is set. Then, since the field 2 is printed at the 20th digit, 20 and the print field number 2 are set at the print position.

Next, when printing out, the editing method automatic conversion means 7 reads the print data already output by the print data output means 5 from the print data storage unit 6 and edits the print data in FIG. 2 corresponding to the print data already set. Read the field definition part 3 and the edit field allocation part of FIG. 3 and search the edit field allocation part of FIG. 3 according to which line the print data is printed, and refer to which edit the line edits. Check by number. Next, the method having the reference classification number is searched from the edit field definition section of FIG. 2, the field information is looked up, and the part of the cut-out character position and the cut-out character number is 1 in the actually read print data. By checking whether it is a byte character or a double-byte character, information in character units is converted into byte units. For example, in the print data shown in FIG. 4, "Taro Yamada _△△△ " is a double-byte character and "01
If 75 "is a 1-byte character and it is printed on the x-th line, the reference edit classification number at line position x is searched first from the edit field allocation part in FIG. 3, and the edit from that number 1 to the edit in FIG. 2 is performed. Select method 1 in the field definition section.For the field information of method 1, first, the cut-out position of field 1 is 1 byte, and the number of cut-out characters is 5 characters x 2 bytes =
Convert to 10 bytes. The cutting position for field 2 is 7
Characters x 2 bytes + 2 characters x 1 byte = 16 bytes, and the number of cut characters is converted to 3 characters x 1 byte = 3 bytes. The result of such conversion is shown in FIG.

Next, the print control unit 8 divides the print data as usual by the edit field definition unit of FIG. 5 converted by the edit method automatic conversion unit 7 and the edit field allocation unit of FIG. 3 set by the edit method setting unit 1. To print.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, the 1-byte / 2-byte character of print data is configured by setting the editing method in character units instead of byte units and converting the editing method into byte units according to the print data. It is possible to set the editing method without being conscious of, and to prevent mistakes such as fraudulent printing due to the mismatch between the editing method and the print data structure.

Also, after setting the editing method, 1 byte / 2 of print data
Even if the byte structure changes, there is no need to reconfigure the editing method according to it, and the print data can be edited very easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a print data automatic editing system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an edit field definition part in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an edit field allocation unit, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating how print data is printed, and FIG. 5 is a first diagram.
It is a figure which illustrates the edit field definition part converted by the editing method automatic conversion means in the figure. 1 ... Editing method setting means, 2 ... Format information storage section, 3 ...
... edit field definition section, 4 ... edit field allocation section, 5 ... print data output means, 6 ... print data storage section, 7 ... editing method automatic conversion means, 8 ... print control section,
9 ... Printing device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A format information storage section for storing format information, print data output means for outputting print data, a data storage section for storing output print data, and printing using print data format information. In a computer system having a print control unit for instructing printing to the device, when the print data is divided into fields and managed in field units in order to determine how to edit the print data, An edit field setting section for setting an edit field definition section having a cut-out position and the number of cut-out characters as information, and an edit field allocation section for deciding from which position on which line the field is to be printed in the format information storage section; The print data is read from the print data storage unit and edited in the format information storage unit by the editing method setting unit. The field information in the field definition section includes an automatic editing conversion means for converting the cutout position and the number of cutout characters from the character unit to the byte unit by distinguishing whether the character in the print data is a 1-byte character or a 2-byte character. Characteristic print data automatic editing method.