JPH089246B2 - Document creation device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document creating apparatus, and more particularly to a document creating apparatus suitable for creating a document whose print position on a form is predetermined.

[Background of the Invention]

A conventional word processor displays a character input from a keyboard or the like on a display, creates and edits a document on the display, and prints the result on a blank sheet of paper to create a document. Since these word processors can create and edit documents on the display, their effects are great. However, the created document is a paper of a predetermined format (hereinafter referred to as a form)
When printing on a form, it was difficult to accurately position and print on the form because it was not known at which position on the form the character string on the display should be printed.

A device for solving such a problem is not found at present, but as a related device, for example, JP-A-60-44383.
An example is a "printing device". In this printing device, a means for displaying the printing position on the recording paper with a light beam is disclosed, and it is stated that the printing device is applied to a printing device such as a typewriter. By using this printing device as a printing device for a word processor, it is possible to perform positioning when setting the recording paper, so it is possible to mitigate the above-mentioned problems, but only positioning corresponding to the character string to be printed can be performed. Since it does not exist, there are the following problems. That is, if the length of the character string becomes longer than a certain length, it is not possible to know in advance information such as in what range and what character interval and character size will be printed when printed on the form. For this reason, the printed result may be out of the range specified on the form.

In order to solve such a problem, it is easy to provide means for moving the print head by one character without printing each time one character is input by using the printing device. Since it is possible to know where the last part of the character string is, it is possible to prevent the character string from extending beyond the specified range. However, normally, a document created by a word processor uses characters having different character sizes, such as half-width characters and double-width characters, and there are many corrections such as correction and deletion during document creation. Therefore, when printing character strings with different character sizes and intervals with the above-mentioned printers, the progress is not saved, so the position of the print head must be checked character by character. There is a problem that is bad.

[Object of the Invention]

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a document creating apparatus suitable for printing a document created at a predetermined position on a form.

[Outline of Invention]

In the present invention for achieving such an object, the character size, spacing, print range, etc. of a character string to be printed on a form are displayed in an overlapping manner on the form itself before printing, and the character string to be printed and a predetermined value are displayed. Since the position can be directly aligned with the format, it is possible to prevent printing misalignment in a predetermined format, a character string arrangement error, and the like. Further, although the above description has described the spatial display of the character string, that is, the simulated display of the character size, the interval, or the printing range, it goes without saying that the content of the character string is also displayed for easier use.

Further, in the present invention, when the positional relationship between the display device and the print head of the printer is made constant and an input character string is printed,
The problem was solved by moving the form by the fixed value and printing the actual character string. In addition, a means for displaying a straight line for aligning the position of the paper is provided on the display device, and the printable range is displayed by the length of the straight line displayed on the display device for aligning the printable area. Printing is possible by displaying the print head position on the straight line displayed on the display device and changing the display position in the paper feed direction of the straight line displayed for alignment according to the print feed pitch. It is possible to display the range with a straight line length, to display the position of the print head on the displayed straight line, or to change the display position in the paper feed direction of the displayed straight line according to the print feed pitch. Before printing, the print position is easy to understand and can be checked in detail, enabling beautiful printing without failure.

Example of Invention

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

FIG. 1 is an embodiment of the present invention and is a view showing a main part of a cross section of the entire apparatus. In the figure, reference numeral 10 denotes an alignment portion which is a feature of the present invention, and is a flat display made of a material such as liquid crystal which can be thinned. Flat display
Reference numeral 10 indicates, for example, a display of a character string obtained by converting a signal input from an input device such as a keyboard 17 by a Japanese control unit (not shown) and a character simulating a state in which the character string is printed on the form 12 or It is for displaying a symbol and is controlled by the display controller 11. Flat display 10
Is at least partially transparent and the display 10
All or part of the form of the form 12 conveyed to the back side of the sheet is structured so that it can be seen from the direction of the operator A. The form 12 is inserted through the paper insertion port 18, passes between the print head 16 and the print paper receiving plate 19 by the paper feed roller 14 and the press roller 13, and is guided to the paper discharge port 21 through the back of the flat display 10. . Flat display 10, display control unit 11
Is movably connected to the main body 24 by the connecting portion 20 for ease of use, and has a structure in which it can be folded up to the upper portion of the ink ribbon 15. In the folded state,
For example, cover the display controller 11 with a magnet 22 or the like.
It has a structure that absorbs 23 etc. and makes the device portable. Further, 16 is, for example, a small-sized and inexpensive thermal transfer printer head, which prints a document by thermally transferring the ink ribbon in the printer ribbon cassette 15 onto the form 12. However, in addition to thermal transfer, an impact printer head or a back carbon copy is also possible. It may be an inkjet printer head capable of speeding up and changing the character size. Also, Japanese processing is taken as an example, but it goes without saying that any other words may be used.

The structure of the flat panel display 10, which is a feature of the present invention in such a configuration, will be described in more detail. The flat display 10 is a matrix type liquid crystal display, and the display area is divided into, for example, four areas as shown in FIG.
That is, the reflective liquid crystal display unit 201 for displaying the input character string, the transparent units 202 and 204 for seeing the printing surface of the form 12 conveyed to the back side of the flat display 10, and the printing position are confirmed before printing. It is divided into a transmissive liquid crystal display 203 for. Further, the transmissive liquid crystal display 203 has a print position display section 213 for displaying the size, position and length of characters printed on the form 12, and the form 12.
A reference line display unit 214 that displays a line (hereinafter referred to as a reference line) that serves as a mark for aligning the print position in the paper feed direction. Here, the transparent portion 202 and the transparent portion 204 may be a transparent glass plate, an epoxy resin, or the like, but for example, the polarizing plate of a normal reflective liquid crystal display is made a transparent film to remove the reflective plate, or the normal reflective type. After removing the reflective plate of the liquid crystal display of, part of the polarizing plate is cut, and a transparent film is evenly covered on it so that the form does not hit the reflective plate or polarizing plate. Display
214 may use an alternative means or the like described later.

Furthermore, if the back side of the flat display 10 has the following structure, the effect of the present invention is enhanced. I.e. form
12 is manually conveyed to the back side of the flat display 10 by a paper feed roller 14. At this time, when the form 12 is separated from the transmissive display 203 in the transmissive liquid crystal display 203, the parallax effect appears, and the print position and the display position are displaced. For the purpose of solving such a problem, the backing plate 301, which is the back side of the transmissive liquid crystal display 203, may be convex as shown in FIG. Further, the backing plate 301 has a high reflectivity such as being covered with alumite treatment or aluminum foil so that the backing plate 301 has a reference line and a print position display portion even when the form 12 is not conveyed. It suffices that the contrast of the characters or symbols is sufficiently high.

Before explaining the operation in such a configuration, the operation when using the present invention will be first described in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention.
It will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, first, the form 12 is inserted along the left side of the form guide (not shown) from the insertion opening 18, and is manually conveyed to the back side of the flat display 10 by using the paper feed roller 14, and is printed first. The lower end of the desired line is aligned with the reference line displayed on the reference line display section shown in FIG. Next, the print head moving key on the keyboard 17 is used to move the print head to the print start position in the row. As the print head is moved, the print position display section blinks, for example. After that, input a character string from the keyboard 17, and after confirming the contents of the character string displayed on the reflective display 201 after processing such as kana-kanji conversion. . Then, check the positional relationship between the letters or symbols displayed on the print position display section 213 above the reference line and the form 12 on the back side of the print position display section, and the print position is displayed within the desired range. Then, the characters are printed on the form 12 by the print keys on the keyboard 17. If it exceeds the desired range, it will be corrected by the means described later. When printing is completed, the form 12 is sent by a fixed amount, the print result can be confirmed through the transparent portion 202 or the transparent portion 204, and the next character string can be input. By repeating the above operation, it is possible to create a form document that is properly positioned in the format.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a processing block configuration for realizing the above-described operation. Although the input device is described as a keyboard and the external storage device is described as a floppy disk, it is obvious that this is not a limitation.

In FIG. 4, the storage unit A45 stores a kana-kanji conversion dictionary for creating a Japanese document and the created document data, and the Japanese control unit 44 uses the dictionary of the overall control and storage unit A45 to convert the kana-kanji characters. And editing of documents and transmission of document data to the display processor 111 are performed, and these control programs are stored in the control memory A43. The display control unit 11 for controlling the flat panel display 10, which is a feature of the present invention, includes a display processor 111 for controlling the entire display, a control memory B115 storing a control program therefor, and both the display processor 111 and the printer control unit 48. A storage unit B114 for storing display information, a refresh memory 112 for display, and a refresh memory 1 for two boats accessible from
It comprises a display controller 113 for sending the contents of 12 to the flat display 10, and the display controller 113 and the display processor 111 are connected by an internal bus 116. The document sent from the Japanese language control unit 44 to the display processor 111 is stored in the storage unit B114, and the printer control unit 48 stores the document in the storage unit B via the signal line 413.
The address of 114 is designated, the result is received from the signal line 414, and the printer 49 prints. The character font memory 47 for printing and displaying on the flat display 10 can be accessed by both the display processor 111 and the printer control unit 48. The created document is read by the Japanese language control unit 44 from the storage unit A45 and stored in the floppy disk 411 via the floppy disk controller 410.

Storage unit A45, Japanese control unit 44, keyboard controller 42, display processor 111, printer control unit 4
8. The floppy disk controller 410 is connected to each other by the bus 46.

In such a configuration, a detailed description will be given of the display control unit 11 that controls the flat display 10 that is a feature of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a view showing an example displayed on the flat display 10. In FIG. 6, the reference line displayed on the reference line display unit 214 is used to determine the position between the print head and the print position of the form. May be continuously displayed, but various functional variations can be added to the reference line as will be described later, so that operability is improved.

An example will now be given in which an input character string 601 as shown in FIG. 6 is input. After the power is turned on, the display processor 111 aligns the lower ends of the print lines of the form 12 and writes the data in the refresh memory 112 so that the reference line for defining the positional relationship with the print head is displayed on the reference line display unit 214. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the flat display 10 displays the input character string at addresses Y _{1 to} Y ₂₄ , the print position at Y ₂₅ to Y ₃₃ , and the reference line at Y ₃₄ to Y ₃₈ on the display. If it is assigned to, the data may be generated so that “1” (defined as black) is written in all columns while scanning Y _{34 to} Y ₃₈ . The generation of such data can be realized by ordinary means, and will not be described in detail.

Information may be given to the length and position of the reference line and displayed as follows. That is, for example, the left end setting that defines the left end of a character line and the data of the number of characters that can be printed in one line are input from the keyboard 17 prior to document creation. The Japanese control unit 44 stores it in the storage unit A45 as data for editing the document and also displays the display processor 11 via the bus 46.
Send the number of characters N _B , which is the left-end setting data, and the number of characters N _M that can be printed on one line, to 1. Display processor 111 on the basis of such data, and sends the data to display the reference line in the left to the display controller 113 from the N _B th character of N _M characters in length. By displaying the above-mentioned reference line by the display controller 113, the printable range on the form is clearly indicated, so that the operability is remarkably improved.

After the reference line is displayed, the form 12 is flat-displayed.
Transport to the back of 10. The form is manually or automatically conveyed by the paper feed roller 14 between the printer head 16 and the paper receiving plate 19. Manual paper feed gives a paper feed instruction to the printer controller 48 via the bus 46 by depressing the paper feed key on the keyboard. The printer control unit 48 continues to send the form 12 in the forward direction or the reverse direction according to the instruction content while the key is pressed down. In addition, when automatically sending paper, form 12 is the form insertion slot.
A detector for detecting the insertion into the paper 18 is provided between the form insertion port 18 and the paper feed roller 14, and the printer control unit 48 is activated by the signal from the detector. The form may be sent until the leading edge of the form reaches the reference line, and then the form may be stopped. In the form 12, the bottom of the line to be printed is the reference line in the paper feed direction (vertical direction), and the form is in the print direction (horizontal direction).
The left end of 12 is aligned with the left end DD ′ of the flat display 10.
However, it is assumed that the flat display 10 and the printer head 16 are positioned so that the print head of the printer returns with DD 'as the left end by a line feed instruction. After setting the form 12 as described above, a head moving key (not shown) on the keyboard 17 is pressed to determine the print start position in the line. When the printer control unit 48 senses the data on the bus 46 and determines that the key is a head movement key, the printer control unit 48 moves the head to the right or left according to the data. The display processor 111 also senses the data on the bus 46 at the same time and, as shown in FIG.
Data 1 representing the amount of head movement stored in A3 is changed. Here, when the head position moves one character to the right, +1 when moving to the left, -1 when moving to the left, zero is set when the head is at the left end, the display processor 111 counts the head position, and the result is stored in the signal line 415. Address A3 to signal line 412
And change the contents of the storage unit B114. Further, the display processor 111 generates data for blinking the portion 61 corresponding to the 1st character from the left of the print position display unit 213 based on the data, and sends it to the display controller 113. It is obvious that the above-mentioned data to be sent to the display controller 113 can be generated based on the data 1 of the address A3 of the recording section B114 and the values of the Y coordinates Y _{25 to} Y ₃₃ pre-assigned to the flat display 10. In addition to this, the reference line display unit 214 may be used by changing the Y coordinate as the print start point, and the reference line display unit 214 may perform blinking display or may display in white or dots. It is clear that you can do it.

When a character string is input from the keyboard 17 after the print start point is determined, the Japanese control unit 44 performs processing such as Kana-Kanji conversion and stores the result in the storage unit 45, and at the same time displays the conversion result in the display processor 111. The character code and the character attribute are sent via the bus 46. When the display processor 111 receives the data from the Japanese language control unit 44 via the bus 46, it sequentially stores the character code and the character attribute from the predetermined address B _{0 of the} storage unit B 114 as shown in FIG. For such data, the display processor 111 sequentially reads a character code from an address obtained by adding an address B ₀ to a display pointer described later in the storage unit B 114, and the character code is read by the signal line 4
Give to 71. When the character generator 47 outputs the character pattern corresponding to the character code to the output line 473, the display controller causes the display controller 111 to control the Y-coordinate Y ₁ to Y ₁ to Y of the flat display 10 by the control signal from the display processor 111 via the signal line 116. Writing is performed to the refresh memory 112 so that the input character string 601 is displayed on Y ₂₄ , and the display is performed, for example, as the character string 601 in FIG.
Further, the display processor 111 sequentially reads out the character attribute from the address B ₁ of the storage unit B 114, and reads out the character or the symbol having the same size as the character size printed on the form from the character generator 47 in the same manner as described above. In Fig. 6, the characters printed on the form are displayed as square symbols of the same size for simplicity. For example, 61,62 are full-width characters, 63,64 are half-width characters, and 65,66 are full-width spaces. Although 67 indicates that double-width characters are printed, it is obvious that characters other than the square shape, for example, may have the same size as the characters to be printed. The display processor 111 is a Y coordinate previously assigned to the flat display 10, Y ₂₅ to Y.
₃₃ , the head position information stored in the address A ₃ of the recording unit B 114 and the character spacing stored in the address A ₂ by the display processor 111, which is given in advance from the Japanese language control unit 44, based on the print position of the flat display 10. Coordinate data to be displayed on the display unit 213 is generated and sent to the display controller 113 together with the output of the character generator 47 to display a quadrangle.

If there is a correction in the input string, use the cursor movement keys on the keyboard 17 to display the reflective display 201.
Cursor to the character you want to correct in the input string displayed in
When 600 is moved and a character is newly input by a normal input method, the Japanese control unit 44 rewrites the contents of the storage unit A45 by referring to the cursor position as described later, and the display processor 111 stores the contents of the storage unit B114. Modify the contents as follows.

That is, the display processor 111 specifies the storage address of the character code and the character attribute as follows.
When the Japanese control unit 44 finishes the Kana-Kanji conversion, if the cursor position is transferred to the display processor 111 via the bus 46, the display processor 111 stores it in the recording unit B 114 at a predetermined address A ₁ . The display processor 111 displays the contents of the memory (character code) indicated by the address obtained by adding the value of the cursor position (contents of the address A ₁ ) to the predetermined address value B ₀ , and the contents of the next address (character attribute), It is received from the Japanese control unit 44 via the bus 46 and the character code and the character attribute are corrected.

When deleting a character, an address is designated in the same manner as described above. However, as shown in FIG. 5, the Japanese control unit 44 determines the upper 2 of the data representing the character code and the character attribute.
“0” “1” is stored in the bit b ₀ b ₁ and the number of input characters is decremented by 1 and transferred to the display processor 111. The display processor 111 deletes a character by sending the next character data when b ₀ b ₁ is “0” or “1” when sending data to the display controller 113. In addition, when inserting, the fifth
As shown in the figure, the Japanese language control unit 44 stores, for example, “1” “0” in the upper 2 bits b ₀ b ₁ of the address Bn and the jump destination address, for example, C ₀ , at the position representing the character code, C ₀
To the display processor 111 so as to store the n-word character code and the character attribute, store the return address, for example, Bn + 2 at the end of the n-word, store the input character number of the address A4 by + n, and store it in the storage unit B114. Forward.

When the character string is displayed on the reflective display 201 in accordance with the input of the character string as described above, the number of characters that can be displayed may be exceeded. At this time the display processor 11
1 compares the data of the address A1 (the number of characters that can be displayed on the reflective display 201) of the storage unit B114 with the data of the address A4 (the number of characters actually input), and the data of the address A4 exceeds the data of the address A0. Sometimes display
To change the read address of the data displayed on 201, change the contents of the display pointer (address A5) to
Replace with the maximum number of display characters). As described above, the character string displayed on the reflective display 201 is sequentially displayed from the address indicated by (display pointer + address B0).
For example, when the number of input characters is two more than the maximum number of displayed characters, the characters at the address B0 + 2 are displayed.

Furthermore, when the input character string exceeds the printable range, the print character interval is narrowed as follows. That is, when the character spacing change key on the keyboard 17 is pressed and character spacing data is input, the display processor 11
1 senses this and rewrites the contents (character spacing) of the address A2 of the memory B114. The display processor 111 is based on the Y coordinate previously assigned to the flat display 10, Y ₂₅ to Y ₃₃ and the head position information stored in the address A3 of the storage unit B114, and the character spacing of the address A2, as described above. Coordinate data to be displayed on the print position display unit 213 of the flat display 10 is changed and sent to the display controller 113.

The created document is data necessary for printing from the storage unit B114 when the printer control unit 48 detects from the data on the bus 46 that the print key on the keyboard 17 is pressed.
The character spacing, the head position, the number of input characters, the character code, and the character attribute are addressed to the storage unit 114 via the signal line 413, and the result is read via the signal line 414. The printer controller 48 gives a character code to the signal line 472, reads the character pattern from the character generator 47, and causes the printer 49 to print the result. Here, the positional relationship between the print head of the printer and the print position display unit 213 on the flat display 10 is predetermined and given to the printer control unit 48. Based on such data, the printer control unit 48 moves the form 12 downward by the amount of the positional deviation before sending the print data to the printer 49, and the form in the print position display unit is moved to the print head of the printer. A signal is output to move the paper feed roller 14 so that it comes to the position. After printing, the printer control unit 48 outputs a signal for returning the form 12 to the printer 49 according to the previously used data. On the back side of the print position display area 213, the form 12
Since the result printed on the printer is obtained, in order to make the result easier to see, the display processor 111 erases the display of the print position display unit 213 and further the printer control unit 4
For line 8, a line feed signal for one line may be sent to the printer 49, and a control program may be created so that the print result comes to the transparent portion 202.

Further, the display position of the reference line with respect to the paper feeding direction may be changed as follows. That is, when the paper feed pitch of the printer is a feed pitch in units of one line, the interval between the print head and the line position aligned with the reference line must be an integer multiple of the line pitch, and the print position display unit 213 I can't print at the position on the form that I matched with. In such a case, if one is selected from a plurality of types of line pitches and used, the interval between the print head and the line position aligned with the reference line may not be an integral multiple for all line pitches. . Therefore, even if the character string is input with the form aligned with the reference line, the actual printed result may be different from the place aligned with the reference line. The above-mentioned problems can be solved by changing the display position of the reference line and selecting the interval between the print head and the line position aligned with the reference line to be an integer multiple of the line pitch, even if the line pitch changes. It can be realized as follows. That is, when the line character line pitch is selected from the keyboard 17 prior to the document creation, the Japanese control unit 44 stores it as data for document editing in the storage unit A45, and selects it in the printer control unit 48 and the display processor 111. Bus data for row pitch data
Send through 6. The display processor 111 calculates a display position that is an integer multiple of the selected row pitch based on the print head that is given in advance and the upper and lower limits of the reference line display unit 214, and the display controller It may be programmed to send data to 113. Based on such data, the reference line display unit 214
The position of the reference line is displayed in a direction perpendicular to the reference line, and the interval between the print head and the line position aligned with the reference line is an integer multiple of the newly selected line pitch. Is resolved.

The document created as described above may be printed line by line on the form, but it is clear that it may be printed collectively after inputting a plurality of lines of characters. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, the line number, which is the position information in the paper feed direction of the form, is included in the format information of each line, and the line pointer indicating the total number of lines to be printed and the moving distance of the form is stored in the storage unit. Add to B114 addresses D ₂ and D ₃ . Now, a case where the character string is input to the first line of the form and then the second character string is input to the fourth line will be described as an example. Before the form 12 is input, the address D of the storage unit B114 is set by the display processor 111.
The contents of ₂ and D ₃ (total number of lines and line pointer) are zero. When a document for one line is created in the same direction as described above and a line feed key indicating the end of the character string is input, the display processor 111 sets the line number in the format information of the first line to 1 and the total line number. The number and the contents of the line pointer are also 1
To Moving the form 12 to the position of the fourth line and then press Return key or the paper feed key 3 rows, the display processor 111 counts the number of line feed key or paper feed key, the contents of the address D ₃ of the storage unit B114 Add the above number to (row pointer). Next, the input of the character string on the fourth line is completed,
When the line feed key indicating the end of the character string is input, the display processor 111 stores the contents of the line pointer at the address indicating the line number in the format information of the fourth line and increments the contents of the total number of lines by one. . When the print key is pressed after the documents are sequentially created as described above, the display processor 111 uses the signal line 412 to display the contents of the row pointer stored at the address D ₃ of the storage unit B 114 on the signal line 41.
It is read in 4 and sent to the printer controller 48. The printer control unit 48 receives the contents of the line pointer and outputs a signal to the printer 49 to restore the form 12 by the amount indicated by the line pointer. After that, the printer control unit 48 is connected to the storage unit B by the signal line 413.
The address information 114 is designated, the document information is read from the predetermined address B ₀ for the number of lines indicated by the address D ₂ , and is sequentially printed. It has already been mentioned that the position on the form for printing and the character spacing are stored in the format information for each line, but such information is saved by adding the external storage device 411 etc. to the same form. It is possible to easily input format information from the external storage device when newly printing.

In the embodiment described above, the positioning of the print head of the printer 49, the line feed pitch, and the print position display section 213
The unit of the display position of was described as one character as one unit, but if you want to determine the printing position in finer units,
Set the paper feed of the printer 49 and the feed pitch of the print head to 1
Print position display section if you can control in dot units
Since 213 is a dot matrix type liquid crystal display element, it goes without saying that it can be easily realized by changing the display control program. Furthermore, the reflective display 201 on the flat panel display 10 may be located elsewhere, such as on the top of the keys of the keyboard 17. Further, in the present invention, the line of characters to be printed is aligned above the reference line, and the printing result is simulatedly displayed on the line of characters. However, in addition to this, for example, characters to be printed below the reference line are displayed. The lines may be aligned, or a reference line display unit may be provided above the print position display unit and the character lines to be printed may be aligned above the reference line.

In the present invention, the reference line is displayed on the display to display the printer head position or the printable range on the form, and the reference line display position is shifted to adjust the distance to the printer head. Although a degree is provided, a means such as directly drawing a straight line on the transparent portion 204, the reference line display portion 214 or the like may be used instead.

Furthermore, although the print position display unit 213 has been described as displaying one line, it is obvious that the print position display unit 213 may have multiple lines.

Further, it is more preferable to have a structure in which the distance between the backing plate 301 and the back side of the flat display 10 can be changed so that the form can be easily transported and the influence of parallax can be reduced.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, when printing an input character string on a sheet whose position to be printed in advance has been determined, the printing position corresponds to each character. Since the characters or symbols are displayed in a simulated manner, there is a remarkable effect in printing beautiful characters at the target position without failure.
Further, by providing a means for displaying a straight line for adjusting the position of the paper on the display device, the printable range is displayed, the print head position is displayed, and the linear display position is changed according to the print feed pitch. It is possible to check the print range before data input, check the print head movement range, and finely adjust the position in the paper feed direction.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view showing the whole of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a screen allocation pattern diagram of a flat display of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view of FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a memory allocation diagram of the storage unit B, and FIG.
The figure is a pattern diagram showing a display example of a flat display, No. 7.
The figure is another memory allocation diagram of the storage unit B. 10 …… flat display, 11 …… control unit, 12 …… form,
13 …… Paper pressing roller, 14 …… Paper feed roller, 15 …… Printer ribbon cassette, 16 …… Printer head, 17 …… Keyboard, 18 …… Form insertion slot, 19 …… Paper receiving plate, 20…
… Coupling part, 21 …… Form outlet, 22 …… Magnet, 23…
… Cover, 24 …… Main body cover, 201 …… Reflective display, 202,204 …… Transparent part, 203 …… Transmissive display, 213 …… Print position display part, 214 …… Reference line display part, 30
1 …… Back plate, 111 …… Display processor, 113
...... Display controller, 47 …… Character generator, 48
...... Printer control unit, 44 …… Japanese control unit.

Front page continued (72) Minoru Hatada Minoru Hatada 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Hitachi, Ltd. Microelectronics Equipment Development Laboratory (72) Inventor Michihiro Mese Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 292 Hitachi, Ltd. Microelectronics equipment development laboratory (56) References JP-A-53-33711 (JP, A)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A device for inputting document information and control information, displaying the document information on a display device to create a document, and printing the result on a sheet, which represents a character to be printed or a character to be printed. Means for displaying a symbol on the paper at the same position as each character position to be printed,
A document creating apparatus comprising: a means for displaying a straight line for aligning the positions of the sheets on the display device. 2. The document creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printable range is displayed by the length of a straight line displayed on a display device for alignment. apparatus. 3. The document creation device according to claim 1, wherein the position of the print head is displayed on a straight line displayed on a display device for alignment. 4. The document creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display position of the straight line paper feed direction displayed for alignment is changed according to the print feed pitch. apparatus.