JPS605385A - character processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set print position of a page number to an optional desired position easily by providing a means which sets the print position of paging to the optional desired position and a means of paging. CONSTITUTION:Information indicating whether the paging is performed or not is stored in the form of 1 or 0 in a paging/nonpaging field 5a of a page information buffer memory 5 on the basis of input page information data, and information 1 or 0 showing whether the position of the paging is at the upper or lower position on a printing form is stored in an upper/lower field 5b. Further, the number of digits corresponding to the requested cursor position as the paging print position on the display screen of a cathode-ray tube display device is stored in a position field 5c from-left-end and input page number data is stored in a page number 5d. A printer control part is controlled on the bases of the stored input page information data to perform printing operation with paging.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Technical Field) The present invention provides a text tv created and edited over multiple pages.
Regarding character processing devices that print and output.

In particular, the printing position for pagination is controlled so that it can be set arbitrarily.

(Conventional technology) Conventionally, when creating a document that spans multiple pages.

There was a character processing device that automatically numbered and printed pages in sequence without having to create the required pages one after another in the document being created. The position of the pagination printing is fixed, and there is a drawback that the pagination printing cannot be performed at any desired position.

(Objective of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional technology, and to perform pagination at a desired position specified by arbitrarily moving the cursor Y on the screen of the display device displaying the document being created. An object of the present invention is to provide a character processing device capable of printing.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

First, FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a character processing apparatus according to the present invention.

In the figure, l is a central processing unit CPU with a built-in read-only memory ROM/a, which performs various processes and controls in the device of the present invention in accordance with a control program stored in the read-only memory/a. Let's do it.

2 &1 is a character generator CG that stores various character patterns. Reference numeral 3 denotes a word processor control unit WPC, which performs document input, insertion, deletion, and other document creation and editing, that is, word processing. Kuha, Batza memory BUF, which temporarily stores the character data of the input document. Next is the page information buffer memory FIB, which indicates whether or not pagination is performed and the page number.

Stores page information data such as the printing position from the left edge of the printing paper, and whether the printing position is at the top or bottom.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a page information control unit PIC which initializes the page number to l at the start of one document creation, and controls it by the control function transferred from the word processor control unit 3 according to the input of page information data to read the input page. Information data is stored in the page information buffer 5.

The other is a printer control unit PRTC, which controls the start and end of printing by the printer, return of the carriage to the initial position in the printer PRT9, line feed, etc. via the printer interface PRTIFf. The character pattern to be printed is read from the character generator g and
The data is supplied to the printer via the internal direct access DMA'7. Further, judgment is made with reference to the page information data stored in the page information buffer 5, and if there is pagination information data, required pagination is performed via the mark IO according to the pagination information data.

/3 is a cathode ray tube display CRT, and a document being created and edited is displayed via a cathode ray tube display control unit CRTC/U. Reference numeral 15 denotes a keyboard KB, through which key operations necessary for document creation and editing are performed via the keyboard control section KBC/lI.

Next, FIG. 2(3) shows the configuration and layout of the storage contents in the page information buffer memo I) 5 in which page information data is stored under the control of the page information control unit. In the figure, the pagination presence/absence column ja indicates information as to whether or not pagination is to be printed by -7 and O, respectively. Further, in the position column, the upper and lower tanks 5b indicate the lower and upper printing positions of the pagination on the printing paper by / and θ, respectively, and the left end column 5c indicates the page numbering from the left end of the printing paper. indicates the printing position by the number of characters. Furthermore, the page number column 5d shows the page number of the first page in the document being created.

Next, the manner in which pagination of information data is controlled by the page information control unit will be explained in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The page information control section 6 starts its page information control operation in response to an instruction in response to the input of page information data from the word processor control section 3 that controls the word processing of the apparatus of the present invention.

First, in step 83/, it is determined whether or not there is a request to initialize the page number for the input page information data, and if there is a request to initialize the page number.

(Q) Proceed to step 832, and initialize the page number stored in the page information buffer memory 5 to /.

Control over the input page information data at that time ends.

In addition, if there is no request for page number initialization, step S
J.? Then, the pagination determines whether there is a request for data processing. If there is a request for data processing for pagination, the process moves to step 531I, and if pagination is to be printed, / is stored in the pagination presence/absence column 5a in the page information buffer memory 5; If printing is not to be performed, store it as OK. Further, if there is no request for pagination data processing, the process moves to step S3.3r, and it is determined whether the input page information data is the upper and lower position data of printing with pagination. If the input data is the upper and lower position data for printing with pagination, the process moves to step SJA, and if the input data is a request for printing with pagination on the top of the printing paper, the upper and lower printing position columns in the page information buffer memory S are input. , tbKoy is stored.

If printing is requested by adding a page to the bottom of the printing paper, the same printing position will be placed in the upper and lower columns! Store bvC1. Also,
If the input data is not the upper and lower position data for printing with a page, the process moves to step 8.37, and it is determined whether the input data is the printing position data from the left end of the printing paper for printing with a page. If the input data is the printing position data, the process moves to step 83g and the cathode ray tube display/3
The page information buffer memo IJ indicates the number of digits at the cursor position indicating the print position for the requested page on the display
It is stored in the position column Sc from the left end in j. Also.

If the input data is not the print position data, the process moves to step S3D, and it is determined whether the input data is page number data. If the input data is page number data, the process moves to step S/θ, stores the input page number data in the page number column 5d in the page information buffer memory S, and ends the page information data processing. Also,
If the input data is not page number data, page information data processing is immediately terminated. Upon completion of the page information data processing, the control function of the apparatus of the present invention is returned to the word processor control section 3.

Next, the operation of the printer control section 7, which controls pagination and printing based on the input page information data processed as described above, will be explained with reference to FIG.

That is, in response to a command from the word processor control section 3, the printer control section 7 starts a series of control operations according to the illustrated chart 70. First, step 84 (at /,
Wait until the printing paper is set and ready for printing. Next, step S4! Next, it is determined whether or not page information data is stored in the page information buffer memory S.

If it is stored, step S4', ? If it is not stored, the process moves to step 5II3;. In step 84M', a command to move the printer 9 to the page printing position stored in the position field from the left end in the page information memory s is sent to the printer 9 via the printer interface t, and the printer 9 is also instructed to move the page to the print position indicated by the page number. Instruct the printer interface (7) to send the character pattern of the value, and then proceed to step 8'ls. In step S55, character data of the text information stored in the buffer memory ? The printer interface g sequentially extracts character data from the first line of the page and sends character patterns corresponding to each character data.
After issuing the command, the process moves to step S4'4, and this character processing process is repeated until printing of text information on the corresponding page is completed.

Next, the process moves to step 5II7, and it is determined whether or not the primary input data is paged printing data. If the paged data is print data, the process moves to step 5tir, and if the paged data is not printed, the process moves to step 5tir. Move to S'l//.

In step SgS.

The pagination in the page information buffer memory S is determined whether the printing position of the print data is below the printing paper or not, and if the printing position is below the paper, the process moves to step 5II9, and if it is not below the paper. The process moves to step S10.

In step S, after the corresponding page number (5) is printed, the process moves to step S'110, similar to step S'dag. In step 84 (/θ, l is added to the page number stored in the page information buffer memory S and incremented, and then the process moves to step 84'/ /. In step B'll/, It is determined whether or not all input character information data in the buffer memory q has been printed. If all input character information data has not been printed, the process returns to step 7'S41/ and repeats the entire process above. .Also, if all input character information data has been printed.

The entire printing control process shown in FIG. 4 is completed, and subsequent control functions are returned to the word processor control section 3.

(Effects) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, when a single character processing device creates, edits, and prints a document over multiple pages, it is possible to easily change the printing position of the page number to any desired position. Can be set in any position.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the general configuration of the character processing device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration and arrangement of the storage contents of the page information buffer memory, and FIGS. 3 and 4. are the same (the pages attached are flowcharts sequentially showing examples of printing control modes. l...Central processing unit. Co...Character generator. 3...Word processor control section. Ri...Batsa memory 5...Page information buffer memory. 6...Page information control unit, 7...Printer control unit, g...Printer interface. De...Printer. lθ...70 disk control unit, / /... Fronpi disk. /2... Cathode ray tube display control section. 13... Cathode ray tube display, /l... Keyboard control section. 15... Keyboard. 5a... Pagination 5b... Upper and lower columns. 5c... Number of characters from the left end column. Sd... Page number column. Patent applicant Canon Co., Ltd. Figure 3 14 Kaisho GO-5385 (6)

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a character processing device that creates and edits a document over a plurality of pages and also prints and outputs one created and edited sentence t'', means for setting the position of pagination printing at an arbitrary desired position, and setting by the means 1. A character processing device characterized by comprising means for printing pagination.