JPS6320619A - Print processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it unnecessary to newly and individually generate printing programs in case of printing of multimedium data different in layout by determining the print layout in the conversational system. CONSTITUTION:A layout editing mechanism 7 controls input/output of layout information based on conversation with a terminal 10. Sentence names of sentences to be edited which are stored in a sentence data file 2 are designated and their contents are displayed, and layout positions, sizes, medium types, index names, issue numbers, etc., of sentences, graphics, images, etc., are designated, and layout contents are displayed and layout information is stored in a layout information file 5. A print data processing mechanism 8 generates print data where graphic data and image data are laid out on sentence data in accordance with layout information stored in the layout information file 5. That is, layout information indicated by a terminal coordinate system is converted to a printer coordinate system in accordance with the character size designated in the print format.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a method for processing print data supplied to a printing device, and particularly to a print processing method for processing print data of a multimedia document including text, images, graphics, etc. Regarding.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in the print data processing of multimedia documents containing this type of text, images, figures, etc., the layout layout of the text, images, figures, etc. is executed as a printing program such as C0BOLn according to the design information designed based on the layout design sheet. It was written in Japanese.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In the conventional multimedia document print data processing described above, there is a one-to-one correspondence between the layout of one text, one figure, and the layout of an image, and the layout of two texts, two figures, and an image. The disadvantage is that each time the layout changes, it is necessary to redesign using a layout design sheet and create a new printing program.

[Means for solving problems]

The print processing method of the present invention is a print processing method for printing multimedia information including text data, image data, or graphic data, in which a text data file, an image data file, a graphic data file, and each of the above data files are printed. It has a multimedia information management file that stores attribute information, a layout information file that stores print layout information, and a print data file that stores each of the above data according to a print format, and prints according to the layout data instructed in an interactive format. The present invention is realized by comprising a layout editing mechanism that edits layout information and stores it in the layout information file, and a print data processing mechanism that converts each of the data into a print format according to the print layout information.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

Multimedia management file 1ri, text data file 2, which will be described later. Image data file 3゜A file used to manage the figure data file 4. As shown in Figure 2, the media type that indicates classification of text 2 figures, images, etc., and the index salt that is sometimes used to assign the print format. The version number, title, comment, creation department, file name, subfile name, and other information are stored in a chain structure.

Text data file 2ri Stores text data and format information created using a word processor or the like. Image data file 3 Image data read from the image reading device is stored in compressed form. The graphic data file 4 is graphic data created by a graphic output program, and the graphic data is stored in the form of graphic drawing commands such as 9 straight lines, 1 circular circle, and 1 circular arc.

Layout information file 5riThe layout editing mechanism 7, which will be described later, sends out text 2 figures and image area allocation information based on the media type, index salt, edition number, and the X and Y coordinates of the upper left and lower right vertices of the rectangular area ( (terminal coordinate system).

Print data file 6rt Stores text data, graphic data, image data, area information, etc. in page units, and has a format that can be printed on a non-impact laser printer or the like. The storage format is shown in Figure 3.

The layout editing mechanism 7ri controls input/output of layout information through interaction with the terminal 10. Then, specify the text base to be edited stored in the text data file 2, display the contents, and layout the text 9 figures, images, etc., specify the position, size, media type, index salt, version number, etc., and further layout. The displayed contents and layout are stored in the layout information file 5.

Print data processing mechanism 8ri, layout information file 5
The layout stored in the print data is created in which graphic data and image data are mapped to text data according to the layout information. That is, the layout indicated in the terminal coordinate system converts the information to the printer coordinate system according to the character size and point number specified in the print format. Then, the layout of figures and images is stored in the print data file 6 with each data read from the figure data file 4 and the image data file 3, and the converted layout is added with print area control information of the printing device 11 according to the information. Also, for text layout, read the text data from data file 2, use the converted layout information to find the area where figures and images are allocated within the printable area, and break the text data to a new line.

The page break information is stored in the print data file 6 on a page-by-page basis according to prefectural rules.

Next, the flow of processing when figures and images are allocated to text will be explained. First, from the terminal 10 to the layout editing mechanism 7
Input the index value and version number of the text data that will be the basis of the layout. The layout selection mechanism 7ri accesses the multimedia information management file 1 using the media type (text), index name, and version number to obtain file information of text data. Access the text data file 2 according to the file information of the acquired sentence meaning data, read the specified text data, and send it to the terminal 1.
0 shows the shark. Based on the text data displayed in this way, a rectangular area indicated by the upper left vertex and lower right vertex is generated and further allocated based on the position and size of the figure and image area. Information is added when assigning numbers, etc. Information regarding these layouts can be stored in the layout information file 5 as a terminal coordinate system.

In addition, the above layout allows the layout and display of figures and images in the terminal coordinate system based on the information, and the status of the layout can be confirmed on the end screen.

Next, print data processing mechanism srt Bungun data file 2, figure data file 4, and image data file 3
and the layout information file 5 are read out, and the above print data is converted into the printer coordinate system according to the printing set and character size. Then, the layout using the printing device coordinate system calculates the printable area where figures and images are not mapped according to the information, and the base text i, the data t, the area ai+I
# information and iI:+external information such as character size are added, line breaks, page breaks, and prohibition rules are added, and the print data file 6 is output page by page. In addition, area information based on layout information is added to graphic data and image data in page units, and outputted to the impression 1 data file 6.

The output print data is printed by the printing device 11.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the bending processing method of the present invention, it is possible to determine the stamp part 1 layout in an interactive manner, so it is not necessary to create a new print program individually when printing multimedia data with different layouts. There's no furnace.

Therefore, when changing the print layout or editing/printing multimedia data, it is possible to greatly save labor in layout design.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a print processing apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the data structure of a multimedia information management file.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of the storage format of the print data file. 1...Multimedia information management file, 2.
...Text data file, 3... Image data file, 4... Graphic data file, 5... Layout information file, 6...
...Print data file, 7...Layout editing mechanism, 8...Mark 8+1 data processing mechanism, 9.
...Print processing device, 10...Terminal, 11
...Printing device. ,・′−＼ Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] A print processing method for printing multimedia information including text data, image data, or graphic data, comprising: a text data file, an image data file, a graphic data file, and attribute information of each of the data files. a multimedia information management file storing print layout information, a layout information file storing print layout information, and a print data file storing each of the above data according to a print format, and prints the print layout information according to layout data instructed in an interactive format. A print processing method comprising: a layout editing mechanism that edits and stores the edited data in the layout information file; and a print data processing mechanism that converts each of the data into a print format according to the print layout information.