JP4457684B2 - Printing apparatus, printing control system, and printing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a printing control system, and a printing program that receive printing data transmitted from a portable terminal and perform printing. In particular, user data is grasped by adding index data to printing data and printing. The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a printing control system, and a printing program that facilitate printing.

Conventionally, when it is desired to separately print the contents of image data, e-mail, etc. received by a portable terminal, each data is transmitted to a printing device such as a printer, and the data contents are printed. Had gone. For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-241911, image data, e-mail, and HTML data received by a mobile phone are transmitted to a printer by a data transmission device provided in the mobile phone, and the printer transmits the transmitted image data. A data printing system for a mobile phone that converts data such as e-mail and the like into print data that can be printed page by page and performs printing is described.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-241911 (page 4-6, FIG. 1)

However, like the mobile phone data printing system described in Patent Document 1 described above, when data stored in a mobile phone such as an e-mail is transmitted to a printer and the content of the data is printed, A means for separately setting a print format for printing data is not provided, and the print format is based on the data stored in the mobile phone. Therefore, especially when the amount of data stored in the mobile phone is large, the data is printed over a large number of sheets, and it is very difficult for the user to find specific information from the printed data. In addition, it is a cumbersome work when arranging printed sheets.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described conventional problems, and adds index data to the print data sent to the printing apparatus when the data received by the mobile terminal is printed by a separate printing apparatus. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a printing apparatus, a printing control system, and a printing program that make it easy for a user to grasp data even if the amount of data is large.

In order to achieve the object, the printing apparatus according to claim 1 includes a receiving unit that receives print data transmitted from the outside, and a printing unit that prints on a sheet based on the print data received by the receiving unit. The print data includes a plurality of print information composed of a plurality of types of print items, and creates index data relating to one print item for each of the plurality of print information , Index adding means for adding to the print data in correspondence with the plurality of print information, and the index data added by the index adding means for each of the plurality of print information, and comparing the plurality of print information with the same index data Is printed for each piece of print information that is associated with and the index data corresponding to the print information changes And having a print control means for printing by switching to a new sheet of paper to be printed medium time points.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus according to the first aspect, the index adding unit adds index data corresponding to the print item.

  A printing apparatus according to claim 3 is the printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the index data is a character string corresponding to the print item.

  A printing apparatus according to claim 4 is the printing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the index data includes a symbol corresponding to the print item.

  A printing apparatus according to claim 5 is the printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein among the plurality of types of printing items, the index data is created by the index adding unit. Sorting means for sorting the plurality of pieces of print information based on the above is provided.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the printing apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, further comprising a designation unit that designates a print position of the index data. The index data is printed at a printing position designated by the designation means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print control system comprising: a portable terminal having a transmission means for transmitting print data; a reception means for receiving print data transmitted from the portable terminal; and printing based on the received print data. In the printing control system configured with a printing device having a printing unit to perform, the portable terminal uses the index data in one print item for each of a plurality of pieces of print information composed of a plurality of types of print items. have index configuration information creating means for creating an index setting information to create the print data comprises a plurality of print information composed of a plurality of types of print item, and the index configuration information, the printing apparatus And creating index data based on the index setting information received by the receiving means To the index adding means for adding to the print data in correspondence to the plurality of print information, compares the added index data by the index adding means for each of the plurality of print information, the same said plurality of print information And print control means for printing for each print information associated with the index data, and switching the paper as a print medium to a new paper when the index data corresponding to the print information is changed. It is characterized by.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention , in the print control system according to the seventh aspect , the index adding unit adds index data corresponding to the print item.

A print control system according to claim 9 is the print control system according to claim 8 , wherein the index data is a character string corresponding to the print item.

A print control system according to a tenth aspect is the print control system according to the eighth or ninth aspect , wherein the index data includes a symbol corresponding to the print item.

The print control system according to an eleventh aspect is the print control system according to any one of the seventh to tenth aspects, wherein the printing apparatus uses the index adding unit to index the print items of the plurality of types. Sorting means for sorting the plurality of print information based on the print item for which data is created is provided.

The print control system according to claim 12 is the print control system according to any one of claims 7 to 11 , wherein the print control means prints the index data at a print position designated by the designation means. It is characterized by doing.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print program that is mounted on a portable terminal and causes the printing apparatus to create index data related to one print item for each of a plurality of pieces of print information composed of a plurality of types of print items. , Adding to the print data corresponding to the plurality of print information, comparing the added index data for each of the plurality of print information, and for each print information associated with the same index data Index setting information creation function that creates index setting information in which information is set so that printing is performed by switching the paper as the print medium to a new paper when the index data corresponding to the print information is changed Is executed by a processor .

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the print program according to the fifteenth aspect, the processor executes an index setting information creating function for creating index setting information for creating index data corresponding to the print item. It is characterized by.

According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the print program according to the sixteenth aspect, the processor has an index setting information creation function for creating index setting information for creating data that is a character string corresponding to the print item. It is made to perform.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a print program according to the sixteenth or seventeenth aspect, wherein the print program according to the sixteenth or seventeenth aspect has an index setting information creating function for creating index setting information for creating data including symbols corresponding to the print items. The processor is executed.

A print program according to a seventeenth aspect is the print program according to any one of the fifteenth to eighteenth aspects, wherein the plurality of print items are selected based on a print item for generating index data . The processor is caused to execute an index setting information creation function for creating index setting information in which sort information for sorting print information is set.

Furthermore, the printing program according to claim 18 creates index setting information in which printing position information for designating a printing position of the index data is set in the printing program according to any one of claims 15 to 20. An index setting information creation function is executed by the processor .

In the printing apparatus according to claim 1, index data relating to one print item is created and added to the print data with respect to print data including a plurality of print information composed of a plurality of types of print items received from the outside. Therefore, even when a large amount of data is printed, it is possible for the user to easily search for each piece of print information and to provide a print result that makes it easy to grasp the entire data. . Even when data is printed over a large number of sheets, information can be easily organized and managed by using the printed index as a guide.
In the printing apparatus according to claim 1, print information having the same index data is printed on the same paper, and when the index data changes, the print information is printed on a new paper. Is further easily identified. Therefore, it is easy for the user to search for each print information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

  In the printing apparatus according to the second aspect, since the index adding unit creates an index corresponding to the print item, it is easy for the user to search for each piece of print information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

  In the printing apparatus according to claim 3, since the index data is a character string corresponding to the print item, it is possible to create an index with the character string, and it is easy for the user to search for each piece of print information. This makes it easy to grasp the entire data.

  In the printing apparatus according to claim 4, since the index data includes a symbol corresponding to the print item, it is possible to create an index to which the symbol is added. Therefore, it becomes easy to identify the index, and it is easy for the user to search each print information.

  In the printing apparatus according to the fifth aspect, since the print information is sorted based on the print items for creating the index data, it is easier for the user to search for each print information, and the index is added. The resulting effect can be further enhanced.

The printing apparatus according to claim 6 further includes a designation unit that designates the print position of the index data, and the print control unit prints the index data at the print position designated by the designation unit. An index can be printed at the position. Therefore, it is easy for the user to search for each print information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

In the print control system according to claim 7 , the mobile terminal creates index setting information for creating index data and transmits the index setting information to the printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus is based on the index setting information received by the receiving unit. Since index data is created and added to the print data for printing, it is possible to print the index in a format that is easy for the user to see and understand, and to provide a print result that makes it easy to grasp each piece of information. It is. Even when data is printed over a large number of sheets, management and organization of information is facilitated by using the printed index as a guide. Further, since the user can easily set the index by using the mobile terminal, it is possible to easily change a new setting every time printing is performed.
In the print control system according to the seventh aspect, the print information having the same index data is printed on the same paper, and the print information is printed on a new paper when the index data changes. Identification of information is further facilitated. Therefore, it is easy for the user to search for each print information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

In the print control system according to the eighth aspect , since the index adding means creates an index corresponding to the print item, it is easy for the user to search for each piece of print information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

In the print control system according to the ninth aspect , since the index data is a character string corresponding to the print item, it is possible to create an index using the character string, and it is easy for the user to search for each piece of print information. This makes it easy to grasp the entire data.

In the print control system according to the tenth aspect , since the index data includes a symbol corresponding to the print item, it is possible to create an index with the symbol added. Therefore, it becomes easy to identify the index, and it is easy for the user to search each print information.

In the print control system according to the eleventh aspect , since the printing apparatus sorts the print information based on the print item in which the index data is created by the index adding means, it is easier for the user to search for each print information. In addition, the effect produced by adding the index can be further enhanced.

The print control system according to claim 12 further includes a designation unit that designates the print position of the index data, and the print control unit prints the index data at the print position designated by the designation unit. An index can be printed at the position. Therefore, it is easy for the user to search for each print information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

The print program according to claim 13 is index setting information that is mounted on a portable terminal and causes the printing apparatus to create index data relating to one print item and to add to the print data in correspondence with the plurality of print information. Since the user can easily set the index by using the mobile terminal, it is possible to easily change a new setting every time printing is performed.
According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the printing program according to the thirteenth aspect sets the index setting information in which printing information having the same index is printed on the same sheet, and information for printing the printing information on a new sheet is set when the index is changed. Therefore, the user can further easily identify the print information based on the index by distinguishing the sheets by performing settings on the portable terminal. Therefore, it is easy for the user to search for each print information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

In the printing program according to the fourteenth aspect , since index setting information for creating index data corresponding to the printing items is created, it is easy for the user to search for each piece of printing information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

In the printing program according to the fifteenth aspect , since index setting information for creating index data that is a character string corresponding to a print item is created, an index can be created by a character string, and each print can be made for the user. It becomes easy to search for information, and it becomes easy to grasp the whole data.

In the printing program according to the sixteenth aspect , since index setting information for creating index data including a symbol corresponding to a print item is created, an index to which a symbol is added can be created. Therefore, it becomes easy to identify the index, and it is easy for the user to search each print information.

In the printing program according to claim 17 , since the index setting information in which the sort information for sorting the print information is set based on the print item for creating the index data is created , the user performs the setting on the mobile terminal. Thus, retrieval of each piece of print information can be facilitated. Moreover, the effect produced by adding the index can be further enhanced.

In the printing program according to claim 18 , since the index setting information in which the print position information for designating the print position of the index data is set is created, the user prints the index at a position on the paper that is easy to see by the portable terminal. Settings can be made. Therefore, it is easy for the user to search for each print information, and it is easy to grasp the entire data.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments embodying a printing apparatus, a printing control system, and a printing program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, the printing control system according to the present invention prints the contents of the data by a printing apparatus based on data transmitted by an external device such as a portable terminal equipped with a printing program (see FIG. 7). ).
First, a schematic structure of a portable small-sized printer device 1 embodied as a printing device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable small printer apparatus according to this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a side view of the portable small printer apparatus according to this embodiment.
The portable small printer 1 has a top-open box-shaped main body case 2 having a size of about A6 size or A7 size in plan view and a thickness of about 2 cm or less, and a fixed cover 3 on one side of the upper surface. Have In the main body case 2 excluding the fixed cover body 3, a paper storage section 6 that can store a paper cassette 5 (see FIG. 3) that stores a plurality of paper sheets 4 as cut sheet-like recording media made of thermal paper. Is formed. In the vicinity of the lower surface side of the fixed cover body 3, a thermal head 8, a platen roller 9, a paper guide 10, a pickup roller 11 as a paper separation unit, a separation block 12, and the like are arranged. The paper storage unit 6 is covered with a lid 14 that is supported to be opened and closed via an opening / closing support means 13 that can be rotated and slid on the main body case 2 side (see FIG. 2).

Also, on the side surface of the main body case 2, an infrared communication unit 17 that receives data transmitted by infrared from a portable terminal equipped with an infrared transmitter such as a cellular phone 16 described later, a portable terminal, a personal computer, etc., and a USB cable (not shown) And a USB terminal 18 for receiving data transmitted through the USB cable. Further, a power key 19 for turning on and off the main body is also provided on the side surface.
Further, on the side where the fixed cover body 3 is provided, a mounting groove 20 for mounting a support base (not shown) for supporting the portable small printer device 1 in an upright state is formed in a “U” shape. ing. Further, a plurality of air holes 22 for cooling the thermal head 8 and the drive motor 21 installed in the fixed cover body 3, a strap (not shown), an anti-theft wire, etc. are mounted on the mounting groove 20. The locking hole 23 is formed.

  The thermal head 8 is a line head type, and prints characters, images, etc. for each line extending in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction of the thermal paper 4 sandwiched between the platen roller 9 and transported. it can. The print width for printing one line is set to be approximately equal to the paper width in the orthogonal direction of the paper 4. The thermal head 8 and the platen roller 9 have a length in the short side direction of the paper 4 of about A6 size or A7 size. The thermal head 8 is used as a printing head by using thermal paper as a recording medium, so that no consumable ink or ink ribbon is required, and the mechanism therefor can be omitted, and the portable small printer 1 can be made compact. Because it can be.

  As the thermal paper, there are various types such as a thermal coloring type having a coloring layer that develops color by heating of the thermal head 8, and a thermal punching type in which a perforated layer to be perforated by heating is laminated on a base material layer. Can be used. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a paper cassette used in this embodiment.

Next, the internal structure of the portable small printer 1 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the internal structure of the portable small-sized printer device according to this embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.
In the internal structure of the portable small printer 1, a pickup roller 11 and a separation block 12 are arranged on the side close to the printing mechanism unit 7 in the paper storage unit 6 (see FIG. 5). The paper cassette 5 accommodated in the paper accommodating portion 6 is attached to the bottom plate 26 of the paper accommodating portion 6 via an urging means 25 such as a leaf spring provided on the inner surface of the closed lid 13. Be forced. Of the stacked sheets 4 in the sheet cassette 5, the sheet 4 (lowermost sheet) exposed outside the sheet cassette 5 is abutted against the upper surface of the pickup roller 11. Only the lowermost sheet 4 passes through the gap between the lower end of the separation block 12 and the guide plate 28 by the cooperation of the rotational drive of the pickup roller 11 and the guide locking surface 27 of the separation block 12. A platen roller 9 is rotatably provided adjacent to the separation block 12, and the paper guide 10 is urged by an urging means 29 such as a pressing coil spring on the outer peripheral surface thereof.

  When a print command and print data are transmitted from an external device such as the mobile phone 16 to the portable small-sized printer device 1 via the infrared communication unit 17 or the USB terminal 18, a paper cassette is formed by the pickup roller 11 and the guide locking surface 27. The sheet 4 separated and conveyed from 5 by 5 is conveyed between the platen roller 9 and the paper guide 10. The paper guide 10 is formed on a slidable contact surface 30 having a concave curved shape such as a substantially U-shaped cross section in a lateral direction so that the cross section thereof is along the outer peripheral surface of the platen roller 9. A guide film 31 is provided adjacent to the upper surface of the paper guide 10 on the thermal head 8 side. The guide film 31 is formed of polyester into a thin film shape, and the paper 4 is generated between the paper guide 10 and the platen roller 9 by pressing the paper 4 against the peripheral surface of the platen roller 9 by the tip 31A. 9 is prevented from floating. When the sheet 4 is not conveyed, the guide film 21 contacts the platen roller 9 at an acute angle from the sheet conveying direction just below the printing position of the thermal head 8.

  By the paper guide 10, the guide film 21, and the platen roller 9 disposed so as to be rotatable thereabove, the paper 4 separated and conveyed from the paper container 6 is reversed and conveyed in a horizontal U shape, It is conveyed to the printing position of the platen roller 9. Thereafter, the image is printed on the upper surface of the paper 4 by the thermal head 8 and discharged from the discharge port 34 in the gap between the upper surface of the separation block 12 and the edge of the fixed cover body 3 to the outside of the lid body 14. The thermal head 8 has a spring hook portion of a coil spring (biasing means) 35 engaged with the back surface (upper surface side) of the thermal head 8 and is biased toward the platen roller 9 side. 5) abuts on the upper surface of the platen roller 9.

  The drive mechanism for the platen roller 9 and the pickup roller 11 includes a drive motor 21 and a gear transmission mechanism (gear train) 37 disposed on one inner surface along the long side of the main body case 2. The diameter of the platen roller 9 is larger than the diameter of the pickup roller 11, and the paper conveyance speed at the platen roller 9 is set to be larger than the paper conveyance speed at the pickup roller 11. The sheet separation is performed slowly, and the sheet is conveyed by the platen roller 9 and, consequently, the printing speed is increased. For this purpose, a one-way clutch (not shown) is provided downstream of the platen roller 9 in the gear train so that the pickup roller 11 can be rotated for high-speed conveyance at nine platen rollers.

  Next, a control system of the portable small printer 1 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 6 is a control block diagram of the portable small printer 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, in the portable small printer 1, the ROM 42, SRAM 43, power supply SW circuit 44, motor drive circuit 45, thermal head control circuit 46, USB I / F drive circuit 47, IrDA modulation / demodulation circuit with respect to the CPU 41. 48, a rechargeable battery 49 is connected. Further, the drive motor 21 is connected to the motor drive circuit 45, and the thermal head 8 is connected to the thermal head control circuit 46.

  Each program executed by the CPU 41 is stored in the ROM 42. In addition, dot pattern data of a large number of characters to be printed are stored in association with code data. On the other hand, the SRAM 43 stores temporary data necessary for the data processing of the CPU 41. The SRAM 43 is provided with storage areas for a data buffer 50 for storing input data and a print buffer 51 for storing print data.

  Here, the motor drive circuit 45 controls the drive motor 21 (see FIGS. 4 and 5), and the thermal head control circuit 46 controls the heating element of the thermal head 8. The power SW circuit 44 is connected to the power key 19 and turns on / off the power of the portable small printer 1.

Further, the CPU 41 is connected with a USB I / F drive circuit 47 which is an interface circuit for performing communication based on the USB standard with the external device 40 such as the mobile phone 16 and the personal computer, and the USB terminal 18 is connected to this circuit. Has been. The CPU 41 is connected to an external device 40 having an infrared data output device such as a mobile phone 16 or a PDA and an IrDA modulation / demodulation circuit 48 which is an interface circuit for performing communication based on the IrDA standard. Further, the IrDA modulation / demodulation circuit 48 is connected to an IrDA light emitting / receiving element 52 provided in the infrared communication unit 17, so that the portable small printer 1 can perform infrared communication.
Here, IrDA is a standard for infrared communication, and is mainly used to connect a desktop computer and a portable computer such as a notebook computer.

  The power supplied from the rechargeable battery 49 that is the internal power source of the portable small printer 1 is supplied to the CPU 41, the motor drive circuit 45, and the thermal head control circuit 46. A motor drive circuit 45 connected to the CPU 41 operates the drive motor 21 based on a command from the CPU 41 and carries the paper 4. Similarly, the thermal head control circuit 46 is connected to the CPU 41 and drives the thermal head 8 based on a command from the CPU 41 to perform thermal printing.

Next, a print control system configured by using the portable small printer 1 and the mobile phone 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the print control system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the print control system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the printing control system basically includes a mobile phone 16 and a portable small printer 1. An index is added to the contents of the print data based on the print data transmitted from the mobile phone 16 to the portable small printer 1 and the index setting data in which the format of the index data added to the print data is set. Is printed by the portable small printer 1 and provided to the user 53 (see FIG. 17).
As shown in FIG. 8, in the print control system according to the present embodiment, setting software for creating index setting data to be transmitted to the portable small printer 1 is supplied to the mobile phone 16. A web server 54 is included.

The mobile phone 16 has a so-called voice transmission / reception that has become widespread in recent years, an electronic mail function that allows data such as image data to be attached to an electronic mail, and an Internet connection function. Can be downloaded and used.
Here, the mobile phone 16 includes a communication device 57 having an Internet connection function, a CPU 58 for executing various programs, a RAM 59 for storing downloaded programs, a liquid crystal screen 60 for displaying various information to the user, and an input. An operation unit 61 that performs an operation and an infrared transmission unit 62 that transmits each data to an external device such as the portable small printer 1 by infrared rays are configured.

  The communication device 57 has an Internet connection function capable of two-way communication such as i-mode (registered trademark), sends and receives e-mails, downloads image data and music data from a specific homepage, and a specific homepage. It is possible to download application software and execute the application by an application execution program such as i-appli (registered trademark).

  In addition, characters and images received by the mobile phone 16 are displayed on the liquid crystal screen 60, and numbers and characters input by the operation unit 61 are displayed.

The RAM 59 stores the e-mail received by the communication device 57 and the downloaded image data, received sound, program, and the like, as well as an address book and schedule book in which the name, mail address, etc. entered by the operation unit 61 are recorded. , ToDo, Notepad, Internet bookmarks, etc. can be saved and used.
The RAM 59 is a rewritable nonvolatile memory, and includes a RAM backed up by a battery or the like, a flash ROM, an EPROM, and an E2PROM.

  The operation unit 61 also includes a number / character input key 64 for inputting a telephone number and characters, a cursor key 65 for moving a cursor for selecting contents displayed on the liquid crystal screen 60, and an enter key for confirming the selection. 66 etc. are arranged. Further, a mail key 67 for sending and receiving electronic mail, an internet connection key 68 for connecting to the Internet, and the like are also provided (see FIG. 7).

  The program downloaded by the communication device 57 is stored in the RAM 59 and executed by the CPU 58. The user 53 performs various operations on the program through the operation unit 61 while checking the screen displayed on the liquid crystal screen 60 for the activated program.

In addition, the infrared communication unit 62 transmits various data to the portable small printer 1 when separately printing various data contents such as e-mail stored in the RAM 59 by the portable small printer 1. Is. Data to be transmitted includes print data composed of data conforming to the IrMC standard such as memo pad, address book, mail, schedule, ToDo, and bookmark stored in the RAM 59 to be printed, and index data format to be added to each data Is the index setting data set for. Details of the print data and index setting data will be described later.
Here, IrMC (IrDA Infrared Mobile Communication) is an infrared communication standard that is assumed to be used particularly in mobile phones among IrDA, and when exchanging personal data such as address books with mobile phones and PDAs. Used for.

  The portable small printer 1 receives print data and index setting data transmitted from the mobile phone 16 by the infrared communication unit 17 and first creates index data based on the index setting data. Then, the created index data is added to the print data. Finally, printing is performed on the paper 4 by the thermal head 8 and the drive motor 21 based on the added print data, and the print result on which the index is printed is provided to the user 53. Since the block diagram of the portable small printer 1 has already been described with reference to FIG. 6, its details are omitted here.

  The web server 54 includes a communication device 70 that transmits data to the mobile phone 16 through the Internet line and the like, and a software database 72 that stores application software such as an index setting program 71 to be executed on the mobile phone 16. ing. The index setting program 71 will be described in detail later.

  Accordingly, the user 53 connects to the web server 54 via the mobile phone 16, downloads the index setting program 71 stored in the software database 72 in the server, stores the index setting program 71 in the RAM 59 of the mobile phone 16, and the CPU 58 It is possible to execute. Here, the index setting program 71 is used when the data contents of the memo pad, address book, mail, schedule, ToDo, and bookmark stored in the mobile phone 16 are printed by the portable small printer 1. It is a program that sets an index creation format for easily classifying data. The user 53 causes the downloaded index setting program 71 to be executed by the i-appli (registered trademark) or the like on the mobile phone 16, creates index setting data, and transmits it to the portable small printer 1 together with the print data. The portable small printer creates index data based on the index setting data, and adds the print data to the print data for printing. As a result, the contents of the memo pad, address book, mail, schedule, ToDo, and bookmark can be printed on the paper 4 with the index of the format desired by the user 53 added.

  Next, the index setting for setting the format of the print data conforming to the IrMC standard composed of data such as memo pad, address book, mail, schedule, ToDo and bookmark stored in the mobile phone 16 and the format of the index added to each data The data will be described in detail. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a list of main object formats of the IrMC standard in print data.

  First, the print data will be described below. As shown in FIG. 9, IrMC standard data sent as print data from the mobile phone 16 to the portable small printer 1 are “0: Memo pad”, “1: Address book”, “2: Mail”. ”,“ 3: Schedule ”,“ 4: ToDo ”,“ 5: Bookmark ”, which are related to data created and registered by each native application in the mobile phone 16. Each native application has items set in a range of 1 to 6, and a property consisting of an alphabetic character string is defined for each item. For example, if the native application is “1: Address Book”, “0: Name”, “1: Phonetic”, “2: Address”, “3: Telephone number”, “4: Mail address”, “5: Six items "company name" are set. The contents of each item are also recorded as data for each item.

Next, specific examples of the IrMC standard print data will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of IrMC standard print data when the native application is “1: Address Book”, and FIG. 11 is a diagram of a printing surface on which printing is actually performed in the print data of FIG.
As shown in FIG. 10, the print data comprising the IrMC standard is recorded with text indicating the contents of the items following the English character property indicating each item. Information is being recorded.
The print data includes, in order from the top, a character string 75 indicating that data of the native application “1: Address Book” starts, a character string 76 indicating the content of the item “0: name”, and the content of the item “1: reading”. Character string 77 indicating the content of item “2: address”, character string 79 indicating the content of item “3: telephone number”, character string 80 indicating the content of item “4: mail address”, item It is composed of a character string 81 indicating the contents of “5: company name” and a character string 82 indicating that data of the native application “1: address book” ends.
Then, when printing is actually performed based on the print data shown in FIG. 10, the letters indicating the properties and the character strings 75 and 82 indicating the type of the native application are removed as shown in FIG. Each page is printed on the paper 4 in order from the top. Specifically, the name 84, reading 85, address 86, telephone number 87, mail address 88, and company name 89 are printed from the top.

  On the other hand, the index setting data is set for a creation format when creating an index for sorting data based on specific items for the print data. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a list of index format setting items set by the index setting data. As shown in FIG. 12, for each native application, it is determined by which index setting data an index is to be created based on the index setting data, and the creation format for creating an index in that item is determined as an index setting item. ing. Specifically, the position of the paper on which the index of the specified item is printed, the type of character, the maximum number of characters to be printed as an index, the maximum number of characters to be searched for the item contents used as the basis for creating an index, the character sequence, and the index are printed Whether to perform a page break or not and whether or not to print a mark is determined.

When creating index data based on the index setting data, it is necessary to first sort the data for the items for which the index is created. For example, regarding the native application “1: Address Book”, when creating an index for “3: Telephone Number”, the address book data composed of address data of a plurality of persons is sorted and printed in ascending order of the telephone numbers in numerical order. The FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an internal image in which data is sorted by the item “3: telephone number” when the native application is “1: address book”.
As shown in FIG. 13, from “0: full name”, “1: reading”, “2: address”, “3: telephone number”, “4: mail address”, “5: company name”. Each data is sorted based on the item “3: telephone number” for which the index specified by the index setting data is created, and each data is rearranged in ascending order according to the numerical order of the telephone numbers.

Then, after the sorting, index data based on the format set by the index setting data is created. For example, regarding the native application “1: Address Book”, when creating an index for “3: Telephone Number”, a format specified for each address book data composed of address data of a plurality of persons (see FIG. 12). Index data is created. FIG. 14 shows that when the native application is “1: Address Book”, the item “3: Telephone number” has the position “0: Upper right”, the character type “1: Number”, the maximum number of characters (printing) “3: 3”, The index data set to the maximum number of characters (search) “3: 3”, character arrangement “0: horizontal writing”, page break “1: enable”, mark “1:“ phone mark ”(see FIG. 12)” was created. It is the figure which showed the internal image.
As shown in FIG. 14, in this embodiment, index data is further added based on the sorted data (see FIG. 13). Specifically, the phone number in the print data is searched for the first three letters, and the searched three letters are added to the data one by one together with the specified mark ("phone mark"). is there.

Then, after adding the index data to the print data for each case, the index data considering the position where the index is printed and the page break is created based on the index setting data. That is, the same index is not printed twice on the same page. In addition, when printing is performed up to the bottom of the paper 4, and when the page break is set to “1: Enable” by the index setting data (see FIG. 12), the page breaks are respectively changed when the index type is changed. Done.
In consideration of the above, new index data is created for each page. FIG. 15 shows that when the native application is “1: Address Book”, the item “3: Telephone number” has the position “0: Upper right”, the character type “1: Number”, the maximum number of characters (printing) “3: 3”, Internal image created index data for each page set to maximum number of characters (search) “3: 3”, character arrangement “0: horizontal writing”, page break “1: enable”, mark “1:“ phone mark ”” FIG.
As shown in FIG. 15, the index data is printed in horizontal writing “031“ phone mark ”” on the upper right side of the first page of paper, and “052“ phone mark ”” is printed in horizontal writing on the upper right of the second page of paper. “052“ Telephone mark ”” is printed horizontally in the upper right corner of the third page.

Next, a specific example of the actual data printing surface after the index data is created from the index setting data and added to the print data will be described. 16 and 17 show the case of the native application “1: Address Book”, the position “0: upper right”, the character type “1: number”, the maximum number of characters (printing) in the item “3: telephone number” according to the index setting data. Index when index is set to “3: 3”, maximum number of characters (search) “3: 3”, character arrangement “0: horizontal writing”, page break “1: enable”, mark “1:“ phone mark ”” It is the figure of the printing surface which each showed before and after addition.
As shown in FIG. 16, conventionally, when the address book is printed, the name 84, reading 85, address 86, telephone number 87, mail address 88, company name are listed for each item in the order registered by the user 53 in the address book. 89 are printed. The address for six people is printed over two pages.

However, when the index specified by the index setting data is added, as shown in FIG. 17, the address book data to be printed is searched by the first three digits for “3: telephone number”, and one by one in the numerical order. Are sorted in ascending order (see FIG. 13). Then, indexes 92, 95, and 98 including three-digit numbers 90, 93, and 96 and marks 91, 94, and 97 are printed side by side on the upper right side of the sheet 4 respectively. The numbers 90, 93, and 96 attached to the index 92 are displayed as the first three digits of the telephone number. Specifically, the number 90 on the first page is “031”, and the numbers 93 and 96 on the second and third pages are “052”.
Also, a page break is made when the first three letters of the telephone number are switched to another number, or when the margin of the paper 4 is exhausted (in this embodiment, when three addresses are described). Therefore, after the index is added, addresses for six people are printed over three pages.

As another specific example, FIG. 18 shows that in the case of the native application “1: Address Book”, the position “0: upper right” in the item “1: reading”, the character type “3: Katakana”, The index is set for the maximum number of characters (printing) “1: 1”, the maximum number of characters (search) “0: automatic”, the character sequence “0: vertical writing”, the page break “0: no”, and the mark “0: none”. It is a figure of a printing surface after adding an index at the time. The printing surface before index addition is the same printing surface as that shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 16, conventionally, when the address book is printed, the name 84, reading 85, address 86, telephone number 87, mail address 88, company name are listed for each item according to the order registered by the user 53 in the address book. 89 are printed. The address for six people is printed over two pages.

However, when the index specified by the index setting data is added, the address book data to be printed is searched for the number of characters in accordance with the number of characters in each reading with respect to “1: reading”, and in numerical order (ie, five readings). Sorted in ascending order on a case-by-case basis. Then, out of the indexes consisting of single-digit katakana “A”, “I”, “C”,..., The indexes 99 and 100 corresponding to each page are printed vertically in the upper right of the paper 4. . Here, as the reading attached to the index 92, the first one digit katakana of each reading recorded in the address book data is displayed. Specifically, the readings of the address book data described on the first page are “Aoki Taro”, “Itohana Hanako”, and “Wafer Radio Row”. , “U” is printed as the index 99. On the other hand, the readings of the address book data described on the second page are “Katouichiro”, “Kitouyoko”, “Kudou Suburo”, and therefore, the first digit “K”, “Ki”, “ "" Is printed as the index 100.
Here, since the page break is performed when the margin of the paper 4 is exhausted (in the present embodiment, when three addresses are described), even after the index is added, it is equivalent to six people over two pages as before the addition. Is printed.

  In the above description, the case where the native application “1: Address Book” is indexed and printed has been described. However, other native applications “0: Notepad”, “2: Mail”, “3: Schedule” , “4: Todo” and “5: Bookmark” can be similarly printed with an index.

  As described above, even when the small portable printer 1 prints a large amount of data recorded in the mobile phone 16, it can sort the data by specific items and add an index to print. Therefore, it is possible for the user 53 to easily retrieve data and obtain a print result that facilitates grasping of information. Even when data is printed over a plurality of sheets, data can be easily organized by using the printed index as a guide.

The index setting data is transmitted to the portable small printer 1 by a specific command sequence. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an example of a command string transmitted as index setting data.
As shown in FIG. 19, the command string is composed of a combination of a plurality of alphanumeric characters. First, the type of setting data is indicated by the first command 100. Specifically, “XX” indicates that a command for instructing setting related to an index follows.

  In addition, the command sequences 102 to 109 in the latter half respectively “target native application”, “item for creating an index in the specified native application”, “index printing position”, “index character type”, “printed” "Maximum number of characters in index to be indexed", "Maximum number of characters to search for items to be indexed", "Character list of index", "Whether to perform a page break at the point where index is changed", "Add mark to index Whether or not to do is instructed. Specifically, a target native application is specified by the command 101, an item for creating an index is specified in the native application specified by the command 102, a position for printing the index is specified by the command 103, and an index is specified by the command 104. Is specified, the maximum number of characters of the index to be printed is specified by the command 105, the maximum number of characters to be searched for the item to be indexed is specified by the command 106, the character sequence of the index is specified by the command 107, and the command Whether or not to perform a page break is specified by a point where the index is changed by 108, and whether or not a mark is added to the index is specified by a command 109. Here, in each command in the second half, the first two digits indicate the setting contents associated with the number (see FIG. 12). For example, if it is “4: ToDo”, it is “04”, and if the maximum number of characters for printing is “5: 5”, it is “05”.

  These command strings are converted into data by the native application “0: Memo Pad” as a character string based on text data, and transmitted to the portable small-sized printer device 1 by infrared rays. Then, the portable small printer 1 creates index data in accordance with the transmitted command instruction, and prints the separately transmitted print data.

Next, regarding the print control system configured as described above, the operation of the portable small printer 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 20 to 25 are stored in the ROM 42 and are executed by the CPU 41. First, a basic control program of the portable small printer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the basic control program of the portable small printer 1.
First, when the power is turned on, in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 1, each memory is cleared and each setting is initialized. Then, after various initial settings are made, basic control is started.

  In S2, an initial value determined in advance with respect to a setting value related to index setting is set. FIG. 26 shows the initial setting of the index setting in each native application with the initial value set in S2. As shown in FIG. 26, the portable small-sized printer device 1 is set in advance with an index creation format for print data of each received native application of the IrMC standard. These initial values are updated as needed by an index setting command transmitted later by the mobile phone 16 (see FIG. 23). On the other hand, if no update or the like has been performed, index data is created based on these initial settings, and printing is performed on IrMC standard print data.

  In S3, it is determined whether or not the power key 19 provided on the main body case 2 has been operated. When the key is operated (S3: YES), the power is turned off by the power SW circuit 44 (S4), and the operation is performed. Exit. On the other hand, when the power key is not operated (S3: NO), the process proceeds to S5.

  Subsequently, in S5, it is determined whether or not the portable small printer apparatus 1 has received data from the outside via the USB terminal 18. When the USB data is received (S5: YES), each command processing is performed based on the received data (S6). After performing the command processing (S6), the process returns to S3 again. On the other hand, when the USB data is not received (S5: NO), the process proceeds to S7. As data received via the USB terminal, general text data, image data, and the like normally transmitted by a personal computer can be considered. The command process (S6) will be described in detail later.

  Furthermore, in S7, it is determined whether or not infrared data has been received via the infrared communication unit 17. When infrared data is received (S7: YES), infrared data processing is performed based on the received infrared data (S8). On the other hand, when infrared data is not received (S7: NO) and after the infrared data processing (S8) is completed, the process returns to S3 again. As infrared data to be received, IrMC standard print data transmitted from the mobile phone 16 (see FIG. 10) or data consisting of a command sequence based on index setting data (see FIG. 19) can be considered. The infrared data processing (S8) will be described later in detail.

Next, the command processing in S6 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the command processing program.
First, in the command processing, it is determined whether or not the received data is a print start command (S11). If the received data is a print start command (S11: YES), it is stored in the print buffer 51 at that time. The printing operation is performed in accordance with the stored data (S12). Then, after the printing process is completed, the data in the print buffer 51 is erased (S13).

  On the other hand, if the received data is not a print start command (S11: NO), it is subsequently determined whether or not the received data is a character code (S14). When the character code is received (S14: YES), the dot pattern data of the corresponding character is read from the ROM. The read dot pattern data is stored in the print buffer 51 (S15).

  If the received data is neither a print start command nor a character code (S14: NO), other processing corresponding to the received data is performed (S15). For example, when image data is transmitted, printing is performed after the image data is converted into bitmap data. In addition, there are processes such as interruption of printing and deletion of print data.

Next, the infrared data processing in S8 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 22 is a flowchart of the infrared data processing program.
In the infrared data processing, first, the received infrared data is stored in the data buffer 50 in S21.

  Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the received data is IrMC standard data (S22). If the received infrared data is not IrMC standard data (S22: NO), it is further determined in S23 whether the command is an index setting command based on the index setting data. Specifically, the determination in S23 is made based on whether or not the head command 100 (see FIG. 19) of the command string is “XX”. When the head command is “XX”, the received infrared ray is determined. It is determined that the data is an index setting command. When the received infrared data is data of an index setting command (S23: YES), an index setting process (S24) based on the received index setting command is performed (S24). After the index setting process, the data in the data buffer 50 is erased (S25). Details regarding the index setting process will be described later.

  On the other hand, when the received infrared data is not index setting command data (S23: NO), normal command processing is performed (S26). Since normal command processing has already been described based on the flowchart of FIG. 21, description thereof is omitted here. Then, after the command processing is performed, the data in the data buffer 50 is erased (S25).

  If the received infrared data is IrMC standard data (S22: YES), that is, if it is print data (see FIG. 10) such as an address book and mail transmitted from the mobile phone 16, the IrMC data is stored. IrMC expansion processing for expansion in the print buffer 51 is performed based on the index setting processing in S24 (S27). Whether or not the data is IrMC data in S22 is determined based on whether or not the character string 75 (see FIG. 10) indicating the start of the native application exists in the first line of the data character string. If the column 75 exists, it is determined that the received infrared data is IrMC standard data. Details regarding the IrMC expansion processing will be described later.

  Then, after the IrMC rasterization process is performed, one page is printed on the paper 4 based on the data rasterized in the print buffer 51 (S28). Then, it is confirmed whether or not all the data has been printed (S29), and after the printing of all the data is completed (S29: YES), the data in the print buffer 51 is deleted (S30). The data in 50 is also deleted (S25). If printing of all data has not been completed (S29: NO), the printing process is continued.

Next, the index setting process in S24 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 23 is a flowchart of the index setting processing program.
In the index setting process, it is first determined in S41 to S46 which native application the received index setting command is the setting data. Specifically, the determination is made based on the type of the second command 101 (see FIG. 19) in the index setting command sequence.

  If the native application is “0: Notepad” (S41: YES), that is, if the command 101 is “00H”, the notepad index is set in S47. The notepad index setting is the item “0: memo”, the position to print the index by the commands 103 to 109, the character type of the index, the maximum number of characters of the index to be printed, and the maximum number of items to be searched The number of characters, the character sequence of the index, whether to perform a page break at the point where the index is changed, and whether to add a mark to the index are determined and set (see FIG. 12).

  When the native application is “1: Address Book” (S42: YES), that is, when the command 101 is “01H”, the address book index is set in S48. In the address book index setting, an item to be indexed is designated by the command 102. Then, the position where the index is printed by the commands 103 to 109, the character type of the index, the maximum number of characters of the index to be printed, the maximum number of characters to be searched for the item to be indexed, the character list of the index, and the index are changed It is determined and set whether or not to perform a page break at a point to be added and whether or not to add a mark to the index (see FIG. 12).

  If the native application is “2: mail” (S43: YES), that is, if the command 101 is “02H”, the mail index is set in S49. In the mail index setting, an item for which an index is created is designated by the command 102. Then, the position where the index is printed by the commands 103 to 109, the character type of the index, the maximum number of characters of the index to be printed, the maximum number of characters to be searched for the item to be indexed, the character list of the index, and the index are changed It is determined and set whether or not to perform a page break at a point to be added and whether or not to add a mark to the index (see FIG. 12).

  If the native application is “3: Schedule” (S44: YES), that is, if the command 101 is “03H”, the schedule index is set in S50. In the schedule index setting, an item for which an index is created is designated by the command 102. Then, the position where the index is printed by the commands 103 to 109, the character type of the index, the maximum number of characters of the index to be printed, the maximum number of characters to be searched for the item to be indexed, the character list of the index, and the index are changed It is determined and set whether or not to perform a page break at a point to be added and whether or not to add a mark to the index (see FIG. 12).

  When the native application is “4: ToDo” (S45: YES), that is, when the command 101 is “04H”, the ToDo index is set in S51. In the ToDo index setting, an item for which an index is created is designated by the command 102. Then, the position where the index is printed by the commands 103 to 109, the character type of the index, the maximum number of characters of the index to be printed, the maximum number of characters to be searched for the item to be indexed, the character list of the index, and the index are changed It is determined and set whether or not to perform a page break at a point to be added and whether or not to add a mark to the index (see FIG. 12).

  When the native application is “5: Bookmark” (S46: YES), that is, when the command 101 is “05H”, the bookmark index is set through S52. In the bookmark index setting, an item for which an index is created is designated by the command 102. Then, the position where the index is printed by the commands 103 to 109, the character type of the index, the maximum number of characters of the index to be printed, the maximum number of characters to be searched for the item to be indexed, the character list of the index, and the index are changed It is determined and set whether or not to perform a page break at a point to be added and whether or not to add a mark to the index (see FIG. 12).

  Then, the received index setting command is changed from “0: Memo pad”, “1: Address book”, “2: Mail”, “3: Schedule”, “4: ToDo”, “5: Bookmark” by S41 to S46. "Is not the setting data related to any native app (S46: NO), it is the sort setting data related to a native app other than the above, and the corresponding index setting is performed (S53).

Next, the IrMC expansion process in S27 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 24 is a flowchart of the IrMC expansion processing program.
In the IrMC development process, first, it is determined in S61 to S66 which native application the received IrMC standard data is. Specifically, it can be determined by the type of the character string 75 (see FIG. 10) indicating the start of the native application in the first line of the data character string.

  When the native application is “0: Notepad” (S61: YES), that is, when the character string 75 indicating the start of the native application is “BEGIN: VNOTE”, it relates to the notepad set in S47. Index setting information is acquired (S67). If the setting is not made in S47, the index setting information (see FIG. 26) at the initial value is acquired. Then, based on the acquired information, the index composition process of the IrMC data is performed (S68). Details of the index composition processing will be described later.

  When the native application is “1: Address Book” (S62: YES), that is, when the character string 75 indicating the start of the native application is “BEGIN: VCARD”, the address book set in S48 is related to Index setting information is acquired (S69). If no setting is made in S48, the index setting information (see FIG. 26) at the initial value is acquired. Then, based on the acquired information, the index composition process of the IrMC data is performed (S68).

  When the native application is “2: mail” (S63: YES), that is, when the character string 75 indicating the start of the native application is “BEGIN: VMESSAGE”, the index setting related to the mail set in S49 is performed. Information is acquired (S70). If no setting is made in S49, the index setting information (see FIG. 26) at the initial value is acquired. Then, based on the acquired information, the index composition process of the IrMC data is performed (S68).

  When the native application is “3: Schedule” (S64: YES), that is, when the character string 75 indicating the start of the native application is “BEGIN: VEVENT”, the index setting related to the schedule set in S50 is set. Information is acquired (S71). If no setting is made in S50, the index setting information (see FIG. 26) at the initial value is acquired. Then, based on the acquired information, the index composition process of the IrMC data is performed (S68).

  When the native application is “4: ToDo” (S65: YES), that is, when the character string 75 indicating the start of the native application is “BEGIN: VTODO”, the index setting related to ToDo set in S51 Information is acquired (S72). If no setting is made at 51, index setting information (see FIG. 26) at the initial value is acquired. Then, based on the acquired information, the index composition process of the IrMC data is performed (S68).

  When the native application is “5: bookmark” (S66: YES), that is, when the character string 75 indicating the start of the native application is “BEGIN: VBOOKMARK”, the index setting related to the bookmark set in S52. Information is acquired (S73). If no setting is made in S50, the index setting information (see FIG. 26) at the initial value is acquired. Then, based on the acquired information, the index composition process of the IrMC data is performed (S68).

  Then, the received sort setting command is changed to “0: Memo pad”, “1: Address book”, “2: Mail”, “3: Schedule”, “4: ToDo”, “5: Bookmark” by S61 to S66. If it is not the setting data related to any native app (S66: NO), it is IrMC data related to a native app other than the above, and a corresponding expansion process is performed (S74).

Next, the index composition process in S68 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 25 is a flowchart of the index composition processing program.
In the index composition process, first, data is sorted based on the index setting information acquired in S67 and S69 to S73 (S81). That is, based on the item for creating the index, the IrMC standard print data received in S7 and stored in the data buffer in S21 is sorted in ascending order. Specifically, the data is searched with the maximum number of characters to be searched for the item to be indexed (when the setting is “0: automatic”, the CPU 41 determines the optimal number of characters and searches. See FIG. 12). The data is rearranged for each item in ascending order (see FIG. 13).

  Then, after the sorting process is finished, in S82, index data based on the obtained index setting information (character type, maximum number of characters to be printed, mark) is sequentially created for the data sorted in S81 (FIG. 5). 14).

  Subsequently, in S83, it is determined whether or not it is set to perform a page break when the index is changed in the acquired setting information. That is, it is determined whether the page break is set to “0: do not” or “1: do” in the index setting (see FIG. 12). Note that the initial setting is “0: No” (see FIG. 26). If the received index setting command 108 (see FIG. 18) is “01H”, “1: Do”. Changed to and set.

  If there is a page break (S83: YES), first, the data amount of IrMC standard print data received in S7 and stored in the data buffer in S21 is calculated. Then, the data is divided into printable data amounts for each page, and is divided for each data to which the same index is attached by the index data created in S82. Then, page break information is entered for each divided data (S84).

  In S85, it is determined whether or not the page break information in S84 has been created for all data. If all data has not been completed (S85: NO), the processing is continued until the data is completed. On the other hand, when the process is completed (S85: YES), the process proceeds to S88.

  If there is no page break (S83: NO), the amount of IrMC standard print data received in S7 and stored in the data buffer in S21 is calculated. Then, the data is divided into printable data amounts for each page, and page break information is entered for each divided data (S86).

  In S87, it is determined whether or not the page break information in S86 has been created for all data. If all data has not been completed (S87: NO), the processing is continued until the data is completed. On the other hand, when the process is completed (S87: YES), the process proceeds to S88.

  Next, in S88, based on the page break information created in S84 and S86, the index data created in S82 is added to IrMC data (see FIG. 15), and the added data is developed in the print buffer 51. To do. Then, the portable small printer 1 prints page by page according to the data developed in the print buffer 51 (S28).

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 16 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the basic control program of the mobile phone 16 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 27 is a flowchart of the basic control program of the mobile phone.
First, when the power is turned on, initialization processing such as clearing of each memory is performed in S91. Then, after various initial settings are made, basic control is started.

  In S92, it is determined whether infrared data has been transmitted to the portable small printer 1 by the infrared communication unit 62. If the infrared data has been transmitted (S92: YES), the data selected by the user 53 (“memo” All of the “book”, “address book”, “mail”, “schedule”, “ToDo”, and “bookmark” data are transmitted (S93). On the other hand, when the infrared data is not transmitted (S92: NO), the process proceeds to S94.

  In S <b> 94, it is determined whether or not the user 53 has performed any key input using the operation unit 61 of the mobile phone 16. If no key is input (S94: NO), the process waits until a key is input. If a key is input, the process proceeds to S95.

  In S95, an index is set for printing the “memo pad”, “address book”, “mail”, “schedule”, “ToDo”, and “bookmark” data by the portable small printer 1 by the key input. It is determined whether to do it. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the index setting program 71 downloaded from the web server 54 is executed via the Internet line or the like to set the index (see FIG. 8). When the index setting is performed (S95: YES), the index setting data creation process is performed in S96, and the process returns to S94. The index setting data creation process (S96) will be described later in detail.

  On the other hand, if the index setting is not performed by key input (S95: NO), other processing corresponding to the input key, for example, telephone number input, mail creation, etc. is performed (S97). , Return to S94.

Next, the index setting data creation process in S96 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 28 is a flowchart of the index setting data creation processing program.
First, in S <b> 101, it is determined whether or not the user 53 has performed any key input using the operation unit 61 of the mobile phone 16. If no key is input (S101: NO), the process waits until a key is input. If a key is input (S101: YES), the process proceeds to S102.

  Then, it is determined whether or not the input key is the enter key 66 (S102). If the enter key is not the enter key 66 (S102: NO), “memo pad” and “address book” transmitted as IrMC standard data are determined. , “Mail”, “Schedule”, “ToDo”, “Bookmark”, each of the native application data is displayed with the number / character input key 64, the cursor key 65, the decision key 66, etc. while sequentially displaying the index setting items. A numerical value is input, selected, and set (S103).

If the key is the enter key 66 (S102: YES), the index format set in S103 is confirmed, and the setting data created by the infrared communication unit 62 is transmitted to the portable small printer 1. .
FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation example when selecting and setting an index format created for each native application by the mobile phone 16 in S103.

  In FIG. 29, as an example, in the native application “1: Address Book”, an item for creating an index is set to “3: telephone number”, and the maximum number of characters for printing the index is set to “3: 3”. The operation method is shown. As shown in FIG. 29, when setting an index, first, an index setting program 71 downloaded from the web server 54 through an Internet line or the like is started by an i-appli (registered trademark) or the like.

  When the index setting program is started, the name of each native application (“Notepad”, “Address Book”, “Mail”, “Schedule”, “ToDo”, “Bookmark”) is sequentially displayed on the LCD screen 60. A first setting screen 111 is displayed. In the first setting screen 111, a cursor 110 for displaying an item currently selected by the user 53 is displayed. The cursor 110 can be freely moved up and down by a cursor key 65 (see FIG. 7), and a native application can be selected.

Subsequently, when the cursor is set on the first setting screen 111 and the cursor key 65 is pressed right after setting the cursor on the native application for which the index setting is desired, the screen shifts to the second setting screen 112. The second setting screen 112 displays items corresponding to the native application selected on the first setting screen 111 (for example, in the case of the native application “address book”, “name”, “phonetic”, “address”, (Six items of “phone number”, “mail address”, and “company name” are displayed).
As with the first setting screen 111, the cursor 110 for indicating the item currently selected by the user 53 is displayed, and the item can be selected. The user 53 uses the second setting screen 112 to select an item for creating an index in the native application using the cursor 110.

  Further, when the cursor 110 is moved to the item for which the index is desired and then the cursor key 65 is pressed to the right, the screen shifts to the third setting screen 113. The third setting screen 113 displays each index setting item for setting the format in which the index is created. Index setting items are divided into seven items: “position”, “character type”, “maximum number of characters (print)”, “maximum number of characters (search)”, “character list”, “page break”, and “mark” ( (See FIG. 12). The user 53 selects an item whose setting is to be changed from the initial setting value (see FIG. 26) with the cursor 110, and moves to the fourth setting screen 114 when the cursor key 65 is pressed to the right.

On the fourth setting screen 114, the items selected on the third setting screen 113 are set. Basically, various formats corresponding to each index setting item are displayed, and after the cursor 110 is set to a desired print format, the cursor key 65 is pressed right to confirm. However, with regard to “maximum number of characters (printing)” and “maximum number of characters (search)”, the CPU 41 selects “0: automatic” for automatically selecting an optimal numerical value, or is a number when specifying a numerical value by itself. / Enter a numerical value with the character input key 64, and confirm by pressing the right with the cursor key 65. After confirmation, the screen returns to the third setting screen. If other index setting items are desired to be set, they can be set by repeating the operations from the third setting screen 113 to the fourth setting screen 114.
In order to return to the previous first to third setting screen on the second to fourth setting screens, the cursor key 65 is pressed to the left.
By the above operation, the user 53 can set the items for creating an index and the format of the index in each native application.

  As described above, in the print control system according to the present embodiment, the index setting program 71 stored in the mobile phone 16 creates index setting data set for the format of the index added when printing each native application. At the same time (S96), the print data and the created index setting data are transmitted as IrMC standard infrared data to the portable small printer 1 (S104). Then, the portable small printer 1 creates index data based on the transmitted index setting data (S82), and performs printing in the state added to the print data (S88). It is possible to obtain a print result on which the index is printed, and even when a large amount of data is printed, it is possible to easily grasp the data in an organized state. Even when the data contents are printed over a large number of sheets, the user 53 can efficiently manage the data by using the printed index as a guide. Furthermore, since the user 53 can easily make settings by using the mobile phone 16, the setting can be easily changed every time the printing operation is performed.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example, Of course, various improvement and deformation | transformation are possible within the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.
For example, in the present embodiment, print data and index setting data are transmitted from the mobile phone 16 to the portable small-sized printer device 1 using infrared data of the IrMC standard, but the print data and index setting data are transmitted by a transmission means using a wired connection such as a USB cable. It is also possible to transmit each index setting data.

  In this embodiment, the index setting program 71 is downloaded from the web server 54 via the communication device 57 and used. However, the mobile phone 16 can be used via a recording medium such as a memory stick in which the index setting program 71 is recorded. It is also possible to install and use it.

1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a portable small printer device according to an embodiment. It is a side view of the portable small printer device concerning this embodiment. It is a perspective view of a paper cassette. It is a front view which shows the internal structure of the portable small printer apparatus which concerns on this embodiment. It is arrow sectional drawing which cut | disconnected the portable small printer apparatus by line AA of FIG. It is a control block diagram of the portable small-sized printer device 1 concerning this embodiment. It is a mimetic diagram showing an example of a printing control system concerning this embodiment. 1 is a block diagram of a print control system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a main object format list of IrMC standard in print data. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of IrMC standard print data when a native application is an address book. It is the figure of the printing surface which actually printed in the print data of FIG. It is the figure shown about the setting item of the index in index setting data. It is the figure which showed the internal image which sorted the data in the item which produces an index. It is the figure which showed the internal image at the time of creating index data per data unit. It is the figure which showed the internal image at the time of creating index data per page considering a page break. FIG. 10 is a diagram of a printing surface before indexing when an address book is printed. It is a figure of the printing surface after index assignment when the address book is printed. It is a figure of the printing surface after index assignment when the address book is printed. It is the figure which showed an example of the command sequence transmitted as index setting data. It is a flowchart of the basic control program of a portable small printer. It is a flowchart of a command processing program. It is a flowchart of an infrared data processing program. It is a flowchart of an index setting processing program. It is a flowchart of an IrMC expansion processing program. It is a flowchart of an index composition processing program. This is an initial setting of index settings in each native application. It is a flowchart of the basic control program of a mobile phone. It is a flowchart of an index setting data creation processing program. It is explanatory drawing which showed the example of operation at the time of selecting and setting the index creation item and creation format of each native application with a mobile phone.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable small printer apparatus 4 Paper 8 Thermal head 9 Platen roller 10 Paper guide 16 Cellular phone 17, 62 Infrared communication part 18 USB terminal 41 Portable small printer apparatus CPU
57 Communication device 58 Mobile phone CPU
61 Operation section 65 Cursor keys 71 Index setting program

Claims (18)

In a printing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives print data transmitted from the outside; and a printing unit that performs printing on paper based on the print data received by the receiving unit.
The print data comprises a plurality of print information composed of a plurality of types of print items,
For each of said plurality of print information, as well as to index data for one print item, and index adding means for adding to the print data in correspondence to the plurality of print information,
The index data added by the index adding means is compared for each of the plurality of print information, and the plurality of print information is printed for each print information associated with the same index data, and the index data corresponding to the print information A printing apparatus comprising: a printing control unit that switches a sheet that becomes a printing medium to a new sheet when printing is changed .   The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the index adding unit adds index data corresponding to the print item.   The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the index data is a character string corresponding to the print item.   The printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the index data includes a symbol corresponding to the print item.   5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a sorting unit that sorts the plurality of pieces of print information based on a print item for which index data is created by the index adding unit among the plurality of types of print items. The printing apparatus in any one of. Designating means for designating the print position of the index data;
The printing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the printing control unit prints the index data at a printing position designated by the designation unit. A portable terminal having a transmission means for transmitting print data;
A printing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit that receives print data transmitted from the portable terminal; and a printing unit that performs printing based on the received print data;
In the print control system composed of
The mobile terminal has index setting information creating means for creating index setting information for creating index data in one print item for each of a plurality of pieces of print information composed of a plurality of types of print items,
The print data comprises a plurality of print information composed of a plurality of types of print items, and the index setting information,
The printing apparatus includes:
Index adding means for creating index data based on the index setting information received by the receiving means, and adding the index data to the print data in correspondence with the plurality of print information ;
The index data added by the index adding means is compared for each of the plurality of print information, and the plurality of print information is printed for each print information associated with the same index data, and the index data corresponding to the print information Print control means for switching to a new paper sheet to be used as a printing medium when printing is changed , and
A printing control system comprising: The print control system according to claim 7 , wherein the index adding unit adds index data corresponding to the print item. The print control system according to claim 8 , wherein the index data is a character string corresponding to the print item. The print control system according to claim 8 or 9 , wherein the index data includes a symbol corresponding to the print item. The printing apparatus according to claim wherein the plurality kinds of print items, characterized by comprising sorting means for sorting the plurality of print information based on the print item index data is created by the index adding means The print control system according to claim 7 . The portable terminal has a designation unit for designating a print position of the index data;
12. The print control system according to claim 7 , wherein the print control unit prints the index data at a print position designated by the designation unit. On mobile devices,
For each of a plurality of pieces of print information composed of a plurality of types of print items in the printing apparatus, index data relating to one print item is created, and the print data is added to the print data corresponding to the plurality of print information, When the added index data is compared for each of the plurality of pieces of print information, the plurality of pieces of print information are printed for each piece of print information associated with the same index data, and the index data corresponding to the print information is changed A printing program for causing a processor to execute an index setting information creating function for creating index setting information in which information for switching a printing medium to a new sheet is set . 14. The printing program according to claim 13 , which causes the processor to execute an index setting information creating function for creating index setting information for creating index data corresponding to the print item. The printing program according to claim 14 , for causing the processor to execute an index setting information creation function for creating index setting information for creating index data that is a character string corresponding to the print item. The printing program according to claim 14 or 15 , for causing the processor to execute an index setting information creation function for creating index setting information for creating index data including a symbol corresponding to the print item. Causing the processor to execute an index setting information creation function for creating index setting information in which sort information for sorting the plurality of print information is set based on a print item for which index data is created among the plurality of types of print items. A printing program according to any one of claims 13 to 16 . The printing program according to any one of claims 13 to 17 , for causing the processor to execute an index setting information creating function for creating index setting information in which printing position information for designating a printing position of the index data is set. .

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