JPS637948B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION When creating a printed matter, the present invention can create various printed matter having the same appearance but different contents, or
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel phototypesetting device that can effectively meet the demand for creating various forms of the same content in different formats.

Generally, when creating printed materials with various character sizes, fonts, character types, printing positions, etc., it has conventionally been necessary to input and command the various information that changes each time. This required a lot of labor and troublesome work and skill, and even so, correction work called cutting and pasting was unavoidable.

The present invention has been developed in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances. Fixed character information that is used repeatedly and information regarding composition format are stored in advance in a plurality of machines, and this information can be selectively read out as needed. The present invention provides a phototypesetting device whose purpose is to reduce the number of input commands as much as possible. Moreover, specific instructions can be given separately for variable information that changes from time to time, so that any printed matter can be created by combining it with the fixed information. For example, parts list, directory, etc.
Job advertisements, book catalogs, etc., which have a fixed format and whose main purpose is to change the printed content,
Or, conversely, it is intended to provide an effective means for items such as financial statements, tickets, price tags, business cards, etc., for which the format can be changed in any number of ways.

In order to achieve such an object, the present invention provides a fixed data storage unit that stores a plurality of groups of n items of mutually related item data as one group;
a word data storage unit storing a plurality of words used as a series of phrases as data; n items constituting each group stored in the fixed data storage unit; and an arbitrary number of items among the n items. a formatting pattern storage unit that stores in advance a combination of variable items whose contents can be changed by an external command, and their mutual positional relationship when the items are combined as a plurality of sets of pattern information; an input unit for selecting predetermined item data, word data, and typesetting pattern from two storage units, and inputting character information corresponding to the variable item, position information where the word data is printed, and various types of typesetting information; and a control section that operates a phototypesetting section consisting of a character image generating section, a printing optical system, a photosensitive material feeding section, etc. to create a desired printed matter based on the information selected and input by the section. It is characterized by this.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the implementation of the present invention,
1 is a typesetting pattern storage section, 2 is a fixed data storage section, 3 is a word data storage section, 4 is an input section, 5 is a phototypesetting section, 6 is a control section, 7 is a printed matter, and a second
The figure shows a specific example of the printed matter 7. As shown in FIG.

[Format pattern storage section]

The typesetting pattern storage unit 1 stores information such as "job type", "salary", "work",
Various combinations of items such as "conditions" and information indicating the mutual printing position relationships when combined are stored as pattern information for horizontal and vertical writing, and are assigned to each typesetting pattern. By commanding the pattern code, desired pattern information can be read out at any time.

For example, if you command pattern code 11, from the position information and alignment information shown in the horizontal axis direction in Figure 3, if it is horizontal writing, "occupation" is in the upper left, "work" is also in the upper left, and "condition" is in the middle right. , "Salary" are read out in pattern information such that they are located at the bottom right. FIG. 4 schematically shows the pattern expressed by this pattern information, and FIG. 5 shows the pattern in vertical layout. FIG. 2 shows what was actually printed using the pattern information shown in FIG. 4. In other words, in Figure 2, the characters printed as "part-time driver" are located at the top left because they are "occupations," and "light truck" is "work," so they are located below "part-time driver." It is positioned at the top left. Below, ``Conditions'' and ``Salary'' are positioned in the middle right and bottom right as ``hourly wage'' and ``1100 yen,'' respectively. In this way, a plurality of layouts to be used repeatedly are selected in advance and stored in the storage unit 1 as layout pattern information so that it can be read out using a pattern code. The state of data actually read out from the typesetting pattern storage section 1 is as shown in FIG. 6, for example. In FIG. 6, the upper column A shows the content of the information, and the lower column B shows its meaning.

Figure 7 shows only the horizontal writing portion taken out from Figure 6, and corresponds to Figure 4. Whether it is vertical or horizontal writing is determined by a writing direction command, which will be described later. Incidentally, in FIGS. 6 and 7, the marks <.> represent division commands in the row direction. In this example, the number of divisions is 3, which indicates that the printed matter in FIG. 2 should be divided into three parts when viewed in the line direction and printed. That is, it is processed as a total of three lines, one each for job type and work, and one for conditions and salary. Similarly, the mark (.) represents a division command in the direction of indentation, and if the number of divisions is 2, it indicates that processing is to be performed by dividing into two in the indentation direction. In this example, "condition" is the third line following "job type" and "work".
It instructs the government to divide ``salary'' into two parts in the vertical direction.

[Fixed data storage unit]

The fixed data storage unit 2 stores character codes corresponding to items such as job type, work, conditions, or salary, as shown schematically in FIG. 8, for example. In other words, a plurality of groups of character data are stored, each group having n items. This group selection is done using the group code. For example, if you command the code 123 in Figure 8, it will select "part-time driver" and "light truck".
"Hourly wage" and "1000 yen" are selected. The fixed data storage unit 2 stores character data that is repeatedly used in advance by item, groups them, and stores them as fixed data. Therefore, read group code 123 from this storage section,
By combining the above-mentioned pattern code 11 of the forme pattern storage section 1, the mutual positional relationship at the time of combination becomes clear, and the printed matter shown in FIG. 2 is obtained. In addition, while the salary in Figure 2 is "1,100 yen", the salary read by group code 123 in Figure 8 is "1,000 yen", so there is a difference. I will explain how to deal with this later, but The contents of an arbitrary number of items (in this example, 1 for "salary") out of n items (4 in this example) can be changed by an external command. The items to be changed are called variable items.

[Word data storage unit]

The word data storage unit 3 stores, for example, "transportation expense payment".
, "preferential treatment", and other words used as a series of phrases are stored, and desired word data can be read out at any time by commanding the corresponding word code. For example, if you read out the code string for "Transportation Expenses Payment" mentioned above,
Based on this, printing can be performed as shown in FIG.

[Input section]

The input unit 4 inputs information necessary to create a desired printed matter, such as the pattern code, group code, word code, character information as the variable items mentioned above, or other composition directions as composition information to be described later. This is for selectively inputting commands, typeface commands, series (a unit that expresses the size of characters, but there is no need to be particular about "class") commands, typesetting area commands, etc. For example, as shown in Figure 9. It consists of a page-type item keyboard input device as shown.

In FIG. 9, 91 is a page selection key section for selecting a desired page, and includes, for example, a composition page key, a word page key, etc. 92 is an item key section consisting of a large number of item keys to which different meanings are added for each selected page;
93 is a special key section for assigning a specific meaning to information that has been selectively input, such as commanding the insertion position of the "word" on a printed matter;
4 is a numeric keypad section for inputting the various command codes, typesetting area size, variable item data, etc.; 95 is a display section for confirming data inputted from the special key section 93 or numeric keypad section 94;

FIG. 10 shows an example of the meaning assigned to the composition page in the item key section 92.
For example, in the item keys shown in Fig. 10, the A column is the set direction command, the B row is the character font command, the C row is the salary data font command, the D row is the series command, and the H row is the character font command. The columns are for selectively inputting commands regarding the shape and spacing between characters, such as the alignment information shown in FIG. 3 and the printing position information of the word data described above.

FIG. 11 shows an example of command information supplied to the control section 6, which will be described later, directly from the input section 4 or via a magnetic tape or perforated tape, in order to obtain a printed matter 7 as shown in FIG. 2, for example. The left column shows the content of the information, and the right column shows its meaning.

[Phototypesetting department]

The phototypesetting section 5 is for creating a desired printed matter based on instructions from the control section 6, and includes:
An outline of one embodiment is shown in FIG.

In this FIG. 12, 1201 and 1202
1203 is a rotating dial that accommodates a large number of character strings each consisting of a large number of characters, symbols, etc.
and 1204 are detection means for detecting the rotational position of the rotary dials by optically reading, for example, a large number of slits 1205 provided along the outer periphery of the rotary dials 1201 and 1202; It is composed of a pair of elements. 1206 and 1207 are flash light sources for selectively irradiating desired characters in the character string; 1208 is a flash light source that moves together with the flash light sources 1206 and 1207 in the direction of arrow 1209 to illuminate the character string containing the desired characters; This is a character string selection optical system for optically selecting and bringing only the light beam from the character string onto the optical axis.
10, a semitransparent mirror 1211, a collimating lens 1212, and the like. Reference numerals 1213 and 1214 denote a variable magnification lens turret and a deformable lens turret that hold series lenses 1215 of various magnifications and semicylindrical deformable lenses 1216 of various deformation rates to bring them onto the optical axis as appropriate. 1217 is a reflecting mirror, 1
218 is a reflecting mirror 1219 and an imaging lens 1220
This is a moving optical system for projecting a character image onto a desired position on a photosensitive material 1222 by moving in the direction of an arrow 1221. Further, 1223 is a character selection code register in which a selection code of the character to be printed given from the outside is set, that is, character information from the fixed data storage section 2, word data storage section 3, etc., and 1224 is the selection code of the character to be printed. Command values regarding the size and deformed shape are input to the input section 4.
Series/transformation rate register set by 1225
is a print position register in which a command value regarding a desired print position on the photosensitive material 1222 is set from an input section. 1226 is a character selection drive circuit that operates based on the information set in the character selection code register 1223, and is connected to the character string selection optical system 1208 and the flash light sources 1206 and 1207.
is moved in the direction of arrow 1209 to select a character string containing the desired character, and the signals from the detection means 1203 and 1204 are input to detect that the character has been brought into the optical system. , outputs a lighting command signal to the flash light source on the side corresponding to the dial face containing the desired character. 1227 rotates the variable magnification lens turret 1213 and the deformable lens turret 1214 based on the lens information set in the series/deformation rate register 1224 to generate a series lens 1215 of a desired series and a deformable lens 1216 of a desired deformation rate. This is a lens turret drive circuit for placing the lens in an optical system.
Further, 1228 indicates the moving optical system 121 based on the information set in the printing position register 1225.
8 in the direction of arrow 1221, and also moves the sensitive material 1222 in the direction of arrow 1229 to match the position of the character projected by the moving optical system 1218 with the desired printing position on the sensitive material. This is a drive circuit.

As is clear from the above explanation regarding FIG.
After the desired characters whose specifications are set in 5 are irradiated by a flash light source 1206 or 1207, a character string selection optical system 1208 and a series lens 121 are used.
5. Projection printing is performed at a desired position on the photosensitive material 1222 via the deforming lens 1216, the reflecting mirror 1217, and the moving optical system 1218, thereby creating a printed matter as shown in FIG. 2, for example.

As is clear from the above explanation, in the present invention, the eighth
Fixed data or word data used as a series of idioms as shown in the figure do not have to be input from the input section one by one, but can be stored in the storage section 2 in advance.
3 is read out and directly set in the character selection code register 1223 in FIG. It is. In the above explanation regarding the phototypesetting unit 5, the device belonging to a so-called second generation machine that uses a dial on which character images are optically stored has been described as an example of the device, but the characters used therein are The form of the image generating part, the sensitive material feeding part of the printing optical system, etc. is not limited to that shown in FIG. Any device may be used as long as it can print the desired characters in the desired position.For example, a so-called tertiary 3D printer may be used as long as the desired character can be printed at the desired position.
Of course, various types of phototypesetting units belonging to generation machines can be applied.

[Control unit]

Next, an example of the configuration and operation of the control section 6 will be explained in the thirteenth section.
Description will be given based on the embodiment shown in the figures.

In FIG. 13, numerals 1, 2, and 3 indicate the forme pattern storage section, fixed data storage section, and word data storage section, respectively.

Reference numeral 1301 denotes an interface circuit 1302 to 13 for receiving command information as shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 15 is a register for setting and holding various command information inputted through the interface circuit 1301, including the direction of set, font of "job type", font of "salary", series of "job type", and "word", respectively. series, pattern code, group code, salary data, word code, "word" insertion criteria item, "word" arrangement,
It corresponds to the command information of "word" alignment, horizontal size and vertical size of the typesetting area.

Further, as already mentioned in connection with FIG. 7, 1316 is a selection circuit for selecting desired forme pattern information based on the composition direction command, 1317 is a forme determination circuit, and 1318 is a character selection code setting circuit. , 1319 is a character number setting circuit, 1320 is a lens information setting circuit, and 1321 to 1323 are Xs in which a command value regarding the printing position, lens information regarding the series and shape of the character to be printed, and a selection code of the character to be printed are set, respectively. Far register,
1324 is a read control circuit which will be described later.

Furthermore, in FIG. 13, 1325 converts the code of the font command for "job category" based on predetermined specifications, and converts the converted font command to "work".
This is a code converter for converting a font command that is output to the font register 1326. In the following description, it is assumed that the contents of the register control not only the "work" item but also the display font of the "condition" item and "word" item. or,
Reference numeral 1327 is a code converter for converting series commands, which converts the series command of "job type" into code based on predetermined specifications, and sends the converted series command to "work/condition" series register 1328 and "salary". It is designed to be output to the series register 1329. In the following explanation, following the example shown in FIG. 11, it is assumed that an expression in which 28Q is specified as the "occupation" series, and instructions of 14Q and 62Q are set in the two series registers 1328 and 1329.

Note that 1330 is a "word" position information setting section in which data regarding the arrangement of "word" items is set, and is a "word" insertion reference item register 131.
1. “Word” arrangement register 1312 and “Word”
It consists of an alignment register 1313. Also, 1
331 are the two registers 1314 and 131 related to the horizontal size and vertical size of the formatting area.
This is a formatting area size setting section consisting of 5 parts.

Therefore, next, the operation of the control section 6 shown in FIG. 13 will be explained.

Desired word data is read from the word data storage section 3 based on the word code set in the word code register 1310, and the word data is stored in the word character code register 1332 in the character selection code setting circuit 1318. Set.
The assembly direction command set in the assembly direction register 1302 is sent to the sorting circuit 1316 as described above.
The selection circuit 1316 selects only necessary information from the forme pattern information read out from the forme pattern storage section 1 based on the pattern code set in the pattern code register 1307, and selects, for example, horizontal typesetting. The information as shown in FIG. 7 is sent to the formatting determination circuit 1317. Each font command set in the three font registers 1303, 1304 and 1326 is used as a signal necessary for determining the character selection code used to select the character to be actually printed. Input to circuit 1318. Furthermore, the series information set in the four series registers 1305, 1306, 1328, and 1329 are transferred to the corresponding registers in the lens information setting circuit 1320 as signals necessary for determining the formatting state. Also, the job type code register 1308
Based on the job type code set in The code is read out and set in character code registers 1333, 1334, 1335, and 1336 for job title, work, conditions, and salary provided in the character selection code setting circuit 1316. At this time, each register constituting the character number setting circuit 1319 is set with the number of characters set in the corresponding five character code registers. The information set in the salary data register 1309 is appropriately selected and input from the input section 4 as variable items that can be input freely from the outside, and is composed of character codes corresponding to the salary data. and is directly transferred to the "salary" character code register 1336 via the OR gate 1337. When salary information is given as a variable item in this way, the detection circuit 1338 detects this and the AND circuit 133
9, and prevent the transfer of the salary data sent from the fixed data storage section 2, so that the salary character code as a variable item can be preferentially set in the salary character code register 1336. It's summery. The “word” position information setting section 133
The information set to 0 is sent to the formatting determination circuit 1317 as a signal for determining the formatting state regarding "word". Furthermore, the information set in the forme size setting section 1331 is transferred to the forme determination circuit 1317 as a signal for determining the forme state.

By the way, the character selection code selection circuit 1318
is each register 1332 contained therein.
The character code information set in ~1336 and the three font registers 1303, 1304 and 13
Based on the font command information sent from 26,
The character selection code necessary to select the desired character of the desired font is calculated, and as described later, the character selection code corresponding to the characters to be printed sequentially is read out via the readout control circuit 1324 and the The data is transferred to the far register 1323.

Next, an example of the processing operation in the forme determination circuit 1317 will be explained based on FIG. 14.

Reference numeral 1401 shown in FIG. 14 is an item calculation circuit. First, its basic operation will be explained. Based on the information from the number of characters setting circuit 1319 and the lens information setting circuit 1320, it calculates the number of characters occupied by each item. Furthermore, based on the formatting pattern information sent from the sorting circuit 1316, (a) In response to a division command in the padding direction, the dimensions of the padding direction x line direction of each item are calculated. (b) For line direction division commands, calculate the sum of each dimension in the line direction of each item and the maximum value of each dimension in the line direction. The maximum value of each dimension is calculated, and the calculated values related to the indentation direction and line direction are output to the indentation length register 1402 and the line width register 1403, respectively. Find out what items contributed to the value.

At this time, the size of the word item is treated as part of the item set in the "word" insertion item register 1311.

Based on the dimension occupied by each item calculated in the above section and the alignment information of each item supplied from the sorting circuit 1316 and the word position information setting unit 1330, coordinate values of the predetermined origin determined for each item are determined. Calculate this and store it in origin coordinate memory 1
Set to 404.

Formatting determination circuit 1317 that has been described abstractly above
For example, in relation to the various information shown in FIG. 15, which stylistically expresses the typesetting of the printed matter shown in FIG. 2, and in FIG. 7 and FIG. To explain more specifically, in Figure 5, the "occupation" item is (224 x 28), the "work" item is (84 x 14),
For example, the dimensions in the inset direction and line direction for each item are calculated in mm.

Next, for example, as in the formatting pattern information shown in FIG.
In the case where a division direction division directive is inserted corresponding to the line, (a) First, each item of "conditions" and "salary" that corresponds to the inserted division direction division directive is Focusing on these two items, calculate the sum of the dimensions in the inset direction and the larger value of the dimension in the line direction, and calculate the items that are involved in each of these values, for example, in this case, in the inset direction. asks for ``conditions'' and ``salary,'' and for the row direction, ``salary.''

At this time, as mentioned above, the word data storage unit 3
For word items inserted from ``word''
Since the item set in the insertion standard item register 1311, that is, in this case, is treated as a part of the "salary" item, the value calculated above is in the inline direction, as is clear from Fig. 15. ...338, row direction...82, and these values correspond to the third row in the row direction division.

(b) Next, regarding the three lines divided by the line direction division command, that is, the job category item, the work item, and the third line for which the predetermined value was calculated in the above (a), the line The sum of each dimension in the direction and the maximum value of each dimension in the indentation direction are calculated. In the case of Figure 15, these two values are
124, and 338, and these values are used in the line width register 1403 and character length register 1402.
are set respectively.

In addition, the items involved in calculating these two values are "Job type" and "Work" in the row direction, and "Salary" calculated in item (a) above in the third row, and As for directions, you will be asked for ``conditions'' and ``salary.''

Furthermore, the dimensions related to the indentation direction and line direction for each item calculated in the above section, and the selection circuit 13
16. Based on the alignment information of each item supplied from the "word" position information setting section 1330 or the size information from the typesetting area size setting section 1331, the information shown as A, B, C, D, and E in FIG. For example, the coordinate values of each point are calculated based on point A, and for each point, (0, 0) (0,
28) Store the values (80, 58) (80, 78) (52, 92) in the origin coordinate memory 1404.

Next, 1405 shown in FIG. 14 indicates the values set in the character length register 1402 and the line width register 1403, that is, the size of the formatting style when formatting is performed based on an external command. A determination circuit for determining whether or not the size of the desired typesetting format set in 1331 is exceeded, and if the value in the inset direction exceeds the desired value, the The priority data setting unit 1407 is instructed via the line 1406 that the items involved in the calculation of the direction value are, for example, "conditions" and "salary" as determined in the above-mentioned section (b),
In addition, if the value in the row direction exceeds the desired value, the items involved in the calculation of the row direction value are displayed on the line 14.
08 to the priority data setting unit 1407, and furthermore, the two registers 1402 and 1
If both of the values set in 403 do not exceed the desired values, a drive command is given to the print position calculation circuit 1410 via line 1409.

As an example is schematically shown in FIG. 16, the priority data setting section 1407 stores predetermined command data necessary for sequentially reducing the size of characters or the size of typesetting for each item. Each of the various combinations is stored with a predetermined read priority order, and the lines 1406 or 14
08, the lens information setting circuit 1320 sends the data corresponding to the priority, which is graded up one by one each time the command is sent, to the lens information setting circuit 1320.
is output to the corresponding register, and the stored contents of the register are updated.

In addition, in Figure 16, "Cho 1" or "Hei 1"
etc. means the width or length of the character, for example 10
% reduction to make the character shape elongated or flat and substantially reduce the line length, and corresponds to the command data for selecting the deformation lens 1216 for actual printed matter creation. are doing. Also, "Line feed" is command data to break the printed lines within the desired formatting size and reduce the actual line length, and "Lens change" refers to the already set series. (Character size) This is command data for changing the command value to a command value that is one rank lower, thereby reducing the character size by one size.

As described above, the lens information setting circuit 13
When the memory contents of 20 are updated, the item calculation circuit 1401 re-executes the operations described in sections 1 to 20 above and stores the newly calculated values in the character length register 1402 and line width register 1403. , and the origin coordinate memory 1404, and the discrimination circuit 1405 performs the discrimination operation again based on this new value.

After a process in which the discrimination operation is repeated several times in this way, the print position calculation circuit 1410
A drive command will be given to the

In the case of FIG. 15, both the values initially set in the character length register 1402 and the line width register 1403 do not exceed the value set in the typesetting area size setting section 1331. , the print position calculation circuit 1410 is immediately driven without any operation of the priority data setting section 1407.

By the way, the print position calculation setting circuit 1410
is a circuit for calculating, for example, the x and y coordinate values of each character based on the point A, based on data from the origin coordinate memory 1404, the number of characters setting circuit 1319, and the lens information setting circuit 1320. The coordinate values calculated for all the characters necessary for printing are stored in the print position memory 1411 in a state in which each character can be identified.

1412 in FIG. 14 indicates the print position memory 1
A printing order for determining the printing order of each character based on the coordinate values of each character stored in 411 according to an appropriately determined standard, for example, starting with the smallest coordinate value. The determining circuit further instructs the readout control circuit 1324 to read data necessary for the printing operation of the phototypesetting section 5 in order according to the printing order determined therein.

Therefore, the readout control circuit 1324 selects a desired value from the character selection code setting circuit 1318, lens information setting circuit 1320, and print position memory 1411 based on the readout command sent from the printing order determining circuit 1412 as described above. The character selection code corresponding to the character, information regarding the series (size) and deformation, and printing position information are read out, and these information are sent to the three buffer registers 1323,
1322 and 1321.

The information set in this main point is then transferred directly or via perforated tape to the three registers 1223, 1224, and 1 shown in FIG.
225, and based on this, the phototypesetting section 5 creates a desired printed matter as shown in FIG. 2, for example. The various printed matter created one after another in this way are then laid out in accordance with a predetermined manuscript.

In this way, the present invention provides a fixed data storage section 2 that stores a plurality of groups represented by job type data, a word data storage section 3 that stores a plurality of word data, and a combination of each item data stored in the fixed data storage section. It is equipped with a forme pattern storage section in which a plurality of sets of mutual positional relationships are stored, and desired information is selected and commanded from the input section 4 etc. from the pre-stored character information and forme pattern information, and the fixed data The "salary" data that constitutes one group in the storage section is used as a variable item, and the character information is specifically instructed as appropriate to create the desired printed matter.An example of its application is job recruitment as shown in Figure 2. The present invention is not limited to printed materials for advertisements, and by matching the fixed data and variable items to appropriate information, it is possible to create various printed materials. For example, address, name, affiliation, etc. are fixed data, words such as "100 years since founding" are word data,
By keeping telephone numbers etc. as variable items,
Dealing with various patterns of directory, business card, or address printing, or related to real estate advertising,
The present invention can be used to create various patterns of printed real estate advertisements by matching model, building floor area, facilities, words such as "sunny", price, etc. to each of the above items, as well as other parts lists, commuter passes, insert advertisements, etc. There are many types of printed matter that can be processed by this method.

As described above, the present invention enables changes in printing character types, changes in layout, or frequent changes in the contents of variable items such as salary, which conventionally involved troublesome operations, to be made by simply issuing a very simple selection command. This has great effects in preventing erroneous operations and improving work efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing an embodiment of the device of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a printed matter, FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a forme pattern to be stored in the forme pattern storage unit, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are horizontal and vertical forme patterns. FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are diagrams showing actual data examples of the formatting pattern information. FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically showing an example of fixed data to be stored in the fixed data storage section. The figure shows an example of an input section, FIG. 10 shows an example of an item key section, FIG. 11 shows an example of input command information, and FIG. 12 schematically shows an example of a phototypesetting section. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the control section,
FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an example of the operation of the typesetting determination circuit, FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the printed matter shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 16 is a diagram for explaining the contents to be stored in the priority data setting section. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing an example. 1... Typesetting pattern storage section, 2... Fixed data storage section, 3... Word data storage section, 4... Input section, 5... Phototypesetting section, 6... Control section, 7... Printed matter, 1201,
1202... Rotating dial, 1206, 1207... Flash light source, 1208... Character string selection optical system, 1215
...Series lens, 1216...Deformation lens, 1218
...Moving optical system, 1222...Sensitive material, 1223...Character selection code register, 1224...Series/deformation rate register, 1225...Print position register, 1302
~ 1315, 1326, 1328, 1329...Register, 1316...Selection circuit, 1317...Format determination circuit, 1318...Character selection code setting circuit, 1
319...Character number setting circuit, 1320...Lens information setting circuit, 1321-1323...Buffer register, 1324...Reading control circuit, 1330...Word position information setting section, 1331...Formatting area size setting section, 1401...Item calculation circuit, 1402 ...Character length register, 1403...Line width register, 1404
...Origin coordinate memory, 1405...Discrimination circuit, 140
7...Priority data setting unit, 1410...Print position calculation circuit, 1411...Print position memory, 1412...Print order determining circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1.N items of mutually related item data are
A fixed data storage section 2 that stores a plurality of groups as a group; - A word data storage section 3 that stores a plurality of words used as a series of idioms as data; and - Constitutes each group stored in the fixed data storage section. A combination of n items and variable items whose contents can be changed by an external command for any number of items among these n items, and their mutual positional relationship when combined. a forme pattern storage unit 1 which stores in advance a plurality of sets of pattern information; and - Selects predetermined item data, word data, and forme pattern from the three storage units 2, 3, and 1, and selects the predetermined item data, word data, and forme pattern corresponding to the variable item. An input section 4 for inputting character information, positional information where the word data is printed, and various typesetting information; A phototypesetting device comprising: a control section 6 that operates a phototypesetting section 5 comprising a material feeding section and the like to create a desired printed matter.