JPH0625962B2 - Postcard continuous printing method in document creation device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of continuously printing desired address book data of an address book management file on a postcard, an envelope or the like in a document preparation apparatus having an address book management file.

[Background of the Invention]

When printing addresses on postcards, envelopes, etc. with the document creation device, prepare an address book management file such as zip code, address, name etc. in advance in the document creation device, and post cards, envelopes, etc. with a few key operations It is possible to print the address of. However, when using a document creation device equipped with such an address book management file, for example, when address book data showing an address "Tokyo" is extracted from the address book management file and printed on a postcard, it is conventionally necessary to use a postcard. To the printing device, call the zip code, address, name, etc. to be printed from the address book management file, and press the print key.
Since it had to be repeated for each address, the troublesome operation was not eliminated.

On the other hand, there are also those that attach a postcard inserter to the document creation device and automatically feed the postcard, but it is the same that the operation of calling the desired data from the address book management file and pressing the print key is repeated for each address. Yes, it does not solve the troublesome operation.

[Object of the Invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a document creation device provided with an address book management file so that desired data in the address book management file is read one after another and automatically and continuously printed on postcards, envelopes, etc. It is to improve operability.

[Outline of Invention]

According to the present invention, in a document creation apparatus provided with an address book management file, a desired address book data is made valid by searching the address book management file according to a search keyword inputted by a user, and thereafter the valid display is made. The feature is that the address book data is read from the address book management file one after another, and sequentially and automatically printed on postcards or envelopes.

Example of Invention

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

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of a document creation apparatus targeted by the present invention. The document creating apparatus includes a keyboard 10 for inputting characters and various operation instructions, a central processing unit 20 for executing various processes, and a program memory (ROM) 3 for storing programs necessary for the processing by the central processing unit 20.
0, a data memory (RAM) 40 for storing data or various files, and a printing device 50 for printing processed data. The printing device 50 is provided with a postcard inserter 51 that automatically feeds postcards, envelopes, and the like. As a configuration related to the present invention, the program memory 30 stores the address book management file search program 3
1 and address printing program 32, data memory 4
0 has an address book management file 41 read from a floppy disk or the like.

FIG. 2 shows the format of the address book management file 41. a is a flag indicating the beginning of the record, and the flag includes a bit indicating whether the record is valid or invalid by searching. Reference numeral b is a flag indicating the division of each item such as the postal code, address, and name in the record.

Next, the operation of the document creating apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of the address book management file search program 31. When the user searches for and prints desired address book data from the address book management file 41,
A search keyword, that is, one or a plurality of search items (for example, Tokyo) is input from the keyboard 10 to instruct the search. As a result, the central processing unit 20 executes the program 3
Under the control of No. 1, first, it is checked whether or not the search of all the records registered in the address book management file 41 is completed (step 100), and if completed, the processing is ended. If not completed, the record is taken out from the beginning of the address book management file 41 (step 101). Next, set one item in the retrieved record to work area x (step 102),
Then, the retrieval item is taken out and set in the work area y (step 103). A register of the central processing unit 20 or a specific area of the data memory 40 is used as the work areas x and y. Next, the retrieved item in the record is compared with the search item (step 104). If they match, it is determined whether all the designated search items have been checked (step 105). If not completed, step 10
After 2 is repeated, and when it is completed, the flag a of the corresponding record is displayed as valid. On the other hand, if they do not match in step 104, it is determined whether or not there is a search concatenation (step 107), and if there is a search, the next search item is set in the work area y, and step 104 is re-executed.

When all the searches for the records registered in the address book management file 41 are completed as described above, the flag a of each record that matches the search item is displayed as valid. Under control of the address printing program 32, each of these records is printed by the printing device 50 through the central processing unit 20 one after another on a postcard, an envelope or the like.

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of the address printing program 32. First, the printing device 50 is provided with a postcard inserter 51.
If the postcard is attached (step 201), if the postcard is attached, it is determined whether the postcard is set on the inserter 51 (step 202). If the postcard is set, one postcard is printed by the printing device 50. (Step 203). If the inserter is not attached, a message is output to set the postcard (step 21
0) If the postcard is set, the display to that effect is received (step 211). The same applies when the postcard is set with the inserter (steps 212 and 21).
3).

When the postcard is sent to the printing device 50, the postcard is cued (step 204). Next, address book management file 4
The first record of No. 1 is read, and it is determined whether or not it is the record retrieved by the flag a (step 205). If it is not the retrieved record, the process proceeds to the reading of the next record (step 200). In the case of the retrieved record, the postal code, address, name, etc. of the record are edited and printed in the postcard format (step 207), and when the printing is completed, the postcard is discharged (step 208).
Then, it is determined whether all the records of the address book management file 41 have been read (step 209). If the reading has not been completed, the process returns to step 101, and if completed, the printing ends.

As described above, when the postcard inserter 51 is provided, the desired address book data can be continuously printed. In addition,
In the embodiment, the case of printing the address on the postcard has been described, but the same applies to the case of printing on the envelope.

〔The invention's effect〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, in a document creation apparatus having an address book management file, desired address book data in the address book management file is automatically and continuously printed on a postcard, an envelope or the like. It becomes possible to realize the simplification of the operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a document creating apparatus targeted by the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a format of an address book management file, and FIG. 3 is a flow chart of an address book management file search program. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the address printing program. 10 ... Keyboard, 20 ... Central processing unit, 30 ... Program memory, 31 ... Address book management file search program, 32 ... Address printing program, 40 ... Data memory,
41 ... Address book management file, 50 ... Printing device, 51 ... Postcard inserter.

Front page continued (72) Masamichi Iwakura Inventor Masamichi Iwakura 6-81 Onoe-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masataka Yoshikawa 9-35 Hotta-dori, Mizuho-ku, Aichi Prefecture Brother Industries Incorporated (72) Inventor Takao Kato 9-35 Hotta-dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Brother Industries, Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An address that stores a plurality of records, each of which is address book data consisting of a set of zip code, address, name, etc., and has a flag for indicating whether each record is valid or invalid. A record management file, means for inputting a search keyword for searching desired address book data in the address book management file, and sequentially corresponding to the entered search keyword for each record in the address book management file To check whether or not the address book data to be present exists, and to enable the flag of the existing record to be valid, and to read the address record data from the address book management file one after another, and to successively read the address book data. A postcard continuous stamp in a document preparation device, characterized in that it is provided with means for printing on a postcard or an envelope quickly. Printing method.