JPH0698808B2 - Data output device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an apparatus for storing data of a two-dimensional area having a size larger than the data size of the two-dimensional area that can be output at one time. The present invention relates to a data output device that outputs data.

[Conventional technology]

As a printer that can print print data,
A page printer that prints in page units is common. When printing print data representing one image image on a plurality of pages in such a page printer, conventionally, printing is performed for each page, and then each page number is attached to one page as a guide. I was working on it.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, according to such a method, it is difficult to determine whether to print the detailed print data of a complicated pattern vertically or horizontally as shown in FIG. 6 unless the original specifications are taken into consideration. There is a problem that it is difficult to attach the paper while looking at the output paper.

In addition, 1 of the data output in page units as described above
When only the page is viewed, it may not be possible to identify whether the data is completed in one page or there is adjacent data.

An object of the present invention is to, when visually outputting data in a two-dimensional area, output so that it can be easily identified whether or not there is data that is not visually output in an adjacent area.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention comprises a storage means for storing data of a two-dimensional area,
Data output means for reading out a part of the two-dimensional area data in the two-dimensional area data stored in the storage means, and visually outputting the read out part of the two-dimensional area data; Detection means for detecting whether or not there is adjacent data with respect to the data of a part of the two-dimensional area, and when the presence of adjacent data is detected by this detection means, there is adjacent data And output control means for controlling such that the visible information indicating that is added to the data of the part of the two-dimensional area to be visually output and output.

[Operation] According to the present invention, the data of a part of the two-dimensional area in the data of the two-dimensional area stored in the storage means is read and the read data of the part of the two-dimensional area is visually output. At this time, if there is data adjacent to the data of the two-dimensional area that is visually output, the visible information indicating this is added to the data of the two-dimensional area that is visually output and output. Control to do so.

Therefore, if the visible information is added to the output data of the two-dimensional area, it can be easily known that there is data adjacent to the output data of the two-dimensional area.

Example of Invention

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a page printer using the present invention. The page combination information and the combination mark data set by the format data setting unit 1 are stored in the combination format table memory 5 and the combination mark data table memory 6, respectively. Further, the format data setting unit 1 sets end information of one page such as how many lines each page ends, and transfers it to the one page data end detecting unit 4. On the other hand, the print data from the print data memory 2 is read in page units by the page data sending unit 3 and
Printing is performed in page units by the printing unit 8 via the page data end detection unit 4 and the printing control unit 7. The one-page data end detection unit 4 refers to the combined format table memory 5 and the combined mark data table memory 6 at the end of the print data for one page, extracts the predetermined combined mark data of the corresponding page, and sends it to the print control unit 7. Transfer and print.

In the page printer configured as described above, it is assumed that one image is composed of four pages of print data as shown in FIG. Then, the combined format table on the combined format table memory 5 is set as a table having a two-dimensional page address corresponding to FIG. 4 as shown in parentheses in FIG. Correspondence between each address on the table and each page number in FIG. 4 at this time can be performed by the format data setting unit 1. Next, at each address on the combined format table, codes K1 to K4 indicating addresses on the combined mark data table memory 6 are stored as shown in FIG. Then, in the combined data table on the combined mark data table memory 6, as shown in FIG. 3, the combined mark data of each page whose addresses are K1 to K4 and their printing positions are stored. This combination mark data can be freely set by the format data setting unit 1.

Now, for example, it is assumed that the print data of the first page in FIG. 4 is read from the print data memory 2 and printed by the page data sending unit 3. When the one-page data end detection unit 4 detects the end of one page, it first refers to the combined format table memory 5 and finds that the combined mark code of the corresponding address is K1. As a result, it is understood that the address corresponding to the code K1 in the combined mark data table memory 6 is referred to and the marks having the corresponding shapes may be output to the right and bottom (R, D). That is,
The 1-page data end detection unit 4 outputs the mark data corresponding to the code K1 to the print control unit 7 in addition to the print data of the 1st page, and as a result, the print unit 8 displays the mark as shown in FIG. Is printed.

The above operation is similarly performed when the print data of another page is output. As a result, the output of the page is shown in FIG.
Since the mark as shown in (1) is printed, it is possible to easily perform the bonding by aligning the marks.

In the above-described embodiment, the print data consisting of four pages is output as shown in FIG. 4, but in the case of other configurations as well, the format data setting unit 1 causes the combined format table memory 5 and the combined mark data table. By resetting the contents of the memory 6, it is possible to deal flexibly.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, when data in a two-dimensional area is visually output, it is possible to easily identify whether or not there is data that is not visually output in an adjacent area.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a page printer using the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a combined format table, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a combined mark table, and FIG. 5 and 5 are explanatory views of a combined mark in print data output, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory view of conventional problems. 1 ... Format data setting unit, 4 ... Page 1 data end detection unit, 5 ... Join format table memory, 6 ... Join mark data table memory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing data of a two-dimensional area, a part of the data of the two-dimensional area in the data of the two-dimensional area stored in the storage means, and a part of the read data. Data output means for visually outputting the data of the two-dimensional area, detection means for detecting whether or not there is adjacent data to the data of the part of the two-dimensional area that is visually output, and the detection means for adjacency When it is detected that there is data to be output, output control means for controlling so as to add and output the visible information indicating that there is adjacent data to the data of the part of the two-dimensional area that is visually output. A data output device having.