JPH0723011B2 - Form creation method - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method of creating a form created by a printer that prints output such as a terminal of a computer or a word processor.

(Prior Art) As shown in FIG. 5, output paper of a printer is provided with perforations 2 and paper feed holes 3 at both ends of a long paper 1, and is folded so as to be folded at a predetermined size. The perforations 4 are provided, and the sheets are folded at the perforations 4 and piled up in a large amount. In the case of a serial printer, printing is performed line by line in the line direction, and when printing of one line is completed, the operation of feeding the paper by one line in the column direction is repeated to print one page. For line printers,
One line of text is printed at a time, and when printing of one line is completed, the operation of feeding the paper by one line in the column direction is repeated.

As shown in FIG. 6, the output sheets of this printer are bound at the top (the valley side of the paper fold) and opened up and down as shown in FIG. 7 to be used as a form. However, opening and closing the pages of a form is inconvenient and difficult to see. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 8, all pages are cut off at the perforations 4 for folding, the pages are aligned and left-stitched, and used as a form. This filing method is easy to use because it is left-side binding and side-opening, but it was troublesome to cut it out with perforations and align the pages.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned troublesome work and provides a method for creating a form that can be used by opening the output sheet of a printer in a left-side binding mode.

(Structure of the Invention) The present invention folds and prepares a long sheet of paper in an appropriate size, and converts horizontal writing into a vertical direction on this sheet,
By printing the horizontal writing from the column direction, a horizontal writing is printed on a long paper in a shape in which a plurality of horizontal writings are continuous, and the printed long paper is folded at the fold that was originally folded. It is a form that opens sideways.

The present invention further includes a reception buffer that stores at least one page of print signals, and a print work area that stores the contents of the reception buffer while converting the character direction forming a sentence to the vertical direction. It is equipped with a device for printing according to the contents of the work area.

(Example) As shown in FIG. 1, a long sheet is prepared by folding along a perforation line. Printing is performed for all lines by one line in the column direction, and after completion of this printing, the paper is fed by one character in the column direction. By repeating this printing and paper feeding, printing for one page is completed. Then, the valley fold side of the paper is bound and filed.

The above printing is executed by using the apparatus shown in FIG.

The printer includes a computer such as a personal computer or an office computer, an external memory file such as a floppy disk, and a reception buffer 11 for receiving the output of a word processor. This reception buffer has a memory capacity of at least one page or more, and sequentially stores it in the order of reception as shown in FIG.
Although FIG. 3 shows the contents of the memory in characters, it is actually stored in code. The contents of the receiving buffer 11 receive the print direction conversion command, and as shown in FIG.
The rearrangement is performed so that it has the usual meaning when left-folded to the left. That is, while converting the contents of the receive buffer to the vertical direction of the characters forming the text, the print work area
Memory to 12. Although FIG. 4 also shows the memory contents in characters, it is actually stored in code. The printing device prints according to the contents of the printing work area 12.

When the printing device is a serial printer, the head prints with the direction shown in A of FIG. 4 as the main scanning direction. The main scanning direction is not limited to one direction of A, but printing in the reverse direction and printing in the reciprocating direction are also included in this embodiment.
When one line is printed in the main scanning direction, a line feed signal is output, and the direction indicated by B is set to the sub scanning direction, and the paper is fed by one character. When all the characters for one page have been printed, a page break signal is generated and the next page is printed.

When the printing device is a line printer, printing is performed for one character in the main scanning direction at once. After printing one character, feed only one character. When all the characters for one page have been printed, a page break signal is generated and printing of the next page starts.

By repeating the above-described operation, horizontal writing text is printed on a long paper in the shape of a plurality of continuous pages in the long direction. In this way, the printed long paper is folded at the fold that was originally folded to form a side-open form.

(Effects of the Invention) The present invention can bind to the left binding and side-opening without the work of breaking along the perforations or the work of page alignment when, for example, printing out a large number of pages such as various ledgers and lists. , The effect of reducing office work is great.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a print output sheet used in an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a printing apparatus used in the present invention, and FIG. 3 is used in the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a receiving buffer, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of a print work area used in the present invention, FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a print output sheet by a conventional method, and FIG. 6 is a print output sheet by a conventional method. FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams for explaining the file status, and FIGS. 7 and 8 are diagrams for explaining the file usage status.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A step of preparing a long sheet of paper by folding it into an appropriate size, and storing at least one page of horizontal writing text of the folded sheet of paper, and converting the memory contents in the vertical direction, Using the printing device that prints the horizontal text in the column direction, the step of printing the horizontal text in a shape in which a plurality of horizontal texts are continuous in the long direction, and the printed long paper is initially folded. A form creation method that consists of folding at the creases that are opened and creating a form that opens sideways.