JPH0731583B2 - Form automatic sorting printing system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an operation management technique for an electronic computer, and more particularly,
The present invention relates to a form automatic assortment printing system that sorts and prints forms created by a data processing device including an electronic computer.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as an automatic assortment printing system for forms, which includes an electronic computer, a file, and a printer, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
There is a form sorting system as described in Japanese Patent No. 72062.

This sorting system, when the system is started,
Based on the list of distribution destinations, each distribution destination is searched for a form to be printed, and the distribution form is repeatedly stored for each distribution destination and printed.

In addition to this, there is a form creating system as described in JP-A-63-66632.

If there is a form to be printed (if it is accumulated), this system will be grouped by paper name and format name,
The same type of form is continuously printed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

According to the above-mentioned conventional technique, by continuously printing the forms with the same distribution destination or the same paper name, the sorting work for each distribution destination or each paper becomes easy.

However, since the created form data is targeted for classification in both cases, the form data of the form name A and the form name B for which the form data has been created are sorted, and the form name A and the form name B are printed in this order, and then the form name is printed. When the form data of name A is created, the printer paper must be replaced from the paper of paper name B to the paper of paper name A, and the print position of the printer must be adjusted again. There is a problem that work cannot be carried out efficiently.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems.

An object of the present invention is, for example, for all the form data to be printed on the same day, if all the form data in the group is created by performing the sorting (grouping) according to the first sorting type before creating all the form data. By starting printing for each second sorting type within the group, it is possible to eliminate the need for multiple replacement work on the same paper, and to print and send forms that are sorted and printed according to distribution destinations. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic form assortment printing system that enables efficient distribution work.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention basically comprises a scheduling means for grouping and scheduling a plurality of forms to be created for each day when a form is created, and the data processing device in order. A file that sequentially stores the created forms, and a form group in which all the forms in the group among the plurality of form groups grouped by the scheduling unit are detected in the file, and the forms of the completed form group are detected. And a monitor unit that causes a common printer to print.

[Action]

According to the above-mentioned means, the scheduling means activates the data processing device, and if there is a job scheduled to be executed by this data processing device, recognizes the form to be created by executing the job and Schedule multiple forms to be created by grouping them according to the date on which they should be created.

For example, the printer is scheduled to reduce the number of times the printer paper is replaced and the number of man-hours for distribution such as paper name, paper size, format name, and distribution department signature.

On the other hand, when the job to be executed is executed, the data of the forms are sequentially accumulated in the file, but the monitor means arranges all the forms in the file among the plurality of grouped forms. The form group forms are printed by the printer.

Therefore, for example, when there are five types of paper in all and the grouping is performed by this paper type, that is, when the number of groups is “5”, the paper may be replaced at most five times. Is less than before.

In this case, all the distribution destinations of the forms of the group are checked, and the data of the same distribution destination of each form is printed by the printer in order from the smallest lexicographical array order of the distribution destinations, so that the distribution destinations can be sorted. It can be automated.

Example of Invention

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

In all the drawings for explaining the embodiments, parts having the same function are designated by the same reference numerals, and repeated description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of a form automatic sorting and printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is an electronic computer. The form schedule program 2, the form data registration program 3, and the form monitor program 4 are executed on the electronic computer 1.
The monitor file 5, the form schedule attribute file 6, the form monitor file 7, the user-created form file 9, the form index file 10, the form data file 11, the parameter input device 8, and the printer device 12 are each connected to the computer 1. . The sorted forms 13 are the printer devices 12
It is a form printed by.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation procedure of the form schedule program 2 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the form schedule program 2 operates by first opening a related file (step 101) and then searching the monitor file 5 for a scheduled job (102). If there is no scheduled job, or if the search for all scheduled jobs is completed, the schedule ends (in the case of YES in step 103) and the related file is closed (step 106). If there is a scheduled job (NO in step 103), the related record between the job and the form stored in the form schedule attribute file 6 is input (step 104) and based on the job schedule. Create a form schedule. That is, the form printing schedule is determined in association with the job schedule. The form schedule result is written in the form monitor file 7 (step 105).

Records of the form monitor file 7 are shown in FIG.
As a result of the schedule, a record of a form printed on a certain day on a certain day is created for each group.

Here, as a reference for grouping, a form name, a format name, a paper size, a distribution department signature, etc. can be used so that the number of times of exchanging printer paper and the number of distribution work steps can be reduced.

In addition, as another criterion, if the form is shipped by different recipients, for example, if the printed form is shipped the next day by Hokkaido, Tohoku in the morning, Kansai, Kyushu in the afternoon, etc. The grouping can be divided into two groups, morning flight and afternoon flight. As a result, the forms that are grouped by distribution destination are printed on each flight.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation procedure of the form data registration program 3 shown in FIG.

The operation of the form data registration program 3 is as follows. First, as shown in FIG.
201), and the name of the form to be registered is input from the parameter input device 8 (step 202). The parameters of the parameter input device 8 can be input for a plurality of forms, but when the parameters are completed (YES in step 203), the registration process is ended and the related file is closed (step 208). If the parameter of the parameter input device 8 is not completed (NO in step 203), the form specified by the parameter among the forms created by the execution result of the job and stored in the user-created form file 9 From the user-created form file 9 (step 204),
The retrieved form data is read (step 205).
The read data is written in the form data file 11 for each form, the index to the form data file 11 is written in the form index file 10 (step 206), and the form registration status is written in the form monitor file 7 (step 207).

An example of writing the form registration status is shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the record relationship between the form index file 10 and the form data file 11. As shown in FIG. 6, the distribution destination of the form index file 10 indicates the top address of each distribution destination of the data of the form data file 11. For example, when the form R1 is specified by a parameter, the form data registration program 3 registers the form data of the form R1 in the form data file 11 and
The index of the form R1 of the form index file 10 is created, and the registration status of the form R1 in FIG. 5 is set to “completed”.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation procedure of the form monitor program 4 shown in FIG.

The operation of the form monitor program 4, as shown in FIG. 4, first opens the related file (step 30).
At the same time as 1), the printer device 12 is allocated and opened (step 302).

The printing process is periodically performed by a timer (step 30).
3). First, the form monitor file 7 is searched for a printable form (step 304). For example, as shown in FIG. 5, when the registration statuses of all the forms of the group G1 have been completed (YES in step 305), the printing of the group G1 is started. At this time, the form index file 10 in Fig. 6
Referring to, the printing of the form data to be distributed to the smallest distribution destination of the lexical array of the distribution destinations of the forms R1, R2, R3, R4, “Osaka” in FIG. 6 is started (steps 305, 306). First, the address of the form data to be distributed to Osaka of the form R1 is obtained from the form index file 10, and the form data to be distributed to Osaka of the form R1 is extracted from the form data file 11. Next, the form data to be distributed to Osaka of form R2 is taken out. Similarly, the forms R3 and R4 of the form data distributed to Osaka are retrieved. Next, as in the case of Osaka, the distribution destination, Tokyo portion, and Nagoya portion are sequentially taken out. The form is printed by sending data to the printer device 12 shown in FIG. 4 (step 30).
7). Then, the form printing record is written in the form index file 10 (step 308). When the writer stop command is input, the printing process ends (YES in step 30).
In the case of), the printer device and related files are closed (steps 310 and 311).

Further, by lengthening the timer interval and ignoring the group configuration, it is possible to automatically sort and print the forms registered during that time at intervals of one hour, for example.

As can be seen from the above description, according to the present exemplary embodiment, the job is executed based on the job schedule result instead of being grouped and printed when the forms to be printed are accumulated. Recognize a form that is scheduled to be created, and schedule multiple forms that are to be created by grouping them based on the paper name, paper size, etc. according to the date on which the form should be created, and all the forms are included in the file. Since the form of the group is printed by the printer, for example, when the number of groups is "5", it is sufficient to replace the paper 5 times at the maximum. Compared with this, the printing work can be performed efficiently.

In addition, all the distribution destinations of the forms of the group are checked, and the data of the same distribution destination of each form is printed together on the printer in order from the smallest lexicographical array order of the distribution destinations, so sorting by distribution destination is also automated. In addition, the number of man-hours for the form sorting work and the form printing operation can be significantly reduced by reducing the distribution work process.

Therefore, it is extremely useful in the work of printing various types of forms.

Furthermore, since the form to be printed on the day is stored in the form monitor file, it is possible to easily know what is the form to be printed and what kind of unprinted form is. As a result, it becomes possible to prepare the paper to be set in the printer, and it becomes clear whether or not the operator needs to be on standby, which is extremely useful in operation.

The present invention has been specifically described above based on the embodiments,
It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment and can be variously modified without departing from the paper.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently perform the printing work when sorting and printing the form created on the data processing device according to the distribution destination, and the form sorting work for shipping, The man-hours of the form printing operation can be significantly reduced. Therefore, it is extremely useful in the work of printing various types of forms.

In addition, since it is possible to easily know the type and amount of the form to be printed on the day, it is possible to prepare the paper to be set in the printer, which is extremely useful in operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram for explaining a schematic configuration of a form automatic sorting and printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an operation procedure of the form schedule program shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a flow chart, FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation procedure of the form data registration program shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation procedure of the form monitor program shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a table diagram in which the form group information in the form monitor file is set, and FIG. 6 is a record relation diagram of the form index file and the form data file. In the figure, 1 ... Computer, 2 ... Form schedule program, 3 ... Form data registration program, 4 ... Form monitor program, 5 ... Monitor file, 6 ... Form schedule attribute file, 7 ... Form monitor File, 8 ... Parameter input device, 9 ... User-created form file, 10 ... Form index file, 11 ... Form data file, 12 ... Printer device, 13 ... Sorted form.

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A form automatic sorting and printing system for printing a form created by a data processing device comprising an electronic computer on a plurality of forms with a common printer. A scheduling means for grouping and scheduling before the printing, a file for sequentially storing the forms sequentially created by the data processing device, and all the forms in the group among the plurality of form groups grouped by the scheduling means are stored. A form automatic sorting and printing system comprising: a monitor unit that detects form groups that have been prepared in the file and prints the forms of all the prepared form groups by a common printer. 2. The scheduling means examines a job scheduled on the day on which a form should be created, and recognizes a plurality of forms scheduled to be created by executing the job. A form automatic assortment printing system according to claim 1.