JPH0739194B2 - Reverse printing order processor - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an information processing device such as a Japanese language processing device, and more particularly to a print processing device thereof.

(B) Conventional Technology Conventionally, for example, in a Japanese language processing device, when a sentence stored in a plurality of pages is printed, it is always printed from the first page. Even when the print range is specified, if the specified print range spans a plurality of pages, printing is performed from the first page of the range.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, when a plurality of pages are sequentially printed from the first page as described above, when continuous paper is used, the paper is continuous and no problem occurs, but the paper sheet feeder is used. When you insert the paper by hand or when you insert the paper manually, the printed paper has the first page at the bottom and the last page at the top. There is a problem in that the pages are overlapped in descending order, and then the first page has to be rearranged by a human hand so that the pages are sequentially arranged in ascending order below the first page.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a reverse printing sequence processing apparatus that performs backward printing in order from the last page to the first page of a specified sentence, not from the first page, to perform printing backward. Is provided.

(D) Means for Solving the Problems FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

As shown in this figure, the present invention, a character storage means 102 for storing character data and format data input from the input means 101 as text information, prior to page reverse order printing,
Allocation means 103 that detects the format data stored in the text storage means 102 and derives the page address of the text information stored in the text storage means 102 based on the format data.
An address storage means 104 for storing the page address output from the allocation means 103, and the text storage means 102.
Based on the page address stored in the address storage means 104 sequentially read the text information stored in the print data is edited according to the corresponding format data, the format data in the position corresponding to the page address at that time. If it does not exist, the reverse printing order comprises an editing means 105 for retrieving the format data existing on the previous page and editing the print data according to the format data, and a printing means 106 for outputting the print data edited by the editing means 105. It is a processing device.

The format data referred to in the present invention means the data of the format such as the paper size, the number of characters in one line, the line feed pitch, the character spacing, etc., which is used in a so-called ordinary Japanese word processor.

Further, the input means 101 in the present invention may be any one capable of inputting character data and format data into the text storage means 102, and examples thereof include a keyboard, a tablet device, an OCR, and a magnetic tape device.

Further, the text storage means 102 may be any as long as it has an area for storing character data and format data input from the input means 101 as text information, and examples thereof include a core memory, an IC memory, and a magnetic disk. .

Further, the printing means 106 may be any one capable of outputting the print data edited by the editing means 105, and examples thereof include a dot printer and a thermal printer. The intermediate medium up to the printer may include a display device, a magnetic tape device, a magnetic disk device, or the like.

The allocating means 103 detects the format data stored in the text storage means 102 and derives the page address of the text information stored in the text storage means 102 based on the format data, prior to the reverse page printing. As long as the editing unit 105, the text information stored in the text storage unit 102 is sequentially read from the last page based on the page address stored in the address storage unit 104 according to the corresponding format data. If the print data is edited, and if the format data does not exist at the position corresponding to the page address at that time, it is possible to search the format data existing on the previous page and edit the print data according to the format data. As the allocating means 103 and the editing means 105, a microcomputer having a CPU, ROM, RAM and I / O ports is usually used. Is a convenient,
A RAM therein is generally used as the address storage means 104.

(E) Action According to the present invention, the layout data is detected by the layout means 103 prior to the reverse page printing, and the text storage means is detected based on the format data.
The page address of the text information stored in 102 is derived and stored in the address storage means 104.

Then, the editing unit 105 sequentially reads the text information stored in the text storage unit 102 from the final page based on the page address stored in the address storage unit 104,
If the print data is edited according to the corresponding format data and the format data does not exist at the position corresponding to the page address, the format data existing on the previous page is searched, and the print data is edited according to the format data. The edited print data is output by the printing unit 106.

Therefore, the text information stored in the text storage unit 102 is sequentially read and printed from the last page based on the page address. At this time, if the format data does not exist at the position corresponding to the page address, the format data existing on the preceding page is searched, the print data is edited according to the format data, and the printing is performed. This eliminates the need to manually sort the printed sheets in page order.

(F) Embodiment Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a keyboard having kana keys, numerical keys, etc., and 2 is a RAM for storing a text input from the keyboard 1 together with format information and control information relating to the text.

The format information is information on format settings such as paper size, number of characters per line, line feed pitch, character spacing, and control information is control information required to configure each page, such as forced line feed.

A CPU 3 includes a kana-kanji conversion dictionary. 4 is C
The ROM 5 that provides the program to the PU 3 is a printer.

Based on the format information and control information, CPU3 allocates pages to the sentences stored in RAM2, so-called page-negotiation, and assigns the address of each page-negotiated page to RA.
The address of the format information corresponding to each allocated page is stored in RAM2.

Then, the CPU 3 sequentially reads the sentences stored in the RAM 2 from the last page to the first page on the basis of the address of each page stored in the RAM 2, and the format corresponding to each read page. The information is read based on the address of the format information stored in the RAM 2, and the content of each page is edited according to the format information.

The printer 5 prints a sentence edited by the CPU 3 and sequentially sent from the last page to the first page in page units.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view conceptually showing an example of a sentence stored in the RAM 2.

In the figure, 10 is the text of the first page, 11 and 12 are the text of the second page and the text of the third page, 13 is the final text of the nth page, and 14 is the text of the first page. Ten
, 15 is the format information of the latter half of the sentence 11 on the second page, and 16 is the format information of the sentence 12 on the third page.

The text of each page is the format information corresponding to that page,
Pagination is performed based on the control information such as forced line breaks stored in the text. In the case of the text 10 on the first page, the text is paged according to the format information 14, and the second
In the case of sentence 11 on the page, the first half is format information 14
Therefore, the second half is paginated according to the format information 15.

Then, the head address of each page obtained by this page-negotiation is stored in the RAM 2 as a page address, and the address of the format information corresponding to each page is stored in the RAM 2.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view conceptually showing an example of the page address and the format address stored in the RAM 2 by the pagenate, and as shown in the figure, the page address and the format address are stored for each page.

For example, for the page address, the first address of the first page sentence 10 (see FIG. 3) is the page address 20.
In addition, the start address of the sentence 11 of the second page is stored in the page address 21, and the start address of the sentence of the third page is stored in the page address 22.

For the format address, refer to the sentence 10 on the first page.
The address of the format information of is the format address 23, the address of the format information of the sentence 11 on the second page is the format address 24,
The address of the format information of the sentence 12 on the third page is stored as format address 25.

In the figure, 26 is a flag, which is "0" when the format information has not been changed in the middle of the page and "1" when the format information has been changed in the middle of the page. , Each one stands up. By doing so, in the case where the format information is changed in the middle of the page like the sentence 11 on the second page shown in FIG. 3,
The first half can be printed according to the format information of the previous page and the second half can be printed according to the new format information.

The operation in such a configuration will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the printing range of the text is designated and printing is performed, the CPU 3 performs the following processing.

First, the text data in the text buffer in RAM2 is page-negotiated from the first page of the specified print range based on the format information and control information (step 201). The information is also stored in the RAM 2 (step 202).

Next, when the last page of the print information range is paginated, the sentence of the last page is printed by the printer 5 based on the format information (step 203).

Here, it is determined whether or not the printing of the designated print range is completed (step 204). If the designated print range is only one page, the printing is finished (step 205). In case of crossing over, the content of the previous page is read from the text buffer of RAM2 (step
206), it is determined whether the format address of the read page is different from the current format address (step 207).

At this time, if the read format address of the previous page is different from the current format address, it means that the content of the format information is different, and a new format information is obtained by the search based on the new format address. Since the format information may not include the same content as the format information on the previous page, if there is information that does not require new format information, the next page,
Alternatively, the format information is searched back to the next next previous page (step 208), and the sentence on the previous page is printed by the printer 5 based on the new format information (printer 209).

If the read format address of the previous page is the same as the current format address in step 207, the sentence of the previous page is printed by the printer 5 based on the previous format information (step 209). ).

Then, the process returns to step 204 again, and it is judged whether or not all the printing in the designated print range has been completed. If not completed, the printing is sequentially performed back to the previous page.

In this way, the sentences stored in the RAM 2 are printed in reverse from the last page to the first page in sequence.

(G) Effect of the Invention According to the present invention, when the text information stored in the text storage means is printed, printing is sequentially performed from the last page based on the page address. Eliminates the need to sort by page.
Also, when printing, if the format data does not exist at the position corresponding to the page address, the format data existing on the previous page is searched, and the print data is edited and printed according to the format data. It is possible to easily perform reverse page printing of text information in which the format is not set.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a Japanese word processor, and FIG. 3 is an example of sentences stored in RAM. FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing an example of the page address and format address stored in the RAM by the pagenate, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment. 1 ... Keyboard, 2 ... RAM, 3 ... CPU, 4 ... ROM, 5 ... Printer, 10 ... First page text, 11 ... Second page text, 12 ... Third Text on page 13, 13 ... Final text on page n, 14 ... Format information for text on page 1, 15 ... Format information for text on second half of page 2, 16 ... Third Format information of the text of the page, 20,21,22 …… Page address, 23,24,25 …… Format address, 26 …… Flag.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A text storage means for storing character data and format data input from the input means as text information, and the format data stored in the text storage means is detected prior to reverse page printing. Allocation means for deriving a page address of the text information stored in the text storage means based on the above, address storage means for storing the page address output from the allocation means, and text information stored in the text storage means. The print data is sequentially read from the last page based on the page address stored in the address storage means, and the print data is edited according to the corresponding format data. At this time, if the format data does not exist at the position corresponding to the page address, the print data exists on the front page. Editing means for retrieving format data to be edited and editing print data according to the format data; A reverse printing sequence processing apparatus comprising a printing means for outputting the print data edited by the collecting means.