JP2000311075A - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To change a font at the time of printing even if an original document is not corrected. SOLUTION: A user designates an original font and a changed font by using an operation part 2. A changed information storage part 6 stores information on the original font and the changed font. A buffer 7 makes the font correspond to font data allocated the font and stores them. A font/character change part 5 transfers font data allocated to the changed font to an emulation part 4 instead of font data allocated to the original font based on information that the change information storage part 6 stores. The emulation part 4 converts document data into printing data based on font data. A print engine 8 prints printing data on paper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer capable of changing a font to a desired font without correcting the original document when printing the document.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, document data created by a host computer such as a personal computer or a workstation or document data received from another person by e-mail or floppy is transmitted to a printer and printed. ing. When creating a document, the document creator specifies a font to make the document easier to understand and to improve the appearance. Then, the printer device prints the document data based on the designated font.

[0003] However, there are cases where it is desired to print a document using a font different from the font specified when the document was created. For example, a third party who receives a document created by specifying a square Gothic font at the time of document creation dislikes a square Gothic font that gives a hard impression to the eyes,
In some cases, the user prefers the Asahi font that gives a soft impression or the round Gothic font that gives a softer impression, and wants to change the font of the Gothic font specified at the time of document creation to his or her favorite font.

Conventionally, when a document is printed using a font different from the font designated in advance, the original document is modified and the font designated in advance is changed to a font desired by the user. I have.

[0005]

However, when modifying the original document and changing the font specified in advance to the font of your choice, open the document and open a plurality of fonts specified in the document. You need to find the font you want to change from and change the font to your favorite font. Further, if the document is modified, the original document is lost. Therefore, a troublesome operation such as copying the document is required before the modification.

Further, for example, even when characters different in the type of country in the original document, characters different in the old and new JIS types, characters different in the manufacturer type, and the like are changed, a troublesome work of editing the original document. Was needed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a printer device capable of printing a document in a font different from a font specified in advance without correcting the document. The purpose is to:

[0008]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printer apparatus for storing a font name in correspondence with font data assigned to the font name. Holding means, input means for inputting an instruction to change the font data assigned to the requested font name to font data assigned to another font name, and input means for inputting an instruction to change the font data assigned to the requested font name. When an instruction to change the font data to font data assigned to another font name is input through the input unit,
Font data changing means for changing the font data assigned to the requested font name to the font data assigned to the another font name.

That is, the printer device of the present invention includes a font holding unit, an input unit, and a font data changing unit. The font holding unit holds a font name and font data assigned to the font name in association with each other. User (the person who changed the font)
Inputs an instruction to change font data assigned to a requested font name to font data assigned to another font name using an input means. The requested font name is a font specified in advance in the document, and another font name is a font that the user prefers. The font data changing means changes the font data assigned to the requested font name to font data assigned to another font name. Therefore, the font in the document can be changed to another font on the printer device side.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printer apparatus comprising: a character code holding unit for holding a character code and a character assigned to the character code in association with each other; Input means for inputting an instruction to change a character to a character assigned to another character code, and an instruction to change a character assigned to a requested character code to a character assigned to another character code Character input means for changing the character assigned to the requested character code to the character assigned to the another character code when the character code is input via the input means. is there.

That is, the printer device of the present invention includes a character code holding unit, an input unit, and a character changing unit. The character code holding unit holds characters commonly used in a document and document data assigned to those characters in association with each other. The user (the person who has changed the character) uses the input means to input an instruction to change the character assigned to the requested character code to a character assigned to another character code. Note that the requested character code is a character code corresponding to a character in a document, and another character code is a character code corresponding to a character desired by the user. The character changing means changes a character assigned to the requested character code to a character assigned to another character code. For this reason,
The specific character in the document can be changed to another character on the printer device side.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the printer according to the second aspect, the character assigned to the requested character code is a character that differs depending on the type of country.

That is, in the printer of the present invention, a character different depending on the type of country, such as "@", can be changed to another character by the printer.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the printer according to the second aspect, the character assigned to the requested character code is a character that differs depending on the type of new and old JIS.

That is, in the printer of the present invention, characters different in the type of new and old JIS can be changed to different characters on the printer side.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the printer according to the second aspect, the character assigned to the requested character code is different depending on the type of the maker.

That is, in the printer of the present invention, a different character depending on the type of maker, such as an external character or an extended symbol character, can be changed to another character on the printer side.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a printer according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printer device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The printer device 10 includes a host computer 2 such as a personal computer or a workstation.
0 is connected by wire or wirelessly. The document data of the document created by the host computer 20 is transmitted to the printer device 10 when the host computer 20 issues a print instruction. The printer device 10 converts the document data into print data, and prints on paper based on the print data.

Although one host computer 20 is connected to the printer 10 in FIG. 1, a plurality of host computers 20 are connected to the printer 10 and the printer 10 is connected to a plurality of host computers. The information may be shared by the computer 20. As shown in FIG. 1, the printer device 10 includes an interface unit 1, an operation unit 2, a control unit 3, a change information storage unit 6, a buffer 7, and a print engine 8. The control unit 3 includes:
It comprises an emulation unit 4 and a font / character changing unit 5.

The interface section 1 receives the document data transmitted from the host computer 20. The buffer 7 includes, for example, a ROM (Read O
nly Memory).
A program for converting document data into print data and a font name and font data assigned to the font name are stored in association with each other. The control unit 3
Controls the overall operation based on the program stored in the buffer 7.

The operation section 2 is for inputting commands and data for controlling the operation of the printer device, and has a display panel 21 and an operation panel 22 as shown in FIG. The operation panel 22 is provided with a font change key 22a, a character change key 22b, an up key 22c, a down key 22d, an enter key 22e, and an execution key 22f. Although not shown, the operation panel 22 also has keys provided on an operation panel of a normal printer.

When the user wants to change the font included in the document data, as described later, the font change key 22a, the up key 22c, the down key 22d, the enter key 22e, The user operates the execution key 22f. On the other hand, when the user wants to change a specific character included in the document data, the character change key 22b is used.
Up key 22c, down key 22d, enter key 2
2e and the execution key 22f are operated.

The change information storage unit 6 has a RAM (Ran
A volatile memory such as a dom access memory, and stores information when a font or a specific character included in document data is changed by a user. The font / character changing unit 5 of the control unit 3 selects predetermined font data from the correspondence between the information stored in the change information storage unit 6 and the font name and font data stored in the buffer 7. The emulation unit 4 converts the document data into print data based on the font data selected by the font / character change unit 5. And the print engine 8
Prints the print data on paper.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the printer device 10. In step S1, the user determines whether to change the font (or character). Here, a description will be given on the assumption that a Gothic font is specified in the original document, and that the user has changed the font to an Asahi font that gives a soft impression to the viewer. Therefore, in the next step S2, the user changes the font.

Specifically, the user presses a font change key 22a on the operation panel 22 of the operation unit 2. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the original font (the requested font) and the font after the change are displayed in a list on the display panel 21 of the operation unit 2. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the user operates the up key 22c or the down key 22d.
Is used to select "Square Gothic" as the original font, and press the enter key 22e. As a result, the font after the change can be selected. Therefore, the user selects “Asahi” as the font after the change using the up key 22c or the down key 22d, and presses the enter key 22e. Then, the user finally presses the execution key 22f.

In the next step S3, the change information storage unit 6 stores information in which the font of the square Gothic font has been changed to the font of the Asahi font. In step S4, the user issues a print request from the host computer 20. When the font (or character) is not changed, the operation starts directly from step S4. In step S5, the emulation unit 4 of the printer device 20 sequentially receives the document data via the interface 1. In step S6, the emulation unit 4 processes the document data.

In the next step S7, the emulation section 4 determines whether or not printing is necessary. The emulation unit 4 advances the process to step S8 if printing is necessary, and proceeds to step S8 if printing is not necessary.
Proceed to 13.

In the next step S8, the emulation section 4 determines whether or not the font (or character) has been changed. The emulation unit 4
Makes this determination based on whether or not information is stored in the change information storage unit 6. That is, the emulation unit 4 determines that the font (or character) has been changed when the information is stored in the change information storage unit 6, and when the information is not stored in the change information storage unit 6, It is determined that the font (or character) has not been changed. The emulation unit 4 advances the process to step S9 if the font (or character) has been changed, and advances the process to step S11 if the font (or character) has not been changed.

Since the font has been changed in step S1 and the change information storage unit 6 stores information in which the square Gothic font has been changed to the Asahi font, the emulation unit 4 Judge that the font has been changed. Thereby, the process proceeds to step S9. In this step S9, the font / character changing unit 5 acquires font data from the buffer 7 based on the information stored in the change information storage unit 6.

Since the change information storage unit 6 stores information in which the font of the square Gothic font has been changed to the font of the Asahi font, the font / character changing unit 5 sends the square Gothic font from the buffer 7. The font data assigned to the Asahi font is acquired without acquiring the font data assigned to the body font, and the font data is passed to the emulation unit 4.

On the other hand, when the change information storage unit 6 does not store information on a change in font (or character), the emulation unit 4 determines that the font (or character) has not been changed. Thereby, the process proceeds to step S10. In this step S10, the font / character changing unit 5 acquires the font data assigned to the square Gothic font from the buffer 7 and passes it to the emulation unit 4.

In the next step S11, the emulation section 4 creates print data based on the font data. In step S12, the print engine 8 performs printing on paper based on the print data. In step S9, the font / character changing unit 5 passes the font data assigned to the Asahi font to the emulation unit 4 instead of the font data assigned to the square Gothic font. Therefore, where a Gothic font is specified in the document, the font is printed in Asahi font.

In the next step S13, the emulation section 4 determines whether or not the reception of the document data has been completed. The emulation unit 4 terminates the process if the reception of the document data is completed, and returns the process to the step S6 if the reception of the document data is not completed. Note that the change information storage unit 6 deletes the stored information on the change of the font at the time when this processing is completed.

Next, a case where a specific character in the original document is changed to another character will be described. Here, the description will be made on the assumption that the half-width character "@" (JIS code X0212) in the original document has been changed to "@" (ASCII defined character). In this case, the user changes the character in step S2.

Specifically, the user presses a character change key 22a on the operation panel 22 of the operation unit 2. As a result, as shown in FIG.
The original character (requested character) and the changed character are listed. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, the user selects “￥” as the original character using the up key 22c or the down key 22d, and presses the enter key 22e. As a result, the character after the change can be selected. Then, the user can select the up key 22c or the down key 22.
"d" is selected as the changed character using d, and the enter key 22e is pressed. Then, the user finally presses the execution key 22f.

In step S3, the change information storage section 6 stores information in which the character "@" has been changed to the character "@". Then, in step S9, the font / character changing unit 5 transmits, based on the information stored in the change information storage unit 6, the buffer to the character code corresponding to the character "@" in the document data. The font data of the character code corresponding to the character “文字” is acquired from 7 and the font data is passed to the emulation unit 4. As a result, the character "@" is printed at the place where the character "@" exists in the document.

As described above, the printer 1
0, when the user specifies the original font (or character) and the changed font (or character) using the operation unit 2, the change information storage unit 6 stores information on the change of the font or font, and The / character change unit 5 acquires font data from the buffer 7 based on the information stored in the change information storage unit 6, and the emulation unit 4 converts document data into print data based on the font data. For this reason, the font or character in the document can be easily changed to another font or character on the printer device side, so that it is not necessary to perform a troublesome operation of correcting the original document.

[0038]

As described above, in the printer apparatus of the present invention (claim 1), the font holding means holds the font name and the font data assigned to the font name in association with each other, and requests the font data. The user inputs, using the input means, an instruction to change the font data assigned to the font name assigned to the font name assigned to another font name, and the font data changing means assigns the font data assigned to the requested font name. Change the font data being used to font data assigned to another font name. For this reason, the font in the document can be easily changed to another font on the printer device side, so that it is not necessary to perform a troublesome operation of correcting the original document.

Further, the printer device of the present invention (Claim 2)
Then, the character code holding means holds the characters and the document data assigned to those characters in association with each other, and converts the character assigned to the requested character code to the character assigned to another character code. The user inputs an instruction to change using the input means, and the character changing means changes the character assigned to the requested character code to a character assigned to another character code. For this reason, a specific character in the document can be easily changed to another character on the printer device side, so that it is not necessary to perform a troublesome operation of correcting the original document.

Further, the printer device of the present invention (claim 3)
In this case, characters different depending on the type of country can be easily changed to different characters on the printer device side, and it is not necessary to perform a troublesome operation of correcting the original document.

Further, the printer device of the present invention (claim 4)
In this case, characters different depending on the type of the old and new JIS can be easily changed to different characters on the printer device side, and there is no need to perform a troublesome operation of correcting the original document.

Further, the printer device of the present invention (Claim 5)
In this case, characters different depending on the type of manufacturer can be easily changed to different characters on the printer device side, and there is no need to perform a troublesome operation of correcting the original document.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed explanatory diagram of an operation unit of the printer device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an operation of the printer device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of changing a font.

FIG. 5 is another explanatory diagram showing an operation of changing a font.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of changing a character.

FIG. 7 is another explanatory diagram showing an operation of changing a character.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Printer apparatus 1 Interface part 2 Operation part 3 Control part 4 Emulation part 5 Font / character change part 6 Change information storage part 7 Buffer 8 Print engine

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A font holding means for holding a font name and font data assigned to the font name in association with each other, and a font data assigned to a requested font name assigned to another font name. Input means for inputting an instruction to change the font data to another font data, and instructions to change the font data assigned to the requested font name to font data assigned to another font name. Font data changing means for changing the font data assigned to the requested font name to the font data assigned to the another font name when input through the printer. Printer device. 2. A character code holding means for holding a character code and a character assigned to the character code in association with each other, and a character code assigned to a requested character code assigned to another character code. Input means for inputting an instruction to change to a character that has been input, and an instruction to change a character assigned to the requested character code to a character assigned to another character code is input via the input means. And a character changing means for changing a character assigned to the requested character code to a character assigned to the another character code when the request is made. 3. The printer device according to claim 2, wherein the characters assigned to the requested character codes are different characters depending on the type of country. 4. The printer device according to claim 2, wherein the characters assigned to the requested character codes are different characters depending on the type of new and old JIS. 5. The printer device according to claim 2, wherein the characters assigned to the requested character codes are different characters depending on the type of the maker.