JP2006326841A - Copy printing stop device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing stopping apparatus enabling to select and control whether to immediately cancel or to cancel after printing to finish a section being printed when printing is canceled in the case of sectional unit printing. <P>SOLUTION: The apparatus is equipped with a sectional unit data storing part 4 in which data of the sectional unit printing is stored, and a printer controlling part 1 which detects that a cancellation signal indicating interruption of printing is inputted. The printer controlling part 1 continues printing the section being printed to the end of the section when the cancellation signal of printing is first inputted during the sectional unit printing in printing designated by the sectional unit. The printer controlling part 1 stops printing the section being printed when the cancellation signal is inputted again. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer unit print canceling apparatus, and is capable of setting whether to cancel immediately when printing is canceled during printing, or to cancel after completion of the part being printed. It is a canceling device.

  The printer is configured to set a copy unit designation mode in which a desired number of copies are printed by specifying the number of copies to be printed.

  When this unit designation mode is designated, a conventional ordinary printer stores one job data in the printer memory while printing, and after one job printing, the data in the memory is reused to specify the number of designated copies. Printing is performed.

  If the printing is canceled during printing at this time, the printer terminates printing when the cancellation is received.

(1) Conventional example 1
In Conventional Example 1, when a reset key is input during printing in the printing apparatus, the in-conveying paper printout process is completed and a request for inputting the number of canceled pages is displayed on the operation panel. (See Patent Document 1)

(2) Conventional example 2
In Conventional Example 2, the printer can cancel printing of a specific job among a plurality of print jobs received by the printer or only a specific portion of the print job of →. (See Patent Document 2)

(3) Conventional example 3
In Conventional Example 3, the printer is provided with a cancel function for print processing as described below. When the online button is pressed and then the cancel button is pressed, the page next to the page displayed on the display is displayed. Cancel the printing process. When the online button is pressed again and the cancel button is pressed, the printing process is resumed from the next page displayed on the display (the page next to the page being canceled). (See Patent Document 3)

(4) Conventional example 4
In Conventional Example 4, when print data is canceled by an image processing apparatus, the next print data can be printed in page units or copy units without considering the print data transfer status of the external input device If the setting is a copy unit, for example, the remaining two pages and the third page in one copy unit are read out and discarded and printed out from the second copy unit. The remaining two pages of the unit are discarded, and the third page and the second copy unit of the first copy unit are printed out. (See Patent Document 4)
JP 2002-166626 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-289076 JP 09-330188 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-321036

  In the conventional example 1, when cancel processing is entered in one job, it is possible to specify from that page to the page to be deleted, and in the conventional example 2, how much from there when the cancel command is received. It is possible to specify whether to delete data. In the conventional example 3, the printing of the next page of the displayed page is canceled in response to pressing of the online button and the cancel button, or the printing is resumed from the canceled next page. If the setting is a page unit according to the page unit or the copy unit, printing is performed from the canceled next page. If the setting is a copy unit, the next copy unit is printed out.

  In either case, if the printing is canceled during printing, the cancellation is not performed after the printing part is completed.

  When canceling copy printing by inputting a cancel signal at the end of copy printing, it is difficult to input the cancel signal accurately at the end of copy printing, so some users input a cancel signal during printing. However, it is required to control the configuration so that only the job being printed can be printed to the end of the copy. Accordingly, the present invention provides a print canceling apparatus for printing in units of copies to cope with such a case.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is configured as follows (1) to (4).

  (1) It is detected that a copy data storage unit for storing copy print data and a cancel signal instructing the interruption of printing are input, and printing is performed during copy printing in the copy designated by the copy unit. When the cancel signal is input for the first time, the printing section is continuously printed until the end of the copy, and when the cancel signal is input again, the printer control section is provided to stop printing the printing section. A unit printing stop device.

  (2) A unit data storage unit for storing unit print data, a unit print cancel method storage unit for storing a unit print stop status, and a printing of a copy of the timing state at which the unit print stop is being printed An operation panel control unit that outputs a copy unit cancel state selection display screen that can be selected and input at the end or when a cancel signal is input, and copy printing stored in the copy printing stop method storage unit A printer control unit is provided that controls whether the part being printed is continuously printed until the end of the part being printed based on the stop state or is canceled when a cancel signal is input to the part being printed. A unit printing stop device.

  (3) A unit data storage unit for storing unit print data, a unit print cancel method storage unit for storing a unit print stop state, and a timing for canceling unit print are printed at the part being printed. A copy unit cancel state selection display screen that can be selected and input at the end or when a cancel signal is input is output prior to copy printing, and the copy unit cancel state input on this selection display screen The information processing apparatus side driver unit having the selection screen display control unit that outputs to the unit print cancellation method storage unit, and the unit that is printing based on the unit print stop state stored in the unit print cancellation method storage unit A unit-unit printing canceling apparatus, comprising: a printer control unit that controls whether to continue printing to the end or to cancel printing of a part being printed.

  (4) A unit data storage unit for storing unit print data, a unit print cancel method storage unit for storing a unit print stop state, and the end of printing of the unit that is printing the timing for stopping unit print A unit-cancellation state selection display screen that can be selectively input whether to cancel or when a cancel signal is input is output prior to unit printing, and the unit-cancellation state input on this selection display screen is displayed as the unit Based on the operation panel control unit that outputs to the print cancel method storage unit and the unit print stop status stored in the copy unit stop method storage unit, the current print unit is either continuously printed or printed. A unit printing canceling apparatus, comprising: a printer control unit that controls whether or not to cancel printing of a unit.

  The present invention has the following effects.

  (1) When a user selects and inputs a cancel signal once or twice during copy printing, it is very easy to select whether to print and cancel only the job being printed or to cancel immediately. Can be easily done.

  (2) If it is desired to cancel printing suddenly during copy printing, it is possible to select whether to cancel printing immediately or to print and cancel only the job being printed.

  (3) By setting a copy unit stop state in the printer in advance from the personal computer side, it is possible to save the setting for each copy printing and the trouble of going to the printer at the time of stop printing.

  (4) Each time printing is performed, or the user can select whether to stop printing. By setting a copy cancellation method in advance in the printer, it is possible to save the trouble of setting each time when printing a copy or going to the printer when canceling.

  The outline of the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention, where 1 is a printer control unit, 2 is a data storage buffer, 3 is a data analysis unit, 4 is a unit data storage memory, 5 is a drawing unit, 6 Is an operation panel control unit, 7 is a display screen, 8 is a key such as an operation panel, 9 is an output processing unit, 10 is a program holding unit, 11 is a job end printing unit, and 12 printing stop unit.

(First embodiment of the present invention)
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention showing the configuration on the printer side, and FIG. 2 is an operation explanatory diagram thereof.

  In FIG. 1, a printer control unit 1 is a control unit for controlling a printer. In addition to controlling a printing operation based on a print instruction signal from a personal computer PC (not shown), the printer control unit 1 decodes an input signal or instructs a print interruption. When the cancel signal for printing is input for the first time during printing for each copy in the printing specified for each copy, the current printing is continued and the end of that copy is detected. When the cancel signal is input again, the entire printer is controlled, for example, a control operation is performed so as to stop printing of the part being printed.

  The data storage buffer 2 is a buffer for storing data to be printed by the printer sent from the personal computer.

  The data analysis unit 3 analyzes the data stored in the data storage buffer 2. For example, the data analysis unit 3 analyzes the contents of the data setting, analyzes the compressed data, and inputs the data to the drawing unit 5 while expanding the data. Or analyzing the unit setting at this time.

  The unit data storage memory 4 stores unit data by the data analysis unit 3.

  The drawing unit 5 draws data in the bitmap memory.

  The operation panel control unit 6 performs operation panel control such as determination of a key signal input from an operation panel such as a keyboard 8 and display screen control, and selection screen display means for controlling display of a selection screen such as a menu screen. 6-1 is provided.

  The display screen 7 controls the output of a selection screen such as a menu screen that asks the user for input.

  The keyboard 8 is used by the user to input data.

  The output processing unit 9 outputs the data drawn by the drawing unit 5.

  The program holding unit 10 holds various programs for controlling the printer control unit 1. For example, the job holding printing unit 11 that is a program that performs printing until the end of the job, or a printing that is a program that stops printing is used. The canceling means 12 and the like are held.

  Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  S1. The operation panel control unit 6 detects this switch input when the user operates a switch on the keyboard 8 while the printer is printing.

  S2. A key signal corresponding to the key switch is sent from the operation panel control unit 6 to the printer control unit 1, and the printer control unit 1 analyzes this to determine whether or not it is a cancel switch signal indicating that the cancel switch has been operated. . If it is not a cancel switch signal, the printer control unit 1 performs switch interrupt processing in accordance with this key operation. If it is a cancel switch signal, the next step S3 is performed.

  S3. If it is a cancel switch signal, the printer control unit 1 determines whether or not the printer is printing in units of copies. If copy printing is in progress, the process proceeds to the next step S4.

  S4. In step S3, if the unit printing is in progress, the printer control unit 1 detects whether a cancel switch has been detected. When the cancel switch is detected, that is, when cancel is further detected after S2, printing is stopped.

  S5. However, if the cancel switch is not detected in step S4, the printer controller 1 performs one page printing. When the job being printed by this one-page printing is finished, the printing is stopped. However, if the job is not completed, one page printing is further performed. This is repeated until the job is completed.

  S6. If the unit printing is not being performed in step S3, the printing is stopped.

  S7. When the printer control unit 1 receives a cancel command from the personal computer PC through the interface during printing, the process proceeds to step S3. If the unit printing is in progress, as shown in step S4, the printing is immediately stopped when the input of the cancel switch operated on the keyboard 8 is detected. If the input of the cancel switch is not detected, the printing of one page is repeated. This is continued until the end of the job, and printing is stopped when the job ends.

  In this way, in the operation of FIG. 2, the job being printed is printed in the cancellation during the first copy printing, but if the cancel switch is pressed again in the middle, it can be canceled immediately, and there is a special setting. The cancel timing of printing can be selected without any.

(Second embodiment of the present invention)
In the second embodiment of the present invention, when the printer receives a print cancel from the user during the unit printing, the printer is temporarily stopped and the user immediately stops printing or the job being printed is finished. Then, it is urged to indicate whether to cancel the copy printing.

  A second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows a configuration diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.

  In the figure, the same symbols as those in the other figures indicate the same parts. Reference numeral 13 denotes a unit cancellation method storage unit, reference numeral 14 denotes an input interface, reference numeral 20 denotes a personal computer, and reference numeral 21 denotes a driver of the personal computer 20.

  Based on the copy stop status stored in the copy stop method storage unit 13, the printer control unit 1 prints and cancels the printing job until the end of the job, or cancels the print job cancel signal. It is controlled whether to stop at the time of input.

  The copy cancel method storage unit 13 stores a cancel method that indicates whether a job being printed is printed to the end or whether printing is immediately stopped when a cancel signal is input to the printer that is printing a copy. Is.

  The input interface 14 connects a printer and an external device such as a personal computer, and receives data from the personal computer 20, for example.

  The driver 21 is software used by connecting a printer from the personal computer 20, and a menu screen for inputting selection data is also prepared.

  Next, the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  S1. The operation panel control unit 6 detects this switch input when the user operates a switch on the keyboard 8 while the printer is printing.

  S2. A key signal corresponding to the key switch is sent from the operation panel control unit 6 to the printer control unit 1, and the printer control unit 1 analyzes this to determine whether or not it is a cancel switch signal indicating that the cancel switch has been operated. . If it is not a cancel switch signal, the printer control unit 1 performs switch interrupt processing in accordance with this key operation. However, if it is a cancel switch signal, the next operation of S3 is performed.

  S3. If it is a cancel switch signal, the printer control unit 1 determines whether the printer is printing in units of copies. If copy printing is in progress, the process proceeds to the next step S4.

  S4. If the unit printing is being performed in step S3, the printer control unit 1 controls the operation panel control unit 6 to print the unit cancellation method until the end of the job being printed. The selection screen display unit 6-1 causes the display unit 7 to perform a selection screen display for selecting a unit-by-unit cancellation method for selecting whether to cancel or to cancel when a cancel signal is input.

  S5. When the user selects a job unit for performing printing until the end of the job by this selection screen display, the job unit selection signal is notified from the operation panel control unit 6 to the printer control unit 1 and the unit cancellation method storage unit. 13.

  S6. The printer control unit 1 performs one page printing. When the job being printed by this one-page printing is finished, the printing is stopped. However, if the job is not completed, one page printing is further performed. This is repeated until the job is completed.

  S7. In step S3, printing is stopped unless the unit printing is in progress.

  S8. If the job unit is not selected in step S5, printing is stopped.

  S9. When the printer control unit 1 receives a cancel command from the personal computer 20 via the input interface 14 during printing, the process proceeds to step S3. Then, the same print control as described above is performed.

  As described above, in the operation of FIG. 4, when printing is canceled during printing with respect to printing designated for each unit, it is possible to stop the unit printing so that the printing is temporarily stopped and the cancel timing is selected.

(Third embodiment of the present invention)
In the third embodiment of the present invention, when performing unit printing, a method for canceling unit printing can be selected as an additional setting such as a print format, and is set in advance when canceling printing during unit printing. Whether to cancel printing at the end of the job or to cancel printing when a cancel signal is input according to the contents that have been set, the unit printing is canceled according to the preset contents.

  A third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the third embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a driver setting flowchart by a personal computer in the third embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a printer printing in the third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a flowchart for canceling printing according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  In the figure, the same symbol parts as those in the other figures indicate the same parts, 22 is a selection screen display control part provided in the driver 21 on the personal computer 20 side, and 23 is a display part.

  The printer control unit 1 controls whether to continue printing to the end of the job being printed or to cancel printing of the job being printed based on the copy printing stop state stored in the copy stopping method storage unit 13. It is what is done.

  The driver 21 of the personal computer 20 displays a copy unit cancel state selection display screen on which a copy can be selected as to whether to stop the print of the copy unit at the end of printing of the copy being printed or when a cancel signal is input. It has a selection screen display control unit 22 that outputs prior to printing and outputs the unit cancellation mode input to the selection display screen to the unit printing stop method storage unit 13.

  The selection screen display control unit 22 is a display unit that is provided in the driver 21 of the personal computer 20 and outputs a unit cancellation state selection display screen.

  The display unit 23 outputs a unit cancellation state selection display screen for selecting and inputting a unit cancellation state.

A. Explanation of Driver Setting by Personal Computer in the Third Embodiment Prior to execution of printing, a copy-by-unit print setting operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  S1. When setting the printing, the user operates whether or not to specify the unit for performing the unit printing.

  S2. If the user designates a copy in S1, the driver 21 sets a copy print command indicating copy printing.

  S3. Then, the driver 21 controls the output of the unit cancellation state selection display screen to the display unit 23 and sets a unit cancellation timing command.

  S4. If the user selects a job unit indicating the end of the job as the cancel timing from the copy unit cancel state selection display screen in S3, the process proceeds to the next step S5.

  S5. If a job unit is selected, the driver 21 sets a job cancel flag indicating that printing is performed until the end of the job being executed when a cancel signal is input. Then, printing is executed.

  S6. In step S1, if the print setting is not designated as a unit, the driver 21 performs printing without setting a unit print command.

  S7. In step S4, if the job unit is not selected as the cancel timing, the driver 21 sets an immediate stop flag and executes printing.

B. Description of Printer Printing Operation in Third Embodiment The operation during printer printing in the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  S1. When print data is sent from the personal computer 20 to the printer, the printer receives it.

  S2. The received data is stored in the data storage buffer 2.

  S3. The received data held in the data storage buffer 2 is analyzed by the data analysis unit 3.

  S4. Then, if there is a copy command, it is analyzed and if it is detected, the process proceeds to the next step S5, and if not, the process returns to step S3.

  S5. Next, it is analyzed whether there is a copy cancel timing command, and if it is detected, the process proceeds to the next step S6, and if not, the process proceeds to step S9 described later.

  S6. It is analyzed whether or not the job cancellation flag is on. If it is on, the process proceeds to the next step S7, and if it is not on, the process proceeds to step S8 described later.

  S7. If the job cancel flag is on, a flag indicating that the job unit printing is performed is stored in the unit cancellation method storage unit 13 from the data analysis unit 3 via the printer control unit 1.

  S8. If the job cancel flag is not turned on in step S6, a signal indicating immediate stop when a cancel signal is input is stored in the copy cancel method storage unit 13 instead of job unit printing.

  S9. Then, the unit data is stored in the unit data storage memory 4.

  S10. The process returns to step S3 until a print start signal is detected. If printing is started, the process proceeds to the next step S11.

  S11. When printing is started, the drawing unit 5 expands the print data in the bitmap memory.

  S12. The data expanded in the bitmap memory is printed by the output processor 9.

C. Description of Operation when Canceling Printing of Printer in Third Embodiment The operation when canceling printing of a printer according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  S1. The operation panel control unit 6 detects this switch input when the user operates a switch on the keyboard 8 while the printer is printing.

  S2. A key signal corresponding to the key switch is sent from the operation panel control unit 6 to the printer control unit 1, and the printer control unit 1 analyzes this to determine whether or not it is a cancel switch signal indicating that the cancel switch has been operated. . If it is not a cancel switch signal, the printer control unit 1 performs switch interrupt processing in accordance with this key operation. However, if it is a cancel switch signal, the next step S3 is performed.

  S3. If it is a cancel switch signal, the printer control unit 1 determines whether or not the printer is printing in units of copies. If copy printing is in progress, the process proceeds to the next step S4.

  S4. The printer control unit 1 checks the unit cancellation method storage unit 13 to detect whether the unit cancellation method is a job unit.

  S5. If it is a job unit, one page is printed. If the job is not finished, the next one page is printed. This is done until the job is finished, and printing is stopped.

  S6. If printing is not being performed in step S3, the printer stops printing.

  S7. When the printer control unit 1 receives a cancel command from the personal computer 20 via the input interface 14 during printing, the process proceeds to step S3. If it is during unit printing, printing is stopped in units of jobs as shown in step S4.

  In this way, when printing is canceled during printing with respect to printing designated in copy units, the timing for canceling can be set in advance by a driver, and cancellation can be performed according to the setting contents.

(Fourth embodiment of the present invention)
In the fourth embodiment of the present invention, the printing stop method for copy printing is set in the printer from the printer prior to print execution, and when printing is canceled during copy printing, the copy is set according to the preset contents. The unit printing is canceled.

  A fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of the fourth embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 10 is an operation panel setting flowchart by the printer in the fourth embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 is a printing in the fourth embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart at the time of cancellation.

  In the figure, the same symbol parts as those in the other figures indicate the same parts, 1 is a printer control part, and 6 is an operation panel control part.

  The printer control unit 1 determines whether to continue printing to the end of the copy being printed based on the copy stop method stored in the copy stop method storage unit 13 or to cancel printing of the copy being printed. Is to control.

  The operation panel control unit 6 selects a unit canceling method capable of selectively inputting whether to cancel the unit printing at the end of printing of the copy being printed or when a cancel signal is input. The data is output to the storage unit 13.

A. Explanation of Operation Panel Setting by Printer in Fourth Embodiment Prior to execution of printing, the setting operation of the copy unit cancellation method from the printer side will be described based on the operation setting flowchart shown in FIG.

  S1. The user outputs, for example, a unit cancel state selection display screen for selecting and inputting a unit cancel timing setting on the display unit 7. Thus, if the user inputs and sets a job unit as the copy unit cancel timing, the process proceeds to the next step S2.

  S2. If the job unit is set and input as the unit cancellation timing in step S1, the operation panel control unit 6 passes the printer control unit 1 to the unit cancellation method storage unit 13 and the unit cancellation timing is the job unit. Store that.

  S3. However, if the setting is not in units of jobs in S1, the operation panel control unit 6 stores the immediate stop as the unit cancellation timing in the unit cancellation method storage unit 13 via the printer control unit 1.

  S4. In this way, it is possible to set the unit cancel timing in the printer by the operation panel such as the keyboard 8.

B. Description of Operation when Canceling Printing of Printer in Fourth Embodiment The operation when canceling printing of the printer according to the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 11 is the same as that of printing according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. Since it is the same as the flowchart at the time of cancellation, the description of the operation is omitted for simplification.

It is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of the printing cancellation of the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is driver setting operation explanatory drawing by PC in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of the printer printing in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of the printing cancellation in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is operation panel setting operation explanatory drawing in the 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing at the time of the print cancellation in the 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Printer control part 2 Data storage buffer 3 Data analysis part 4 Unit data storage memory 5 Drawing part 6 Operation panel control part 7 Display part 8 Key 9 Output processing part 10 Program holding part 11 Job end printing means 12 Print cancellation means

Claims (4)

A copy data storage unit for storing copy print data;
In addition to detecting that a cancel signal for instructing interruption of printing has been input, when a print cancel signal is input for the first time during copy printing, the current printing unit is continued. A copy-unit printing canceling apparatus, comprising: a printer control unit that prints to the end of a set and cancels printing of a set being printed when a cancel signal is input again. A copy data storage unit for storing copy print data;
A copy printing stop method storage unit for storing a copy printing stop state;
An operation panel control unit for outputting a unit cancel state selection display screen capable of selecting and inputting whether the timing of stopping the unit printing at the end of printing of the copy being printed or when a cancel signal is input;
Based on the unit printing stop state stored in the unit printing stop method storage unit, the part being printed is continuously printed until the end of the part being printed, or is canceled when a cancel signal is input to the part being printed. A unit-unit printing canceling apparatus, comprising a printer control unit to be controlled. A copy data storage unit for storing copy print data;
A copy printing stop method storage unit for storing a copy printing stop state;
A copy unit cancel status selection display screen that allows selection of whether to cancel the copy printing at the end of printing of the copy being printed or when a cancel signal is input is output prior to the copy printing. A driver unit on the information processing apparatus side having a selection screen display control unit for outputting the unit cancellation state input to the selection display screen to the unit printing stop method storage unit;
Printer control for controlling whether to continue printing a part being printed to the end or to cancel printing of a part being printed based on the unit printing stop state stored in the unit printing stop method storage unit A unit-by-unit printing canceling apparatus comprising a unit. A copy data storage unit for storing copy print data;
A copy printing stop method storage unit for storing a copy printing stop state;
Select whether to cancel the unit printing at the end of printing of the copy being printed or when a cancel signal is input. Output the unit cancel status selection display screen that can be entered prior to unit printing. An operation panel control unit that outputs the copy cancel state input to the display screen to the copy cancel method storage unit;
A printer control unit that controls whether to continue printing to the end of printing or to cancel printing of a part being printed based on a unit printing stop state stored in the unit cancellation method storage unit; A unit-unit printing canceling apparatus, comprising:

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