JP3004990B2 - Printer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to two orientations of portrait and landscape (printing direction with respect to paper transport direction).
And more particularly to a page printer.

2. Description of the Related Art A page printer needs to set a printing direction (orientation) with respect to a sheet conveying direction. In the basic command system of the conventional page printer, there is an orientation switching command, and the orientation switching command is used to change the orientation to a portrait (a mode in which printing is performed perpendicular to the paper transport direction) or a landscape (a mode for printing the paper). The orientation can be set in a menu format by switching to a mode in which printing is performed in parallel with the transport direction) or by operating a switch on the operation panel.

FIG. 7 shows the configuration of a conventional page printer. Information is read from the memory 3 according to the designated orientation.

When the command system of a line printer is emulated by a page printer, it is basically assumed that printing is performed in portrait.

As described above, in a page printer having two command systems of portrait and landscape, for example, when an envelope paper feed mechanism is provided in addition to the standard cassette paper feed, the form of the envelope and the structure of the printer make The transport method is such that the short side is at the top like other papers.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-described conventional example, when printing on an English-language specification envelope, the normal orientation cannot be achieved unless the original intention is achieved unless the printing is performed in a landscape. Portrait. For this reason, the option paper feed is selected by using the paper feed switch on the operation panel to select the paper feed cassette for the envelope. There is a disadvantage that the operation has to be complicated because it has to be a landscape.

[Configuration for Solving Problems] A printer according to the present invention has a page printer mode that operates as a page printer and a line printer mode that operates as a line printer, and a paper feed mode selected from a plurality of paper feed modes. A printer that prints input data on paper fed according to a mode, comprising: setting means for setting an orientation for performing printing in the printer; and sheet feeding setting means for setting a sheet feeding mode from a plurality of sheet feeding modes. In the line printer mode, in response to switching to a predetermined paper feeding mode by the paper feeding setting means, control means for controlling a predetermined orientation to be set in the setting means, and Orientation set by the setting means is applied to paper fed according to the set paper feeding mode. Comprising a print means for printing input data based on the station.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a state transition related to the present invention.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the orientation can be designated by the paper feed switching switch 10. Elements common to those in FIG. 7 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

This embodiment relates to designation of an orientation when an envelope feeder is provided as an option. That is, when the envelope feeder is selected as the paper feed mode at the time of the emulate command, the orientation is set to landscape.

In FIG. 2, the states are divided into four states, an optional paper feed state 1a of a basic command system operating as a page printer, a cassette manual paper feed state 1b, and an optional paper feed of an emulate command system operating as a line printer. There is a state 1c and a cassette manual feed state 1d.
Bold arrows 11 to 14 are accompanied by processing such as saving, restoring, and discarding orientation when the state changes due to the respective factors (command mode switching (11) and paper feeding mode switching (12 to 14)). Is Umono.

The present embodiment relates to processing at the time of transition between the state 1c and the states 1a and 1d.

A thick arrow 12 indicates a transition from the state 1d to the state 1c when the paper feed mode changes from "cassette manual feed" to "option". This change can be made in the menu format from the operation panel and by a paper feed mode switching switch. At this time, because of the emulate command system, when transitioning to option paper feeding, the current orientation is saved,
Turn on the save flag. When the paper feeding mode is returned to the original cassette by saving the orientation, the orientation can be returned to the original state. When a plurality of cassettes are provided, a storage area may be provided for each cassette. Then, the orientation is changed to a landscape (the flowchart of FIG. 3).

The thick arrow 13 is the reverse of the above operation, and indicates the option paper feed state 1c.
If the save flag is on in the transition from to the cassette manual feed state 1d, the orientation is switched to the saved orientation. If the save flag is on, the orientation is kept as it is (the flowchart of FIG. 5).

Next, in the case of the thick arrow 11, the command mode is shifted to the basic command system by menu operation or the like.If the save flag is on at this time, the command is returned to the saved orientation, and then the command mode is changed. Return the system. If the save flag is off, the orientation is kept as it is (the flowchart of FIG. 5).

In the case of the thin arrow 10, since the command mode changes from the basic command system to the emulation system without switching the paper feed mode, the orientation is not always a landscape. Therefore, the thick arrow 14 does nothing if the save flag is on. However, if the save flag is off, the current orientation is saved to create a landscape. In this way, the orientation can always be set to landscape when the option paper is fed in the emulate command mode (flow chart in FIG. 4).

Also, when the landscape is automatically set at the time of feeding the option in the emulate command mode, when printing in portrait is desired, the orientation can be forcibly returned to portrait by manual operation. That is, when the save flag is on, that is, when the orientation is being saved, this save is meaningless. Therefore, the save flag is turned off to clear the save value, and the operation result of the panel is prioritized ( (Flow chart in FIG. 6).

In this way, when the mode is changed to the option paper feed mode of the emulate command mode, the orientation can be automatically changed to landscape. When the command system or the paper feed mode is changed, the orientation can be returned.

[Other Embodiments] Even when the orientation is landscape, there are vertical writing and horizontal writing in Japanese.

These two types of changes cannot be automatically controlled by changing the paper feeding mode, but can be stored in advance so that the one with the higher frequency of use is preferentially designated. When returning, the vertical writing and the horizontal writing may be set in a specific area on the memory.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, in the line printer mode, the predetermined orientation is set in response to the switching to the predetermined paper feeding mode. No operation is required.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment, FIG. 2 is a state transition diagram of a command mode and a paper feed mode, FIGS. 3 to 6 are flowcharts of the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration. 1 is a control circuit, 4 is an operation panel, and 10 is a paper feed switching switch.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A printer having a page printer mode operating as a page printer and a line printer mode operating as a line printer, and printing input data on paper fed according to a paper feeding mode selected from a plurality of paper feeding modes. Setting means for setting an orientation for performing printing in the printer; sheet feeding setting means for setting a sheet feeding mode from a plurality of sheet feeding modes; and, in a line printer mode, the sheet feeding setting means. Control means for controlling a predetermined orientation to be set to the setting means in response to switching to a predetermined paper feeding mode; and paper fed according to the paper feeding mode set by the paper feeding setting means Printing the input data on paper based on the orientation set by the setting means; A printer, comprising: printing means.