JPH0363956B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a text creation device, and more particularly to a text creation device that is capable of multicolor printing and has excellent operability.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, some document creation devices have been able to print in multiple colors by replacing ribbons. With this type of device, when there is something in a text that you want to print in a different color, the operator stops printing by pressing a specified key on the keyboard at the corresponding character position, and then Multicolor printing was made possible by replacing the ribbon with a colored ribbon and then restarting printing.

In addition, in other text creation devices that can print in multiple colors, when creating a document, a "temporary stop code" is inserted at the beginning of the character string that you want to print in a different color, and then the print Multi-color printing is possible by detecting the stop code once, stopping printing, replacing the ribbon with a ribbon of the color desired by the operator, and then restarting printing.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in all of the conventional text creation devices described above, it is not possible to determine the color at the time of text creation, and when reusing the text once created, it is difficult to determine the color. There was no display means to know which color should be printed, and furthermore, it was impossible to change the color printing specification.

Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems in the prior art that there is no correspondence between the display of a created document and the color specification for printing, and the problem that it is impossible to display the color print specification when reusing a document. The purpose of the present invention is to solve the problem of not being able to change the color specification of a created document, and to provide a document creation device that is capable of multicolor printing with easy color specification and color change, and excellent operability. do.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the problems of the prior art described above, the text creation device of the present invention includes a printing device capable of printing in multiple colors, and includes an input means for specifying colors to be printed. (input device 1 in the embodiment); means (part of control unit 4) for generating a color identification code corresponding to the color specified by the input means; means (program memory 5) for storing a color identification display pattern (color identification graphic pattern) associated with the color identification code (graphic pattern generation device 7);
a display device (display device 2) that displays the color identification display pattern as half-width data in the same format as a general graphic character code; and a display device (display device 2) that sends the color identification code as half-width space data to the printing device during printing. and a means (part of the control unit 4) for sending a color designation command.

(Function) According to the present invention, since the text creation device is configured as described above, it functions as follows.

If the operator wishes to print in a color different from the previous color in the middle (or even at the beginning) of a document, he/she operates the input means to specify the color. Then, the means for generating a color identification code receives input color designation information from the input means, and generates a color identification code corresponding to the designated color based on the input color designation information. This color identification code is stored in the former storage means together with the input general graphic character code. A half-width color identification display pattern corresponding to the color identification code read from the latter storage means is displayed on the display device together with the general graphic characters. On the other hand, when printing, the color identification code is sent to the printing device as half-width space data using the last method mentioned above, and a color specification command is also sent, so the printing device uses a half-width space in the position corresponding to the color identification code and specifies the color Prints in the specified color according to the command. Therefore,
According to this invention, it is possible to decide the color to be printed when creating a text, and once the text has been created, it is displayed in which color it should be printed, which is convenient when reusing it, and furthermore, the color specification can be changed. This makes it easy to solve the problems of the prior art.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a text creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an input device consisting of a group of function keys and a group of character input keys. There are execute keys, insert keys, delete keys, end keys, cancel keys, cursor movement keys, color specification keys, etc. Here, the color specification key is a key for setting the color specification mode when specifying a color when creating a text, and the execution key is used to establish the color identification code specified in the color specification mode and execute the color specification process. This is the key. 2
3 is a display device for displaying the created text and a graphic pattern for color identification; 3 is a printing device capable of multicolor printing for printing the created text; 4 is a control for executing the color specification process. 5 is a program memory for the control unit for executing the color designation process, 6 is an external storage device for storing created sentences, and 7 is a display device 2. This is a graphic pattern generating device that stores graphic patterns for color identification to be displayed on the screen.

Next, the operation of the text creation device of this embodiment having the above configuration will be explained. Now, input has been completed up to the point shown in FIG. 2, and a case will be described in which colors are specified for the character strings that follow. Note that 21 in the figure is a cursor indicating the next input position.

First, a "color designation key" provided on the input device 1 is pressed. The control unit 4 detects this press,
The display device 2 displays a display as shown in FIG. At this time, the cursor 21 is set to the initial value of color specification "1:
The default setting is to automatically position it at "Black". Then, operate the "cursor movement key" provided on the input device 1 to move the cursor 21 to the desired color specification display position, and then press the "execute key" also provided on the input device 1. to specify the color. For example, in the case of specifying red, the cursor 21 is moved to "3: Red" as shown in FIG. 4, and then the "execute key" is pressed.

On the other hand, in the state shown in FIG. 2, data as shown in FIG. 5 is stored in the text storage buffer 51 on the program memory 5 as a general graphic character string representing the text data being created. In addition, document storage buffer 5
Kanji, hiragana, alphanumeric characters, and symbols are stored in 1 as 2-byte graphic character codes, and alphanumeric characters, symbols, and kana that can be expressed as half-width characters occupying half the space of a normal character pitch are 1-byte graphic characters. Stored as a code. In this embodiment, 5100 and 5101 in FIG. 5 are each 1-byte data and represent the "sentence" in FIG. 2. Similarly, graphic character codes 5102 and 5103 represent "chapter", graphic character codes 5104 and 5105 represent "ga", and graphic character codes 5106 and 5107 represent "chapter".
Express ",".

In the state shown in FIG. 4, when the "execute key" provided on the input device 1 described above is pressed, the control section 4 detects this pressing and, in accordance with the instruction from the control section 4, executes the "execute key" as shown in FIG. A color identification code 5108 corresponding to "3: Red" is stored in the text storage buffer 51. Here, the color identification code is a 1-byte code that is distinguished from graphic character codes expressing half-width characters such as alphanumeric characters, symbols, and kana, and is, for example, a code as shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, "1" indicates that data is present, and "0" indicates that there is no data. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the color identification graphic pattern 22 corresponding to the color identification code 5108 is read out from the graphic pattern generator 7 and displayed on the display device 2 occupying half-width characters.

Next, input the general character "red" from input device 1, and use the same procedure to sequentially specify the color "1: black", the general characters "ya", ",", the color designation "2: blue", and the general character. "Blue", color specification "1: black", general characters "no""multi"
Enter "Color", "Print", and "Print". At this time, data as shown in FIG. 9 is stored in the text storage buffer 51. In the figure, graphic character code 5100 and
5101 represents "sentence" and graphic character code 5102 and
5103 represents "chapter", and graphic character code 5104 and
5105 represents "ga", and graphic character code 5106 and
5107 represents ",", color identification code 5108 represents color specification "3: red", and graphic character codes 5109 and 5110
represents "red", the color identification code 5111 represents the color specification "1: black", and the graphic character codes 5112 and 5113
represents "ya", graphic character codes 5114 and 5115 represent ",", and color identification code 5116 represents the color designation "2:".
The graphic character codes 5117 and 5118 represent "blue", and the color identification code 5119 represents the color designation "1:
Expressing "black", graphic character code 5120, 5121, 5122
and 5123, 5124 and 5125, 5126 and 5127, 5128 and 5129 are respectively "of", "multi", "color", "mark",
Expressing "printing".

In this state, the display device 2 displays as shown in FIG. 10, a color identification graphic pattern 22 representing the color designation "3: red", a color designation "1: red", and a color designation "1: red".
Color identification graphic patterns 23 and 2 expressing “black”
5. Each of the color identification graphic patterns 24 representing the color designation "2: Blue" occupies half-width characters.

Next, a procedure for sending the data in the text storage buffer 51 created as described above to the printing device 3 will be explained.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing this procedure. First, a process 41 for setting the initial address value of the text storage buffer 51 is executed, and then a process 42 for reading the graphic character string in the text storage buffer 51 is executed. , Next, a determination 43 is performed as to whether or not the read graphic character string is a color identification code. If it is determined that it is not a color identification code, a process 44 for sending a graphic character code of general character data to the printing device 3
After executing process 44, the process proceeds to 47, which will be described later.
On the other hand, if it is determined in the determination 43 that the code is a color identification code, a process 45 for sending a "color designation command" to the printing device 3 is executed. Here, the "color designation command" is a control character code string defined in advance in the printing device 3 in order to output a color corresponding to the color identification code. After the process 45 is executed, a process 46 for sending graphic character codes of half-width space data to the printing device 3 is executed, and then a process 47 for updating the address of the text storage buffer 51 is executed.
Next, a determination 48 is performed to determine whether or not the graphic character string has ended, and if the graphic character string has not ended, the process returns to step 42 and this processing routine is repeatedly executed. The procedure ends when it is determined that the graphic character string has ended.

FIG. 12 shows the content printed on the printing device 3 through this procedure. On the output medium 410 of the printing device 3, areas 411, 415, and 419 are output in a color representing the color designation "1: black", and the region 413 is output in a color representing the color designation "3: red". , the area 417 is output in a color representing the color designation "2: blue". Further, areas 412, 414, 416, and 418 marked with "" in the figure are output as half-width space data.

This output format is shown on the display device 2 shown in FIG.
It is expressed in exactly the same output format as displayed in .

Generally, in a text creation device, when creating a text or proofreading it, it is necessary to manage the number of characters in one line, the total number of lines on one page, and the total number of pages of one text. A display device is one of the means by which an operator checks the status of text management performed by a text creation device, and it is necessary to use the display device to check the status, especially during text creation. For this problem,
According to the document creation device of this embodiment, the number of characters in one line, the total number of lines in one page, the total number of pages in one sentence, and the layout within one page confirmed by the operator when creating the document are shown in FIG. By outputting the color identification code as a half-width space as shown in , it is output to the printing device 3 in the same format as the display device 2, making writing, editing, and proofreading easier.

The processes of inputting, displaying, and printing multicolor printing in the text creation device of this embodiment are carried out through the steps described above.Next, the editing and proofreading processing of the color specified text created through these steps is performed. This section explains the steps.

In FIG. 10, if the general character graphic pattern "," is deleted from the color identification pattern 22, a display as shown in FIG. Data is deleted from color identification code 5108 to graphic character code 5115. When this data string is outputted to the printing device 3 according to the procedure shown in FIG. 11, it is outputted as shown in FIG. 14. Here, the area 420 and the area 424 are output in a color expressing the color specification "1: black", and the area 4
22 is output in a color representing the color designation "2: blue". In addition, an area 421 marked with “” in the figure,
Area 423 is output as half-width space data.

This output format is also expressed in exactly the same format as the output format displayed on the display device 2 shown in FIG.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above in detail, according to the present invention, the color identification display pattern associated with the color identification code corresponding to the designated color is occupied by half-width characters on the display device. Since it is displayed, it is possible to specify a color when creating a text, and to check the color specification when editing or proofreading a text, which has the advantage of improving operability. In addition, since the color identification code is treated as general character data and stored in the storage means (text storage buffer) in the same format as general characters, there is no need to separately prepare modification data for specifying colors, resulting in a low-cost device. It is possible to provide In addition, since color identification codes are treated as general character data, changing, adding, and deleting color specifications can be performed with simple operations.Furthermore, when outputting to a printing device, color specification commands can be used for color identification codes. Since the half-width space data is sent at the same time as the sending, the output formats of the display device and the printing device are exactly the same, making it possible to provide a device with excellent operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a text creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 8.
Figures 10 and 13 are diagrams showing display examples of the display device, Figures 5, 6 and 9 are diagrams showing how data is stored in the text storage buffer, and Figure 7 is a color identification code. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure for sending data in the text storage buffer to the printing device, and FIGS. 12 and 14 are diagrams showing the output format at the time of printing. 1... Input device, 2... Display device, 3... Printing device, 4... Control unit, 5... Program memory,
6...External storage device, 7...Graphic pattern memory, 21...Cursor, 51...Text storage buffer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a text creation device having a printing device capable of multicolor printing, an input means for specifying a color to be printed, a means for generating a color identification code corresponding to the color specified by the input means, and the above-mentioned means for storing a color identification code in the same format as a general graphic character code; means for storing a color identification display pattern associated with the color identification code; and storage for storing the color identification display pattern as half-width data. A text characterized by comprising a display device that displays the graphic character code in the same format as the graphic character code, and means that sends the color identification code as half-width space data and a color designation command to the printing device when printing. Regarding the creation device.