JPH04331163A - information processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention converts document data sent from document creation devices such as personal computers and Japanese word processors, printing devices such as laser printers, and document creation devices into bitmap data. The present invention relates to a control device suitable for unifying paper sizes during printing in a printing system including a print control device that transfers data to and prints on paper.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, printing control apparatuses as shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 have been known.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a printing system in the prior art. In the figure, 510 is a document creation device that creates a document, 540 is a printing device that prints a document created by the document creation device 510, and 520 is a document creation device 51.
0 is sent to the printing device 5 via the connector 550.
40 is a print control device for printing. Document creation device 5
10 and the print control device 520 transmit and receive data through a communication device 530. Next, the document creation device 510 will be explained.

Reference numeral 511 denotes a main processing device of the document creation device 510, which receives data input from the input device 515 from the input means 513, and displays characters, characters, etc. using the display means 512.
A process of displaying figures, images, etc. on the display means 514 is performed. During printing, the main processing device 511 uses the storage device 51
The document data stored in the communication device 5 is read out, and the document data stored in the communication device 5 is read out.
30 to the print control device 520. Reference numeral 517 is a print magnification selection means, and the display means 512 and the input means 51 select whether to reduce/enlarge or select the print magnification.
3. FIG. 6 shows a print magnification selection screen. 51
8 is a print magnification instruction means, and a print magnification selection means 517
When reduced/enlarged printing is set in , the print magnification is transferred to the print control device 520. Reference numeral 519 denotes a paper information indicating means, through which the main processing device 511 transfers the paper size of the document stored in the storage device 516 to the print control device 520.

Next, the print control device 520 will be explained.

[0006] Reference numeral 521 is a storage device that stores bitmap data. Reference numeral 523 denotes a printing magnification identifying means, which identifies the printing magnification transmitted from the document creation device 510. 524 is a reduction/enlargement means, which reduces/enlarges the document data transmitted from the document creation device 510 according to the print magnification identified by the print magnification identification means 523. A main processing device 522 converts the document data reduced/enlarged by the reduction/enlargement means 525 into bitmap data. The bitmap data drawn by the main processing device 522 is transferred to the printing device 540 via the connector 550 and printed. FIG. 7 shows a document in which one document is actually composed of multiple types of formats, and the document is reduced/enlarged by setting the reduction/enlargement ratio.

As shown in FIG. 7, in conventional printing systems, reduction/enlargement printing is performed depending on the reduction/enlargement ratio, so when one document is composed of multiple types of formats, the output size is different. It was difficult to standardize the paper size when filing documents.

[0008]

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] The above-mentioned prior art always prints at the same magnification for reduction/enlargement, so when one document is composed of multiple types of formats, in order to unify the paper size, it is necessary to print for each format. There is a problem in that it takes time and effort to reset the print magnification, and to make copies of printed documents once reduced or enlarged using a copying machine.

An object of the present invention is to set the paper size for printing when one document is composed of multiple types of formats, and to reduce/enlarge the document data according to the paper size. The goal is to make it possible to print in a unified manner.

0010

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a print control device, a printing paper selection means capable of selecting a paper size for printing, and a selected paper size and document paper. a printing paper identifying means for determining a printing magnification from the printing paper size instructed by the document producing means and the paper size of the document; This is achieved by providing a reduction/enlargement means for reducing/enlarging the document data to a size corresponding to the printing magnification determined by the printing paper identification means.

[0011]

[Operation] Select the paper size for printing using the printing paper selection means. Next, the paper size selected by the print paper selection means and the paper size of the document stored in the storage device are transmitted to the print control device by the print paper instruction means. The printing magnification is determined by the printing paper identifying means from the printing paper size sent to the printing control device and the paper size of the document. The document data is reduced/enlarged by the reduction/enlargement means according to the print magnification determined by the printing paper identification means, and then transferred to the printing device.

[0012] Therefore, it is possible to unify the paper size of documents composed of a plurality of formats.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the structure of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the printing system according to the present invention.
24, 130, 140, 150 are conventional technology 511-5
16, 521, 522, 524, 530, 540, 55
Since it is the same as 0, the explanation will be omitted.

Reference numeral 117 denotes a printing paper selection means, which determines whether or not to specify the paper size for printing or selects the paper size via the display means 112 and the input means 113. 118 is a printing paper specifying means, and printing paper selection means 1
The printing paper size when the paper size for printing is set in step 17 and the paper size of the document stored in the storage device 116 are transferred to the print control device 120. If the paper size for printing is not set, set the paper size of the document in the print paper size. Reference numeral 123 denotes a printing paper identification means, which calculates a printing magnification from the printing paper size transmitted from the document creation device 110 and the paper size of the document.

Next, the operation will be explained based on FIG. 2.

FIG. 2(a) shows the document creation device 110 and (b)
) is a flowchart showing the flow of operations for each page during printing by the print control device 120.

When printing is instructed, printing paper selection means 1
17, a print paper selection screen is displayed on the display device 114 (step 201). FIG. 3 shows the print paper selection screen. The print paper size and the paper size of the document stored in the storage device 116 are transmitted from the print paper instruction means 118 to the print control device 120 (step 202). after that,
Send the document data to the print control device 120 (step 2
03) Give a print instruction (step 204).

In the print control device 120, the printing paper identifying means 123 calculates the printing magnification from the printing paper size and the paper size of the document (step 205), receives the document data from the document creation device 110 (step 206), and determines the printing magnification. The document data is reduced/enlarged according to the
), create bitmap data (step 208)
. Thereafter, a print request is made to the printing device 140 (step 209).

The above operation is repeated for each page of document data.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which one document is actually composed of a plurality of formats, and the paper size for printing is set and reduced/enlarged to unify the paper size.

[0022] The printing paper identification means 123 is provided in the document creation device 110, and the document creation device 110 sets a printing magnification based on the printing paper size and document paper size, and transfers the setting to the print control device 120. You can also print using the same paper size.

As described above, according to this embodiment, even if one document is composed of multiple types of formats, by setting the paper size to be printed, it is possible to print on the same paper size. .

[0024]

As described above, the present invention provides a print control device with a print paper selection means capable of selecting a paper size for printing, and a print paper selection means that allows the selected paper size and the paper size of a document to be selected for printing. a printing paper identifying means for determining a printing magnification from the printing paper size instructed by the document producing means and the paper size of the document; the printing paper identifying means; Since it is composed of a reduction/enlargement means that reduces/enlarges the document data to a size corresponding to the print magnification determined by
Since the paper size for printing can be set and printing can be performed using a uniform paper size, it is possible to easily create materials and file documents.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

[Figure 1] Block diagram showing the structure of the present invention

[Figure 2] Flowchart showing the operation of the present invention

[Figure 3] Example of print paper selection screen display

[Figure 4] Example of printing paper before and after standardization

[Figure 5] Block diagram showing the structure of conventional technology

[Figure 6] Example of print magnification selection screen display

[Figure 7] Example before and after specifying print magnification

[Explanation of symbols]

110...Document creation device, 111...Main processing device, 112
...Display means, 113...Input means, 114...Display device, 1
15...Input device, 116...Storage device, 117...Print paper selection means, 118...Print paper instruction means, 120...Print control device, 121...Storage device, 122...Main processing device, 1
23... Print paper identification means, 124... Reduction/enlargement means, 1
30... Communication device, 140... Printing device, 150... Connector.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Document creation means for creating a document, a storage device for storing document data for printing, transmission means for transmitting the document data created by the document creation means and character data in the storage device, and a laser beam generator. A drawing device that has a printing device such as a printer, a receiving device that receives document data, character data, etc. transmitted by the document creation device, and creates bitmap data using the document data and character data, and the drawing device A printing control device having a transmission means for transmitting bitmap data drawn in to the printing device, a printing paper selection means capable of selecting a paper size for printing, and a selected paper size and a document paper size. the document creation means includes a printing paper instructing means for instructing the printing control device to perform the printing, and a printing paper identification means for determining a printing magnification from the printing paper size instructed by the document creation means and the paper size of the document; A print control device characterized in that the print control device is provided with a reduction/enlargement means for reducing/enlarging document data to a size corresponding to the print magnification determined by the paper identification means.