JPH08106370A - Document processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The printed status can be identified and displayed so that the progress of printing can be easily checked on the display. [Structure] When a print key is operated, a print process for printing on a laminated tape is executed and at the same time a print progress display process is executed. First, the image display process is executed, and the print image of the input character string is displayed on the display (S40). Next, when the printing dot pattern data for a predetermined dot row is output to the thermal printing mechanism (S
41: Yes), reduction processing is performed on the printing dot pattern data for the printed predetermined dot row (S42), and reverse display data is created from the reduced printing dot pattern data (S43). The data is overwritten in the display data buffer, and the display dot pattern data including the reverse display data is displayed on the display (S44).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document processing device,
In particular, the present invention relates to a device in which a printed character string is sequentially identified and displayed with respect to an unprinted character string or the printed character string is sequentially displayed according to the progress of the printing process.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in Japanese and English word processors, a display capable of displaying document data for a plurality of lines, a keyboard, and a printing mechanism having a dot-printing print head are basically used. Document data including input characters and symbols can be printed on a print sheet based on a preset print format (format information) including a print character size, a character pitch, a line spacing value, and the like. Incidentally, as a printing mechanism provided in this type of word processor, various printing mechanisms such as a thermal printing mechanism having a thermal printing head and a laser printing mechanism using laser light are connected to the word processor main body.

When the print key is operated from the keyboard to instruct the printing of the document of the selected title name, the print processing is executed by the print mechanism, and the display indicates, for example, "printing in progress". Generally, various messages are displayed to display the execution of the printing process. Then, when the message "printing in progress" disappears from the display and the printing process is completed, the printed printing paper is taken out from the paper discharge tray attached to the printing apparatus.

[0004]

As described above, in the word processor having various printing mechanisms, the message "printing in progress" is displayed on the display and the message indicating that printing has been completed is being performed during the printing process. The printing paper is
Since it is only ejected sequentially to the ejection tray, especially when printing a document with a large amount of document data, such as printing over multiple sheets of printing paper, it is not possible to accurately check the progress of the printing process. After the printing process on the multiple sheets is completed, you can see the printing state with your eyes and notice the error of the document name that you instructed to print or the error of the format information. To waste,
There are problems such as.

It is an object of the present invention to display an identification display or a print image of a printed and printed portion so that the print image of the document and the progress of print processing can be easily confirmed through the display. It is to provide a processing device.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing apparatus comprising: an input unit for inputting characters and symbols and various commands; and a printing unit including a print head for printing a dot pattern on a print medium. Data storage means for storing character and symbol data input from the input means, font storage means for storing printing dot pattern data for a large number of characters, and printing dot pattern data corresponding to the data in the data storage means Print control means for receiving the print data by the print means, display means including a display,
In a document processing device including a display data buffer for storing dot pattern data to be displayed on a display means,
Display data transfer means that receives the dot pattern data for printing corresponding to the data in the data storage means at the start of printing and transfers it to the display data buffer, and printed dots every time printing is executed by the printing means during printing. It is provided with a print progress display control means for receiving the pattern data, creating identification display data for identifying and displaying the printed portion and the unprinted portion, and transferring the identification display data to the display data buffer.

Here, the print progress display control means may be configured to create the reverse display data of the printed portion using the printed dot pattern data (claim 2 dependent on claim 1). ). Further, the print progress display control means may be configured to create blinking display data of a printed portion by using the printed dot pattern data (claim 3 dependent on claim 1).

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document processing apparatus which comprises input means for inputting characters and symbols and various commands, printing means including a print head for printing a dot pattern on a print medium, and input means. Data storage means for storing character and symbol data, font storage means for storing printing dot pattern data for a large number of characters, and printing means for receiving the printing dot pattern data corresponding to the data in the data storage means. In a document processing apparatus including print control means for printing, display means including a display, and a display data buffer for storing dot pattern data to be displayed on the display means, during printing,
It is provided with a print progress display control means for receiving the printed dot pattern data every time the printing means performs printing and transferring it to the display data buffer.

[0009]

In the document processing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, since the character and symbol data input by the input means is stored in the data storage means, the print control means prints the data corresponding to the data in the data storage means. The dot pattern data is received from the font storage means and printed by the printing means. By the way, since the display data transfer means receives the printing dot pattern data corresponding to the data in the data storage means and transfers it to the display data buffer at the start of printing, the printing dot pattern data is displayed as the display dot pattern data. The display dot pattern data stored in the data buffer and for displaying the image of the printing state is displayed on the display of the display means. After that, the print progress display control means receives the printed dot pattern data every time printing is executed by the printing means during printing, and creates the identification display data for displaying the printed portion and the unprinted portion in an identification manner. And transfer it to the display data buffer. As a result, in the image display of the printing state displayed on the display, every time printing is performed, the images are sequentially displayed and identified from the head display position according to the progress of printing.

As described above, at the start of printing, the image of the printing state is displayed on the display based on the display dot pattern data, which is the printing dot pattern data. The identification display data created based on the printed dot pattern data allows the printed portions to be identified and displayed in order from the top display position, so you can easily check the print progress status on the display and finish printing. Early on,
It is possible to notice an error in the document name for which printing is instructed and the quality of the printed state.

In the document processing apparatus according to claim 4,
It operates in substantially the same manner as in claim 1, but differs in the following points.
That is, at the start of printing, no print image is displayed on the display. However, the print progress display control means receives the printed dot pattern data every time printing is executed by the printing means and transfers the dot pattern data to the display data buffer during printing. As a result, the display shows
In accordance with the progress of printing, print images are sequentially displayed from the top display position.

Thus, at the start of printing, no print image is displayed on the display, and thereafter,
A print image consisting of display dot pattern data created based on the printed dot pattern data is displayed in order from the first display position according to the print progress, so you can easily check the print progress status via the display. In addition, it is possible to notice an error in the document name for which printing is instructed and whether or not the printing state is good at an early stage before printing is completed.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to a tape-shaped label producing apparatus for producing a tape-shaped label by printing a large number of characters such as alphabetic characters, numbers and symbols on a laminated tape (printing tape) which is a print medium. This is the case. As shown in FIG. 1, a keyboard 3 is arranged in the front part of the main body frame 2 of the tape-shaped label producing apparatus 1, a thermal printing mechanism PM is arranged in the main body frame 2 behind the keyboard 3, and Immediately behind the keyboard 3, there is provided a liquid crystal display 4 capable of displaying input characters and symbols for two lines.

On the keyboard (corresponding to the input means) 3, in addition to character keys for inputting alphabetic characters, numbers and symbols, a space key, a line feed key, and cursor movement for moving the cursor to the left and right respectively. Key, image display key for displaying the input document in the same image as the print state, format setting key for setting various formats such as print character size and typeface, edit key such as execution key,
A print key for instructing printing, a power key for turning the power on / off, and the like are provided.

Next, the thermal printing mechanism (corresponding to printing means) PM will be briefly described with reference to FIG. A rectangular tape cassette CS is detachably attached to the thermal printing mechanism PM, and a tape spool 8 on which the laminating tape 7 is wound and an ink ribbon 9 are wound on the tape cassette CS. Ribbon spool 10, a ribbon take-up spool 11 for winding the ink ribbon 9, a supply spool 13 in which a double-sided tape 12 having the same width as the laminating tape 7 is wound with a release paper outside, and these laminating tapes. 7 and double-sided tape 12
A joining roller 14 for pressing and joining is provided rotatably.

The laminating tape 7 and the ink ribbon 9
A thermal head 15 is erected at a position where and overlap,
A platen roller 16 that presses the laminating tape 7 and the ink ribbon 9 against the thermal head 15, and a feeding roller that presses the laminating tape 7 and the double-sided tape 12 against the joining roller 14 to form the tape-shaped label 19 and feed the tape. The reference numeral 17 is rotatably supported by a roller support 18 which is rotatably attached to the body frame 2. In this thermal head 15, 128 heating elements are vertically arranged in a row.

Therefore, by driving the tape feed motor 45 (see FIG. 3) in the predetermined rotation direction, the bonding roller 14 and the ribbon take-up spool 11 are driven in synchronization with each other in the predetermined rotation direction, while the thermal head 15 moves. When a plurality of heating elements are energized, characters and symbols are printed in a mirror image on the back surface side of the laminating tape 7 by a plurality of dot rows, and moreover, the back surface side of the laminating tape 7 has a double-sided tape 1
The tape-like label 19 is produced by joining the two, is fed in the tape feeding direction A, and is fed out of the main body frame 2 as shown in FIGS. For details of the thermal printing mechanism PM, refer to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-106555.

By the way, as the tape cassette CS, a laminated tape 7 wound around a tape spool 8 is used.
5 tape widths of 6 mm, 9 mm, 12 mm, 18 mm and 24 mm are available.
In the bottom wall portion of, the three protruding pieces 20 to 22 are provided in combination so that any of these five types of tape width can be detected. A cassette sensor 30 (see FIG. 3) that detects the tape width of the mounted tape cassette CS from the combination of the protruding pieces 20 to 22 and outputs the tape cassette information is attached.

Next, the control system of the tape-shaped label producing apparatus 1 is constructed as shown in the block diagram of FIG. The input / output interface 44 of the control device CD has a video RAM for outputting display data to the keyboard 3, the cassette sensor 30, and the liquid crystal display (LCD) 4.
Display controller (LCDC) 3 having 31
2, a drive circuit 34 for the warning buzzer 33, a drive circuit 35 for driving the thermal head 15, and a drive circuit 37 for driving the tape feed motor 45 are connected to each other.

The control device CD includes a CPU 40 and this CP.
An input / output interface 44, a display character generator ROM (display CGROM) 41, a print character generator ROM (print CGROM) 42, R connected to the U 40 via a bus 45 such as a data bus.
It is composed of an OM 43 and a RAM 50. The display CG ROM 41 stores display dot pattern data of a predetermined character size for each of a large number of characters such as alphabetic characters, numbers and symbols. In the printing CGROM (corresponding to a font storage means) 42, a plurality of dot pattern data for printing correspond to code data for each typeface for each of a large number of characters such as alphabetic characters, numbers and symbols. Stored for the print character size.

In the ROM 43, a display drive control program for controlling the display controller 32 in correspondence with code data of characters such as characters, numbers and symbols input from the keyboard 3, and a print command signal for print processing are supplied to the thermal head. 15, a print drive control program for outputting to the tape feed motor 45 and printing, and a control program for tape-shaped label production control, which will be described later, peculiar to the present application are stored.

In the RAM 50, a text memory (corresponding to a data storage means) for storing code data of characters input from the keyboard 3 as document data.
51, a format information memory 52 for storing format information set for various format items, a reduction rate memory 53 for storing reduction rate data for displaying the created print dot pattern data, and a display rate memory 53 for display. A display data buffer 54 for storing the dot pattern data, a print data buffer 55 for developing and storing the dot pattern data for printing corresponding to the character code stored in the text memory 51, and a flag data of the image display flag DF are stored. A flag memory 56, and a memory and a buffer for temporarily storing the calculation result calculated by the CPU 40 are provided.

Next, the tape label production control routine executed by the controller CD of the tape label production apparatus 1 will be described with reference to the schematic flow charts of FIGS. It should be noted that reference numerals Si (i = 10, 11, 12,
13 ...,) is each step. When the power is turned on by operating the power key on the keyboard 3, the initialization process of the thermal printing mechanism PM and the like is executed, and then the document data input screen is displayed on the display 4 to start the label creation process control. To be done. Then, when the image display key is operated (S10, S11: Yes), the image display flag DF is not set (flag data is "1"), and in the text display mode (S14: N).
o), the image display flag DF is set, the image display mode is set (S15), and the process returns to S10.

However, when the image display flag DF is set and the image display mode is set (S14: Ye
s), the image display flag DF is reset, the text display mode is set (S15), and the process returns to S10. By the way, when the formatting key is operated (S
10: Yes, S11 to S13: No), format information such as print character size, typeface and character decoration is stored in the format information memory 52 (S22), and the process returns to S10.

Next, when a printable key such as a line feed key is operated (S10: Yes, S11: No, S12: Yes) in addition to the character key, the numeric key, and the symbol key, the entered key is selected. A storage process is executed in which the corresponding code data is stored in the text memory 51 as document data (S1
7) If the image display flag DF is not set (S18: No), the text display process is executed (S18).
19) and returns to S10. In this text display process,
The display dot pattern data corresponding to the input character is read out, output to the video RAM 31 and displayed on the display 4.

On the other hand, when the image display flag DF is set (S18: Yes), image display processing control (see FIG. 5) for displaying the document data as an image on the display 4 is executed (S20). When this control is started, first the data in the text memory 51 is sequentially searched from the top address, and the printing dot is printed for each character or symbol to be displayed based on the data of the format information, the character code, the line feed code, etc. The arrangement position for expanding the pattern data in the print data buffer 55 is calculated (S30), and the dot pattern data for printing corresponding to each of the code data in the text memory 51 is the printing C.
The data is read from the GROM 42 (S31), and in the print data buffer 55, each print dot pattern data is developed at a predetermined arrangement position (S32).

Next, the print dot pattern data expanded in the print data buffer 55 is displayed in the display data buffer 5.
4 and is expanded as display dot pattern data (S33), and the display dot pattern data expanded in the display data buffer 54 does not fit on one screen of the display 4 (S34: No), Until the display dot pattern data and the arrangement position information are accommodated in one screen of the display 4, the reduction ratio is sequentially reduced from 100%, for example, by 5% (S34 to S35).

Then, as a result of the reduction processing, the display 4
When it fits on one screen (S34: Yes), the data of the reduction ratio is stored in the reduction ratio memory 53 (S36), and the reduced display dot pattern data is stored in the display data buffer 54 and The display dot pattern data is output to the video RAM 31 and displayed on the display 4 (S37), the control is terminated, and the process returns to S10 of the tape-shaped label production control. For example,
When the character strings “A to F” are input as the input document data, the character strings “A to F” are input as shown in FIG.
Print image is displayed on one screen of the display 4.

Next, in the tape-shaped label production control,
When the print key is operated (S10: Yes, S11 to S
12: No, S13: Yes), and print processing control is executed (S2
1), return to S10. In the print processing control, first, the print progress display control (see FIG. 6) for sequentially identifying the print progress status by reversing the display on the display 4 is executed. Therefore, by executing S40 in this control, the print data buffer 55 is printed. Since the dot pattern data for printing is expanded,
A print command signal composed of dot row data for each dot row is output to the thermal head 15 and the tape feed motor 45 for printing processing. That is, the print progress display control is executed by interrupting the print processing control every time printing of a predetermined dot row is completed during execution of the print processing control after the control is started.

When this print progress display control is started, the above-mentioned image display processing control is first executed (S4).
0). As a result, the dot pattern data for printing is expanded in the print data buffer 55, and the dot pattern data for display is stored in the display data buffer 54. For example, as shown in FIG.
The print image of “F” is displayed on one screen of the display 4. Next, in the print processing control, a predetermined dot row,
For example, when the printing dot pattern data for 5 dot rows is output to the thermal printing mechanism PM (S41: Ye
s), the reduction processing is executed on the printed dot pattern data for the printed predetermined dot row based on the reduction rate stored in the reduction rate memory 53 (S42).

With respect to the reduced printing dot pattern data, reverse display data for reverse display,
That is, inverted display data in which the dot data "1" is inverted to "0" and the dot data "0" is inverted to "1" is created (S43), and this inverted display data is written in the display data buffer 54 by overwriting. At the same time, the display dot pattern data of the display data buffer 54 including the reverse display data is output to the video RAM 31 and displayed on the display 4 (S44). Next, in the print processing control, when the print processing is not completed (S4
5: No), S41 to S45 are repeatedly executed. For example, in the print processing control, when the print processing is progressing to the middle of the character “C” in the input character strings “A to F”, as shown in FIG. The part up to the middle of “” is highlighted and displayed in an identifying manner.

In the print processing control, when the print processing is completed (S45: Yes), the control is completed in response to the completion of the print processing control. That is, when the printing process is completed, as shown in FIG. 9, all the input character strings “A to F” are highlighted.

Next, the operation of the print progress display control for identifying and displaying the print progress state on the display 4 by reversing will be described. At the start of printing when the print processing control is started, the reduced display dot pattern data that fits in one screen is stored in the display data buffer 54 based on the print dot pattern data stored in the print data buffer 55. An image in a printed state is displayed on the display 4 by the display dot pattern data. During printing, the reverse display data created based on the printed dot pattern data is displayed in reverse from the top display position in order according to the progress of printing. In addition, it is possible to check easily and quickly, and at an early stage until the end of printing, it is possible to notice an error in the document name for which printing is instructed and whether the printing state is good or bad.

By the way, the print progress display control is performed as shown in FIG.
0, the print image of the print-processed character string is sequentially displayed as the print progresses.
May be displayed on the screen. That is, when the print progress display control is started, the display data buffer 54 is first cleared (S50), and the data in the display data buffer 54 is output to the video RAM 31 (S51). That is, at this point in time, the printing process is not executed and no display dot pattern data is stored in the display data buffer 54, so that no image is displayed on the display 4.

Next, the print processing control is being executed (S52: N
o) In the print processing control, when the printing dot pattern data for a predetermined dot row is output to the thermal printing mechanism PM (S53: Yes), the printing dot pattern data for the printed predetermined dot row is reduced. Reduction processing is executed based on the reduction rate data stored in the rate memory 53 (S54), the reduced display dot pattern data is stored in the display data buffer 54, and the display dot pattern data is displayed. Is a video RA
It is output to M31 and displayed on the display 4 (S
55).

Then, S51 to S55 are repeatedly executed, and when the print processing is completed in the print processing control (S52: Yes), this control is ended in response to the end of the print processing control. For example, in the print processing control, when the print processing is progressing to the middle of the character “C” in the input character strings “A to F”, as shown in FIG. Is displayed up to the middle.

By the way, an auxiliary display data buffer 57 similar to the display data buffer 54 is additionally provided in the RAM 50, and the print progress display control is configured as shown in FIG. 12, and according to the print progress, The printed character string may be identified and displayed on the display 4 by blinking. That is, when the print progress display control is started, the above-mentioned image display processing control is first executed (S60), and the display dot pattern data expanded in the display data buffer 54 is transferred to the auxiliary display data buffer 57 ( S61). That is, similar display dot pattern data is stored in the two display data buffers 54 and 57, respectively.

Next, when the print end command or the output completion command of the print dot pattern data for the predetermined dot row is not received from the print processing control (S63 to S64: No), the display dots of the display data buffer 54 are displayed. The pattern data and the display dot pattern data of the auxiliary display data buffer 57 are switched at every minute time, and the video RAM 31 is switched.
Is output to (S62). That is, immediately after the start of the execution of the print processing control, as shown in FIG.
The image of “F” is displayed on one screen of the display 4, and no character is displayed in blinking.

Next, similar to S53 to S54, when the print dot pattern data for a predetermined dot row is printed in the print processing control, the print dot pattern data for the printed predetermined dot row is printed. Is reduced to obtain reduced display dot pattern data (S64: Yes, S65), and the data corresponding to the reduced printed dot pattern data for display is the auxiliary display data. It is deleted from the buffer 57 (S66), and S62 to S66 are repeatedly executed. When the print processing is completed (S63: Yes), this control is ended in response to the end of the print processing control. For example, in the print processing control, when the print processing progresses to the middle of the character "C" in the input character strings "A to F", as shown in FIG. Up to the middle of “” is identified by a blinking display.

In the range of the technical idea of the present invention, an underline may be added to the printed portion that has been subjected to the printing processing, or a modified character such as a blank character may be used for identification display. Various modifications may be made to the above-described embodiments based on existing technology or technology obvious to those skilled in the art. It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to various document processing devices equipped with a keyboard, a CRT type display, and a printing mechanism.

[0041]

According to the document processing apparatus of the first aspect,
A document processing apparatus including an input unit, a printing unit, a data storage unit, a font storage unit, a print control unit, a display unit, and a display data buffer, a display data transfer unit, and a print progress display control unit. Is additionally provided, at the start of printing, an image of the printing state is displayed on the display based on the display dot pattern data which is the dot pattern data for printing, and during the execution of printing, according to the progress of printing, The identification display data created based on the printed dot pattern data makes it possible to identify and display in order from the top display position, so you can easily check the print progress status via the display and at an early stage until the end of printing. , It is possible to notice an error in the document name for which printing is instructed and whether the printing condition is good or bad.

According to the document processing apparatus of the second aspect, the print progress display control means uses the printed dot pattern data to create the reverse display data of the printed portion. Through the display
It is possible to reliably check the print progress status.

According to the document processing apparatus of the third aspect, the print progress display control means creates the blinking display data of the printed portion by using the printed dot pattern data. Through the display
It is possible to reliably check the print progress status.

According to the document processing apparatus of the fourth aspect, the document includes the input means, the printing means, the data storage means, the font storage means, the print control means, the display means, and the display data buffer. The processing device is additionally provided with a print progress display control means, and at the start of printing, no print image is displayed on the display, and thereafter, a display created based on the printed dot pattern data according to the print progress. Since the print image consisting of the dot pattern data for display is displayed in order from the top display position, the print progress status can be easily confirmed on the display.
It is possible to notice an error in the document name for which printing is instructed and the quality of the printed state at an early stage before printing is completed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a tape-shaped label producing apparatus.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a thermal printing mechanism equipped with a tape cassette.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control system of the tape label producing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a tape-shaped label production control routine.

FIG. 5 is a schematic flowchart of a routine of image display processing control.

FIG. 6 is a schematic flowchart of a print progress display control routine for displaying a printed portion in reverse video.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a print image of an input character string displayed at the start of printing.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a reverse display example of a printed portion during printing.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a reverse display example of a printed portion at the end of printing.

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a print progress display control routine for displaying a print image of a printed portion.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a print image display example of a printed portion during printing.

FIG. 12 is a schematic flowchart of a print progress display control routine for displaying a printed portion in a blinking manner.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a blinking display example of a printed portion during printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Tape-shaped label producing device 3 Keyboard 4 Liquid crystal display 15 Thermal head 40 CPU 42 CGROM for printing 43 ROM 50 RAM 51 Text memory 54 Display data buffer PM Thermal printing mechanism CD controller

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting characters and symbols and various commands, a printing unit including a print head for printing a dot pattern on a print medium, and data of characters and symbols input from the input unit. Data storage means for storing, font storage means for storing printing dot pattern data relating to a large number of characters, print control means for receiving the printing dot pattern data corresponding to the data of the data storing means, and causing the printing means to print. In a document processing apparatus having a display means including a display and a display data buffer for storing dot pattern data to be displayed on the display means, at the start of printing, print dot pattern data corresponding to the data in the data storage means is printed. Display data transfer means for receiving and transferring to the display data buffer, and printing during printing Print progress display control means for receiving the printed dot pattern data every time printing is performed in stages, creating identification display data for displaying the printed portion and the unprinted portion and transferring it to the display data buffer, A document processing device comprising: 2. The document processing according to claim 1, wherein the print progress display control means is configured to create reverse display data of a printed portion using the printed dot pattern data. apparatus. 3. The document processing according to claim 1, wherein the print progress display control means is configured to create blinking display data of a printed portion using printed dot pattern data. apparatus. 4. An input unit for inputting characters and symbols and various commands, a printing unit including a print head for printing a dot pattern on a print medium, and data of characters and symbols input from the input unit. Data storage means for storing, font storage means for storing printing dot pattern data relating to a large number of characters, print control means for receiving the printing dot pattern data corresponding to the data of the data storing means, and causing the printing means to print. In a document processing apparatus provided with a display means including a display and a display data buffer for storing dot pattern data to be displayed on the display means, printed dots are printed every time the printing means performs printing. A print progress display control means for receiving the pattern data and transferring it to the display data buffer. That the document processing apparatus.