JPS6384953A - Printing information editing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable programming to be performed freely without the necessity to describe printing data in a printing order by providing a rearrangement data generation means which stores data indicating a printing position into a first storage means and stores a plurality of pointers into a second storage means, and a printing data allocation means which reads printing data from the first storage means and prints the data. CONSTITUTION:When printing data A1 is printed in the C1 column of the L1 line of a sheet 100 and A2... in the C2 column of the L2 line, printing data A1-A7 of a program 4 are stored into each area B11-B13 of a buffer in a means 1 line by line in an input order. A rearrangement data generation means 1 checks every position data of printing data, generates rearrangement data P1-P7 arranged in an order starting with the least significant value of position data, and stores the data into areas B21-B23 in the buffer line by line. A printing data allocation means 2 sequentially reads position data P1, P3, P2, P7, P6, P5, P4 in the B21-B23 in the buffer, supplying printing data A1, A3, A2, A7, A6, A5, A4 to a printer 3 from corresponding printing data storage positions, and perform printing correctly.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a print information editing method.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in order to print in the intended printing order, there is a restriction that the μ user must create a program written in the order in which printing should be performed.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the disadvantage is that programming efficiency is low.

[Elaborate means to solve problems]

The system of the present invention includes memory means for N1 and N2, and a plurality of pieces of print information including position data indicating the print position are sequentially given, and this print information is stored in the first storage means, and the position data is stored in the first storage means. Relocation information generation means for storing a plurality of pointers in the second storage means indicating the order in which the print information should be printed based on the information, and storage locations of the plurality of print information in the first storage means, respectively. and print information allocating means for sequentially reading out the plurality of print information from the first storage means and causing the printing device to print the plurality of print information based on the plurality of pointers indicated. It is characterized by

〔Example〕

Referring to FIG. 1, one embodiment of the present invention includes a relocation information generating means 1, a printing information allocating means 2, and a printing device 3.
It is composed of. The rearrangement information generation means IK is given print information included in a book creation application program 4 created by the user.

Here, the vertical direction of the book is called a row, and the horizontal direction is called a column. Each piece of print information written in the program 4 is written in an order unrelated to the order in which it is printed. Since the printing device 3 normally prints from the leftmost column of the upper row,
If printing information is given to the printing device 3 in the above described order, printing will not be performed at the correct position. For example, in the system shown in FIG.
Printing information A2t-1 in the column C of the third row... When printing information A7 in the column C of the first row t
-Think. At this time, program 4 contains print information A□~
Assume that A7 is written in this order.

As shown in FIG. 4, the ratio print information 1 to A7 given from the program 4 is input line by line and stored in each area B11 to □13 of the buffer in the means 1 in nine order. The relocation information generating means 1 generates each position data (indicated by the number in the column on the book) t- included in the print information of each area B11 = B13.
As shown in the fourth factor, relocation data P1 to Py t'' are generated for each row in descending order of position data, and stored in areas j3xx to 113zs in the buffer for each row.This relocation data P.

~P are pointers that designate storage locations of print information AH~A7 in the buffer, respectively. For example, in Fig. 4, the position data C6 and C7 of print information persons @ and A have the relationship C, )Cy (see Fig. 2), so within the area Btz, the print information of 6 is Next, print information A
7 is stored, but in area B 2, information A7 is stored.
position data P.

Next, position data P6 of information A@ is stored.

In the construction shown in the fifth prisoner, the print information allocation means 2 stores position data Pisp, t of areas Btt to Ehs in the buffer.
P2, p, * P@e PI * P4 tube is read out sequentially, and based on this data, print information AI, A3 g AH, from the storage location of each corresponding print information.
A? .

6, AII, and A4 are supplied to the printing device 3 and are correctly printed at 15 in Figure 2.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the effect that the user does not need to write the print information at the beginning of the print in the program, and can freely perform programming@

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The first page is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS.
FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining this embodiment. l...Relocation information generation means, 2=--Print area allocation Fig. 1

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] First and second storage means, and a plurality of print information including position data indicating a print position are sequentially given, and the print information is stored in the first storage means, and the position data is stored in the first storage means. relocation information generating means for storing a plurality of pointers in the second storage means to indicate the order in which the print information should be printed based on; and each pointer indicating a storage location in the first storage means of the plurality of print information A printing information editing method comprising printing information allocation means for sequentially reading out the plurality of pieces of printing information from the first storage means based on the plurality of pointers and causing a printing device to print them.