JPH05110817A - Mixed mode document processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print out received mixed mode data so as to be housed within a scheduled size. CONSTITUTION:A layout information detection section 11 detects the block layout information of a received document and supplys it to a protrusion detecting section 12. Information set to an output size setting section 13 such as information representing a size of recording paper is inputted to the protrusion detection section 12. The protrusion detection section 12 judges whether or not the received document is printed out without being protruded from prescribed paper based on the inputted data. A procedure scheduled by a protrusion detection signal is transferred from a rearrangement procedure setting section 14 to a rearrangement execution section 15. The rearrangement execution section 15 edits the picture by moving a block, the reducing the block or removing an undesired part so that the picture is not protruded from paper. The rearranged data are stored in a page memory 16 and fed to a printer 8 according to the command.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mixed mode document processing device, and more particularly to a mixed mode document processing device having a function of converting character data into image data and outputting the image data to an output device such as a printer or a CRT. Regarding the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is a document processing apparatus for producing a mixed mode data document in which character data blocks and image data blocks are mixed. Then, a document created by this type of document processing apparatus may be transmitted to another document processing apparatus, and is used by being printed or displayed on the receiving side.

During the reception of such a document, the image memory on the receiving side may become full. In order to cope with such a problem, there is a device provided with means for detecting a memory full so that the received data is directly printed by the printer without receiving the memory after the memory full is detected (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-64-
No. 50651). According to this device, even if the memory reception is disabled during reception, the received data is not lost.

[0004]

However, the conventional document processing apparatus has the following problems. One page of the received document may be larger than the output size of the printer prepared by the document processing apparatus on the receiving side or the CRT screen. In this case, a part of the mixed mode block protrudes from one sheet of recording paper or the CRT screen.

Received data in a portion beyond the output size of the printer is lost. In addition, if a portion of the output size of the printer is printed on a new recording sheet, an extra sheet of recording paper is needed even for the slightly protruding portion, which is wasteful.

Further, there is a problem that the efficiency of document editing is reduced when one page of information cannot be displayed on one screen beyond the CRT screen.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mixed mode document processing device capable of printing and displaying a mixed mode document larger than the output size according to the output size.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To solve the above problems and to achieve the object, the present invention is based on the layout information of a received mixed mode document, and the document has a smaller output size than that of an intended output device. An arrangement confirmation means for determining whether or not it is large, and an output area end portion of the output device and a mixed output when the document is larger than the output size of the output device
It is characterized in that it is provided with a block rearranging means for editing the mixed mode block so as not to overlap the mode block.

[0009]

According to the present invention having the above characteristics, the output mode of the output device such as a printer on the receiving side has an output size region end portion, that is, an end portion of the recording paper, so that the mixed mode block does not overlap. Rearrange in the area,
The block size can be reduced, and the mixed mode block (hereinafter, simply referred to as a block) overlapping the end can be rearranged on the next page or a new page.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the image information of the document read by the reading device 1 is stored in the image memory 2 as image data or encoded data. Information such as characters, numbers and symbols input from the keyboard 3 is stored in the image memory 2 as a predetermined character code, that is, character data. Further, the image information received by the communication control device 6 is also stored in the image memory 2. C
The image information stored in the image memory 2 is displayed on the RT4. While referring to the display information on the CRT 4, the keyboard 3 and the mouse 5 are operated to edit the image information such as deletion, insertion, enlargement / reduction, etc. I do. The edited image information can be stored in a disk device 7 as an external storage device provided as necessary, or can be transmitted to another document processing device via the communication control device 6.

Document data input from another document processing device to the document processing device is temporarily stored in the image memory 2 and then output to the printer 8 or CRT 4 according to an output instruction.
Is output to. Before the document data supplied from the other document processing device is printed out by the printer 8, first, the CRT is used.
4 can be displayed on the screen and edited. By doing so, not only the data as it is received, but also an arbitrarily edited data document can be printed out.

Each of the above components is a CPU according to a program or control data stored in advance in the control memory 9.
Controlled by 10. A conversion table and a conversion program for converting the input character data into image data are stored in the control memory 9.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
First, the outline of the rearrangement of the received document will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3A, a document D including blocks A and B
When 0 is received, and the block B among them is out of the size of the output device shown by the dotted line, for example, the recording paper P of the printer, the blank portion between the blocks A and B is eliminated, and both blocks A and B are removed. The documents D1 are created by bringing the documents D1 close to each other. In this case, at least the end portion of the block B does not overlap the end portion of the recording paper P, that is, the recording paper P, even if the block B is not moved to the position where the blocks A and B contact each other.
May be moved to a position where a value including the pull-in error is estimated, or to a position where the user leaves a blank from the end of the recording paper P (document D2).

Further, as described above, even if the block B is brought close to the block A and still does not fit on the recording sheet P (the document D3 in FIG. 3B), the end portion of the block B is set to the recording sheet P. When the blocks A and B overlap because they have moved so that they do not overlap the end of the block (Fig. 3 (b)
Document D4) moves block B to the next page (documents D5, D6). In this case, since the block B is moved, it may be necessary to rearrange other blocks on the next page. Therefore, in order to avoid this, a new page is provided and the block B is moved there. You may do it.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the received document D7 is out of the recording paper P, the blocks A and B are reduced to create the document D8. According to the method of reducing the blocks A and B as described above, the arrangement state of the entire document is not damaged. Note that only the block B may be reduced.

In addition to the block rearrangement, information that the protruding portion is not printed, that is, a return code, etc.
In the case of a blank part, the process of deleting this part is also performed.

In the above processing, whether or not the received document does not fit on the recording sheet is determined from the layout information added to each block of the received document, that is, the coordinates of the start and end points of the block. If it is determined that the received document does not fit on the recording paper, a well-known method such as memory transfer and rearrangement in the page memory that stores one page of image data or data thinning method is used. Depending on the size of the block.

It should be noted that which of the processes to move the block B within a page, move it to the next page, reduce it, delete blank information, etc. is used for control in advance. Follow the instructions set in memory.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the flow chart of FIG. In the figure, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the received document extends beyond the recording sheet. This determination is made based on the layout information as described above. If the protrusion is detected, step S2
Proceed to.

In step S2, it is determined whether block movement within the page is selected. If block movement within the page is selected, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, it is determined whether or not the blocks do not overlap each other due to the block movement within the page.

If it is determined that the blocks overlap each other due to the movement, the process proceeds to step S4. In step S4, it is determined whether the block is moved to the next page. When this determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S5, and it is determined whether or not the next page is newly created.

If the determination in step S5 is affirmative, a new page is created in step S6, and step S7
Then, move the protruding block to the new page.

If it is set to print as it is even if the blocks overlap each other, the process jumps from step S3 and step S4 to step S7 to execute the block movement within the page.

If the next page is not newly created, the process proceeds from step S5 to step S8, and the next page is processed. This next page processing will be described later with reference to FIG.

On the other hand, if the determination in step S2 is negative, the process proceeds to step S9 and it is determined whether or not the protruding block is moved to the next page. If this determination is affirmative, the process moves to step S5.

If the determination in step S9 is negative, the process proceeds to step S10 and it is determined whether or not reduction processing is to be performed.
If this determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S11 to reduce the data.

When neither moving nor reducing the block is performed,
The process proceeds from step S10 to step S12, and it is determined whether or not there is information indicating a blank in the protruding block. In this case, when the number of blank lines is larger than the predetermined number, the judgment criterion is set so as to judge whether there is a blank line.

When it is determined that the lines of the predetermined number or more are blank, the process proceeds to step S13, the data in the blank portion is deleted, and the length of the document of one page is reduced.

If the determination in step S12 is negative, it is determined that the block is not edited and the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the block is moved within the page, the block is moved to the next page, and the document after the editing such as the block reduction is completed, or the unedited arrangement as received is arranged. Print the document.

In step S15, it is determined whether there is a next page to be printed. If there are still pages to be printed, the process returns to step S1. In the above description, in steps S2, S9, S10, and S12, the presence or absence of the setting of the process is determined, and the process is performed by the preset method. However, after the protrusion determination (step S1), steps S2 and S9 are performed. , S10, S12 may not be determined, and any scheduled processing may be immediately performed.

Next page processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S20 of FIG. 5, it is determined whether there is a next page. If there is a next page, the process proceeds to step S21, and it is determined whether the protruding block fits on the next page. This judgment is
It is determined whether the combined size of the protruding block and the block in the next page fits the size of the recording paper.

If it is determined that the block fits on the next page, the process advances to step S22 to move the block to the next page. If there is no next page, or if there is a next page but the block protruding from the previous page does not fit on the next page, a new page is created in step S23. That is, the memory area is set.

If a new page is created, step S
Proceed to step 24, and move the block protruding from the previous page to the new page.

Next, the function of this embodiment for performing the operation described in the above flowchart will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main functions of the document processing apparatus of this embodiment, and the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 2 indicate the same or equivalent parts. Figure 1
In, the document data received via the communication control unit 6 is stored in the image memory 2. Further, the layout information detecting unit 11 reads the coordinates of the block from the layout information received together with the document data, and supplies the coordinates to the protrusion detecting unit 12 as an arrangement confirmation unit. The output size setting unit 13 stores information indicating the size of the recording paper set in the output device, that is, the printer 8. The size information of this recording paper is also used as the overflow detection unit 1.
2 is supplied.

The protrusion detecting section 12 detects whether or not the block protrudes from the recording sheet based on the supplied coordinates of the block and the size information of the recording sheet. When the block protrudes from the recording paper, the protrusion detection unit 12 outputs a detection signal to the rearrangement procedure setting unit 14. When the detection signal is supplied, the rearrangement procedure setting unit 14 responds to the detection signal by presetting a program for executing the procedure shown in the flowchart, which is set in advance.
Transfer to 5.

The data of the received document stored in the image memory 2 is rearranged by the rearrangement executing section 15 according to a predetermined procedure and input to the page memory 16. The document data input to the page memory 16 outputs stored data to the printer 8 when a print instruction is input.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the received document is projected from the recording paper, the block is moved within the page or the next page so that the block does not overlap the end of the recording paper. Moved to, or even reduced or deleted.

In this embodiment, the scheduled processing is performed depending on whether the received document is projected from the recording paper.
Similarly, one page of the received document can be displayed so that it does not overflow from the screen of the CRT 4.

[0040]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a mixed mode document composed of a plurality of blocks is received, and this document is output from the output size of the output device prepared on the receiving side. If the block is too large to fit in the block, rearrange the blocks and set the output size to 1
You can prevent the page document from growing. If the size of the protruding portion is too large to fit on one page of the planned size, the protruding block can be moved to the next page for printing.

As described above, when there are few protrusions, the blank portion can be reduced and a plurality of blocks can be accommodated in one page, so that recording paper can be saved when printing.
Resources can be effectively used and work efficiency is improved when displayed on a CRT screen for editing. On the other hand, when the protrusion is large, the pages can be printed separately so that the document is not interrupted in the middle of the block, and the document can be printed easily.

Whether the protrusion is large or small, the received document can be printed without loss.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing main functions of a document processing apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a document processing device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of rearrangement of blocks.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a printing operation according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a next page process according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Image memory, 3 ... Keyboard, 4 ... CRT,
6 ... Communication control device, 8 ... Printer, 9 ... Control memory, 10 ... CPU, 11 ... Layout information detection unit,
12 ... Projection detection unit, 13 ... Output size setting unit,
14 ... Relocation procedure setting unit, 15 ... Relocation execution unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A layout information detecting means for detecting layout information of a received mixed mode document and the detected layout information and an output size of an output device are compared, and the mixed mode document is based on the comparison result. Is arranged to determine whether or not is larger than the output size of the intended output device, and when the mixed mode document is larger than the output size of the output device, the output area end of the output device and the mixed A mixed mode document processing device, comprising: a block rearrangement unit for editing a mixed mode block so as not to overlap the mode block.