JPH0239967A - Printing control - Google Patents
Printing controlInfo
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- JPH0239967A JPH0239967A JP18846488A JP18846488A JPH0239967A JP H0239967 A JPH0239967 A JP H0239967A JP 18846488 A JP18846488 A JP 18846488A JP 18846488 A JP18846488 A JP 18846488A JP H0239967 A JPH0239967 A JP H0239967A
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B41J29/00—Details of, or accessories for, typewriters or selective printing mechanisms not otherwise provided for
- B41J29/46—Applications of alarms, e.g. responsive to approach of end of line
- B41J29/48—Applications of alarms, e.g. responsive to approach of end of line responsive to breakage or exhaustion of paper or approach of bottom of paper
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- Accessory Devices And Overall Control Thereof (AREA)
Abstract
Description
【発明の詳細な説明】
〔産業上の利用分野〕
本発明は、複数の給紙部をもちページ単位で印刷を行う
印刷装置の印刷制御方法に関する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a printing control method for a printing apparatus that has a plurality of paper feed units and performs printing on a page-by-page basis.
従来の方式は、特開昭６０−１４７３６４号公報に記載
のように、プリンタに入力されるドキュメントのサイズ
情報とプリンタにセットされている用紙のサイズ情報を
検知して、入力サイズ情報に相当する用紙を給紙し印刷
するものであった。The conventional method, as described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-147364, detects the size information of the document input to the printer and the size information of the paper set in the printer, and calculates the size information corresponding to the input size information. It fed paper and printed.
上記従来技術は、用紙無しエラー発生から用紙補給まで
の間、プリントシステムはホストＣＰＵからの要求によ
る印刷を停止するため、早急にプリント出力を必要とす
る場合について考慮がされていなかった。In the above-mentioned conventional technology, since the printing system stops printing according to a request from the host CPU from the occurrence of the paper out error until the paper is replenished, no consideration is given to the case where print output is required immediately.
本発明の目的は、ある用紙サイズの紙無しエラー発生か
ら用紙補給までの間は、他のサイズの給紙部の用紙へ印
刷を可能とすることにより、プリントシステムのサービ
スの向上を図ることにある。An object of the present invention is to improve the service of a printing system by making it possible to print on paper of other sizes from a paper feed unit from the occurrence of a paper out error for a certain paper size until paper replenishment. be.
上記目的は、用紙無しエラー発生時に他に印刷可能な用
紙サイズをオペレータに知らせ他の用紙サイズを選択さ
せて印刷することにより達成される。The above object is achieved by notifying the operator of other printable paper sizes when a paper out error occurs and allowing the operator to select another paper size and print.
第４図により作用を説明する。 The operation will be explained with reference to FIG.
ホストＣＰＵ５からの印刷要求に対し給紙部甲４−１の
用紙無しが発生した場合に、制御装置３で給紙部を切り
かえて別のサイズの給紙部乙４−２の用紙へ指定の様式
で印刷を行なう。従って用紙無しエラー発生時にも他サ
イズ用紙への印刷が可能となるので印刷停止によるサー
ビス低下を防ぐことができる。When paper is out of paper feed section A 4-1 in response to a print request from the host CPU 5, the control device 3 switches the paper feed section and assigns paper of a different size to paper feed section Otsu 4-2. Print according to the format. Therefore, even when a paper out error occurs, it is possible to print on paper of other sizes, thereby preventing service degradation due to printing stoppage.
以下、本発明の一実施例を第１図、第２図、第３図によ
り説明する。An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.
第１図は本発明による印刷制御方式の一実施例を示し、
第２図はその動作説明図、第４図はプリント出力例であ
る。FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the print control method according to the present invention,
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the operation, and FIG. 4 is an example of print output.
第１図においてプリントシステム１はプリンタ２と制御
装置３から構成される。プリンタ２は複数の給紙部４を
もつ。制御装置３はプリンタの状態管理を行うプリンタ
ステータス管理部６と、複数のページ容量をもち、ホス
トＣＰＵ５からの印刷データを管理する印刷データ管理
部７と印刷データをホストＣＰＵからの要求ページサイ
ズに圧縮伸長する印刷データ倍率変換部８をもつ。印刷
データ管理部７は各ページの印刷順序７−１とページサ
イズ７−２．用紙サイズ７−３．印刷データ倍率７−４
の情報を保持している。プリントシステム１はプリンタ
２の正常動作時にはホストＣＰＵ５からの要求順に印刷
順序を設定し、ページのサイズと同じ用紙サイズの給紙
部甲４−１を選択し印刷データ倍率を１として印刷を行
なうことは従来例の場合と同様である。In FIG. 1, a printing system 1 includes a printer 2 and a control device 3. As shown in FIG. The printer 2 has a plurality of paper feed sections 4. The control device 3 includes a printer status management section 6 that manages the state of the printer, a print data management section 7 that has a plurality of page capacities and manages print data from the host CPU 5, and a print data management section 7 that manages the print data from the host CPU to a page size requested by the host CPU. It has a print data magnification conversion unit 8 that compresses and expands. The print data management unit 7 determines the printing order 7-1 and page size 7-2 of each page. Paper size 7-3. Print data magnification 7-4
information is held. When the printer 2 is operating normally, the print system 1 sets the printing order in the order requested by the host CPU 5, selects the paper feed section A 4-1 with the same paper size as the page size, and prints with the print data magnification set to 1. is the same as in the conventional example.
いま、給紙部甲４−１と同乙４−２、回内４−３に、そ
れぞれ、Ａ３サイズ用紙とＢ４サイズＢ５サイズ用紙が
セットされており、ホストＣＰＵからの印刷要求がＡ４
サイズであるとして、以下第３図を用いて本発明の詳細
な説明する。Currently, A3 size paper and B4 size B5 size paper are set in the paper feed sections A 4-1, Otsu 4-2, and N 4-3, respectively, and the print request from the host CPU is A4.
The present invention will be described in detail below using FIG. 3, assuming that the size is the same.
印刷順序がｉであるＡ４サイズのページ印刷開始前に給
紙部４にステップ９でＡ４サイズ用紙なしエラーが発生
するとプリンタ２はステップ１０でプリンタステータス
管理部６へ報告し、制御装置３はエラーの発生と他サイ
ズの用紙への印刷が可能なことをオペレータに知らせる
。そして、ステップ１２でオペレータがＢ４サイズの用
紙への印刷を要求する場合は、ステップ１３で印刷デー
タ管理部７の用紙サイズ７−３と給紙部４を８４サイズ
に変更してステップ１４で印刷を行なう。If an A4 size paper out error occurs in the paper feed unit 4 in step 9 before printing an A4 size page with print order i, the printer 2 reports it to the printer status management unit 6 in step 10, and the control device 3 detects the error. Informs the operator that this has occurred and that printing on paper of other sizes is possible. If the operator requests printing on B4 size paper in step 12, the paper size 7-3 and paper feed unit 4 in the print data management section 7 are changed to 84 size in step 13, and the printing is performed in step 14. Do this.
このプリント出力結果は第３図の１７に示す。その後、
ステップ１５で給紙部４にＡ４サイズの用紙補給を行な
うとステップ１６で給紙部を回復して印刷を再開する。The printout result is shown at 17 in FIG. after that,
In step 15, the paper feed unit 4 is replenished with A4 size paper, and in step 16, the paper feed unit is restored and printing is resumed.
これにより用紙無しエラー発生から用紙補給までの時間
にも印刷が可能となる。This allows printing even during the period from the occurrence of a paper out error until paper replenishment.
実施例において、ステップ９に先立ち印刷モートを設定
することによりステップ１０でオペレータへエラー報告
を行うことなく自動的に別の給紙部の用紙へ印刷しても
よい。In the embodiment, by setting the print mode prior to step 9, printing may be automatically performed on paper from a different paper feed unit in step 10 without reporting an error to the operator.
ステップ１２でオペレータがＡ３サイズの用紙への印刷
を要求する場合は、第３図１８のプリント出力が得られ
るよう用紙サイズ７−３．および。If the operator requests printing on A3 size paper in step 12, the paper size 7-3. and.
給紙部４を管理してもよい。The paper feed section 4 may also be managed.
ステップ１２でオペレータがＢ５サイズの用紙への印刷
を要求する場合は、第３図の１９のプリント出力が得ら
れるよう用紙サイズ７−３、印刷データ倍率７−４．お
よび、給紙部４を管理し印刷データ倍率変換部８でペー
ジサイズを縮小してプリント出力してもよい。If the operator requests printing on B5 size paper in step 12, the paper size is 7-3, the print data magnification is 7-4, etc. so that the printout 19 in FIG. 3 can be obtained. Alternatively, the paper feed section 4 may be managed, the page size may be reduced by the print data magnification conversion section 8, and the page size may be reduced and printed out.
本発明によれば、プリンタの用紙無しエラー発生時に、
新しい用紙の補給を待つことなく、他サイズ用紙への印
刷が可能となるので、早急にプリント出力が必要な場合
に、小さい待ち時間でサービスを受けることができる。According to the present invention, when a paper out error occurs in the printer,
Since it is possible to print on paper of other sizes without waiting for new paper to be supplied, when print output is required immediately, the service can be received with a short waiting time.
第１図は本発明の一実施例のプリントシステムのブロッ
ク図、第２図は本発明の印刷制御方式のフローチャート
、第３図は実施例のシステムを用いたプリント出力結果
を示す説明図、第４図は本発明の一実施例のブロック図
である。
２・・・プリンタ、３・・・制御装置、４−１・・・給
紙部甲、４−２・・・給紙部乙、７・・・印刷データ管
理部、７−１・・・印刷順序、７−２・・・ページサイ
ズ、７−３・・・用紙サイズ、７−４・・・印刷データ
倍率、９・・・用紙なしエラー発生、１０・・・印刷停
止、１１・・・他サイズ用紙あるか、１２・・・他サイ
ズ用紙に印刷するか、１３・・・給紙部変更、
１４・・・印刷、
１５・・・用紙補給、
１６・・・給紙部回復。
第２１２１
第
図
第３図FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a print control method according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing print output results using the system of the embodiment, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. 2...Printer, 3...Control device, 4-1...Paper feed section A, 4-2...Paper feed section B, 7...Print data management section, 7-1... Print order, 7-2...Page size, 7-3...Paper size, 7-4...Print data magnification, 9...Out of paper error, 10...Stop printing, 11...・Do you have other size paper? 12... Print on other size paper, 13... Change paper source, 14... Print, 15... Paper supply, 16... Paper source recovery. 2121 Figure 3
Claims (1)
ジ単位で印刷を行うプリンタと、プリンタ制御装置とよ
り構成されるプリントシステムにおいて、 前記給紙部の用紙無しエラーをセンサにより検知した場
合に、前記プリンタ制御装置で他のサイズの前記給紙部
を選択して印刷することを特徴とする印刷制御方法。[Scope of Claims] 1. In a printing system that is connected to a host CPU and includes a printer that has multiple paper feed units and prints on a page-by-page basis, and a printer control device, a paper out error in the paper feed unit occurs. A printing control method, characterized in that when a sensor detects the paper feed unit, the printer control device selects the paper feed section of another size and prints.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP18846488A JPH0239967A (en) | 1988-07-29 | 1988-07-29 | Printing control |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP18846488A JPH0239967A (en) | 1988-07-29 | 1988-07-29 | Printing control |
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| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| JPH0239967A true JPH0239967A (en) | 1990-02-08 |
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| JP18846488A Pending JPH0239967A (en) | 1988-07-29 | 1988-07-29 | Printing control |
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Cited By (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5544965A (en) * | 1993-06-01 | 1996-08-13 | Sony Corporation | Printer |
| JP2004237505A (en) * | 2003-02-04 | 2004-08-26 | Canon Inc | Printing device and its control method |
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| US10044892B2 (en) | 2015-01-28 | 2018-08-07 | Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Image forming apparatus and method for performing preparation operation prior to acceptance of job executing instruction |
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Cited By (7)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5544965A (en) * | 1993-06-01 | 1996-08-13 | Sony Corporation | Printer |
| JP2004237505A (en) * | 2003-02-04 | 2004-08-26 | Canon Inc | Printing device and its control method |
| US10044892B2 (en) | 2015-01-28 | 2018-08-07 | Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Image forming apparatus and method for performing preparation operation prior to acceptance of job executing instruction |
| US9770929B2 (en) | 2015-01-29 | 2017-09-26 | Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Image forming apparatus and method for performing preparation operations prior to image data receipt |
| US10377159B2 (en) | 2015-01-29 | 2019-08-13 | Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Image forming apparatus and method for performing preparation operations prior to image data receipt |
| US10137711B2 (en) | 2015-09-30 | 2018-11-27 | Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Image forming system including plurality of sheet feeders and method therefor having switching control features |
| US10723154B2 (en) | 2015-09-30 | 2020-07-28 | Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | Image forming system including plurality of sheet feeders and method therefor having switching control features |
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