JPS59202869A - Printing control apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to perform proportional printing or right aligning treatment even if a dot printer is used, by performing the alteration of a dot matrix size by the alteration of the storing start dot position in image buffer. CONSTITUTION:The alteration of a dot matrix size is performed by the alteration of the storing start dot position in image buffer 10 in which the storing start dot position of each dot pattern is stored. That is, when there is m-dot difference between the right end character and the right margin position of a character line ABC, the alteration of the dot matrix size is performed by shifting the start dot position of each character to right corresponding to the m-dot. Thus alteration of the start dot position adds (m) to the start dot position information of each character in a start dot table 12.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application fields The present invention relates to a printing control device.

(b) Prior Art Current English word processors are based on proportional printing with equal character spacing, and perform various controls such as line end processing, right alignment processing, right 1/2 alignment processing, centering processing, right pinning processing, etc. to output printout. do.

Figure 1 shows the basic structure of the current English word blog, where 1) is an input means such as a keyboard, and (2) is a CRT.
Display, (3) is printer, (4) is storage, (
5) is a control section. Such a device displays and outputs data input from an input means (1) on a CRT (2) screen,
While looking at the displayed image 1n1, make corrections, etc., and store it in the storage section (4).
). Further, the data stored in the storage section (4) is printed out by the printer (3). This operation is controlled by a control section 5 based on a signal input from the input means (1>), and the above-mentioned line end processing and the like are also controlled by the control section (5>).

Next, each process such as line end process will be explained.

(1) End-of-line processing Now, the first line on the CR7 screen (6) is shown in Figure 2 A.
Assume that a character string such as ``B Cuu uX Y Z'' is displayed. In the figure, `` and '' are left and right margins that define the format of one line.

When the above character string is printed out by the printer (3), if proportional printing is performed at a predetermined character interval, the above character string will fit within the print area (8) on the printing paper (7) as shown in Figure 2B. Sometimes there isn't. In such a case, end-of-line processing involves changing the character spacing so that the character string fits within the print area (8).

”'＜i) Right alignment process This process aligns the character string displayed in Figure 2A with the printing paper (7
) when performing proportional printing at a specified character spacing.
As shown in Figure 3, there is a margin S between the right edge of the printing area (8) (hereinafter referred to as the right margin position '1) and the last character of the character string.
When P occurs, the end of each line is aligned to the right margin position. Specifically, this is done by appropriately allocating the margin SP to each space "u" in the row.

(i) Right 1/2 Alignment Process This process is substantially the same as the right alignment process described above, and is a process of aligning the last character of the line to SP from the right margin position.

(iv> Centering processing, for example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the CRT screen (
6) When printing the character string "A B C" displayed above, it is a process to position it in the center of the printing area (8>) as shown in FIG. 4B. In the above, "mouth" is a centering mark, and the character string sandwiched by such a mark can be subjected to the above-mentioned centering process.

(V) Right-click processing This processing is performed, for example, on the CRT screen (6) as shown in FIG. 5A.
This is a process for printing the character string "ABC" displayed above so that it is positioned at the right end of the printing area (8) as shown in FIG. 5B. In FIG. 5A, "o" is a right-click mark, and the character string located at position V after the mark is subject to the right-click process.

Current English word processors use type-type blinks. Therefore, the control device that performs each of the above-mentioned processes has been constructed on the premise that the output is to be output to a type printing device.

However, dot type printing devices are now being widely used as printing devices because they are capable of printing complex characters such as Chinese characters and graphic data.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a printing control device that can achieve each of the above functions even when a dot type printing device is used.

(2) Structure of the Invention The structural features of the present invention include a first storage means for storing dot patterns having different dot matrix sizes depending on the types of characters, symbols, etc. in the form of print patterns for at least one line; A second storage means is provided in which storage start dot positions of each dot pattern in the means are stored, and the dot size and dot size can be changed by changing the storage start dot positions in the second storage means. be.

(E) Embodiment First, before explaining the embodiment, the pro-voice printing method when using a dot type printing device and the above-mentioned processes (1) to (v) based on this method will be explained in detail.

(a) Proportional Printing Method Currently, print control devices for outputting using dot-type printing devices produce a font pattern in which each character is represented by, for example, 24 x 24 dots or 32 x 32 dots.
Each character is printed out by outputting such a font pattern to a printing device. However, if each character is given a common matrix size in this way, the actual spacing between characters is 11,!, as shown in FIG. 2 are different, so proportional printing will not be possible. This is the character width W1,
This is because the characters with different W2 and W3 are made into dot tomato links of the same size. Note that m and n in FIG. 6 are dot sizes.

In view of this point, the inventor decided to define the matrix size in the width direction as a font pattern for performing blue lj 45-nominal printing according to the substantial character width. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the font pattern for the character "I" having a character width W1 is obtained by adding blank dot areas L1 and L2 on the left and right sides, respectively.

Therefore, the dot matrix size of the font pattern of the letter "I" is mX (Ll+W1+L2). -Similarly, the character "A" has a dot matrix font pattern of mX (L1+W2+L2), and the character "M" has a dot matrix size of mX (L1+W3+i,2). Furthermore, the above L1
, L2 are fixed.

Next, a schematic process for converting the font pattern configured in this way into an actual printing form will be explained with reference to FIG. Specifically, an example is shown in FIG.
A case where the character string "ABC" displayed on the T screen (6) is to be printed will be explained. In addition, each of the above characters “A”
- The widths of the font patterns for "B" and "C" are "18", "19", and "17", respectively.

In Fig. 8, <10> is an image buffer, in which one line of print image is stored as a dot pattern.
Stored. In other words, the character string ABC is located at the beginning of the line, and its widths are "18", "19", and "17", so the font pattern of the character "A" is at the 0th position of the image buffer (10). The font pattern of the letter "B" is written in the 18th dot column to the 36th dot column, and the font pattern of the letter "c" is written in the 37th dot column to the 54th dot column, respectively. It will be.

To write the phono pattern to the image buffer (10), first write each character "A", "B", "C" from the font table (11) in which the font, soba pattern and width of each character are stored. ” is read out sequentially, the writing start position of each character to the image buffer (10) is determined based on such width value, such position is written once in the corresponding area of the start dot table (12), and then This can be done by storing the font pattern read from the font table 11) in the image buffer (10) based on the contents of the dot table (12).

As mentioned above, proportional printing can be achieved by simply setting the font pattern width of each character appropriately.
For example, if the writing start position (hereinafter referred to as the start position) is determined simply from the font pattern width for a line such as a vertical line that continues over multiple lines, scratches may occur when printing. Therefore, as a method to prevent this, the start dot position of a vertical key line or the like may be defined by the position of the character from the beginning of the line where such a key line is located (hereinafter referred to as the blade ram position). In addition to vertical lines, there are format marks that divide one line into processing units as continuous marks that span multiple lines.

(b) Right Alignment Process As shown in Figure 10A, in proportional printing, if the last character of the line is located within the printing area of m do n 1 - minutes from the right margin, then the above m do y to is distributed to the spaces existing between characters on such a line.

To do this, let the number of spaces above be n, calculate the quotient A and the remainder B from m/n, distribute the quotient A to each of the spaces above, and then divide the quotient A into the B spaces G in order from the first space of the line. Then, further distribute one dot each.

Specifically, for example, as shown in FIG. 10B, n=2, m=
If there is a line like 3, the quotient of m/n is A=1 and the remainder B-1.
Therefore, 2 dots are allocated to S, the head space (21>), and 1 dot is allocated to the second space (22>). Therefore, the width of the space is, for example, "18" during proportional printing. Then, by such right alignment processing, the widths of the first and second spaces (21) and (22) become "20" and "19", respectively.In addition, since the width of each space changes, each character Of course, the start dot position may also change, but this can be done by changing the contents of the start dot table (12) in accordance with the amount of change in the space width.

(c) Right alignment process This process is basically the same as the right alignment process described above, so the explanation will be omitted.

(d> Right-justification processing Such processing is, for example, shown in Fig. 11, when the character string “A” is requested to be right-justified when simply printing a blank IJ vocational as shown in Figure 11.
If there is a difference of m dots between the rightmost character of "BC" and the right man/(,,,,!), this can be done by shifting the start dot position of each character above by m dots.Such start dot position Change of 1st start dot table (1
It is just 10 m above the start dot position information of each character in 2).

(e) Centering process In such a process, for example, as shown in FIG. 12, a line containing the character string "ABC" to be center-centered is simply printed according to the predetermined font turn width of each character. According to the start dot position A of the first character "A" of the above character string, the start dot position X of such a line, the final dot position B of the last character "c" of the above character string, and the right margin position Y (X+y- A-B)/2 is calculated, and the start position of each character in the character string "ABC'" is changed by the result of this calculation. To change the position of the cut plane, change the contents of the start dot table (12).

(f) Line end processing Such processing is performed, for example, as shown in Figure 13, when each character is printed in accordance with a predetermined font pattern width and the character is printed beyond the right margin position, the font pattern of each character is changed. The width is decreased by one dot.

Specifically, each star point position information of the start dot table (12) is changed according to its column position n, that is, each of the above information is decreased by (n-1>).

It should be noted that each of the above processes has been explained on a line-by-line basis, or for example,
As shown in the figure, each of the above processes can be performed at a professional level using format marks such as vertical lines and indent marks. In the following embodiments, an apparatus that processes blocks will be described.

FIG. 15 shows the overall configuration of the device of this embodiment.
) is a control m composed of a microphone 1j computer, for example.
; and the control section outputs control signals 01 to C8 according to a processing program to control each means described below.

(201) is a text management means, which reads and holds a text memory (202) in which characters, symbols, etc. constituting documents, etc. are stored as JIS, ASCII, etc. codes, and one line of code in the memory. line buffer (
203), a format mark column position management unit (204) that searches for the column position of the format mark in one line that has been completely read out in the line buffer (203), and stores the position in the format mark column position storage unit (101); ).

(300) is a row management means, which is composed of the following parts.

1 read output ram position management section (301) J has a column counter that indicates the read position in the row buffer (203), and the contents of the counter are output as a column position signal CP. It is reset by the cent signal R1 from the control section (100), and its contents are incremented by 1 by the count-up signal UPI.

1 reading unit (302) J: Reads out the yaw FCC from the row buffer (203) based on the column position signal CP from the read column position management unit (301).

1 Centering mark determination unit (303) J...Determines whether or not the code CC read out from the reading unit (302) is a centering mark, and determines whether the code CC is a centering mark or not.
When the centering information storage unit (304) is found, the centering information storage unit (304) is searched. As shown in FIG. 16, such a storage unit (304)
It has a first storage area (305) and a second storage area (306).
The location information of the centering mark is set in the storage area (305), and information about the location of the centering mark can be set in the second storage area (306). Here, when information with a centering mark is set in the first storage area (305) by the above search, the centering processing means (400) executes the centering process described above, and then the second storage area (306) is set. ) sets the current column position signal CP. Furthermore, when the information indicating that there is a centering mark is not set in the first storage area (305), the information indicating that there is a centering mark is set in the area (305), and the current contents of the column counter are stored in the second column counter. cent to the storage area (306).

1 Right-edge mark determination unit (307) J...Determines whether the code CC input through the centering mark determination unit (303) is a right-edge mark, and if it is a right-edge mark, the A column position signal CP is set in the right claw start position area (309) of the processing information storage unit (308), the specific configuration of which is shown in FIG. I can complete the set.

In addition, the above-mentioned processing information storage unit (308> has 8 alignment processing,
Information on whether to perform right alignment processing or left alignment processing (processing that does not perform right alignment or left alignment) is set. There is an alignment processing area (311). Also, such area (
The control unit (100) inputs the information to the controller (311) based on input from an input means (not shown).

Character determination unit (312)...The above-mentioned right-justification determination unit (307
) The code CC sent via the character code format (
mark, centering mark, right hand mark, and a hood excluding spaces>, and if it is determined to be a character code in such a determination, a column position signal CP is set in the end character column position storage section (313). do. Further, as shown in FIG. 18, the start character information area (315) in the start character column position storage section (314) is searched, and when the content of the area (315) is "o", the start character position area ( 316), the column position signal CP is detected (- and start character information area < 315).
Set '1' to '1'.

Furthermore, when the yaw FCC is a character code, the judgment result C
'1' is output as C8.

1 star dot position creation means (500) J...Code CC1 sent via character determination section (312)
The start dot table described above is created based on the result CC8 and the column position signal CP, and the specific configuration and operation will be described later.

1 space determination section (317) J...Code C sent via the start dot position creation means (500)
It is determined whether C is a space code or not, and when it is a space code, its position information is set in the space column storage section (318) based on the column position signal CP. As shown in FIG. 19, the space column storage section (318) in the unit body has a corresponding area for each bit for each column position, and for example, the codes at the third and sixth column positions are space codes. Sometimes, 1'' can be set in the areas corresponding to the third and sixth column positions, and '0' can be set in the other areas.

"Format mark determination section <319) J... Determines whether or not the food CC sent via the space determination section (317) is a format mark, and sends the determination result to the control section (100)
output as signal MD. The format marks used are the left and right margins that define one line (in Figure 14, the left and right margins are
I") (hereinafter referred to as the line regulation mark), - indent marks and vertical lines, etc. that divide the line into blocks (hereinafter referred to as the block regulation mark), and such differences are also output as the above judgment results. .

(102> is a basic dot position storage unit, and as mentioned above, this storage unit stores characters and symbols located at column positions according to column positions in order to prevent positional scratches when printing vertical lines, etc.) In this embodiment, the average font pattern width of characters, symbols, etc. is set to "18" and is stored as shown in FIG. 20.

Reference numeral (103) is a start dot position storage section, which constitutes the start dot table described above.

(104> is a font management section, which is composed of a width storage section (105) in which font pattern widths are stored and a pattern storage section (106) in which font patterns are stored.

(600) is a right closing processing means, (700) is a right bending processing means, <800) is a processing means on the right, and <900) is an end of line correction means, and the can processing means includes the above-mentioned right closing processing, Performs right alignment processing, right alignment processing, and line end correction processing. (1
000) is a pattern image control means, which creates the image/ζ rough γ described above.

(1100) is a zone check means, and the zone check means determines whether or not the margin yhm in FIG. 10A exceeds a certain value when performing right alignment processing or right alignment processing. . That is, this is to prevent the above-mentioned m from being too large, the number of dots allocated to each character space will increase, and the character space will become wider, which would be aesthetically undesirable.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the processing program of the control section (100), and its operation will be specifically explained based on this flowchart.

First, in step S1, first initial settings are performed. Specifically, the counter value in the read column position management section (301) is reset by 'o''+ based on the reset signal R1, and the format mark column position storage section (101), start dot position storage section (102>, The space column storage section (318) and the like are cleared by a reset signal from the control section (100), not shown.

In step S2, one line of code to be processed below is extracted from the text memory (202) as line 1<-nofa (203).
is read out. Specifically, such an operation is executed by applying a control signal C1 to the text management means (201). Further, in step S3, the means (201) searches the format mark column position management unit (204) for the format mark position in the line buffer (203), and stores the position information in the format mark column position storage unit (204). 101).

In step S4, second initial settings are performed. Specifically, the centering information storage unit (304), the processing information storage unit (
30B), the end character column position storage section (313), the start character storage section (314), etc. are cleared based on a reset signal (not shown) from the control section (100).

In step S5, the contents of the column counter in the read column position management section (301) are updated. in particular,
It is executed one more time based on the count-up signal UPI from the control section (100). The contents of such a column counter are output as a column position signal CP, and based on such signal CP, S
In 6 steps, one code in the row buffer (203) located in the column corresponding to the signal CP is read by the reading unit (
202) is output as read-to-FCC.

In step S7, the centering mark determination section (303) determines whether or not the two FCCs are centering marks. If the two FCCs are centering marks, the process proceeds to step 88; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S12.

In step S8, the centering information storage unit (304)
The first storage area (305) within is searched, and its contents are determined in step S9. Therefore, the first storage area (30
5) If the centering mark presence information is set in step S10, the centering processing means (
400), the centering process is executed. If the centering information has not been set, the process advances to step Sll and the centering information is set. Specifically, the centering "presence" information is stored in the first storage area (<305), and the column position signal CP is stored in the second storage area (306). Once completed, the process proceeds to step SL2.In addition, the above 5
Processing of steps 8 to A12 is performed by the centering determination unit (30
3) is executed.

In step S12, it is determined whether or not the code CC is a right-aligned mark. If it is a right-aligned mark, the process proceeds to step S13; otherwise, the process proceeds to step 314.

In step S13, the right-justified information is stored in the processing information storage section (3
08). Specifically, such a storage unit (308)
Column position signal C in the right claw start position area (309)
P is set, and information on the right-justification process is set in the right-justification processing area (310). Note that the processing in step S12.13 is executed by the right-justification determination unit (307).

In step 814, it is determined whether code: c c is a character hood, and if it is a character code, the process is S.
Execute the i2.16 step and proceed to the 5171Ai° block, otherwise proceed directly to the Si2 step. In the cutting step, loading characters excludes formatting marks, centering marks, right-) marks, spaces, etc.
Alpha to 71 is a code that represents numbers, etc.

In step 315, start character column position information is set in the start character column position storage section (314). Specifically, when the content of the start character information area (315) of the storage unit <314> is '0'', the area (31
5) is set to "1", the column position signal CP is sent to the start character position area (316), and the column position signal CP is set to the start character position area (316).
316) is “1”, the storage unit (316) is “1”.
Step 14) proceeds to step 316 where no processing is performed. In step 316, the end character column position is set in the end character column position storage section (313). Specifically, a column position signal CP is set in the storage section (313). Note that the processing of steps S14 to S16 is executed in the character determination section <312>.

In step S17, start dot position creation means (50
0), the start dot table (12) described above is created based on the code CC and column position signal CP.

In step S18, it is determined whether or not the code CC is a space code. If it is determined that it is a space code, in step 319, the start column storage unit (3
18) in the area corresponding to the column position signal CP.
Set. Note that the processing in step S18.19 is executed by the space determination section (317).

In step S20, the format mark determination unit (31
9), and uses the result as a signal MD in the control section (10).
0). Specifically, the signal MD is output as a 2-bit digital signal, and each of these 2-bit signals has a meaning as shown in the table below.

In steps S21 and 22 of Table S21, the format mark determination section (31
Based on the signal MD from 9), it is determined whether the code cc is a format mark and not the left margin, and if it is not a format mark or the left margin, the process returns to step S5, and if it is a format mark and not the left margin, the code cc is a format mark and is not the left margin. Processing proceeds to step 323.

In step S23, the start character column position storage section (3
14), the start character information area (315) is searched to determine whether or not there are characters in the block currently being processed. That is, if "1" is set in the above area (315), it is assumed that there is a character in the block, and the process proceeds to step 324, and if "o" is set, it is assumed that there is no character. The processing then proceeds to step S32.

In step S24, the end-of-line processing described above is performed.

Specifically, it is executed in the line end processing means (900) based on the control signal C6 from the control section (100).

When such processing is completed, the processing proceeds to step 825.

In steps 325 to S31, right-align processing, right-align processing,
It is determined which of the right alignment processes should be performed, and each process is executed.

Specifically, in step 325, the processing information storage unit (3
08) is read out, and when it is determined that the right-justification processing area (310) has been able to store the information on the right-justification processing parameter, 8.
In step 29, the right-justification processing means (600) executes right-justification processing based on the control signal C3. In step S26, the zone check means (1100) performs the zone check described above based on the control signal c8, and based on the check result Xc, it is determined whether right alignment and right alignment are possible. If it is determined that this is not possible, the process proceeds to S32, and if it is determined that it is possible, the process proceeds to S32.
27.28 Processing information storage unit (30g
) is searched for the alignment processing area (311), and based on this search result, the right alignment processing of S30 Sudenbu is performed, or S3
It is determined whether to perform alignment processing to the right of one step or to do nothing, and proceed to either step S30.31.32 or step 7, respectively.

Note that when steps 829 to 31 are completed, the process advances to step S32. Further, each process of steps S30 and S31 is executed in the right alignment processing means (700) or the right alignment processing means (800) based on the control signal C4 or c5, respectively.

In step S32, it is determined whether the end of the currently processed block is a block regulation mark, and if it is a block regulation mark, the process returns to step S4, and if it is not a block regulation mark, that is, if it is at the right margin, the process returns to step 333. Proceed to step. The above judgment is performed using the judgment result signal MD that can be output from the format mark judgment section (319).
It is based on the following.

In step 333, the pattern image for one line described above is created. Specifically, the pattern image generating means (1000) generates a pattern based on the control signal C7. When this process is completed, the process returns to step S1.

The processing operations according to the flowchart in FIG.
In the loop consisting of steps S22, a start dot table (12) is created while performing centering processing if necessary for each block, and the end of the block is detected (determined in steps 321 and 22).
Step 331 is executed to perform right-justification, right-alignment, right-alignment, etc. in block units, and correct the start dot position of each character. Therefore, when a plurality of blocks exist in one line, a loop consisting of steps 84 to S32 is executed, and each process is performed on a block-by-block basis.

Furthermore, when the processing of each block in one row is completed, a pattern image is created in step 333, and then the process returns to step S1 again to process the next row.

Next, the configuration and operation of each means such as the centering processing means (400) and the start dot position creation means (500) will be explained.

FIG. 22 shows the configuration of the centering processing means (400), where (401) is a centering processing control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and control signals 010 to C
14 controls the following parts.

1-block position search unit (402) J... Searches for the column positions of the format marks closest to the column position CP that can currently be read out. Specifically, by inputting the control signal C10, the format mark column position storage section (101) is searched based on the column position signal CP, and the above column position CPA is searched.
, CPB is searched and output.

1 block dot search section (403) J... Based on the column positions CPA and CPB sent from the block position search section (402), the basic dot position storage section (
103) and column position CPA+1. ．． The start dot positions corresponding to each CPB are read and stored in the start area (405) and end area (406) of the pronk dot position storage section (404). That is, as shown in FIG. 23, if the current column position signal CP indicates the column where the right centering mark "El:]" is located, the start area (405> and end area (405)
06) has a centering mark located on the left side respectively.
``Start door 1-position and indent mark located to the right'' ◇Pa start dot position can be stored.

1 processing dot position search unit (407) J Star 1 of the first character of the character string to be subjected to centering processing
Search for the head position. Specifically, based on the control signal C1l, the data in the second storage area (306) of the centering information storage section (304), that is, the column position of the centering mark ``mouth'' located on the left in FIG. 23, for example, is read out. , based on such column position data, the start dot mark is located at the column position part η of ((column position where the above centering mark is located)+1) of the position storage section (10:3)) In FIG. Read out the start dot position information and store the character start dot storage section (4
08).

1 First calculation unit (409) J...Calculates the difference between the start dot position of each character after centering processing and the start dot position obtained by a predetermined font pattern width. That is, the number of corrected dots at the start 1'' position is calculated.Specifically, the following calculation is performed based on the control signal C12, and the calculation result d1 is output.

d1=to(X-Y+A-B) Note that:
Value A stored in the L-dot area (406)...Value B stored in the character start dot storage section (408)...Value stored in the character end dot position storage section to be described later. For example, in FIG. 23, is the value of the character "c" (start dot position + font pattern width).

1 Second calculation unit (410) J - Calculates the dot difference between the block start position before centering processing and the start dot position of the first character of the character string to be subjected to centering processing. Specifically, the following calculation is performed based on the control signal C12, and the calculation result d2 is output.

2-X-A 1 determination section (411) J...Based on the control signal C13, the above-mentioned 1. Output d from the second calculation unit (409) (410)
□ and d are compared, and the result 2 is output to the centering processing control section (401). The above comparison first determines whether d<0 or not, and if it is negative, further 1d11>d
z, and as a result, d1〈0, and ld, l
>d2, the result is Z, and "1" is output; otherwise, "o" is output.

1 star I/dot position change unit (412) J... Changes the start bit position of each character in the character string to be subjected to centering processing, specifically, by changing the control signal C
14, the content CCP of the second storage area (306) in the centering information storage unit (304), the content ECP of the end character column position storage unit (313), and the first calculation unit (4
09) is read out, and d is added to the column position information of each of CCP+1 to ECP in the start dot position storage section (103).

Next, the operation of the centering processing means (400) is
This will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, in step 5101, line end correction is performed.

Specifically, it is executed by the line end correction means (900) based on the control signal C15 from the centering processing control section <401).

In step S102.103, as described above, the start and end areas (405) (406) of the block dot position storage section (404) are determined based on the control signals CIO and C1l.
A predetermined value is set in the key and character start dot storage section (408).

In step 5104, the first,
The aforementioned calculations are performed in the second calculation units (409) (410). Also, both such calculation units (40, 9) (410)
+ko (the calculation result d+, d2 is 5105 st.
The above-described determination is made in the determination section (411) using the control signal C13 using the knob, and the result 2 is determined by the control section (401).
is output to.

In step 5106, it is determined whether the result signal 2 is ``1'', and if it is ``1'', processing C or 510 is performed.
The process advances to step 8, and if it is not "1", the process advances to step 5107.

In step 5107, the start position is changed. Such processing is executed in the start dot position changing section (412)i based on the control signal C14 as described above.

At step 8108, the start character position storage section (31
4) Reset. Specifically, the control section (401) applies a reset signal R2 to the storage section <314> to clear the inside of the storage section (314).

The above process calculates the correction value d of the start position that can be corrected by the centering process using the 5IOI-8104 Ste.knob.
A format that specifies the start of a program whose character string has such a character string as the beginning of the character string to which centering processing is applied when the start point position is corrected based on the correction value d1 in the amplifier. Determine whether the mark is over the fire or not,
If not, execute 5107 Ste Knob and 8108
Proceed to step. The S108 step will be described later, but it is used to prevent other processing from being performed on the character string that has been subjected to such centering processing when the request for right alignment processing etc. is exhausted in the refusal block. It is something.

FIG. 25 shows the line end correction means (900), (901)
is an end-of-line correction control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and this control section (901) receives the control signal C6 or C
, 15 are inputted, the control section 11 controls the following sections by outputting control signals C21 to C25 according to the processing program.

"Block end column position search section (902) J
...Search and output the column position of the format mark that exists after the currently processed column and is closest to the column position. Specifically, by inputting the control signal C21,
The column position signal CP is read and the format mark column position storage section (101) is searched based on the signal CP, and the format mark column position ECP is read and output.

1 Basic dot position reading unit (903) J...Based on the column position ECP sent from the block end column position search unit (902), reads the basic start dot position BSDP corresponding to the column position as a basic dot. It is determined and output from the position storage unit (102).

Incidentally, such processing is performed when the control signal C22 is input.

"Subtraction unit (904) J... By manually inputting the control signal C23, the basic dot position reading unit (903)
The start dot position BSDP outputted from the start dot position BSDP and the content CEDP of the character final dot position storage section to be described later are read out, "CEDP-BSDP" is obtained, and the result SZ is output.

1 determination unit (905) J... Based on the control signal C24, the above result SZ is Z ≧0-V, %-5z <
o" is determined, and if "sz≧o", then "0" is outputted to the control section (901), and if "Sz<o-", then "0" is outputted to the control section (901).

1 dot deletion means (950) J Star I Do
The position information corresponding to each column position n in the node storage section (103) is decreased by (n-1>), and the above processing is performed based on the control signal C25.

FIG. 26 shows a specific configuration of such a dot deletion means <950>, in which (951) is a dot deletion control section consisting of, for example, a microcomputer, and when the control signal C25 is input, the control signal C30 is output according to the processing program.
~C35 and controls the following parts.

1 Processing start position search unit (952) J... Out of the formatting marks, centering marks, and right-justification marks located before the current column position CP, the most above column position CP
Search and output the column position of the mark closest to . Specifically, when the control signal C31 is manually input, the column position ε CP
and searches the format mark column position storage (101), centering position storage (<304), and processing information storage (308) based on the signal -x;cp to find a column position that meets the above conditions. is determined and the above column position is placed in the start area (954) of the processing range storage section (953). Further, a column position signal CP is set in the end area (955) of the storage section (953).

1 column counter (956) J...Control signal C32
Based on the start area (
954) is read and held, and the held content CD is incremented by 1 based on the count-up signal UP2.

1 subtractable counter (957) J. Reset signal R2
At the same time, the contents SD are incremented by 1 by the count-up signal UP3.

"First judgment unit <958) J... Reads the content CD of the column counter (956) and the content EC of the end area (955) based on the control signal C33" CD = E C
”, and when it is “CD-EC”, it is “1” as the judgment result Z2, and when it is “CD#EC”, it is 0.
is output to the control unit (951).

1-dot subtraction unit (959) J...Start dot position storage Q corresponding to signal CD based on control signal C34
The information stored in the column position in (103) is subtracted by SD and set in that column position again.

1 Second determination unit (960) J...Contents E of end character column position storage unit (313) based on control signal C34
The CC and the content EC of the end area (955) are compared, and when they match, a match signal Q is output to the character final dot subtraction unit (961).

1-character final dot subtraction unit (961) J: When the above signal Q is input, it reads out the contents of the character final dot position storage unit to be output later, subtracts -[SD, and returns the subtraction result again. Set it in the storage section above. The character final dot position storage section stores the final dot position of the last character in the block.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the operation of the dot deletion means (9, 50> of FIG. 26).

First, in step 5201, the process search unit (952) sets the process start position in the start area (954) of the process range storage unit (953) based on the control signal C31, and also sets the column position signal C in the end area (955).
P is set.

In step 5202, the control signal C32i is based on l/)
The contents of the start area (954>) are the column counter (9
56), and then the contents of the counter (956) are set to 5203 and then the contents of the counter (956) are set to the count account.
+1 is added by Npui F UP2.

In step S204, the reset signal R24 clears the subtracted counter (957) and also clears the subtracted counter (957).
At 5°206 steps, the subtracted counter (957)
And the contents of the column counter (956) are incremented by one.

A first determination is made in step 5207. Specifically, the first determination unit (95g) uses l/) based on the control signal C33.
The process described above is executed, and as a result, in step 5208, Z2 is compared in the control unit (951) to see if it is '0'.

In such a comparison, if 'Z 2-0', processing number 52
The process advances to step 09, and if "Z2=1", the process is not completed yet.

In step 5209, the dot subtraction unit (959) determines the subtraction processing power (actual operation) based on the control signal C34.In step S210, a second determination is made. Based on this, the process described above is executed in the second determination unit (960).In this process, when the second determination unit (960) outputs the coincidence signal Q, the process is performed in step 52.
The process advances from step 11 to step 5212, and when the signal Q is not output, the process returns to step 5205.

In step 5212, the contents of the character last dot storage section are subtracted. Such processing is executed in the character final dot subtraction section (959) as described above.

When such processing is completed, the processing returns to step 5205.

That is, in steps 5201 to 5204, the column position range in which dot deletion is to be performed is determined, and the column counter (956) and subtractable counter (957) are initialized. Next, in a loop consisting of steps 5205 to 5212, the start dot position within the above range is sequentially changed, and when the changing process is completed, the loop is exited in step 3208.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing the operation of the 25th line end correction means <900>.

First, in step 5301, the block end column position search unit (902) is activated by outputting the control signal C21.
Search for a column position ECP that meets the conditions described above.

Next, in step 5302, the column position EC
The basic dot position BSDP corresponding to P is searched. The search for refusal is executed by the basic dot position reading section (903) based on the control signal C22.

At step 5303, the subtraction unit (9
The calculations already described in 04) are performed.

In step 5304, the determination unit (9
Based on the determination result z1 made in 05), the control unit (
901), the next step to be executed is selected. That is, when "Z1-0", the process proceeds to step 5305, and when "Z1-1", the process ends.

In step 5305, the dot reduction process is executed based on the flowchart of FIG. 27 as described above.

As shown in Figure 29A, each character data is stored in each column position, and the centering mark ``times'', character'' is stored in each column position.
The font pattern widths of "m", space "U", and indent mark "◇゛' are '18" and "26", respectively.

Assuming that the values are 18° and 18°, and the average font pattern width is 18, the start don't table created based on the predetermined font pattern width will be as shown in FIG. 29B.

If we assume that the end-of-line correction process is disabled for the blocks located from the 13th column onward in FIG. ” and the final dot position of the character “m” in the 11th column which corresponds to the final character is “257”
”, the process proceeds to step 5305 via steps 5303 and 5304.
The step will be processed, and the start position and end position of the column that should be processed in step S201 are set in the processing range storage unit (308). That is, in this case, the start area (954) and the end area (954)
55) can have cents "8" and "13" respectively. Next, by executing each of the processes following step 5202, the start dot table in FIG. 29B is changed as shown in FIG. The cutting process ends.

FIG. 30 shows a specific configuration of the start dot position creation means (500), in which (501) is a start dot position creation control section made up of, for example, a microcomputer, and this control section generates control signals C41 to C4 according to a processing program.
6 and controls the following parts.

"Code judgment section (502) J...the above control section (501
) is judged whether or not the code CC sent from is a format mark, and if it is judged to be a format mark, it outputs '1' as the judgment result signal z3, and if not, it outputs '0゛'. Output.

``Basic dot position reading unit (503) J...When the control signal C41 is input, searches the basic start dot position BSDP from the basic dot position storage unit (102) based on the column position signal CP and outputs it.゜"Width reading section (5
04) When a low FCC is sent from the J control unit (501), the font pattern width FB of the character (excluding formatting marks, including centering marks, etc.) corresponding to the food CC is sent to the font management unit <104). Width storage section <1
Read and output from 05>.

1 Basic dot width storage section (505) J - The font pattern width BB of the format mark is fully stored in this storage section.

"Dot width selection section (506) J. For example, it consists of a multiplexer, and when the control signal C42 is input, the
Based on this, the output FB from the width reading section (504) or the content BB in the basic dot width storage section (505) is selectively output. That is, when Z3=1, BB is output, and when Z3=0, FB is output.

1 character final dot position storage unit (507) J... Stores the final dot position of the character stored in the column position closest to the column position CP that was located in the column position before the currently processed column position CP. has been done. Specifically, the value (start dot position of the above character + font pattern width of the above character - 1) has not been stored.

First dot position storage unit (50B) J: Numerical values that can potentially be stored are stored in the area in the start dot position storage unit (103) that corresponds to the column position CP that is currently being processed. Specifically, the value (start dot position of a pattern located one position before the current column position CP+font pattern width of such pattern) is stored. The above-mentioned pattern includes all format marks, centering marks, right fill marks, spaces, characters, symbols, etc.

The values to be stored in the character final dot position storage section (507) and the current dot position storage section (50g>) will be explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 31.

Assuming that the column position signal CP indicates the 11th column in Figure 31, the last dot of the character, the position storage section (507), is not located in the 8th column but the character p.
The font pattern width of the character ``m°'' is added to the start dot Z position of ``, and the value obtained by subtracting 1 from the addition result is stored, and then the current dot position storage unit (50
g> stores the value obtained by adding the font pattern width of the space "g" to the start dot position of the space "°-" located in the 10th column.

1 start position selection section (509) J Control signal C
43 is input, the output BSDP from the basic dot position reading unit (503) or the content CURR in the current dot position storage unit (508) is selectively output based on the signal Z3. Specifically, '23=1'' (7
), output BSDP and “Z 3 = 0” (7)
outputs CURR. This is to prevent positional scratches as described above when J-do cc is a format mark.

"First addition section (510) J. When the control signal C44 is input manually, the font width FB and the current 1.
R and stored in the character last do/to position If storage unit (507).

1 Second addition section (511) J...When the control signal C45 is input, the output value of the dot width selection section (506) and the output value of the start position selection section (509) are added, and the current dot position storage section ( 508) stores the result of the power calculation.

1 start dot/7 dot position writing section (512) J - When the control signal C46 is input, the start dot position storage section (512) corresponding to the column position signal CP is written based on the column position signal CP.
The output value from the start position selection section (509) is set in the area within (103).

FIG. 32 shows the start dot position creation means (500>
This is a flowchart showing the operation of the means (5oo), and the operation of the means (5oo) will be described below based on the flowchart.

First, in step 5401, code determination is performed.

Specifically, the code determination unit (502) is controlled by the control unit (501).
) is executed by giving the code CC, and the determination unit (502) determines whether the code cc is a code representing a format mark, as described above.

In step 5402, the next step to be processed is selected based on the determination result Z3 obtained in step 5401. In other words, when “Z3=O”, the process is 5403
Step, and when “Z3=1”, the process is 5404
Proceed to each step.

In step 5403, the width reading unit (
504), the width reading unit (504>) reads out the font pattern width FB corresponding to the code cc.

In step 5404, based on the control signal C41, the basic dot position reading section (503) does not read out the basic start dot position BSDP corresponding to the column position C'P in the basic dot position storage section (102 columns).

5403MoL, < is S. When the processing of step 404 is completed, step 8405 is executed.

In step S405, the start position selection section (509) selects BSDP or CUR based on the control signal C43.
R is selectively output.

In step 8406, the control signal C46 is applied to the start dot position writing section (512) to write the start dot position writing section (512).
512), the processing as described above is executed.

In step 5407, the control signal C42 is applied to the dot width selection section (506), so that the aforementioned processing is executed in the selection section (506).

Processing then proceeds to step 540B, where a second power calculation is performed at step 5408. Specifically, the control signal C45 is sent from the control unit (501) to the second addition unit (511).
By outputting to the adder (511), the addition process described above is performed and the result is set in the current dot position storage (508).

In step 5409, the next step to be processed next is selected based on the signal CC5 sent from the character determining section (312). That is, when 'CC3=1', the process proceeds to step 5410, and when 'ccs≠1', the process ends.

A first addition is performed in step 5410. Specifically, the control section (501) sends the control signal C44 to the first addition section (
510), the addition section (510) performs the addition process described above and sets the result in the character final dot position storage section (507).

Therefore, in steps 3401 and 402, it is determined whether the CO-FCC is a type 1 mark hood or not, and based on the result of this determination, step 5403 or step S404 is executed. Next, in the S405.406 method block, the column position C in the start dot position storage section (103) is
CC8 or BSDP can be set in the area corresponding to P. In other words, when 'Z3=1', BSDP
When ≠1゛, CC8 can be set respectively.

Thereafter, in step 3407.408, a value that may be the start dot position of the font in the next column position to be processed is set in the current dot position storage unit (508), and in step 8409.410, the value that may be the start dot position of the font in the next column position is set, and in step 8409.410, the value that may be the start dot position of the font in the next column position is set. If there is a character in column position CP, the final do/no-do position of that character is stored.

The 33rd section shows the specific configuration of the right-justification processing means <600), and (601) is a right-justification processing control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, which outputs control signals 051 to C53 based on the processing program. This controls the various parts described below.

1 block dot search unit (602) J ・Control signal C
When 51 is input, the contents stored in the area of the start dot position storage section (103) corresponding to the column position signal CP are read out and output. In other words, the column position signal CP when such right fill processing is executed <1 indicates the format mark position V at the right end in the processing block, as is clear from the flowchart in FIG. 21, so the above output value is the starting dot position of such a formatting mark.

r subtraction unit (603) J... Subtracts the contents of the character final dot position storage unit (507) from the output value from the block end-dot search unit (602) based on the control signal C52, and subtracts S as a result. The results are stored in the result storage section (605). That is, such result S corresponds to m in FIG.

1 start dot position change unit (604), When the control signal 053 is inputted, the processing information storage unit <308) stores the contents stored in the right-justification start position area (309), that is, the column position RRM where the right-justification mark is located. Read the contents ECC of C and end character column position storage unit (313>), and perform the above S for taking each area in the start dot position storage unit (103) corresponding to each column position from (RMC+1) to FCC. to add.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart showing the operation of the right-justifying processing means (600).

First, in step 5501, the start dot position of the rightmost format mark is searched. Specifically, by outputting the control signal C51, the block end dot search unit (602
).

At step 5502, a value S corresponding to m shown in FIG. 11 is determined. Specifically, as described above, it is obtained by the subtractor (603) based on the control signal C52.

In step 5503, the start dot position is changed. Specifically, this is executed by the start dot position changing unit (604) by outputting the previously described p port<control signal C52.

Therefore, by sequentially executing steps 5501 to 503, the right-clicking process is completed.

FIG. 35 shows a specific configuration of the right alignment processing means (700), in which (701) is a right alignment control unit consisting of, for example, a micro combi coater, and the control unit (701) adjusts the alignment according to the processing program. Control signal C61 for each part to be explained
- Controlled by C66. Note that the block end dot search unit (701) is controlled by control signals C61 and C62.
and the subtraction unit (702>) is the search unit (602) in FIG.
and the subtraction unit (603), and the explanation thereof will be omitted since they have the same functions. Further, the result S of the subtraction section (703) is stored in the subtraction result storage section (704>).

``Determination unit (705) J... By determining that the control signal C63 is a human input, the content S of the subtraction result storage unit (704)
It is determined whether °S>0″ or ゛′S≦0, and the determination result Z4 is output to the control unit (701). Specifically, S>0
When the length "1" of °' is 'S≦0', °'0' can be output as the result 24, respectively.

1 space counter section (706) J...Control signal C
64 is input, the start character column position storage section (
3, 14) Contents SCC of start character area <316>
and the contents EC of the end character column position storage section (313)
At the same time as reading Z5, it is determined whether or not a space exists within the area defined by the column positions SCC and ECC by searching the space column storage unit (318), and as a result Z5 is read out by the control unit (701). ). Specifically, when a space exists, "i" is output as the result 25, and when there is no space, "o" is output as the result 25. Further, the counter section (706) counts and outputs not only the presence or absence of spaces but also the number SN thereof.

"Dividing unit (707) J...When the control signal C65 is manually input, the content S of the subtraction result storage unit (704) is divided by the output value SN of the space counting unit (706), and the quotient A,
Output the remainder B.

``Dot insertion section (70g) J ・When control signal C66 is input, start character column position storage section (314
) The space column storage unit (31g) stores the base position between the column position SCC stored in the start position area (316) and the column position ECC stored in the end character column position storage unit (313). ), and the data in the start dot position storage unit (103) is changed using ν) based on the quotient A and remainder B, as described in the section ``(b) Right alignment processing'' of the main product.

FIG. 36 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the right alignment processing means (700).

In steps S 601 and 602, the ! in Figure 34! 3501
．． Similar to the S502 step, m explained in FIG.
A value equivalent to i is determined and set in the subtraction result storage section (704).

In step 5603, the force for which S is 's>o' is determined. Specifically, the control signal C63 is applied l1llj.

This is performed by the determination unit (705).

In step 5604, it is determined whether or not the result Z4 output from the determination unit (70'5') is "Z4=1", and the next step knob to be processed is selected based on the determination result of refusal. .That is, when "Z 4-1", processing ζ or 5
Proceed to step 605, otherwise end.

In step 5605, the presence or absence of spaces and their number are counted. Specifically, when the control signal C64 is output to the space counting section (706), the counting section (706)
06), the processing as described above is executed.

In step 5606, it is determined whether the result z5 obtained in the above step is ``Z 5 = 1'', and the next step to be processed is selected based on the determination result. That is, if ``Z5 = 1'' When this happens, the process proceeds to step '3607, and when "Z5≠1", the process ends.

In step 5607, division is performed to find the number of dots distributed to each space. Specifically, the division section (707) performs this by outputting the control signal C65.

In step 3608, when dots are distributed to each space, the start dot position is changed in accordance with the distribution. Specifically, the control signal C66 is output to the dot insertion section (7013) to cause the dot insertion section (708) to perform the process.

Therefore, when the final dot position of the final character in the block is determined based on the predetermined font pattern width in steps 8601 to S604, it is determined whether the format mark at the right end of the block has been reached. Of course, right alignment processing cannot be performed when the image is displayed, so the processing ends at step 8604. Also 5605-5606
In step 8606, it is determined whether or not there is a space to which the dots should be distributed, and if there is no space, the process ends in step 8606.

Further S 607. In step S608, dots are distributed to each space as described above. , FIG. 37 shows the specific configuration of the alignment processing means (800) on the right, and (801) is a control section shown on the right consisting of, for example, a microcomputer, and this control section receives control signals C71 based on the processing program. -C77 and controls the various parts described below. In addition, right alignment processing means (800)
and the right alignment processing means (700) are substantially the same and have many common parts, so the same parts in Fig. 37 as in Fig. 35 are given the same numbers and their explanation will be omitted.

``Divide unit (802) J... When control signal C77 is input, 'S
/2'' is performed and the result S' is set in the division result storage section (803).

The difference from FIG. 35 is that the dividend in the division section (707) is S'.

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing the operation of the right alignment processing means (800).

In this operation, steps 5701 to 8708 are the 36th step.
Since these steps are the same as steps 8601 to 5608 in the figure, a description of steps 5701 to 5708 will be omitted. 36th
The difference with the flowchart is 5706 stencil and 570 stent
7 step is provided, and in the 5709 step, as mentioned above, the control signal C is
77 to the division unit (802), the value S set in the subtraction result storage unit (704>) is reduced to 'S/2', and the result S' is set in the division result storage unit (803).

Also, as mentioned above, the 5707 step is the same as the 5607 step knob, but the dividend of division in the 5707 step is the value S.
'.

Therefore, 5701-S706. S709. S
707. S 708 sequentially processes the character string into the third character string based on the predetermined font pattern width.
The output form of one line output as shown in FIG. 9A is changed as shown in FIG. 39B. In addition, m, n in the figure
,tX.

a' indicates the number of dots.

FIG. 40 shows a specific configuration of the zone check means (1100), where (1101) is a zone check control section composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and this control section outputs control signals C81 to C84 according to a processing program. This controls the various parts described below.

1 block position search unit (1102) J...Has exactly the same function as the search unit (402) shown in FIG. The column position storage unit (101) is searched and the column positions CPA and CPB are stored in the start area (1104) and end area (1105) of the block range storage unit (1103), respectively.

"Arithmetic unit (1106) J...When control signal C82 is input, reads CPA and CPB from the start area (1104) and end area (1105) of the program range storage unit (1103), respectively." CP B-
A subtraction process called CP A is performed and the result CPS is output. That is, the result CPS becomes the number of columns of the block.

"Zone range determination unit (1107) J...Control signal C8
3 is input, the zone range 2L is determined and output according to the above CPS. This zone range ZL is a zone range to prevent the space between characters from becoming too wide and aesthetically undesirable when performing right alignment processing and right j4 alignment processing, as described above, that is, the right edge of the block If the final character is not located within the above range ZL from the column position of , the aesthetic appearance will be impaired if the above processing is performed.

In this embodiment, the relationship between the above CPS and ZL is shown in the table below.
, the end area (11
05) Based on the content CAB and zone range ZL 'C
It is judged whether or not AB-ECC<zL", and the judgment result ZC is output to the control unit (not).The above result ZC is 1' when 'CAB-ECC<ZL', and 'C
When "AB-FCC≧ZL", "o" is output respectively.

FIG. 41 is a flow chart showing the operation of the zone check means (1100), and the operation of the zone check means (1100) will be explained based on this flow diagram.

First, in step 5801, column positions CPA and CPB of format marks that define processing knocks are searched.

Specifically, the control signal C81 is sent to the block position search unit (
1102).

In step 5802, CPS is calculated. Such calculation is performed by the calculation unit (1106) by outputting the control signal C82.
It will be held in

In steps 5803 to 5809, the above ZL is determined. This is based on the control signal C83, and the zone range determination unit (
1107). Specifically 8803~S80
In step 5, it is determined whether the CPS is suitable for the judgment conditions of each step.
In step 808, each ZL is "i".

"15", "20" and S803~
If none of the conditions in step S805 and step r"/b is met, ZL is determined to be "25°" in step S809.

For 5810~5812 steer, 'CAB-ECC<EL
” or not, the result is used as ZC and the control unit (1
101). Further, such result ZC is outputted to the control section (1101) in FIG. 15 in step 5813.

Therefore, by sequentially processing steps 5801 to 8813, it is determined whether the final character in the processed bronc is located within the zone range ZL.

FIG. 42 shows a specific configuration of the pattern image creation means (1000), in which (1001) is a pattern image creation control section consisting of, for example, one microphone and a computer, and the control section sends control signals C91 to C91 according to a processing program.
C95 is output to control each section described below.

"Column instruction counter (1002) J...Control unit (1
This counter is cleared by the reset signal R3 from 001) and its contents C5C is incremented by 1 by the count-up signal UPS.

"Code reading section (1003) J...Control signal C91
is input, the content C5 of the counter (1002) is
The code CC stored in the column position of the row buffer (203) corresponding to C is read out and output.

"Font reading section (1004) J. Control signal C92
When input, the font pattern FP corresponding to the low FCC is read out from the pattern storage section (106) and output.

``Start dot position reading unit (1005) r・When the control signal C93 is inputted, the contents of the column position of the start dot position storage unit (103) represented by C8C SDP
Read and output.

``Pattern writing section (1006), ・Control signal C9
4 is input, the font pattern F is stored in the image storage section <1007> constituting the image server 7 faucet 10) shown in FIG. 8 from the dot position represented by the above SDP.
Write P.

"Discrimination unit (1008) r - When the control signal C95 is input manually, it is determined whether or not the code CC is a right margin hood, and when it is a right margin code" 1
”, otherwise, 'O'° is output to the control unit (1001) as the determination result Z6.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing the operation of the pattern image creating means (1000), and the operation will be explained below based on this flowchart.

First, in step S901, the column designation counter (1
002) is rearranged by η based on the reset signal R3.

In step 5902, the control unit (1001) sends the count a/b signal UP3 to the column instruction counter (1002).
Increase the content C8C by 1.

In step 5903, hood reading is performed. Specifically, this can be done by outputting the control signal C91 to the hood reading section (1003).

In step 5904, font reading is performed.

That is, the control signal C92 is applied to the font reading section (1004) to operate the reading section (1004) which rejects the control signal.

In step 5905, by applying the control section Jij'C93 to the start dot position reading section (1005),
Read the start dot position SDP corresponding to C8C.

In step 5906, the control signal C94 is written as a pattern,
By supplying the font pattern to the sending section (1006), the font pattern FP is written from the position corresponding to SDP in the image storage section (1007).

At step 5907, the control signal C957' and the discriminator (
1008), such a discriminator (1008)
), the above-described determination is made.

In step 5908, the next program to be processed is selected based on the determination result in step 5907. That is, when ``Z6≠1'', the process proceeds to step 5902, and when ``Z6=1'', the process ends.

Therefore, by cyclically processing the loop consisting of steps 5902 to 8908, the code-FC is sequentially processed from the first column of the row.
The font pattern FP corresponding to the low FCC that is read out and rejected is stored sequentially from the start position SDP of each column of the image storage section (1007). Also S 907. If it is determined in step S908 that the code-FCC is a right margin code, this loop is exited and the process ends.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be explained based on a specific example in order to make it easier to understand.

Now, when steps 81 to S3 are executed, the row buffer (
203) stores one line of data as shown in FIG. 44A, and in the format arc column position storage section (101), the presence or absence of a format mark corresponds to each column as shown in FIG. 44C. Assume that it is set. Incidentally, the font pattern width of each font stored in the line buffer (203) is shown in FIG. 44B.

Next, after processing step S4, the row buffer (20
3) The first to fifth columns are output sequentially, and the 45th
As shown in FIG. A, start dot positions are stored in the first to fifth column positions in the start dot position storage section (103). Also, since there is a centering mark "times" in the third column, the first storage area (305) of the centering information storage section (304) contains 'present' information, and the second storage area (30
6) is set to "3".

Therefore, when processing the centering mark in the sixth column, a shifter process is performed in the SIO stem, and the contents of the start dot position storage section (103) are changed as shown in FIG. 45B.

After that, the first loop is circulated again, and when the processing reaches the 11th column, the star 1-dot position storage unit (103
) is as shown in FIG. 45C.

Also, at this time, the 11th column is an indent mark "◇", and the right-justification mark "o" is present in the 8th column position, so the process moves from step 323 to S24. S
25. S29. Process step S32 and return to step S4.

When the end-of-line processing is performed in step S24, the dots of the font in the ninth and tenth columns are subtracted by one, so the starting dot position can be changed as shown in Figure 45. Furthermore, since the right-justification process is no longer necessary in step S29, the start dot position is further updated as shown in FIG. 45E.

Then, when the process proceeds from step S4 to the 12th column to the 20th column, the start dot position storage section (103) becomes as shown in FIG. 45F. Furthermore, if there is a right margin "k" in the 20th column and right-side processing is requested, the processing of such a column will start from step S22.
24. S26. S27. S30. S3
Proceed to step 533 via step 2.

In the end-of-line processing in step S24, the dot position is changed as shown in FIG. , the start dot position will not be changed.

In step S33, a pattern image is created based on the start dot position shown in FIG. 45G. Processing then returns to step S1.

In this embodiment, a plurality of control sections and a plurality of functional sections controlled by the control sections are individually provided, but it is also possible to configure these with a single microcomputer.

Effect) According to the present invention, even when using a dot type printer, proportional printing is possible, and processing such as right alignment can also be performed.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and modifications can be made without departing from the technical idea of the present invention.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, we have discussed the processing of English sentences, but Japanese characters, especially katakana and hiragana, have different character widths (such as syllables).
It can also be applied to things that include character types.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration of a word processor, Figs. 2 to 5 are schematic diagrams showing various processing forms such as centering, Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a conventional printing image, and Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram showing various processing forms such as centering. FIGS. 8 to 14 are schematic diagrams showing the configuration of the font pattern of the present invention. FIGS. 8 to 14 are schematic diagrams showing the basic processing form of the present invention.
Fig. 27, Fig. 28, Fig. 32, Fig. 34, Fig. 36
38, 41, and 43 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of this embodiment, and FIGS. 19, 20,
Figure 23, Figure 29, Figure 31, Figure 39, Figure 44,
FIG. 45 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation of this embodiment. (103)...Start dot position storage unit, (105
)...Width storage section, (106)...Pattern storage section, (2
02)...Text memory, (400)...Centering processing means, (500)...Start dot position creation means, (600)...Right-justification processing means, (700
)...Right alignment processing means, (800)...Right alignment processing means, (900)...Line end correction means, (1000)...
. . . Pattern image creation means, (1007) . . Image storage unit, (1100) . . . Zone check means,
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Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A first storage means capable of storing dot patterns with different dot matrix/seven size depending on the type of characters/symbols, etc. in the form of print patterns for at least one line; a storage start dot for each dot pattern in the first storage means; A printing control device comprising a second storage means in which positions are stored, and wherein the dot matrix size is changed by changing the storage start dot position in the second storage means.