JP2001096871A5 - - Google Patents

Description

[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when the front side printing and the back side printing are performed separately, the operator turns each sheet upside down and rearranges the sheets in the reverse order, and sets the sheets while checking the degree of connection of the pages. Since the correspondence between the front side printing and the back side printing may be broken even if the setting direction or the order of the sheets is wrong, it may be necessary to start over from the first front side printing, and the printing time and paper waste and In addition to the above, a great deal of labor is required of the operator. This applies not only to booklet printing, but also to printing on both sides of a sheet.
An object of the present invention is to provide a sheet setting state by guiding and displaying in which state the sheet should be set by image data when printing is instructed on already printed sheet on which data has already been printed. To make it intuitive.

[0004]
The means of the present invention are as follows.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the image storage means for storing a guide image for guiding the set state of the printing paper, and when printing is instructed on the already printed paper already printed, printing is performed on the paper And displaying means for displaying a part of the printed data as guidance data for guiding the set state of the sheet.
The present invention may be as follows.
(1) At the time of duplex printing in which data is printed on the front and back sides of printing paper, when printing on an already printed paper after surface printing is instructed, the combining means is printed printed on the front of the paper A part of the data and the guidance image are combined, and the display means displays the combined data as guidance data for guiding a paper set state at the time of back side printing on the paper.
In this case, when booklet printing is performed by printing data for a plurality of pages on each of the front and back sides of the plurality of printing sheets, printing on the already printed sheets printed on the front side of each sheet is instructed. At the time of printing, for each sheet, the combining means combines the part of the printed data printed on the front surface of the sheet and the guide image, and the display means outputs the combined data to the back side of the sheet. It may be displayed as guidance data for guiding the paper set state at the time of printing.
(2) In the case of separately printing black and white printing and color printing, the already printed sheet is a sheet on which one of black and white printing and color printing has been performed When instructed to print, the combining means combines the part of the printed data printed on the sheet with the guidance image, and the display means displays the combined data on the other side of the sheet. It is displayed as guidance data for guiding the paper set state at the time of printing.
(3) When printing is instructed on already printed paper on which data has already been printed, the paper is forced by a predetermined amount so that part of the printed data printed on the paper becomes visible. In a state in which a sheet is forcibly discharged by the sheet discharging means for discharging the sheet and the sheet discharging means, the set state of the sheet is guided and displayed by the display means, and then the sheet forcibly discharged is reversely returned. Set the printer to the printable state.

[0005]
According to the first aspect of the invention, when printing is instructed on already printed printed paper, a part of printed data printed on the paper is guided to the set state of the paper. Display as guidance data.
Therefore, when printing is instructed on already printed paper, the paper loading condition can be intuitively grasped by providing guidance using image data as to how the paper should be set. can do.

[0027]
【Effect of the invention】
According to the present invention, when printing is instructed on already printed paper, the setting direction of the paper is guided and displayed by the image data, so the paper setting direction can be intuitively grasped Even when performing complex printing such as booklet printing, it is possible to set the paper correctly.

Claims (6)

An image storage means for storing a guide image for guiding a set state of printing paper;
Display means for displaying a part of the printed data printed on the sheet as guidance data for guiding the set state of the sheet when printing is instructed on the already printed sheet; A print guidance output device characterized by comprising. When printing on both sides of printing paper, print data on both sides
There is provided combining means for combining part of the printed data printed on the surface of the sheet and the guide image when printing on the already printed sheet after surface printing is instructed ,
2. The print guidance output device according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays the combined data as guidance data for guiding a paper set state at the time of back side printing on the paper. In both sides of the printing paper, when the respective surfaces by printing the data of a plurality of pages in the case of the booklet printing, reprinting is instructed for the finished print paper that is data printed on the surface of each sheet And for each sheet, the combining means combines the part of the printed data printed on the surface of the sheet with the guidance image;
3. A print guidance output device according to claim 2, wherein the display means displays the combined data as guidance data for guiding a paper set state at the time of back side printing on the paper. In the case of printing separately in black-and-white printing and color printing, the already printed sheet is a sheet on which one of monochrome printing and color printing has been performed, and the other printing is performed on the already printed sheet. When instructed, the combining means combines the part of printed data printed on the sheet with the guidance image;
The display means a printing guidance output device according to claim 2, characterized in that so as to display the data that has been said synthesized as guidance data for guiding the sheet set state when the other of the printing operation on the sheet. When printing on the finished print paper that has already been printed is instructed, the exhaust portion of the printed data are printed on the sheet by a predetermined amount forced discharge paper sheets to allow Mi読Paper means,
In the state where the sheet is forcibly discharged by the sheet discharging means, after the set state of the sheet is guided and displayed by the display means, the sheet being forcibly discharged is reversely set back to the printable state printing guidance output device according to claim 2, characterized in that the the like. A recording medium having program code readable by a computer, comprising:
When printing is instructed to the finished print paper that has already been printed, readable computer to display a portion of the printed data are printed on the paper as the guidance data for guiding the set state of the print paper Recording medium having a program code.