| 摘要 |
<p>A control unit (1) for a printer and plotter has a processing-mode setting function (10), a destination setting function (11) for setting a destination to which data is transmitted, and an output-data selecting function (12). In the processing-mode setting function (10), either single processing in which printing or cutting is performed or complex processing in which both the printing and the cutting out are performed is selected. In the output-data selecting function (12), both character data and figure data are simultaneously output or one of them is output. The character and figure data stored in a memory (7) are provided with an attribute of distinguishing the characters from the figures. The character and figure data input by a keyboard (6) are displayed on an LCD (8). For example, only the character data is output to a thermal printer (2) to print the characters, and a printed sheet is set in a cutting plotter (3). After that, only the figure data is output. As a result, a cut sheet is made which is formed into a desired shape and on which the characters are printed. <IMAGE></p> |
