Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

Masao Konishi

Fuminori Sano

Takehiko Mizoguchi

Katsuji Takano

Yuji Sonoyama

Akiyo Tsujimura

Kazue Osawa

Yoshitsugu Takahashi

Ryoichi Miyagawa

Chika Sasaki

Kazuyasu Haraguchi

Masayo Nakamura

A document output apparatus outputs a document made up of plural cells in such a manner that either the characters entered in cells or the backgrounds of the cells are colored in accordance with the kinds of data assigned to the cells. The document output apparatus has plural color tables, and each of these color tables stores plural color information corresponding to respective values of the data. When one of the color tables is designated, color information corresponding to the values of the cells are retrieved from the designated color table. The cells are drawn in the colors defined in the designated color table. Accordingly, it is possible to eliminate the need to define color information for each of the cells of the document.

Document output apparatus

A color table stores a plurality of discriminating information so as to discriminate a predetermined data of a document data and a color information corresponding to each discriminating information. An area information indicative of a position on the document which is additionally outputted is stored. When the document is printed, a predetermined data of the document data is discriminated, and the color information corresponding to the discriminated predetermined data is retrieved from the color table. An image generated by an identified color according to the retrieved color information is drawn on the document at a predetermined position indicated by the area information. Accordingly, by an image color which is additionally outputted at the predetermined position, a user can simply identify a type of the document and inherent information of the document by its appearance at a glance.

Document output device

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Iruma, Japan

Masao Konishi