Print data edit apparatus and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10529108-B2
Application number	US-201816128563-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2018
Priority date	Sep 15, 2017
Publication date	Jan 7, 2020
Grant date	Jan 7, 2020

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a print data edit apparatus including a controller configured to execute a first display control process and a second display control process. In the first display control process, an edit display screen is displayed on a display device. The edit display screen includes a print setting area, an editing area, and an individual setting area, that are disposed side by side with each other from one side toward the other side along a left-to-right direction. A disposing area is displayed at least at a lower portion of the editing area on the display device. In the second display control process, a data file is expanded and displayed in the disposing area in the case that a first indicator of the data file is dragged and dropped to the disposing area via the operation device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A print data edit apparatus that is configured to perform an editing operation on print data and to be connected to a print label producing apparatus configured to print on a print-receiving medium by using said print data to produce a print label, the print data edit apparatus comprising:
a display device;
an operation device; and
a controller;
the controller being configured to execute:
a first display control process in which an edit display screen is displayed on said display device, wherein said edit display screen includes a print setting area, an editing area and an individual setting area that are disposed side by side with each other from one side toward the other side along a left-to-right direction in the edit display screen, and a disposing area that is capable of disposing a data file prepared separately to be displayed at least at a lower portion of said editing area on said display device, wherein the print setting area is for performing a setting with respect to said print-receiving medium, the editing area is for editing an object to be disposed on said print label, and the individual setting area is for performing a setting with respect to said object; and
a second display control process in which said data file is expanded and displayed in said disposing area in a case that a first indicator of said data file displayed on said display device is dragged and dropped to said disposing area via said operation device.

2. The print data edit apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
said controller is configured to further execute a third display control process in which said object incorporated with data contents is generated and displayed in said editing area in a state where said object or an object area in which said object is disposed is displayed in said editing area, in a case that said data contents in said data file that is expanded and displayed in said disposing area are dragged and dropped to said object or said object area via said operation device.

3. The print data edit apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in said first display control process, in an initial state, a message that said data file can be disposed is displayed in said disposing area.

4. The print data edit apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in said first display control process, in a case that one of a plurality of objects is selected through an operation of said operation device in a state where said plurality of objects are displayed in said editing area, an item to be displayed in said individual setting area is changed in accordance with a type of the object selected.

5. The print data edit apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in said first display control process, a plurality of medium setting fields for setting a width and a length of said print-receiving medium are further displayed side by side with each other along said left-to-right direction in said print setting area, and a display mode of each of said medium setting fields is changed in accordance with a type of said print-receiving medium.

6. The print data edit apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
in said first display control process, a first color pallet is further displayed in said print setting area or said individual setting area, wherein a plurality of colors for setting a print color of said object are arranged in a grid pattern in said first color pallet, and a second indicator for displaying a second color pallet provided separately from said first color pallet is disposed and displayed in said first color pallet.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a print data editing program for executing steps on a computing device, said computing device being provided to a print data edit apparatus that includes a display device, an operation device, and said computing device, and that is configured to edit print data, and to be connected to a print label producing apparatus configured to print on a print-receiving medium by using said print data to produce a print label, said steps comprising:
a first display control step for displaying, on said display device, an edit display screen in which a print setting area for performing a setting with respect to said print-receiving medium, an editing area for editing an object to be disposed on said print label, and an individual setting area for performing a setting with respect to said object are disposed side by side with each other from one side toward the other side along a left-to-right direction, and for displaying a disposing area that is capable of disposing a data file prepared separately, at least at a lower portion of said editing area on said display device; and
a second display control step for expanding and displaying said data file in said disposing area in a case that a first indicator of said data file displayed on said display device is dragged and dropped to said disposing area via said operation device.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Mizutani Aiko

Classifications

• G06T11/60 Primary

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• H04N1/00167 Primary

  Processing or editing (H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title