Non-transitory storage medium storing instructions readable by information processing apparatus, and code creating system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10618314-B2
Application number	US-201916258245-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2019
Priority date	Jan 29, 2018
Publication date	Apr 14, 2020
Grant date	Apr 14, 2020

Abstract

A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions readable by an information processing apparatus. The instructions cause the information processing apparatus to: obtain a type of a printer; obtain a combination between a type of a printing medium and a color of a coloring agent for printing of a code; determine whether the obtained combination is included in a first combination or whether the obtained combination is included in a second combination; and output an alert message when the obtained combination is included in the second combination or not included in the first combination. A combination between the color and the type of the printing medium printable by the printer of the obtained type includes the first combination in which a probability of reading of the code is a first value and the second combination in which the probability is a second value less than the first value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory storage medium storing a plurality of instructions readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus,
wherein the information processing apparatus comprises a communication interface,
wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to execute:
a printer-type obtaining processing in which the information processing apparatus obtains a type of a printer;
a combination obtaining processing in which the information processing apparatus obtains a combination between a type of a printing medium and a color of a coloring agent for printing of a code by the printer;
a determination processing in which the information processing apparatus determines whether an obtained combination that is the combination obtained in the combination obtaining processing is included in a first combination or whether the obtained combination is included in a second combination, wherein a combination between the color of the coloring agent and the type of the printing medium printable by the printer of the type obtained in the printer-type obtaining processing comprises (i) the first combination in which a probability of reading of the code is a first value and (ii) the second combination in which the probability of reading of the code is a second value that is less than the first value; and
an alert processing in which the information processing apparatus outputs an alert message in a case where the information processing apparatus in the determination processing determines that the obtained combination is included in the second combination or determines that the obtained combination is not included in the first combination.

2. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein the type of the printing medium comprises information at least indicating a color of the printing medium.

3. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to execute a creating processing in which:
in a case where the information processing apparatus in the determination processing determines that the obtained combination is not included in the second combination or determines that the obtained combination is included in the first combination, the information processing apparatus creates the code at a first error correction level; and
in the case where the information processing apparatus in the determination processing determines that the obtained combination is not included in the first combination or determines that the obtained combination is included in the second combination, the information processing apparatus creates the code at a second error correction level that is greater than the first error correction level in the probability of reading of the code.

4. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to, in the combination obtaining processing:
in response to receiving a first signal output from the printer and comprising first information for identifying the type of the printing medium set in the printer, determine, based on the first information, a type usable for the printing medium for printing of the code by the printer; and
in response to receiving a second signal output from the printer and comprising second information for identifying the color of the coloring agent set in the printer, determine, based on the second information, a color usable for the coloring agent for printing of the code by the printer.

5. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to accept a determining operation of determining the obtained combination for printing of the code, and
wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to, in the combination obtaining processing:
obtain the type of the printing medium and the color of the coloring agent based on the determining operation; and
execute the determination processing and the alert processing in response to accepting the determining operation.

6. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to:
accept a print instructing operation of instructing printing of an image comprising the code; and
execute the determination processing and the alert processing in response to accepting the print instructing operation.

7. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to:
accept a creation instructing operation of instructing creation of the code; and
execute the determination processing and the alert processing in response to accepting the creation instructing operation.

8. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to display a screen instructing selection of one of a plurality of combinations between the color of the coloring agent and the type of the printing medium printable by the printer of the type obtained in the printer-type obtaining processing, and
wherein a display ordinal number of the second combination is less than that of the first combination on the screen.

9. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 1 , wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to execute:
a print-instruction accepting processing in which the information processing apparatus accepts a print instruction; and
a transmission processing in which the information processing apparatus transmits the print instruction to the printer in the obtained combination established when the alert message is output, in a case where the information processing apparatus accepts the print instruction in the print-instruction accepting processing after the alert message is output in the alert processing.

10. A non-transitory storage medium storing a plurality of instructions readable by a computer of an information processing apparatus,
wherein the information processing apparatus comprises a communication interface configured to be connected to a printer,
wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to execute:
a printer-type obtaining processing in which the information processing apparatus obtains a type of the printer; and
a selection processing in which the information processing apparatus selects and determines a combination from among a plurality of combinations between a type of a printing medium and a color of a coloring agent for printing of a code by the printer,

wherein, when executed by the computer, the plurality of instructions cause the information processing apparatus to execute the selection processing in which in a case where a combination between the color of the coloring agent and the type of the printing medium printable by the printer of the type obtained in the printer-type obtaining processing comprises (i) a first combination in which a probability of reading of the code is a first value and (ii) a second combination in which the probability of reading of the code is a second value that is less than the first value, the information processing ap

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Shinagawa Mina

Classifications

• B41J2/325

  by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet · CPC title

• G06F3/1208

  resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview · CPC title

• G06F3/1254

  Automatic configuration, e.g. by driver · CPC title

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• G06F3/1205

  resulting in increased flexibility in print job configuration, e.g. job settings, print requirements, job tickets · CPC title