Editing device editing print data via display device for creating composite label with printing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11954385-B2
Application number	US-202218065781-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 14, 2022
Priority date	Nov 29, 2019
Publication date	Apr 9, 2024
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024

Abstract

An editing device is configured to edit print data including first print data and second print data via a display device for creating a composite label with a printing device. The composite label includes a first label and a second label and is created by superposing the second label over the first label. A set of program instructions, when executed by a controller of the editing device, causes the editing device to perform displaying an editing screen on the display device. The editing screen has a first region, a second region, and a composite region. The displaying displays a first label image based on the first print data in the first region, a second label image based on the second print data in the second region, and a composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image in the composite region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of computer-readable instructions executed by a controller of an editing device, the editing device including: a display; a memory storing the set of computer-readable instructions therein; and the controller, the set of computer-readable instructions, when executed by the controller, causing the editing device to perform:
displaying, for creating a composite label including a first label and a second label, an editing screen for editing first print data corresponding to the first label and second print data corresponding to the second label on the display, the composite label being created by superposing the first label and the second label, the editing screen having:
a first region in which a first label image based on the first print data is displayed, the first print data being editable in the first region;
a second region in which a second label image based on the second print data is displayed, the second print data being editable in the second region; and
a composite region in which a composite label image is displayed, the composite label image being formed by superposing the first label image and the second label image,

wherein the displaying displays the composite region, the first region, and the second region separately, independently, and simultaneously on the editing screen,
wherein in the first region, the first label image is rendered in a format that represents a color corresponding to a first print medium set as a print target for the first print data,
wherein in the second region, the second label image is rendered in a format that represents a color corresponding to a second print medium set as a print target for the second print data, and
wherein the first region includes a first setting region for setting the first print medium, and the second region includes a second setting region for setting the second print medium.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein a color corresponding to a print medium specifies a tape color and an ink color,
wherein the first print data includes first image data representing a first object image,
wherein in the first region, the first object image is rendered in an ink color corresponding to the first print medium, and areas other than the first object image are rendered in a format that represents a tape color corresponding to the first print medium,
wherein the second print data includes second image data representing a second object image, and
wherein in the second region, the second object image is rendered in an ink color corresponding to the second print medium, and areas other than the second object image are rendered in a format that represents a tape color corresponding to the second print medium.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 2 ,
wherein the composite label is created by superposing the second label over the first label, and
wherein in the composite region, displayed is the composite label image formed by superposing the second label image over the first label image, in which the second label image is permeabilized in accordance with transmittance of the tape color corresponding to the second print medium such that the first object image is visible therethrough.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first setting region and the second setting region includes a plurality of options each of which allows selection of one print medium from among a plurality of print media.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 4 ,
wherein the first setting region includes a plurality of first options corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of first print media, and the second setting region includes a plurality of second options corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of second print media, the plurality of first print media being not the same as the plurality of second print media.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 5 ,
wherein the plurality of second print media selectable through the plurality of second options in the second setting region does not include a print medium selected in the first setting region.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 6 ,
wherein the composite label is created by superposing the second label over the first label, and
wherein each of the plurality of second print media has a tape color of which transmittance is greater than or equal to a prescribed threshold.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 1 ,
wherein in response to the first print data being edited in the first region, the displaying displays in the first region the first label image based on the edited first print data, and displays in the composite region the composite label image formed by superposing the first label image based on the edited first print data and the second label image.

9. An editing device comprising:
a display;
a controller; and
a memory storing a set of computer-readable instructions therein, the set of computer-readable instructions, when executed by the controller, causing the editing device to perform:
displaying, for creating a composite label including a first label and a second label, an editing screen for editing first print data corresponding to the first label and second print data corresponding to the second label on the display, the composite label being created by superposing the first label and the second label, the editing screen having:
a composite region in which a composite label image is displayed, the composite label image being formed by superposing a first label image based on the first print data and a second label image based on the second print data; and
a first region in which the first label image is displayed, the first print data being editable in the first region,

wherein the displaying displays the composite region and the first region separately, independently, and simultaneously on the editing screen,
wherein in the first region, the first label image is rendered in a format that represents a color corresponding to a first print medium set as a print target for the first print data, and
wherein the first region includes a first setting region for setting the first print medium.

10. A method for editing print data executed by a controller of an editing device, the editing device including: a display; and the controller, the method comprising:
displaying, for creating a composite label including a first label and a second label, an editing screen for editing first print data corresponding to the first label and second print data corresponding to the second label on the display, the composite label being created by superposing the first label and the second label, the editing screen having:
a composite region in which a composite label image is displayed, the composite label image being formed by superposing a first label image based on the first print data and a second label image based on the second print data; and
a first region in which the first print label image is displayed, the first print data being editable in the first region,

wherein the displaying displays the composite region and the first region separately, independently, and simultaneously on the editing screen,
wherein in the first region, the first label image is rendered in a format that represents a color corresponding to a first print medium set as a print target for the first print data, and
wherein the first region includes a

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Osuka Misato
• Kanda Ryuichi
• Iwamoto Masashi
• Suzuki Yuichiro

Classifications

• G06F3/1243 Primary

  Variable data printing, e.g. document forms, templates, labels, coupons, advertisements, logos, watermarks, transactional printing, fixed content versioning · CPC title

• G06F3/1208

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

• G06F3/1256

  User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks · CPC title

• B41J3/4075 Primary

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B41J2/21

  for multi-colour printing · CPC title