Information processing device, tape printing apparatus, and editing method of information processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018253271-A1
Application number	US-201615758041-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 31, 2016
Priority date	Sep 11, 2015
Publication date	Sep 6, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A tape printing apparatus includes a storing unit that stores medium information showing a classification or an identifier of a tape and a user setting that includes edit data in association with one another in an information storage region, a medium information acquisition unit that acquires medium information of a printing medium that is a printing target, an editing unit that retrieves the user setting associated with the acquired medium information from the information storage region and reflects the user setting in the edit data, and a printing unit that performs printing on the tape on the basis of an editing result of the editing unit.

First claim

1 . An information processing device comprising:
a storing unit that stores medium information showing a classification or an identifier of a printing medium and a user setting that includes edit data in association with one another in an information storage region; a medium information acquisition unit that acquires the medium information of the printing medium that is a printing target; and an editing unit that retrieves the user setting associated with the acquired medium information from the information storage region and reflects the user setting in the edit data.

2 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the medium information acquisition unit acquires the medium information of the printing medium that is a printing target at a time at which a first trigger occurs, and is provided with a retrieval setting unit that sets necessity of retrieving the user setting, and the editing unit retrieves the user setting in accordance with the occurrence of the first trigger in a case in which retrieval “required” is set by the retrieval setting unit.

3 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the medium information acquisition unit acquires the medium information of the printing medium that is a printing target when a second trigger occurs, and the storing unit stores the user setting that includes edit data of the editing unit at a time at which the second trigger occurred, and the medium information acquired at a time at which the second trigger occurred in association with one another.

4 . The information processing device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a store setting unit that sets necessity of storing by the storing unit, the storing unit stores the user setting and the medium information in association with one another in a case in which storing “required” is set by the store setting unit.

5 . The information processing device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the user setting includes an environment setting value at a time at which the second trigger occurred.

6 . The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the medium information shows a classification of the printing medium, and the classification of the printing medium is classified by at least one type of information from among a size of the printing medium, a color of the printing medium, a material of the printing medium, or a printing color that can be printed on the printing medium.

7 . A tape printing apparatus comprising:
a storing unit that stores medium information showing a classification or an identifier of a tape and a user setting that includes edit data in association with one another in an information storage region; a medium information acquisition unit that acquires the medium information of the tape that is a printing target; an editing unit that retrieves the user setting associated with the acquired medium information from the information storage region and reflects the user setting in the edit data; and a printing unit that performs printing on the tape on the basis of an editing result of the editing unit.

8 . An editing method of an information processing device, the method comprising:
a storing step of storing medium information showing a classification or an identifier of a printing medium and a user setting that includes edit data in association with one another in an information storage region; a medium information acquisition step of acquiring the medium information of the printing medium that is a printing target at a time at which a first trigger occurs; and an editing step of retrieving the user setting associated with the acquired medium information from the information storage region and reflecting the user setting in the edit data.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Oida Masahiro

Classifications

• B41J3/4075

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• B41J11/009

  Detecting type of paper, e.g. by automatic reading of a code that is printed on a paper package or on a paper roll or by sensing the grade of translucency of the paper · CPC title

• G06F3/1251

  for continuous media, e.g. web media, rolls · CPC title

• B41J2/32

  using thermal heads · CPC title

• G06F3/1204

  resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data · CPC title