Editing process for creating printed matter, recording medium and printer therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9070054-B2
Application number	US-201414337686-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2014
Priority date	Jul 22, 2013
Publication date	Jun 30, 2015
Grant date	Jun 30, 2015

Abstract

This disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a printed matter production processing program for executing steps. The steps comprise an edition-screen display step, a database display step, a region-specification reception step, and a print-object arrangement step. In the edition-screen display step, an edition screen is displayed for receiving an input operation of the print object to be arranged in each of at least one block. In the database display step, a database that is stored in the memory and includes plurality of records is displayed. In the region-specification reception step, specification of a character-string including region is received. The character-string including region includes a plurality of character strings to be allocated as print objects. In the print-object arrangement step, the plurality of character strings included in the character-string including region are allocated to each of the block in accordance with a desired allocation rule.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, storing a printed matter production processing program for executing steps on a computing device disposed in a printing processing apparatus that includes a display device, an operation device, and a memory storing database including a plurality of records in which character string data is allocated to each of a plurality of fields and performs print of at least one of a desired print object on a print-receiving tape to perform processing for creating a printed matter, said steps comprising:
an edition-screen display step for controlling said display device to display an edition screen for receiving an input operation of said print object to be arranged in each of at least one block that can be set along a tape-length direction with respect to one said printed matter;
a database display step for controlling said display device to display said database that is stored in said memory, the database including said plurality of records;
a region-specification reception step for, in said database displayed in said database display step, receiving specification of a character-string including region including a plurality of character strings to be allocated as said print object related to a plurality of said printed matters on said edition screen; and
a print-object arrangement step for arranging said print object related to each of said plurality of printed matters on said edition screen by allocating the plurality of character strings included in said character-string including region, the specification of which has been received in the region-specification reception step, to each of said at least one block related to said plurality of printed matters in accordance with a desired allocation rule.

2. The recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein:
said computing device is further caused to execute a rule-specification reception step for receiving specification of said allocation rule when allocating said plurality of character strings in said print-object arrangement step via said operation device, and
in said print-object arrangement step, each of said plurality of character strings included in said character-string including region is allocated according to said allocation rule received in said rule-specification reception step.

3. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein:
in said print-object arrangement step, said print object related to each of said plurality of printed matters is arranged on said edition screen by performing, on said plurality of character strings included in said character-string including region, said allocation by adopting said allocation rule in which print contents corresponding to all blocks related to each printed matter are set as print objects having a same content as one another and still set as print objects having different content from one another for each printed matter.

4. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein:
in said print-object arrangement step, said print object related to each of said plurality of printed matters is arranged on said edition screen by performing, on said plurality of character strings included in said character-string including region, said allocation by adopting said allocation rule in which said print object having different contents from one another is set for each block.

5. The recording medium according to claim 2 , wherein:
in said print-object arrangement step, when the number of said printed matters set on said edition screen displayed in said edition screen display step is not sufficient for allocating all character strings in said character-string including region, the specification of which has been received in said region-specification reception step, said printed matter in the number capable of allocating said all character strings are newly set on said edition screen.

6. A printer comprising:
a display device configured to perform desired display;
an operation device configured to input a desired operation;
memory configured to store a database including a plurality of records in which character string data is allocated to each of a plurality of fields;
a feeder configured to feed a print-receiving tape;
a printing head configured to perform printing of at least one desired print object on said print-receiving tape to be fed by said feeder to create a printed matter;
an edition screen display control portion configured to control said display device to display an edition screen for receiving an input operation of said at least one desired print object to be arranged in each of at least one block that can be set along a tape-length direction with respect to one of said printed matter;
a database display control portion configured to control said display device to display said database including said plurality of records stored in said memory;
a region-specification reception portion configured to, in said database displayed on said display device by control of said database display control portion, receive specification of a character-string including region including a plurality of character strings to be allocated as said print object related to a plurality of said printed matters on said edition screen; and
a print object arrangement portion configured to arrange said print object related to said plurality of printed matters on said edition screen by allocating the plurality of character strings included in said character-string including region, the specification of which has been received by said region-specification reception portion, to each of said blocks related to said plurality of printed matters in accordance with a desired allocation rule,
wherein said printer is configured to produce said plurality of printed matters in which the print objects are formed by means of an arrangement mode realized on said edition screen by said print object arrangement portion, by controlling said feeder and said printing head in coordination with each other.

Assignees

• Brother Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Guan Shanshan
• Miyashita Tomoki
• Kako Keigo

Classifications

• G06K15/022 Primary

  for printing on continuous media, e.g. tapes · CPC title

• B41J3/4075 Primary

  Tape printers; Label printers · CPC title

• G06K15/005

  only locally · CPC title