Printing apparatus and method for controlling printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHideo Nakamura
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Abstract
A printer includes a transmitter and receiver configured to receive a setting command capable of setting a style of a character string for each delimiter area indicating an area of a line delimited by a tab position, a tab command for executing movement to the tab position, and a delimiter string that is delimited by the tab command, a printing apparatus memory configured to store style data, a printing apparatus processor configured to execute processing on the delimiter string based on the style of the corresponding delimiter area, and a printing mechanism configured to print the character string which is processed by the printing apparatus processor.
Claims14
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a communicator configured to receive, from a terminal device:
- a setting command that includes a style for each delimiter area of a character string in a line of print data, wherein the style of each delimiter area is set based on the setting command, wherein each delimiter area indicates an area of the line delimited by a tab position, wherein the tab position corresponds to a position in the line of print data,
- a tab command for executing movement of a printing position to the tab position, and
- wherein the character string includes a delimiter string for each delimiter area, wherein the delimiter strings are delimited by the tab command;
- a memory configured to store information indicating the style of each delimiter area of the character string;
- a processor configured to execute processing on each of the delimiter strings to change each of the delimiter strings based on the style of the corresponding delimiter area;
- and
- a printing mechanism configured to print the delimiter strings that have been changed by the processor based on the style.
A method for controlling a printing apparatus including a processor and a memory configured to store information indicating a style of a character string, the method comprising:
- receiving a setting command from a terminal device, wherein the setting command includes a style for each delimiter area of a character string in a line of print data, wherein the style of each delimiter area is set based on the setting command, wherein each delimiter area indicates an area of the line of print data delimited by a tab position, wherein the tab position corresponds to a position in the line of print data;
- receiving a tab command for executing movement of a printing position to the tab position, wherein the character string includes a delimiter string for each delimiter area, where the delimiter strings are delimited by the tab command;
- storing information indicating the style of each delimiter area of the character string in the memory;
- executing processing on each of the delimiter strings to change each of the delimiter strings based on the style of the corresponding delimiter area;
- and
- printing the processed delimiter strings that have been changed by the processor based on the style.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.