Printer device, method, and control device for print templates
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTakuya Sugimoto, Susumu Shiohara
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Abstract
Additional information can be appropriately added to an area in a template. The web application execution unit of a printer displays a print layout on a control device in a format enabling adding additional information to areas formed in the printing area of a print medium based on a first template, and when additional information is added to one area, changes to a format reflecting the additional information applied to the one area, and displays the print layout.
Claims15
A printing device connectable to a control device, the printing device comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store a first template indicating a first print layout, the first template comprising a first template name as a template name;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- receive a control command for printing including information specifying the template name,
- generate a first user interface for displaying the first print layout in a format enabling adding additional information to a first template area included in the first print layout,
- send the first user interface to the control device,
- receive the additional information added to the first template area after sending the first user interface,
- generate a second template indicating a second print layout including a second template area made based on the first template reflecting the received additional information added to the first template area, and
- store the second template to the storage unit with a second template name that is the same as the first template name.
A control method for generating print templates comprising:
- generating a first user interface for displaying a first print layout indicated by a first template in a format enabling adding additional information to a first template area included in the first print layout, the first template comprise a first template name as a template name;
- receiving a control command for printing including information specifying the template name,
- acquiring the additional information added to the first template area after displaying the first user interface,
- generating a second template indicating a second print layout including a second template area made based on the first template area reflecting the acquired additional information added to the first template area, and
- storing the second template to the storage unit with a second template name that is the same as the first template name.
A printing device connectable to a control device, the printing device comprising:
- a storage unit configured to store a first template indicating a first print layout;
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- a controller configured to:
- generate a first user interface for displaying the first print layout in a format enabling adding additional information to a first template area included in the first print layout,
- send the first user interface to the control device,
- receive the additional information added to the first template area after sending the first user interface, and
- generate a second template indicating a second print layout including a second template area made based on the first template reflecting the received additional information added to the first template area, wherein
- the first template comprises an image type indicating the type of an image printed in the first template area:
- when the image type of the first template area is a text image, the first print layout displayed on the first user interface is in a format enabling adding a text color and a background color as the additional information, and
- when the image type of the first template area is a graphic image, the first print layout displayed on the first user interface is in a format enabling adding a background color as the additional information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.