Printing device and control method for printing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShunichi Wakasa, Toshiaki Koike
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Abstract
A printing device includes: a printing unit performing printing; and a control unit that, when accepting a character code associated with a plurality of font designs, causes the printing unit to print a character indicated by the character code, based on a priority level allocated to each of the plurality of font designs. The control unit changes the priority level of the plurality of font designs in response to a first command that is accepted. The first command is a command indicating the priority level of the font design that is a part of the plurality of font designs.
Claims6
A printing device comprising:
- a print mechanism;
- a memory storing a plurality of font designs, the plurality of font designs being previously stored in the memory;
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- a controller that, in response to accepting a character code associated with the plurality of font designs, causes the print mechanism to print a character indicated by the character code, based on a priority level allocated to each of the plurality of font designs stored in the memory, wherein:
- the controller changes the priority level of the plurality of font designs in response to accepting a first command,
- the first command is a command indicating the priority level of the font design that is a part of the plurality of font designs,
- each of the plurality of font designs is a combination of (1) a character form corresponding to a country or a region, and (2) a typeface,
- the controller changes the priority level of the plurality of font designs in response to accepting a user operation to the printing device, and
- the controller causes the print mechanism to print information indicating the priority level changed by the user operation.
A control method for a printing device, the method comprising:
- in response to accepting a character code associated with a plurality of font designs stored in a memory of the printing device, causing a print mechanism performing printing to print a character indicated by the character code, based on a priority level allocated to each of the plurality of font designs, the plurality of font designs being previously stored in the memory;
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- changing the priority level of the plurality of font designs in response to accepting a first command,
- the first command being a command indicating the priority level of the font design that is a part of the plurality of font designs,
- each of the plurality of font designs being a combination of (1) a character form corresponding to a country or a region, and (2) a typeface,
- changing the priority level of the plurality of font designs on response to accepting a user operation to the printing device, and
- causing the print mechanism to print information indicating the priority level changed by the user operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.