US 2006/0137582 A1 · Data processing device

Abstract

There is provided a data processing device, which includes a data providing unit that provides print data and embroidery data to be subjected to printing and embroidering, respectively. A print region of the print data and an embroidery region of the embroidery data have a predetermined positional relationship. The data processing device further includes a data correction unit that corrects at least one of the embroidery data and the print data so that the predetermined positional relationship between the embroidery region defined in the embroidery data and the print region defined in the print data is maintained on fabric after the embroidering in accordance with the embroidery data and the printing in accordance with the print data are performed on the fabric, considering shrinkage of the fabric caused by the embroidering in accordance with the embroidery data.

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A data processing device, comprising:

a data providing unit that provides print data and embroidery data to be subjected to printing and embroidering, respectively, a print region of the print data and an embroidery region of the embroidery data having a predetermined positional relationship;
and
a data correction unit that corrects at least one of the embroidery data and the print data so that the predetermined positional relationship between the embroidery region defined in the embroidery data and the print region defined in the print data is maintained on fabric after the embroidering in accordance with the embroidery data and the printing in accordance with the print data are performed on the fabric, considering shrinkage of the fabric caused by the embroidering in accordance with the embroidery data.

A computer program product for use on a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer program that causes the computer, when executed, to perform a method of processing data for embroidering, the method comprising the steps of:

providing print data and embroidery data to be subjected to printing and embroidering, respectively, a print region of the print data and an embroidery region of the embroidery data having a predetermined positional relationship;
and
correcting at least one of the embroidery data and the print data so that the predetermined positional relationship between the embroidery region and the print region is maintained on fabric after the embroidering in accordance with the embroidery data and the printing in accordance with the print data are performed on the fabric, considering shrinkage of the fabric caused by the embroidering in accordance with the embroidery data.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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