Printing Device and Control Method of a Printing Device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomoharu Kifuku, Koji Yamada
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Abstract
A printer and a control method of a printer can print barcodes appropriately according to a given print medium by means of a simple, easy operation. The printer stores a constant preset value relationally corresponding to each type of print medium. The printer also stores an added correction value that is optionally input for each specific type of print medium. The constant value and the added correction value are used to adjust the printed state of the barcode, e.g. to adjust bar widths within the barcode. The print control unit prints barcodes using the constant value stored in the printer storage unit adjusted with the added correction value.
Claims15
A printing device comprising:
- a print unit that prints a barcode on a print medium of a given type;
- a storage unit that stores a preset constant value corresponding to the type of the print medium to adjust how a barcode is printed;
- an acquisition unit that acquires an added correction value input when the type of print medium is specified;
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- a correction value storage unit that stores the added correction value acquired by the acquisition unit relationally to the specified type of print medium;
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- a print control unit that prints a barcode with the print unit according to the constant value stored in the storage unit and the added correction value stored in the correction value storage unit.
A control method of a printing device that prints a barcode on a print medium of a given type, comprising:
- storing a preset constant value corresponding to the type of the print medium to adjust how a barcode is printed;
- when an added correction value is input for a particular type of print medium, relationally storing the inputted added correction value to correspond to the particular type of print medium;
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- printing a barcode based on both the constant value and the added correction value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.