Printer and method of controlling printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinji NAKATAKE
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, a printer performs printing on a printable medium to be attached to a product. The printer includes: a memory; a display; and a controller. The controller detects an attribution item that differs between generated print data and print data that is recorded in the memory in association with input identification information. The controller displays print image of the printable medium on the display on the basis of the generated print data in such a way that the detected attribution item is highlighted.
Claims10
A printer that performs printing on a printable medium to be attached to a product, comprising:
- an interface that inputs identification information identifying the product;
- a memory that records a product information file that records, for each piece of the identification information, product information including a plurality of pieces of data of a plurality of attribution items each representing an attribution of the product, the memory recording print data in association with the identification information, the plurality of pieces of data of the plurality of attribution items being arranged at predetermined positions in the print data;
- a printer mechanism that prints the product information of the product identified by the input identification information, on the printable medium on the basis of the print data;
- a display that displays a print image of the printable medium where the product information is to be printed by the printer mechanism;
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- a controller that
- reads, where the identification information is input via the interface, the product information from the product information file in the memory on the basis of the identification information,
- generates print data in which the plurality of pieces of data included in the read product information are arranged at predetermined positions,
- detects an attribution item that differs between the generated print data and the print data that is recorded in the memory in association with the input identification information, and
- displays the print image on the display on the basis of the generated print data in such a way that the detected attribution item is highlighted.
A method of controlling a printer that includes an interface that inputs identification information identifying the product, a memory including a product information file that records, for each piece of the identification information, product information including a plurality of pieces of data of a plurality of attribution items each representing an attribution of the product, the memory recording print data in association with the identification information, the plurality of pieces of data of the plurality of attribution items being arranged at predetermined positions in the print data, a printer mechanism that prints the product information of the product identified by the input identification information, on a printable medium to be attached to the product on the basis of the print data, and a display that displays a print image of the printable medium where the product information is to be printed by the printer mechanism, the control method comprising:
- reading, where the identification information is input via the interface, the product information from the product information file in the memory on the basis of the identification information;
- generating print data in which the plurality of pieces of data included in the read product information are arranged at predetermined positions;
- detecting an attribution item that differs between the generated print data and the print data that is recorded in the memory in association with the input identification information;
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- displaying the print image on the display on the basis of the generated print data in such a way that the detected attribution item is highlighted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.