Printing device, program, and method for producing printed matter
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorToshifumi SAKAI
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Abstract
A printing device that can print a print image at a planned printing position even without a user accurately aligning the printing device with the planned printing position is provided. The printing device automatically adjusts a printing position, based on scanned data obtained by scanning a medium via a medium scanning unit.
Claims14
A printing device printing on a medium while being manually moved in relation to the medium, the printing device comprising:
- a print information acquisition unit acquiring print data and mark information about a mark on the medium;
- a print head printing on the medium;
- a medium scanning unit scanning the medium;
- a mark detection unit detecting the mark represented by the mark information, based on scanned data, which is image data of the medium scanned by the medium scanning unit;
- and
- a head control unit controlling the print head to print a print image, based on the print data, at a position based on the mark that is detected.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program, the program causing a processor provided in an information processing device that can communicate with a printing device printing on a medium while being manually moved in relation to the medium, to function as:
- a medium data acquisition unit acquiring medium data representing the medium;
- a print data acquisition unit acquiring print data;
- and
- a transmission unit transmitting the print data and mark information about a mark on the medium to the printing device in response to an instruction given by a user to print.
A method for producing a printed matter in which a printed matter is produced using a printing device printing on a medium while being manually moved in relation to the medium, the method comprising causing the printing device to execute:
- acquiring print data and mark information about a mark provided on the medium;
- scanning the medium;
- detecting the mark represented by the mark information, based on scanned data, which is image data of the medium that is scanned;
- and
- printing a print image based on the print data at a position based on the mark that is detected and thus producing the printed matter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.