Printing device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorAkihiko Niwa
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Abstract
A printing device capable of printing a plurality of characters/symbols in a plurality of lines on a tape. The device determines the size of the characters/symbols to be printed on the tape based upon the number of lines to be printed and upon the number of characters/symbols to be printed within a predetermined area.
Claims22
A printing device for printing characters/symbols on a tape member having a predetermined width, comprising:
- means for inputting a length of said tape member within which said characters/symbols are printed;
- first detecting means for detecting the number of said characters/symbols to be printed in a line within said length of said tape member;
- second detecting means for detecting the number of lines to be printed within said predetermined width;
- means for determining the size of the characters/symbols based upon:
- the number of said characters/symbols detected by said first detecting means;
- and
- the number of lines detected by said second detecting means.
A printing device for printing characters/symbols on a tape member, comprising:
- means for printing in a plurality of sizes on said tape member;
- means for detecting the number of said characters/symbols to be printed within a predetermined area;
- and
- means for determining one of said plurality of sizes for the characters/symbols to be printed based upon said number of said characters/symbols in accordance with a dividing operation in which the number of dots capable of being included in a line within said predetermined area is divided by the number of the characters/symbols to be printed within said predetermined area.
A printing device for printing characters/symbols in a tape member having a predetermined width, comprising:
- means for detecting the number of lines to be printed within said predetermined width;
- and
- means for determining the size of the characters/symbols to be printed based upon said number of lines of said characters/symbols in accordance with a dividing operation in which the number of dots capable of being included in said predetermined width is divided by said character/symbols to be printed within said predetermined width.
A combination of a printer for printing characters/symbols on a tape member and a cassette detachably coupled to said printer for accommodating said tape member therein,
- wherein said cassette comprises:
- means for indicating the width of said tape accommodated therein, and
- wherein said printer comprises:
- means for detecting the number of lines to be printed;
- and
- means for determining the size of said characters/symbols to be printed based upon said number of lines of said characters/symbols.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.