Character information processor
AssigneesKing Jim Co., Ltd., Seiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomoyuki Ichikawa, Kenichi Tanabe, Kenji Watanabe, Shinichi Tsukagoshi, Masahiko Nunokawa
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Abstract
In a character information processor adapted to print an input character string in accordance with a designated printing attribute on a print medium which is limited in at least one of the transversal or longitudinal directions, the type of currently loaded print medium is detected; a fixed phrase is selected by a user from a plurality of stored fixed phrases; and the selected fixed phrase is printed in accordance with a printing attribute determined by the detected type of the print medium and stored fixed phrase information.
Claims2
A character information processor which is adapted to print an input character string in accordance with a designated printing attribute on a print medium in which limitation is imposed on at least one of the transversal or longitudinal directions and wherein the print medium is a seal or stamp having (a) a physical development element identifying the type of seal or stamp and (b) a light sensitive layer which can be developed into a raised image, said character information processor comprising:
- print medium detecting means for detecting a type of print medium which is currently loaded in said character information processor by sensing the physical identification element;
- fixed phrase information storing means for storing information used for printing a fixed phrase designated out of a plurality of fixed phrases;
- fixed phrase selecting means for causing the user to designate the fixed phrase to be printed;
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- printing means for printing, on the print medium currently loaded in said character information processor, the designated fixed phrase as the entire print image with a printing attribute determined by the type of the print medium detected by the print medium type detecting means and the information stored in the fixed phrase information storage means, said printing means includes means to expose the light sensitive layer to an image of the fixed phrase to enable the image to be developed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.