Tape printer and control method of tape printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHajime Okochi, Yuichiro Suzuki, Jun Itakura
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Abstract
A tape printer prints a text on a print label in such a way that the right side position of a character “A” corresponding to the beginning data of the text is moved to the final position of a liquid crystal display, and then an image of a leading end of the print label is displayed on the liquid crystal display as an initial display state.
Claims43
A tape printer comprising a text creating device that creates a text composed of document data including characters, a printing device that prints the text on a lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, a cutting device that cuts off the print tape having the text printed by the printing device in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and an image display device that displays an image of the print label, the image display device having a first end position and a second end position, the first end position being a beginning position, the second end position being a final position, a direction from the final position to the beginning position corresponding to a feed direction of the print tape, the tape printer further comprising:
- a control device that controls the tape printer,
- wherein the control device displays an image of a leading end portion of the print label on the image display device by disposing an image of beginning data of the text in the final position of the image display device.
A tape printer comprising a text creating device that creates a text composed of document data including characters, a printing device that prints the text on a lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, a cutting device that cuts off the print tape having the text printed by the printing device in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and an image display device that displays an image of the print label in a first part of the image display device, further comprising:
- a control device that controls the tape printer;
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- a lengthy display region held in a second part of the image display device to represent an overall contour of the print label,
- wherein the control device displays a display range of the print label in the display region,
- the display range illustrating where a full portion of the print label that is displayed in the first part of the image display device is positioned in the overall contour, such that, when only a part of the print label is displayed in the first part of the image display device, a full length of the part of the print label is illustrated in the overall contour differently from a remaining part of the print label in the overall contour.
A tape printer comprising a text creating device that creates a text composed of document data including characters arranged in a feed direction on a lengthy print tape, a printing device that prints the text on the lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, a cutting device that cuts off the print tape having the text printed by the printing device in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and an image display device that displays an image of the print label in a first part of the image display device, the first part of the image display device having a first end position and a second end position, the first end position being a beginning position, the second end position being a final position, a direction from the final position to the beginning position corresponding to the feed direction, the tape printer further comprising:
- a control device that controls the tape printer;
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- a lengthy display region held in a second part of the image display device to represent an overall contour of the print label,
- wherein the control device displays an image of a leading end portion of the print label on the image display device by disposing an image of beginning data of the text in the final position of the first part of the image display device, and
- the control device also displays a display range of the print label in the display region, the display range illustrating where a full portion of the print label that is displayed in the first part of the image display device is positioned in the overall contour, such that, when only a part of the print label is displayed in the first part of the image display device, a full length of the part of the print label is illustrated in the overall contour differently from a remaining part of the print label in the overall contour.
A control method of a tape printer comprising a text creating step of creating a text composed of document data including characters, a printing step of printing the text on a lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, a cutting step of cutting off the print tape having the text printed at the printing step in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and an image display step of displaying an image of the print label on an image display means, the image display means having a first end position and a second end position, the first end position being a beginning position, the second end position being a final position, a direction from the final position to the beginning position corresponding to a feed direction of the print tape, the tape printer further comprising:
- a first display control step of displaying an image of a leading end portion of the print label on the image display means by disposing an image of beginning data of the text in the final position of the image display means.
A control method of a tape printer comprising a text creating step of creating a text composed of document data including characters, a printing step of printing the text on a lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, a cutting step of cutting off the print tape having the text printed at the printing step in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and an image display step of displaying an image of the print label on a first part of an image display means, further comprising:
- a display control step of displaying a display range of the print label in an overall contour of the print label in a lengthy display region held in a second part of the image display means, the display range illustrating where a full portion of the print label that is displayed in the first part of the image display means is positioned in the overall contour, such that, when only a part of the print label is displayed in the first part of the image display means, a full length of the part of the print label is illustrated in the overall contour differently from a remaining part of the print label in the overall contour.
A control method of a tape printer comprising a text creating step of creating a text composed of document data including characters arranged in a feed direction on a lengthy print tape, a printing step of printing the text on the lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, a cutting step of cutting off the print tape having the text printed at the printing step in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and an image display step of displaying an image of the print label on an image display means in a first part of the image display means, the first part of the image display means having a first end position and a second end position, the first end position being a beginning position, the second end position being a final position, a direction from the final position to the beginning position corresponding to the feed direction, the tape printer, further comprising:
- a first display control step of displaying an image of a leading end portion of the print label on the image display means by disposing an image of beginning data of the text in the final position of the first part of the image display means;
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- a second display control step of displaying a display range of the print label in an overall contour of the print label in a lengthy display region held in a second part of the image display means, the display range illustrating where a full portion of the print label that is displayed in the first part of the image display means is positioned in the overall contour, such that, when only a part of the print label is displayed in the first part of the image display means, a full length of the part of the print label is illustrated in the overall contour differently from a remaining part of the print label in the overall contour.
A tape printer comprising text creating means for creating a text composed of document data including characters, printing means for printing the text on a lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, cutting means for cutting off the print tape having the text printed by the printing means in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and image display means for displaying an image of the print label, the image display means having a first end position and a second end position, the first end position being a beginning position, the second end position being a final position, a direction from the final position to the beginning position corresponding to a feed direction of the print tape, the tape printer further comprising:
- first display control means for displaying an image of a leading end portion of the print label on the image display means by disposing an image of beginning data of the text in the final position of the image display means.
A tape printer comprising text creating means for creating a text composed of document data including characters, printing means for printing the text on a lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, cutting means for cutting off the print tape having the text printed by the printing means in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and image display means for displaying an image of the print label in a first part of the image display means, further comprising:
- a lengthy display region held in a second part of the image display means to represent an overall contour of the print label;
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- display control means for displaying a display range of the print label in the display region, the display range illustrating where a full portion of the print label that is displayed in the first part of the image display means is positioned in the overall contour, such that, when only a part of the print label is displayed in the first part in the image display means, a full length of the part of the print label is illustrated in the overall contour differently from a remaining part of the print label in the overall contour.
A tape printer comprising text creating means for creating a text composed of document data including characters arranged in a feed direction on a lengthy print tape, printing means for printing the text on the lengthy print tape in a state of having a forward blank positioned ahead of the text, cutting means for cutting off the print tape having the text printed by the printing means in a state of having the forward blank and a backward blank positioned behind the text, thereby producing a print label, and image display means for displaying an image of the print label in a first part of the image display means, the first part of the image display means having a first end position and a second end position, the first end position being a beginning position, the second end position being a final position, a direction from the final position to the beginning position corresponding to the feed direction, the tape printer further comprising:
- first display control means for displaying an image of a leading end portion of the print label on the image display means by disposing an image of beginning data of the text in the final position of the first part of the image display means;
- a lengthy display region held in a second part of the image display means to represent an overall contour of the print label;
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- second display control means for displaying a display range of the print label in the display region, the display range illustrating where a full portion of the print label that is displayed in the first part of the image display means is positioned in the overall contour, such that, when only a part of the print label is displayed in the first part of the image display means, a full length of the part of the print label is illustrated in the overall contour differently from a remaining part of the print label in the overall contour.
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