US 8,120,787 B2 · Information terminal device having drawing printing function, drawing printing method, and printed matter

Abstract

An information terminal device having a drawing printing function to print a drawing such as a map or a route map is enabled to print the drawing without any reduction on rolled printing paper having a limited width. The information terminal device includes a printer for printing data, and an angle calculator. On the basis of the drawing data having the data of a drawing containing a bent point and the data of the angle of bend at that bent point, the angle calculator calculates the angle index, at which the rolled paper is folded to correspond to the bent point, and calculates the printing data, which divides the drawing at each bent point and which is taken in the longitudinal direction of the rolled paper, that is, the blank length which discontinues the drawing at the folded portion determined by the angle index. On the basis of the angle index and the blank length, the printer divides the drawing at each bent point and makes the printing data taken in the longitudinal direction of the rolled paper.

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Dependent claims

An information terminal device having a diagram printing function and comprising:

printing means for outputting printing data onto a continuous roll of paper having a predetermined width;
wherein the method is characterized in that
said information terminal device has printing data generating unit for generating the printing data, and an angle calculator;
said angle calculator calculates, on the basis of diagram data comprising data of a diagram having a bend point and data of an angle of bend at that bend point, an angle index at which said roll paper is to be folded in correspondence with said bend point, and calculates a length of a blank portion, which is printing data that divides said diagram at each bend point and proceeds along the longitudinal direction of said roll paper, and which breaks the continuity of said diagram at the folded portion determined by said angle index;
and
said printing data generating unit generates, on the basis of said angle index and the blank length, printing data for dividing said diagram at each bend point and proceeding along the longitudinal direction of the roll paper.

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A diagram printing method for an information terminal device having a diagram printing function comprising a printer for outputting printing data onto a continuous sheet of roll paper having a predetermined width:

said information terminal device comprising a printing data generating unit for generating printing data, and an angle calculator, said method comprising:
calculating by said angle calculator on the basis of diagram data comprising data of a diagram having a bend point and data of an angle of bend at that bend point, an angle index at which said roll paper is to be folded in correspondence with said bend point;
calculating a length of a blank portion, which is printing data that divides said diagram at each bend point and proceeds along the longitudinal direction of said roll paper, and which breaks the continuity of said diagram at the folded portion determined by said angle index;
and
generating, by said printing data generating unit, on the basis of said angle index and the blank length, printing data for dividing said diagram at each bend point and proceeding along the longitudinal direction of the roll paper.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Information terminal device having drawing printing function, drawing printing method, and printed matter

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Information terminal device having drawing printing function, drawing printing method, and printed matter

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Abstract

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