Tape printing apparatus, and display method in the tape printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakeshi Hosokawa
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Abstract
A tape printing apparatus, including: an input unit configured to input print data and a layout of the print data; a display unit configured to have a display screen; a dividing unit configured to divide the print data into a plurality of blocks based on the layout input by the input unit; a display control unit configured to display the print data by scrolling the print data on the display screen, using the display unit, for each of the blocks divided by the dividing unit; and a printing unit configured to print the print data on a tape-shaped print medium in accordance with the layout input by the input unit.
Claims10
A tape printing apparatus, comprising:
- an input unit configured to input print data and a layout of the print data;
- a display unit configured to have a display screen;
- a dividing unit configured to divide the print data into a plurality of blocks to be displayed on the display screen before being printed, based on the layout input by the input unit;
- a display control unit configured to display the print data as the plurality of blocks on the display screen before the print data is printed, by scrolling through the plurality of blocks on the display screen, using the display unit, for each of the plurality of blocks divided by the dividing unit;
- and
- a printing unit configured to print the print data on a tape-shaped print medium in accordance with the layout input by the input unit,
- wherein, when the layout of the print data input by the input unit is configured in a plurality of lines, and a number of the plurality of lines exceeds a number of lines displayable on the display screen, the dividing unit divides the print data into the plurality of blocks in a line unit.
A displaying method in a tape printing apparatus which includes a display unit for displaying input print data on a display screen and prints the print data on a tape-shaped print medium in accordance with an input layout, the displaying method, comprising:
- dividing the print data into a plurality of blocks to be displayed on the display screen before being printed, based on the input layout;
- and
- displaying the print data as the plurality of blocks on the display screen before the print data is printed, by scrolling through the plurality of blocks on the display screen, using the display unit for each of the plurality of blocks divided by the dividing of the print data, and
- printing the print data on a tape-shaped print medium in accordance with the input layout,
- wherein, when the input layout of the print data is configured in a plurality of lines, and the number of the plurality of lines exceeds the number of lines displayable on the display screen, the print data is divided into the plurality of blocks in a line unit by the dividing of the print data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.