Label preparation device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNoriaki Murayama, Takeshi Hosokawa, Masahiro Oida, Yusuke Harigae
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Abstract
A label preparation device includes: an editing target switching unit which switches an editing target label among a plurality of labels arranged in particular order, in response to an operation on a keyboard; and an editing screen display unit which displays an editing screen including a preview image of the editing target label. If there is a label immediately preceding the editing target label in the order, the editing screen display unit displays a left arrow object on a forward end side of the preview image. If there is a label immediately following the editing target label in the order, the editing screen display unit displays a right arrow object on a rear end side of the preview image.
Claims5
A label preparation device which can edit a print content of each of a plurality of labels and which prepares the plurality of labels on the basis of an editing result of the print content of each label, the device comprising:
- an operation unit;
- an editing target switching unit which switches an editing target label among the plurality of labels arranged in a particular order, in response to an operation on the operation unit;
- and
- an editing screen display unit which displays an editing screen including a print preview image of the editing target label, the print preview image showing a preview of the print content to be printed on the editing target label superimposed on a tape image of the editing target label at a position where the print content is to be printed on the editing target label;
- wherein
- if there is a label immediately preceding the editing target label in the particular order, the editing screen display unit displays a first object on a forward end side of the print preview image, the first object indicating that there is an immediately preceding label in the particular order,
- if there is a label immediately following the editing target label in the particular order, the editing screen display unit displays a second object on a rear end side of the print preview image, the second object indicating that there is an immediately following label in the particular order,
- each display position of the first object and the second object is superimposed on an area where the print preview image can be displayed, and
- if the print preview image is large and overlaps with the display position of the first object or the second object, the first object or the second object is not displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.