发明名称 Tape Printer and Recording Medium
摘要 The disclosure discloses a tape printer comprising a controller. In a print data generation process, print data to form a first image portion, a second image portion, and a third image portion on a decorative to-be-printed tape is generated. The first image portion has a first length in accordance with a result of acceptance. The second image portion has a second length in accordance with the result of acceptance. The third image portion is composed of a third pattern image corresponding to one pattern type accepted. In a cooperative control process, a decorative tape is produced. A single of the first image portion is formed on a first side, and a single of the second image portion is formed on a second side, and at least one of the third image portion is formed between the first and the second image portions, on a decorative tape.
申请公布号 US2016189013(A1) 申请公布日期 2016.06.30
申请号 US201514870096 申请日期 2015.09.30
申请人 Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha 发明人 Sano Nako
分类号 G06K15/02 主分类号 G06K15/02
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A tape printer comprising: a feeder configured to feed a decorative to-be-printed tape; a printing head configured to form print on said decorative to-be-printed tape fed by said feeder and to produce a decorative tape; and a controller, said controller being configured to execute: a selection acceptance process for accepting an input of selection of one pattern type among a plurality of pattern types prepared in advance to form print on said decorative to-be-printed tape; a full-length acceptance process for accepting a specification of a full length of said decorative tape; a print data generation process for generating print data to form a first image portion, a second image portion, and a third image portion on said decorative to-be-printed tape, wherein said first image portion has a first length in accordance with a result of acceptance in said full-length acceptance process, and a first pattern image that has a fixed length and is formed by use of said one pattern type accepted in said selection acceptance process is repeated a plurality of times toward a first side along a tape longitudinal direction in said first image portion, and wherein said second image portion has a second length in accordance with the result of acceptance in said full-length acceptance process, and a second pattern image that has a fixed length and is a mirror image of said first pattern image is repeated a plurality of times toward a second side opposite to said first side along said tape longitudinal direction in said second image portion, and wherein said third image portion is composed of a third pattern image corresponding to said one pattern type accepted in said selection acceptance process, and is set to have a length variable in accordance with the result of acceptance in said full-length acceptance process, and is formed on said second side of said first image portion and on said first side of said second image portion; and a cooperative control process for controlling said feeder and said printing head cooperatively by using said print data generated in said print data generation process, to produce said decorative tape having the full length accepted in said full-length acceptance process, wherein a single of said first image portion is formed in a region on said first side containing an end on said first side, and a single of said second image portion is formed in a region on said second side containing an end on said second side, and at least one of said third image portion is formed between said first image portion and said second image portion, on said decorative tape.
地址 Nagoya-shi JP