Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080205958 | Tape printer, tape printing progam and tape cassette - A tape printer for printing a tape stored in a detachable tape cassette includes a detection device that detects a type of a loaded tape cassette, a receiving device that receives data from an external device, a permission determination device that determines whether or not the type of the cassette detected by the detection device is the one permitting a predetermined action except ordinary printing instructed in data received by the receiving device, and an operation control device that enables the predetermined action if it is determined to be permitted by the permission determination device. | 08-28-2008 |
20080292381 | Printer and computer-readable recording medium storing printing program - A printer includes a connection device that connects to an external device, a printing device that prints a character on a print medium, an input device that inputs the character and an instruction, and a first data acquisition device that acquires first data created in the external device via the connection device. The printer further includes a print history storage device that stores print history information of the first data and a second data used for printing by the printing device among the first data acquired by the first data acquisition device and the second data created based on the character and the instruction inputted by the input device. The printer also includes a print control device that causes the printing device to perform printing based on the print history information stored in the print history storage device. | 11-27-2008 |
20090273803 | Printer, terminal, and printing system - A printer includes a printer memory that stores information, a printer communication device that performs communication with a terminal, a printing device that prints based on print data, a receiving device that receives operating state information, the operating state information indicating that an operating state of the printer is one of a storage device state and a printing device state, the storage device state being an operating state that causes the terminal to recognize the printer as a device capable of using the printer memory, and the printing device state being an operating state that causes the terminal to recognize the printer as a device capable of printing by using the printing device, and a switching device that switches the operating state of the printer to one of the storage device state and the printing device state, based on the operating state information received by the receiving device. | 11-05-2009 |
20110299908 | TAPE PRINTING SYSTEM AND INPUT DEVICE - A tape printing system includes an input device, at least consisting of a key input unit and a display, and a printing device, consisting of a thermal head and a head driving circuit in separate from the input device. Further, there are plural kinds of key input units | 12-08-2011 |
20130016149 | PRINTING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAMAANM IIDA; YujiAACI Chita-shiAACO JPAAGP IIDA; Yuji Chita-shi JPAANM SUGIMURA; YoshihikoAACI Nagoya-shiAACO JPAAGP SUGIMURA; Yoshihiko Nagoya-shi JPAANM KAWAI; JunyaAACI Nagoya-shiAACO JPAAGP KAWAI; Junya Nagoya-shi JP - A printing device includes a feeding portion configured to feed a print medium along a feed direction, a printing portion configured to perform printing on the print medium fed by the feeding portion, the printing being performed for each of a print line extending in a direction orthogonal to the feed direction, a storage portion configured to sequentially store print data received from the external device, and a processor configured to determine whether consecutive identical data are accumulated in the storage portion, the consecutive identical data being identical print data for a predetermined number of the print lines that are consecutive in the feed direction, and cause the printing portion to start the printing based on the print data stored in the storage portion when it is determined that the consecutive identical data are accumulated. | 01-17-2013 |
20130147894 | PRINTER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printer includes a feeding portion, a printing portion and a processor. The feeding portion is configured to feed a printing medium in an auxiliary scanning direction. The printing portion includes a plurality of heating elements arrayed in a main scanning direction and configured to perform printing of one line at a time on the printing medium. The processor is configured to set, based on a first speed, a number of lines for each of which a number of ON dots is specified, specify numbers of ON dots for the set number of lines, set a second speed based on a maximum value among the specified numbers of ON dots, control the feeding portion such that the feed speed is changed from the first speed to the second speed, and control the printing portion such that the printing is performed sequentially one line at a time. | 06-13-2013 |
20130149019 | LABEL CREATION DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM EXECUTABLE ON LABEL CREATION DEVICE - A label creation device includes a feeding portion configured to feed a printing medium in a first direction and a second direction, the second direction being an opposite direction from the first direction, a printing portion configured to perform printing on the printing medium fed in the first direction, a cutting portion configured to cut the printing medium, the printed portion being a portion of the printing medium on which the printing has been performed, and a processor configured to specify a first distance, which is a length of a blank portion, the cut position being a position of the printing medium where the printing medium is cut, and control the feeding portion to feed the printing medium in the second direction in a case where a second distance is greater than the first distance, the second distance being a distance between the printing portion and the cutting portion. | 06-13-2013 |
20130223911 | PRINTER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printer includes a feeding portion configured to feed a printing medium, a printing portion including a plurality of heating elements configured to perform printing of one line at a time on the printing medium, and a processor configured to specify numbers of ON dots for at least a first specified block and a second specified block, specify first speeds that respectively correspond to at least the first specified block and the second specified block based on the numbers of ON dots, set a second speed for the second specified block based on the first speeds that respectively correspond to the first specified block and the second specified block, such that the printing medium is fed at the first speed for the first specified block when the printing of the first specified block is performed, and control the feeding portion and the printing portion. | 08-29-2013 |
20130257764 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A touch panel control device includes a first identification portion that periodically identifies a plurality of pressed cells, a second identification portion that identifies at least one separation distance based on positions of a plurality of first pressed cells that are identified by the first identification portion at a first timing, a first invalidation portion that invalidates at least one pair of first cells among the plurality of first pressed cells identified at the first timing, a second invalidation portion that invalidates second cell among a plurality of second pressed cells identified by the first identification portion at a second timing, and a decision portion that decides, as a specified position, a position of at least one pressed cell from among a plurality of pressed cells included in at least one first valid pressed cell and at least one second valid pressed cell. | 10-03-2013 |
20130258356 | PRINTER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A printer includes a printing device, a transport device that transports the printing medium, an optical sensor that outputs a specified output value, based on light that is reflected from the reverse face of the printing medium, a first determination portion that determines whether a first detection object color has been detected, based on the output value, a second declaration portion that declares that the mark has been detected in a case where, after a first declaration portion that, in a case where the number of times that the first determination portion has consecutively determined that the first detection object color has been detected, declares that the first detection object color is continuous over a specified width, the number of times that a second determination portion has consecutively determined that the second detection object color has been detected, based on the output value. | 10-03-2013 |
20140104361 | PRINTER - A printer comprises a print head, a discharge port, a display portion, and a processor. The processor displays a head marker indicating a position of the print head and a discharge port marker indicating a position of the discharge port on the display portion in correspondence to a positional relationship of the print head and the discharge port. The processor also displays, in real-time on the display portion, an image of the print medium on which the print image has been printed, in accordance with the printing by the print head, such that the image is initially displayed in a state in which a start edge of the image is aligned with the head marker when the printing by the print head starts, and a position of the initially displayed image is moved toward the discharge port marker in accordance with progress of the printing by the print head. | 04-17-2014 |
20140313170 | Input Apparatus - An input apparatus includes a detection portion, a processor, and a memory. The detection portion is configured to detect a position. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions cause the processor to perform processes that include acquiring a plurality of first positions, determining whether a combination and a sequence of the plurality of first positions satisfy a specified first condition, acquiring a plurality of second positions after it has been determined that the combination and the sequence satisfy the first condition, determining whether a combination and a sequence of the plurality of second positions satisfy any of a plurality of second conditions, and identifying, in a case where it has been determined that the combination and the sequence of the plurality of second positions satisfy one of the plurality of second conditions, format information associated with the one of the plurality of second conditions. | 10-23-2014 |
20140317553 | Information Processing Apparatus and Non-Transitory Recording Medium Storing Program - An information processing apparatus includes a processor and a memory storing instructions. The instructions instruct the processor to execute acquiring start time data identified based on first stroke data input by handwriting, acquiring end time data identified based on second stroke data input by handwriting, first correcting the start time data by entering first numerical value corresponding to a first unit that is the unit of time for which the numerical value is not identified, based on the end time data, when a numerical value corresponding to a unit of time cannot be identified, and second correcting the end time data by entering second numerical value corresponding to a second unit that is the unit of time for which the numerical value is not identified, based on the start time data, when a numerical value corresponding to a unit of time cannot be identified. | 10-23-2014 |
20150077404 | Paper Medium, Input Device, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium Storing Computer-Readable Instructions for Input Device - To provide a paper medium, an input device, and a computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for the input device, which are able to reduce the effort required of a user when the user designates specified information. The paper medium includes a form and at least one information line. The at least one information line is provided on the form, and corresponds to a specified information item. The specified information item pertains to the form, and that is set at a predetermined angle. When designating the specified information item, the user need only write a linear figure that follows the at least one information line. Therefore, the amount of effort that is required of the user in order to designate the specified information item can be reduced from what it would be in a case where the user has to fill in a frame. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084891 | Information Input Device and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Medium Storing Computer-Readable Instructions - An information input device includes a detection portion, a processor, and a memory. The detection portion is configured to detect a position of a writing portion being in contact with or close to the detection portion. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the information input device to perform processes that include acquiring position information at a predetermined time interval, setting, as first position information, information indicating one of positions indicated by the acquired position information, determining whether a distance between a position indicated by the set first position information and a position indicated by second position information is less than a threshold value, and storing, as information configuring trajectory information, the second position information in a storage portion in response to determining that the distance is not less than the threshold value. | 03-26-2015 |
20150084919 | Information Input Device - An information input device having a sensor portion and a processor. The sensor portion generates an output corresponding to a position of a writing tool inside a predetermined detection area. The processor acquires position information based on an output of the sensor portion and stores trajectory information in a storage medium. The processor determines whether the position of the writing tool corresponding to the acquired position information is included in a second area obtained by excluding a first area from the detection area. The first area is an area of a predetermined width along an outer edge of the detection area. The processor prohibits processing that adds the acquired position information to the trajectory information and stores the updated trajectory information, when it is determined that the position of the writing tool corresponding to the acquired position information is not included in the second area. | 03-26-2015 |