Seiko Epson Corporation

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King Jim Co., Ltd.

Kenji Watanabe

Yoshiya Toyosawa

Takeshi Hosokawa

Kiyoshi Ogawa

Takuya Suetani

Tomoyuki Shimmra

A tape printing apparatus and method for printing a series of characters on a tape including an input device to input a series of characters, and a display device coupled to the input device and configured to display the series of characters. A tape length calculator is coupled to the input device to automatically calculate a total length of tape to be printed based upon the series of characters. The printing apparatus further includes a unit selector to convert the total length into a displayed length of a selected unit of length selected from at least two different choices of units of length, and a tape length display for displaying the displayed length in the selected unit of length prior to printing. A storage device is coupled to the unit selector and is adapted to store the length unit as a selected display unit.

Tape printing device and method

A tape printing assembly for editing input data of up to 'n' lines which includes a main display formed to display the edited input data in 'p' lines, where &lsquo;p&rsquo; is an integer between 1 to at most &lsquo;n&rsquo;&minus;1. A display controller is adapted to control the editing procedure and display of the input data of a line currently being edited on the main display, while simultaneously indicating on an auxiliary display the line currently edited. In another aspect, a line number indicator, corresponding to a line of input data, is positioned proximate and adjacent to the line on the main display. Upon a selected portion of the input data being positioned within a display area, the line number indicator is positioned proximate to and moves with the selected portion. Upon the selected portion being scrolled beyond an end of the display area, the line number indicator is fixed relative the display area proximate the end thereof.

Tape printing and editing assembly

There are provided a print image-forming device and device for forming print images and a printing apparatus incorporating the device. A basic image is created which has a plurality of elementary images including at least one fixed-sized elementary image and at least one variable-sized elementary image. A reduced image of the basic image is formed as the print image by reducing at least one of the at least one variable-sized elementary image of the basic image, when the basic image cannot be printed as the print image within the printing area.

Print image-forming method and device and printing apparatus

A tape printing apparatus for printing a series of characters on a tape including an input device to input a series of characters, and a display device coupled to the input device and configured to display the series of characters. A tape length calculator is coupled to the input device to automatically calculate a total length of tape to be printed based upon the series of characters. The printing apparatus further includes a unit selector to convert the total length into a displayed length of a selected unit of length selected from at least two different choices of units of length, and a tape length display for displaying the displayed length in the selected unit of length prior to printing. A storage device is coupled to the unit selector and is adapted to store the length unit as a selected display unit.

Tape printing device

A tape printing assembly for editing input data of up to `n` lines which includes a main display formed to display the edited input data in `p` lines, where `p` is an integer between 1 to at most `n`-1. A display controller is adapted to control the editing procedure and display of the input data of a line currently being edited on the main display, while simultaneously indicating on an auxiliary display the line currently edited.

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Chiyoda-ku, Japan

Kenji Watanabe