Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-Kaisha

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaihsa

Plus Corporation

Ryo Yasui

Aiko Mizutani

Tetsuya Imai

Jun Komura

Ryoji Ban

Satoki Nagao

A printing data creating apparatus comprises a display, a transmitter, a controller, an input unit, and a storage. The controller is configured to display a label creation screen for the label including an attribution information input field and a standard label instruction field for instructing edition of a standard label in accordance with a prescribed standard, when the standard label instruction field is operated, display a plurality of standard input fields in addition to the attribution information input field, each of the plurality of standard input fields being a input field to which standard information as information in accordance with the prescribed standard is input, create printing data of the standard label, and transmit the created printing data of the standard label from the transmitter to the printing apparatus.

Printing data creating apparatus, nontransitory storage medium storing program readable by printing data creating apparatus, and printing system

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions configured to, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, cause the electronic device to display on a screen of a display an object for receiving an instruction to cause the electronic device to perform a specific operation including controlling an image processing device, obtain a position of the object in the screen, obtain a position of the indicator based on output signals from a millimeter wave radar, determine whether the position of the indicator is within a particular range relative to the position of the object, and when determining that the position of the indicator is within the particular range, transmit to the image processing device a preliminary operation command instructing the image processing device to start a preliminary operation to shorten a time required to complete the specific operation.

Computer-readable medium, electronic device, and method for causing image processing device to perform preliminary operation

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores instructions executable by a controller of an information processing apparatus. The instructions cause the controller to perform operations. The operations include: displaying an edit screen, the edit screen being configured to receive a translation instruction, the edit screen including a text area and a print area, the print area being configured to place therein a target text string to be printed; upon receiving on the edit screen an operation for inputting the target text string, displaying the target text string in a first language in the text area; upon receiving on the edit screen the translation instruction for translating the target text string displayed in the text area from the first language into a second language, translating the target text string to obtain a translation data piece representing a translated text string in the second language.

Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, control system, and method of controlling information processing apparatus

An information processing apparatus performs: receiving a print instruction for repeatedly printing an object along a particular direction, the print instruction including an image length; determining whether the image length exceeds a particular length; in a case where the image length exceeds the particular length, creating print image data of a first image and a second image, the first and second images including the object arranged repeatedly, a length of the first image being within the particular length, the second image continuing from the first image, a total length of the first and second images being equal to the image length; in a case where the image length does not exceed the particular length, creating print image data of a third image in which the object is arranged repeatedly, a length of the third image being equal to the image length; and outputting the print image data to a printer.

Storage medium storing control program and information processing apparatus

A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions executable by a processor coupled with a terminal device. The instructions are configured to, when executed by the processor, cause the terminal device to receive, via a short-range wireless communication interface, configuration information from each of printers positioned within a communicable range of short-range wireless communication with the terminal device, each configuration information representing a configuration of a corresponding printer, display selectable printers and preview images based on the configuration information and an object, the selectable printers being extracted based on the configuration information, each preview image representing an image of the object in accordance with the configuration information of a corresponding selectable printer, accept a selection from the selectable printers, transmit, to the selected printer, a communication instruction to establish communication between the terminal device and the selected printer, and transmit a print instruction to the selected printer via the established communication.

Computer-readable medium, communication system, and method for making it easier to imagine output image from each selectable printer

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program for causing a terminal apparatus to perform a first display processing of displaying an execution instruction object, a reception processing of receiving status information from an image processing apparatus in response to detecting execution of a first operation on a position of the execution instruction object, a first determination processing of determining whether the image processing apparatus can execute an operation for image data on the basis of the received status information in response to detecting that the first operation on the position of the execution instruction object has changed to a second operation, and an execution instruction processing of transmitting execution instruction information for instructing execution of the operation to the image processing apparatus in response to it being determined in the first determination processing that the operation can be executed.

Non-transitory computer-readable medium and terminal apparatus

A display apparatus includes a display and a controller that executes a display processing for displaying at least one print image a first or second manner as a display manner. In the first manner, single-page images each containing a one-page-equivalent print image are arranged in a first direction. In the second manner, at least one plural-page image each containing a plurality of one-page-equivalent print images are arranged in a second direction. The controller executes an obtaining processing for obtaining setting information for printing to be performed by a printer. In the display processing, the controller determines the display manner to one of the first manner and the second manner and displays the print image on the display in accordance with a setting in a specific item for the setting information obtained in the obtaining processing.

Display apparatus, non-transitory storage medium storing instructions readable by the display apparatus, method of displaying print image on display of the display apparatus

A non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that cause an information processing apparatus to serve as: a display controller that displays an edit screen including a setting region for setting of a print processing to be executed by a label printing device, an edit region for editing of an object to be printed, and a selection region for selection of the object; an obtainer that obtains selected data, as at least a portion of at least one data, when an operation of copying the at least the portion being selected on a data display screen, to the edit screen is input; and a determiner that determines whether the obtained selected data is data in tabular format. The display controller displays at least one candidate data on the selection region based on the selected data when the obtained selected data is data in tabular format.

Information processing apparatus communicable with label printing device

The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a printing processing program for executing steps on a CPU. In an editing screen display step, a display device displays an editing screen that includes an appearance virtual image of a printed matter. In a drag operation determination step, it is determined whether or not a text object or a text editing area frame is moved and arranged on an extended line of the appearance virtual image. In a first virtual image expansion step, the display device expands the appearance virtual image to include at least a portion of the text object or the text editing area frame arranged on the extended line, in the case that it is determined that the text object or the text editing area frame is arranged on the extended line.

Recording medium

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a label production process program for executing steps on a computing portion of a terminal is provided. The terminal is connected to a label producing apparatus that produces a label. The label includes an information print part having information printed thereon, and a winding part connected to the information print part and to be wound on an adherend. The steps include a position determination step, a mark data generation step, and a mark data output step. In the position determination step, a position of a mark to be a guidepost for a position to wind the winding part on the adherend, is determined. In the mark data generation step, mark data to form the mark at the position determined, is generated. In the mark data output step, the generated mark data is output to the label producing apparatus.

Recording medium and label producing apparatus

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions executable by a processor of a symbol entry device comprising a display, a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the symbol entry device to execute: displaying an entry screen including a plurality of entry locations; receiving a location signal from the first touch sensor and one of a first operation signal and a second operation signal; determining that a first symbol associated with an entry location has been entered; determining that a second symbol associated with the entry location and different from the first symbol has been entered; and storing information corresponding to a determined symbol in memory for inclusion in authentication information, the determined symbol being based on one of the first symbol or the second symbol.

Storage medium, symbol entry device, and system for accepting touch inputs on a display

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions to control a information processing device, wherein the operating system outputs process data to a device driver program, in which, when the device driver program is a first-type device driver program interpreting a first-format process data, the first-format process data is output, and when the device driver program is a second-type device driver program interpreting a second-format process data, the first-format process data is converted into the second-format process data to output, the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the information processing device to perform: inquiring of the operating system about the device driver; receiving a inquiry result from the operating system; judging whether the device driver program is the second-type device driver program based on the inquiry result; and performing, when it is judged that it is the second-type device driver program, a process for installing the first-type device driver program.

Driver managing program and information processing

A non-transitory computer readable medium stores instructions that, when executed, cause a data processing apparatus, which includes a first input/output section and which is driven by a battery, to: judge whether the first input/output section is set as the input/output section; judge whether the remaining battery level of the battery is not less than a first reference remaining level; judge whether the data processing apparatus includes a second input/output section requiring a power consumption lower than that of the first input/output section; and switch or output a notification to switch the input/output section from the first input/output section to the second input/output section, in a case that the first input/output section is set as the input/output section; that the remaining battery level is less than the first reference remaining level; and that the data processing apparatus includes the second input/output section.

Storage medium storing input/output setting program, storage medium storing output setting program, and data processing apparatus

A logical device registration process and universal device driver are described. Through use of the universal device driver, a device is registered as a logical device and associated with a first user. The registered logical device is then set as a default device for the user. The process may additionally include a default device setting program.

Universal device driver and device control program

An information processing device communicable with an external device has a device driver installed therein to control the external device, an application installed therein, and a controller executing the device driver and the application in parallel. The device driver, when executed, causes the controller to acquire from the external device a status code corresponding to a status of the external device, show on a display device a display representing the status of the external device, based on the status code, determine whether the application is executable, execute the application when determining that the application is executable, and transmit the acquired status code to the application in execution. The application, when executed, causes the controller to receive the status code from the transmitter, and show on the display device guidance information containing more detailed information than the display based on the status code.

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Nagoya, Japan

Ryo Yasui