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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mikihiro Kajihara, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/42 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/42 (2013.01); B41J 2/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
A print data generation apparatus decides, when a center arrangement function is set for an object in a case in which a tape length automatic function is selected, a tape length such that a position separated by a margin length in a first direction from an object front end position, which is a position of an end portion of the object for which the center arrangement function is set in the first direction, is a tape front end position and a position separated by the margin length in a second direction from an object rear end position of the object for which the center arrangement function is set is a tape rear end position.