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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1997
Kenji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Ichikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takanobu Kameda, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Ishizuka, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimmura, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Tanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoko Obata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyasu Kurashina, Suwa, JP;
Takeshi Hosokawa, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
King Jim Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tape printing apparatus prints at least one line of a character string formed of characters on a tape. The at least one line of the character string is/are entered. At least one character size rank is/are designated respectively for the at least one line of the character string. The at least one character size rank designated are converted to at least one numerical value, respectively, to thereby determine at least one line-by-line relative character size corresponding respectively to the at least one character size rank. At least one line-by-line absolute character size corresponding respectively to the at least one line-by-line relative character size is/are determined based on a total absolute size corresponding to a tape width of the tape. At least one line of the character string on the tape is/are printed based on the line-by-line absolute character size.