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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Naofumi Hirabayashi, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Coporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/008 (2013.01); G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); G06K 15/022 (2013.01); G06K 2215/0097 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape printing device includes: a display unit which displays a printable area on a ribbon decoration preview which is a preview of a completed ribbon decoration; an input unit which input information; an acquisition unit which acquires the inputted information; and a print data generation unit which generates print data for printing a print image based on the acquired information, on a ribbon tape. The print data generation unit decides a print position of the print image on the ribbon tape according to an arrangement of the printable area on the ribbon decoration preview.