System and methods for storing template data and creating printed matter based upon same

• US 10,639,910 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Zhu, Feng
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Douglas Q
• Application Number:
  US16/362,495
• Publication Number:
  US 20200001621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• Field of Search: 358 115, 358 113, 358 114, 358 11
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/4075 Tape printers; Label printers
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 3/44 Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms having dual functions or combined with, or coupled to, apparatus performing other functions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1204 resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic actions, using hardware token storing data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/122 with regard to computing resources, e.g. memory, CPU
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1251 for continuous media, e.g. web media, rolls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1257 by using pre-stored settings, e.g. job templates, presets, print styles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/30 Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing

Abstract

There is provided a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an operating terminal of a print system including the operating terminal and a printed matter creating device. The operating terminal contains instructions which cause, when executed by a controller, the operation terminal to perform an extended template data obtaining process of obtaining first extended template data generated by a user, the printed matter creating device performing printing based on the first extended template data, a differential template data generating process of generating differential template data based on difference of the first extended template data with respect to the particular basic template data, a size of the differential template data being smaller than a size of the first extended template data, and a template data transmitting process of transmitting the differential template data to the printed matter creating device.

Claims

1. Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for an operation terminal of a print system which including the operation terminal and a printed matter creating device communicatably connected to the operation terminal, the operation terminal including a terminal side storage storing at least one piece of particular basic template data and a plurality of pieces of template data and a controller, each of the plurality of pieces of template data including one or more object defining a print content and a print format, the particular basic template data also being stored in the printed matter creating device, the recording medium containing instructions which cause, when executed by the controller, the operation terminal to perform:

an extended template data obtaining process of obtaining first extended template data generated by a user, the printed matter creating device performing printing based on the first extended template data;

a differential template data generating process of generating differential template data based on difference of the first extended template data with respect to the particular basic template data, a size of the differential template data being smaller than a size of the first extended template data; and

a template data transmitting process of transmitting the differential template data to the printed matter creating device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions cause the controller to:

receive user input of the first extended template data in the extended template data obtaining process;

obtain one of the plurality of pieces of template data analogous to the first extended template data as the particular basic template data and generate the differential template data based on difference of the first extended template data with respect to the particular basic template data in the differential template data generating process.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions cause the controller to:

obtain one of the plurality of pieces of template data analogous to the first extended template data as the particular basic template data and receive user operations to modify the particular basic template data to generate the first extended template data in the extended template data obtaining process; and

generate the differential template data based on the received user operations to generate the first extended template data in the differential template data generating process.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions cause the controller to generate the differential template data representing data difference of the first extended template data with respect to the basic template data in a unit of the object data.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions cause the controller to generate the differential template data representing data difference of the first extended template data with respect to the basic template data in a unit of the format data.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions cause the controller to generate the differential template data so as to include identification information of the basic template data in the differential template generating process.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1,

wherein the instructions cause the controller to further transmit the basic template data to the printed matter creating device in the template data transmitting process.

8. A printed matter creating device of a print system which including an operation terminal and the printed matter creating device communicatably connected to the operation terminal, the printed matter creating device including a conveyer configured to convey a printing medium, a printer configured to perform printing, based on print data, on the printing medium conveyed by the conveyer, and a device side storage configured to store template data including object data defining a particular print content and print format, the printer printing the particular print content on the printing medium in accordance with the format defined by the object data, and a controller configured to control the conveyer and the printer,

the controller causing the operation terminal to perform:

an extended template data synthesizing process of synthesizing second extended template data based on basic template data obtained from among a plurality of pieces of template data stored in the device side storage and particular template data representing data difference of the second template data with respect to the basic template data, a size of the differential template data being smaller than a size of the second extended template data; and

a printed matter creating process of controlling the conveyer and the printer based on the second extended template data synthesized in the extended template synthesized process to create a printed matter on which printing is performed.

9. The printed matter creating device according to claim 8,

wherein the controller is configured to perform a receiving process of receiving the differential template data from an external operating terminal,

wherein, in the extended template data synthesizing process, the controller is configured to synthesize the second extended template data based on the differential template data received in the receiving process and the basic template data corresponding to the differential template data.

10. The printed matter creating device according to claim 9,

wherein the controller also receives the basic template data corresponding to the differential template data from the operation terminal in the receiving process.

11. The printed matter creating device according to claim 8,

wherein the controller is configured to perform:

an extended template data obtaining process of obtaining first extended template data to be used when the printed matter creating device performs printing;

a differential template data generating process of generating differential template data representing data difference of the first extended template data generating in the extended template data generating process with respect to particular basic template data; and

a differential template data storing process of storing the differential template data generated in the differential template generating process in the device side template data storage,

wherein, in the extended template synthesizing process, the controller synthesizes the differential template data obtained by the user arbitrarily from the device side template data storage and basic template data corresponding to the differential template data to reproduce the first extended template data which is obtained in the extended template data obtaining process.

12. Non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for a printed matter creating device of a print system which including an operation terminal and the printed matter creating device communicatably connected to the operation terminal, the printed matter creating device including a storage storing basic template data, the basic template data including one or more object defining a print content and a print format,

the recording medium containing instructions which cause, when executed by the controller, the printed matter creating device to perform:

an extended template data obtaining process of obtaining first extended template data generated by a user, the printed matter creating device performing printing based on the first extended template data;

a differential template data generating process of generating differential template data representing data difference of the first extended template data with respect to the basic template data, a size of the differential template data being smaller than a size of the first extended template data; and

a template data storing process of storing the differential template data in the storage.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 12, wherein the instructions further cause the controller to perform:

a data synthesizing process of synthesizing the basic template data and the differential template data to reproduce the first extended template data; and

a printing process of perform printing in accordance with the first extended template data.

14. A print system including an operation terminal and a printed matter creating device communicatably connected to the operation terminal,

the operation terminal including a terminal side storage storing at least one piece of particular basic template data and a plurality of pieces of template data and a terminal side controller, each of the plurality of pieces of template data including one or more object defining a print content and a print format,

wherein the terminal side controller controls the operation terminal to perform:

an extended template data obtaining process of obtaining first extended template data generated by a user, the printed matter creating device performing printing based on the first extended template data;

a differential template data generating process of generating differential template data based on difference of the first extended template data with respect to the particular basic template data, a size of the differential template data being smaller than a size of the first extended template data; and

a template data transmitting process of transmitting the differential template data to the printed matter creating device,

wherein the printed matter creating device including a conveyer configured to convey a printing medium, a printer configured to perform printing, based on print data, on the printing medium conveyed by the conveyer, a device side storage configured to store the particular basic template data, the printer printing the particular print content on the printing medium in accordance with the format defined by the object data, and a device side controller configured to control the conveyer and the printer,

the device side controller controls the printed matter creating device to perform;

an extended template data synthesizing process of synthesizing second extended template data based on basic template data obtained from among a plurality of pieces of template data stored in the device side storage and particular template data representing data difference of the second template data with respect to the basic template data, a size of the differential template data being smaller than a size of the second extended template data; and

a printed matter creating process of controlling the conveyer and the printer based on the second extended template data synthesized in the extended template synthesized process to create a printed matter on which printing is performed.