Printing system, printer host and printing program product

• US 20050134625A1
• Filed: 09/10/2004
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Kubota, Eiji
• Application Number:
  US10/938,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20050134625A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/19
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/393 Devices for controlling or analysing the entire machine ; Controlling or analysing mechanical parameters involving printing of test patterns

Abstract

A printing system for printing on a label of a record medium performs printing in one of at least two printing modes, to improve usability in high quality printing. The printing system comprises a means for displaying a print set-up screen for receiving print conditions of an image to be printed, the print set-up screen being provided with an area for designating a printing mode for performing higher quality printing, and a means for displaying a list of record media considered to be applicable with printing under printing mode for performing higher quality printing.

Claims

1. A printing system capable of printing in at least two modes on a label of a record medium, comprising:

a means for displaying a print set-up screen for receiving conditions for the printing of an image to be printed, the print set-up screen provides an area for designating a higher quality printing mode; and

a means for displaying a list of record media considered to be applicable with printing under the higher quality printing mode.

2. A printing system capable of printing in at least two modes on a label of a record medium, comprising a means for displaying a print set-up screen for receiving conditions for the printing of an image to be printed, wherein

the print set-up screen provides an area for displaying selections corresponding to printing in higher quality printing mode and selections corresponding to printing in other printing modes in a selectable manner.

3. A printer host that sends print data to a printer for printing on a label of a record medium, comprising:

a means for generating print data for generating print data based on at least two printing modes;

a means for displaying a print set-up screen for receiving conditions for the printing of an image to be printed, the print set-up screen provides an area for designating a higher quality printing mode; and

a means for displaying a list of record media considered to be applicable with printing under the higher quality printing mode.

4. A printer host that sends print data to a printer for printing on a label of a record medium,

said printer host comprises:

a means for generating print data for generating print data based on at least two printing modes; and

a means for displaying a print set-up screen for receiving conditions for the printing of an image to be printed;

wherein

the print set-up screen provides an area for displaying selections corresponding to printing in higher quality printing mode and selections corresponding to printing in other printing modes in a selectable manner.

5. A program product for a computer to perform printing, the program when executed by the computer renders the computer to generate an image data for a printer to print on a label of a record medium, wherein

the program executes the computer to perform:

a processing for displaying a print set-up screen for receiving conditions for the printing of an image to be printed, the print set-up screen provides an area for designating a higher quality printing mode; and

processing for displaying a list of record media considered to be applicable with printing under the higher quality printing mode.

6. A program product according to claim 5, wherein:

the program renders the computer to further execute a processing for acquiring information of said list through a computer network.

10. A program product according to one of claim 5 and 7, wherein:

the program further executes the computer to perform processing for notifying a warning when printing is to be performed under the higher quality printing mode.

11. A program product according to one of claim 5 and 7, wherein:

said printer is an ink-jet printer.

12. A program product according to claim 11, wherein:

said warning includes a message to sufficiently dry up the ink and/or said record medium should not be driven before the ink dries up.

7. A program product for a computer to perform printing, the program when executed by the computer renders the computer to generate an image data for a printer to print on a label of a record medium, wherein

the program renders the computer to execute:

a processing for displaying a print set-up screen for receiving conditions for the printing of an image to be printed which provides an area for displaying selections corresponding to printing in higher quality printing mode and selections corresponding to printing in other printing modes in a selectable manner; and

a processing for outputting information corresponding to the printing mode selected, together with the generated image data.

8. A program product according to claim 7, wherein:

the print set-up screen further provides an area for displaying a display corresponding to printing in higher quality printing mode in a designative manner.

9. A program product according to claim 8, wherein:

in the area for displaying selections corresponding to printing in higher quality printing mode and selections corresponding to printing in other printing modes in a selectable manner and in the area for displaying selections corresponding to printing in higher quality printing mode in a selectable manner, the selection corresponding to printing mode for performing higher quality printing and the designation for displaying a display corresponding to printing in higher quality printing mode are interlocked with each other.