PRINT DATA GENERATION APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

• US 20140139881A1
• Filed: 09/26/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: MORIYAMA, Satoru, KANDA, Mitsuhiro, ISHIDA, Minako
• Granted Patent: US 9,373,232 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.18
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 5/00 Receipt-giving machines cash registers giving receipts G07G1/00

Abstract

A print data generation apparatus generating print data to print texts on a print medium, includes a processor, and a memory configured to store a database having a plurality of records in which texts are respectively set for fields and associating the records with operation keys, template data in which at least arrangement positions of the texts to be printed on a print medium are set, link information associating the arrangement positions in the template data with the fields of the database, and computer-readable instructions that instruct the processor to execute steps including detecting operation of the operation keys, and generating, when it is detected that one of the operation keys has been operated, print data such that the texts that are respectively set, in the database, for the fields of the record that corresponds to the operated operation key are arranged in the arrangement positions associated with the fields.

Claims

1. A print data generation apparatus generating print data to print texts on a print medium by a printing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store a database having a plurality of records in which texts are respectively set for fields and associating the records with operation keys for receiving an operation from a user, template data in which at least arrangement positions of the texts to be printed on the print medium are set, link information associating the arrangement positions in the template data with the fields of the database, and computer-readable instructions that instruct the processor to execute steps comprising;

detecting operation of the operation keys by the user; and

generating, when it is detected that one of the operation keys has been operated by the user, print data such that the texts that are respectively set, in the database, for the fields of the record that corresponds to the operated operation key by the user are arranged in the arrangement positions that are associated with the fields by link information.

2. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the link information associating the arrangement positions with the fields is included in the template data.

3. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a touch pad that is set the operation keys.

4. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a sheet, on which keys corresponding to the operation keys set on the touch pad are drawn, is arranged on a surface of the touch pad such that the sheet is replaceable.

5. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a printing device that prints the print data on the print medium.

6. A print data generation apparatus generating print data to print texts on a print medium by a printing device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory configured to store a database having a plurality of records in which texts are respectively set for fields and associating each set which is grouped records into a predetermined number with each of the operation keys for receiving an operation from a user, template data in which at least arrangement positions of the texts to be printed on the print medium are set, link information associating the arrangement positions in the template data with the fields of the database, and computer-readable instructions that instruct the processor to execute steps comprising;

detecting operation of the operation keys by the user,

selecting, when it is detected that one of the operation keys has been operated by the user, in the database, the record to be used for printing from the set of the records associated with the operated operation key by the link information, and

generating print data such that the texts that are respectively set for the fields of the selected record are arranged in the arrangement positions that are associated with the fields by link information.

7. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the selecting of the record to be used for printing includes selecting the record to be used for printing in accordance with a number of times of operation of the operation key.

8. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 6, wherein

the selecting of the record to be used for printing includes selecting the record to be used for printing in accordance with a state in which a selection key is operated, the selection key being included among the operation keys and being used to select the record to be used for printing from among the plurality of records of the database.

9. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a touch pad that is set the operation keys.

10. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

a sheet, on which keys corresponding to the operation keys set on the touch pad are drawn, is arranged on a surface of the touch pad such that the sheet is replaceable.

11. The print data generation apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a printing device that prints the print data on the print medium.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that instruct a print data generation apparatus generating print data to print texts on a print medium by a printing device, to execute steps comprising:

detecting operation of operation keys by a user; and

generating, when it is detected that one of the operation keys has been operated by the user, print data such that texts that are respectively set, in a database, for fields of a record that corresponds to the operated operation key are arranged in arrangement positions that are associated with the fields by link information, the database having a plurality of the records in which the texts are respectively set for the fields and associating the records with the operation keys, the link information associating the arrangement positions in a template data with the fields of the database, and the template data being configured such that at least the arrangement positions of the texts to be printed on the print medium are set.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that instruct a print data generation apparatus generating print data to print texts on a print medium by a printing device to execute steps comprising:

detecting operation of operation keys by a user,

selecting, when it is detected that one of the operation keys has been operated by the user, the record to be used for printing from a set of the records, in a database, associated with the operated operation key by link information, the set being grouped records into a predetermined number and

generating print data such that texts that are respectively set for fields of the selected record are arranged in arrangement positions that are associated with the fields by link information, the database having a plurality of the records in which the texts are respectively set for the fields and associating each of the set with each of the operation keys, the link information associating the arrangement positions in a template data with the fields of the database, and the template data being configured such that at least the arrangement positions of the texts to be printed on the print medium are set.