Printer

• US 20150347877A1
• Filed: 03/13/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Kanda, Mitsuhiro, Moriyama, Satoru
• Granted Patent: US 9,710,732 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/005 only locally
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/007 only remotely, e.g. at a host computer dedicated computer interfaces to print systems G06F3/1201
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/022 for printing on continuous media, e.g. tapes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/024 for printing on segmented surfaces, e.g. sticker sheets, label rolls
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1802 Receiving generic data, e.g. fonts, colour palettes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2215/0082 Architecture adapted for a particular function

Abstract

A communication portion receives object data corresponds to an object. A processor receives a record including single object data and object names from an external device. The processor first stores the record and object names and first selects the object name having a predetermined configuration. The processor second selects, as at least two selected object data, at least two of the single object data, from the plurality of single object data included in the record, based on the configuration of the object name selected by the first selecting. The processor generates the combined object data that includes the at least two selected object data selected by the second selecting, as at least two setting object data. The processor second stores the generated combined object data. The processor prints a print image on the print medium, using the printing mechanism, based on the combined object data.

Claims

1. A printer comprising:

a communication portion provided to receive, from an external device, a plurality of object data that are used to print, on a print medium, a print image that includes a plurality of objects, each of the plurality of objects respectively corresponding to a different one of the plurality of object data;

a storage portion configured to store at least the plurality of object data;

a printing mechanism provided to form the print image on the print medium; and

a processor provided to control the communication portion, the storage portion and the printing mechanism, the processor configured to perform processes comprising;

receiving, from the external device via the communication portion, at least a record including a plurality of single object data and a plurality of object names that are names respectively relating to the plurality of single object data, the single object data being the object data other than combined object data, and the combined object data being the object data in which at least two of the single object data are combined;

first storing, in the storage portion, the record and the plurality of object names received by the receiving;

first selecting the object name having a predetermined configuration,

from the plurality of object names stored in the storage portion;

second selecting, as at least two selected object data, at least two of the single object data, from the plurality of single object data included in the record stored in the storage portion, based on the configuration of the object name selected by the first selecting;

generating the combined object data that includes the at least two selected object data selected by the second selecting, as at least two setting object data;

second storing, in the storage portion, the generated combined object data; and

printing a print image on the print medium, using the printing mechanism, based on the combined object data stored in the storage portion.

2. The printer according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to perform processes further comprising:

first changing at least one of the at least two selected object data; and

second changing the combined object data by changing the setting object data corresponding to the selected object data changed by the first changing, based on the change by the first changing.

3. The printer according to claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to perform processes further comprising:

third changing the combined object data by changing at least one of the at least two setting object data; and

fourth changing selected object data corresponding to the setting object data changed by the third changing, based on the change by the third changing.

4. The printer according to claim 1, wherein

the first selecting selects the object name in which a predetermined code is included.

5. The printer according to claim 1, wherein

identification information that identifies each of the at least two single object data is included in the object name having the configuration, in an order in which the identification information is included in the combined object data,

the second selecting selects the at least two selected object data by selecting the single object data respectively corresponding to a plurality of the identification information, and

the generating generates the combined object data by combining the at least two selected object data in the order of the corresponding identification information.

6. The printer according to claim 5, wherein

the identification information at least includes information relating to an arrangement in the record of the corresponding single object data.

7. The printer according to claim 6, wherein

the identification information includes information relating to the arrangement and information relating to a number of digits of the single object data.

8. The printer according to claim 1, wherein

the print image includes a barcode representing the combined object data.