Logo data generating method, data storage medium recording the logo data generating method, a computer program product containing commands executing the steps of the logo data generating logo data generating method, and a logo data generating system

• US 8,289,566 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2007
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Yokoyama, Kazuyuki, Horiuchi, Yukiharu, Kitahara, Katsuhito
• Primary Examiner(s): Kau, Steven
• Application Number:
  US11/860,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20080013112A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,849 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.2, 358/1.9, 358/2.1, 358/1.12, 358/1.13, 358/1.15, 358/1.18, 358/1.6, 358/1.7, 358/500, 358/501, 358/504, 358/518, 358/520, 382/112, 382/113, 382/116, 382/164, 382/165, 382/167, 382/175, 382/177, 382/180, 399/16, 399/45, 399/66, 399/86, 399/190, 399/341, 399/409
• US Class Current: 358/1.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/622 with simulation on a subsidiary picture reproducer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/644 using a reduced set of representative colours, e.g. each representing a particular range in a colour space

Abstract

A print or logo data generating system and method in which a width dimension of a printable medium is identified and original source data obtained. The processing further involves automatically resizing the source data to a predefined maximum width not greater than the width dimension of the printable medium prior to executing any user-requested changes, and displaying a first image representation of the original source data. Upon receipt of a user-requested change in the size of the original source data and a user-requested change in the number of colors of the original source data, the size change request is executed first.

Claims

1. A print data generating method, comprising:

A point-of-sale terminal executing the following steps;

identifying a width dimension of a printable medium on which the print data is to be printed;

obtaining original source data;

receiving at least a user-requested change in the size of the original source data and a user-requested change in the number of colors of the original source data;

automatically resizing the original source data to a predefined maximum width not greater than the width dimension of the printable medium prior to executing any user-requested changes; and

displaying a first image representation of the original source data;

wherein the change in size request is executed prior to executing the change in the number of colors request.

2. The print data generating method of claim 1, wherein the change in the size of the original source data is a reduction in the size of the original source data, and the change in the number of colors of the original source data is a reduction in the number of colors in the original source data.

3. The print data generating method of claim 1, wherein the source data is logo data.

4. The print data generating method of claim 1, wherein the displaying step is performed after the automatically resizing step.

5. The print data generating method of claim 1, wherein the displaying step is performed after the user-requested changes are executed.

7. The print data generating method of claim 1, wherein said step of identifying a width dimension of a printable medium includes avoiding identification of any information on the length dimension of the printable medium.

9. The print data generating method of claim 1, wherein said printable medium is sales receipt paper.

6. A print data generating system, comprising:

Point-of-sale terminal having;

a parameter capture component that identifies a width dimension of a printable medium on which the print data is to be printed;

a source data capture component that obtains original source data;

a resizer that automatically resizes the original source data to a predefined maximum width not greater than the width dimension of the printable medium prior to executing any user-requested changes;

a display that displays a first image representation of the original source data;

a first parameter input component that accepts a first user-request to change the size of the original source data; and

a second parameter input component that accepts a second user-request to change the number of colors of the original source data;

wherein the system is further configured to execute the user-request to change the size of the original source data prior to executing the user-request to change the number of colors of the original source data.

8. The print data generating system of claim 6, wherein said parameter capture component avoids identification of a length dimension of the printable medium on which the print data is to be printed.

10. The print data generating system of claim 6, wherein said printable medium is sales receipt paper.