Label printer
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1. A label printer having:
- memory configured to store data defining plural different graphical control panel layouts, each of said layouts comprising an arrangement of input areas of a respective graphical control panel,a display comprising a touchscreen,a section of the touchscreen being operable for selecting one of said graphical control panel layouts, andthe touchscreen being configured to display a graphical control panel with input areas arranged on the display in accordance with the selected graphical control panel layout,wherein one of the layouts comprises an arrangement of data layout input areas that are operable to perform respective formatting functions to text comprised in label data to be printed onto a medium,wherein the section of the touchscreen comprises plural areas in the form of selectable tabs, each of which tabs is associated with one of said graphical control panel layouts, and the touchscreen is configured to display the graphical control panel layout associated with one of the tabs, when the user touches that tab, andwherein the respective formatting functions comprise at least one of the following;
emboldening the text, making the text italic, changing the size of characters of the text, and applying a font to the text.
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Abstract
A label printer has a touchscreen for displaying and inputting label data, and comprising at least one input area. The label printer also has a hardware keyboard for inputting label data, and comprising at least one hardware key. The label printer also has control means arranged to control printing means for printing a label in accordance with label information. The label information is derived from a combination of label data input via the at least one hardware key of said hardware keyboard and label data input via the at least one input area of said touchscreen.
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30 Claims
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1. A label printer having:
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memory configured to store data defining plural different graphical control panel layouts, each of said layouts comprising an arrangement of input areas of a respective graphical control panel, a display comprising a touchscreen, a section of the touchscreen being operable for selecting one of said graphical control panel layouts, and the touchscreen being configured to display a graphical control panel with input areas arranged on the display in accordance with the selected graphical control panel layout, wherein one of the layouts comprises an arrangement of data layout input areas that are operable to perform respective formatting functions to text comprised in label data to be printed onto a medium, wherein the section of the touchscreen comprises plural areas in the form of selectable tabs, each of which tabs is associated with one of said graphical control panel layouts, and the touchscreen is configured to display the graphical control panel layout associated with one of the tabs, when the user touches that tab, and wherein the respective formatting functions comprise at least one of the following;
emboldening the text, making the text italic, changing the size of characters of the text, and applying a font to the text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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9. A method, comprising:
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storing data defining plural different graphical control panel layouts, each of said layouts comprising an arrangement of input areas of a respective graphical control panel, selecting one of said graphical control panel layouts on a section of a touchscreen display, and displaying on the touchscreen display a graphical control panel with input areas arranged on the display in accordance with the selected graphical control panel layout, wherein one of the layouts comprises an arrangement of data layout input areas that are operable to perform respective formatting functions to text comprised in label data to be printed onto a medium, wherein the section of the touchscreen comprises plural areas in the form of selectable tabs, each of which tabs is associated with one of said graphical control panel layouts, and displaying the graphical control panel layout associated with one of the tabs, when the user touches that tab, and wherein the respective formatting functions comprise at least one of the following;
emboldening the text, making the text italic, changing the size of characters of the text, and applying a font to the text. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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14. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, said computer program being configured to control a controller of a label printer to:
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store data defining plural different graphical control panel layouts, each of said layouts comprising an arrangement of input areas of a respective graphical control panel, and in response to selection of one of said graphical control panel layouts on a section of a touchscreen display, display on the touchscreen display a graphical control panel with input areas arranged on the display in accordance with the selected graphical control panel layout, wherein one of the layouts comprises an arrangement of data layout input areas that are operable to perform respective formatting functions to text comprised in label data to be printed onto a medium, wherein the section of the touchscreen comprises plural areas in the form of selectable tabs, each of which tabs is associated with one of said graphical control panel layouts, and displaying the graphical control panel layout associated with one of the tabs, when the user touches that tab, and wherein the respective formatting functions comprise at least one of the following;
emboldening the text, making the text italic, changing the size of characters of the text, and applying a font to the text.
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