Tape printer capable of printing frames with different shapes

Details Tape printer capable of printing frames with different shapes Tape printer capable of printing frames with different shapes

1997-06-02

1999-01-12

Hilten, John

Typewriting machines

Sheet or web

For feeding web record-medium

400 61, 400 76, B41J 530

Patent

active

058577904

ABSTRACT:
A tape printing device for printing frames with complicated shapes on a label. The device includes a mechanism for inputting a plurality of characters, selecting a frame from a plurality of frames of different shape, and generating print data for the characters and the selected frame. Also, a print head is used for printing the characters and the frames onto the tape according to the generated print data. Only a small amount of memory is required to represent frames, and the operator is offered a large selection of frames. Instead of storing dot patterns for each frame, each frame is represented with a program which can be executed on the tape printing device to generate the pixel pattern corresponding to the selected frame and to print the selected frame on the receiving medium according to the generated pixel pattern. Since the programs generate the pixel pattern dynamically as required by the operator of the device, less memory is required than prior art devices. Also, a larger selection of frames is offered without increasing the cost of the tape printing device.

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