Image Creating Apparatus and Printing Apparatus Provided Therewith

Abstract

There is provided an image creating apparatus including: an inputting device for inputting creation data composed of input data and creation condition data; an image creating device for creating a two-dimensional code image based on the inputted creation data; and an informing device for informing of a print size of the created two-dimensional code image, wherein the image creating device creates the two-dimensional code image based on the creation data being inputted, in the process of inputting the creation data by the inputting device, and the informing device informs of the print size of the two-dimensional code image created by the image creating device based on the creation data being inputted.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like numbers reference like elements.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a tape printer according to the embodiment with its lid closed.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of the tape printer according to the embodiment with its lid opened.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram of the tape printer.

FIGS. 4A to 4D are an illustration of a display at an initial stage in which a QR-code image is created.

FIGS. 4E to 4H are an illustration of the display at an intermediate stage in which the QR-code image is created.

FIGS. 4I and 4J are an illustration of the display at a final stage in which the QR-code image is created.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of information by an indicator.

FIGS. 6A to 6C are an illustration of the display in which the QR-code image is created.

Claims

1. An image creating apparatus comprising: an inputting device for inputting creation data composed of input data and creation condition data;an image creating device for creating a two-dimensional code image based on the inputted creation data; andan informing device for informing of a print size of the created two-dimensional code image, whereinthe image creating device creates the two-dimensional code image based on the creation data being inputted, in the process of inputting the creation data by the inputting device, andthe informing device informs of the print size of the two-dimensional code image created by the image creating device based on the creation data being inputted.

2. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storing device for storing an existing creating data, wherein the inputting device is configured to edit the creation data read out from the storing device.

3. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the informing device informs in real time of the print size of the two-dimensional code image created along with the creation data being inputted, in the process of inputting the creation data.

4. The image creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the informing device converts the print size of the two-dimensional code image into a font size of a character image previously stored and informs that the same is a conversion font size.

5. The image creating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the informing device informs of both the conversion font size and an apparatus's maximum font size which is the maximum font size out of stored font sizes.

6. The image creating device according to claim 4, wherein the informing device informs that the conversion font size exceeds the apparatus's maximum font size which is the maximum font size out of the stored font sizes.

7. The image creating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the informing device informs of both the conversion font size and a print object's maximum font size in which it is possible to perform printing on a print object with the print size of the two-dimensional code image.

8. The image creating apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the informing device informs that the conversion font size exceeds the print object's maximum font size in which it is possible to perform printing on a print object with the print size of the two-dimensional code image.

9. A printing apparatus comprising: the image creating apparatus according to claim 1; anda printing device for printing the two-dimensional code image created by the image creating apparatus.