Print data-editing apparatus and print data-editing program stored in computer readable medium

Abstract

When a printing apparatus is connected to a personal computer, an editing program for editing an object to be printed by the printing apparatus is actuated. The printing apparatus connected is set as a printing apparatus to be used, and a layout-editing screen is displayed. A layout image in which a medium set in the printing apparatus is set as a medium to be used is displayed on the layout-editing screen. When the printing apparatus is changed, or the medium set in the printing apparatus is changed while the editing program is being operated, a new layout-editing screen is displayed in which a new printing apparatus, or a new medium, is set as the printing apparatus, or the medium, to be used.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Exemplary embodiments of the disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective external view illustrating outlines of a printing apparatus and a personal computer;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical constitution of a personal computer;

FIG. 3 is a pattern diagram illustrating a constitution of a RAM;

FIG. 4 is an image diagram of an editor on which a layout-editing screen of “layout 1” is displayed when a printing apparatus “PT-2700” has been connected;

FIG. 5 is an image diagram of an editor on which an object image has been arranged on a layout-editing screen;

FIG. 6 is an image diagram of an editor on which a layout-editing screen of “layout 2” has been newly displayed at a time when the printing apparatus has been changed from “PT-2700” into “PT-9500PC”;

FIG. 7 is an image diagram of an editor where a layout-editing screen of “layout 3” has been newly displayed at a time when a medium has been changed from a standard one into “25 mm”;

FIG. 8 is an image diagram of a new layout-creating flag-setting screen;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a connecting program;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an editing program;

FIG. 11 is the continuation of the flowchart of the editing program;

FIG. 12 is an image diagram of a monitor on which an editor and a spreadsheet software window have been displayed; and

FIG. 13 is an image diagram of a monitor on which an editor and a spreadsheet software window have been displayed.

Claims

1. A print data-editing apparatus, comprising: a printing apparatus that executes printing;a connecting device that connects the printing apparatus;a connection-detecting device that detects that the printing apparatus has been connected to the connecting device;a printing apparatus type-acquiring device that acquires from the printing apparatus a type of printing apparatus connected to the connecting device;a display device that displays information;a layout image display device that displays on the display device a layout image in which an object to be printed is arranged on an image of a print medium; anda new layout image-creating device that, when the connection-detecting device has detected that the printing apparatus has been connected to the connecting device, newly displays on the layout image display device a layout image of the print medium printable in the printing apparatus of the type acquired by the printing apparatus type acquiring-device.

2. The print data-editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a print medium type-acquiring device that acquires from the printing apparatus a type of print medium set in the printing apparatus connected to the connecting device,wherein the new layout image-creating device creates the layout image of the print medium of the type acquired by the print medium type-acquiring device.

3. The print data-editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a creating instructions request device that, when the connection-detecting device has detected that the printing apparatus has been connected to the connecting device, requests instructions for determining whether a layout image needs to be created by the new layout image-creating device;a new creating instructions input device that inputs the instructions for determining whether, in accordance with the request made by the creating instructions request device, a layout image needs to be created by the new layout image-creating device; anda new layout image creation control device that enables the new layout image-creating device to create a layout image only after the creating instructions have been input by the new creating instructions input device.

4. The print data-editing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a print medium type storage device that stores the type of print medium acquired by the print medium type-acquiring device; anda print medium information acquisition control device that acquires at a predetermined timing, by means of the print medium type-acquiring device, the type of print medium set in the printing apparatus connected to the connecting device,wherein, when the type of print medium acquired by the print medium type-acquiring device by means of control by the print medium information acquisition control device is of a type of print medium that is different from the type of print medium stored in the print medium type storage device, the new layout image-creating device newly displays on the layout image display device a layout image of the print medium type acquired.

5. The print data-editing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a new layout image display control device that displays on a front surface of the display device the layout image created by the new layout image-creating device.

6. A print data-editing apparatus, comprising: a printing apparatus that executes printing;a connecting device that connects the printing apparatus;a display device that displays information;a layout image display device that displays on the display device a layout image in which an object to be printed is arranged on an image of a print medium; anda control device that detects that the printing apparatus has been connected to the connecting device, acquires from the printing apparatus a type of printing apparatus connected to the connecting device, and after detecting that the printing apparatus has been connected to the connecting device, newly displays on the layout image display device a layout image of the print medium printable in the printing apparatus of the type acquired.

7. The print data-editing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control device further acquires from the printing apparatus a type of print medium set in the printing apparatus connected to the connecting device, and creates a layout image of the print medium of the type acquired.

8. The print data-editing apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: a creating instructions request device that, when the control device has detected that the printing apparatus has been connected, requests instructions for determining whether a layout image needs to be created by the control device; anda new creating instructions input device that inputs the instructions for determining whether a layout image needs to be created by the control device in accordance with the request made by the creating instructions request device,wherein the control device creates the layout image only after the instructions for creating the layout image have been input by the new creating instructions input device.

9. The print data-editing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising: a print medium type storage device that stores the type of print medium acquired by the control device,wherein the control device acquires at a predetermined timing the type of print medium set in the printing apparatus connected to the connecting device, and if, in the course of acquiring the type of print medium, it has acquired a type of print medium that is different from the type of print medium stored in the print medium type storage device, it newly displays on the layout image display device a layout image of the print medium type acquired.

10. The print data-editing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control device displays on a front surface of the display device the layout image created.

11. A print data-editing program stored in a computer readable medium, comprising: a connection-detecting step of detecting a connection of a printing apparatus;a printing apparatus type-acquiring step of acquiring from the printing apparatus a type of printing apparatus connected;a layout image display step of displaying a layout image in which an object to be printed is arranged on an image of a print medium; anda new layout image-creating step of, when the connection of the printing apparatus has been detected in the connection-detecting step, newly displaying a layout image of the print medium printable in the printing apparatus of the type acquired in the printing apparatus type-acquiring step.

12. The print data-editing program according to claim 11, further comprising: a print medium type-acquiring step of acquiring from the printing apparatus a type of print medium set in the printing apparatus connected,wherein the layout image of the print medium of the type acquired in the print medium type-acquiring step is created in the new layout image-creating step.

13. The print data-editing program according to claim 11, further comprising: a creating instructions request step of requesting, when the connection of the printing apparatus has been detected in the connection-detecting step, instructions for determining whether the layout image needs to be created in the new layout image-creating step;a new creating instructions input step of inputting the instructions for determining whether the layout image needs to be created in the new layout image-creating step in accordance with the request made in the creating instructions demand step; anda new layout image creation control step of creating the layout image by means of the new layout image-creating step only when the instructions for creating have been input in the new creating instructions input step.

14. The print data-editing program according to claim 12, further comprising: a print medium type-storing step of storing the type of print medium acquired in the print medium type-acquiring step; anda print medium information acquisition control step of acquiring at a predetermined timing, by means of the print medium type-acquiring step, a type of print medium set in the printing apparatus connected,wherein when the type of print medium has been acquired in the print medium type-acquiring step by means of control in the print medium information acquisition control step, if a type of print medium is acquired that is different from the type of print medium stored in the print medium type-storing step, the layout image of the print medium type acquired is newly displayed in the new layout image-creating step.

15. The print data-editing program according to claim 11, further comprising a new layout image display control step of displaying on a front surface the layout image created in the new layout image-creating step.

16. The print data-editing program according to claim 11, further comprising: a connecting program that executes at least the connection detecting step; andan editing program that executes at least various procedural steps excluding the connection-detecting step,wherein the connecting program has an actuating function that actuates the editing program when the connection of the printing apparatus has been detected in the connection-detecting step.

17. The print data-editing program according to claim 12, further comprising: a connecting program that executes at least the connection-detecting step; andan editing program that executes at least various procedural steps excluding the connection-detecting step,wherein the connecting program has an actuating function that actuates the editing program when the connection of the printing apparatus has been detected in the connection-detecting step.

18. The print data-editing program according to claim 13, further comprising: a connecting program that executes at least the connection-detecting step; andan editing program that executes at least various procedural steps excluding the connection-detecting step,wherein the connecting program has an actuating function that actuates the editing program when the connection of the printing apparatus has been detected in the connection-detecting step.

19. The print data-editing program according to claim 14, further comprising: a connecting program that executes at least the connection-detecting step; andan editing program that executes at least various procedural steps excluding the connection-detecting step,wherein the connecting program has an actuating function that actuates the editing program when the connection of the printing apparatus has been detected in the connection-detecting step.

20. The print data-editing program according to claim 15, further comprising: a connecting program that executes at least the connection-detecting step; andan editing program that executes at least various procedural steps excluding the connection-detecting step,wherein the connecting program has an actuating function that actuates the editing program when the connection of the printing apparatus has been detected in the connection-detecting step.