JP2002014799A - Data drawing device and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To confirm whether or not a print layout on a sticking object body is proper without actually sticking a form having been printed on a body such as a system notebook. SOLUTION: Under the control of a drawing control part 23, data selected from a data storage part 25 are drawn with the same magnification together with the outward appearance of the sticking object body and a printing-medium stuck area stored in a body image storage part 27 as a background.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data drawing apparatus and a recording medium capable of confirming on a display in advance the situation when a print medium on which data is printed is pasted on an object to be pasted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When printing data edited by a personal computer (personal computer), the print contents are written in WYSIWY.
Application software that can draw on a display in a G (What You See Is What You Get) format is known. By using such application software, the user can obtain a printed output of the layout as viewed on the display. As a result, you can edit the data satisfactorily before printing, check the actual print layout on the display, and then execute printing, resulting in printing errors such as characters protruding from the paper. Paper waste is prevented.

[0003] In addition, some label creation editor software for printing characters and images on a tape-like sheet to create labels is capable of drawing data on a display in WYSIWYG format. You can check the print layout before execution.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, WYS
Even when the data is printed by an application capable of drawing data on a display in the IWYG format, when the printed paper is attached to a specific object,
The balance between the size of the object and the size of the printed text or image may not be appropriate, and it may be preferable to change the size of the text or image and reprint. Such a situation may also occur due to conditions other than the size, such as the color, shape, and texture of the object to which the sheet is to be attached. In other words, in the current application that can execute printing, the actual layout of the print layout including the size of the text and image to be printed is determined based on the balance with the specific object to which the paper is to be mounted. There is a problem that you can not understand unless you try it. In particular, editor software for label production is based on the premise that a printed tape is attached to some object, and solving such a problem is very important in improving the usability of the editor software.

It is an object of the present invention to determine whether a print layout including the size of a text or an image to be printed on a print medium is appropriate for a specific object to which a sheet is pasted. It is possible to confirm without attaching to the object to be attached.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data drawing apparatus, comprising: a data storage unit for storing data; and an appearance of an object to be pasted on which a printed printing medium is pasted. Image data storage means for storing the image data of the above, an attachment area storage means for storing data about a print medium attachment area to which a print medium is attached on the attachment target object, the image data storage means and the attachment area storage means Based on the data stored in the data storage means, the drawing of the external appearance of the object to be pasted and the control to draw the print medium pasting area at the same magnification as the background together with the contents of the data selected from the data storage means. Control means.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data storage unit for storing data, an image data storage unit for storing image data on the appearance of an object to be pasted on which a printed printing medium is to be pasted, A pasting area storing means for storing data about a printing medium pasting area to which a medium is to be pasted, and selected from the data storing means based on the data stored in the image data storing means and the pasting area storing means. A computer readable recording of a program for causing a computer to function as drawing control means capable of performing control for drawing the appearance of the object to be pasted and the print medium pasting area at the same magnification as the background together with the contents of the data. It is a recording medium.

According to the first and ninth aspects, the appearance of the object to be pasted and the print medium pasting area are drawn at the same magnification as the background together with the data contents, so that the print medium on which the data contents are printed is actually the object to be pasted. Can be displayed on a display and visually checked before printing. By executing the printing after visually confirming the compatibility between the print layout and the object to be pasted, it is possible to minimize the waste of the print medium.

Further, in the data drawing apparatus according to claim 2, the image data storage means stores image data relating to appearances of a plurality of paste target objects, and the paste area storage means stores each of the plurality of paste target objects. Storing data about a plurality of print medium sticking areas associated with the image forming apparatus, and further comprising designating means for designating one sticking target object selected from a plurality of sticking target objects, wherein the drawing control means comprises: The image data corresponding to the paste target object designated by the designation means is extracted from the image data storage means, and the data relating to the print medium attachment area corresponding to the designated paste object is extracted from the paste area storage means. Based on the selected data and the background of the data selected from the data storage means. And performs control for drawing the appearance and print medium attaching area of the pasting target object at the same magnification.

[0010] According to the second aspect, the user can select an arbitrary one from a plurality of sticking target objects.

In the data drawing apparatus according to a third aspect, the drawing control means prevents a shadow from being drawn on the periphery of the print medium sticking area. According to the third aspect, by preventing a shadow from being drawn on the periphery of the print medium attachment area, it is possible to easily express the state in which the print medium is attached to the attachment target object.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the data drawing apparatus further comprises size data storage means capable of storing size data of the print medium, and wherein the drawing control means controls the size of the print medium stored in the size data storage means. It is characterized in that a dividing line can be drawn in the print medium attachment area based on the data. According to the fourth aspect, the dividing line can be drawn in the print medium attaching area,
At a glance, it is possible to understand at a glance how the print medium attachment region is composed of a plurality of print media.

6. The data drawing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said size data storage means is capable of storing size data of a plurality of print media, and said drawing control means is provided with a plurality of print media stored in said size data storage means. A print medium having a size suitable for the print medium attachment area can be selected and drawn. According to claim 5,
Since a print medium having a size suitable for the print medium attachment region can be drawn, the print medium attachment region can be configured with a smaller number of print media.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the data drawing apparatus, the drawing control means draws the contents of the data selected from the data storage means, the appearance of the object to be pasted, and the print medium pasting area in an actual size. It is characterized by performing control. According to claim 6, since the data content, the appearance of the object to be pasted, and the print medium pasting area are drawn in an actual size, the state in which the print medium on which the data content is printed is actually pasted to the pasting target object is obtained. Visual confirmation becomes easier.

Further, in the data drawing apparatus according to claim 7, the drawing control means controls the drawing of the contents of the data selected from the data storage means, the print medium attachment area and the appearance of the object to be attached. The contents of the data selected from the data storage means and the control for drawing a print medium can be selectively executed. According to the seventh aspect, the presence or absence of drawing of the object to be pasted can be switched, and it is possible to perform comparison between when the print medium is pasted on the object to be pasted and when it is not pasted.

Further, in the data drawing apparatus according to claim 8, when the drawing control means performs control for drawing the contents of data selected from the data storage means and a print medium, the drawing control means selects the data from the data storage means. It is possible to change the size of the print medium to be drawn according to the amount of data thus drawn. According to claim 8, the size of the print medium to be drawn can be changed in accordance with the amount of data when the object to be pasted is not drawn, so the size of the print medium is increased when the amount of data is large. Conversely, when the amount of data is small, the size of the print medium can be reduced.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a personal computer in which the data drawing apparatus of the present embodiment is embodied and a tape printing apparatus connected to the personal computer. The personal computer 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a main body 10 and a display 11, a keyboard 12, and a mouse 13 connected thereto, and a cable 14.
And is connected to the tape printer 2 via the. Various devices such as a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, a hard disk, an FD drive, and a CD-ROM drive are arranged in the main body 10 of the personal computer 1. The personal computer 1 may be connectable to the Internet via a communication device such as a modem or a LAN.

In the present embodiment, in addition to an OS (operating system) such as Microsoft Windows (trade name), various general-purpose application software such as a browser and a word processor and print data by the tape printer 2 are edited on the hard disk. Dedicated editor software (hereinafter, referred to as a “tape editor”). Further, the hard disk has application software (hereinafter referred to as “assistant software”) for supplying an arbitrary selected portion of the data displayed on the display 11 to another application such as a tape editor using an application such as a browser. ") May be stored.

The browser includes text data and / or text data stored in a hard disk, an FD, a CD-ROM, or the like.
Or, in addition to image data, text data sent from the WWW server on the Internet to the personal computer 1 and / or
Alternatively, the image data can be displayed on the display 11. Here, the text data is, for example, H
Character string data displayed in TML (hypertext markup language), and image data is HTM
GIF, JPEG, B pasted with tags in L documents
Data in various formats such as MP.

The tape editor performs drawing control so that the text data and image data taken in the tape editor are displayed on the display 11, and performs automatic editing and / or editing of these data by a user operation. Is software for printing on a tape (paper) mounted on the tape printer 2 and cutting the tape at a desired position. The user operates the personal computer 1 to display data contents to be printed on the tape, cut positions, and the like. You can edit while watching 11.

The assistant software is a portal application that realizes the capture of data from a browser and the supply of the data to a tape editor, and is a relatively small and lightweight application. Therefore, even if the resident is used, the consumption of the system resources is small, which contributes to the stable operation. In the present embodiment, the data displayed on the browser may be automatically supplied to the tape editor by any one of the drag-and-drop operation, the screen capture operation, and the copy operation of the assistant software on the display area of the display.

The tape printing apparatus 2 can house a tape as a print medium wound in a roll shape and an ink ribbon cassette inside, and the ink carried on the ink ribbon is applied to the surface of the tape by a thermal head. Desired characters and images can be printed by thermal transfer. When the cover open button 17 is pressed, the cover 16
Can be set at a predetermined position by opening. Also,
On the surface of the housing of the tape printer 2, a power switch 18,
An LED 19 for displaying various states of the tape printer 2 by lighting, blinking, and the like, and a tape outlet 20 are provided. Note that the tape printer 2 can be placed horizontally instead of vertically as shown in FIG.

Next, a specific data drawing procedure according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the personal computer of FIG. 1 according to the present embodiment. 3 to 6 are diagrams schematically illustrating display examples on the display 11 according to the present embodiment.
FIGS. 7 and 8 are flowcharts for explaining the procedure of data drawing according to the present embodiment.

By incorporating an OS and a tape editor in the main body 10 of the personal computer 1, as shown in FIG. 2, an input control unit 22, a drawing control unit 23, a print control unit 24, a data storage unit 25 , Tape width storage unit 2
6. The object image storage unit 27 is configured. These units 22 to 27 are realized by a combination of hardware such as a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and a hard disk, and software such as an OS and a tape editor.

The input control unit 22 stores data input from the keyboard 12, mouse 13, scanner, and WWW server connected via the Internet into the data storage unit 2.
5 (in some cases, also to the tape width storage unit 26 and the object image storage unit 27). When the user selects an object to be drawn from the predetermined objects via the keyboard 12 or the mouse 13, the content is stored in a designation unit (not shown) in the input control unit 22. Drawing control unit 23
Receives data from the data storage unit 25, the tape width storage unit 26, and the object image storage unit 27, respectively,
The contents of the drawing on the display 11 by the tape editor are controlled. The print control unit 24 receives data from the drawing control unit 23 and performs control for printing the data content of the tape editor on the tape printer 2.

The data storage unit 25 stores the data supplied from the input control unit 22. The data stored in the data storage unit 25 may be character data such as text (txt) or HTML, or may be JPEG, BMP, GI
It may be image data such as F. In the present embodiment, as the data displayed on the browser is taken into the tape editor, the data is stored in the data storage unit 2.
5 to the drawing control unit 23.

The tape width storage unit 26 stores the tape printer 2
The width of the long tape stored in the box (70 m in this embodiment)
m) is stored. In the tape width storage unit 26, the tape width used may be input from the keyboard 12 via the input control unit 22, or the tape width detected by the tape printer 2 may be automatically input. Good. Usually, only one type of tape width is stored in the tape width storage unit 26. However, if the tape printer 2 can store a plurality of types of tapes, the tape width (for example, 10
mm, 30 mm, and 70 mm). In addition, when a sheet cut in a predetermined size in a rectangular shape is used instead of a long tape as a print medium,
Not only the width but also the length and width of the sheet is stored. In the present embodiment, data relating to the tape width is supplied from the tape width storage unit 26 to the drawing control unit 23 as needed when the tape editor is activated.

The object image storage unit 27 stores appearance image data (size, shape, and the like) of a large number of objects to which the printed and cut tapes discharged from the tape printer 2 are attached.
Color and texture) are stored. Examples of such an object include a system organizer, a floppy disk, and a video cassette. Further, in the present embodiment, the appearance image data of the object includes information on the position and size of the tape (paper) to be affixed to each object (paper affixing area rectangular information) and the print area in the paper affixing area. Information and is included. Appearance image data is stored in the CD-RO at the same time that the tape editor is installed on the hard disk.
M may be supplied to the object image storage unit 27 from a recording medium such as M, or may be supplied from the keyboard 12 or WWW server to the object image storage unit 27 via the input control unit 22. In the present embodiment, the appearance image data of the object designated by the designation unit is supplied from the object image storage unit 27 to the drawing control unit 23 as needed when the tape editor is activated.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a specific display example on the display 11 by the personal computer 1 of the present embodiment. The drawing described below is performed by the drawing control unit 23 based on the data supplied from the data storage unit 25, the tape width storage unit 26, and the object image storage unit 27 as described with reference to FIG.
This is realized by the control in. Reference numeral 31 shown in FIG.
The display area (window) on the display 11 of the tape editor is shown. The display area 31 has a rectangular data display area 32 on which data to be printed is displayed, a menu bar on which a menu for a user to perform various data processing, and a toolbar on which buttons are arranged. Is displayed. At the upper end and the left end of the data display area 32, rulers 33a and 33b with scales in mm units are provided extending in the left-right direction and the up-down direction, respectively. The scales of the rulers 33a and 33b become equal to actual dimensions on the display 11 when the display magnification of the data display area 32 is adjusted to 100%.

In the data display area 32, a bible-size system organizer image 34 is displayed as an object image to which the printed tape is to be attached. In the present embodiment, the system organizer image 34 shows only one side of the opened organizer. The system organizer image 34 has a shape, size, color, and texture similar to the appearance of a real system organizer. The right edge and the lower edge of the system organizer image 34 have a wider black border than the left edge and the upper edge. Thereby, the shadow 38 as a thick thing is added to the system organizer image 34.
a and 38b are represented.

In the system organizer image 34, a rectangular paper (tape) sticking area 35 having the same width of 70 mm as the tape stored in the tape printer 2 is indicated by a dotted line. The paper sticking area 35 is a system organizer image 3
4 represents the position and size of the sheet to be affixed. In the paper pasting area 35, the system notebook image 3 is displayed.
Unlike FIG. 4, no shadow is drawn. As a result, a shadow 38a is displayed on the right end and the lower end of the system organizer image 34,
The state in which the paper is attached to the system organizer is expressed in an easy-to-understand manner in comparison with the drawing of 38b.

The color in the paper pasting area 35 is the same as the color of the tape used in the tape printing apparatus 2, but when a white tape is used, the color is the same as the color of the pasting surface of the system notebook image 34. And it is difficult to determine the boundary between the two. Therefore, the color in the paper pasting area 35 may be different from the color of the pasting surface of the system organizer image 34 so that the user can recognize at a glance that the paper is pasted in the system organizer.

Slightly inside the paper pasting area 35,
A rectangular print area 36 is indicated by a broken line. The print area 36 indicates a range in which characters and images are drawn in the paper sticking area 35. By displaying the print area 36, the drawing range becomes clear and clear to the user, but the print area 36 does not necessarily have to be drawn. In the example of FIG. 3, “A”, “B”,
"C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H",
9 characters of "I", "J", "K", "L" are 4 lines 3
The columns are drawn in the WYSIWYG format. The user looks at the display area 31 of the tape editor in the display 11, confirms the layout such as the size, arrangement, font, etc. of each character, edits if necessary, and then clicks the print button in the toolbar with the mouse. Then, printing by the tape printer 2 is started.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the system notebook image 34 on which the printed paper is affixed, and the paper affixing area 35 on which data such as texts and images are printed, together with the data contents, serve as the background. It is drawn in the display area 31. Therefore, the user can visually confirm and edit the state in which the paper on which the data content is printed is actually attached to the system organizer on the display 11 before printing. Therefore, it is possible to achieve a good balance between the appearance of the system organizer and the print layout when the printed paper is actually pasted, so that the paper is not wasted for reprinting, and The user does not waste time in re-doing.

In the example of FIG. 3, the display magnification is set to 100%.
Thus, the scales of the rulers 33a and 33b are equal to the actual dimensions on the display 11, and the system notebook image 34, the paper pasting area 35, the printing area 36, and the data contents are displayed on the display 11 in the actual size. Is drawn with Therefore, it is easy to visually confirm the state in which the printed paper is actually attached to the system notebook.

Next, an example in which the sticking target object is a floppy (registered trademark) disk will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows the system organizer image 3 of FIG.
4, a floppy disk image 44, a paper pasting area 45, and a printing area 46 are drawn as corresponding to the paper pasting area 35 and the printing area 36, respectively. In the example of FIG. 4, “a”, “b”,
"C", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h",
Ten characters "i" and "j" are drawn in two rows and five columns in the WYSIWYG format.

As described above, also in the example shown in FIG. 4, the floppy disk image 44 to which the printed paper is attached
In addition, a paper pasting area 45 to which a paper on which data such as text and images are printed is pasted together with the data content in the display area 31 as its background. Therefore, the user can display the state in which the paper on which the data content is printed is actually attached to the floppy disk on the display 11.
To be visually checked and edited before printing. Therefore, it is possible to improve the balance between the appearance of the floppy disk and the print layout when the paper is actually affixed, so that the paper is not wastefully consumed for the reprinting, and further, the reprinting is performed. As a result, the user does not waste time.

Next, an example in which the object to be pasted is a system organizer and a tape having a width of 35 mm is mounted on the tape printer 2 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, in the display area 31, a system notebook image 34, a paper pasting area 35, and a print area 36 are drawn as in FIG. However, in this case,
Since the tape width to be used is 35 mm, a dividing line 51 that vertically divides the paper pasting area 35 into two equal parts is drawn.
This allows the user to understand at a glance how the paper sticking area is composed of two sheets.

The tape printer 2 can accommodate two types of tapes, a tape having a width of 70 mm and a tape having a width of 35 mm, and affixes the tape to a system organizer having the same size as that shown in FIGS. If so, paper pasting area 35
It is preferable that a tape having a width of 70 mm is automatically selected as a sheet on which drawing and printing are performed so that is composed of a smaller number of sheets.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a case in which the tape editor does not draw a system notebook as an object to be pasted. In the present embodiment, the tape editor controls the drawing of the object to be pasted together with the data contents and the paper as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 and the data content and the drawing without drawing the object to be pasted as shown in FIG. It can be selectively executed by switching the control for drawing a sheet. In FIG. 6, a print area 62 on which characters and images are drawn is drawn slightly inside the paper area 61. Further, the right end and the lower end of the paper area 61 are shadows 63a and 63b having a wider black border than the left end and the upper end, respectively.

In the examples shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the paper pasting area, that is, the size of the paper is determined by the object to be pasted. In this case, there is no restriction that the paper is pasted to the object to be pasted. The paper size is determined according to the amount of data to be printed on the paper. In other words, when the data amount is small, the length is shortened while the paper width remains unchanged, so that the paper area 61 is automatically adjusted to be reduced. When the data amount is large, the paper width is kept unchanged and the length is reduced. It is adjusted so that the paper area 61 is automatically enlarged by increasing the length. For example, the paper area 61 is enlarged to an area indicated by reference numeral 61 'when the data amount is large. Thereby, the paper can be used efficiently without generating a blank portion on the paper or the printing protruding from the paper, and the user performs a complicated operation of changing the size of the paper area 61. Eliminates the need.

Next, in this embodiment, a procedure for drawing the system organizer image 34 and the paper pasting area 35 (these are collectively referred to as "background" in the following description) as described with reference to FIG. 3 will be described. .

When drawing a background, first, a background setting step as shown in FIG. 7 is performed in advance as initial setting.
In step S1 shown in FIG. 7, the user selects a desired background theme (for example, a system notebook) from a plurality of background themes (pasting target objects) while viewing the display screen of the tape editor. This choice shall also include the choice of using and not using a background theme.

In step S2, it is determined whether or not the user has set to use the background theme by the drawing control unit 23.
Is determined. When using a background theme (S2: YE
S), and proceed to step S3. In step S <b> 3, the paper pasting area rectangle information of the selected background theme is extracted from the object image storage unit 27. Then, the process proceeds to step S4, and the size of the sheet (seal face) related to the print setting is changed in accordance with the sheet pasting area rectangle information of the background theme. When the background theme is not used (S2: NO), FIG.
Is completed.

After the background setting step of FIG. 7 is performed, the background drawing step shown in FIG. 8 is performed. In step T1 shown in FIG. 8, the drawing control unit 23 determines whether or not the user has set to use the background theme. If a background theme is used (T1: YES), step T
Proceed to 2. In step T2, the paper pasting area rectangle information of the selected background theme is extracted from the object image storage unit 27. Then, the process proceeds to step T3, and the drawing control unit 23 adjusts the origin of the background theme so that the upper left corner of the paper pasting area rectangle of the background theme coincides with the upper left corner of the paper (seal surface).

Next, in step T4, the whole area rectangle information of the selected background theme is stored in the object image storage unit 2.
7 Then, in step T5,
Based on the whole area rectangle information, the selected background theme (for example, the appearance of the system organizer) is drawn. next,
Proceeding to step T6, the outline of the paper pasting area is drawn. Note that the paper pasting area may be painted in the same color.

When the background theme is not used (T
1: NO), the process proceeds to step T7, in which the sheet shadow is drawn on the right end and the lower end of the sheet pasting area, and then the sheet outline is drawn in step T6. When the background drawing step shown in FIG. 8 is completed, the outline of the print area is drawn, and then data such as text and images are drawn in the print area in the WYSIWYG format in accordance with the user's input designation.

Although a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes can be made. For example, the object to be pasted includes any object such as a video cassette in addition to a system organizer and a floppy disk. Note that, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which drawn data is printed has been described. However, printing is not necessarily performed only by drawing data on a display. In addition, a print medium other than paper can be used, and the print medium attachment area is not limited to a rectangle, and may have any shape.

[0050]

As described above, according to the first and ninth aspects, since the appearance of the object to be pasted and the print medium pasting area are drawn at the same magnification as the background together with the data contents, the data contents are printed. The state in which the print medium is actually stuck to the sticking target object can be displayed on a display and visually checked before printing. By executing the printing after visually confirming the compatibility between the print layout and the object to be pasted, it is possible to minimize the waste of the print medium. In particular, the present invention greatly improves the usability of the editor software.

According to the second aspect, it becomes possible for the user to select an arbitrary object from a plurality of objects to be pasted. According to the third aspect, by preventing a shadow from being drawn on the periphery of the print medium attachment area, it is possible to easily express the state in which the print medium is attached to the attachment target object. According to the fourth aspect, a dividing line can be drawn in the print medium attachment area, so that it is possible to understand at a glance how the print medium attachment area is composed of a plurality of print media. According to the fifth aspect, it is possible to draw a print medium of a size suitable for the print medium sticking area, so that the print medium stick area can be configured with a smaller number of print media.

According to the sixth aspect, since the data contents, the appearance of the object to be pasted, and the print medium pasting area are drawn in an actual size, the print medium on which the data contents are printed is actually pasted to the object to be pasted. This makes it easier to visually confirm the state of contact. According to the seventh aspect, the presence or absence of drawing of the object to be pasted can be switched, and it is possible to perform comparison between when the print medium is pasted on the object to be pasted and when it is not pasted. According to claim 8, the size of the print medium to be drawn can be changed in accordance with the amount of data when the object to be pasted is not drawn, so the size of the print medium is increased when the amount of data is large. Conversely, when the amount of data is small, the size of the print medium can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a personal computer in which a data drawing device according to an embodiment of the present invention is embodied and a tape printing device connected to the personal computer.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the personal computer of FIG. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a display example on a display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a display example on a display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a display example on a display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically showing a display example on a display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a data drawing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a data drawing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer 2 Tape printer 10 Main unit 11 Display 12 Keyboard 13 Mouse 14 Cable 22 Input control unit 23 Drawing control unit 24 Print control unit 25 Data storage unit 26 Tape width storage unit 27 Object image storage unit 31 Display area 32 Data display area 33a, 33b Ruler 34 System organizer image 35 Paper pasting area 36 Printing area 38a, 38b Shadow

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A data storage means for storing data; an image data storage means for storing image data on the appearance of an object to be pasted on which a printed printing medium is to be pasted; Paste area storage means for storing data about the print medium sticking area to be performed, based on the data stored in the image data storage means and the paste area storage means, together with the contents of the data selected from the data storage means. A data drawing device comprising: drawing control means capable of performing control for drawing the appearance of an object to be pasted and the print medium pasting area at the same magnification as the background. 2. The image data storage means stores image data relating to appearances of a plurality of objects to be pasted,
The pasting area storage unit stores data about a plurality of printing medium pasting areas associated with each of the plurality of pasting target objects, and designates one pasting target object selected from the plurality of pasting target objects. The drawing control means further comprises: drawing control means for extracting image data corresponding to the paste target object designated by the designation means from the image data storage means; and a print medium corresponding to the designated paste target object. The data relating to the pasting area is extracted from the pasting area storage means, and based on the extracted data, the appearance of the object to be pasted and the printing medium pasting area are the same magnification as the background together with the contents of the data selected from the data storage means. 2. The data drawing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein control is performed for drawing by using the data. 3. The data drawing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drawing control unit prevents a shadow from being drawn on a periphery of the print medium sticking area. 4. A printing apparatus further comprising: a size data storage unit capable of storing size data of a print medium, wherein the drawing control unit performs printing on the print medium based on the size data of the print medium stored in the size data storage unit. The data drawing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a dividing line can be drawn in the pasting area. 5. The size data storage means is capable of storing size data of a plurality of print media, and the drawing control means is configured to store the size data from the plurality of print media stored in the size data storage means into the print medium attachment area. 5. The data drawing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein drawing can be performed by selecting a print medium having a suitable size. 6. The drawing control means performs control for drawing the content of data selected from the data storage means, the appearance of an object to be pasted, and a print medium pasting area in an actual size. Any one of claims 1 to 5
Item 13. The data drawing apparatus according to Item 1. 7. A control for drawing the contents of data selected from the data storage means, the appearance of a print medium sticking area and the appearance of an object to be stuck, and the data selected from the data storage means. The data rendering apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the content and the control for rendering the print medium can be selectively executed. 8. The rendering control means, when performing control for rendering the contents of data selected from the data storage means and a print medium, rendering in accordance with the data amount selected from the data storage means. 8. The data drawing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the size of the print medium can be changed. 9. A data storage means for storing data, an image data storage means for storing image data on the appearance of an object to be pasted on which a printed print medium is to be pasted, and a print medium is pasted on the object to be pasted. Attachment area storage means for storing data about the print medium attachment area, and, based on the data stored in the image data storage means and the attachment area storage means, together with the contents of the data selected from the data storage means, A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to function as drawing control means capable of performing control for drawing the appearance of an object to be pasted and a print medium pasting area at the same magnification as a background is recorded.