JP2003260846A - Setting item display unit, printer and display method for setting items - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printing condition display unit for notifying a user by which setting unit the setting items displayed on a display means can be set, a printer, and a display method for setting items. <P>SOLUTION: The printer comprises a display unit serving as a screen for an operation panel such that a list screen 50 for determining printing conditions is displayed on a setting screen 10 of the display unit. A plurality of setting items are displayed on the list screen 50 such that a mark M1 is displayed for setting items 52-57 to be set per image, and a mark M2 is displayed for setting items 58, 59 to be set per printing job. The other setting items are items to be set commonly for all the jobs, and they are displayed without a mark. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a setting item display device, a printing device, and a setting item display method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a kind of printer, a model in which a memory card in which image data is stored can be attached and a printing process can be executed without passing through a personal computer has been widespread.
This type of printer is generally used when printing images taken with a digital camera.The memory card installed in the digital camera is inserted into the card slot, and the image and number of images to be printed are specified on the operation panel. The process is executed. The operation panel includes a liquid crystal display unit and a plurality of operation keys. By operating the operation keys while looking at the liquid crystal display unit, the image and the number of sheets are set, the printing process is started, and the like.

[0003]

In this type of printer, since printing is performed without using a personal computer, detailed setting regarding printing conditions is performed using the operation panel. For this reason, various setting items will be displayed on the LCD panel of the operation panel. Whether these setting items can be set for each image, for each print job, or for all jobs There is a problem that it is inconvenient when setting printing conditions because it is not known what can be done.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is a setting capable of notifying a user of which setting unit the setting item displayed on the display unit can be set. An object is to provide an item display device, a printing device, and a setting item display method.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, in the invention according to claim 1, display means for displaying setting items and setting conditions for each of the setting items displayed on the display means are set. The input operation means for inputting and the setting items displayed on the display means are grouped according to the application subject to the effect of the setting conditions, and are identified on the screen of the display means so that the grouping of the setting items can be understood. The gist is that the display processing means for displaying the body is provided.

According to the present invention, the setting items relating to printing are displayed on the display means functioning as a screen for the operation panel, and the setting conditions are input using the input operation means for each of the setting items. Then, the display processing means groups the setting items into groups according to the effect of the setting condition and the application target,
An identifier is displayed on the screen of the display means so that the grouping can be understood. Therefore, even when a plurality of setting items are displayed on the screen of the display unit, it is possible to easily understand which application item the setting item can be set for, and the setting work when setting the printing conditions becomes easy.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the display processing unit applies the setting items displayed on the display unit in image units and print job units. The gist is to group into a plurality of hierarchies including at least two hierarchies applied to the job and hierarchies applied to all jobs.

According to the present invention, in addition to the operation of the invention described in claim 1, the setting items displayed on the screen of the display means are at least two layers of image units, print jobs, and all layers of all jobs. Grouped into multiple hierarchies including. Therefore, it becomes easy to understand in which of these layers the setting items can be set, which contributes to facilitating the work of setting the printing conditions.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the display processing unit applies a hierarchy to which the setting items displayed on the display unit are applied in image units, and a print job. The gist is to group into a hierarchy applied in units and a hierarchy applied in all jobs.

According to the present invention, in addition to the operation of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, the setting items displayed on the screen of the display means are grouped for each layer of image units, print jobs, and all jobs. To be done. Therefore, it is possible to immediately know in which of these layers the setting items can be set, which contributes to the ease of the work of setting the printing conditions.

According to the invention described in claim 4, claims 1 to 3 are provided.
In the invention described in any one of the above items, the display processing means allocates the identifier to each unit of the setting item, and assigns the same identifier to the setting items of the same group. And

According to the present invention, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, different identifiers are given to the groups to which the objects of application are different, and different identifiers are given in the same group. The same identifier is given to the setting items.

According to the invention described in claim 5, claims 1 to 4 are provided.
In the invention described in any one of the above, the gist is that the identifier is a symbol. According to this invention, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, since the identifier is a symbol, the display of the setting items can be distinguished in a simple display format.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a printing device includes the setting item display device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, and a printing mechanism that executes a printing process on a print medium. Is the gist.

According to the present invention, in addition to the operation of the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 5, there are various setting items according to the diversification of printing styles, and the setting items are installed in the printing apparatus. Many setting items will be displayed on the displayed display means. However, even if various setting items are displayed on the display means, the setting items that are grouped for each application target are given an identifier, so it is easy to determine which application item the setting item can be set for. As a result, it becomes easy to perform the setting work when setting the printing conditions.

According to another aspect of the invention, setting items relating to printing are displayed on the display means, setting conditions are input to the setting items using the input operation means, and the display processing means is displayed on the display means. The gist of the present invention is to group the set items thus set according to the objects to which the setting conditions are effective, and to display an identifier on the screen of the display means so that the grouping of the setting items can be understood.

According to the present invention, the same effect as that of the first aspect can be obtained.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a setting item display device, a printing device and a setting item display method embodying the present invention in a printer will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the printer 1. The printer 1 as a printing device is an ingest type printer having an operation panel 3 on the upper right side of the main body 2. Body 2
A sheet feeding device 4 is provided on the back side of the sheet feeding device, and the cut sheet set in the sheet feeder 5 or the roll sheet set in the roll sheet supporting unit 6 is fed into the main body 2.
A printing mechanism, which will be described later, is mounted below the cover 7 provided in the center of the main body 2, and the printing process is executed by the operation of the printing mechanism so that the printed paper 8 is discharged from the paper exit 9 at the lower front side of the main body 2. Is discharged. Note that cut sheets and roll paper correspond to print media.

The operation panel 3 has a display device 11 as a display means having a setting screen 10 and an operation section 12 as an input operation means composed of a plurality of operation switches (operation buttons). The setting screen 10 is a monochrome liquid crystal, for example, a paper type (cut sheet or roll paper), a paper size (A
(4 etc.), a menu screen for manually selecting layout, photo selection, number of prints, etc. is displayed in monochrome. Further, the operation unit 12 is provided with a power switch 13a for turning on the power to the printer 1, a maintenance switch 13b pressed when an error occurs, and a roll paper switch 13c pressed when operating the roll paper. There is.

The printer 1 is equipped with a reading device 15 as a reading means for inserting a memory card 14 for a digital camera, and prints an image read from the memory card 14 without connecting to a host computer (PC). It is a stand-alone type that is possible. A slot 16 is provided in the reading device 15, and the memory card 14 is detachably attached to the slot 16. The memory card 14 includes, for example, a compact flash (R), a smart media (R), a memory stick (R), etc., each of which is attached to a dedicated adapter (not shown) and inserted into the slot 16.

A display device (monitor) 17 for displaying an image read from the memory card 14 is attached to the upper part of the main body 2 of the printer 1. The monitor 17 is a color liquid crystal, and for example, a monitor screen 18 having a size of 1.6 inches is adopted. In the stand-alone printer 1, when an image stored in the memory card 14 is selected and printed, it is used without being connected to the PC, and therefore the image cannot be confirmed on the screen of the PC. However, by displaying a color image on the monitor screen 18 of the monitor 17,
You can check images and print layouts without connecting to a PC.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the main part of the operation panel 3. In addition to the power switch 13, the operation unit 12 includes a print start switch 19, a stop switch 20, and an upper switch 2.
1, a lower switch 22, a determination switch 23, and a return switch 24 are provided. The print start switch 19 is pressed when printing is started according to the setting conditions set on the operation panel 3, and the stop switch 20 is used to immediately stop printing when printing is being executed or when the printing is not performed. Input contents in 10 (selection items, numerical values, etc.)
Pressed when discarding.

The upper switch 21 and the lower switch 22 are operated when moving the cursor on the setting screen 10 or when increasing or decreasing a numerical value while inputting a numerical value. For example, when the upper switch 21 is pressed, the cursor moves upward and Switch 22
When is pressed, the cursor moves down. The decision switch 23 is pressed to move the display screen of the setting screen 10 forward or to confirm the input contents on the setting screen 10. The return switch 24 is pressed when returning the setting screen 10 to the initial screen or when returning the display screen displayed on the setting screen 10 to the previous screen.

FIG. 3 is an electrical block diagram of the printer 1. The printer 1 has a CPU 25, and the CPU 25 has a bus 2
ROM27, RAM28, ASI connected via 6
C29 and are installed. CPU25 in ROM27
A control program executed by the control program, menu display data for displaying the display screen on the setting screen 10, and the like are stored. Further, the control program stores a display control program for performing display control of the setting screen 10 of the operation panel 3 and the monitor 17. The RAM 28 temporarily stores various data generated in each process when print processing of print data transmitted from the host computer and image data stored in the memory card 14 is performed.

The CPU 25 is connected to a user interface (UI) board 30 for controlling the operation panel 3, and the RO
The display control of the setting screen 10 is performed via the UI substrate 30 based on the control program of M27. Further, the CPU 25 executes various processes (print process, maintenance process, etc.) based on the operation signals of the various operation switches 13a to 13c and 19 to 24. For example, operating the various operation switches 20 to 24 while viewing the setting screen 10 to select the number of prints and the layout, and after the selection is completed, the print start switch 1
When 9 is pressed, the print process based on the print condition input on the setting screen 10 is executed. The CPU 25 and the UI
The substrate 30 constitutes display processing means.

The ASIC 29 executes print control based on a control signal from the CPU 25, and is provided with a print control unit 31 and an image control unit 32 in this example. When printing the image data of the memory card 14, the image control unit 32 converts the image data of the memory card 14 from the RGB data to YMC.
The process of converting to K data is executed. In this example, a part of the image processing is executed by the software processing of the CPU 25, and the image control unit 32 and the CPU 25 perform the resolution conversion processing, the color conversion processing, the halftone processing, and the dot formation order of the ink dot data of each color as the image processing. The interlacing process for rearranging is performed while taking into consideration.

The print control unit 31 executes carriage control and head control (ink ejection control) based on print data transmitted from the PC 33 and print data obtained by converting image data by the image control unit 32. More specifically, the print control unit 31 is a processing circuit that drives and controls a mechanical mechanism in an inkjet printer, and includes, for example, a recording head (for example, piezoelectric type) 34, a carriage motor 35, a paper feed motor 36, a roll paper drive motor 37, and the like. It is connected.

The printer 1 is provided with a monitor controller 38 for controlling the display of the monitor 17. The monitor controller 38 has an input side connected to the bus 26 and an output side connected to the monitor 17. Further, the reading device 15 is connected to the bus 26 via an interface (I / F) 39, and the monitor control unit 38 displays the image data read by the reading device 15 as an image on the monitor 17. The display format of the monitor 17 includes one-frame display for displaying only one image, multiple-frame display for displaying a plurality of images on the same screen, thumbnail display for displaying a list of the images on the memory card 14, and the like.

The monitor control unit 38 sends a CP to the CP via the bus 26.
It is connected to U25 and monitors the image data of the memory card 14 according to the printing conditions set by the operation panel 3.
The image is displayed on. That is, when the printing conditions such as the print layout and the print image quality are set by operating the various operation switches 20 to 24 while looking at the setting screen 10, the monitor control unit 3
Reference numeral 8 captures printing conditions from the CPU 25. Then, the monitor control unit 38 reads the image data based on the print condition from the memory card 14, and displays the image data on the monitor screen 18 of the monitor 17 with the content according to the print condition.

FIG. 4 is a memory map of the memory card 14. The memory card 14 stores image information 40 captured by using a digital camera (not shown). As the image information 40, in addition to the image data captured by the digital camera, various information regarding the image data is stored. . In the storage area A of the memory card 14, ID information 41 indicating that image data is stored in the memory card 14 is written. The memory area B of the memory card 14 stores address information 42 indicating from which address each image is written.

The designation information 43 is stored in the storage area C of the memory card 14. The designation information 43 is information input using a digital camera, and is information that designates, for example, an image to be printed, the number of sheets to be printed, a print mode (index or standard), a printing order, and the like in a plurality of image data. By the way, the print format set by the designation information 43 is commonly known as DPOF (Digital Print Or
der Format) (R). Since the CPU 25 sets the content of the designation information 43 as the printing condition, it is not necessary to set the printing condition on the printer 1 side, and the desired printing pattern can be printed only by setting the memory card 14 in the slot 16 of the reading device 15. You can do it.

Format information 44 is stored in the storage area D of the memory card 14. The format information 44 is one of print image formats, and is new layout information set by the user using a digital camera. The format information 44 is for determining the layout of the print image and includes, for example, a photo frame, a line, a macro character, and the like. Further, the photo frame is the arrangement information of the image, the line is the arrangement information of the line to be printed on the paper, and the macro character is the number information of the image assigned to the photo frame.

Here, the layout set by the format information 44 is set.
Is a layout pattern of images on one sheet of paper 8.
(Including lines and macro characters). For example, shown in FIG.
In some cases, the photo frames 45a to 45d on the paper 8 are different from each other.
The unit image information D is set in the photo frame 45a._Four, Photo frame
Unit image information D in 45b₁, The unit image information in the photo frame 45c
Report D ₈, The unit image information D in the photo frame 45d_FiveTo put
The information is stored as format information 44. Also, format information
44 also has settings for paper type and paper size when printing
It is possible.

The CPU 25 gives priority to the contents of the designation information 43 and sets the contents (layout, paper type, paper size) based on the format information 44 as printing conditions. As a result, if the layout is written as the format information 44, the print layout is expanded to that extent, and printing can be performed with a layout desired by the user in addition to the layout registered in advance in the printer 1. At this time, the monitor control unit 38 displays the format information 4
4, the image data of the memory card 14 is displayed as an image on the monitor screen 18, and the image display as shown in FIG. 5, for example, is performed. The format information 44 is the designation information 43.
Although it is set with priority over the operation unit 1, the operation unit 1 of the operation panel 3
By operating 2, the layout, paper type, paper size, etc. can be changed.

The storage area E of the memory card 14 stores a plurality of unit image information D ₁ , D ₂ , ... The unit image information D ₁ , D ₂ , ... Is an image file taken by a digital camera and has image reproduction information X and image data. The image reproduction information X is information written at the time of shooting with a digital camera, and when printing is performed, the image quality is corrected based on the image reproduction information X and a print image is output. Further, the image reproduction information X includes an ID indicating the image number of the image data, various information for setting the data amount of the image data, hue, brightness, sharpness, contrast and the like when printing, and image quality adjustment information 46. .

Of these, the image quality adjustment information 46 is correction data written at the time of photographing by the digital camera, and is correction data for making the print image as close as possible to the photographed image of the digital camera. The image quality adjustment information 46 is a γ value that controls gradation,
It consists of a color space during printing and fine image quality adjustment parameters (related to contrast, brightness, etc.). When printing is executed based on the image quality adjustment information 46, the CPU 25
Sets the print mode to the image quality adjustment processing mode, and
29 is caused to execute printing in the image quality adjustment processing mode, and as a result, the print image is printed with the image quality according to the intention when the digital camera was photographed.

FIG. 6 is a screen view of the menu screen 47 displayed on the setting screen 10 of the operation panel 3. The display screen of the setting screen 10 of the operation panel 3 is controlled by the CPU 25,
A menu screen 47 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the setting screen 10 as a top screen. How to print on the menu screen 47,
A field for setting the paper type, image quality, and paper size is provided, and the cursor 48 on the menu screen 47 is moved to a desired field, and in this state, the decision switch 23 is pressed to enter the input mode.

The "printing method" is a function for setting the printing method, and the "paper type" is a function for selecting the paper to be printed. The "image quality" is a function for selecting whether to perform the print operation with the quality priority or the speed priority, and the "paper size" is a function for selecting the size of the paper to be printed. Further, the setting screen 10 is provided with a “detailed setting” column 49 for setting details of printing conditions. When the cursor 48 is moved to the detailed setting field 49 and the decision switch 23 is pressed, the CPU 25 causes the setting screen 10
The list screen 50 shown in FIGS. 7A to 7F is displayed.

FIG. 7 is a screen view of the list screen 50 displayed on the setting screen 10. The list screen 50 is a screen that is opened when setting printing conditions and processing operations, and the list screen 50 is the upper switch 21 and the lower switch 2 of the operation panel 3.
2 can be used to scroll on the setting screen 10, and in this example, the screen is scrolled between FIGS. 7A to 7F.

On the list screen 50, photo number, scene correction, brightness, vividness, sharpness, zoom, frame, automatic adjustment, iron print, roll paper cut, date print, time print, shooting information print, trimming, cut guide. , A seal position (upper), and a seal position (right) are set. In addition to these, the list screen 50 also includes ink replacement, cleaning,
Setting items for setting nozzle check, paper feed / paper discharge, version information, gap adjustment, liquid crystal contrast, backup, and card writing are provided.

Setting items 52 for scene correction number, brightness correction, vividness, sharpness, zoom, and frame
The mark M1 is displayed at the beginning of the characters 57 to 57. The setting items 52 to 57 marked with the mark M1 are items that can be set for each image, and are set for each image selected in the setting item 51 of the photo number. The mark M1 is displayed as a symbol, and in this example, "◆" is displayed. When the printing method is full-frame printing or album printing, FIG.
As shown in, the photo number setting item 51 is displayed as “all”, but when the printing method is one-frame printing and printing based on the designated information 43, “not printable” is displayed and the mark M1 is displayed at the beginning. To be done.

Here, "scene correction" is a function of performing image correction according to the shooting conditions, and "brightness adjustment" is a function of changing the image hardness information to correct the brightness of the printed image.
Further, "brightness adjustment" is a function of correcting saturation information of an image to correct the vividness of the printed image, and "sharpness" is a function of correcting sharpness of the image in the printed image. "Zoom" is a function of cutting out a part of an image and enlarging and allocating it to a print frame, and "frame" is a function of performing a print process by combining a dedicated frame with the image.

In the setting item 52 of "scene correction" among these setting items 52 to 57, for example, "none", "portrait", "landscape", "sunset", "night view", "backlight",
One of the "close-up shots" is selected according to the printing conditions. Also, "Brightness adjustment", "Vividness adjustment",
In the "Sharpness" setting items 53 to 57, "None" is set.
The value is adjusted at a plurality of levels on the basis of, for example, in this example, it is set between five stages of −2 to +2.

A mark M2 is displayed at the tip of each setting item 58, 59 for automatic adjustment and ironing. The setting items 58 and 59 marked with the mark M2 are items that can be set for each print job as a job, and the values (conditions) set by these setting items are commonly used in one print job. Further, this mark M2 is displayed with a symbol different from that of the mark M1, and in this example, “⊚” is displayed. Here, the layers of the setting items displayed on the list screen 50 are images, print jobs, and all jobs in order from the upper layer side.

Here, "automatic adjustment" is a function for automatically adjusting the print image quality, and "print image harmony function", "automatic image correction function", and "none" are provided as selection parameters for this automatic adjustment. ing. When automatic adjustment is performed, one of two functions of print image harmony and automatic image correction is selected, and when automatic adjustment is not performed, “none” is selected.

What is the print image harmony function? Memory card 14
This is a correction process in which printing is performed in the image quality adjustment processing mode based on the image quality adjustment information 46 stored in, and the print image quality is close to that captured by a digital camera.
It is called (PRINT Image matching). The automatic image correction function is a correction process in which a printer driver (not shown) of the PC 33 optimizes contrast, saturation, and color balance for image data, which is commonly known as APF.
It is called (Auto Photo Fine). When performing iron-printing using iron-printed paper, “Yes” is selected in the setting item 59.

Of the setting items displayed on the list screen 50, the items other than the setting items 51 to 59 are items that can be set in common for all jobs, and in this example, by not displaying the mark, other items are set. Is differentiated from. Here, "roll paper cut" is a function to set whether to cut the paper automatically on each page, "date print" is a function to combine the shooting date and time with the image (photo) and print it, and "shooting time" is to shoot The function of combining time with an image and printing the image, printing of photographing information is a function of printing information on a photographing environment (camera information) on a photograph.

"Trimming" is a function of fitting image data in a photo frame determined from layout information, and "cutting guide" is a guide for easy cutting after printing when laying out and printing a plurality of images on paper. It is a function to print. "Seal position" is a function that finely adjusts the print position when printing on sticker paper.
"Right" adjusts the print position in the left-right direction. “Ink replacement” is a function of replacing an ink cartridge, “cleaning” is a function of cleaning the recording head 34,
The "nozzle check" is a function of printing a clogging pattern, and the "paper feed / discharge" is a function of feeding or discharging a sheet.

"Version information" is a function for displaying the controller firmware (for example, flash ROM) and its checksum (area), and "gap adjustment".
Is a function for adjusting the gap during bidirectional printing. “Liquid crystal contrast” is a function of adjusting the contrast of the setting screen 10, “Backup” is a function of storing the write data of the memory card 14 in an external storage device, and “Card writing” is a writing from the PC 33 to the memory card 14. It is a function to permit / prohibit.

Now, in this example, for the plurality of setting items displayed on the list screen 50, the mark M1 is set on the setting items 52 to 57 that can be set for each image, and the setting items 58 and 59 that can be set for each print job. A mark M2 is displayed, and setting items that can be set commonly for all jobs are displayed without a mark. As a result, even if a plurality of setting items are displayed on the list screen 50, it is immediately possible to determine which item can be set for each image, which item can be set for each print job, and which item can be set for all jobs. Understandably, the setting work becomes easy when setting the printing conditions.

Therefore, the following effects can be obtained in this embodiment. (1) A plurality of setting items are displayed on the list screen 50 displayed on the setting screen 10 of the operation panel 3, and the setting items 52 to 57 that can be set for each image are the mark M1 and can be set for each print job. Mark M2 on setting items 58 and 59
Is displayed. In addition, other setting items are displayed without marks as items that can be set commonly for all jobs. Therefore, even if a plurality of setting items are displayed on the list screen 50, it is possible to immediately understand in which setting unit these setting items can be set, and it is possible to easily set the printing condition.

(2) Since the mark M1 is displayed with the symbol "◆" and the mark M2 is displayed with the symbol "⊚", the display of the setting items can be differentiated with a simple display.

(3) Since the printing conditions are diversified, various setting items are displayed on the list screen 50 displayed on the setting screen 10 of the printer 1. In addition, since the stand-alone printer 1 of this example is a model that prints without using the PC 33, many setting items are displayed on the list screen 50 of the setting screen 10 as the printing conditions diversify. However, these setting items are marked by the mark M1,
Many setting items are displayed on the list screen 5 because the display is distinguished by adding M2 or displaying without a mark.
Even if it is displayed as 0, the work of setting the printing conditions can be facilitated.

The embodiment is not limited to the above, but may be modified into the following modes. (Modification 1) The marks M1 and M2 as the identifiers are “◆”
And is not limited to "◎". For example, "■", "●",
List screen 50 such as "○", "▲", "▽", "★"
The pattern is not particularly limited as long as the above setting items can be distinguished for each setting unit. Further, the identification body is not limited to the symbol, and may be the patterns 61 and 62 shown in FIG. Further, the identification body is not limited to the marks M1 and M2 and the patterns 61 and 62,
For example, characters such as “image”, “print job”, and “all jobs” may be displayed, or numbers and letters may be displayed in addition to symbols and characters.

(Modification 2) The identifier is the mark M shown in FIG.
1, M2 and the patterns 61, 62 shown in FIG. For example, as shown in FIG. 9, an image, a print job, and setting items that can be selected for all jobs may be surrounded by a display frame 63.

(Modification 3) The setting unit for distinguishing setting items is not limited to each image, each print job, and all jobs. For example, a mark may be displayed on a setting item that can be set for each predetermined job other than a print job, and the setting unit to which the mark is attached may be freely set.

(Modification 4) The setting items are not limited to the item contents shown in FIG. 7, and the item contents are not particularly limited as long as the printing conditions are set. Further, the setting items do not necessarily have to include all of the items shown in FIG. 7, and the item contents of the setting items may be narrowed down according to the specifications.

(Modification 5) Setting screen 10 of operation panel 3
Is not limited to monochrome liquid crystal, and may be color liquid crystal. Further, the monitor 17 is not limited to the monitor size of 1.6 inches as in this example, and monitors of other sizes may be adopted.

(Modification 6) Of the setting items displayed on the list screen 50, those that can be set for all jobs are displayed without a mark, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a predetermined mark may be displayed.

(Modification 7) The printing apparatus is not limited to the ink jet type (standalone type) printer 1 and may be a printer of another type such as a laser printer.
In addition, this embodiment is not limited to the printer being adopted, and the subject is not particularly limited as long as it has a display device.

The technical ideas that can be understood from the above-described embodiment and other examples will be described below along with their effects. (1) In Claims 1 to 5, the display processing means groups the setting items displayed on the display means into layers applied in image units.

(2) In Claims 1 to 5, the display processing means groups the setting items displayed on the display means into layers applied in units of print jobs. (3) In Claims 1 to 5, the display processing unit groups the setting items displayed on the display unit into layers applied to all jobs.

(4) In Claim 6, the reading means (1) for reading the storage information (40) stored in the storage medium.
5), the printing mechanism prints the stored information read by the reading unit.

(5) In claim 7, the display processing means applies the setting items displayed on the display means to a hierarchy applied to each image, a hierarchy applied to each print job, and all jobs. Grouped into a plurality of hierarchies including at least two hierarchies of the hierarchy applied in.

(6) In claim 7 and the technical idea (5), the display processing means applies the setting items displayed on the display means in a hierarchy to be applied in image units and in a print job unit. Grouped into a hierarchy to be applied and a hierarchy applied to all jobs.

(7) Claim 7, the technical idea (5),
In (6), the display processing unit allocates the identifying bodies for each unit of the setting items, and assigns the same identifying bodies to the setting items of the same group.

(8) Claim 7, the technical idea (5) to
In (7), the identifier is a symbol.

[0069]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the setting items displayed on the display means are grouped according to the application subject to the effect of the setting conditions, and the grouping of the display means can be understood so that the grouping can be understood. Since the identifier is displayed on the screen, it is possible to notify the user of which setting unit the setting item displayed on the display unit can be set.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a printer according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a main part of an operation panel.

FIG. 3 is an electrical configuration diagram of the printer.

FIG. 4 is a memory map of a memory card.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of the monitor when a display image is displayed on the monitor screen.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the display device when a menu screen is displayed on the setting screen.

7A to 7F are screen diagrams of setting screens when a list screen is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a screen diagram of a setting screen when a list screen in another example is displayed.

FIG. 9 is a screen diagram of a setting screen when a list screen in another example is displayed.

[Explanation of symbols]

Printer as a printing device 3 Operation panel 11 Display device as display means 12 Operation unit as input operation means 14 Memory card as storage medium 25 CPU constituting display processing means 30 UI board constituting display processing means 51-59 setting items 61,62 Design as an identifier 63 Display frame as an identifier M1, M2 Mark as an identifier

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A display unit, an operation unit for inputting a setting condition for each setting item displayed on the display unit, and the setting item displayed on the display unit for each object to which the setting condition is effective. And a display processing unit for displaying an identifier on the screen of the display unit so that the grouping of the setting items can be understood. 2. The display processing means includes a layer to which the setting items displayed on the display means are applied in image units,
2. The setting item display device according to claim 1, wherein the setting items are grouped into a plurality of hierarchies including at least two hierarchies of hierarchies applied for each print job and hierarchies applied for all jobs. 3. The display processing means includes a layer to which the setting items displayed on the display means are applied in image units,
3. The setting item display device according to claim 1, wherein the setting items are grouped into a hierarchy applied to each print job and a hierarchy applied to all jobs. 4. The display processing means allocates the discriminator for each unit of the setting items, and assigns the same discriminator to the setting items of the same group. The setting item display device according to any one of the items. 5. The setting item display device according to claim 1, wherein the identifier is a symbol. 6. A printing device, comprising: the setting item display device according to claim 1; and a printing mechanism that executes a printing process on a printing medium. 7. A setting means relating to printing is displayed on the display means, setting conditions are input to the setting items using an input operation means, and a display processing means displays the setting items displayed on the display means. A method of displaying a setting item, characterized in that the setting objects are grouped for each application subject to the effect of the setting condition, and an identifier is displayed on the screen of the display means so that the grouping of the setting items can be understood.