JPH068529A - Label printing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To print data on a label of desired type in an appropriate manner by providing a means for storing each label size, label aligned position and label information for specification as well as character size information for specifying character sizes. CONSTITUTION:A maximum character size in a vertical direction for each line other than an existing input line is extracted for each line, and then the length in a vertical direction is integrated to obtain the length in a vertical direction across the entire line (No. 304). Next, the length in a vertical direction of an existing input character size is added to the length obtained in 304. If the length of a character is automatically set, a minimum character size is added, and if the length of a character is optionally set, the vertical length of the character is added. Further, the entire length in a vertical direction is compared to the vertical length of a set printed area, and it is interpreted whether it is possible to print data in the printed area (No. 308). If the entire length in a vertical direction is larger (NO), a message to warn 'line over' is indicated in a liquid crystal display part (No. 310), based on an interpretation that it is impossible to print data in the printed area. Thus the operating procedure returns to an edit display screen (No. 312).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a label printing apparatus for printing an input character string on a heading label such as a document through a printing means, and in particular, a large number of labels having standardized arrangements and shapes are attached. The present invention relates to a label printing apparatus that suitably prints on each label on a label sheet regardless of the type of the label sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an exhibition or the like, for example, the same heading label is often attached to many samples. In addition, with the diversification of information, there is an increasing demand for suitable filing using heading labels according to the type of information, and the same information may be owned and stored by a plurality of people at a plurality of places. Conventionally, this type of label is created by handwriting, and there are problems such as the complexity of creation and the appearance.

In order to solve such a problem, conventionally, there has been proposed a printing device for efficiently printing the same content on both upper and lower positions of a lined label by appropriately selecting the printing direction (Actual Publication No. 1-178948). Gazette).

Further, there has been proposed a label printing apparatus which stores the number of characters and lines input in one label and calculates the number of labels so that an integer number of sheets can be set on one sheet (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-61). No. 175722).

Further, a label printer has been proposed in which automatic calculation is performed to change the characters to full-width or half-width so that printing can be suitably performed within a predetermined label width (JP-A-63-189).
276 publication).

Further, there has been proposed a label printer capable of inputting a print format of a cut paper label and printing on labels of various sizes (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-1 / 1987).
58072).

[0007]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
According to the invention described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 948, the processing for suitably printing on one heading label is described in detail, but the position and size of a plurality of heading labels arranged and the size of each heading label or each label is detected. There is no description about control of how to print.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-175722,
JP-A-63-189276 and JP-A-62-15
The one described in Japanese Patent No. 8072 relates to how to appropriately print on one label, and does not relate to a printing process for a large number of arranged labels.

Further, in the conventional label printing apparatus, each label is printed with a character size designated in advance, but since there are hundreds of types of labels, each user needs to print each label. I had to select the character size one by one according to the size. In addition, the character size must be changed depending on the number of characters and the number of lines to be printed, and the setting operation is extremely complicated for printing with a layout desired by the user.

Furthermore, in the character editing function of the conventional printing apparatus, the user inputs a desired character string, and the characters over one line are discarded as they are.
Or it was sent to the next line contrary to the user's intention.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and its purpose is to identify and store the label type in advance, and to select and instruct from among them,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a label printing device in which a label shape and position information are automatically set and a character string suitable for a large number of labels attached to a label sheet can be printed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a label printing apparatus which eliminates a troublesome setting operation of a character size for appropriately printing a desired label.

Further, another object of the present invention is to notify the user even when the user inputs characters exceeding the length of a character string that can be input in one line with reference to the print area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a label printing device capable of efficiently performing character editing work.

[0014]

A label sheet used in a label printing apparatus according to the present invention inputs a desired character string and prints the input character string for each label arranged on the label sheet. In the label printing apparatus for applying the above, the label printing apparatus includes a display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The display means displays a message corresponding to the input character string and each operation step, and the storage means includes label information for specifying the size and arrangement position of each label arranged on the label sheet. And character size information that defines a plurality of character sizes as the character size to be printed.

The processing means has a character size setting means and a character string excess determination means, and the character size setting means
The print area is judged from each label information, and the maximum character size that can be stored in the print area of each label is selected from the character size information based on the number of input characters and the number of characters in each line. It is set automatically.

The character string excess determining means has a first processing means for changing the automatically set character size existing in one line being edited to the minimum character size in the character size information, and the minimum character size. The sum of the horizontal length of the changed character size during automatic setting and the sum of the horizontal length of individually set character sizes are added, and the character created in this line being edited is added. The second processing means for obtaining the character string length of the column is constantly compared with this character string length and the lateral length of the printing area of the label, and if this character string length is large, it is displayed on the display means. For the character string being edited, there is provided third processing means for displaying a character excess indicator between the character string that is contained in the print area and the character string that exceeds this print area.

Further, the processing means can be configured so as to further include line-excess determining means, and the line-excess determining means determines the character size in automatic setting existing in each line that has already been edited as the character size. The fourth processing means for changing all to the smallest character size in the information, and thereafter, from the character string of each line including the individually set arbitrary character size, the character size with the maximum vertical length, Fifth processing means for extracting from each line including the line currently being edited, accumulating the vertical lengths of the respective extracted character sizes to obtain the vertical length over all lines, and this all line The vertical length of the label and the vertical length of the print area of the label are constantly compared, and if the length of all the lines is large, the sixth means for displaying a message indicating the line excess on the display means is displayed. It is provided with a processing means.

[0018]

The label sheet used in the label printing apparatus of the present invention is basically a standardized sheet in which the longitudinal and lateral dimensions of the arranged label and the arrangement position on the sheet are fixed according to the type of the label sheet. It is used for the purpose.

In the character string excess determining means, first, the first processing means changes the automatically set character size to the minimum size. This is to determine whether or not the character string being edited fits within one line when the character size is set to the minimum. Then, the length of the character string (character string length) including the lateral length of the arbitrarily set character size is obtained by the second processing means. In the third processing means, it is determined whether or not the character string fits within the print area with this length. If this character string exceeds the print area, the character string that fits within this area and the character string that exceeds In addition, a character excess sign indicating excess of characters is displayed on the display means to inform the user that the character string being edited cannot be stored in the print area.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A label printing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 4 show the appearance and internal mechanism of the label printing apparatus 1. A label printing device (hereinafter referred to as a device) 1 is a device that prints on each of a large number of labels 4a arranged regularly on a label sheet 4, and is composed of an upper half body 2 and a lower half body 3. An insertion port 5 for the label sheet 4 is formed in the middle.

A large number of keys 6 capable of inputting characters and the like are arranged on the upper half 2 of the device 1, and above the liquid crystal panel for displaying a predetermined number of characters, the number of lines, or an input character string. The liquid crystal display section 7 is provided. When the number of characters and the number of lines more than that are input, the screen is adapted to be scrolled left and right and up and down by the cursor keys. As shown in FIG. 4, the arranged keys 6 include character keys such as alphabets, “function”,
Function keys for performing processes such as “cancel”, “convert”, “execute”, and “print”, and cursor keys with arrows on all four sides are provided. The contents of each key are written on the head of the key.

The lower half 3 has an insertion opening 5 and this insertion opening 5
A feeding path 11 extending rearward from the above is formed, and a guide roller 9 for guiding the inserted label sheet 4 is provided on the upper surface of the feeding path 11. In addition, the guide roller 9
A sheet feeding roller 8 that is driven to rotate by a sheet feeding motor 16 and feeds the inserted label sheet 4 is provided at a total of three places behind the sheet feeding device, and a printing unit 20 that prints is provided behind the sheet feeding roller 8. There is.

A side wall 18 for positioning is formed on one side, for example, the left side, of the insertion port 5 and the feeding path 11, and the left side of the label sheet 4 is inserted while abutting against the side wall 18. Is. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, on the side wall 18 on the downstream side of the feeding path of the sheet feeding roller 8, for example, a sheet sensor 19 such as a photo interrupter having a pair structure of a light emitting element 19a and a light receiving element 19b on the upper and lower surfaces. Is provided to detect whether the left side of the inserted and fed label sheet 4 exactly matches the side wall 18.

The printing unit 20 has a label sheet 4 at the bottom thereof.
Helical shaft 1 arranged in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction of
2, the rotation of the carriage motor 14 is transmitted to the spiral shaft 12 via the gear train 15, and the printing unit 20 reciprocates along the rotating spiral shaft 12. . A rack 13 is installed above the printing unit 20 in parallel with the spiral shaft 12. The teeth of the rack 13 are formed in the lower part so as to face the printing unit 20,
The gear inside the printing unit 20 is in mesh with the rack 13. Further, from the bottom of the printing unit 20, for example, the thermal head 2 including a dot array capable of printing one character
A rubber platen 17 is arranged on the lower half 3 of the lower part of the thermal head 28. In addition,
The printing unit 20 also functions as a cassette holder for mounting a ribbon cassette (not shown) of the ink ribbon, and includes a winding shaft 25 for winding the ink ribbon.

The liquid crystal display unit 7 displays the input character string or the edited character string, the code number, the character label, or a selection screen for each of them. The character label means a character string created for label printing or a character string already created.

Next, a control block diagram of the label printing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. The device 1 includes a central processing unit (hereinafter, referred to as CPU) 30 that controls the entire device, and a storage unit 31 configured by a ROM, a RAM, and the like.

The CPU 30 is synchronized with a head drive unit 36 for driving the thermal head 28 in and out and outputting a character signal, a carriage motor drive unit 37 for controlling the drive of the carriage motor 14, the paper feed roller 8 and the paper discharge roller 23. A sheet feed motor drive unit 38 for controlling the drive of the driven sheet feed motor 11 and a display drive unit 39 for driving the liquid crystal display unit 7 are respectively connected.

The CPU 30 is internally provided with a counter for counting the number of sheets and a timer for synchronizing with sheet feeding, and receives the input information from the key input unit 6'and the detection signal from the sheet sensor 19 respectively. Output a control signal to the required circuit part, input characters, edit processing as described later,
Overall control of label sheet type selection, display control, and print processing control.

Further, the CPU 30 monitors the detection signal from the sheet sensor 19, and the insertion and feeding of the label sheet 4 are accurately performed depending on whether or not the signal for detecting the front end of the left side of the label sheet 4 is input. It is determined whether or not the sheet feed motor 1
The position of the label sheet being fed is indirectly measured by the rotation pulse of 6 or time management.

The storage unit 31 includes a program for controlling the operation of the entire apparatus such as editing and printing, a dictionary memory for converting kana / kanji characters, the array position of labels arranged on various label sheets, and the label positions. Label information in which vertical and horizontal dimensions and the like are registered, a code number as an identification code for specifying the type of label sheet, and a character size table (Table 1) as shown below are stored.

[0032]

[Table 1]

Table 1 shows the character size, and shows SS size to 3L size. In this type of label printing apparatus, there are various types of label sheets that can be printed, and there are several hundreds of label sheets, and a large number of character sizes are desired. Therefore, in addition to square characters, horizontally long characters and vertically long characters can be specified.
In this way, the character size can be selected using the size classification symbols, thereby facilitating the selection work.

Further, there are various kinds of label sheets such as a normal square level, a lined label, a tack index label, a box label and a cassette label, and there are various sticking positions on the label sheet.
Each is standardized. When an external input / output device such as an expansion cartridge shown as the auxiliary storage unit 40 in FIG. 6 is connected and the number of types of label sheets increases or when it is desired to perform printing on a desired unstandardized label sheet Can also be newly registered.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the label sheet and the label. Labels R ₁ , R ₂ , ... Having the same dimensions are regularly attached on the label sheet 4 at regular intervals. The positions of the labels on the label sheet 4 are designated as 1, 2, 3 ... In the column direction and A, B, C ... In the row direction.

The sheet number is selected by inputting a one-character or two-character (including numeral) identification code. This facilitates the selection work. The table (not shown) storing the sheet numbers in the present embodiment is represented by the label size, which corresponds to the sheet sensor 19
Is stored with the size and the like based on the corner position of the front end of the left side of the label sheet 4 detected by. The dimension type is the data required to identify the label position on the label sheet from the length and width dimensions of the label sheet, the shape of the label, the length and width dimensions of the label, the length and width of the label, and the number of labels on one sheet. Has been adopted. The size is usually specified in millimeters (mm), but in the present embodiment, the size is coded to reduce the memory capacity. The CPU 30 calculates the print position, that is, the label position based on the label information corresponding to the designated sheet number (identification code).

In the device 1 thus constructed, the character size is automatically set according to the number of characters and the number of lines of the input character string. This automatic setting of the character size is to automatically set the character size according to the character string entered on the character input screen so that it can be printed appropriately in the label. It is selected from 1.

The process of automatically setting the character size will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 8 and 9.

First, by inputting the code number of the label sheet to be printed, all the information such as the vertical and horizontal dimensions of the used label and the arrangement position are specified (# 10).
2). The print area of the label is discriminated based on the label information, and the vertical and horizontal lengths of the print area are compared (# 104). The shorter length is selected by this comparison, and if the size in the horizontal direction is short as shown in FIG. 10A, a square region A having one side of this horizontal length 1 is assumed (# 106), and also FIG. 10 (b).
If the size in the vertical direction is short, as shown in (1), a square area A having this length 1 in the vertical direction as one side is assumed (# 10).
8). Then, the largest character size of a square character that can be accommodated in this square area A is selected from Table 1, and this character size is set to the initial value (# 110).

After the initial value of the character size is determined in this way, the input of characters (including symbols) is waited for, and each time the input character increases or decreases by one character, the created character string is changed. The lateral length is calculated. When a character string is created in a plurality of lines, it is calculated for each line (# 202).
Then, the horizontal length of the character string and the horizontal length of the set print area are compared for each line, and it is determined whether the created character string can be printed within the set horizontal dimension of the label ( # 204). If the horizontal length of the character string is larger than the print area, a character size one size smaller than the set character size will be selected from Table 1, and all character sizes across all lines will be the new character size. The size is changed (# 206). Then, after this, again # 202, # 20
The process of 4 is repeated. In this way, a suitable character size is temporarily determined on the basis of the horizontal length of the character string in each line and the horizontal length of the print area.

Next, the vertical length of the determined character size is added over all lines to obtain the total vertical length (# 20.
8) The total vertical length is compared with the vertical length of the print area. As a result, it is determined whether the created character string can be printed within the set vertical dimension of the label (# 21).
0). If the total vertical length of the created character string is larger, a character size that is one size smaller than the determined character size is selected from Table 1, and all character sizes across all lines are set to this new character size. It is changed (# 212). After this, the processes of # 208 and # 210 are repeated again. In this way, the maximum character size that can be printed in the print area is finally set. In addition, although each of the above-described calculation formulas is stored in the ROM of the storage unit 31 in advance,
You may make it utilize the conversion table which memorize | stored the calculation result.

As described above, in the created character label, the same character size is set in all lines, and when the number of characters is different in each line, the character size is different in each line. It eliminates the inconvenience of being set.
When the character size is switched from the S size shown in Table 1 to an extremely small SS size, the character size is not switched suddenly, but is switched to a horizontally long SS size character.

Such automatic setting of the character size is performed when one character is input or deleted, when the size of the input character is changed, when the character decoration of the input character is changed, line feed or line. This is always performed when the state of the input character or the state of the input line changes, such as when they are combined.

The character size of each character is
Alternatively, it can be manually set to a specific size as necessary. In this case, in # 202,
The horizontal length of the set character and the horizontal length of each character being automatically set are added to calculate the length of the character string for each line. In # 208, the longest vertical size character is set for each line. After being extracted for each, it will be added over all rows.

The character labels thus created are stored in the storage unit 31, and under the control of the CPU 30, printing processing is performed on each of the arranged labels based on the stored data and the already set label information. Is applied.

Further, in the apparatus 1, the number of printable lines is always calculated based on the label size and the character size, and when the user inputs or edits characters beyond the number of printable lines. Displays a message to that effect and prohibits operations such as character input and line feed. further,
In this device 1, the overwritten character that does not fit in one line currently being edited (input) is not passed to the next line, but is added after the overmark in the same line, and the character is displayed in the print area by the user. Notify that it will not be delivered.

The process when the number of characters and the number of lines are exceeded will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, it is determined whether or not the input character can be printed within the vertical size of the print area of the currently designated label. In response to the character input from the user, the character sizes currently set (edited) and existing in the already edited line are all changed to the minimum character size in Table 1 described above. (# 302). Next, the maximum vertical character size in each line other than the current input line is extracted for each line, and the extracted vertical lengths are integrated to obtain the vertical length over all lines (# 304). This is in each line
This is because there may be a character whose character size is set arbitrarily. Next, the length of the current input character size in the vertical direction is added to the length obtained in # 304 (# 30
6). If the character is being automatically set, it has the smallest character size, and if it is the arbitrarily set character size, the vertical length of the character size is added. Then, the total length in the vertical direction is compared with the vertical length of the set printing area, and it is determined whether or not printing can be performed in the printing area (# 308).
If the total length in the vertical direction is large (# 308 indicates “N
O ”), it is determined that printing is impossible in the print area, a message notifying that the line is over is displayed for 3 seconds on the liquid crystal display unit 7 (# 310), and the edit display screen is displayed again (# 31).
2).

As a message notifying the line over,
If the size of the character you are trying to input is too large to exceed the print area, a message as shown in Fig. 13 (a) will be displayed, and the line will be changed by changing the size of the confirmed character or setting the frame and underline. When it exceeds, it is shown in FIG.
A message as shown in (b) is displayed. If it is determined that there is a space for the entered characters in the print area (“YES” in # 308), conversion /
The unfixed character string before being fixed is stored in the storage unit 31 as character information (# 314).

Various editing operations such as converting the input hiragana character into a predetermined kanji character or converting into a predetermined character size are performed to sequentially determine the input character. At this time, every time the character is fixed, the above-mentioned # 30
The processes of 2 to # 308 are repeatedly executed.

Further, in this editing operation, every time a character is fixed, it is also judged whether or not the fixed character string fits within one line being edited. If the character size is being set automatically, it will be the minimum character size due to # 302, which is the sum of the horizontal lengths of this minimum character size. If there is, it becomes the horizontal length of the character size, and is added up each time it is determined (# 316). Thereafter, the accumulated character string length and the horizontal length of the print area are compared (# 318), and if the character string length is longer,
The string being edited will contain overflow characters. The overflowed characters are sent to the overflow storage area of the storage unit 31 one by one from the right end of the character string in this edit line, and the character is deleted from the character string being input (# 320). This process is repeated until the determination result of # 318 becomes "YES". At the time point of "YES" in # 318, only the character string that can be input remains in the input character string, and the character string of the overflow portion is separately stored in the overflow storage area.

If no such overflow character exists, it is determined to be "NO" in # 322, and the liquid crystal display unit 7
The character string being edited is displayed on the edit screen (# 31
2).

On the other hand, if an overflow character exists, it is determined to be "YES" in # 322, and both the character string that can be stored in the print area and the above-mentioned character string that is stored in the overflow storage area are displayed on the liquid crystal display. It is displayed on the section 7 (# 324). The display at this time is, as shown in FIG. 14, a fixed character string that fits in the print area, for example, “new business”, and then a reverse display is repeated to display a blinking over mark 50, and on the right side of this display. An undetermined overflowed character string, for example, "Suishinbu" is displayed. That is, the printable fixed character is located on the left side of the overmark 50, and the overflowed unfixed character string is displayed on the right side of the overmark 50.

In this way, the user is informed that the character string located on the right side of the overmark 50 does not fit in the print area. This overmark 50 can be changed by changing the character size and character decoration after input.
It is also displayed when the horizontal length of the input character string exceeds the print area. When the overmark 50 is displayed, the user can change the size of the confirmed character located on the left side of the overmark 50 or can break the character string located on the right side of the overmark 50 and move to the next line. The desired character string that can be stored in the print area is created by performing operations such as.

As described above, by inputting characters, the number of characters,
The processing when the number of lines is exceeded has been described, but FIG. 12 shows a flowchart when a line feed operation is performed from the bottommost line in order to create a new line.

In this case as well, first, all the character sizes during automatic setting are changed to the minimum character size in Table 1 (# 402), and the maximum vertical character size in each line is set for each line. And the extracted lengths in the vertical direction are integrated (# 404). Next, the vertical length of the smallest character size is added to the vertical length obtained in # 404 to obtain the vertical length over all lines (# 406). The length in the vertical direction across the length and the length in the vertical direction of the print area are compared (# 408). If the length in the vertical direction across all lines is large (“NO” in # 408), after the line break message as shown in FIG. 13C is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 7 for 2 seconds (# 410). ), The edit screen is displayed (# 41
2). When an operation such as inputting, deleting or changing the character size is performed on this edit screen, the character size is automatically set according to the flow shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 described above (# 414). ). If the length in the vertical direction across all the lines is small in # 408 (“Y” in # 408).
ES "), it is determined that line feed is possible, and the cursor moves to a new line (# 416). Thereafter, the character size is automatically set under the condition that the new line is formed (# 4
14).

The apparatus 1 shown in this embodiment can print even a non-standardized label sheet as long as it has a size that can be physically inserted through the insertion port 5. Therefore, if the label information is correctly registered to the free-size label sheet (printing paper) in which the label information such as the dimension of the label sheet is set and registered by the user, the character size is automatically set according to the above-mentioned flowchart. It is also possible.

[0058]

As described above, according to the label printing apparatus of the present invention, since the character size setting means is provided, the printing area of the label to be printed, the number of lines of characters input by the user, and Considering the number of characters in each line,
Since the maximum character size that can be accommodated in the print area of each label is automatically set, the user's annoying operation of setting the character size, which is performed in order to print appropriately on the desired label, can be simplified. Further, by providing the character string excess determination means, even when the user inputs characters by exceeding the length of the character string that can be entered in one line, the character string that can be accommodated in the print area and this print area are exceeded. By displaying an excess character indicator between the character string and the user and informing the user of that fact, the character editing work can be efficiently performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a label printing apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an internal mechanism of the label printing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an internal mechanism of the label printing apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a key arrangement of the label printing apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a sheet sensor.

FIG. 6 is a control block diagram in the label printing apparatus.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing a positional relationship of labels with respect to a label sheet.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating setting of an initial value of a character size in automatic character size setting.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating automatic setting of character size.

10A and 10B are explanatory diagrams showing a method of setting an initial value of a character size corresponding to a shape of a label.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a process when the number of input characters or the number of lines exceeds.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing when the number of input lines exceeds due to a line feed operation.

13 (a), (b), and (c) are explanatory views showing a message displayed when each line is over.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which an overmark is displayed in a character string.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Label printing device, 4 ... Label sheet, 4a ... Label, 6 '... Key input part, 7 ... Liquid crystal display part, 30 ... CP
U, 31 ... Storage unit, 50 ... Overmark (character excess sign).

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A label printing device for inputting a desired character string and printing the input character string for each label arranged on a label sheet, wherein the label printing device comprises a display means and a storage means. And a processing unit, the display unit displays a message according to the input character string and each operation step, the storage unit, each label arranged on the label sheet It stores label information for specifying the size and arrangement position of the character and character size information that defines a plurality of character sizes as the character size to be printed, and the processing means includes the character size setting means and the character string excess. The character size setting means determines a print area from the label information, and based on the number of input characters and the number of characters in each line, the print area of each label is determined. The maximum character size that can be accommodated within is selected from the character size information, and the character size is automatically set. The character string excess determination means is the character size during automatic setting that exists in one line being edited. To
First processing means for changing the character size to the smallest character size in the character size information, and a total sum of the horizontal lengths of the character sizes in the automatic setting which has been changed to the smallest character size, and individually set. Second processing means for obtaining the character string length of the character string created in the line being edited, by adding the sum of the horizontal lengths of the character sizes, and the character string length and the print area of the label. When the character string length is large, the character string being edited within the print area and this print area are exceeded when the character string length is large. And a third processing means for displaying an excess character marker between the character string and the character string. 2. The processing means further comprises line excess determination means, which determines the character size in automatic setting that is already present in each line that has already been edited and is the minimum in the character size information. 4th processing means for changing all to the character size of, and thereafter, from the character string of each line including the individually set character size, the character size with the maximum length in the vertical direction,
Fifth processing means for extracting from each line including the line currently being edited, accumulating the vertical lengths of the extracted character sizes to obtain the vertical length over all lines, and this all line The vertical length of the label and the vertical length of the print area of the label are constantly compared, and if the length of all the lines is large, the display means displays a message indicating a line excess. The label printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: