公开(公告)号：US06491454B1

公开(公告)日：2002-12-10

申请号：US09253104

申请日：1999-02-19

申请人： Yoshiya Toyosawa ,  Kenji Watanabe ,  Takeshi Hosokawa

发明人： Yoshiya Toyosawa ,  Kenji Watanabe ,  Takeshi Hosokawa

IPC分类号： B41J346

CPC分类号： G06F17/211 ,  B41J3/4075 ,  B41J3/46

摘要： A tape printing apparatus and method for printing a series of characters on a tape including an input device to input a series of characters, and a display device coupled to the input device and configured to display the series of characters. A tape length calculator is coupled to the input device to automatically calculate a total length of tape to be printed based upon the series of characters. The printing apparatus further includes a unit selector to convert the total length into a displayed length of a selected unit of length selected from at least two different choices of units of length, and a tape length display for displaying the displayed length in the selected unit of length prior to printing. A storage device is coupled to the unit selector and is adapted to store the length unit as a selected display unit.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在包括输入装置的磁带上打印一系列字符以输入一系列字符的带式打印装置和方法，以及耦合到输入装置并被配置为显示一系列字符的显示装置。 磁带长度计算器耦合到输入设备，以基于一系列字符自动计算要打印的磁带的总长度。 打印设备还包括单元选择器，用于将总长度转换成从至少两个长度单位的不同选择中选出的长度的所选单位的显示长度，以及用于在所选择的单位中显示所显示的长度的带长度显示 打印前的长度。 存储设备耦合到单元选择器，并且适于将长度单元存储为选择的显示单元。