Label Print Condition Retrieval for Content-Specific Printing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for sharing label data do not account for print conditions suitable for printing various contents, leading to potential unsuitable printing settings and waste of consumables.
Innovation Solution
A system that includes a label management server and client applications to manage and share label data, where print conditions are registered and adjusted to ensure suitability for each content, allowing for appropriate printing settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If label data is shared via a WWW server without content-specific print conditions, then the system is simple and easy to operate, but the printing suitability and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the label data into individual contents, each with its own associated print conditions. Instead of treating label data as a monolithic unit, the system divides it into discrete content elements that can be independently managed and printed with appropriate conditions. This segmentation allows the system to maintain ease of operation while improving printing suitability through content-specific condition storage and retrieval.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary component that stores and manages print conditions associated with contents. The server acts as a mediator between the label data sharing system and the printing process, retrieving appropriate print conditions from stored data and transmitting them to the printing device. This intermediary approach enables the system to maintain simplicity while ensuring reliable, content-appropriate printing through centralized condition management.
2Reliability
If print conditions are added for each content, then the printing suitability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal server-based system that handles multiple functions: storing label data, storing print conditions, retrieving contents, and transmitting print conditions. This multi-functional approach consolidates complexity into a centralized server rather than distributing it across multiple devices. The server serves as a universal platform that manages all content and condition-related operations, improving printing suitability while preventing excessive device complexity through functional consolidation.
3Manufacturing precision
If adjustment processing is performed to satisfy saved print conditions, then the manufacturing precision is improved, but the loss of time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-storing print conditions associated with each content in the server before the actual printing occurs. When label data is retrieved, the corresponding print conditions are already available and can be directly transmitted to the printing device without requiring time-consuming on-demand adjustments. This preliminary preparation of print conditions ensures high printing precision while minimizing time loss during the actual printing process.
Data Source
AI summary
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program configured to be executed by an information processing device configured to connect to a label printer. The program includes instructions that, when executed by a computer of the information processing device, causes the computer to execute acquisition processing of acquiring a print condition corresponding to a predetermined content from a server, and saving processing of saving the print condition acquired in the acquisition processing in association with the predetermined content. A print condition for each content configured to be included in label data is configured to be registered to the server. In a case where the server received a request related to the predetermined content from the information processing device, the server responds the print condition corresponding to the predetermined content to the information processing device.