Print Data Generation for Tape Media with Complete String Disposition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing print data creation devices often cut off the last character string when printing repeatedly on tape-shaped media, resulting in an unappealing finish due to mismatched print lengths.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus and method that generates print data to repeatedly dispose objects on a tape medium with a specified disposition space, ensuring a maximum number of objects fit within a defined area length, preventing cut-offs and maintaining a uniform appearance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the print data creation device repeatedly prints the input character string until the length becomes the specified label length, then the label length specification is satisfied, but the last character string may be cut off resulting in poor appearance
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculation before printing to determine the optimal number of repetitions and positioning. By calculating in advance how many times the character string should be repeated and where to position each instance, the system ensures that the last character string is complete and not cut off, while still achieving the specified label length.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the printing parameters based on the relationship between the input character string length and the specified label length. It calculates the appropriate number of repetitions and positioning offsets to maximize the use of available space while ensuring complete character strings, making the printing process adaptive rather than fixed.
2Productivity
If the character string is printed repeatedly to fill the label length, then the label length is utilized fully, but the last character string may be incomplete causing aesthetic issues
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculation to determine the maximum number of complete character strings that can fit within the specified label length. By calculating beforehand, it ensures that only complete character strings are printed, avoiding incomplete last strings while maximizing space utilization.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the printing parameters (number of repetitions, positioning) based on the calculated optimal values that ensure complete character strings. It adjusts these parameters dynamically to achieve both high space utilization and complete character strings without cut-offs.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition section configured to obtain input information, an input space, and an input length; and a generation section configured to generate print data in accordance with the obtained input information, the input space, and the input length such that an object based on the input information is repeatedly disposed on a print medium in a medium direction with a disposition space corresponding to the input space between the objects with each other, and a maximum number of the objects accommodated in an object area being an area on the print medium with an area length corresponding to the input length in the medium direction are printed in the object area.