Print Label Color-Coding System for Cartridge Compatibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies do not facilitate easy determination of whether user-desired appearance colors for print labels can be achieved using available cartridges, making it difficult for users to realize desired color combinations and adjust them if necessary.
Innovation Solution
A computer-readable storage medium and method that enables a terminal device connected to a printing device to receive color-code settings, determine corresponding color settings for print labels, and display these settings, allowing users to identify which cartridges can achieve desired colors and how to adjust them.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users set print colors and tape colors on each print label in advance, then the appearance of laid and pasted print labels can be displayed, but it becomes difficult to determine whether desired appearance colors can be realized using available cartridges
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary determination of color settings for each print label based on the desired appearance color and the types of available cartridges, before the user attempts to print. This preliminary action provides the user with information about which cartridges can realize the desired colors and how to adjust them, eliminating the need for trial-and-error printing.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback to the user by displaying the determined color settings and indicating which cartridges can realize the desired appearance colors. This feedback loop allows users to understand the relationship between available cartridges and achievable colors, enabling informed decisions about color adjustments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple types of cartridges are used to achieve desired appearance colors, then color flexibility is improved, but the complexity of determining which cartridges to use and how to configure them increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically determines the color settings for each print label by analyzing the desired appearance color and the capabilities of available cartridges. This self-service approach eliminates the need for users to manually configure complex cartridge combinations, as the system autonomously selects appropriate settings and provides guidance on which cartridges to use.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is designed to work with multiple types of cartridges simultaneously, providing universal compatibility. It can determine appropriate color settings regardless of which specific cartridges are available, making the system adaptable to various cartridge configurations without requiring separate configuration procedures for each cartridge type.
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AI summary
A terminal device is connected to a printing device on which a medium storage body accommodating a print medium is mounted. The printing device performs desired printings with using different types of the print media, and prepares a plurality of print labels which are laid and pasted in a thickness direction of the print labels to constitute a print label body. The terminal device receives a color-code setting for each of a plurality of regions provided on the print label body, determines a color setting on each of the plurality of print labels so as to realize a color-coding on the print label body corresponding to the received color-code setting, and displays, on a display unit of the terminal device, the determined color setting on the plurality of print labels.