Patent ID: 11915073
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A method performed by a terminal device, comprising:
in a case where a preparation instruction for printing using a database file is obtained in a state where a specific label file exists, generating a first label file based on the specific label file; and a first database file associated with the first label file based on the specific label file, wherein
the specific label file is generated, by the terminal device, based on interaction of the terminal device with a user,
the specific label file includes one or more object regions in which a print target object is to be placed and first text information written in a first object region of the one or more object regions, and the first label file includes the one or more object regions and does not include the first text information, and
the first database file stores a first field name corresponding to the first object region and a first text obtained by using the first text information in association with each other;

in a case where a first print instruction for printing using the first label file is obtained after the first label file and the first database file have been generated, generating first print data by using the first label file and the first database file associated with the first label file, wherein in the first print data, the first text information obtained by using the first text stored in the first database file is written in the first object region corresponding to the first field name associated with the first text; and
sending the first print data to a label printer.