Patent ID: 11875076
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. Printing apparatus for generating a printed matter by using a template in which a print object is allocated, the printing apparatus comprising:
a first storage device, the first storage device being configured to include a first template in which a first print object is allocated and a second template in which a second print object is allocated, the first print object being configured to be incorporated into the first template, the second print object being configured to be incorporated into the second template;
a second storage device;
a printing device; and
a controller,
wherein the controller is configured to execute:
a first selection reception process of receiving selection of the first template stored in the first storage device;
a first print data acquisition process of acquiring, from an outside of the controller, first print data for a first printed matter to be generated by using the first template, and storing the first print data in the second storage device;
a first incorporation process of incorporating the first print data as object data for the first print object into the first print object of the first template selected in the first selection reception process;
a first printing process of performing, by using the first template in which the first print data is incorporated in the first incorporation process, printing by the printing device, thereby generating the first printed matter;
a second selection reception process of receiving, after the first printing process, selection of the second template stored in the first storage device;
an association determination process of determining whether the second print object of the second template selected in the second selection reception process satisfies a predetermined association rule with respect to the first print object of the first template selected in the first selection reception process;
a second incorporation process of, when it is determined in the association determination process that the second print object satisfies the predetermined association rule with respect to the first print object, incorporating the first print data stored in the second storage device, as object data for the second print object into the second print object of the second template; and
a second printing process of performing, by using the second template in which the first print data is incorporated in the second incorporation process, printing by the printing device, thereby generating a corresponding second printed matter.