Patent ID: 6816281
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing device comprising:a display; user input means for inputting characters to be printed by the printing device and including cursor control means for controlling the position of a cursor on the display and function control means for controlling functions of the display; a controller responsive to the cursor control means and the function control means to control the printing device; and a label memory comprising a storage portion having a plurality of storage sections for holding label data defining a label to be printed; wherein the controller is operable in a label access mode to display a plurality of label access elements in a first portion of the display, each label access element representing a respective storage section in the storage portion of the memory, and responsive to said cursor control means to access a selected storage section of the storage portion associated with the label access element identified by the position of the cursor, and to display at least a part of any label data of the selected storage section in a second portion of the display.