Patent ID: 6062750
Filing Date: 2000-05-16
Classification: B41J,G06T

Abstract:
A printing apparatus comprising:input means for inputting various characters;design setting means for selecting a design pattern including a frame to be added around said characters and a background pattern to be added on a background of said characters thereby to emphasize the characters;memory means for storing ornament frame data of an ornament frame to be arranged at both sides of said frame, and mask data of the ornament frame;frame extending means for extending both sides of the frame selected by the design setting means corresponding to a length of the ornament frame when the background pattern is selected by the design setting means;first data producing means for producing first frame data of the frame extended by the frame extending means, the first frame data having a predetermined area, and first background pattern data of the background pattern selected by said design setting means, the first background pattern data having a predetermined area;second data producing means for producing design data by generating second background pattern data by a logical multiply of said first background pattern data and said mask data of the ornament frame and arranging the second background pattern data within second frame data specified by said ornament frame data and the first frame data;character data arrangement means for arranging character data input by means of said input means in the design data; andprinting means for printing said design data and character data.