Patent ID: 8947722
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B41J,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A label printer having: a touchscreen for displaying and inputting label data, and comprising at least one input area; a hardware keyboard for inputting label data, and comprising at least one hardware key; and a controller arranged to control a printing apparatus for printing a label in accordance with label information; wherein the label information is derived from a combination of label data input via the at least one hardware key of said hardware keyboard and label data input via the at least one input area of said touchscreen; wherein at least one hardware key of the hardware keyboard is operable to be selected so as to cause a plurality of different character formats to be made available; and wherein the at least one input area of said touchscreen is operable to select at least one of said plurality of different character formats for each character to be printed.