Patent ID: 8994961
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A recording device capable of connecting to a control device, comprising: a recording head configured to record on a recording medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the recording medium in a conveyance direction; a reception unit configured to receive characters from the control device; a storage unit configured to store font data corresponding to the characters; and a recording control unit configured to read font data corresponding to the characters from the storage unit and records on the recording medium based on the characters received by the reception unit, and when font data for one or more than one of a hyphen or a dot on the same line is received by the reception unit the recording unit converts the font data on the same line to font data with less white space, and records by the recording head; wherein by reducing the white space, number of dots in a direction corresponding to the conveyance direction of the recording medium is reduced, such that reduction in length of the recording medium results; and the recording control unit compares the dot count in the conveyance direction of the actual data that is actually recorded by driving the recording head and the dot count in the conveyance direction of the white space contained in the font data for the hyphens or the dots before conversion, and applies the conversion when the dot count of the actual data is smaller than the dot count of the white space.