Patent ID: 6459943
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
A seal producing apparatus in which an imprint pattern according to an input character string is formed on a seal face member of a seal, said seal producing apparatus comprising:file storage means for storing, as a file, imprint information including information of a character string and information of a print attribute; a file management table which stores information used for managing storage state at the file storage means, the information stored in the file management table including information of seal type; and file editing/managing means for managing and editing the file stored in the file storage means by using the information stored in the file management table; said file editing/managing means having at least a registration portion for registering a file and a calling portion for calling a file; said calling portion permitting calling of a file only when a predetermined relationship is established between a seal type of a seal loaded in the seal producing apparatus and a seal type associated with a file to be called; said predetermined relationship being that the seal loaded in the seal producing apparatus is a seal type having a shape and size suitable to contain the allowable number of lines and the allowable number of characters per line in the seal type associated with the file to be called and that the size of the seal type of the seal loaded in the seal producing apparatus is equal to or larger than the size of the seal type associated with the file to be called.