Patent ID: 8149453
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: B41J,G06F

Abstract:
1. A print data-editing apparatus editing print data to be printed with a printing apparatus, the print data-editing apparatus comprising: a connecting device that connects the printing apparatus; a display device that displays information; a print medium type-acquiring portion that acquires from the printing apparatus a type of print medium set in the printing apparatus connected to the connecting device; a connection-detecting portion that detects that the printing apparatus has been connected to the connecting device; a printing apparatus type-acquiring portion that acquires from the printing apparatus a type of printing apparatus connected to the connecting device; a layout image display portion that displays on the display device a layout-editing screen including a layout image in which an object to be printed is arranged on an image of a print medium, the layout image display portion includes a display area and displays a layout-editing screen within the display area; a new layout image-creating portion that, when the connection-detecting portion has detected that the printing apparatus has been connected to the connecting device, newly displays on the layout image display portion a layout image of the print medium of the type acquired by the printing medium type-acquiring portion that is among print mediums printable in the printing apparatus of the type acquired by the printing apparatus type-acquiring portion, and the new layout image-creating portion that, wherein, when the type of print medium acquired by the print medium type-acquiring portion by means of control by the print medium information acquisition control portion is of a type of print medium that is different from the type of print medium stored in the print medium type storage device, the new layout image-creating portion newly displays on the layout image display portion a layout image of the print medium type acquired, the print data-editing apparatus further comprising: a creating instructions request portion that, when the connection-detecting portion has detected requests instructions for determining whether a layout image needs to be created by the new layout image-creating portion, whereby the print data-editing apparatus provides a user with an option of selecting whether to create a new layout image upon detecting that the new printing apparatus has been connected, or the printing apparatus has been changed; a new creating instructions input portion that inputs the instructions for determining whether, in accordance with the request made by the creating instructions request portion, a layout image needs to be created by the new layout image-creating portion; and a new layout image creation control portion that enables the new layout image-creating portion to create a layout image only after the creating instructions have been input by the new creating instructions input portion, wherein the print data-editing apparatus provides a user with an option of selecting whether to create a new layout image upon detecting a print medium change.