Patent ID: 8672564

Claim:
A printing device for printing labels comprising: a printing mechanism; a memory for storing one or more letter sets, each letter set including at least a principal letter and at least one additional letter comprising an accented version of the principal letter; a user input having letter selection keys configured to cause selection of a letter set to define an image to be printed by the printing device, a single letter or a single letter set being associated with a respective letter selection key of said letter selection keys and a key which controls if a selected letter is printed in upper case or lower case; and a controller for accessing letters from the memory to be printed which correspond to letters selected at the user input using the letter selection keys; wherein the printing device is configured such that a letter selection key of said letter selection keys has a first mode of operation, in which actuation of the letter selection key selects said principal letter associated with said letter selection key to define an image to be printed of said principal letter, and a second mode of operation, in which available accented versions of said principal letter are displayed in turn if actuation of said letter selection key is maintained or with each actuation of the letter selection key and then actuation of any key other than the letter selection key selects the accented version of the principal letter being displayed at the time the any key other than the letter selection key is actuated, to define an image to be printed of the accented version of the principal letter.