JPH0911552A - Page printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To be able to realize high speed printing by conducting the developing process of the second and following pages to a dot image in a short time when a plurality of pages are printed. CONSTITUTION: The print data from a host computer 1 is analyzed by a print data analyzer 23, and a font image and image data are extracted. The extracted font data is developed to dot image by a font developing unit 24, and the image data is developed to a dot image by an image developing unit 25. The dot image developed by the developing units are compressed by a data compressor 30, and respectively stored in a font cache memory 26 and an image cache memory 27. When a print request of a plurality of pages is designated, if there is dot image to be developed in a page memory 33 for the second and following pages, the dot image is read from the cache memory, extended by a data recovering unit 31, and developed in the page memory.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a page printer suitable for printing a plurality of pages and a plurality of labels.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A page printer for monochrome printing, for example, generates a dot image based on print data from a host device, such as a host computer, develops this dot image in a page memory, and outputs "1" on the page memory. According to the information of "0" and "0", for example, the heating element of the thermal head is caused to generate heat to melt the ink of the ink ribbon and transfer the ink to the paper for printing.

A page printer for color printing decomposes a color designated by print data from a host computer into basic colors of yellow, magenta, cyan and black, and a dot image for one page for each basic color. The dot image for each basic color is generated in the page memory and printed on the same paper by using the yellow, magenta, cyan, and black ink ribbon for each dot image in each page memory by the thermal head. The above process is repeated to perform color printing of one page.

When a plurality of pages are printed by such a page printer, conventionally, for example, there are many common parts between the first page and the second and subsequent pages, and even when only some parts are different. The second and subsequent pages were printed by performing the same image editing process as the first page. Therefore, the image editing process takes time, and particularly in color printing, the image editing process is performed for each basic color, which requires a lot of time.

[0005]

As described above, the conventional page printer has a problem in that when printing a plurality of pages, the image editing process for the second and subsequent pages takes time and high-speed printing cannot be performed.

In view of this, the invention according to claim 1 provides a page printer capable of rapidly developing the dot images of the second and subsequent pages in a short time when printing a plurality of pages and realizing high-speed printing. provide.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2, when printing is performed on a plurality of labels, it is possible to quickly perform a development process into a dot image for each label in a short time and realize high-speed printing on the label. Provide a page printer.

[0008]

The invention corresponding to claim 1 is:
In a page printer that creates a dot image based on the print data from the host device, develops this dot image in the page memory, and then prints it out, analyzes the print data from the host device and extracts the font data and image data. Print data analyzing means, font expanding means for expanding the font data extracted by the print data analyzing means into dot images, image expanding means for expanding the image data extracted by the print data analyzing means into dot images, and font expanding means And data compression means for compressing the dot image expanded by the image expansion means, a font cache memory for storing the dot image corresponding to the font data compressed by the data compression means, and the image data compressed by the data compression means. Dot image The image cache memory for storing the image data, the font cache memory and the data restoring means for expanding the dot image stored in the image cache memory, and the dot image to be expanded in the page memory are stored in the font cache memory or the image cache memory. When a print request for a plurality of pages is made, the dot image to be expanded in the page memory is determined by the determining means in the case of printing the second and subsequent pages. It is determined whether or not it is stored in the cache memory, and if it is stored, the corresponding dot image is read from the font cache memory or the image cache memory, decompressed by the data decompression means, and expanded in the page memory.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a page printer that creates a dot image based on print data from a host device, develops the dot image in a page memory, and prints it out on a label, printing from the host device is performed. Print data analysis means for analyzing data and extracting font data and image data, font expansion means for expanding the font data extracted by this print data analysis means into dot images, and image data extracted by the print data analysis means An image developing means for developing a dot image, a font developing means and a fixed portion image memory for storing the dot image when the dot image developed by the image developing means is fixed portion data registered in advance,
A variable part image memory for storing the dot image when the dot image expanded by the font expanding means and the image expanding means is variable part data other than the fixed part data,
A dot image composed of a fixed part image memory and a variable part image memory, and a data combining means for combining the dot image of the variable part image memory, a page memory composed of the fixed part image memory and the variable part image memory, and combined by the data combining means. Is printed on a label.

[0010]

In the invention according to claim 1, when there is a print request for a plurality of pages, the printing for the second and subsequent pages is
It is determined whether the dot image to be expanded in the page memory is stored in the font cache memory or the image cache memory. If not stored, the dot image is expanded in the page memory as it is, and if it is stored, the corresponding dot image is stored. Is read from the font cache memory or the image cache memory, decompressed, and expanded in the page memory. Then, printing is performed by the dot image developed in the page memory.

According to the second aspect of the invention, of the dot images to be printed on the label, the fixed part that does not change is previously developed into a dot image and stored in the fixed part image memory. Then, only for the variable part data other than the fixed part data, the font data and the image data are expanded into a dot image and stored in the variable part image memory, and then the dot images of the fixed part image memory and the variable part image memory are combined. To print on the label.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) This embodiment is an embodiment corresponding to claim 1, and in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a host computer which is a host device, and 2 is electrically connected to the host computer 1 via a cable 3. Page printer. The page printer 2 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 21 constituting a control unit main body, a reception buffer 22 for storing print data received from the host computer 1, and a print data received by the reception buffer 22 for analysis. However, a print data analysis unit 23 for extracting font data and image data is provided.

The page printer 2 includes a font expanding unit 24, an image expanding unit 25, a font cache memory 26, an image cache memory 27, a font cache information managing unit 28, an image cache information managing unit 29, and the font expanding unit 24. And a data compressing unit 30 for compressing the dot image data expanded by the image expanding unit 25, a data restoring unit 31 for expanding the compressed dot image data stored in the font cache memory 26 and the image cache memory 27, and JI.
S A font data storage unit 32 that stores outline font data corresponding to various character codes defined in the character set such as the first level and the second level, a page memory 33 that stores dot image data for one page, the C
A printer engine 34 that prints out the dot image data of the page memory 33 on a recording sheet according to an instruction from the PU 21 is provided. The font data storage unit 3
The data stored in 2 is not limited to outline font data, but may be bitmap font data.

The font cache information management unit 28
Provides a font cache table 35 having the configuration shown in FIG. The font cache table 35 is created when the compressed dot image data is stored in the font cache memory 26, and is referred to by the font expansion unit 24.

The font cache table 35 is
The font name storage area 35a, the font size storage area 35b, the character code storage area 35c, the horizontal width X storage area 35d, the vertical height Y storage area 35e, and the font cache memory 26 are stored in the font cache memory 26. It is composed of a pointer 35f. For example, when dot image data of a character "A" having a typeface name of Courier and a size of 16 points is stored in the font cache memory 26, the areas 35a to 3 of the font cache table 35 are stored.
The data stored in 5f is as shown in FIG.
A storage area 35d having a horizontal width X of the font,
The storage area 35e for the vertical height Y of the font stores a numerical value that represents the horizontal width and vertical height of the developed dot image in dots. The font name storage area 35a stores a constant for identifying a typeface name. In this case, the constant corresponding to the typeface name "Courier" is "5".

The image cache information management unit 29
Is provided with an image cache table 36 having the configuration shown in FIG. The image cache table 36 is created when the compressed dot image data is stored in the image cache memory 27, and is referred to by the image decompression unit 25.

The image cache table 36 is
An object identification name storage area 36a, an object attribute storage area 36b, an object horizontal width X storage area 36c, a vertical height Y storage area 36d, and a pointer 36e to the image cache memory 25. It consists of. The object identification name storage area 36a stores a constant value for identifying an object such as a quadrangle, a circle, or a bitmap. Attribute storage area 3 for the object
6b stores information related to the object. For example, if the object is a quadrangle, horizontal and vertical lengths, color information, and the like are stored. The information stored in the object attribute storage area 36b differs depending on the type of object. Note that the horizontal width X of the object
The storage area 36c and the storage area 36d for the vertical height Y of the object store numerical values representing the horizontal width and vertical height of the developed dot image in dots.

For example, when the object is a quadrangle, each area 36a of the image cache table 36.
The data stored in 36e is as shown in FIG.

The font expansion unit 24 is a font cache table 3 of the font cache information management unit 28.
5 is searched, and if the dot image of the font data to be expanded is stored in the font cache memory 26, the compressed dot image stored in the font cache memory 26 is expanded by the data restoration unit 31 and It is developed on the page memory 33.

The font expanding unit 24 searches the font cache table 35 of the font cache information managing unit 28, and if the dot image of the font data to be expanded is not stored in the font cache memory 26, the print data is printed. The font data corresponding to the character code in the above is read from the font data storage unit 32, contour drawing, filling, etc. are performed, a desired dot pattern is created and developed on the page memory 33. The dot image generated at this time is compressed by the data compression unit 30 and stored in the font cache memory 26.
Then, a font cache table 35 is created in the font cache information management unit 28. The font cache memory 26 is adapted to store the font data expanded into dot images in a compressed format.

The image expanding unit 25 includes the image cache table 3 of the image cache information managing unit 29.
6 is searched, and if the dot image of the image data to be expanded is stored in the image cache memory 27, the compressed dot image stored in the image cache memory 27 is expanded by the data restoration unit 31 and It is developed on the page memory 33.

The image expanding unit 25 searches the image cache table 36 of the image cache information managing unit 29, and if the dot image of the image data to be expanded is not stored in the image cache memory 27, print data is printed. Image data is generated from the image data (drawing command) in the image data and developed on the page memory 33. The dot image generated at this time is compressed by the data compression unit 30 and stored in the image cache memory 27. Then, the image cache table 36 is created in the image cache information management unit 29. The image cache memory 27 stores the expanded dot image in a compressed format.

In such a configuration, in the case of printing only one page, when the print data is transmitted from the host computer 1, the page printer 2 stores this print data in the reception buffer 22. The print data in the reception buffer 22 is taken into the print data analysis unit 23 and analyzed to extract font data and image data. Then, the font data is supplied to the font expansion unit 24,
The image data is supplied to the image developing unit 25.

Font expansion unit 24 and image expansion unit 2
Reference numeral 5 generates dot image data in which the presence / absence of dots to be printed is represented by “1” and “0” as they are, and the dot image data is developed on the page memory 33. And C
The PU 21 transfers the dot image data for one page stored in the page memory 33 to the print engine 34 at a predetermined timing, and the print engine 34
Instruct to print on. In this way, the print engine 34 prints on the paper.

When performing color printing, the color specified by the print data is separated into basic colors of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, a dot image is generated for each basic color, and the dot image is generated in the page memory. Develop and print on top. Therefore, in this case, a page memory is required for each basic color, and a capacity for four pages is required.

When printing a plurality of pages as shown in FIG. 4, processing based on FIG. 5 is performed. In the printing process of the first page, the font data and the image data are extracted by the print data analysis unit 23 in S2. As font data, character strings F1 to F
4 corresponds, and as image data, I1 to I3 correspond. I3 indicates a frame.

The extracted font data F1 to F4 are
In step S3, the font expansion unit 24 searches the font cache table 35 of the font cache information management unit 28, and as a result of the search, the font cache memory 26
If it is determined that there is no corresponding dot image data, then in step S5, dot image data is generated based on the font data, which is print data, and is developed on the page memory 33. Subsequently, in S6, the generated dot image data is compressed by the data compression unit 30 and stored in the font cache memory 26. At this time, a font cache table 35 for identifying the compressed data stored in the font cache memory 26 is created in the font cache information management unit 28.

On the other hand, the image data I1 to I3 extracted by the print data analyzing unit 23 are searched in the image cache table 36 of the image cache information managing unit 29 by the image expanding unit 25 in S4.
If it is determined that there is no corresponding dot image data in the image cache memory 27, subsequently, in S7, dot image data is generated based on the image data (drawing command) that is the print data, and is expanded on the page memory 33. To do. Subsequently, in S8, the generated dot image data is compressed by the data compression unit 30 and stored in the image cache memory 27. At this time, the image cache memory 2 is displayed in the image cache information management unit 29.
An image cache table 36 for identifying the compressed data stored in 7 is created.

In this way, when all the print data for one page has been expanded in the page memory 33, the dot image data expanded in the page memory 33 is transferred to the print engine 34 in step S11, and the print engine 34 The page is printed.

On the other hand, in the print processing for the second and subsequent pages, the font data extracted by the print data analysis unit 23 in S2 is stored in the font cache information management unit 28 by the font expansion unit 24 in S3. The font cache table 35 will be searched, but 2
The font data F31 and F32 on and after the first page are not the same as the font data F3 on the first page, and since they are not stored in the font cache memory 26, the same process as the printing process on the first page is performed. That is, a do image is generated based on the font data F31 and F32, and this is expanded on the page memory 33, and then S
The process of 6 will be performed.

On the other hand, the font data F11, F21, F41, F12, F22, F42 for the second and subsequent pages are exactly the same as the font data F1, F2, F4 for the first page,
Since the compressed data has already been stored in the font cache memory 26, the font decompression unit 24 causes the font cache information management unit 28 to operate in S3.
When the font cache table 35 is searched, it is determined that the compressed data of the corresponding dot image data is stored in the font cache memory 26, and in S9, the corresponding compressed data is read from the font cache memory 26 to restore the data. It is expanded by the unit 31 and expanded on the page memory 33.

The image data extracted by the print data analyzing unit 23 in S2 is processed by the image expanding unit 25 in the image cache information managing unit 29 in S4.
However, the image data I21 and I22 of the second and subsequent pages is 1
Since it is not the same as the image data I2 of the page and is not stored in the image cache memory 27, the same process as the printing process of the first page is performed. That is, the do-image is generated based on the image data I21 and I22, and this is expanded on the page memory 33, and then the process of S8 is performed.

On the other hand, the image data I11, I31, I12, I32 of the second and subsequent pages are exactly the same as the image data I1, I3 of the first page, and the already compressed data is the image cache memory 27. Therefore, when the image decompression unit 25 searches the image cache table 36 of the image cache information management unit 29 in S4, the compressed data of the corresponding dot image data is stored in the image cache memory 2
7, the corresponding compressed data is read from the image cache memory 27 and decompressed by the data decompression unit 31, which is stored in the page memory 3 in S10.
Expand to 3.

Also for the second and subsequent pages, when the print data for one page is developed in the page memory 33, the dot image data developed in the page memory 33 is transferred to the print engine 34 in S11. Printing is performed by the print engine 34. The above operation is repeated until printing of all pages is completed.

In this way, the dot image of the once expanded font data is stored in the font cache memory 26 in a compressed form, and the dot image of the expanded image data is stored in the image cache memory 27 in a compressed form. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, when printing multiple pages with the contents in which only part of the font data (F3) or part of the image data (I2) changes, it is common for each page. The part (F1,
For F2, F4, I1, I3), the dot image is developed only for the first page, and for the second and subsequent pages, the dot image may be read from the font cache memory 26 or the image cache memory 27 and used. Therefore, only a part of the variable portion is always expanded into a dot image on each page, and the dot image generation processing for the second and subsequent pages can be quickly performed in a short time, and high-speed printing can be realized.

If this is applied to color printing which requires generation of a large number of dot images for the processing of one page, more remarkable effects can be obtained, and high speed printing of many pages of color printing can be realized.

Further, the print data from the host computer 1 is separated into font data and image data by the print data analysis unit 23. This is because the processing time for generating dot image data is different between the font data and the image data. This is because they are different. That is, normally, regarding the font (character), character data (bitmap data of a character corresponding to each point size in the case of a bitmap font, outline information of a character in the case of an outline font) is stored in a ROM or an external storage device in the printer itself. Etc. are held, it is possible to receive dot image data as a character code from the host computer and relatively easily generate the dot image data using the ROM or an external storage device.

On the other hand, the image data is sent from the host computer by, for example, Esc-C 255 64 128 (graphic color designation command), Esc-d 1 (line type designation command), Esc-S.
Data is received in a format such as 16032070 (circle drawing command), and dot image data for drawing a "circle" in this case is generated as a figure. The dot image data expansion processing takes longer processing time than the font data expansion processing. In particular, in the case of color printing, it usually takes much more processing time to generate dot image data for performing pseudo halftone processing or the like. For this reason, if the processing time for developing the image data of the print data into a dot image is shortened, the processing time for developing one page of page memory can be shortened as a whole.

(Second Embodiment) This embodiment is an embodiment corresponding to claim 2. The same parts as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof will be omitted. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the page printer 2 includes a CPU 21, a reception buffer 22, a print data analysis unit 231, a font expansion unit 24, an image expansion unit 25, and a font data storage unit 3.
2, a fixed part image memory 37, a variable part image memory 38, a data synthesizing part 39, and a print engine 34. The print data analysis unit 231 fetches print data from the reception buffer 22,
Image data and print control data are extracted. The print control data indicates, for example, a print start command or the like.

The fixed part image memory 37 is adapted to store the dot image data generated by the font expanding part 24 and the image expanding part 25 in the fixed part registration state. The variable part image memory 38 is adapted to store the dot image data generated by the font expanding part 24 and the image expanding part 25 when not in the fixed part registration state. Fixed part image memory 3
7 and the variable part image memory 38 constitute a page memory. The data synthesizing unit 39 synthesizes the contents of the fixed part image memory 37 and the variable part image memory 38 to generate output data to be transferred to the print engine 34.

When the print data is received from the host computer 1, the page printer 2 performs the print processing shown in FIG. That is, in S21, the print data analysis unit 231
Extracts font data, image data, and print control data. The extracted print control data is S
22, S23, S24 in the fixed part registration start command,
Whether the fixed part registration end command or the print start command is checked. And if it is the fixed part registration start command,
In S25, the fixed part registration flag is turned on. If the command is a fixed part registration end command, the fixed part registration flag is turned off in S26. If the command is a print start command, in S27, the contents of the fixed part image memory 37 and the contents of the variable part image memory 38 are combined by the data combining part 39 and sent to the print engine 34.

Further, the extracted font data is expanded into a dot image by the font expansion unit 24, but the image memory for storing the dot image data differs depending on ON / OFF of the fixed part registration flag. That is, S2
At step 8, it is checked whether the fixed part registration flag is ON or OFF.
At 9, dot image data is generated based on the print data (font data) and stored in the fixed portion image memory 37. If it is OFF, it is determined that the fixed part is not registered, and print data (font data) is determined in S30.
The dot image data is generated based on the above, and stored in the variable part image memory 38.

The extracted image data is expanded into a dot image by the image expansion unit 25, but the image memory for storing the dot image data differs depending on whether the fixed part registration flag is ON or OFF. That is, S3
In step 1, it is checked whether the fixed part registration flag is ON or OFF. If it is ON, it is determined that the fixed part registration state is set, and S3
At 2, the dot image data is generated based on the print data (image data) and stored in the fixed portion image memory 37. If it is OFF, it is determined that the fixed part is not registered, and the print data (image data) is determined in S33.
The dot image data is generated based on the above, and stored in the variable part image memory 38.

In such a structure, for example, as shown in FIG.
When printing the label shown in (a), the contents shown in (a) of FIG. 9 are stored in the fixed part image memory 37 in advance in the fixed part registration state. Then, the fixed part registration state is released, and the host computer 1 transmits print data for printing the content shown in FIG. 9B to the page printer 2.

In the page printer 2, the print data analysis unit 231 analyzes this print data, and the font expansion unit 24
Expanded to a dot image at the variable image memory 3
8 stores the contents shown in FIG. 9 (b).

Then, in response to a print start command from the host computer 1, the data synthesizing unit 39 synthesizes the contents of the fixed unit image memory 37 and the contents of the variable unit image memory 38, and transfers the synthesized data to the print engine 34. In this way, the print engine 34 prints the content shown in FIG. 8A on the label.

Subsequently, when printing the label shown in FIG. 8B, the fixed part image memory 37 has already been printed in FIG.
Since the contents shown in (a) are stored, print data for printing the contents shown in (c) of FIG. 9 is transmitted from the host computer 1 to the page printer 2.

In the page printer 2, the print data analysis unit 231 analyzes this print data, and the font expansion unit 24
Expanded to a dot image at the variable image memory 3
8 stores the contents shown in FIG. 9 (c).

Then, in response to a print start command from the host computer 1, the data synthesizing unit 39 synthesizes the contents of the fixed unit image memory 37 and the contents of the variable unit image memory 38, and transfers the synthesized data to the print engine 34. In this way, the print engine 34 prints the content shown in FIG. 8B on the paper. Similarly, the content shown in FIG. 8C is printed on the next label.

As described above, when printing a plurality of labels, before printing the first label of the first sheet,
In the fixed part registration state, the font data and image data common to all the labels are expanded into dot images and stored in the fixed part image memory 37, so that only the variable part data is printed by the host when printing each label. It is only necessary to receive from the computer 1 and develop it into a dot image and store it in the variable part image memory 38, and the amount of data developed into a dot image can be reduced. Therefore,
At the time of printing on each label, the processing time for developing a dot image is shortened, and high-speed printing can be realized.

[0051]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, when printing a plurality of pages, the dot image to be expanded in the page memory is stored in the font cache memory or the image cache memory for the second and subsequent pages. If so, the corresponding dot image is read from the font cache memory or the image cache memory, decompressed, and expanded in the page memory, so that the expansion process into dot images can be performed quickly in a short time. High speed printing can be realized.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when printing on a plurality of labels, the dot image to be commonly printed on each label is stored in advance in the fixed part image memory, and at the time of printing on the label. Since the dot image of the fixed part image memory is used as it is and only the changing print data is expanded to the dot image, the expansion process to the dot image can be performed quickly in a short time and high-speed printing on the label. Can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration and a data storage example of a font cache table of the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration and an example of data storage of an image cache table of the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of printing multiple pages according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a multi-page printing process of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a label printing process of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of printing a plurality of labels according to the same embodiment.

9 is a diagram showing dot image data stored in a fixed portion image memory and a variable portion image memory when printing a plurality of sheets in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Host computer 2 ... Page printer 21 ... CPU (central processing unit) 23 ... Print data analysis unit 24 ... Font development unit 25 ... Image development unit 26 ... Font cache memory 27 ... Image cache memory 28 ... Font cache information management unit 29 Image cache information management unit 30 Data compression unit 31 Data restoration unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A page printer that creates a dot image based on print data from a host device, develops this dot image in a page memory, and then prints it out, analyzes print data from the host device, and outputs font data. And print data analysis means for extracting image data,
A font expanding means for expanding the font data extracted by the print data analyzing means into a dot image, an image expanding means for expanding the image data extracted by the print data analyzing means into a dot image, the font expanding means and the image expanding means. A data compression means for compressing the dot image expanded by, a font cache memory for storing the dot image corresponding to the font data compressed by the data compression means, and a dot image corresponding to the image data compressed by the data compression means. The image cache memory to be stored, the font cache memory and data restoring means for expanding the dot image stored in the image cache memory, and the dot image to be expanded in the page memory are the font cache memory. Or, if there is a print request for a plurality of pages, the determination means determines whether or not it is stored in the image cache memory. It is determined whether or not the dot image to be stored is stored in the font cache memory or the image cache memory, and if it is stored, the corresponding dot image is read from the font cache memory or the image cache memory to restore the data. A page printer which is expanded by means and expanded in the page memory. 2. A page printer that creates a dot image based on print data from a host device, develops this dot image in a page memory, and prints out on a label, analyzes print data from the host device, Print data analysis means for extracting font data and image data,
A font expanding means for expanding the font data extracted by the print data analyzing means into a dot image, an image expanding means for expanding the image data extracted by the print data analyzing means into a dot image, the font expanding means and the image expanding means. When the dot image expanded by is fixed part data registered in advance, when the fixed part image memory for storing this dot image and the dot image expanded by the font expanding means and the image expanding means is variable part data other than the fixed part data A variable part image memory for storing this dot image, and a data synthesizing means for synthesizing the dot image of the fixed part image memory and the dot image of the variable part image memory are provided. The page memo Configure, page printer that the dot image synthesized by said data synthesizing means, characterized in that printed out on the label.