Patent ID: 11904616
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus communicatively connected to a tape printing apparatus that performs printing by thermal transfer of an ink on an ink ribbon to a tape, the method comprising causing the information processing apparatus to execute
acquiring a tape width of the tape,
receiving an instruction to print a print image,
calculating a margin length of a margin region of the tape measured in a tape width direction, the margin region being provided with respect to a print region in the tape width direction, the print region being where the print image is to be printed,
determining whether or not the margin length is a particular proportion or above of the tape width,
controlling the tape printing apparatus to print the print image in the print region and to print a margin image in the margin region when it is determined that the margin length is the particular proportion or above of the tape width, and
controlling the tape printing apparatus to print the print image in the print region and not to print the margin image in the margin region when it is determined that the margin length is not the particular proportion or above of the tape width.