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

Claim 6:
7. A tape printing apparatus comprising:
a print unit that performs printing by thermal transfer of an ink on an ink ribbon to a tape;
a tape width acquirer that acquires a tape width of the tape;
a receiver that receives an instruction to print a print image;
a calculator that calculates 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;
a proportion determiner that determines whether or not the margin length is a particular proportion or above of the tape width; and
a print controller that controls the print unit 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 controls the print unit 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.