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

Claim 5:
6. 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 information processing apparatus comprising:
a tape type acquirer that acquires a tape type of the tape;
a receiver that receives an instruction to print a print image;
a tape determiner that determines whether the tape is of a particular type based on the tape type acquired; and
a print controller that controls the tape printing apparatus to print the print image in a print region of the tape and to print a margin image in a margin region of the tape provided with respect to the print region in the tape width direction when it is determined that the tape is of the particular type, and controls 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 tape is not of the particular type.