Patent ID: 9321289
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a controller that determines an aspect ratio of a printing pattern on a basis of data of an expansion and contraction rate of a continuous print medium to be expandable or contractible after printing on the print medium, the expansion and contraction rate including a first expansion and contraction rate corresponding to a ratio of the length of the print medium after expansion or contraction to the length of the print medium before the expansion or contraction in a longitudinal direction and a second expansion and contraction rate corresponding to a ratio of the length of the print medium after the expansion or contraction to the length of the print medium before the expansion or contraction in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; and a printing unit that prints the printing pattern of the aspect ratio determined by the controller, on the print medium before the expansion or contraction.