Patent ID: 8345270
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A print data generation apparatus that generates print data to be used for printing a print-result including a plurality of lines on a tape-shaped print medium, comprising: an entry accepting device that accepts entries of a plurality of character strings to be printed on the print medium, each entry being separately accepted for each of the plurality of lines extending in a length direction of the print medium; a storage device that stores the plurality of character strings accepted by the entry accepting device, each of the plurality of character strings being stored for each of the plurality of lines; and a print data generation device that generates the print data in which each of the plurality of character strings stored in the storage device is repeated so that each of the character strings is printed in a predetermined character size and spacing for each of the plurality of lines until each of the plurality of lines in the print-result reaches a common predetermined length.