Patent ID: 8797582
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A tape printing apparatus, comprising: an input unit configured to input print data and a layout of the print data; a display unit configured to have a display screen; a dividing unit configured to divide the print data into a plurality of blocks to be displayed on the display screen before being printed, based on the layout input by the input unit; a display control unit configured to display the print data as the plurality of blocks on the display screen before the print data is printed, by scrolling through the plurality of blocks on the display screen, using the display unit, for each of the plurality of blocks divided by the dividing unit; and a printing unit configured to print the print data on a tape-shaped print medium in accordance with the layout input by the input unit, wherein, when the layout of the print data input by the input unit is configured in a plurality of lines, and a number of the plurality of lines exceeds a number of lines displayable on the display screen, the dividing unit divides the print data into the plurality of blocks in a line unit.