Patent ID: 7922271

Claim:
A label printer comprising: an extraction unit configured to extract label information from a recording medium image file which stores data to be written to a recording surface of a recording medium and the label information to be printed on a label surface of the recording medium; a label information printing unit configured to print the extracted label information on the label surface of the recording medium; a file writing unit configured to write the recording medium image file to the recording surface of the recording medium; and a layout information storing unit storing predetermined layout information, wherein it is determined whether the extracted label information includes layout information and contents information, wherein when the extracted label information includes the layout information, the contents information is incorporated into the layout information, and the label information printing unit prints the contents information on the label surface in a layout indicated by the layout information, and wherein when the extracted label information does not include the layout information, the contents information is incorporated into the predetermined layout information stored in the layout information storing unit, and the label information printing unit prints the contents information on the label surface in a layout indicated by the predetermined layout information.