Patent ID: 8113727

Claim:
An apparatus for communicating with an RFID tag, comprising: a communicating device configured to transmit and receive information through a radio communication with said RFID tag which includes an RFID circuit element including an IC circuit part configured to store information and a tag antenna connected to said IC circuit part; a holder for removably mounting a first tape, said RFID tag being disposed in said first tape; a driving device configured to provide a driving force for feeding said first tape; a printing device configured to make a printing on said first tape or a second tape to be bonded thereto; and a cooperative print controller configured to control said printing device in cooperation with a presence/absence of said RFID circuit element or a layout aspect of said RFID circuit element in said first tape, wherein: said cooperative print controller comprises: a determining device configured to determine a printable region to be printed by said printing device based on a layout-position information of said RFID circuit element in said first tape; and another print controller configured to control said printing device based on said printable region determined by said determining device configured to determine said printable region, wherein: said determining device configured to determine said printable region determines said printable region so as to include the layout position of said RFID circuit element in said first tape; and said another print controller controls said printing device such that a print aspect is changed between a portion corresponding to the layout position of said RFID circuit element and another portion in said printable region.