Patent ID: 7112000

Claim:
A method of controlling a tape processing apparatus where braille is embossed at one side in the width direction of a tape with an embossing means arranged at the one side while the tape is being fed along a tape traveling path, the method comprising: an embossing-position defining step of defining a braille embossing position in the width direction of the tape; an embossing-data generating step of generating embossing data for embossing the braille, based on input information and the defined braille embossing position; and a braille embossing step of embossing the braille on the tape based on the generated embossing data; wherein, in the embossing-data generating step, when the defined braille embossing position is arranged at one side in the width direction of the tape on the same side as the embossing means, the embossing data is generated such that braille is forwardly embossed one by one from the front end thereof in the reading direction, and when the defined braille embossing position is arranged at the other side in the width direction of the tape opposite to the embossing means, the embossing data is generated such that inverted braille is reversely embossed one by one from the rear end thereof in the reading direction.