Patent ID: 6882440

Claim:
A printer for printing onto a print medium by moving a carriage having a print head alternately in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction, comprising: image processing means for generating bit image data by executing predetermined image processing on digital image data from outside; first image data storing means for storing said bit image data; second image data storing means for storing said bit image data corresponding to images printed during one main scanning of said carriage; storage control means for controlling transfers of said bit image data from said first image data storing means to said second image data storing means; and title generating means for printing title information representing the contents of said index image on the print medium including said index image, wherein said image processing means include an index image generating section for generating an index image in which a plurality of original images corresponding to said digital image data are placed in a matrix form, leaving a space between each other; and said storage control means store bit image data corresponding to said index image in said first image data storing means.