Patent ID: 7126714

Claim:
A printing apparatus for printing out contents to be displayed on a monitor and carried on broadcast signals onto paper, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving the broadcast signals including contents; a detecting unit for detecting the contents from the broadcast signal received by said receiving unit based on an order of priority which a user sets; a selector for selecting printing contents from the received contents according to the order of priority and allows said printing contents to be printed; further comprising a print judging unit for instructing said printing unit to print a designated contents when a print designation code for designating the category of pre-stored designated contents coincides with a category code for specifying the category of said designated contents carried on the broadcast signals; and a quantity detecting unit for detecting the quantity of the paper set in the printing apparatus, and wherein said print judging unit stores therein a plurality of said print designation codes, which are respectively listed in order of priority, and instructs said printing unit to print said designated contents with a highest order of the priority when the quantity of the paper becomes adequate.