Patent ID: 8553271

Claim:
A printing device comprising: a page mode for setting conversion areas for printing a front side and a back side of a print medium in a data conversion area, and converting print data into the conversion areas; a print data conversion unit that sets a break length in the page mode to break the conversion area into a first conversion area in which print data for one side of the print medium is converted, and a second conversion area in which print data for the other side of the print medium is converted, wherein the print data conversion unit converts the print data and writes the converted print data to predetermined positions, wherein the print data conversion unit sets the conversion areas based on the coordinates of the origin of the print medium, the vertical dot count and the horizontal dot count denoting the conversion area coordinate positions of the front side and back side referenced to the origin coordinates, and the vertical break dot count equal to the break length; and a printing unit for printing at least one of the print data for the one side converted in the first conversion area, and the print data for the other side converted in the second conversion area, to the corresponding side of the print medium.