Patent ID: 8599437

Claim:
A printing control device for controlling a printer that prints a code image, comprising: a code information acquisition unit that acquires code information, which is information for printing the code image and contains at least one attribute data set including an identifier and a parameter added to the identifier; a storage unit that associates and stores the identifier, style information for printing with a style applied to a specific print element, and a condition for determining based on the parameter whether to apply the style; an attribute data set extraction unit that extracts from the acquired code information the attribute data set containing the identifier stored in the storage unit; a condition evaluation unit that determines if the parameter contained in the extracted attribute data set satisfies the condition associated in the storage unit to the identifier contained in the attribute data set; and a print command unit that, when the condition evaluation unit determines that the parameter satisfies the condition, applies a print command to the printer based on the style information associated to the identifier.