An unprintable area on a label sheet is at first obtained so that a print is not overlapped with the unprintable area on the sheet when laying out print items in cells of a tack sheet etc. It is judged whether or not address data is printed in the unprintable area, and, if a print position of the address data is overlapped with the unprintable area, a print of a fragment of data extending to within the unprintable area is so controlled as to be reduced and moved. Only the fragment of data is set as an object for the control of the reduction, and movement, and hence a well-laid-out print can be attained while making attributes (a size of a character font etc) of the original data reflected therein. In the print control, data that should not be reduced (the size should ne be changed) as in the case of a bar code may be excluded from the object for control.
A printing control system where poor printing does not occur on a recording medium is provided. A printing system 1 is constituted by connecting a printing apparatus 2 and a personal computer 3 by a connecting cable 4 of 100 base T. Determination is made as to whether disposition of information data to be disposed to an IC card C serving as a recording medium is appropriate based upon disposition position information of the information data to be disposed to the IC card C and inherent attribute information which is set depending on a type of the information data. On the basis of this determination result, printing processing for information data is controlled. Poor printing to the IC card C is prevented beforehand.
An apparatus and method are disclosed herein for printing images on labels attached to a backing in a printing device. An apparatus and method for printing an image in a predetermined area of a form are also disclosed. Further characteristics and features of the present invention are additionally disclosed herein, as are exemplary alternative embodiments. This abstract is not to be used in the interpretation of any of the claims.
