Printer, printing method, and program

摘要

A printer includes: a receiving unit for receiving image identification information, image position information, and print data from outside as printing command data; an image printing position determining unit for reading image size information from a storage unit based on the image identification information in the printing command data received by the receiving unit and determining a position on a printing surface at which the image is to be printed, based on the image position information received by the receiving unit and the read image size information; a superimposing unit for superimposing image data read from the storage unit on the print data received by the receiving unit at the position determined by the image printing position determining unit; and a printing unit for printing a result of the superimposition by the superimposing unit.

主权项

1. A printer comprising:
a storage unit for storing image identification information for identifying an image, image size information, and image data indicating an image content in associated state; a receiving unit for receiving the image identification information, image position information, and print data from an external source as printing command data, the print data including text characters and printing size, wherein the image comprises a characteristics mark feature that is associated with informational content of the print data; an image printing position determining unit for reading the image size information from the storage unit based on the image identification information in the printing command data, partitioning a printing surface into a plurality of regions and assigning numerical values to each of the plurality of regions on the printing surface, each numerical value corresponding to a particular location at perimeter of each region, and determining an image position in each region on the printing surface at which the image is to be printed, based on associating the numerical values with the image position information and the image size information; a superimposing unit for superimposing the image data on the print data received at the position determined on the printing surface; and a printing unit for printing the superimposed image data and the print data.