Printing apparatus and computer program product

摘要

In a printing apparatus 1, the number of delimiters included in received data 51 from a host apparatus 39 is smaller than the number of input items 41 to 44 of a template 40 by one. Therefore, the number of delimiters included in the received data 51 from the host apparatus 39 is calculated to be three. A character string which is periodically repeated in the received data 51 three times as the number of the delimiters is obtained and set to be a delimiter candidate. Further, a print start character string candidate is obtained from a data group which is located after a last delimiter candidate in the received data 51. Using the provisionally determined candidates for a delimiter and a print start character string, the four item data included in the received data 51 are assumed. Then, a print preview 61 is displayed on a LCD 23 so as to show a state where the four item data is input to each of the input items 41 to 44 of the template 40.