| 摘要 |
A multicolor ink ribbon recording control method using a multicolor ink ribbon sequentially having inks of at least two colors includes a discrimination structure, formed in an ink ribbon cassette, for discriminating in accordance with a loading state of the cassette in a printer whether a continuous ink coated portion of each color is divisionally used, and a recognizing unit, provided in a printer, for recognizing a state of the discrimination structure of a loaded ink ribbon cassette, and a recording control unit, provided in a printer, for performing recording control in accordance with a recognition result of the recognizing unit. Whether divisional use is to be performed is determined in accordance with the discrimination structure formed in the ink ribbon cassette. When divisional use is determined, a continuous coated portion of an ink of the same color is virtually divided into a plurality of areas and one of the plurality of areas is used to perform recording, a loading direction is reversed when one reel of an ink ribbon is recorded to the end, and the ink ribbon is reused under recording control according to a new discrimination result of the discrimination structure.
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