Printing device performing printing operations on continuous medium including a plurality of print media each having information storage medium

A printing method for performing printing operations on a continuous medium with a printing device, the printing device including:

• a conveyor configured to convey the continuous medium in a conveying direction including a forward direction and a reverse direction opposite to the forward direction, the continuous medium extending in a longitudinal direction and including a plurality of print media arranged in sequence in the longitudinal direction, the conveying direction being parallel to the longitudinal direction, the plurality of print media including a first print medium and at least one second print medium arranged upstream of the first print medium in the forward direction, each of the plurality of print media having an information storage medium;
• a writer configured to write electronic information to the information storage medium;
• a printer configured to print an image representing print content on each of the plurality of print media while the conveyor conveys the continuous medium in the conveying direction;
• and a reader configured to read the print content represented by the image printed on each of the plurality of print media, the printing method comprising:
• (a) writing prescribed information to the information storage medium provided in the first print medium;
• (b) printing a prescribed image representing prescribed content on the first print medium after the (a) writing is performed on the first print medium;
• (c) determining whether printing quality of the prescribed image printed on the first print medium is good using a reading result of the prescribed content represented by the prescribed image printed on the first print medium;
• (d) conveying the continuous medium in the reverse direction until the first print medium reaches a prescribed position based on a determination result in (c);
• (e) writing, in response to determining in (c) that the printing quality of the prescribed image is not good for the first print medium, void information to the information storage medium provided in the first print medium, the void information indicating that the printing quality of the prescribed image is not good;
• (f) printing, in response to determining in (c) that the printing quality of the prescribed image is not good for the first print medium, a VOID image on the first print medium after the (e) writing is performed on the first print medium;
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• (g) writing, in response to determining in (c) that the printing quality of the prescribed image is not good for the first print medium, the prescribed information to the information storage medium provided in each of the at least one second print medium prior to performing the (f) printing.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of computer-readable instructions for performing printing operations on a continuous medium with a printing device, the printing device including:

• a conveyor configured to convey the continuous medium in a conveying direction including a forward direction and a reverse direction opposite to the forward direction, the continuous medium extending in a longitudinal direction and including a plurality of print media arranged in sequence in the longitudinal direction, the conveying direction being parallel to the longitudinal direction, the plurality of print media including a first print medium and at least one second print medium arranged upstream of the first print medium in the forward direction, each of the plurality of print media having an information storage medium;
• a writer configured to write electronic information to the information storage medium;
• a printer configured to print an image representing print content on each of the plurality of print media while the conveyor conveys the continuous medium in the conveying direction;
• and a reader configured to read the print content represented by the image printed on each of the plurality of print media, the set of computer-readable instructions comprising:
• (a) writing prescribed information to the information storage medium provided in the first print medium;
• (b) printing a prescribed image representing prescribed content on the first print medium after the (a) writing is performed on the first print medium;
• (c) determining whether printing quality of the prescribed image printed on the first print medium is good using a reading result of the prescribed content represented by the prescribed image printed on the first print medium;
• (d) conveying the continuous medium in the reverse direction until the first print medium reaches a prescribed position based on a determination result in (c);
• (e) writing, in response to determining in (c) that the printing quality of the prescribed image is not good for the first print medium, void information to the information storage medium provided in the first print medium, the void information indicating that the printing quality of the prescribed image is not good;
• (f) printing, in response to determining in (c) that the printing quality of the prescribed image is not good for the first print medium, a VOID image on the first print medium after the (e) writing is performed on the first print medium;
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• (g) writing, in response to determining in (c) that the printing quality of the prescribed image is not good for the first print medium, the prescribed information to the information storage medium provided in each of the at least one second print medium prior to performing the (f) printing.