Printing apparatus and printing method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorShigeru Ito
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Abstract
A passbook printing apparatus prints a color face image and private information of the owner of a passbook in the passbook with a built-in IC chip including a passbook number recorded previously. In this time, the passbook printing apparatus first reads the passbook number from the IC chip built in the passbook, creates private information including the read passbook number, face image of the owner and printing information, and prints the printing information reflecting the passbook number read from the IC chip on a printing page of the passbook.
Claims20
A printing apparatus comprising a reader which reads identifying information specific to a printing medium from a memory built in the printing medium, and a printer which prints printing information including the identifying information read by the reader on the printing medium.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a reader which reads identifying information specific to a printing medium from a memory built in the printing medium;
- a printing information generator which generates printing information including the identifying information read by the reader;
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- a printer which prints the printing information generated by the printing information generator on the printing medium.
A printing method comprising:
- a step of reading identifying information specific to a printing medium from a memory built in the printing medium;
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- a step of printing printing information including the identifying information read in the reading step on the printing medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.