Printing apparatus and control method thereof

A method of controlling a printing apparatus including an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, and a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of the ink ribbon, comprising a print control step of controlling the printing unit to successively print two calendar sheets in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print a calendar sheet having a length larger than the predetermined length,

• wherein the calendar sheet includes an image area corresponding to the predetermined length and a date area having a length not larger than substantially 0.5 times of the predetermined length, and
• in the print control step, the printing unit is controlled to rotate, through 180°, one of the two calendar sheets to be successively printed, and print.

A method of controlling a printing apparatus including an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, and a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of said ink ribbon, comprising a print control step of controlling the printing unit to successively print two calendar sheets in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print a calendar sheet having a length larger than the predetermined length,

• wherein the calendar sheet includes an image area corresponding to the predetermined length and a date area having a length not larger than substantially 0.5 times of the predetermined length, and
• in the print control step, the printing unit is controlled to reverse horizontal positions of the image area and date area of one of the two calendar sheets to be successively printed, from horizontal positions of the image area and date area of the other calendar sheet, and print.

A storage medium which stores a computer program for controlling a printing apparatus including an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, and a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of the ink ribbon, the program comprising code for performing a print control step of controlling the printing unit to successively print two calendar sheets in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print a calendar sheet having a length larger than the predetermined length,

• wherein the calendar sheet includes an image area corresponding to the predetermined length and a date area having a length not larger than substantially 0.5 times of the predetermined length, and
• in the print control step, the printing unit is controlled to rotate, through 180°, one of the two calendar sheets to be successively printed, and print.

A storage medium which stores a computer program for controlling a printing apparatus including an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, and a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of said ink ribbon, the program comprising code for performing a print control step of controlling the printing unit to successively print two calendar sheets in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print a calendar sheet having a length larger than the predetermined length,

• wherein the calendar sheet includes an image area corresponding to the predetermined length and a date area having a length not larger than substantially 0.5 times of the predetermined length, and
• in the print control step, the printing unit is controlled to reverse horizontal positions of the image area and date area of one of the two calendar sheets to be successively printed, from horizontal positions of the image area and date area of the other calendar sheet, and print.

A method of controlling a printing apparatus including an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, and a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of the ink ribbon, comprising a print control step of, in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print in a predetermined printing form having a length larger than the predetermined length, controlling the printing unit to successively print two printing materials in the predetermined printing form,

• wherein the predetermined printing form includes an image area corresponding to the predetermined length and a text area having a length not larger than substantially 0.5 times of the predetermined length, and
• in the print control step, the printing unit is controlled to rotate, through 180°, one of the two printing materials to be successively printed in the predetermined printing form, and print.

A method of controlling a printing apparatus including an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, and a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of the ink ribbon, comprising a print control step of, in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print in a predetermined printing form having a length larger than the predetermined length, controlling the printing unit to successively print two printing materials in the predetermined printing form,

• wherein the predetermined printing form includes an image area corresponding to the predetermined length and a text area having a length not larger than substantially 0.5 times of the predetermined length, and
• in the print control step, the printing unit is controlled to reverse horizontal positions of the image area and text area of one of the two printing materials to be successively printed in the predetermined printing form, from horizontal positions of the image area and text area of the other printing material, and print.

A method of controlling a printing apparatus including an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, and a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of the ink ribbon, comprising a print control step of, in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print in a predetermined printing form having a length larger than the predetermined length, controlling the printing unit to print in the predetermined printing form,

• wherein the predetermined printing form includes an image area having a length not larger than the predetermined length and a text area having a length not larger than the predetermined length, and
• when a sum of lengths of text areas of two printing materials to be successively printed in the predetermined printing form is not larger than the predetermined length in successively printing the two printing materials in the predetermined printing form, the printing unit is controlled in the print control step to rotate, through 180°, one of the two printing materials to be successively printed in the predetermined printing form, and print.

A method of controlling a printing apparatus including an ink ribbon on which a plurality of color inks are arranged frame-sequentially, and a printing unit configured to be able to print by a predetermined length by transferring the plurality of color inks onto roll paper by one cycle of the ink ribbon, comprising a print control step of, in case that the printing apparatus is instructed to print in a predetermined printing form having a length larger than the predetermined length, controlling the printing unit to print in the predetermined printing form,

• wherein the predetermined printing form includes an image area having a length not larger than the predetermined length and a text area having a length not larger than the predetermined length, and
• when a sum of lengths of text areas of the two printing materials to be successively printed in the predetermined printing form is not larger than the predetermined length in successively printing the two printing materials in the predetermined printing form, the printing unit is controlled in the print control step to reverse horizontal positions of the image area and text area of one of the two printing materials to be successively printed in the predetermined printing form, from horizontal positions of the image area and text area of the other printing material, and print.