Method, apparatus, and program for printing using modified print attributes

A method of printing onto a selected medium, comprising:

• (a) detecting a position of said selected medium at an insertion entrance of a printer;
• (b) identifying a record having inserted position identifying information equivalent to said position of said selected medium at said insertion entrance of said printer, said record defining at least one area having modified print attributes, said record having associated print control information;
• (c) retrieving print control information associated with said record;
• (d) printing within said at least one area of said selected medium using said modified print attributes;
• and
• (e) printing on said selected medium external to said at least one area using normal print attributes.

A printing system, comprising:

• a storage device for storing at least one record corresponding to a selected medium, said record defining at least one area associated with a first set of print attributes;
• a detecting device for detecting a characteristic of said selected medium;
• a processor coupled to said detecting device and said storage device, wherein said processor is capable of identifying a record in said storage device corresponding to said detected characteristic, said record defining at least one area associated with a first set of print attributes;
• a print assembly coupled to said processor, said print assembly operable to print within said at least one area of said selected medium using said first set of print attributes defined in the identified record and operable to print onto said selected medium external to said at least one area using a second set of print attributes.

A program embedded in a computer readable medium for causing a printer to print onto a selected medium, wherein the program is capable of causing a processor to perform:

• (a) receiving a detected characteristic of said selected medium;
• (b) identifying a record corresponding to said detected characteristic, said record defining at least one area associated with a first set of print attributes;
• (c) causing a printer to print within said at least one area of said selected medium using said first set of print attributes defined in the identified record;
• and
• (d) causing a printer to print on said selected medium external to said at least one area using a second set of print attributes.