Print data adaptation means for a thermal printer

Print data adaptation means having receiving means for receiving scan data generated by a scanning means and having data conversion means which in a first conversion mode is adapted to convert the received scan data into printable print data in accordance with first conversion information, which print data can be printed by a thermal printing means set to a first print mode, the thermal printing means having a printing row feed substantially corresponding to a printing dot size when the thermal printing means is in the first print mode, and having output means for supplying the print data generated by the data conversion means to the thermal printing means, wherein the data conversion means can be set to a second conversion mode, and in the second conversion mode the data conversion means is adapted to convert the received scan data into printable print data in accordance with second conversion information, which print data can be printed by the thermal printing means set to a second print mode, the printing row feed of the thermal printing means being smaller than the printing dot size in the second print mode of the thermal printing means, wherein the receiving means are adapted to receive generated scan data, which scan data can be generated by scanning means set to a first scan mode, a scanning row feed of the scanning means corresponding substantially to a scanning dot size in the first scan mode of the scanning means, and, when the scanning row feed of the scanning means is x times the printing row feed of the thermal printing means, the output means are adapted to x times repeat the supply of print data which represent each row and which are printable by the thermal printing means.