Printing device and control method for a printing device for distributing print data

A printing device comprising:

• a page mode for setting conversion areas for printing a front side and a back side of a print medium in a data conversion area, and converting print data into the conversion areas;
• a print data conversion unit for setting a break length in the page mode to break the conversion area into a first conversion area in which print data for one side of the print medium is converted, and a second conversion area in which print data for the other side of the print medium is converted,
• setting each conversion area based on the coordinates of the origin of the print medium, the vertical dot count and the horizontal dot count denoting the conversion area coordinate positions of the front side and back side referenced to the origin coordinates, and the vertical break length dot count corresponding to the break length;
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• converting the print data to the first conversion area and second conversion area;
• a print orientation setting unit that sets the data conversion direction to horizontal or vertical where the print medium transportation direction is vertical and the direction across the width of the print medium is horizontal;
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• the printing unit that prints in a vertical duplex printing mode based on the set vertical dot count when the conversion direction is set to vertical regardless of whether the vertical dot count and the vertical break dot count are the same or not, and prints on the other side when the conversion data from the first side continues.

A control method for a printing device, comprising:

• a page mode for setting conversion areas for printing a front side and a back side of a print medium in a data conversion area and converting print data into the conversion areas;
• a step of setting a break length in the page mode to break the conversion area into a first conversion area in which print data for one side of the print medium is converted and a second conversion area in which print data for the other side of the print medium is converted, and converting the print data, wherein the print data conversion unit converts the print data and writes the converted print data to predetermined positions, wherein the print data conversion unit sets the conversion areas based on the coordinates of the origin of the print medium, the vertical dot count and the horizontal dot count denoting the conversion area coordinate positions of the front side and back side referenced to the origin coordinates, and the vertical break dot count equal to the break length;
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• printing at least one of the print data for the one side converted in the first conversion area, and the print data for the other side converted in the second conversion area, to the corresponding side of the print medium.

A control method for a printing device comprising:

• a page mode for setting conversion areas for printing a front side and a back side of a print medium in a data conversion area, and converting print data into the conversion areas;
• a step of setting a break length for breaking the conversion area into a first conversion area in which print data for one side of the print medium is converted, and a second conversion area in which print data for the other side of the print medium is converted,
• setting the conversion areas based on the coordinates of the origin of the print medium, the vertical dot count and the horizontal dot count denoting the conversion area coordinate positions of the front side and back side referenced to the origin coordinates, and the vertical break length dot count corresponding to the break length, and
• converting the print data into the first conversion area and second conversion area;
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• a step of printing on one side in the vertical direction based on the set vertical dot count regardless of whether the vertical dot count and the vertical break dot count match or not, and also printing on the other side if there is a continuation of the converted data on the one side, when the print orientation is set to vertical where the print medium transportation direction is the vertical direction and the direction widthwise to the print medium is the horizontal direction.