A label creation apparatus that creates a punch block label, on which a number of a plurality of terminals on a punch block having the plurality of terminals grouped into two or more groups are printed, includes head number designation units that designates a head number of a numerical sequence for each group, and numerical sequence print units that assign the numerical sequence numbers continuously from the designated head number to each terminal and print the numerical sequence for each group.

A label creation apparatus that creates a punch block label, on which a number of a plurality of terminals on a punch block having the plurality of terminals grouped into two or more groups are printed, includes head number designation units that designates a head number of a numerical sequence for each group, and numerical sequence print units that assign the numerical sequence numbers continuously from the designated head number to each terminal and print the numerical sequence for each group.

To enable the content of a printed material to be easily checked and inconvenience when a user collects the printed material to be avoided. An image forming apparatus 10 includes an image forming part (14) and a display panel 48, and the display panel 48 displays a preview image 110 corresponding to image data for printing an image on a sheet. For example, the preview image 110 is displayed on the display panel 48 from when a print job is started and the first sheet in the print job is fed until the last sheet in the print job is discharged into a sheet discharge part 16.

According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt configured to convey a tablet; a print head configured to perform printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor belt; and a belt-position detector configured to detect the position of the conveyor belt in a direction crossing the conveying direction of the tablet in a horizontal plane. The conveyor belt includes a plurality of holes arranged in a row along the conveying direction of the tablet to hold the tablet. The belt-position detector includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of two or more of the holes; and an image processing device configured to detect the position of the conveyor belt in the crossing direction based on the image captured by the imaging device.

According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes: a conveyor belt configured to convey a tablet; a print head configured to perform printing on the tablet conveyed by the conveyor belt; and a belt-position detector configured to detect the position of the conveyor belt in a direction crossing the conveying direction of the tablet in a horizontal plane. The conveyor belt includes a plurality of holes arranged in a row along the conveying direction of the tablet to hold the tablet. The belt-position detector includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of two or more of the holes; and an image processing device configured to detect the position of the conveyor belt in the crossing direction based on the image captured by the imaging device.

A storage portion (15) stores one or more pieces of automatic process setting information (20) including detection target information and processing content corresponding to the detection target information, the detection target information composed of a specific character string, a specific figure, or a specific combination thereof. An image data acquiring portion (161) acquires image data of a document (30). A detection processing portion (162) detects the detection target information from the document (30) based on the image data. A process executing portion (163) processes the image data according to the processing content included in the automatic process setting information (20), when the detection target information included in the automatic process setting information (20) is detected from the document (30) by the detection processing portion (162).

A storage portion (15) stores one or more pieces of automatic process setting information (20) including detection target information and processing content corresponding to the detection target information, the detection target information composed of a specific character string, a specific figure, or a specific combination thereof. An image data acquiring portion (161) acquires image data of a document (30). A detection processing portion (162) detects the detection target information from the document (30) based on the image data. A process executing portion (163) processes the image data according to the processing content included in the automatic process setting information (20), when the detection target information included in the automatic process setting information (20) is detected from the document (30) by the detection processing portion (162).

A heat transfer printer performs gradation control processing for forming a first end portion and a second end portion Gbe on paper. In the gradation control processing, first heat treatment and second heat treatment are performed. Moreover, in the first heat treatment, a thermal head emits heat so that a contour of color generation by an ink sheet on a first rear end side of the first end portion is aligned parallel to a main scanning direction. In the second heat treatment, the thermal head emits the heat so that a contour of the color generation by the ink sheet on a second leading end side of the second end portion is aligned parallel to the main scanning direction.

To enable the content of a printed material to be easily checked and inconvenience when a user collects the printed material to be avoided.

An image forming apparatus 10 includes an image forming part (14) and a display panel 48, and the display panel 48 displays a preview image 110 corresponding to image data for printing an image on a sheet. For example, the preview image 110 is displayed on the display panel 48 from when a print job is started and the first sheet in the print job is fed until the last sheet in the print job is discharged into a sheet discharge part 16.

In a print control device 10, a page data correction portion 140 receives page data Dpg included in manuscript data Dd and, when the page data Dpg includes a predetermined type of barcode font with a data resolution different from a print resolution, corrects font data within barcode data while maintaining a barcode length, such that any bars and spaces included in a character represented by the barcode font have widths corresponding to natural numbers of pixels with a resolution that is a natural number multiple of the print resolution. A rasterization processing portion 160 rasterizes corrected page data with a high resolution and thereafter anti-aliases the rasterized page data, thereby generating print-resolution raster data Drs.