CPC B41J 11/009 (2013.01) [B41J 3/4075 (2013.01)] | 7 Claims |
1. A tape printing apparatus, comprising:
a printing unit that performs printing on a printing tape;
a storage control unit that causes a storage unit to store a text file that contains a text in association with information that indicates a type of the printing tape;
a detection unit that detects the type of the printing tape that is a target of printing;
an extraction unit that extracts, out of the storage unit, the text file associated with the information that indicates the type of the printing tape detected by the detection unit; and
a display control unit that causes a display unit to display the extracted text file as a selection candidate for the text file that is to be printed on the printing tape, wherein
the extraction unit extracts the text file such that the text file extracted when a first type is detected as the type of the printing tape by the detection unit is different from the text file extracted when a second type is detected as the type of the printing tape by the detection unit, the first type is a type in which a printable area where printing is able to be performed is pre-determined in a printing layer of the printing tape, and the second type is a type in which the printable area is not pre-determined in the printing layer of the printing tape.
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