JP2011042103A - Printer, printing system, method for controlling printer, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer which creates printed matter enabling handling personnel to easily grasp the printed information. <P>SOLUTION: The printer 10, which performs printing based on code information comprises an identifier and a parameter, includes a decoration table 15b wherein the identifier, decoration information for performing the printing while giving decoration to a predetermined printing element and conditions for determining whether the decoration concerned is to be given based on the parameter are made into relation each other, a printing data acquisition part 11 for acquiring the printing data including the code information, an attribute information extraction part 12 for extracting the attribute information wherein the identifier stored in the decoration table 15b is included from the code information, a condition discrimination part 13 for distinguishing whether the parameter included in the extracted attribute information fulfills the conditions related with the identifier included in the attribute information, and a printing part 14 for performing the printing based on the decoration information related with the identifier when the parameter fulfills the conditions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a printing apparatus that performs printing based on code information for printing a code image, a printing system, a printing apparatus control method, and a program.

In retail and physical distribution sites, code images (code symbols) typified by barcodes are used as effective means for identifying people and goods. In recent years, information included in code images has been increasing due to the diversification of information utilization and the complexity of identification contents. For an information processing device such as a computer, it is easy to handle such a large amount of information, but it is not easy for a handler of the article to grasp the information contained in the code image only by visual observation. When the code image includes information that should be noted regarding the handling of articles and the like, it has been difficult to accurately notify the operator of the information.

Therefore, a technique has been proposed in which attribute information (substantial character string) required by a handler among information included in a barcode is printed in a printing form different from other information (additional character string) (for example, Patent Document 1). Thereby, there exists an advantage that a handler can recognize a real character string accurately and rapidly.

JP 2003-182160 A

However, there are many cases where the attribute information required by the operator cannot be determined in actual usage conditions. For example, in the case of labels attached to products at supermarkets, attribute information such as expiry date is very important for fresh foods and prepared dishes, but it is less important when expiry date such as dry food is set longer. Not. That is, even if the attribute information is the same, the degree of importance may change depending on conditions such as the product and the sales date. However, there is no conventional technique that changes the printing mode of attribute information included in a code image according to conditions.

In view of such a problem, the present invention is a print that can change the printing form according to whether or not the condition is satisfied even if the attribute information is the same, so that the operator can easily grasp the information. It is an object to provide an apparatus, a printing system, a printing apparatus control method, and a program.

The printing apparatus of the present invention is a printing apparatus that performs printing based on code information for printing a code image. The code information includes one or more attribute information, and the attribute information identifies each attribute information. And an identifier added to the identifier. The identifier, the decoration information for applying the decoration to a predetermined printing element, and whether to apply the decoration based on the parameter. A storage unit that associates and stores conditions for determination; a code information acquisition unit that acquires code information; and attribute information extraction that extracts attribute information including an identifier stored in the storage unit from the code information A condition determination unit that determines whether a parameter included in the extracted attribute information satisfies a condition associated with the identifier included in the attribute information in the storage unit, and a condition determination Accordingly, if the parameter is determined to satisfy the condition, characterized in that and a printing unit that performs printing based on decoration information associated with the identifier.

A printing apparatus control method according to the present invention is a printing apparatus control method for performing printing based on code information including one or more attribute information including an identifier and a parameter. The printing apparatus includes an identifier and a predetermined printing element. Code information for printing a code image, comprising a storage unit for storing decoration information for printing with decoration and a condition for determining whether or not to apply the decoration based on a parameter. A step of extracting the attribute information including the identifier stored in the storage unit from the code information, and the parameter included in the extracted attribute information in the identifier included in the attribute information in the storage unit A step of determining whether or not the associated condition is satisfied, and if the parameter is determined to satisfy the condition, the decoration information associated with the identifier And executes a step of performing printing based, a.

According to these configurations, the decoration information associated with the condition and the identifier is only determined when the parameter included in the attribute information satisfies the condition associated with the identifier included in the attribute information in the storage unit. Since printing is performed based on the above, the printing form can be changed according to the contents of the parameters. Thereby, for example, the print form can be changed according to the importance of the print content, and the handler can accurately and quickly grasp important information. Further, since the decoration is applied inside the printing apparatus, it is not necessary to acquire decoration information from an external apparatus (higher-order apparatus). For this reason, it is possible to reduce the amount of data transmission and to improve the efficiency of network traffic as compared with the case of obtaining decoration information from an external device. In addition, since the decoration process in the external device is not required, the control load on the external device can be reduced, and a decoration designation error can be eliminated.

In the printing apparatus described above, the printing unit prints a predetermined printing element that is decorated based on the decoration information associated with the identifier, and a code image based on the code information acquired by the code information acquisition unit. It is preferable to do.

According to this configuration, it is possible to print not only the predetermined print element that is decorated based on the decoration information but also the code image based on the code information.

In the printing apparatus described above, the predetermined printing element preferably indicates a parameter added to the identifier.

According to this configuration, the decoration based on the decoration information can be applied to the parameter associated with the decoration information including the predetermined print element. For example, if the identifier indicates a product code, the code that is the parameter can be decorated.

In the printing apparatus described above, it is preferable that the printing unit performs printing by adding a text corresponding to the identifier to the parameter.

According to this configuration, it is possible to print the text corresponding to the identifier together with the parameter that is decorated based on the decoration information. For example, when the identifier indicates a product code, text corresponding to the identifier (for example, “product code:”) can be added to the head of the code that is the parameter and printed.

In the printing apparatus described above, the identifier indicates a product code, and the condition determination unit can determine from the reference result of the product database that the product specified by the parameter is the advertisement target product, It is preferable to determine that the condition is satisfied.

According to this configuration, since the condition is “the product specified by the parameter is the advertising target product”, only when the code information for the advertising target product is acquired,
A predetermined print element can be decorated. As a result, for example, decoration such as adding an “advertisement product” logo to a label targeted for the advertisement target product can be performed.

In the printing apparatus described above, the identifier indicates an expiration date, and the condition determination unit
It is preferable to determine that the condition is satisfied when it can be determined from the timing result of the timing unit that the number of remaining days until the date specified by the parameter is within a predetermined number of days.

According to this configuration, since the condition is that “the number of days remaining until the date specified by the parameter is within a predetermined number of days”, code information for products with few remaining expiration dates or expiration dates is acquired. Only when it is done can decorate a given print element.
As a result, for example, a date ((
Decorations such as printing with emphasis on (parameter) can be performed.

In the printing apparatus described above, the decoration information includes 1 of character size, character style, underline, ruled line, frame line, character decoration, character color, line color, tint block color, character type, image addition, and print position.
It is preferable that the information regarding the above is included.

According to this configuration, character size (font size), character style (italic, bold, etc.)
, Underline, ruled line, frame line, character decoration (strikeout, hollow, embossed, hidden character, etc.), character color, line color, background color, character type (font type), image addition, print position (on the print medium) Decoration such as designation of absolute position and designation of relative position with other information can be performed.

A printing system according to the present invention includes the printing apparatus described above, and an external apparatus that transmits code information to the printing apparatus.

A program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute each step in the method for controlling a printing apparatus described above.

According to these configurations, even if the attribute information is the same, it is possible to realize a printing system and a program in which a handler can easily grasp the information by changing the printing form depending on whether or not the condition is satisfied. it can.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the code information for printing a code image. It is a figure which shows an example of a printing table. It is a figure which shows an example of a decoration table. It is a figure which shows the printing result of the print data transmitted from an external device, and the product label based on the said print data. It is a figure which shows the edit content of a product label. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a printing process of the printing apparatus.

Hereinafter, a printing apparatus, a printing system, a printing apparatus control method, and a program according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a printing system S.
It is a block diagram which shows the structure of Y. The printing system SY includes a printing apparatus 10 and an external apparatus 20 that transmits print data 40 (see FIG. 5A) to the printing apparatus 10.

The external device 20 has at least code information 42 for printing the code image 30 (FIG. 2 (
Any information processing apparatus such as a personal computer can be used as long as it can generate and transmit a). In FIG. 1, a barcode is exemplified as the code image 30, but various code symbols such as a two-dimensional code and a color code can be employed.

The external device 20 includes a product database 21. The product database 21 stores a product code, a solid identification number, a product name, a unit price, a discount rate, a product attribute (such as an advertisement target product and a time service product), and the like for each product. The product database 21 may not be provided in the external device 20 but may be provided independently in the printing system SY.

On the other hand, the printing apparatus 10 only needs to be able to print the code image 30 based on at least the code information 42 and have some decoration / editing function. In this embodiment,
An example of a printing apparatus 10 that is a label printer for producing a product label L to be affixed to fresh food, prepared foods, and the like and capable of color printing is illustrated. Note that the printing apparatus 10 includes an external device 20.
May be wired or wirelessly connected. Various printing methods such as an ink jet printer and a thermal printer can also be applied.

Here, the functional configuration of the printing apparatus 10 will be described. As shown in FIG.
Includes a print data acquisition unit 11 (code information acquisition unit), an attribute information extraction unit 12, a condition determination unit 13, a printing unit 14, a storage unit 15, and a time measuring unit 16 as main functional configurations.

The print data acquisition unit 11 acquires the print data 40 from the external device 20, and is realized by various interfaces (terminals, ports, etc.). The print data 40 includes text information 41 for printing a text such as a product name on the product label L, the above-described code information 42, and the like (see FIG. 5A).

Here, the code information 42 will be described. FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating an example of the code information 42. As described above, the code information 42 is information for realizing the code image 30 and includes one or more attribute information. FIG. 2A illustrates a case where the code information 42 includes three pieces of attribute information.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, the attribute information includes an identifier for identifying each attribute information,
And a parameter added to the identifier. In the figure, the identifier is indicated by a 3-digit number with parentheses, and the parameter is indicated by a 6- to 8-digit number. As the code image 30, a GS1 data bar can be used. In this case, as an identifier, GS
One application identifier is applicable. However, in the present embodiment, identifiers and data items are defined regardless of the GS1 application identifier standard (ISO / IEC 15418 standard).

Returning to the description of FIG. The storage unit 15 is realized by a non-volatile memory such as a flash memory, and includes a print table 15a (see FIG. 3) and a decoration table 15b (see FIG. 4). The print table 15a is obtained by associating the “identifier”, the “data item” indicated by the identifier, and the “print information” indicating the editing content. Also,
The decoration table 15b associates the “identifier”, the “data item” indicated by the identifier, the “condition” for determining whether to apply decoration, and the “decoration information” indicating the editing content. It is a thing. Details of the editing contents will be described later.

The timer unit 16 is realized by an RTC (Real Time Clock) or the like, and measures the current time. Note that the printing device 10 does not include the timer unit 16 but the external device 20.
Therefore, the current time may be specified by acquiring time information.

The attribute information extraction unit 12 includes an attribute including an identifier stored in the storage unit 15 (at least one of the print table 15a and the decoration table 15b) from the code information 42 in the print data 40 acquired by the print data acquisition unit 11. Extract information. For example, the identifier “
When the code information 42 including the attribute information of “010” (data item: solid identification number) is acquired, the identifier is stored in both the print table 15a and the decoration table 15b (reference numerals A and B in FIG. 3). The attribute information of the identifier “010” is extracted from the acquired code information 42.

The condition determination unit 13 refers to the decoration table 15b and determines whether or not the parameter included in the attribute information extracted by the attribute information extraction unit 12 satisfies the condition associated with the identifier included in the attribute information. For example, code information 4 including attribute information of the identifier “010”
2 is acquired, since the condition “being indicative of Wagyu” is associated with the identifier in the decoration table 15b (see symbol B), the parameter following the identifier “010” is “Wagyu”. It is determined whether or not it is to be shown.

In addition, the condition determination unit 13 determines that the product database 2 is used when the product needs to be determined, for example, “the product specified by the parameter is an advertisement target product”.
1 is discriminated. Further, for example, when the condition requires date determination such as “the number of days remaining until the date specified by the parameter is within a predetermined number of days”, the determination is performed with reference to the timing result of the timing unit 16. .

Note that the attribute information extraction unit 12 and the condition determination unit 13 described above are CPU (Central Process).
ing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory)
Etc. are realized by a control device whose main part is.

When the condition determination unit 13 determines that the parameter satisfies the condition, the printing unit 14 performs printing based on the decoration information associated with the identifier. That is, when the code information including the attribute information of the identifier “010” is acquired and the parameter following the identifier “010” indicates “Wagyu”, the decoration information “cow” associated with the identifier is displayed. Is printed according to “print at position ***” (see symbol B). If the condition determination unit 13 determines that the parameter does not satisfy the condition, the decoration table 15
The decoration based on b is not performed.

Further, when the attribute information extraction unit 12 extracts attribute information including an identifier stored in the print table 15a, the printing unit 14 performs printing based on the print information associated with the identifier. That is, when the code information 42 including the attribute information of the identifier “010” is acquired, the print information “parameter is printed at the position *** after the text“ solid identification number: ”” associated with the identifier. Printing is performed according to (see reference A). In addition,
The printing unit 14 is realized by a print head, a head driving mechanism, a label medium transport mechanism, a label cutting mechanism, and the like.

Next, the print data 40 transmitted from the external device 20 and the print result of the product label L based on the print data 40 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5A is a diagram conceptually illustrating an example of the print data 40. The illustrated print data 40 includes text information 41 indicating a product name, code information 42, and frame line information 43. In this example, the print position and size of each piece of information 41, 42, 43, and text information 41
Information on the font and color is also included in the print data 40. further,
It is assumed that the code information 42 includes the six attribute information shown in FIG.

FIG. 5B is a diagram showing a print result of the product label L based on the print data 40 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, a top logo 51, “product name” 52, detailed information 53, label frame 54, illustration 55, product price 56, and code image 30 on which “Advertisement Product” is printed are printed on the label. ing. Product name 52, label frame 54 and code image 3
0 indicates text information 41, code information 42, and frame line information 4 of the print data 40, respectively.
3 is an item printed based on item No. 3.

Here, referring to FIG. 6, the print table 15a (see FIG. 3) and the decoration table 15b (see FIG.
The correlation between the product label L and the printing result of the product label L will be described. As shown in FIG. 5A, the print data 40 (code information 42) includes the identifier “001” (data item: product code), and the identifier “001” is stored in the decoration table 15b. The condition determination unit 13 refers to the product database 21 and determines whether or not the product specified by the parameter following the identifier satisfies the condition “the product to be advertised” associated with the identifier. As a result, when the condition is satisfied, the top logo 51 is printed based on the decoration information associated with the identifier. In other words, the top logo 51 is not printed when the condition is not satisfied (when it is not an advertising target product). The “logo” refers to image data in a predetermined format, and the color and size are naturally designated by the designation of the logo.

Furthermore, the condition determination unit 13 refers to the product database 21 and determines whether or not the product specified by the parameter following the identifier satisfies the condition “represents meat” associated with the identifier. Determine. As a result, when the condition is satisfied, the label frame 54 is changed and printed based on the decoration information associated with the identifier. In other words, when the condition is not satisfied (when it does not indicate meat), a prescribed label frame based on the frame line information 43 is printed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the decoration information describes edit contents related to various decorations. Decoration contents include character size (font size), character style (italic, bold, etc.)
, Underline, ruled line, frame line, character decoration (strikeout, hollow, embossed, hidden character, etc.), character color, line color, background color, character type (font type), image addition, print position (on product label L) Designation of absolute position, designation of relative position with other information), and the like. The decoration information also describes predetermined print elements to be decorated (such as logo and illustration insertion areas, parameters following identifiers, and label frames).

Further, the print data 40 shown in FIG. 5A has an identifier “010” (data item:
Solid identification number). Further, the identifier “010” is stored in the print table 15a. Therefore, printing is performed based on the print information associated with the identifier in the print table 15a. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the first line of the detailed information 53 is printed based on the print information associated with the identifier “010”. As shown in FIG. 3, the print information describes edit contents related to various decorations (see the above “decoration information”) in addition to the print position and text insertion.

In addition, since the identifier “010” is also stored in the decoration table 15b, the condition determination unit 13 refers to the product database 21, and the product specified by the parameter following the identifier is associated with the identifier. It is determined whether or not the conditions are satisfied. as a result,
If the condition is satisfied, the illustration 55 is printed based on the decoration information associated with the identifier.

Further, the second line of the detailed information 53 is printed based on the attribute information (see FIG. 5A) of the identifier “011” (data item: expiration date) included in the print data 40. Since the identifier “011” is also stored in the decoration table 15b, the condition determination unit 13 refers to the time measurement result of the time measurement unit 16, and associates the date specified by the parameter following the identifier with the identifier. It is determined whether or not the given condition “remaining days are within 7 days” is satisfied. As a result, if the condition is met, based on the decoration information associated with the identifier,
The expiry date parameter is printed in red, underlined, and underlined. That is, in this case, a predetermined print element to be decorated is a parameter following the identifier.

Similarly, in the present embodiment, the third line of the detailed information 53 is printed based on the attribute information of the identifier “015” (data item: processing date) included in the print data 40, and the print data 4
Based on the attribute information of the identifier “030” (data item: internal capacity) included in 0, the fourth line of the detailed information 53 is printed, and the identifier “045” (data item: price display) included in the print data 40 Based on the attribute information, the fifth line of the detailed information 53 and the product price 56 are printed. The detailed information 53 is based on the reference result of the print table 15a.
The text corresponding to each identifier is added to the parameter following the identifier and printed (parameter text printing).

Next, the flow of the printing process of the printing apparatus 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, it is assumed that the printing table 15a and the decoration table 15b are set in the storage unit 15 in advance. The printing apparatus 10 uses the print data acquisition unit 11 to
When the print data 40 (code information 42) is acquired (S01), the attribute information extraction unit 12 determines whether or not the attribute information including the identifier in the print table 15a is included in the acquired code information 42 (S02). ).

When attribute information including an identifier in the print table 15a is included in the code information 42 (S
02: Yes), editing for printing is performed based on the print information associated with the identifier (S03). On the other hand, the attribute information including the identifier in the print table 15a is code information 4
2 is not included (S02: No), S03 is omitted.

Subsequently, the printing apparatus 10 uses the attribute information extraction unit 12 to determine whether or not the attribute information including the identifier in the decoration table 15b is included in the acquired code information 42 (S04). Here, when the attribute information including the identifier in the decoration table 15b is included in the code information 42 (S04: Yes), the condition determination unit 13 causes the parameter subsequent to the identifier to change the condition described in the decoration table 15b. It is determined whether or not it is satisfied (S05).

If the condition determination unit 13 determines that the parameter following the identifier satisfies the condition (S05: Yes), editing for printing is performed based on the decoration information described in the decoration table 15b (S06). . On the other hand, if the attribute information including the identifier in the decoration table 15b is not included in the code information 42 (S04: No), S05 and S06 are omitted, and if the parameter following the identifier does not satisfy the condition (S05: No) ), S06 is omitted. Thereafter, the printing unit 14 performs printing based on the editing results of S03 and S06 (
S07).

As described above, according to the printing system SY of the present embodiment, the printing apparatus 10 determines arbitrary attribute information in the code information 42 included in the print data 40 transmitted from the external apparatus 20 in the decoration table 15b. Only when it is determined that the specified condition is satisfied, printing is performed based on the decoration information associated with the condition and the identifier. Therefore, the printing mode can be changed according to the content of the attribute information. Thereby, for example, the print form can be changed according to the importance of the print content, and the handler can accurately and quickly grasp important information. Further, since the decoration is applied inside the printing apparatus 10, it is not necessary to acquire decoration information from the external apparatus 20. For this reason, the decoration process in the external apparatus 20 becomes unnecessary,
The decoration designation mistake can be eliminated, and the amount of data transmitted to the printing apparatus 10 can be reduced.

In addition to the decoration table 15b, the printing apparatus 10 also stores a print table 15a in which print information (edit contents) is set for each identifier. It is also possible to apply the same decoration uniformly to the attribute information.

In the above embodiment, the code image 30 is printed on the product label L (see FIG. 5B). That is, even when the code information 42 is included in the print data 40, the printing of the code image 30 based on the code information 42 may be omitted. The user may be able to set whether or not the code image 30 needs to be printed.

In the above embodiment, the print data 40 includes the print information and information on the print position and size of the text information 41, the code information 42, and the frame line information 43, and the font and color of the text information 41. Information regarding the print position and size, and the font and color may be stored in the print table 15 a in the printing apparatus 10. That is, only the content of each information 41, 42, 43 is transmitted from the external device 20,
The print position and size may be determined based on the print information in the print table 15a. According to this configuration, since there is no need to transmit information such as the print position and size from the external device 20, the data transmission amount can be further reduced.

In the above embodiment, the case where the frame line based on the frame line information 43 in the print data 40 is changed to the frame line based on the decoration information is illustrated for printing the label frame 54. When the frame line information 43 is not included, a decoration for adding a predetermined frame line may be performed. That is, the decoration information may describe “print with a predetermined frame line added”.

In the above embodiment, when the date specified by the parameter following the identifier “011” (data item: expiration date) satisfies the condition “remaining days are within 7 days”, the parameter portion is emphasized. Although it is supposed to be printed, the expiry date may be important not only when the remaining days are small, but also depending on the product. Therefore, if it is determined from the product code that the expiration date is considered to be important, such as fresh food or side dish, the parameter portion of the expiration date may be decorated. In this case, the identifier indicates a product code, and the condition is “represents fresh food or prepared food”
The decoration information may be stored in the decoration table 15b so that the expiration date parameter (the parameter following the identifier “011”) is highlighted. According to this configuration, a predetermined printing element can be used as a parameter following a specific identifier, and more various decorations can be realized.

Moreover, it is possible to provide each component of the printing apparatus 10 shown above as a program. Also, the program can be stored in various recording media (CD-ROM, flash memory, etc.)
It is also possible to provide it by storing it in That is, a program for causing a computer to function as each component of the printing apparatus 10 and a recording medium on which the program is recorded are also included in the scope of the rights of the present invention.

Moreover, although the case where the printing apparatus 10 was applied to a label printer was illustrated in said embodiment, you may apply to another printer, a ticketing machine, etc. Other modifications can be made as appropriate without departing from the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Printing apparatus 11 ... Print data acquisition part 12 ... Attribute information extraction part 13 ... Condition discrimination | determination part 14 ... Printing part 15 ... Memory | storage part 15a ... Print table 15b ... Decoration table 16
... Timekeeping unit 20 ... External device 21 ... Product database 30 ... Code image 40 ... Print data 42 ... Code information L ... Product label

Claims (10)

A printing apparatus that performs printing based on code information for printing a code image,
The code information includes one or more attribute information, and the attribute information includes an identifier for identifying each attribute information and a parameter added to the identifier.
A storage unit that associates and stores the identifier, decoration information for performing printing with decoration on a predetermined printing element, and a condition for determining whether to perform the decoration based on the parameter;
A code information acquisition unit for acquiring the code information;
An attribute information extraction unit that extracts attribute information including the identifier stored in the storage unit from the code information;
A condition determination unit that determines whether or not the parameter included in the extracted attribute information satisfies the condition associated with the identifier included in the attribute information in the storage unit;
A printing apparatus comprising: a printing unit that performs printing based on the decoration information associated with the identifier when the condition determining unit determines that the parameter satisfies the condition. The printing unit prints the predetermined print element decorated based on the decoration information associated with the identifier and the code image based on the code information acquired by the code information acquisition unit. The printing apparatus according to claim 1. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined printing element indicates the parameter added to the identifier. The printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the printing unit performs printing by adding text corresponding to the identifier to the parameter. The identifier indicates a product code,
The condition determination unit determines that the condition is satisfied when it can be determined from the reference result of the product database that the product specified by the parameter is the product to be advertised. The printing apparatus according to any one of the above. The identifier indicates an expiration date,
The condition determining unit determines that the condition is satisfied when it can be determined from the time measurement result of the time measuring unit that the remaining number of days until the date specified by the parameter is within a predetermined number of days. The printing apparatus according to any one of 1 to 4. The decoration information includes character size, character style, underline, ruled line, frame line, character decoration, character color,
The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising information on one or more of line color, tint block color, character type, image addition, and printing position. A printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A printing system comprising: an external device that transmits the code information to the printing device. A control method for a printing apparatus that performs printing based on code information including one or more attribute information including an identifier and a parameter,
The printing apparatus includes:
A storage unit that stores the identifier, decoration information for printing with a decoration on a predetermined print element, and a condition for determining whether to perform the decoration based on the parameter in association with each other. ,
Obtaining the code information for printing a code image;
Extracting attribute information including the identifier stored in the storage unit from the code information;
Determining whether the parameter included in the extracted attribute information satisfies the condition associated with the identifier included in the attribute information in the storage unit;
And a step of performing printing based on the decoration information associated with the identifier when it is determined that the parameter satisfies the condition. The program for making a computer perform each step in the control method of the printing apparatus of Claim 9.

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