Print control apparatus and printer

1 . A print control apparatus comprising:

a print medium characteristic information acquisition unit that acquires print medium characteristic information indicating a characteristic of a print medium contained in a print medium container mounted in the printer;

a print instruction content information acquisition unit that acquires print instruction content information indicating a content of a print instruction of an image based on image data to the printer;

a judgment unit that makes a judgment about a propriety of printing the image based on the print medium characteristic information and the print instruction content information; and

an output unit that makes an output based on the judgment.

2 . The print control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the print medium characteristic information includes first identification information to identify a first character previously printed on the print medium contained in the print medium container,

the print instruction content information includes second identification information to identify a second character included in the image data as a print object to the print medium, and

based on print propriety information indicating the propriety of printing the first character and the second character onto a same print medium, the first identification information, and the second identification information, the judgment unit makes a judgment about the propriety of printing the image based on the image data.

3 . The print control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the print medium characteristic information includes print medium kind information indicating a kind of the print medium contained in the print medium container, and

the judgment unit judges that printing of the image based on the image data can not be performed in a case where a kind of a print medium most suitable for a printing condition indicated by the print instruction content information is not coincident with the kind of the print medium indicated by the print medium kind information.

4 . The print control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the print medium characteristic information includes expiration date information indicating an expiration date of the print medium contained in the print medium container, and

the judgment unit judges that printing of the image based on the image data can not be performed in a case where a date when the print instruction indicated by the print instruction content information is issued exceeds the expiration date indicated by the expiration date information.

5 . A printer comprising:

the print control apparatus according to claim 1;

a housing part that houses the print medium container; and

a reading unit that reads the print medium characteristic information from a storage medium provided at the print medium container housed in the housing part, wherein

the print instruction content information acquisition unit acquires the print instruction content information from a portable terminal apparatus, and

the print medium characteristic information acquisition unit acquires the print medium characteristic information from the reading unit.

6 . The printer according to claim 5 , wherein

the print medium characteristic information includes first identification information to identity a first character previously printed on the print medium contained in the print medium container,

the print instruction content information includes second identification information to identify a second character included in the image data as a print object to the print medium, and

based on print propriety information indicating the propriety of printing the first character and the second character onto a same print medium, the first identification information, and the second identification information, the judgment unit makes a judgment about the propriety of printing the image based on the image data.

7 . The printer according to claim 6 , which further comprises a storage unit that previously stores the print propriety information.

8 . The printer according to claim 6 , which further comprises a print propriety information acquisition unit that acquires the print propriety information from the portable terminal apparatus.

9 . The printer according to claim 5 , wherein

the print medium container includes: a containing part that contains the print medium; and a cover part that covers the print medium contained in the containing part and can be detached from the containing part,

the storage medium is provided at the cover part, and

the reading unit is located in a vicinity of a discharge port for discharging the print medium to an outside of the printer, and reads the print medium characteristic information from the storage medium attached to the cover part when the cover part is removed from the discharge port to the outside in a state where the print medium container is housed in the housing part.

10 . The printer according to claim 6 , wherein

the print medium container includes: a containing part that contains the print medium; and a cover part that covers the print medium contained in the containing part and can be detached from the containing part,

the storage medium is provided at the cover part, and

the reading unit is located in a vicinity of a discharge port for discharging the print medium to an outside of the printer, and reads the print medium characteristic information and the print propriety information from the storage medium attached to the cover part when the cover part is removed from the discharge port to the outside in a state where the print medium container is housed in the housing part.

11 . The printer according to claim 5 , wherein the storage medium includes a wireless tag.

12 . The printer according to claim 5 , wherein the storage medium includes a magnetic label.

13 . The printer according to claim 5 , wherein the storage medium includes plural linear projections.

14 . The printer according to claim 5 , wherein the storage medium includes a barcode label.

15 . The printer according to claim 5 , wherein the storage medium includes plural holes.

16 . A print control apparatus comprising:

means for acquiring print medium characteristic information indicating a characteristic of a print medium contained in a print medium container mounted in the printer;

means for acquiring print instruction content information indicating a content of a print instruction of an image based on image data to the printer; and

means for making a judgment about a propriety of printing the image based on the print medium characteristic information and the print instruction content information; and

means for making an output based on the judgment.

17 . The print control apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

the print medium characteristic information includes first identification information to identify a first character previously printed on the print medium contained in the print medium container,

the print instruction content information includes second identification information to identify a second character included in the image data as a print object to the print medium, and

the means for judging judges the propriety of printing the first character and the second character onto a same print medium, the first identification information, and the second identification information.

18 . The print control apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

the print medium characteristic information includes print medium kind information indicating a kind of the print medium contained in the print medium container, and

the means for judging judges that printing of the image based on the image data can not be performed in a case where a kind of a print medium most suitable for a printing condition indicated by the print instruction content information is not coincident with the kind of the print medium indicated by the print medium kind information.

19 . The print control apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein

the print medium characteristic information includes expiration date information indicating an expiration date of the print medium contained in the print medium container, and

the means for judging judges that printing of the image based on the image data can not be performed in a case where a date when the print instruction indicated by the print instruction content information is issued exceeds the expiration date indicated by the expiration date information.