1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a printing apparatus which performs printing based on print data sent from a host computer.
2. Description of the Related Art
There is conventionally known a printing apparatus (label writer) in which printing on a tape is performed based on print data or control data which is sent from a host computer and the tape is cut to have a predetermined length, thus creating a label (see Published Unexamined Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-036397, FIG. 1 and related description). This type of printing apparatus does not have a user interface on a printing apparatus case thereof for creating and editing data. Therefore, when conducting shipping inspections of products or performing demonstration printing in sales activities, printing has to be carried out by sending print data to the printing apparatus from the host computer after a printing apparatus driver and a print-only application are installed into the host computer, and thereafter the host computer and the printing apparatus are connected using a cable or the like.
Due to this, when performing demonstration printing, it is required to prepare a display, a keyboard, a cable and the like, in addition to the host computer in which the printing apparatus driver and the like are installed. Therefore, preparation thereof requires time and effort. In addition, in sales activities, it has been very inconvenient in that the host computer had to be carried around or a host computer with an operation system (OS) which corresponds to the printing apparatus had to be prepared by the customer.