PRINTER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer having a means which solves the inconvenience wherein print data can be converted based on layout information only when a pin layout profile of a print head to be used is known in advance. SOLUTION: Provided are: a layout information setting register 22 in which pin layout information of a print head 2 to be used is input and set; a print DPI setting register 23 in which a print DPI is set; and a timing counter 25 for generating a timing counter for generating impact timing. When the pin layout information of the print head 2 to be used is set in the layout information register 22, and the print DPI is set in the print DPI setting register 23, the timing counter for generating the impact timing is generated from those pieces of information in the timing counter 25, and then the impact timing is generated in a data convertor 9, based on print data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT