Patent attributes
A printer for executing a printing on a lens sheet in which a plurality of lenses is disposed, includes: lens detection device which, by scanning the lens sheet, outputs a lens signal corresponding to a lens resolution of the lenses in the lens sheet; encoder signal output device which, by scanning a scale, outputs an encoder signal in accordance with a pattern provided on the scale; lens signal counting device which calculates first elapsed time information regarding a cycle of the lens signal; encoder signal counting device which calculates second elapsed time information regarding a cycle of the encoder signal; and lens signal division device which, based on the first elapsed time information and the second elapsed time information, divides the lens signal and outputs a divided lens signal.