There is provided a control means (4) for controlling a method of packaging a medicine, the control means comprising:a tablet supply unit controlling section (20) arranged to control a medicine supplying step for supplying a relevant medicine according to a prescription data anda tablet standby unit controlling section (21) arranged to control a medicine standby step for allowing the supplied medicine to temporarily stand bycharacterized by the control means being arranged to control:a medicine detecting step for detecting the standing by medicine,the control means (4) further comprising a printing and packaging unit controlling section (22) arranged to control a printing step for printing a packaging paper when the medicine based on the prescription data is detectedthe printing and packaging unit controlling section being arranged to control a conveying step for conveying the packaging paper andthe printing and packaging unit controlling section arranged to control a packaging step for supplying the temporarily standing by medicine to a printed portion of the packaging paper and packaging the medicine,wherein the steps are controlled to be performed in sequence.
