Seiko Epson Corporation

Akihiko Tsuchiya

Shunichi Wakasa

Norio Tsuchiya

Toshiyuki Ito

A printer includes: a transport roller for transporting recording paper in a transport direction; a head for printing on the recording paper; a cutter disposed downstream of the head in the transport direction and configured to cut the recording paper; a first sensor disposed downstream of the cutter in the transport direction and configured to detect the recording paper; a communication section configured to receive print data; and a controller. The controller detects the recording paper by using the first sensor at least at startup, when the recording paper is detected, the recording paper is transported by the transport roller and is cut by the cutter, whereas when the recording paper is not detected, the recording paper is not transported by the transport roller and is not cut by the cutter, and when the communication section receives the print data, the controller performs printing on the recording paper by using the head.

Printer and method of controlling the same

A recording device has a cartridge that holds a first ink tank filled with ink, and a second ink tank that is filled with ink of the same color; an inkjet head that prints using a first nozzle row that ejects ink supplied from the first ink tank, and a second nozzle row that ejects ink supplied from the second ink tank; and recording control unit that prints on a recording medium by ejecting ink from the first nozzle row or the second nozzle row. The recording control unit determines which ink tank contains more ink, and ejects ink to print from the nozzle row connected to the ink tank containing the most ink.

Recording device, method of controlling a recording device, and a program

Media that are processed to reliably prevent executing a recording operation when media is not set to the recording position can be segregated from other media, and a drop in media processing throughput can be suppressed. When the length in the conveyance direction of the image to be recorded on a check is greater than the length of the recording area determined from the length of the checkin the conveyance direction, the process control unitof a multifunction devicechanges the discharge unit to which the check is discharged and then conveys the next check stored in the storage unit.

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Akihiko Tsuchiya