Seiko Epson Corporation

Hisataka Kugimachi

Katsuhiko Nishizaka

Tsutomu Iwanaga

A reading device connected to an external device include a transport section configured to transport a document, a reading section configured to read the document transported by the transport section, a data generation section configured to generate image data of the document read by the reading section; a transfer section configured to transfer the image data to the external device, a notification section configured to notify information to a user, and a control section, wherein the control section is configured to control a transport speed of the document by the transport section based on a transfer speed of the image data by the transfer section and, when the transport speed is changed, to cause the notification section to notify using a change notification A1 indicating a change in the transport speed.

Reading device and control method with notification of an error or improvement associated with document transport and data transfer speed

When the number of sheets that have been printed has reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, a number representing a upper limit of the number of sheets that can be printed, an ink jet printer declines to perform printing with an ink cartridge for which the number of sheets guaranteed for printing has been set, but when the number of sheets printed has not reached the number of sheets guaranteed for printing, performs printing of an image onto a recording sheet S by using the ink cartridge, the ink jet printer determining the number of sheets remaining N on the basis of the number of sheets printed that have been printed, and displaying on a display unitthe number of sheets remaining information display screenincorporating a number of sheets remaining display unitthat causes visual recognition of a relation between the number of sheets guaranteed for printing and the number of sheets remaining.

Printer

An image printing device and a method of controlling the image printing device are provided. One embodiment of an image printing device includes a load unit that loads a plurality of overlapped printing media, a printing unit that performs a printing process for the printing media transported from the load unit, a moving unit that is movable in a predetermined main scanning direction, a printing medium detecting unit that is mounted to the moving unit and detects a signal relating to a presence of a printing medium, a position detecting unit that detects a position of the moving unit, and a control unit.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Hisataka Kugimachi