Seiko Epson Corporation

Mahito Ichikawa

Kazuya Toshima

Keisuke Tsunoda

The media storage status of a target medium stacker is reported to the user through a host computer. In response to a height measurement command for measuring the height of blank media stacked in a blank media stacker and processed media stacked in a processed media stacker, a height measurement step measures the height of blank media and processed media based on operation of the media transportation arm, and a measurement transmission step sends the measurement acquired in the height measurement step to the host computer in response to a measurement transmission request from the host computer.

Media processing device including host computer capable of measuring the height of blank media

A control method for a publisher that has a media drive for writing data to one side of a target disc, a label printer for printing on the other side of the target disc, media stacker for storing the target discs, and a media transportation mechanism for transporting the target disc at least any one of the media drive, the label printer, and the media stacker in response to a command from a host computer reports an error to a host computer when the target disc cannot be transported as instructed by the host computer.

Media processing device and control method for a media processing device

A media processing device has a media drive for writing data on one side of recording media, a label printer for printing on the other side of the media M, media stackers for storing the media, and a transportation arm for transporting the media to any of the media drive, the label printer, and the media stackers according to control commands sent from a host computer. The control method for the media processing device has an execution step of starting executing a plurality of control commands based on a start process command; a decision step of determining if all of the control commands executed normally; and a transmission step of sending a normal termination report to the host computer as the response to the end process command that is sent as a set with the start process command if step determines that all control commands executed normally.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Mahito Ichikawa