Seiko Epson Corporation

Ryoji Tamaoki

Osamu Azami

Shigeyuki Takahashi

Nobuaki Takenaka

Yasushi Otaki

A printing apparatus including one or more feeding units includes: a sheet size determining unit which determines a sheet size of a sheet, on which print data are printed, in predetermined order; a print control unit which stores a designated size, which is the sheet size determined by the sheet size determining unit, in a storage unit; a feeding unit selector which selects the feeding unit on the basis of the designated size; and a process selection information storing unit which stores process selection information used to designate a process executed by the print control unit.

Printing apparatus

A print control apparatus includes a setting section and a print controlling section. The setting section enables or disables a first function of sorting paper by performing longitudinal printing in which printing is performed in longitudinal orientation for paper ejection in the longitudinal orientation and lateral printing in which printing is performed in lateral orientation for paper ejection in the lateral orientation alternately. The setting section further enables or disables a second function of barcode printing. The print controlling section controls printing in accordance with setting of each of the first function and the second function. When one of the first function and the second function is enabled, the setting section disables the other function.

Print control apparatus, print control method, and storage medium

The present invention provides an image formation device having a plurality of startup modes in dependence upon the toner cartridge installed, with which the user can perform alteration of the startup mode in a simple and easy and moreover accurate manner. This image formation device is one to which a development unit containing toner is installed in a removable manner and which performs image formation using the toner contained in the development unit, and having a plurality of startup modes depending upon the installed development unit; the device including: a reception portion which receives an alteration request for the startup mode; a decision portion which, upon receipt of the alteration request, determines the development unit that is required to be operated, in order to startup in the requested startup mode; and an output portion which outputs guide information to the user, so that the determined development unit is operated.

Image formation device which operates in a plurality of startup modes

A printer on which a cartridge for printing having a recording element is mounted includes a receiving part for receiving information which has date information showing a current date and a writing part for writing the date information of the information received by the receiving part in the recording element of the cartridge.

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Kani, Japan

Ryoji Tamaoki