Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Tetsuya Okuno

Shunsuke Minamikawa

Haruka Azechi

Yushi Deura

Ayaka Hotta

Shinya Esaki

Toyoshi Adachi

Tony Lee

Katsunori Enomoto

Hideki Nogawa

Sadaaki Miyazaki

Kiyotaka Ohara

Munehisa Matsuda

Satoru Yanagi

Yoshihiro Itogawa

Yuki Yada

Fumitake Tajiri

Yuqing Liu

Sho Ogura

Hironori Takasaki

Satoshi Matsushita

Kyohei Mori

Koki Izumi

A controller executes processes for a plurality of functions including a remote control function and an other function. The remote control function is a function of controlling an external terminal to display a remote control screen corresponding to an input interface and of performing a remote control of a display apparatus based on an instruction from the external terminal. The controller is configured to: in response to receiving a start request for an approval process, determine whether the remote control function is currently executed; and in response to determining that the remote control function is not currently executed, execute the approval process. The approval process is controlling a display to display an approval screen and permitting start of the other function in response to an approval operation received on the approval screen.

Display apparatus, storage medium storing control program, and method of controlling display apparatus

A system includes a tank and a print engine. The tank is configured to store a consumable material for printing supplied in units of a predetermined volume from a reservoir. The print engine is configured to perform image formation on a printing medium using the consumable material in the tank. The system is configured to obtain a cumulative consumption amount of the consumable material used for the image formation by the print engine, obtain the predetermined volume, obtain an order count representing how many times the reservoir has been heretofore ordered, obtain a consumption error correction value for correcting an individual difference in consumption characteristics of the print engine, and determine whether to order a new reservoir based on the cumulative consumption amount of the consumable material, the predetermined volume, the order count, and the consumption error correction value.

System, printing apparatus, and method for managing consumable material without measuring actual remaining amount of consumable material

A printing device includes a print engine and a controller. The print engine is configured to perform printing until an allowed printing amount reaches a first threshold value. The allowed printing amount is decreased from an initial value as printing proceeds, while increased in accordance with a particular guaranteed printing amount guaranteed by a printing privilege given to a user. The controller is configured to obtain a print job, detect that the allowed printing amount reaches the first threshold value, interrupt the print job when the allowed printing amount reaches the first threshold value, and determine whether a particular condition is satisfied when the allowed printing amount reaches the first threshold value. When the particular condition is not satisfied, the controller deactivates an unprocessed part of the print job. When the particular condition is satisfied, the unprocessed part of the print job is retained so as to be resumed.

Printing device and print management system

A printing device includes a controller configured to perform: (a) storing identification information and transmission address information in association with each other; (b) acquiring, in response to receiving a print job together with the identification information from an external device, the transmission address information stored in association with the identification information in the (a) storing on the basis of the received identification information; and (c) transmitting the transmission address information acquired in the (b) acquiring to a data processing server so that payment process information is transmitted to a transmission address corresponding to the transmission address information, the payment process information being information to pay a fee charged for performing printing based on the received print job.

Controller configured to store transmission address information to which payment process information for print job is transmitted in association with identification information

A printing system includes a print engine, and one or more controllers configured to perform a data obtaining process of obtaining print data, a print controlling process of controlling the print engine to print an image corresponding to the print data on a printing medium based on a print setting value, and a fee determining process of determining a fee corresponding to a plurality of the print setting values to be applied when the print engine prints the image on the printing medium.

Printing system

A printing system includes a printing mechanism. The printing mechanism is configured to perform printing. The printing system stores a plurality of print jobs in a storage, and receives selections of two or more print jobs to be executed as two or more target jobs from among the plurality of print jobs stored in the storage. The printing system determines a total fee to be charged for executing the two or more target jobs, and performs a settlement related process related to settlement of the determined total fee. The printing system executes the two or more target jobs to print images by using the printing mechanism in response to completion of settlement of the total fee.

Printing system executing two or more target jobs in response to completion of settlement of total fee

A terminal device is configured to transmit communication start notification for starting short-range wireless communication between a terminal device-side communication interface and a communication device-side communication interface. In response to the communication start notification, a communication device transmits authentication information of wireless communication and a printer one-time token to the terminal device via the short-range communication. The terminal device transmits connection information for connecting a router to the communication device via the wireless communication using the authentication information. The communication device performs setting for connecting the router using the connection information.

Communication system, communication device, transmission method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for communication device

A printing device is configured to perform printing with an allowed print amount. The printing device includes a controller to obtain addition type information representing a first guaranteed print amount or a second guaranteed print amount. The first guaranteed print amount corresponds to a first printing privilege to be purchased manually by a user, and the second guaranteed print amount corresponds to a second printing privilege to be automatically purchased. The controller switches, based on the addition type information, a control mode between a first mode in which the first guaranteed print amount is added to the allowed print amount and a second mode in which the second guaranteed print amount is added to the allowed print amount.

Printing device and print amount management system

A printing system comprises a print engine and one or more controllers. The one or more controllers perform a data obtaining process of obtaining print data, a print controlling process of controlling the print engine to print an image based on a print setting value, a fee determining process of determining a fee to be charged when printing the image, and a setting value changing process of changing the print setting value.

An image recording device includes a display panel, a cartridge mount, an information input interface, memory, and a controller. The controller obtains service provider information through the information input interface, stores the obtained service provider information in the memory, obtains first identification information or second identification information related to a cartridge mounted in the cartridge mount, sets an operation mode to a first mode in response to obtaining the first identification information, sets the operation mode to a second mode in response to obtaining the second identification information, causes the display panel to display a type of the cartridge in response to setting the operation mode to the first mode, and causes the display panel to display the service provider information in response to setting the operation mode to the second mode.

Image recording device

An image recording device includes a cartridge mount to which a cartridge is mounted, a cartridge interface, a memory, a communication interface, a print engine configured to execute printing, and a controller. The controller is configured to obtain a transmission address stored in a cartridge memory of the cartridge through the cartridge interface, store the obtained transmission address in the memory, obtain, from the memory, notification information including at least one from a group of remaining amount information indicating a remaining amount of consumable in the cartridge mounted to the cartridge mount, order information indicating an order for the cartridge and status information indicating a state of the print engine, and transmission source information, and transmit the obtained notification information and the obtained transmission source information to the obtained transmission address through the communication interface.

Image recording device and computer readable medium

An image recording device stores correspondence information associating a plurality of status information types, output determination information and request type information. The status information is related to at least one of information on a cartridge and information corresponding to operation of a printing head. The output determination information corresponds to usage type information. The request type information is used to determine a type of a person requesting the status information. A controller of the image recording device is configured to perform receiving an output request of output of the status information, determining a type of the request type information, and identifying the status information of which type is associated with the determined request type information and the output determination information based on the correspondence information from among a plurality of types of the status information.

A communication device may include: a memory configured to store management information in which, for each of a plurality of OIDs of a MIB, the OID and a setting value are associated with each other; and a controller, wherein the controller may be configured to: receive a setting command which conforms to TCP; write the setting value included in the setting command to the management information in association with the OID included in the setting command; and send a response command which conforms to the TCP. In a case where the setting command including a first OID and a first setting value is received, the controller may be configured to: write the first setting value to the management information in association with the first OID after the response command has been sent, and send the response command before the first setting value is written to the management information.

Communication device, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions for communication device, and method performed by communication device

A printing system controls a printing member to perform printing based on a print job for which a charged fee is already settled. The printing system receives a first instruction to suspend the printing started by the printing member and suspends the printing started by the printing member in response to reception of the first instruction. The printing system receives a second instruction as to a post suspending process to be executed after the printing is suspended. The printing system performs one of a post fee-settlement process and a restart process, as the post suspending process. The post fee-settlement process is related to provision of a benefit corresponding to refunding at least part of the charged fee. The restart process is to restart the suspended printing to complete the print job after a reason that the first instruction is made is resolved.

Printing system suspending printing and performing one of post fee-settlement process and restart process

A printing device includes: a printing unit; and a controller. The printing unit is configured to print an image on a print medium. The controller is configured to perform: (a) receiving; (b) transmitting; (c) receiving; and (d) transmitting. The (a) receiving receives a print job from an external device. The (b) receiving receives a print job from an external device. The (b) transmitting transmits the print job to a data processing server. The (c) receiving receives, from the external device, destination information representing a destination of payment information of a fee required for executing the print job with the printing unit. The (d) transmitting transmits the destination information to the data processing server to cause the data processing server to provide the payment information to the external device.

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Nagoya, Japan

Tetsuya Okuno