Seiko Epson Corporation

Seiko Epson Corporaition

Seiko Epsoh Corporation

Toshiaki Koike

Keigo Ejiri

Yuya Iwasa

Takako Kasuga

Kiyomi Kuroda

Kenichi Murahashi

Hidetake Mochizuki

Masayo Miyasaka

Tomoji Suzuki

Junichi Arai

Shunichi Wakasa

Norio Tsuchiya

Ryo Yoshida

Hiroyuki Motoyama

Noboru Otsuki

Takashi Saikawa

Kazuko Fukano

Hiroshi Narita

Tomoyuki Oi

Susumu Taga

Satoshi Omoto

Tadashi Inakoshi

Yuichiro Kasai

Yusaku Matoba

A printing device includes: a printing unit performing printing; and a control unit that, when accepting a character code associated with a plurality of font designs, causes the printing unit to print a character indicated by the character code, based on a priority level allocated to each of the plurality of font designs. The control unit changes the priority level of the plurality of font designs in response to a first command that is accepted. The first command is a command indicating the priority level of the font design that is a part of the plurality of font designs.

Printing device and control method for printing device

A printer is configured to communicate with a terminal and includes a printer memory configured to store items corresponding to the printer and item values corresponding to the items and a printer processor. The items include a change-allowed item whose corresponding item value is allowed to be changed and a change-prohibited item whose corresponding item value is prohibited to be changed. When the printer processor receives a transmission request command from the terminal, the printer processor selects the change-allowed item from the items stored in the printer memory, generates transmission information provided with the item value corresponding to the change-allowed item thus selected to transmit the transmission information thus generated to the terminal apparatus.

Printer, method for controlling printer, and printing system

A printer includes: a storage region which stores a plurality of setting value groups in association with character strings, each of the plurality of setting value groups including one or more setting values for one or more setting items; and a processor. When the processor acquires a first command including one character string and instructing setting of an initial value of a setting item, the processor refers to the storage region to set, as an initial value, the setting value for the one or more setting items included in the setting value group associated with a character string corresponding to the one character string. When the processor acquires a second command instructing execution of a process relating to one setting item of the one or more setting items, the processor executes the process instructed by the second command by using the initial value thus set.

Control method of printer and printer

When writing information to the IC tag of a medium, the control unitof a printerdetermines if a specific area in the storage space of the IC tag is in an initialized state, and writes to the IC tag if the IC tag is in the specific state.

Media processing device, printing device, and control method of a media processing device

The processor of a printer prints a setting value settable in a setting item of one in which a setting value is set on a print medium on the basis of input to an input section in a setting mode for setting a setting value in the setting item of one. If the first setting value of the setting item of one is stored in a memory, the processor causes a printing mechanism to print a first image in association with the setting value corresponding to the first setting value of the setting item of one out of the setting values to be printed. If the first setting value is not stored, the processor causes the printing mechanism to print the first image in association with the setting value corresponding to a second setting value of the setting item of one out of the setting values to be printed.

Printer and printer control method

Media processing device, printing device and control method of a media processing device

To use resources effectively and run appropriate processes in a configuration having multiple communication interfaces, a print control processorswitches a target buffer for processing data between a first receive bufferthat stores data received from a POS terminal, and a second receive bufferthat stores data received from a tablet terminal. The print control processorcontrols a print mechanismbased on data stored in the receive buffer that is currently selected as the target buffer, changes the target buffer selection from the first receive bufferto the second receive bufferwhen control of the print mechanismbased on receipt print data stored in the first receive buffergoes to a specific control state, and resets the target buffer selection to the first receive bufferwhen control of the print mechanism based on the data stored in the second receive bufferends.

Printing system and control method for a printing device having multiple communication interfaces

A printing device runs a process that uses resources efficiently and is compatible with configurations having multiple reception units. The printerhas a first immediate execution command managerthat monitors if an immediate execution command was stored in a first receive buffer, and if an immediate execution command was stored, reads and runs the immediate execution command; and a second immediate execution command managerthat monitors if an immediate execution command was stored in a second receive buffer, and if an immediate execution command was stored, reads and runs the immediate execution command.

Printing device, control method of a printing device, and printing system

In a system of a data processing apparatus coupled to a printer, the apparatus sends a status information transmission request to the printer and, in response, receives status information from the printer. The status information includes ink storage identification information written in a memory contained in an ink storage, device identification information identifying the printer in which the ink storage is installed, and ink usage amount information for use by the printer in calculating a remaining ink amount.

Printer and printing system

A printerhas a media orientation detection meansthat detects displacement of a medium discharged from a media exit after media conveyance by the conveyance mechanismstops; and a media processing device control unitthat controls the automatic paper cutterto cut the media when the media orientation detection meansdetects displacement of the media, and permits processing the media by the processing unit after controlling the automatic paper cutter

Printing device and method with cutter actuated by displacement of media

A printerhas a processing unit that processes media; an automatic paper cutterthat cuts the media; a conveyance mechanismthat conveys media in the direction moving to an exit; a media orientation detection meansthat detects displacement of the media after conveyance by the conveyance mechanismstops; a limiting unit that restricts movement of the media toward the exit after conveyance by the conveyance mechanismstops; and a media processing device control unitthat controls cutting the media by the automatic paper cutterwhen the media orientation detection meansdetects displacement of the media.

Overwriting information that was correctly written to an IC tag that can communicate wirelessly but is not the IC tag on the medium intended to be processed is prevented so that the wrong information is not stored in the IC tag. When writing write data including uniquely assigned tag ID information to an IC tag ends correctly, the system controllerof the media processing devicestores information indicating that writing the IC tag was completed. When writing write data to an IC tag, the system controllerreads the tag ID information and determines if information matching the read tag ID information is included in the stored tag ID information. If matching information is found, the system controllerprohibits writing to the IC tag.

Media processing device, media processing system, and control method of a media processing device

Writing incorrect information to an IC tag affixed to a label is prevented. When a control command including recording information, an instruction to print the recording information on a label, and an instruction to write data including at least time-related information to an IC tag affixed to the label is received from a host computer, the system controller of a label printer prints the recording information and writes the write data based on time information input from a RTC, but does not print the recording information and write the write data based on the control command if an error was detected by RTC error detector.

Label printer, control method for a label printer, and non-transitory storage medium

In a system of a data processing apparatus coupled to a printer, the apparatus sends a status information transmission request to the printer and, in response, receives status information from the printer. The status information includes cartridge identification information written in a memory device contained in a cartridge, device identification information identifying the printer in which the cartridge is installed, and ink usage amount information for use by the printer in calculating an ink usage amount.

A printerincludes a conveyance unit that conveys roll paper stored in a paper feed device; a computing unitthat calculates the distance between detection marks of the roll paper conveyed by the conveyance unit; a memory unitthat stores a first step count corresponding to the distance between detection marks; a communication interfacethat receives print data containing start coordinates for rendering image data of images to print in an image buffer; a print control unitthat corrects the start coordinates contained in the print data based on the distance between detection marks calculated by the computing unitand a distance between detection marks stored in the memory unit; and a print unit that prints based on the print data at start coordinates corrected by the print control unit

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