Brother Kogyo Kabushiki-kaisha

Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu

Hirotaka Kubota

Takanobu Suzuki

Junya Kawai

Hajime Okochi

Kiyoshi Sugimoto

Takehiko Inaba

Hidekazu Ishii

Ryoya Takahashi

Toshiyuki Furuyama

Koichi Kondo

Tomoki Miyashita

Keigo Kako

Kazunari Taki

Tsuyoshi Ohashi

Takuya Nagai

Ryohei Komiya

Naoki Tanjima

Akihiko Niwa

Yoshihiko Sugimura

Yuji Iida

Naoki Yoshida

Yoshiaki Komatsu

Nako Yoshimura

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto

Kazuya Nakagawa

Michihiro Uto

Zhi Yuan

Yoshiyuki Kaneno

Masahiro Sugimoto

A printer includes a main body casing, a supply portion, and a recessed portion. The main body casing has a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a third surface connecting the first and second surfaces. The main body casing can be placed on a flat surface with the first surface in contact with the flat surface. The supply portion and the recessed portion are provided at the first surface. Through the supply portion, a medium is supplied into the main body casing. The recessed portion is recessed toward the second surface a depth not less than the thickness of the medium. The recessed portion extends from the third surface to the supply portion in a first direction and extends in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The length of the recessed portion in the second direction is greater than the width of the medium.

Printer including main body casing provided with recessed portion having depth not less than thickness of medium

A printing device includes: a platen unit; and a main body unit. The platen unit includes a platen roller configured to convey a printing medium. The main body unit includes: a printing head; and an attachment-detachment portion which the platen unit is attachable to and detachable from. The printing head is configured to nip the printing medium in cooperation with the platen roller to perform printing on the printing medium. When the platen unit is attached to the attachment-detachment portion, the main body unit and the platen unit are assembled as a single unit. When the platen unit is detached from the attachment-detachment portion, the main body unit and the platen unit are separated as separate units.

Printing device including main body unit having attachment-detachment portion, and platen unit attachable to and detachable from attachment- detachment portion

A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.

Communication system, communication device appropriately perform wireless communication of identification data with information processing device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for the information processing device

A printing device includes: a first unit including a printing head; and a second unit including a platen roller. The printing head is configured to perform printing on a printing medium. The platen roller is configured to nip the printing medium in cooperation with the printing head for printing and to convey the printing medium. The first unit has a first fixing member for fixing the first unit to an external housing. The first fixing member is provided at at least one of a plurality of outer surfaces of the first unit. The second unit has a second fixing member for fixing the second unit to the external housing. The second fixing member is provided at at least one of a plurality of outer surfaces of the second unit. The first unit and the second unit can be assembled to each other and can be separated from each other.

Printing device including first unit having printing head and first fixing member, and second unit having platen roller and second fixing member

Communication system, communication device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for information processing device

A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.

A first communication apparatus may comprise a first type of interface configured to function as an IC tag, a second type of interface, and a controller. The controller may cause the first type of interface to execute a sending operation. The sending operation may be executed by using a first wireless connection established between the first and second communication apparatuses. The sending operation may include an operation of the first type of interface to send network identification information to the second communication apparatus. The network identification information may be information to be used in a first wireless network to which both the first and second communication apparatuses belong. The controller may execute, after the first type of interface has executed the sending operation, a wireless communication of target data with the second communication apparatus via the second type of interface by using the first wireless network.

Communication apparatus comprising integrated circuit tag interface

A printer includes a print portion, a connection portion, a storage device, a processor and a memory. The connection portion is configured to be USB-connected with an external device. The storage device has a mass storage area accessible by the external device connected via the connection portion. The memory is configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to perform steps of establishing a connection with the external device via the connection portion, using a mass storage class and storing image data in the mass storage area. The image data is data representing an image. The image data is transmitted from the external device via the connection portion. The computer-readable instructions further cause the printer to perform a step of printing the image on the recording medium by controlling the print portion based on the stored image data.

Image data storage in a printer and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions therefor

The disclosure discloses a printer including a first memory that stores computer-executable instructions that cause the printer to perform a terminal searching process, a job receiving process, and a coordination control process. In the terminal searching process, it is searched whether any of the operation terminals retains the printing job conforming to an accepting condition or not, by performing the mutually-recognized communication triggered by reception of a signal of an action-starting operation in a starting operation accepting process. In the job receiving process, in the case that some of the operation terminals retain the printing job conforming to the accepting condition, the printing job from the operation terminal is received. In the coordination control process, the printing head and the feeder are controlled in coordination with each other in the manner that the printed matter in accordance with print data in the printing job is produced.

Printer configured to receive print job communicated from operation terminal after determining that print job is acceptable

A printer, comprising: a printing part; a conveying mechanism to send out a print medium from a medium roll around which the print medium is wound, the conveying mechanism comprising a correcting mechanism to correct curl of the print medium in a winding direction by curving the print medium in a reverse direction of the winding direction; and a controller configured to: store a finish time of the printing; obtain a start time when next printing is started; determine whether an elapsed time elapsed from the finish time to the start time is longer than a particular time; when the elapsed time is longer than the particular time, cause the conveying mechanism to convey the print medium by a particular length which is longer than a length between the correcting mechanism and the printing part; and cause the printing part to perform the printing.

Printer

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Nagoya, Japan

Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu