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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Eiji Satake, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01); H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 23/00 (2013.01); B41J 2/32 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); H01M 10/44 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Power required for a printing operation can be supplied while supplying power to a connected external device. A printerconnects to a smart device, and has: a power circuit; a USB interfacecapable of supplying power to the smart device while communicating by wire with the smart device; a print unitthat prints; and a controllerthat controls the print unitto print in a power conservation mode when information instructing printing by the print unitis received by the interfacefrom the smart devicewhile supplying power from the power circuitto the smart device