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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Ichimiya, Nagano, JP;
Ryuji Moriyama, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printer which transports a sheet of paper from a paper tray inserted in the printer to perform printing includes: an insertion/removal sensing unit configured to sense insertion and removal of the paper tray; a transport failure sensing unit configured to sense a transport failure of the sheet of paper; and a print control unit configured to, if, when a transport failure is sensed by the transport failure sensing unit, the print control unit determines that transport of the sheet of paper is transport performed directly after the insertion/removal sensing unit sensed insertion of the paper tray, issue a notification for prompting a user to perform an operation relating to the paper tray.