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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Sakai, Sakaki-machi, JP;
Masatoshi Nakazawa, Ueda, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G07G 1/06 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1225 (2013.01); G06F 3/1206 (2013.01); G06F 3/1236 (2013.01); G06F 3/1242 (2013.01); G06F 3/1243 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); G06F 3/1288 (2013.01); G06F 9/546 (2013.01); G07G 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
While a specific application is running, a printer driver enables printing other data that is not data from the specific application. A dedicated driver (printer driver) that runs on a POS terminal occupies a communication port when receipt data is supplied from a POS application. The dedicated driver also sends print data generated based on the receipt data through the communication port to a POS printer. After continuing for a previously set time, the dedicated driver releases the communication port.