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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohito Someya, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A device controlling a printing apparatus is enabled to efficiently acquire information on a data form or the like applicable to the printing apparatus. A terminal device includes a communication interface that can communicate with a printer. The terminal device includes a terminal control unit that requests the printer to communicate using a specific communication port via the communication interface and receives a responding state of the printer to the request. The terminal control unit determines a data form applicable to the printer based on the response and communicates with the printer via the communication interface using data in the determined data form.