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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 27, 2018
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Inventors:

Feng Zhu, Nagoya, JP;

Hidekazu Ishii, Inazzawa, JP;

Koichi Kondo, Inuyama, JP;

Assignee:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 13/00 (2006.01); B41J 15/04 (2006.01); B41J 29/48 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); B41J 3/4075 (2013.01); B41J 11/009 (2013.01); B41J 11/0075 (2013.01); B41J 11/0095 (2013.01); B41J 13/0027 (2013.01); B41J 15/044 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); B41J 29/48 (2013.01); G06F 2206/1506 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosure discloses a printer including a CPU that executes a detection process, a first determination process, and a first mode switching process. In the detection process, a type of a storage body is detected. In the first determination process, it is determined on the basis of a detection result whether the type of the storage body attached to the attaching part is a first type in an ordering state associated with insufficiency in quantity or a second type other than the first type. In the first mode switching process a control mode is switched from a normal mode prepared in advance correspondingly to the second type to a medium-saving mode prepared in advance correspondingly to the first type for reducing a consumption amount of the print-receiving medium than the normal mode, in the case that the type is determined as the first type.


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