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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2020
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Feng Zhu, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing device includes a communication unit that executes wireless communication with an external device, a storage unit that stores information therein, and a controller that causes the storage unit to store access information of the external device that indicates a connection state where data exchange is being executed through the wireless communication, detects that the connection state of the external device changes to a disconnection state where the data exchange through the wireless communication is not executable, and uses, when the disconnection state is detected in the disconnection detection process, access information having a high priority ranking based on priorities determined with a predetermined rule among a plurality of access information stored in the storage unit to establish the connection state to the external device corresponding to the access information.