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Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 26, 2019
Applicant:

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshihiro Itogawa, Mizuho, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/181 (2013.01); G06K 15/1848 (2013.01); G06K 15/1885 (2013.01); G06K 15/1886 (2013.01); H04N 1/00498 (2013.01);
Abstract

A printer includes a print engine, a processor, and a memory. The print engine is configured to print an image on a print medium. The memory stores instructions, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the printer to perform: in a case where a plurality of layers is included in a document file that is acquired from one of a storage medium connected to the printer and an apparatus configured to communicate with the printer, determining whether the plurality of layers includes a selection target layer that is a layer corresponding to a same language as a language indicated by language information acquired from an information source; in response to determining that the plurality of layers includes the selection target layer, determining a layer including the selection target layer as a print target layer; and controlling the print engine to print the print target layer.


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