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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2019
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Gotanda, Ota Tokyo, JP;
Jun Kikuchi, Tagata Shizuoka, JP;
Akiko Susaki, Yokohama Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Yoshitomi, Koganei Tokyo, JP;
Shun Hashimoto, Ota Tokyo, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A commodity-data processing apparatus includes a housing, a printer unit mounted in the housing and movable between a housed position at which the printer unit fits in a printer housing space and a drawn-out position, and a controller. The printer unit includes a cover that is movable between a closed position and an open position when the printer unit is at the drawn-out position and not movable between the closed position and the open position when the printer unit is at the housed position. The controller is configured to determine whether the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, determine whether or not the printer unit is ready for printing, upon determining that the cover is moved from the open position to the closed position, and enable receipt printing by the printing unit, upon determining that the printer unit is ready for printing.