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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2020
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshihiro Itogawa, Mizuho, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a printing engine, an interface, and a controller. The controller is configured to perform obtaining a file from an external storage device; determining whether the file has information representing a specific function; in response to determining that the file has the information, sending to a server a data request; receiving data on the updates from the server; outputting the data on the updates received from the server and an image based on the file to cause the printing engine to print the image. In response to not determining that the file has the information, the data request is not sent to the server.