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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamaoka, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus including: a printing unit configured to perform printing on a printing medium; and a controller, wherein the printing apparatus is configured to perform communication with an external mediation apparatus configured to perform communication with a management server via the Internet, and wherein the controller is configured to: switch the printing apparatus to a dormant state in response to a predetermined time having elapsed since a specific operation mechanism of a plurality of operation mechanisms including the printing unit became anon-operating state, the printing apparatus being incapable of performing communication with the external mediation apparatus in the dormant state; execute periodic information processing including at least one of information transmission to the external mediation apparatus and information reception from the external mediation apparatus; and prohibit the switching of the printing apparatus to the dormant state during the executing of the periodic information processing.