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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuya Ishiyama, Chita, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
According to aspects of the present disclosures, a printing device has a print head, a battery, a USB PD controller. The printing device is connected to an external power source in accordance with a connection compliant with a USB standard. The external power source has a plurality of electrical power profiles. The printing device uses one of the external power source and the battery as an electrical power supplying source of the print head. The printing device a power source voltage value with a rated voltage value of the print head, when the power source voltage value is larger than the rated voltage value, determine the battery as the electrical power supplying source, and, when the power source voltage value is equal to or less than the rated voltage value, determining the external power source as the electrical power supplying source.