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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Todaka, Matsumoto, JP;
Ryota Kondo, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a printing apparatus including a communication section configured to communicate with an external apparatus and receive print data and a cut command, a connector configured to be coupled to any one of a first peripheral apparatus and a second peripheral apparatus, a head, a cutter, and a control section configured to control the head and the cutter, in which the control section is configured to, when receiving, by the communication section, reception information including a plurality of pieces of the print data and a plurality of the cut commands after no reception for a predetermined period of time, transmit a drive command to the first peripheral apparatus via the connector based on at least one cut command among the cut commands included in the reception information to drive the first peripheral apparatus, and not transmit the drive command to the first peripheral apparatus based on another cut command.