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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1990
Kazuhiko Iida, Suwa, JP;
Masahiro Koiwai, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A page printer and system including a page printer. The page printer and each paper handling accessory device within the system includes a control unit. The control unit of the printer includes a main control unit and an auxiliary control unit. The main control unit supplies at least recording format data associated with the recording format of the recording data to the auxiliary control unit. The main control unit also inspects the specifications of each accessary device which have been previously stored in the auxiliary control unit to place the system in a standby state prior to receiving instructions to begin printing. The auxiliary control unit stores the specifications associated with each optional device and the recording format data and controls the operation of the page printer and each accessary device.