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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2001
Azuma Miyazawa, Mitaka, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A CPU mounted on a printer according to the present invention decides whether at least one sheet can be printed based on a battery capacity detected from a battery controller through a battery check section before a printing operation in a DPOF mode is started, for example, stores, in print history information memory, print history information indicative of a printed frame number and the number of prints in a print scheduling frame number and the number of prints which are set to print control information if it is decided that one sheet cannot be printed due to an insufficient capacity and once interrupts the printing operation. Then, the battery is exchanged with a new battery or is charged. Thereafter, the CPU is operated to read the print history information and restart the printing operation from the number of non-prints corresponding to the print scheduling frame number interrupted based on the history information thus read.