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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Yushi Ihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus provides with an interface conforming to the IEEE 1394 Standards can carry out printing operations on a stable basis. The printing apparatus comprises a printing engine for carrying out a printing operation by using a printing data and a data input section adapted to receive a printing data contained in a packet conforming to the IEEE 1394 Standards and a command packet from an STB. The printing apparatus is moved into an idle status M for receiving a command packet when an add printing command is input from the STB and into a reception status M for limiting the reception of command packets other than the one containing a data transmission command when a data transmission command for receiving a printing data is input.