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Patent No.:

US 7843585 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 19, 2006

Interface module, printing device, program, and printer maintenance method

Applicant:

Tsutomu Nobutani, Nagano-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Tsutomu Nobutani, Nagano-ken, JP;

Assignee:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

John J. Penny, Jr.

Michael P. Visconti, III

Primary Examiner:

Gabriel I Garcia

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An interface module connected to a host device for generating print data and to a printing device for printing the print data, comprises a reception unit having at least two interfaces for receiving print data from the host devices connected to the interfaces, a parameter data acquisition unit for analyzing the received print data and acquiring parameter data for calculating the printing cost incurred by printing the print data, a parameter data storage unit for storing the acquired parameter data in predetermined categories including a category for each interface.

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Nobutani, Tsutomu. (2010). Interface module, printing device, program, and printer maintenance method (U.S. Patent No. 7843585). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7843585

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