Printing device and logic packet processing method

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a printing device connected to a client, the printing device including: a reception unit which receives plural types of logic packets from the client; a hardware packet processing unit which processes the logic packets by hardware; a software packet processing unit which includes a microprocessor and processes the logic packets by software; and a sorting unit which sorts the plural types of logic packets into a logic packet to be processed by the hardware packet processing unit and a logic packet to be processed by the software packet processing unit, wherein the sorting unit sorts a reply requiring logic packet including contents replying to the client as the logic packet to be processed by the hardware packet processing unit when sorting the plural types of logic packets.