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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Mahito Ichikawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazuya Toshima, Ueda, JP;
Keisuke Tsunoda, Toumi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control method for a publisher that has a media drive for writing data to one side of a target disc, a label printer for printing on the other side of the target disc, media stacker for storing the target discs, and a media transportation mechanism for transporting the target disc at least any one of the media drive, the label printer, and the media stacker in response to a command from a host computer reports an error to a host computer when the target disc cannot be transported as instructed by the host computer.