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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 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 ...
G11B 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The media storage status of a target medium stacker is reported to the user through a host computer. In response to a height measurement command for measuring the height of blank media stacked in a blank media stacker and processed media stacked in a processed media stacker, a height measurement step measures the height of blank media and processed media based on operation of the media transportation arm, and a measurement transmission step sends the measurement acquired in the height measurement step to the host computer in response to a measurement transmission request from the host computer.