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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Hironobu Inada, Matsumoto, JP;
Akihiro Ikeda, Toumi, JP;
Masanori Zama, Hata-machi, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal printer and a control method for a thermal printer enable increasing throughput before a printing process starts by starting a duplex printing process without waiting to convert all print data into the front print buffer and back print buffer, enable executing a duplex printing process on a print medium without using a front print buffer and a separate back print buffer, and enable switching between simplex printing and duplex printing according to a specific command. The control method includes a step Sof receiving a printing process selection command specifying execution of a simplex printing process on a front sideof the print medium, a simplex printing process on a back sideof the print medium, a duplex printing process that prints on the front sideand the back side, and an identical front/back printing process that prints the same print data on the front sideand back side, a step Sof converting and buffering the print data, and a step Sof executing the printing process specified by the printing process selection command.