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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Mikitoshi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Mikitoshi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A printer includes a processor configured to execute, when a dedicated USB flash drive is plugged in a second USB port, a process of (i') making a USB ordinary storage region in the dedicated USB flash drive recognized as a removable drive while managing an access to the USB ordinary storage region in the dedicated USB flash drive, with respect to a host connected to a first USB port, and to further execute, when the execution file of a second application program is read and executed by the host, processes of (a′) renewing a command file in a command-purpose memory region with a command file received from the host; (b′) analyzing the command file currently renewed and taking out print data therefrom, and (c′) making a printing device execute printing based on the print data currently taken out.