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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2011
Applicant:
Motohiro Nakamaki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Motohiro Nakamaki, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A hybrid device that can perform plural operations can switch quickly between operating modes. The hybrid device can perform plural processes on a processed medium based on commands sent from a host computer. If a scan command instructing a optical reader, which is another process unit, to scan the processed medium is received while executing a print command for a printing process on the medium, the control unitsets the scan command to a command execution standby state, finishes executing the print command, and after the print command is completed executes the scan command queued in the command execution standby state.