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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Shinta Sugiura, Nagoya, JP;
Shinta Sugiura, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A printer-side controller of a printer repeats transmission of connection confirmation data while response data is received in response to the connection confirmation data. A device-side controller of the connectable device forward the connection confirmation data which is received after transmission of the response data to another connectable device connected thereto. Further, when the printer-side controller confirms connection with any of the plurality of connectable devices by receiving the response data, the device-side controller of the connectable device for which the connection is confirmed stores in the device-side identifier storage memory the identifier corresponding to the position of the connectable device, which is stored in the printer-side identifier storage memory of the printer.