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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Nishimura, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G07G 5/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/20 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1281 (2013.01); G06F 3/1244 (2013.01); G07G 5/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/1291 (2013.01); G06F 3/1284 (2013.01); G06Q 20/209 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1206 (2013.01); G06Q 20/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multifunction devicehas a roll paper print unit; a first interfacethat receives text data from a POS terminal; a second interfaceconnected to a printer; a data interpreterthat determines if a predetermined string is contained in the received text data; and a control unitthat, based on the result from the data interpreter, switches to a first operating mode for executing processes with the roll paper print unit, or a second operating mode that passes the received text data through the second interfaceto the printer