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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Seiko Instruments Inc., Chiba-shi, Chiba, JP;
Seiichi Jimbo, Chiba, JP;
SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC., Chiba, JP;
Abstract
A printer connected to an external host device and a peripheral device, the printer comprising: a power generation circuit configured to supply a preset drive voltage required for an operation of the peripheral device to the peripheral; a drive circuit configured to operate the peripheral device with the drive voltage in response to input of a drive signal; a control circuit configured to output the drive signal to the drive circuit to operate the drive circuit only in a preset drive period during which the drive circuit operates; and a communication circuit connected to the control circuit and configured to receive data input from the external host device.