Printing devices and terminal devices that switch communication modes
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKunihito Terashita
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKunihito Terashita
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A communication system includes a printing device, a terminal device, and another device. The printing device includes a communication interface that enables communication through at least two modes; an operating portion that accepts a mode-switch instruction; a printing portion that prints an image based on print data, and a processor. In a direct communication mode, the printing device communicates directly with the terminal device. In an indirect communication mode, the printing device communicates indirectly with the other device. The processor switches the communication mode from the indirect communication mode to the direct communication mode when the operating portion accepts the mode-switch instruction, and switches the communication mode from the direct communication mode to the indirect communication mode when the processor determines that the printing device has finished receiving print data. Communication between the printing and terminal devices includes transmitting the print data from the terminal device to the printing device.
A printing device comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by a processor of a printing device, causing the printing device to perform:
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