# US 10,768,866 B2 · Printing device, print control device, and method of controlling printing device with shooting section for taking image

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- Number: US 10,768,866 B2
- Document ID: US10768866B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/575,498
- Filed: 2019-09-19
- Published: 2020-03-26
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2018-09-21
- Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Applicants: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Inventors: Shinichiro Niiyama
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768866B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/1207: {resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission}
- G06F 3/1285: {Remote printer device, e.g. being remote from client or server}
- G06F 3/1234: {Errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting (G06F3/1261 takes precedence)}
- G06F 3/1259: {Print job monitoring, e.g. job status}
- G06F 3/1262: {by grouping or ganging jobs}
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A printer includes a printing mechanism configured to print images on a print medium, a print controller configured to execute a job group including a plurality of print jobs configured to print the images to make the printing mechanism print the images in the respective print jobs in sequence to thereby form a single printing result, a detector configured to detect a print error of the printing mechanism, a display device, and a display controller configured to make the display device display a printing position when the print error was detected by the detector.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing mechanism configured to print images on a print medium;
a print controller configured to execute a job group including a plurality of print jobs configured to print the images to make the printing mechanism print the images in the respective print jobs in sequence to thereby form a single printing result;
a detector configured to detect a print error of the printing mechanism;
a display;
a display controller configured to make the display display a printing position when the print error was detected by the detector during execution of any of the print jobs included in the job group; and
a shooting section configured to take one of a still image and a moving image of one of a printing position of the printing mechanism and the print medium already printed by the printing mechanism,
wherein when the print error is detected by the detector, the display controller makes the display display one of the still image and the moving image taken by the shooting section.

### Claim 2

A print control device configured to control a printing mechanism configured to print images on a print medium, comprising:
a print controller configured to execute a job group including a plurality of print jobs configured to print the images to make the printing mechanism print the images in the respective print jobs in sequence to thereby form a single printing result;
a detector configured to detect a print error of the printing mechanism;
a display;
a display controller configured to make the display display a printing position when the print error was detected by the detector during execution of any of the print jobs included in the job group; and
a shooting section configured to take one of a still image and a moving image of one of a printing position of the printing mechanism and the print medium already printed by the printing mechanism,
wherein when the print error is detected by the detector, the display controller makes the display display one of the still image and the moving image taken by the shooting section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The print control device according to claim 2, wherein
the display controller makes the display display the image printed when the print error was detected.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The print control device according to claim 2, wherein
the display controller makes the display display a numerical value representing a printing position of the printing mechanism when the print error was detected.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The print control device according to claim 2, wherein
the print controller makes the printing mechanism print the images with printing lengths designated to the print jobs, and
the display controller makes the display display symbol images corresponding to the respective print jobs included in the job group in display sizes corresponding to the printing lengths of the print jobs.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The print control device according to claim 5, wherein
the display controller displays the printing position of the printing mechanism when the print error has been detected so as to be superimposed on the symbol image corresponding to the print job executed when the print error was detected.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The print control device according to claim 5, wherein
the display controller makes the display display thumbnail images obtained by contracting the images to be printed by the printing mechanism as the symbol images.

### Claim 8 (depends on 2)

The print control device according to claim 2, further comprising:
an input device configured to receive an input, wherein
when the input for designating the print error detected by the detector is received by the input device, the display controller reproduces one of the still image and the moving image taken by the shooing section upon occurrence of the print error designated.

### Claim 9

A method of controlling a printing apparatus having a printing mechanism configured to print images on a print medium, the method comprising: executing a job group including a plurality of print jobs configured to print the images to make the printing mechanism print the images in the respective print jobs in sequence to thereby form a single printing result; detecting a print error of the printing mechanism; displaying, on a display, a printing position when the print error was detected; and a shooting section taking one of a still image and a moving image of one of a printing position of the printing mechanism and the print medium already printed by the printing mechanism, wherein when the print error is detected, the display displays one of the still image and the moving image taken by the shooting section.