Terminal device configured to initiate printing based on distance from printing device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMunehisa Matsuda
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AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMunehisa Matsuda
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A terminal device performs operations includes: a file information receiving process to receive M pieces of file information for identifying M image files from a printer storing M image files; a specific signal receiving process to receive a specific signal from the printer; a determination process to determine whether an inter-device distance is equal to or less than a predetermined distance by using a received radio field intensity of the specific signal; a selection process to select N pieces of file information, which is a part of the M pieces of file information when it is determined in the determination process that the inter-device distance is equal to or less than the predetermined distance; and a print instruction transmission process to not transmit the print instruction to the printer when it is determined that the inter-device distance is not equal to or less than the predetermined distance.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions to control a printer, which performs communications by a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol different from the first protocol, to perform operations, the operations comprising:
A printer, which performs communications by a first communication protocol and a second communication protocol, the first communication protocol using a different wireless communication technology than the second communication protocol, configured to perform operations comprising:
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