Printer apparatus, printer system, and print method
OwnerTakayuki Yamamotoinventor
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Abstract
A printer apparatus that operates with power supplied by a power supply device includes: a printing unit that performs printing; a communication unit that is connected by USB to an external apparatus and supplies the power to the external apparatus; and a print control unit that causes the printing unit to perform printing in accordance with a print command received by the communication unit. When the printing unit performs the printing, the print control unit causes the communication unit to transmit a power-saving-enabling instruction that instructs the external apparatus to enter a power saving state.
Claims10
A printer apparatus connected by a USB connection to a print instruction apparatus which instructs the printer apparatus, the printer apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit that performs printing;
- a communication unit that communicates with the print instruction apparatus via the USB connection;
- and
- a power supply device that supplies power to the print instruction apparatus which does not have a battery and operates from the power supplied by the power supply device, via the USB connection;
- and
- a print control unit that causes the printing unit to perform the printing in accordance with a print command received by the communication unit via the USB connection,
- wherein when the communication unit receives the print command, the print control unit causes the communication unit to transmit, via the USB connection, a power-saving-enabling instruction that instructs the print instruction apparatus to enter a power saving state, and
- the printing unit performs the printing after the print control unit causes the communication unit to transmit the power-saving-enabling instruction.
A printer system comprising:
- a printer apparatus that operates with power supplied by a power supply device;
- and
- a print instruction apparatus that operates with power supplied by the power supply device of the printer apparatus, wherein
- the print instruction apparatus comprises
- a first communication unit that is connected by a USB connection to the printer apparatus and receives the power from the printer apparatus,
- a communication control unit that causes the first communication unit to transmit a print command via the USB connection, and
- a power control unit that causes the print instruction apparatus to enter a power saving state when a power-saving-enabling instruction that instructs the print instruction apparatus to enter a power saving state is received by the first control unit via the USB connection, and
- the printer apparatus comprises
- a printing unit that performs printing,
- a second communication unit that is connected by the USB connection to the print instruction apparatus and supplies the power to the print instruction apparatus, and
- a print control unit that causes the printing unit to perform the printing in accordance with the print command received by the second communication unit via the USB connection, wherein
- the print control unit causes the second communication unit to transmit the power-saving-enabling instruction via the USB connection when the communication unit receives the print command, and
- the printing unit performs the printing after the print control unit causes the communication unit to transmit the power-saving-enabling instruction.
A print method for a printer apparatus that operates with power supplied by a power supply device, that is connected by a USB connection to a print instruction apparatus that operates with power supplied by the power supply device of the printer apparatus, the USB connection configured to supply power to the print instruction apparatus and transmit communication data between the printer apparatus and the print instruction apparatus, the print method comprising:
- a print command reception step of receiving a print command from the print instruction apparatus via the USB connection;
- a power-saving-enabling instruction step of transmitting, to the print instruction apparatus, a power-saving-enabling instruction via the USB connection that instructs the print instruction apparatus to enter a power saving state after the print command reception step;
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- a printing step of performing printing in accordance with the print command after the power-saving-enabling instruction step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.