Printing device, and control method of a printing device, that is paired with an external device using bluetooth
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYuma Iwahara, Hiroki Abe
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Abstract
A printing device has a print unit for printing on roll paper; a wireless communication unit for communicating wirelessly with a paired control device; and a controller for receiving print data by wireless communication from the control device, and controlling the print unit based on the received print data. When changing from a pairing-disabled mode to a pairing-enabled mode, the controller controls the print unit to print pairing-related information on roll paper, does not process pairing in the pairing-disabled mode, and processes pairing when a pairing request is received in the pairing-enabled mode.
Claims40
A printing device comprising:
- a cover configured to be opened and closed;
- a conveyance mechanism configured to convey paper of a paper roll;
- a print mechanism configured to print on the paper from the paper roll;
- an operating switch configured to be operated;
- a wireless communicator configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device using Bluetooth;
- and
- a controller configured to control the print mechanism to print pairing-related information when the operating switch has been operated,
- wherein the controller is configured to pair with the external device.
A control method of a printing device, the printing device comprising a cover configured to be opened and closed, a conveyance mechanism configured to convey paper of a paper roll, a print mechanism configured to print on the paper from the paper roll, an operating switch configured to be operated, and a wireless communicator configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device using Bluetooth, the control method comprising:
- printing pairing-related information when the operating switch is operated;
- and
- pairing with the external device.
A printing device comprising:
- a cover configured to be opened and closed;
- a conveyance mechanism configured to convey paper of a paper roll;
- a print mechanism configured to print on the paper from the paper roll;
- an operating switch configured to be operated;
- and
- a wireless communicator configured to communicate with an external device using Bluetooth, wherein
- the printing device is configured to:
- print pairing-related information on the paper;
- and
- pair with the external device in response to receiving a pairing request from the external device after the cover has been opened and/or the operating switch has been operated.
A control method of a printing device, the printing device comprising a cover configured to be opened and closed, a conveyance mechanism configured to convey paper from a paper roll, a print mechanism configured to print on the paper, an operating switch configured to be operated, and a wireless communicator configured to communicate with an external device using Bluetooth, the control method comprising:
- printing pairing-related information on the paper conveyed from the paper roll, and
- pairing with the external device in response to receiving a pairing request from the external device after the cover is opened and/or the operating switch is operated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.