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US 11,718,108 B2Granted
Printer, control method of printer, and computer readable medium including first mode in which icons representing printing items are selectable and second mode in which icon representing printing items does not require selection
AssigneeSato Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYohei Murata
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Abstract
A printer that allows selection of a plurality of types of print media includes, a control unit that stores a plurality of pieces of registration information, the registration information including one set of a plurality of printing setting items used for printing, the plurality of printing setting items include an item regarding the type of the print medium.
Claims8
A printer comprising:
- a display unit configured to display information;
- and
- a control unit configured to store a plurality of sets of printing setting items, each set including a plurality of printing setting items used for printing, wherein the plurality of printing setting items in each set includes a setting item regarding a type of a print medium, wherein the control unit is configured to operate in:
- a first mode in which the control unit causes the display unit to selectably display a plurality of icons, each icon representing one of the sets of printing setting items, and causes the printer to print only upon selection of one of the plurality of icons, and
- a second mode in which the control unit causes the printer to print based on a predetermined one of the sets of printing items that is associated with the second mode without requiring a selection of an icon representing said predetermined one of the sets of printing items.
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A control method comprising:
- during a registration process:
- displaying, on a display unit, a print medium selection screen, and receiving a selection of a type of print medium,
- after receiving the selection of the type of print medium, sequentially obtaining information corresponding to a plurality of printing setting items corresponding to the selected print medium to generate a set of printing setting items, without obtaining information corresponding to printing setting items corresponding to a print medium other than the selected print medium, and
- storing the generated set of printing setting items to the control unit;
- while operating in a first mode, causing the display unit to selectably display a plurality of icons, each icon representing one of a plurality of sets of printing setting items, and causing the printer to print only upon selection of one of the plurality of icons;
- and
- while operating in a second mode, causing the printer to print based on a predetermined one of the plurality of sets of printing setting items that is associated with the second mode without requiring a selection of an icon representing said predetermined one of the plurality of sets of printing setting items.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executable by a processor in a printer, the program causing the process to execute steps of:
- during a registration process:
- displaying, on a display unit, a print medium selection screen, and receiving a selection of a type of print medium,
- after receiving the selection of the type of print medium, sequentially obtaining information corresponding to a plurality of printing setting items corresponding to the selected print medium to generate a set of printing setting items, without obtaining information corresponding to printing setting items corresponding to a print medium other than the selected print medium, and
- storing the generated set of printing setting items to the control unit;
- while operating in a first mode, causing the display unit to selectably display a plurality of icons, each icon representing one of a plurality of sets of printing setting items, and causing the printer to print only upon selection of one of the plurality of icons;
- and
- while operating in a second mode, causing the printer to print based on a predetermined one of the plurality of sets of printing setting items that is associated with the second mode without requiring a selection of an icon representing said predetermined one of the plurality of sets of printing setting items.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.