Printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSadatoshi Oishi
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Abstract
A printer includes a cassette or tray for storing a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached, a conveyer configured to convey the sheet for printing, a wireless tag reader/writer configured to read and write information from and to the wireless tag when the sheet is conveyed for printing, a scanner, and a controller configured to: control the scanner to read a symbol, determine whether the symbol indicates an identification code that identifies a type of the sheet, upon determining that the symbol indicates the identification code, acquire parameters used for controlling the conveyer or the reader/writer corresponding to the type of the sheet, and control the conveyer and the reader/writer using the parameters when printing is performed on the sheet.
Claims17
A printer comprising:
- a cassette or tray for storing a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached;
- a conveyer configured to convey the sheet;
- a wireless tag reader/writer;
- a scanner;
- a display;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine whether the cassette or tray is open,
- upon determining that the cassette or tray is open, control the display to display a message instructing a user to operate the scanner to read a symbol,
- control the scanner to read the symbol,
- determine whether the symbol is an identification code that identifies a type of a sheet,
- upon determining that the symbol is the identification code, acquire parameters used for controlling the conveyer or the reader/writer corresponding to the type of the sheet, and
- when printing is performed on the sheet, using the parameters, control the conveyer to convey the sheet and control the reader/writer to read and write information from and to a wireless tag attached to the sheet.
A method carried out by a printer that includes:
- a cassette or tray for storing a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached,
- a conveyer configured to convey the sheet,
- a wireless tag reader/writer, and
- a scanner, the method comprising:
- determining whether the cassette or tray is open;
- upon determining that the cassette or tray is open, displaying a message instructing a user to operate the scanner to read a symbol;
- controlling the scanner to read the symbol;
- determining whether the symbol is an identification code that identifies a type of a sheet;
- upon determining that the symbol is the identification code, acquiring parameters used for controlling the conveyer or the reader/writer corresponding to the type of the sheet;
- and
- when printing is performed on the sheet, using the parameters, controlling the conveyer to convey the sheet and controlling the reader/writer to read and write information from and to a wireless tag attached to the sheet.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
- determining whether a cassette or tray of a printer is open;
- upon determining that the cassette or tray is open, displaying a message instructing a user to operate a scanner to read a symbol;
- reading the symbol;
- determining whether the symbol is an identification code that identifies a type of a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached;
- upon determining that the symbol is the identification code, acquiring parameters corresponding to the type of the sheet and used for controlling a conveyer of the printer for conveying the sheet or a wireless tag reader/writer for reading and writing information from and to the wireless tag of the sheet conveyed;
- and
- when printing is performed on the sheet, using the parameters, controlling the conveyer to convey the sheet and controlling the reader/writer to read and write information from and to the wireless tag attached to the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.