Printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakeshi Harada
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Abstract
There are provided a printing section that performs printing on a medium; a control section that controls drive of the printing section; a power supply connector that supplies electric power to the control section; a first receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a first external device; and a second receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a second external device, a plug of a USB-Type-C cable is configured to be physically inserted into the second receptacle connector, the plug is configured not to be physically inserted into the power supply connector, an insertion port of the first receptacle connector is arranged along a first connector surface, and an insertion port of the second receptacle connector is arranged along a second connector surface.
Claims13
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing head that performs printing on a medium;
- a controller that controls drive of the printing head;
- a power supply connector that supplies electric power to the controller;
- a first receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a first external device and configured to cause the first external device to communicate with the controller;
- and
- a second receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a second external device and configured to cause the second external device to communicate with the controller, wherein
- the first receptacle connector is a USB-Type-C receptacle connector,
- the second receptacle connector is a LAN or DK receptacle connector,
- a plug of a USB-Type-C cable has a size and/or shape that allows physical insertion of the plug of the USB-Type-C cable into the second receptacle connector and prohibits the physical insertion of the plug of the USB-Type-C cable into the power supply connector,
- an insertion port of the first receptacle connector is arranged along a first connector surface, and
- an insertion port of the second receptacle connector is arranged along a second connector surface, the first connector surface and the second connector surface being offset relative to each other to form a step therebetween.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a printing head that performs printing on a medium;
- a controller that controls drive of the printing head;
- a power supply connector that supplies electric power to the controller;
- a first receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a first external device and configured to cause the first external device to communicate with the controller;
- and
- a second receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a second external device and configured to cause the second external device to communicate with the controller, wherein
- the first receptacle connector is a USB-Type-C receptacle connector,
- the second receptacle connector is a LAN or DK receptacle connector,
- a plug of a USB-Type-C cable has a size and/or shape that allows physical insertion of the plug of the USB-Type-C cable into the second receptacle connector and prohibits the physical insertion of the plug of the USB-Type-C cable into the power supply connector,
- an insertion port of the first receptacle connector is arranged along a first connector surface,
- an insertion port of the second receptacle connector is arranged along a second connector surface different from the first connector surface,
- an insertion port of the power supply connector is circular,
- the first receptacle connector and the second receptacle connector are rectangular,
- a circular connector is not arranged on the first connector surface, and
- a rectangular connector is arranged on the second connector surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.