Print system
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuki Hiramatsu, Atsushi Fujioka, Katsuma Torii, Takuji Sakabe, Hirokazu Miyabayashi, Hiromasa Takahashi
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Abstract
A print system includes a head, a conveyance motor, a first connector, and a second connector, a power supply circuit. When a first power source is connected to the first connector and a second power source is connected to the second connector, the power supply circuit supplies at least some of a first power to the head and supplies at least some of a second power to the conveyance motor. The first power is a power of the first power source. The second power is a power of the second power source.
Claims30
A print system configured to be driven by a plurality of power sources, the print system comprising:
- a head configured to perform printing on a medium;
- a conveyance motor configured to generate motive power to convey the medium;
- a first connector configured to connect a first power source;
- a second connector configured to connect a second power source;
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- a power supply circuit configured to supply power to the head and to the conveyance motor, wherein
- when the first power source is connected to the first connector and the second power source is connected to the second connector, the power supply circuit simultaneously supplies at least some of a first power to the head and at least some of a second power to the conveyance motor, the first power being a power of the first power source, and the second power being a power of the second power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.