Printing apparatus and printing method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorShigeru Yoshigai
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a holder configured to hold a medium; a conveyor configured to convey the holder; a printing device configured to print on the medium conveyed by the conveyor in response to a reception of a print instruction; and circuitry configure to: maintain the printing device in a busy state; receive the print instruction in the busy state; control the conveyor to start conveying the holder to a print start position in response to a reception of the print instruction in the busy state; hold the holder at the print start position in the busy state; and control the printing device to start printing on the medium in response to a release of the printing device from the busy state.
Claims8
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a holder configured to hold a medium;
- a conveyor configured to convey the holder;
- a printing device configured to print on the medium conveyed by the conveyor in response to a reception of a print instruction;
- and
- circuitry configured to:
- maintain the printing device in a busy state;
- receive the print instruction in the busy state;
- control the conveyor to start conveying the holder to a print start position in response to a reception of the print instruction in the busy state;
- hold the holder at the print start position in the busy state;
- and
- control the printing device to start printing on the medium in response to a release of the printing device from the busy state.
A printing method comprising:
- holding a medium with a holder;
- conveying the holder;
- printing on the medium by a printing device in response to a reception of a print instruction;
- and
- maintaining the printing device in a busy state;
- receiving the print instruction in the busy state;
- conveying the holder to a print start position in response to a reception of the print instruction in the busy state;
- holding the holder at the print start position in the busy state;
- and
- controlling the printing device to start printing on the medium in response to a release of the printing device from the busy state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.