Printer
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNorio MIZUTANI
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Abstract
A printer includes: a generation unit sequentially converting each of partial original data of a plurality of pages included in original data designated as a print target by a specific user into each of partial print data in a memory; a supply unit sequentially supplying each of the partial print data to a print execution unit; and a confirmation unit, whenever the partial print data of one page is generated, confirming whether the specific user is present around the printer. When it is not confirmed that the specific user is present around the printer when first partial print data of one page is generated, the supply unit does not supply the first partial print data to the print execution unit, and the generation unit starts to generate second partial print data of another page in the memory.
Claims11
A printer comprising:
- a print execution unit configured to execute a printing operation;
- and
- a control device configured to operate as:
- an original data acquisition unit configured to acquire original data, which is designated as a print target by a specific user and comprises identification information for identifying the specific user;
- a generation unit configured to sequentially convert each of partial original data of a plurality of pages included in the original data so as to sequentially generate each of partial print data of the plurality of pages in a memory of the printer;
- a supply unit configured to sequentially supply each of the partial print data of the plurality of pages sequentially generated in the memory to the print execution unit;
- and
- a confirmation unit configured to, whenever the partial print data of one page is generated in the memory, confirm whether the specific user is present in the vicinity of the printer by using the identification information,
- wherein in a first situation where it is confirmed that the specific user is present in the vicinity of the printer when first partial print data, which is the partial print data of one page, is generated in the memory,
- the supply unit is configured to supply the first partial print data which is stored in the memory to the print execution unit, and
- the generation unit is configured to generate second partial print data in the memory after the first partial print data is supplied to the print execution unit, the second partial print data being partial print data of one page different from the first partial print data and being generated later than the first partial print data, and
- wherein in a second situation where it is not confirmed that the specific user is present in the vicinity of the printer when the first partial print data is generated,
- the supply unit is configured not to supply the first partial print data which is stored in the memory to the print execution unit, and
- the generation unit is configured to start to generate the second partial print data in the memory.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform operations comprising:
- original data acquisition processing of acquiring original data, which is designated as a print target by a specific user and comprises identification information for identifying the specific user;
- generation processing of sequentially converting each of partial original data of a plurality of pages included in the original data so as to sequentially generate each of partial print data of the plurality of pages in a memory of the printer;
- supply processing of sequentially supplying each of the partial print data of the plurality of pages sequentially generated in the memory to a print execution unit;
- and
- confirmation processing of, whenever the partial print data of one page is generated in the memory, confirming whether the specific user is present in the vicinity of the printer by using the identification information,
- wherein in a first situation where it is confirmed that the specific user is present in the vicinity of the printer when first partial print data, which is the partial print data of one page, is generated in the memory,
- in the supply processing, the computer program causes the computer to supply the first partial print data which is stored in the memory to the print execution unit, and
- in the generation processing, the computer program causes the computer to generate second partial print data in the memory after the first partial print data is supplied to the print execution unit, the second partial print data being partial print data of one page different from the first partial print data and being generated later than the first partial print data, and
- wherein in a second situation where it is not confirmed that the specific user is present in the vicinity of the printer when the first partial print data is generated,
- in supply processing, the computer program causes the computer not to supply the first partial print data which is stored in the memory to the print execution unit, and
- in the generation processing, the computer program causes the computer to start to generate the second partial print data in the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.