# US 2014/0153028 A1 · Printing apparatus, method for controlling printing apparatus, and storage medium

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- Number: US 2014/0153028 A1
- Document ID: US20140153028A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/091,065
- Filed: 2013-11-26
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Yukio Kanakubo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140153028A1

## CPC

- G06K 15/408: {Handling exceptions, e.g. faults (computer driven error handling and recovery for a printer G06F3/1234)}
- G06F 3/121: {Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted}
- G06F 3/1234: {Errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting (G06F3/1261 takes precedence)}
- G06F 3/1236: {Connection management}
- G06F 3/1284: {Local printer device}
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

A status information communication port for notifying a host apparatus of an error that has occurred during initialization of a printer engine, and a print data communication port for receiving print data sent from the host apparatus are respectively opened at appropriate timings. For example, the status information communication port is opened in response to completion of initialization of an interface, and the print data communication port is opened in response to completion of the initialization of the printer engine.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A printing apparatus comprising:
an interface configured to perform communication with an external apparatus;
a printing unit configured to perform print processing based on print data received from the external apparatus via the interface; and
a control unit configured to perform initialization processing of the interface and determination processing for determining whether the printing unit normally operates when the printing apparatus is started,
wherein the control unit opens a first logical port for notifying the external apparatus of status information of the printing apparatus in response to completion of the initialization processing, and opens a second logical port for receiving the print data from the external apparatus in response to the determination by the determination processing that the printing unit normally operates.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit notifies, when an error in the printing unit has been detected in the determination processing, the external apparatus of status information representing the error using the first logical port.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface is a network interface, and the first logical port and the second logical port are respectively allocated to port numbers of a transmission control protocol/Internet protocol.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interface is a universal serial bus interface, and the first logical port and the second logical port are respectively allocated to endpoints of the universal serial bus interface.

### Claim 5

A method for controlling a printing apparatus including an interface configured to perform communication with an external apparatus and a printing unit configured to perform print processing based on print data received from the external apparatus via the interface, the method comprising:
performing initialization processing of the interface and determination processing for determining whether the printing unit normally operates when the printing apparatus is started;
opening a first logical port for notifying the external apparatus of status information of the printing apparatus in response to completion of the initialization processing; and
opening a second logical port for receiving the print data from the external apparatus in response to the determination by the determination processing that the printing unit normally operates.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform the control method according to claim 5.