Media processing device and method of controlling a media processing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakahisa Komiyama
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Abstract
Maintenance requirements are reduced by using only a subset of the functions of a media processing device having plural function units for processing processed media. When a control unit of the media processing device receives a command from a host computer to disable a function of an inkjet printer unit disposed to a conveyance path for the processed media or to disable a function of a contact image sensor unit disposed to the conveyance path, a function-disabled mode is entered that disables the specified function. While in the function-disabled mode, detected operating errors related to the disabled function are not reported to the host computer.
Claims15
A media processing device comprising:
- a conveyance roller configured to convey media through a media path;
- a reading unit disposed at the media path configured to read the media conveyed through the media path, including a contact image sensor;
- a print unit disposed at the media path configured to print on the media conveyed through the media path, including an inkjet head configured to eject ink and an ink cartridge configured to store the ink;
- an ink cartridge holder in which the ink storage unit is configured to be installed;
- and
- a controller configured to control the conveyance roller, the reading unit, and the print unit, and to determine whether an error occurs, wherein the media processing device has an operating mode,
- when the operating mode is a first mode wherein the media conveyed by the conveyance roller is read by the reading unit and is printed by the print unit, the controller is configured to report an error that an ink cartridge is not installed in the ink cartridge holder and/or an error related to the reading unit, and
- when the operating mode is a second mode wherein the media conveyed by the conveyance roller is read by the reading unit and is not printed by the print unit, the controller is configured to report the error related to the reading unit and does not report the error that an ink cartridge is not installed in the ink cartridge holder.
A method of controlling a media processing device that includes a print unit disposed to a conveyance path and a reading unit disposed to the conveyance path, the print unit having a function that prints on a processed media, and a reading unit having a function that reads the processed media, the method comprising:
- receiving a command from an external device to operate the media processing device in an operating mode that is either a first mode or a second mode;
- when operating in a first mode, when an error is detected, reporting an error relating to the print unit and/or an error related to the reading unit;
- when operating in a second mode:
- disabling at least one of the function of the print unit;
- and
- when an error related to the disabled function of the print unit, not reporting the error relating to the print unit to the external device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.