Printing device, control method of a printing device, and storage medium having a wireless communicator that is paired with an external device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYuma IWAHARA, Hiroki ABE
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Abstract
A printing device has a print unit for printing on roll paper; a wireless communication unit for communicating wirelessly with a paired control device; and a controller for receiving print data by wireless communication from the control device, and controlling the print unit based on the received print data. When changing from a pairing-disabled mode to a pairing-enabled mode, the controller controls the print unit to print pairing-related information on roll paper, does not process pairing in the pairing-disabled mode, and processes pairing when a pairing request is received in the pairing-enabled mode.
Claims18
A printer comprising:
- a cover configured to be opened or closed;
- a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a paper of a roll paper;
- a print mechanism configured to print on the paper of the roll paper;
- an operating switch configured to be inputted;
- a wireless communicator configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device;
- and
- a controller configured to control the print mechanism to print pairing-related information when the operating switch is inputted,
- wherein the controller is configured to pair with the external device based on Bluetooth.
A control method of a printer, the printer comprising a cover configured to be opened or closed, a conveyance mechanism configured to convey a paper of a roll paper, a print mechanism configured to print on the paper of the roll paper, an operating switch configured to be inputted, and a wireless communicator configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device, the control method comprising:
- printing pairing-related information when the operating switch is inputted;
- and
- pairing with the external device based on Bluetooth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.