Printer
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSadatoshi OISHI
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Abstract
A printer includes a cassette or tray for storing a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached, a conveyer configured to convey the sheet for printing, a wireless tag reader/writer configured to read and write information from and to the wireless tag when the sheet is conveyed for printing, a scanner, and a controller configured to: control the scanner to read a symbol, determine whether the symbol indicates an identification code that identifies a type of the sheet, upon determining that the symbol indicates the identification code, acquire parameters used for controlling the conveyer or the reader/writer corresponding to the type of the sheet, and control the conveyer and the reader/writer using the parameters when printing is performed on the sheet.
Claims20
A printer comprising:
- a cassette or tray for storing a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached;
- a conveyer configured to convey the sheet for printing;
- a wireless tag reader/writer configured to read and write information from and to the wireless tag when the sheet is conveyed for printing;
- a scanner;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- control the scanner to read a symbol,
- determine whether the symbol indicates an identification code that identifies a type of the sheet,
- upon determining that the symbol indicates the identification code, acquire parameters used for controlling the conveyer or the reader/writer corresponding to the type of the sheet, and
- control the conveyer and the reader/writer using the parameters when printing is performed on the sheet.
A method carried out by a printer that includes:
- a cassette or tray for storing a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached,
- a conveyer configured to convey the sheet for printing,
- a wireless tag reader/writer configured to read and write information from and to the wireless tag when the sheet is conveyed for printing, and
- a scanner, the method comprising:
- controlling the scanner to read a symbol;
- determining whether the symbol indicates an identification code that identifies a type of the sheet;
- upon determining that the symbol indicates the identification code, acquiring parameters used for controlling the conveyer or the reader/writer corresponding to the type of the sheet;
- and
- controlling the conveyer and the reader/writer using the parameters when printing is performed on the sheet.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a method comprising:
- reading a symbol;
- determining whether the symbol indicates an identification code that identifies a type of a sheet to which a wireless tag is attached;
- upon determining that the symbol indicates the identification code, acquiring parameters corresponding to the type of the sheet and used for controlling a conveyer of a printer for conveying the sheet or a wireless tag reader/writer for reading and writing information from and to the wireless tag of the sheet conveyed;
- and
- controlling the conveyer and the reader/writer using the parameters when printing is performed on the sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.