Device for controlling printer power down mode for display intensity
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaaki Hibino
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Abstract
A printer setting device connected to a printer for recording, based on print data, characters and other images on a recording sheet, the printer setting device including a display displaying a menu image with various selectable operation modes including a power down mode to reduce power consumption of the printer; and a central control unit outputting a control command for setting the printer to the power down mode when the power down mode is selected on the menu image.
Claims17
A printer controlling device connected to a printer for recording, based on print data, characters and other images on a recording sheet, the printer controlling device comprising:
- mode designating means for designating various operation modes including a power down mode for reducing power consumption of the printer;
- mode controlling means for outputting a control command for controlling the printer to the power down mode when the power down mode is designated by the mode designating means;
- a display for displaying a menu image by which the power down mode is selected for designation by the mode designating means;
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- display controlling means for reducing intensity of the display from an original intensity to a reduced intensity when the control command is outputted from the mode controlling means.
A printer controlling device connected to a printer for recording, based on print data, characters and other images on a recording sheet, the printer controlling device comprising:
- a display displaying a menu image with various selectable operation modes including a power down mode to reduce power consumption of the printer;
- a central control unit outputting a control command for controlling the printer to the power down mode when the power down mode is selected on the menu image;
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- wherein the central control unit reduces intensity of the display from an original intensity to a reduced intensity when the control command is outputted for controlling the printer to the power down mode.
A method for controlling a printer for recording, based on print data, characters and other images on a recording sheet, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying on a display a menu image with various selectable operation modes including a power down mode to reduce power consumption of the printer;
- outputting from a central control unit a control command for controlling the printer to the power down mode when the power down mode is selected on the menu image;
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- further comprising the step of controlling the central control unit to reduce intensity of the display from an original intensity to a reduced intensity when the control command is outputted for controlling the printer to the power down mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.