Printing apparatus, control method for a printing apparatus, and recording medium for recording a control program for a printing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNaohiko Koakutsu, Mitsuaki Teradaira
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Abstract
A printer and control method therefor for printing to a specific location on an inserted form whether the form is loaded automatically or manually in the printer. When a specific command is received from a host, the printer selects the insertion operation used for the printing form. If automatic loading is selected, the leading edge of the form is set to a specific position in the printer by a form transportation mechanism, and printing then begins. If manually positioned form insertion is selected, printing begins directly with the printing form as inserted and positioned by the user.
Claims6
A control method for controlling a printing apparatus comprising an interface for communicating with a host device, a detector for detecting the presence of a cut-sheet form, a transport mechanism for transporting a cut-sheet form, and a printing unit for printing to a cut-sheet form, said control method comprising the steps of:
- receiving one of print data and the print command from a host device;
- detecting the presence of a cut-sheet form;
- positioning the leading edge of an inserted cut-sheet form to a specific position by transporting and detecting the cut-sheet form;
- printing to the cut-sheet form according to one of received print data and the received print command;
- and
- skipping the printing form positioning step according to a specific command from the host device.
A medium readable by a machine embodying a program of instructions executable by said machine to perform a method for controlling a printing apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving one of print data and a print command from a host device;
- detecting the presence of a cut-sheet form;
- positioning the leading edge of an inserted cut-sheet form to a specific position by transporting and detecting the cut-sheet form;
- printing to the cut-sheet form according to one of received print data and the received print command;
- and
- skipping the printing form positioning step according to a specific command from the host device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.