Image printing system and printing method of the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoichi Abe
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Abstract
The type of cartridge attached to a carriage of a scanner printer is detected by an ID stored in the cartridge. A PC starts a predetermined operation after confirming that the scanner cartridge is attached, when starting image reading, and that the ink cartridge is attached, when starting image printing, on the basis of the detected type of cartridge. This allows a user to confirm that a predetermined head is attached, without any cumbersome operation.
Claims16
An image printing system which comprises an apparatus having an attaching unit for interchangeably attaching one of a printhead for printing and a reading head for reading, and an information processor connected to said apparatus, and which can print a read image, comprising:
- detecting means for detecting the type of head attached to said apparatus;
- and
- checking means for checking the type of head detected by said detecting means,
- wherein said information processor starts a predetermined operation after confirming that said reading head is attached, when starting image reading, and that said printhead is attached, when starting image printing, on the basis of the type of head, and
- wherein said information processor starts a printing operation for a read image by said printhead when confirmed that said printhead has been attached after the reading operation by said reading head.
A printing method of an image printing system which comprises an apparatus having an attaching unit for interchangeably attaching one of a printhead for printing and a reading head for reading, and an information processor connected to said apparatus, and which can print a read image, comprising:
- a detecting step of detecting the type of head attached to said apparatus;
- and
- a checking step of checking the type of head detected in the detecting step,
- wherein said information processor starts a predetermined operation after confirming that said reading head is attached, when starting image reading, and that said printhead is attached, when starting image printing, on the basis of the type of head, and
- wherein said information processor starts a printing operation for a read image by said printhead when confirmed that said printhead has been attached after the reading operation by said reading head.
A computer-readable storage medium storing a program of a printing method of an image printing system which comprises an apparatus having an attaching unit for interchangeably attaching one of a printhead for printing and a reading head for reading, and an information processor connected to said apparatus, and which can print a read image, wherein said program comprises:
- a code of the detecting step of detecting the type of head attached to said apparatus;
- a code of a checking step of checking the type of head detected in the detecting step;
- and
- a code of a control step of said information processor, which starts a predetermined operation after confirming that said reading head is attached, when starting image reading, and that said printhead is attached, when starting image printing, on the basis of the type of head, and
- wherein said information processor starts a printing operation for a read image by said printhead when confirmed that said printhead has been attached after the reading operation by said reading head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.