Recording apparatus and recording control method for executing recording according to setting of print parameters by wireless device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiroki Hayashi
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Abstract
A terminal such as a cellular phone sends setting data including print parameters to a printer by wireless. Upon receiving the setting data, the printer sets print parameters in a print controller according to the setting data. The printer then renders image data transmitted by wireless from the cellular phone, forming a rendered image, and prints the rendered image by the print controller. When setting data is not received, the printer sets default print parameters. According to the default print parameters, the printer renders image data transmitted by wireless from the cellular phone, forming a rendered image, and prints the rendered image.
Claims6
A recording apparatus for receiving and recording data transmitted by wireless from an image-data supplying device, the recording apparatus comprising:
- key operation means having one or more keys that can be operated by a user, the one or more keys includes a reset key indicating a release of an error state or an interruption of printing;
- control means for turning a light indicator on and off during a time period from a point when the reset key is pressed for a predetermined time or longer until a point when the condition of the reset key to be pressed is released;
- setting means for setting one or more recording parameters according to a reset key operation by the key operation means, and setting the one or more recording parameters based on a time period when the reset key is pressed, and a number of times that the control means turns the light indicator on and off during the time period when the reset key is pressed;
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- recording control means for recording an image on a recording medium based on image data included in data transmitted from the image-data supplying device separately from the setting data;
- wherein when the recording parameters have been set by the setting means, the recording control means records an image according to the recording parameters.
A method for controlling recording of a recording apparatus for receiving and recording data transmitted by wireless from an image-data supplying device, the method comprising:
- a key input step of inputting key information according to an operation by a user, the one or more keys includes a reset key indicating a release of an error state or an interruption of printing;
- a control step of turning a light indicator on and off during a time period from a point when the reset key is pressed for a predetermined time or longer until a point when the condition of the reset key to be pressed is released;
- a setting step of setting one or more recording parameters according to a reset key operation in the key input step, and setting the one or more recording parameters based on a time period when the reset key is pressed, and a number of times that the control step turns the light indicator on and off during the time period when the reset key is pressed;
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- a recording control step of recording an image based on image data included in data transmitted from the image-data supplying device, the data having a data format that is dependent on the image-data supplying device;
- wherein when the recording parameters have been set in the setting step, an image is recorded according to the recording parameters in the recording control step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.