Media processing device and control method for a media processing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMahito Ichikawa, Kazuya Toshima, Keisuke Tsunoda
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Abstract
A control method for a publisher that has a media drive for writing data to one side of a target disc, a label printer for printing on the other side of the target disc, media stacker for storing the target discs, and a media transportation mechanism for transporting the target disc at least any one of the media drive, the label printer, and the media stacker in response to a command from a host computer reports an error to a host computer when the target disc cannot be transported as instructed by the host computer.
Claims18
A media processing device comprising:
- a data writing means that applies a data writing process to one side of a target medium;
- a printing means that applies a printing process to the other side of the target medium;
- a media storage means that stores the target medium;
- a transportation means that transports the target medium to any one of the data writing means, the printing means, and the media storage means according to a command received from a host computer;
- a position detection means that detects the position of the transportation means;
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- a storage means that stores the position where the position detection means detected the transportation means as a starting point;
- wherein the transportation means reports an error to the host computer when the target medium cannot be transported according to the command from the host computer, and if the position detection means detects that the transportation means is not in motion;
- wherein the transportation means does not execute the received command if the starting point is not stored in the storage means when the command is received from the host computer, and if the position detection means detects that the transportation means is in motion.
A media processing device comprising:
- a data writer that applies a data writing process to one side of a target medium;
- a printer that applies a printing process to the other side of the target medium;
- a media stacker that stores the target medium;
- a transportation device that transports the target medium to any one of the data writer, the printer, and the media stacker according to a command received from a host computer;
- a position detector that detects the position of the transportation device;
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- a memory that stores the position where the position detector detected the transportation device as a starting point;
- wherein the transportation device reports an error to the host computer when the target medium cannot be transported according to the command from the host computer, and if the position detector detects that the transportation device is not in motion;
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- wherein the transportation device does not execute the received command if the starting point is not stored in the memory when the command is received from the host computer, and if the position detector detects that the transportation device is in motion.
A control method for a media processing device that has a data writer that applies a data writing process to one side of a target medium;
- a printer that applies a printing process to the other side of the target medium;
- a media stacker that stores the target medium;
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- a transportation device that transports the target medium to any one of the data writer, the printer, and the media stacker according to a command received from a host computer;
- wherein control method comprises a step of reporting an error to the host computer when the transportation device is not in notion and the target medium cannot be transported according to the command from the host computer;
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- wherein if a position detected by a position detector that detects the position of the transportation device is not stored as a starting point by a memory when a command is received from the host computer, and if the position detector detects the transportation device is in motion, the received command is not executed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.