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US 8,553,253 B2Granted
Printing apparatus and connection information presentation method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMichihei Murayama
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Abstract
A communication apparatus which presents connection information necessary for wireless connection to another communication apparatus determines whether wireless connection to the other communication apparatus is permitted upon receiving a connection request from the other communication apparatus. If it is determined that wireless connection is not permitted, the apparatus presents connection information necessary for wireless connection.
Claims7
A printing apparatus comprising:
- an authentication unit that requests authentication information from a wireless communication partner apparatus and authenticates the wireless communication partner apparatus based on the authentication information;
- a wireless connecting unit that performs the wireless connection with the wireless communication partner apparatus when the authentication unit receives correct authentication information from the wireless communication partner apparatus;
- a generation unit that generates a code image in which both the correct authentication information and print setting information are converted into a code represented by an image, wherein the print setting information includes at least one of a size of a currently set print paper sheet, quality of a currently set print paper sheet, a print type that indicates a color or monochrome type, and a print mode that indicates the number of pages to be printed on one paper sheet;
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- a presentation unit that presents the code image generated by the generation unit to a user, when the authentication unit does not receive correct authentication information until a predetermined time elapses.
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A method for controlling a printing apparatus, comprising:
- requesting authentication information from a wireless communication partner apparatus;
- authenticating the wireless communication partner apparatus based on the authentication information;
- performing the wireless connection between the printing apparatus and the wireless communication partner apparatus when an authentication unit of the printing apparatus receives correct authentication information from the wireless communication partner apparatus;
- generating a code image in which both the correct authentication information and print setting information are converted into a code represented by an image, wherein the print setting information includes at least one of a size of a currently set print paper sheet, quality of a currently set print paper sheet, a print type that indicates a color or monochrome type, and a print mode that indicates the number of pages to be printed on one paper sheet;
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- presenting the generated code image to a user, when the authentication unit does not receive correct authentication information until a predetermined time elapses.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.