Information processing system, printing apparatus, and information processing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHirotsuna Miura
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Abstract
Each of controllers includes an error management section that generates an error command including an error code indicating the content of an error when the controller detects the error. A host apparatus includes a host controller. If the error command from the master controller and the error command from the slave controller are identical to each other, the host controller displays a single piece of error information on a monitor. Specifically, the single piece of error information includes the error code included in the error command and an error message corresponding to the error code.
Claims18
An information processing system comprising:
- a plurality of information processing devices;
- and
- an output control apparatus that controls an output mode in an output unit on the basis of a command input from at least one of the information processing devices,
- wherein each information processing device includes a command generating unit that generates an error command including an error code indicating the content of an error when the information processing device detects the error,
- wherein the output control apparatus includes an output-mode control unit, wherein when an error command input from a first information processing device among the plurality of information processing devices and an error command input from a second information processing device that is different from the first information processing device are identical to each other, the output-mode control unit causes the output unit to output a single piece of error information including at least one of the error code included in the error command and a message corresponding to the error code, and
- wherein the single piece of error information does not include duplicate information.
An information processing system comprising:
- a plurality of information processing devices;
- and
- an output control apparatus that controls an output mode in an output unit on the basis of a command input from at least one of the information processing devices,
- wherein each information processing device includes a command generating unit that generates an error command including an error code indicating the content of an error when the information processing device detects the error,
- wherein the command generating unit of a first information processing device among the plurality of information processing devices generates an error command that is identical to an error command generated by the command generating unit of a second information processing device that is different from the first information processing device when an error whose content is the same as that of an error detected by the second information processing device is detected by the first information processing device,
- wherein the output control apparatus includes an output-mode control unit, wherein when the error command input from the first information processing device and the error command input from the second information processing device are identical to each other, the output-mode control unit causes the output unit to output a single piece of error information including at least one of the error code included in the error command and a message corresponding to the error code, and
- wherein the single piece of error information does not include duplicate information.
An information processing method in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing devices and an output control apparatus that controls an output mode in an output unit on the basis of a command input from at least one of the information processing devices, the method comprising:
- causing the information processing devices that have detected an error to generate error commands each including an error code indicating the content of the error and to output the error commands to the output control apparatus;
- and
- outputting a single piece of error information from the output unit when the error command input to the output control apparatus from a first information processing device among the plurality of information processing devices and the error command input to the output control apparatus from a second information processing device that is different from the first information processing device are identical to each other, the single piece of error information including at least one of the error code included in the error command and a message corresponding to the error code,
- wherein the single piece of error information does not include duplicate information.
An information processing method in an information processing system including a plurality of information processing devices and an output control apparatus that controls an output mode in an output unit on the basis of a command input from at least one of the information processing devices, the method comprising:
- causing a first information processing device among the plurality of information processing devices to generate an error command and output the error command to the output control apparatus when an error is detected by the first information processing device, the error command including an error code indicating the content of the error,
- causing a second information processing device that is different from the first information processing device to generate an error command identical to the error command generated by the first information processing device and to output the error command to the output control apparatus when an error whose content is the same as that of the error detected by the first information processing device is detected by the second information processing device;
- and
- outputting a single piece of error information from the output unit when the error command input to the output control apparatus from the first information processing device and the error command input to the output control apparatus from the second information processing device are identical to each other, the single piece of error information including at least one of the error code included in the error command and a message corresponding to the error code, and
- wherein the single piece of error information does not include duplicate information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.