Printer and method of controlling the same
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsReiko Nomura, Kiyoshi Mukaiyama
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Abstract
Disclosed is a printer for performing a process on the basis of received print data, the process including feeding a print sheet for a page, printing on the fed sheet, and ejecting the printed sheet. The printer includes a controller that allows a sheet for a succeeding page to be ejected without being printed when allowing the sheet for the succeeding page to be fed before completion of the process on another sheet for a preceding page which is in progress and then recognizing the end of a print data block corresponding to the succeeding page.
Claims5
A method of controlling a printer for performing a process on a basis of received print data, the process including using a printer to feed a first sheet, print on the first sheet, and eject the printed first sheet, the method comprising:
- feeding a second sheet into the printer without printing thereon before an ejecting process of the first sheet is completed when a print data block corresponding to the first sheet indicates the presence of the second sheet,
- recognizing with a controller an end of a print data block corresponding to the second sheet after feeding the second sheet, the end of the print data block being recognized on the basis of reception of a command indicating the end of the print data block corresponding to the second sheet when no image data segment related to the second sheet has been received, or a lapse of a predetermined time during which the command is not received, and
- ejecting the second sheet from the printer without printing on the second sheet when recognizing the end of the print data block corresponding to the second sheet.
A printer for performing a process on a basis of received print data, the process including feeding a first sheet, printing on the first sheet, and ejecting the printed first sheet, the printer comprising:
- a controller that is configured to:
- feed a second sheet without printing thereon before an ejecting process of the first sheet is completed when a print data block corresponding to the first sheet indicates the presence of the second sheet;
- and
- allow the second sheet to be ejected without being printed when an end of a print data block corresponding to the second sheet is recognized after feeding the second sheet, the end of the print data block being recognized on the basis of receiving a command indicating the end of the print data block corresponding to the second sheet when no image data segment related to the second sheet has been received, or a lapse of a predetermined time during which the command is not received.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.