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US 8,830,507 B2Granted
Printing system including a code reader for reading code printed on a recording medium
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYoshihiko Matsuzawa
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Abstract
A printing system includes a storage unit that associates and stores print job data and post processing job data; a printing unit that prints a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data; a code reading unit that reads the code that is printed on the media; and a post processing unit that selects the post processing job data that is associated from the storage unit based on the read code and performs the post processing with respect to the media based on the selected post processing job data.
Claims9
A printing system comprising:
- a storage unit that associates and stores print job data and post processing job data;
- a printing unit that prints a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data, the code and the image being printed on the same media;
- a code reading unit that reads the code that is printed on the media;
- and
- a post processing unit that selects the post processing job data that is associated from the storage unit based on the read code and performs the post processing with respect to the media based on the selected post processing job data,
- wherein the printing unit is positioned on a carriage of the printing system, the code reading unit is located on the carriage adjacent to the printing unit, and the post processing unit is located on the carriage adjacent to the printing unit.
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A printing method comprising:
- associating and storing print job data and post processing job data in a storage unit;
- printing a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data, the code and the image being printed on the same media;
- reading the code that is printed on the media;
- and
- selecting the post processing job data that is associated from the storage unit based on the read code and performing the post processing with respect to the media based on the selected post processing job data,
- wherein the printing is done by a printing unit that is positioned on a carriage of a printing system, a code reading unit that is located on the carriage the printing unit reads the code, and a post processing unit that is located on the carriage adjacent to the printing unit performs the post processing.
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A printing system comprising:
- a storage unit that associates and stores print job data and post processing job data;
- a printing unit that prints a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data, the code and the image being printed on the same media;
- a code reading unit that reads the code that is printed on the media;
- and
- a post processing unit that selects the post processing job data that is associated from the storage unit based on the read code and performs the post processing with respect to the media based on the selected post processing job data,
- wherein the printing unit is positioned on a carriage of the printing system, the code reading unit is a sensor that is located on the carriage adjacent to a first side of the printing unit, and the post processing unit is a cutting unit that is located on the carriage adjacent to a second side of the printing unit.
3 more elements
A printing system comprising:
- a storage unit that associates and stores print job data and post processing job data;
- a printing unit that prints a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data, the code and the image being printed on the same media;
- a code reading unit that reads the code that is printed on the media;
- and
- a post processing unit that selects the post processing job data that is associated from the storage unit based on the read code and performs the post processing with respect to the media based on the selected post processing job data,
- wherein a sensor unit determines if a code regarding the association on media when an image is printed on the media based on the print job data has been printed on the media, wherein the printing unit prints the code when it is determined that the code has not been printed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.