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- Patent Title: Printing apparatus having processing unit attached having identification section for identifying the attached processing unit
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Application No.: US18315061Application Date: 2023-05-10
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Publication No.: US11943403B2Publication Date: 2024-03-26
- Inventor: Yasuo Nishikawa
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: KENEALY VAIDYA LLP
- Priority: JP 22088389 2022.05.31
- Main IPC: G06F3/12
- IPC: G06F3/12 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
A printing apparatus includes a conveyor, a print engine, and a processing device. The conveyor is configured to convey a print medium in a conveyance direction. The print engine includes a print head, and a platen configured to support the print medium conveyed by the conveyor. The print engine is configured to perform image printing on the print medium supported by the platen while moving the print head in a first direction intersecting the conveyance direction. The processing device has a processing unit removably attached thereto. The processing device is configured to perform a processing process to divide the print medium conveyed by the conveyor into a plurality of media. The processing unit has an identification section for identifying a type of the processing process executable by the processing unit.
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