Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printer and method for controlling the same
- Patent Title (中): 打印机和控制方法
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Application No.: US12860314Application Date: 2010-08-20
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Publication No.: US08167295B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Naoki Hashimoto
- Applicant: Naoki Hashimoto
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2009-248128 20091028
- Main IPC: B65H5/26
- IPC: B65H5/26

Abstract:
A printer is provided that includes a printing unit printing an image on a sheet being conveyed on a printing path, a first feeder unit configured such that a sheet placed thereon is fed to the printing path via a first feeding path, a second feeder unit configured such that a sheet placed thereon is fed to the printing path via a second feeding path even while the first feeder unit is being replenished with sheets, and a controller configured to, in response to a first requirement being satisfied while the first feeder unit is forbidden to be replenished with sheets during a continuous printing operation, switch an actually-working feeder unit that works for actual sheet feeding in the continuous printing operation, to the second feeder unit, the first requirement including a condition that one or more sheets are placed on the second feeder unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110097130A1 Printer and Method for Controlling the Same Public/Granted day:2011-04-28
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