PRINTER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTER

• Main Author: YAMAOKA MASATO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 15.11.2018
• Subjects: CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer which can visually notify a user of information of external equipment in a connection state with the printer, and a control method therefor.SOLUTION: A printer according to the present invention comprises: a radio communication part communicably connected to one external equipment by radio at a time; an information transmission part transmitting information to a display part displaying the information; and a control part controlling the radio communication part and the information transmission part. The control part causes the information transmission part to transmit connection situation between the radio communication part and the one external equipment and equipment information related to the one external equipment to the display part.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】印刷装置と接続状態にある外部機器の情報をユーザーに視覚的に知らせることが可能な印刷装置およびその制御方法を提供する。【解決手段】本発明に係る印刷装置は、無線によって一度に１の外部機器と通信可能に接続する無線通信部と、情報を表示する表示部に前記情報を送信する情報伝達部と、前記無線通信部および前記情報伝達部を制御する制御部と、を備え、前記制御部は、前記情報伝達部に、前記無線通信部と前記１の外部機器との接続状況および前記１の外部機器に関する機器情報を前記表示部に対して送信させる。【選択図】図２