Printing device and printing system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016314382-A1
Application number	US-201514872742-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 1, 2015
Priority date	Apr 23, 2015
Publication date	Oct 27, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a printing device including a print data receiving unit, a page calculation unit that calculates a number of pages before stopping with using a page length of received print data and a distance from a printing mechanism unit to a visual recognition unit, a print instruction unit that changes the number of pages before stopping or a number of printed pages and performs print processing when the received print data corresponds to a control page for controlling printing, and a print stop unit that stops printing when the number of printed pages coincides with the number of pages before stopping.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A printing device comprising:
a print data receiving unit; a page calculation unit that calculates a number of pages before stopping with using a page length of received print data and a distance from a printing mechanism unit to a visual recognition unit; a print instruction unit that changes the number of pages before stopping or a number of printed pages and performs print processing when the received print data corresponds to a control page for controlling printing; and a print stop unit that stops printing when the number of printed pages coincides with the number of pages before stopping.

2 . The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the print instruction unit adds the number of pages before stopping when a page to be printed is the control page.

3 . The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the print instruction unit maintains the number of printed pages when a page to be printed is the control page.

4 . The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the page calculation unit changes the distance from the printing mechanism unit to the visual recognition unit from an actual value, and calculates the number of pages before stopping.

5 . The printing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the page calculation unit changes the distance from the printing mechanism unit to the visual recognition unit from an actual value, and calculates the number of pages before stopping.

6 . The printing device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the page calculation unit changes the distance from the printing mechanism unit to the visual recognition unit from an actual value, and calculates the number of pages before stopping.

7 . The printing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a code indicating the control page is added to the control page in the print data.

8 . The printing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein a code indicating the control page is added to the control page in the print data.

9 . The printing device according to claim 3 ,
wherein a code indicating the control page is added to the control page in the print data.

10 . The printing device according to claim 4 ,
wherein a code indicating the control page is added to the control page in the print data.

11 . The printing device according to claim 5 ,
wherein a code indicating the control page is added to the control page in the print data.

12 . The printing device according to claim 6 ,
wherein a code indicating the control page is added to the control page in the print data.

13 . The printing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage unit that stores distances from printing mechanism units corresponding to a plurality of device configurations to the visual recognition unit in a table, wherein the page calculation unit reads the distance from the printing mechanism corresponding to own device configuration to the visual recognition unit from the table in the storage unit, and calculates the number of pages before stopping.

14 . The printing device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a storage unit that stores distances from printing mechanism units corresponding to a plurality of device configurations to the visual recognition unit in a table, wherein the page calculation unit reads the distance from the printing mechanism corresponding to own device configuration to the visual recognition unit from the table in the storage unit, and calculates the number of pages before stopping.

15 . The printing device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a storage unit that stores distances from printing mechanism units corresponding to a plurality of device configurations to the visual recognition unit in a table, wherein the page calculation unit reads the distance from the printing mechanism corresponding to own device configuration to the visual recognition unit from the table in the storage unit, and calculates the number of pages before stopping.

16 . The printing device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a storage unit that stores distances from printing mechanism units corresponding to a plurality of device configurations to the visual recognition unit in a table, wherein the page calculation unit reads the distance from the printing mechanism corresponding to own device configuration to the visual recognition unit from the table in the storage unit, and calculates the number of pages before stopping.

17 . The printing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a replenishment detection unit that detects replenishment of paper, wherein when the replenishment detection unit detects the replenishment of the paper, the page calculation unit calculate the number of pages before stopping for the replenished paper.

18 . A printing device comprising:
a printing mechanism unit that sequentially prints a plurality of pages on continuous paper, on which a form is printed in advance, based on print data including a control page for controlling printing and a user page required by a user; a visual recognition unit that visually recognizes a print state on paper on which the print data is printed; a page calculation section that calculates a number of pages before stopping based on a page length obtained from the print data and a visual recognition distance from the printing mechanism unit to the visual recognition unit; a page accumulation unit that accumulates a number of pages on which the printing mechanism unit performs printing and regards the number of pages as a number of printed pages; a print instruction section that changes the number of pages before stopping or the number of printed pages, and performs print processing when the page to be printed by the printing mechanism unit is the control page; and a print stop section that stops the printing by the printing mechanism unit for visual recognition of a user page to be checked through the visual recognition unit when the number of pages before stopping coincides with the number of printed pages.

19 . A printing system comprising:
a first printing device and a second printing device that are continuously provided, wherein each of the first printing device and the second printing device includes
a print data receiving unit;
a page calculation unit that calculates a number of pages before stopping with using a page length of received print data and a distance from a printing mechanism unit to a visual recognition unit;
a print instruction unit that changes the number of pages before stopping and performs print processing when the received print data corresponds to a control page for controlling printing; and
a print stop unit that stops printing when the number of printed pages coincides with the number of pages before stopping,
wherein the print instruction unit in the first printing device sets the number of pages before stopping in the second printing device when the received print data includes a control page for controlling printing by the second printing device, and wherein when one of the first printing device and the second printing device is stopped, the other is also stopped.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsunaga Atsuo
• Kudo Masayuki
• Matsui Takayuki
• Murakami Masashi
• Ishiguro Keiji
• Kobayashi Kazuhide

Classifications

• G06F3/1256

  User feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks · CPC title

• G06F3/1207

  resulting in the user being informed about print result after a job submission · CPC title

• G06K15/4065

  Managing print media, e.g. determining available sheet sizes (feeding means G06K15/16) · CPC title

• G06F3/1282

  High volume printer device · CPC title

• G06K15/1809 Primary

  relating to the printing process · CPC title