Control device, non-transitory computer readable medium, and printer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021237483-A1
Application number	US-202016933984-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 20, 2020
Priority date	Jan 31, 2020
Publication date	Aug 5, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A control device includes a processor configured to: acquire information on a direction in which continuous paper is wound up, specify a viewable surface, which is a surface of the continuous paper viewable from a user in a state where the continuous paper has been wound up, on a basis of the direction in which the continuous paper is wound up, and control a printer to print print information, which is information on a job printed on the continuous paper, on the viewable surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A control device comprising
a processor configured to
acquire information on a direction in which continuous paper is wound up,
specify a viewable surface, which is a surface of the continuous paper viewable from a user in a state where the continuous paper has been wound up, on a basis of the direction in which the continuous paper is wound up, and
control a printer to print print information, which is information on a job printed on the continuous paper, on the viewable surface.

2 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to acquire the information on the direction in which the continuous paper is wound up after a print instruction to print the job is received from the user and before print control based on the print instruction is performed.

3 . The control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on both surfaces of the continuous paper in a case where the processor fails to acquire the information on the direction in which the continuous paper is wound up.

4 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to
receive a designation instruction to designate a printing surface on which the print information is to be printed, and
perform control for outputting a warning in a case where the printing surface designated by the designation instruction is different from the viewable surface of the continuous paper.

5 . The control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor is configured to
receive a designation instruction to designate a printing surface on which the print information is to be printed, and
perform control for outputting a warning in a case where the printing surface designated by the designation instruction is different from the viewable surface of the continuous paper.

6 . The control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the processor is configured to
receive a designation instruction to designate a printing surface on which the print information is to be printed, and
perform control for outputting a warning in a case where the printing surface designated by the designation instruction is different from the viewable surface of the continuous paper.

7 . The control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the processor is configured to: receive a re-designation instruction to designate again the printing surface on which the print information is to be printed after outputting the warning, and control the printer to print the print information on the printing surface designated by the re-designation instruction.

8 . The control device according to claim 5 , wherein
the processor is configured to
receive a re-designation instruction to designate again the printing surface on which the print information is to be printed after outputting the warning, and
control the printer to print the print information on the printing surface designated by the re-designation instruction.

9 . The control device according to claim 6 , wherein
the processor is configured to
receive a re-designation instruction to designate again the printing surface on which the print information is to be printed after outputting the warning, and
control the printer to print the print information on the printing surface designated by the re-designation instruction.

10 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on a recording medium different from the continuous paper in a case where a target on which the print information is to be printed is not the continuous paper.

11 . The control device according to claim 2 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on a recording medium different from the continuous paper in a case where a target on which the print information is to be printed is not the continuous paper.

12 . The control device according to claim 3 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on a recording medium different from the continuous paper in a case where a target on which the print information is to be printed is not the continuous paper.

13 . The control device according to claim 4 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on a recording medium different from the continuous paper in a case where a target on which the print information is to be printed is not the continuous paper.

14 . The control device according to claim 5 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on a recording medium different from the continuous paper in a case where a target on which the print information is to be printed is not the continuous paper.

15 . The control device according to claim 6 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on a recording medium different from the continuous paper in a case where a target on which the print information is to be printed is not the continuous paper.

16 . The control device according to claim 7 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on a recording medium different from the continuous paper in a case where a target on which the print information is to be printed is not the continuous paper.

17 . The control device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to further acquire information on the continuous paper and perform control for changing a target on which the print information is to be printed in accordance with a kind of continuous paper.

18 . The control device according to claim 17 , wherein
the processor is configured to control the printer to print the print information on a recording medium different from the continuous paper in a case where information other than the job has been printed in advance on the continuous paper.

19 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
acquiring information on a direction in which continuous paper is wound up; specifying a viewable surface, which is a surface of the continuous paper viewable from a user in a state where the continuous paper has been wound up, on a basis of the direction in which the continuous paper is wound up; and controlling a printer to print print information, which is information on a job printed on the continuous paper, on the viewable surface.

20 . A printer comprising
the control device according to claim 1 , wherein print information, which is information on a job printed on continuous paper, is printed on a printing surface of the continuous paper designated by the control device.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Komazawa Hisao
• Ikeda Kentaro
• Suzuki Kodai
• Betsuyaku Takashi

Classifications

• G03G15/6517

  Apparatus for continuous web copy material of plain paper, e.g. supply rolls; Roll holders therefor · CPC title

• G06F3/1234

  Errors handling and recovery, e.g. reprinting (G06F3/1261 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/1273

  Print job history, e.g. logging, accounting, tracking · CPC title

• G06F3/1282

  High volume printer device · CPC title

• G06F3/121

  Facilitating exception or error detection and recovery, e.g. fault, media or consumables depleted · CPC title