Printing apparatus controlling method, printing apparatus controlling program, recording medium for storing printing apparatus controlling program and printing system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling an operation of a battery-operated printing apparatus according to a remaining amount of battery power, the printing apparatus executing required printing based on received control data and print data, which comprises steps of:
- (a) obtaining status information indicating a present status of said battery power from the printing apparatus to determine a remaining amount of said battery power;
(b) establishing one of a normal process mode, a power saving process mode and a print stop mode on a basis of a determined remaining amount, said normal process mode being in a first status where the remaining amount of the battery power is at least a predetermined amount, said power saving process mode being in a second status where the remaining amount of the battery power is lower than that of the first status, and said print stop mode being in a third status where the remaining amount of the battery power is lower than that of the second status;
(c) upon receiving a print request, producing normal data comprising normal control data and normal print data in said normal process mode to operate the printing apparatus at rated power consumption, producing power saving data including power saving print data in said power saving process mode to enable to print at smaller power consumption than at least power consumption in said normal print data, on a basis of an established mode; and
(d) sending to said printing apparatus said normal data produced in said normal process mode, or said power saving data produced in said power saving process mode.
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Abstract
A printing apparatus is controlled by obtaining status information of battery power of the printing apparatus (S101), determining a present status of the battery power from the obtained status information (S102), establishing a process mode so as to produce data for controlling the printing apparatus according to the present status of the battery power (S103 to S105) and controlling an operation of the printing apparatus by means of normal data or power saving data produced in the established process mode. In a power saving process mode, power saving print data and power saving control data are produced for lowering power consumption of the printing apparatus.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an operation of a battery-operated printing apparatus according to a remaining amount of battery power, the printing apparatus executing required printing based on received control data and print data, which comprises steps of:
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(a) obtaining status information indicating a present status of said battery power from the printing apparatus to determine a remaining amount of said battery power;
(b) establishing one of a normal process mode, a power saving process mode and a print stop mode on a basis of a determined remaining amount, said normal process mode being in a first status where the remaining amount of the battery power is at least a predetermined amount, said power saving process mode being in a second status where the remaining amount of the battery power is lower than that of the first status, and said print stop mode being in a third status where the remaining amount of the battery power is lower than that of the second status;
(c) upon receiving a print request, producing normal data comprising normal control data and normal print data in said normal process mode to operate the printing apparatus at rated power consumption, producing power saving data including power saving print data in said power saving process mode to enable to print at smaller power consumption than at least power consumption in said normal print data, on a basis of an established mode; and
(d) sending to said printing apparatus said normal data produced in said normal process mode, or said power saving data produced in said power saving process mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A printing system capable of controlling an operation based on a remaining amount of a battery power, comprising:
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a printing apparatus including a battery used as a drive source, a transmission/reception processing portion for sending and receiving data, a printing portion executing a printing on a basis of received control data and print data, a detecting portion detecting a status of said battery, and a status processing portion producing status information which shows a remaining amount of said battery on a basis of a detecting signal from said detecting portion; and
a print controller for controlling the printing apparatus by means of sending normal data in a first status and power saving data in a second status, including a transmission/reception processing portion for sending and receiving data with said printing apparatus, a determining portion for obtaining the status information from the printing apparatus and determining a remaining amount of the battery on a basis of the status information, normal data producing portion for producing normal data to execute a print control by means of a normal process mode in the first status where the remaining amount of the battery power is at least a predetermined amount, a power saving data producing portion for producing power saving data including power saving data to enable to print at smaller power consumption than at least power consumption in said normal print data to execute a print control by means of a power saving process mode in the second status where the remaining amount of the battery power is lower than that of the first status, and a print stop process portion for stopping printing by means of a print stop mode in a third status where the remaining amount of the battery power is lower than that of the second status. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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