US Patent Application 18201359. PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING SYSTEM simplified abstract

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PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING SYSTEM

Organization Name

SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION

Inventor(s)

Kazushi Aruga of Shiojiri-shi (JP)

PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING SYSTEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18201359 titled 'PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING SYSTEM

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a printing system that includes a printing device and a cartridge.

  • The printing device has a controller that controls the printing process and detects errors.
  • The printing device also has a storage unit where information is recorded by the controller.
  • The cartridge has its own storage unit where information is recorded when attached to the printing device.
  • The controller records information about the sequences performed during printing in the storage unit.
  • When an error is detected, the controller records the numbers of a certain number of sequences, including the most recent one, in the storage unit.


Original Abstract Submitted

A printing system includes a printing device and a cartridge. The printing device includes a controller that controls the printing device to perform printing by executing a plurality of sequences, an error detector that detects an error that is likely to occur in one or more of the plurality of sequences, and a first storage unit in which information is recorded by the controller. The cartridge includes a cartridge storage unit in which information is recorded by the controller in a state in which the cartridge is attached to the printing device. The controller records, in the first storage unit, numbers and results of a plurality of sequences. When the error is detected, the controller records numbers of a predetermined number of sequences including the latest sequenced among the numbers of the sequences recorded in the first storage unit.