Patent ID: 11875073
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. The printing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a first memory,
wherein the printing includes the accumulation printing in which the controller is configured to store print job data received from the external device in the first memory, and to print in response to an input of authentication information,
the controller is configured to:
receive a preceding command transmitted from the external device prior to the print job data;
determine that the printing is set to the accumulation printing, in a case where the received preceding command includes a flag related to the first accumulation printing as the print setting information; and
perform the print preparation processing of performing the predetermined preparation operation before printing, in a case where it is determined that the printing is not set to the accumulation printing, and

the controller is configured to accumulate the print job data without performing the print preparation processing, in a case where it is determined that the printing is set to the accumulation printing.