Patent ID: 9662910
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: B41J,G03G,H04N

Claim:
1. A printer comprising: a feeder configured to feed a print-receiving tape; a printing head that is configured to perform printing on said print-receiving tape and is disposed on a feeding path of said feeder; a cutter that is configured to cut said print-receiving tape in a thickness direction and is disposed downstream of said printing head along said feeding path; a communication device configured to perform mutual recognition communication including connection authentication with at least one operation terminal; and a controller; said controller being configured to execute: a reception process for receiving a first print instruction from a first operation terminal by said mutual recognition communication via said communication device; a determination process for determining whether any of: (i) a print formation process for performing a desired print formation while feeding said print-receiving tape, (ii) a feeding process for further feeding said print-receiving tape after completion of said print formation process such that said print-receiving tape is positioned by stopping the feeding when a boundary position faces said cutter wherein the boundary position is defined as a boundary between a printed tape portion having said desired print formed thereon and an unprinted tape portion in said print-receiving tape, and (iii) a standby process for waiting for, after positioning in said feeding process, said cutter to cut said boundary position to separate said printed tape portion from said unprinted tape portion located upstream than said boundary position after the cutting in a feeding direction, is being executed based on a second print instruction from a second operation terminal preceding said first print instruction when said first print instruction is received in said reception process; a first notification transmission process for, in the case that it is determined in the determination process that said print formation process or said feeding process is in execution, transmitting a first notification indicative of being in a print operation to said first operation terminal by said mutual recognition communication via said communication device; a second notification transmission process for, in the case that it is determined in the determination process that said standby process is in execution, transmitting a second notification indicative of being in standby and waiting for cutting to said first operation terminal by said mutual recognition communication via said communication device; a data acquisition process for, in the case that it is determined in said determination process that none of said print formation process, said feeding process, and said standby process is in execution, acquiring print data included in said first print instruction received in said reception process; and a coordination control process for controlling said feeder and said printing head in a coordinated manner such that said print formation process and said feeding process are executed by using said print data acquired in said data acquisition process.