Patent ID: 9643433
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B41J,G06K,G06Q,G07D,H04N

Claim:
1. A media processing device comprising: a conveyance roller configured to convey media through a media path; a reader disposed at the media path configured to read the media conveyed through the media path, including a contact image sensor; a print mechanism disposed at the media path configured to print on the media conveyed through the media path, including an inkjet head configured to eject ink and an ink cartridge configured to store the ink; an ink cartridge holder in which the ink cartridge is installed; and a controller configured to control the conveyance roller, the reader, and the print mechanism, to determine whether an error occurs, and to monitor installation of the ink cartridge in the cartridge holder, wherein the media processing device has an operating mode that is changed based on a command received by an external device, wherein when the operating mode is a first mode wherein the media conveyed by the conveyance roller is read by the reader and is printed by the print mechanism, the controller is configured to report an error that the ink cartridge is not installed in the ink cartridge holder and/or an error related to the reader, wherein when the operating mode is a second mode wherein the media conveyed by the conveyance roller is read by the reader and is not printed by the print mechanism, the controller is configured to report the error related to reader and does not report the error that the ink cartridge is not installed in the ink cartridge holder, and wherein when the ink cartridge is installed in the ink cartridge holder and the ink supplied to the inkjet head, the controller ignores the command which changes the operating mode to the second mode, and sets the operating mode to the first mode.