Patent ID: 8179554
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printer comprising: a first memory having a temporary storage region; a USB port; a second memory having an ordinary storage region; a management table disposed in the second memory for causing a host connected to the USB port to recognize that the ordinary storage region in the second memory is a removable drive, and managing the writing operation into the ordinary storage region in the second memory; an address table disposed in the second memory for allocating the ordinary storage region in the second memory depending on the type of the file; a printing memory layout region fixed and assigned in part of the ordinary storage region in the second memory by the address table; printing devices for printing the data written in the printing memory layout region; and a processor for controlling the printing devices, the first memory and the second memory, and controlling the following steps (a) to (d) upon receiving files from the host: (a) disabling the writing management by the management table; (b) storing the file in the temporary storage region in the first memory; (c) determining the attribute of the file; and (d) when the file is a printing file, transferring the file from the temporary storage region in the first memory, and writing into the position of the printing memory layout region in the second memory obtained by referring to the address table.