Patent ID: 8928925
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B41J,G07F,G07G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multifunction device that can connect to a control device and comprises: a conveyance unit that conveys a medium; a reading unit that reads the medium conveyed by the conveyance unit and outputs a read result to the control device; a ticket producing unit that produces a ticket by recording an image on the recording medium and cutting the recording medium; a reception unit that receives from the control device a control command for producing a ticket on which an image reflecting the read result from the reading unit is recorded; and a ticket production control unit that produces a ticket based on the control command received by the reception unit by writing image data to a first buffer, recording an image on the recording medium with the ticket producing unit based on the buffered image data, and cutting the recording medium; wherein the ticket production control unit copies the image data written to the first buffer to a second buffer when the image data is written to the first buffer, and wherein, the ticket production control unit copies the image data to the second buffer parallel to the ticket producing unit producing a ticket.