Patent ID: 8553250
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A priming device, comprising: a printing unit configured to print an image on a recording sheet; a communication unit configured to receive, from an external device, image data and a print execution instruction for executing a printing by the printing unit based on the image data; a display unit; a storage unit; and a controller configured to operate, in a display mode, to store the received image data in the storage unit, display an image; corresponding to the received image data on the display unit, transmit, without printing of the received image data on the recording sheet, print end information to the external device representative of completion of printing of the received image data without and terminate communication for printing with the external device; wherein the controller operates to: judge whether the storage unit has storing area for storing the image data from the external device before storing the image data; and transmit a notification indicating that printing is inexecutable to the external device through the communication unit if it is judged that the storage unit does not have the free space for storing the image data and the print setting information.