Patent ID: 7113290
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A printer, having a first interface and a second interface, comprising: determining means for determining whether a request for printing to provide a device ID of the printer to another device is received from the first interface; transmitting means for transmitting the device ID of the printer to the device which transmitted the request and that is connected to the first interface when it is determined by said determining means that the request for printing is received from the first interface; and control means for causing, when it is determined that the request for printing is received from the first interface by said determining means, the second interface of the printer to enter a busy state such that a printing operation is performed wherein data from the second interface is not received and print data from the first interface is received and printed, wherein said control means causes the second interface of the printer to enter the busy state before the reception of the print data from the first interface.