Patent ID: 9102177
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing device that is connectable to an external device, the printing device comprising: a feeding portion that is configured to feed a print medium along a feed direction; a printing portion that is configured to perform printing on the print medium that is fed by the feeding portion, the printing being performed for each of a print line extending in a direction orthogonal to the feed direction; a storage portion that is configured to sequentially store print data received from the external device; and a processor that is configured to determine whether a first set of consecutive identical data being identical print data for a predetermined number of the print lines consecutive in the feed direction is accumulated in the storage portion; cause the printing portion to start the printing based on the print data stored in the storage portion when it is determined that the first set of consecutive identical data are accumulated, determine whether a second set of consecutive identical data is accumulated in the storage portion before completion of the printing based on the first set of consecutive identical data that is included in the print data, cause the printing portion to stop printing at a time point at which the printing based on the first set of consecutive identical data is complete when it is determined that the second set of consecutive identical data is not accumulated, and cause the printing portion to continue the printing based on the print data stored in the storage portion even after the printing based on the first set of consecutive identical data is complete when it is determined that the second set of consecutive identical data is accumulated.