Patent ID: 6593952
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printer system composed of a printing medium and a printer apparatus, whereinsaid printing medium comprises: at least one ink ribbon which has coloring material coated on a surface of the ribbon which develops a color by itself; a first antenna; memory means which stores predetermined control data; and first communicating means which communicates with an outside by way of said first antenna, and reads out said control data out of said memory means and outputs the data to the outside by way of said first antenna in response to a request from the outside, and said printer apparatus comprises: photographic printing means which prints an image on the basis of photographic printing data by allowing said coloring material on said ink ribbon to adhere to the photographic printing medium or allowing said photographic printing means which develops the color by itself to develop the color; a second antenna which is disposed in correspondence to said first antenna; second communicating means which communicates by non-communication contact with said first communicating means by way of said second and first antennae; and control means which reads out said control data from said memory means by way of said second and first communicating means and executes predetermined control processing on the basis of said control data which is read out.