Patent ID: 6206360
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printer, wherein a page of print paper is fed from a paper cassette to a print engine, the paper cassette being selected from a plurality of paper cassettes, said printer comprising:a print information memory that stores print information contained in print data, the print information representing a size of the print paper;a paper information memory that stores paper information representing a size of the print paper and an orientation of the print paper accommodated in a selected paper cassette, the orientation being with respect to a direction in which the print paper is fed to the print engine;a cassette selector that compares the print information stored in said print information memory and the paper information stored in said paper information memory, wherein, when the print information and the paper information coincide, said cassette selector selects a first paper cassette that accommodates print paper of the size stored in said paper information memory and of an orientation that is different from that stored in said paper information memory, and replaces the paper information in said paper information memory by the size and orientation of print paper accommodated in the first paper cassette; anda data editor that edits the print data in accordance with the size and orientation of the print paper accommodated in the first paper cassette.