Patent ID: 8964209
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A printer connected in a daisy chain to a host device or a first printer on one side and to a second printer on the other side, comprising: a communication unit that receives print request data from the host device or the first printer, and passes through the print request data directly to the second printer, said print request data specifying a target recording medium selected from a plurality of different recording medium types; a storage unit that stores information about a local recording medium, including the availability of said local recording medium to the printer; a print unit that interprets the print request data received by the communication unit, decides whether to execute the print request data based on the specified target recording medium and the information about the local recording medium, prints according to the print request data when the print unit decides to execute the print request data, and does not print when the print unit decides not to execute the print request data; and a response unit that generates individual response data for the printer based on the decision of the print unit, receives second response data from the second printer, generates unified response data from the second response data and the individual response data, and sends the unified response data to the host device or the first printer.