Patent ID: 11947857

Abstract:
A network environment is built in an already-existing production line without significant cost to provide a novel and user-friendly inkjet printer system. A portable repeater 3 includes a carriageable storage unit and is interposed between an inkjet printer 6 and a server 5. The inkjet printer 6 and the repeater 3 are communicated with other over short-range wireless 2 to transmit print related data from the inkjet printer 6 to the repeater 3 or from the repeater 3 to the inkjet printer 6, and the repeater 3 and the server 5 are communicated with each other over a communication network 4 to transmit the print related data either from the server 5 to the repeater 3 or from the repeater 3 to the server 5. This enables building of the network environment in an already-existing production line without significant cost.