Patent ID: 8270005

Claim:
A wireless communication printer comprising: a connector that is connected to an information processing device with a cable to enable exchange of a signal with the information processing device; an acquisition unit that acquires setting information when the information processing device connected to the connector performs wireless communication based on the setting information set in the information processing device; a storing unit that stores the setting information acquired by the acquisition unit; a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication processing based on the setting information stored by the storing unit; a switching unit that switches a connection with the information processing device so that data received from the information processing device via the cable is either printed out or transmitted via the wireless communication unit; and a distributor that distributes data received by the wireless communication unit so that data is either printed out or transmitted to the information processing device, wherein the information processing device alone does not have a wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with a wireless access point with use of setting information.