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JP2002144677A5
JP2002144677A5 JP2000342005A JP2000342005A JP2002144677A5 JP 2002144677 A5 JP2002144677 A5 JP 2002144677A5 JP 2000342005 A JP2000342005 A JP 2000342005A JP 2000342005 A JP2000342005 A JP 2000342005A JP 2002144677 A5 JP2002144677 A5 JP 2002144677A5
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【特許請求の範囲】
【請求項1】 印刷機構及びこれを制御する制御手段を有し、通常動作モードと当該通常動作モードより消費電力の小さい省電力モードとを有する印刷装置であって 印刷装置の動作状態を検知する動作状態検知手段と、
印刷装置が印刷処理を行うことができない異常状態かどうかを検出する異常検出手段と、
前記通常動作モードにおいて、前記動作状態検知手段によって印刷装置が、印刷装置の動作を要求する命令であって未実行の命令が無い状態、未印字の印刷データが無い状態、及び前記二つの状態が所定の時間継続した状態とが、少なくとも、含まれる第1の所定の動作状態となったことが検知され、且つ、前記異常検出手段によって異常状態無いことが検出された場合に、印刷装置を前記通常動作モードから省電力モードへ移行させるよう制御する省電力モード移行制御手段と、
前記省電力モード状態において、前記動作状態検知手段によって印刷装置が、印刷装置に接続されたホスト装置からデータを受信した場合、操作パネルが操作された場合、カバーオープン状態を検知した場合とが含まれる、第2の所定の動作状態となったことが検知された場合、又は前記異常検出手段によって少なくとも一の異常状態が有ることが検出された場合に、印刷装置を前記省電力モードから前記通常動作モードへ復帰させるよう制御する復帰制御手段と、
を備えたことを特徴とする印刷装置。
【請求項2】 前記異常検出手段は、印刷装置によって印刷を行うべき記録媒体の有無、前記印刷機構又は前記制御手段のカバーの開閉状態、印刷用インクの有無、又は前記印刷機構の異常の有無の内の、少なくとも一の状態を検出することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の印刷装置。
【請求項3】 前記異常検出手段は、前記異常状態に含まれる状態を選択可能な選択手段を備えることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の印刷装置。
【請求項4】 前記選択手段によって選択設定される状態は、インクニアエンドまたは用紙ニアエンドを含むことを特徴とする請求項に記載の印刷装置。
【請求項5】 前記省電力モード移行制御手段は、中央処理装置(CPU)及び記憶保持可能なメモリに記憶されたプログラムからなり、前記復帰制御手段は、前記CPUに割り込み信号を出力する割り込み信号発生手段と、当該割り込み信号に応答して前記通常動作モードに復帰するための所定の処理を実行するCPUと実行プログラムとからなることを特徴とする請求項1〜のいずれか1項に記載の印刷装置。
【請求項6】 通常動作モードと、消費電力を抑制するための省電力モードとの間の遷移を制御する方法であって、以下の工程を備えることを特徴とする動作モードの遷移制御方法。
(a) 装置の動作状態を検知する工程と、
(b) 装置が本来の処理を行うことができない異常状態かどうかを検出する工程と、
(c) 前記通常動作モードにおいて、工程(a)において装置が、装置の動作を要求する命令であって未実行の命令が無い状態、未処理のデータが無い状態、及び前記二つの状態が所定の時間継続した状態とが、少なくとも、含まれる第1の所定の動作状態となったことが検知され、且つ、工程(b)において異常状態無いことが検出された場合に、当該装置を前記通常動作モードから省電力モードへ移行させる工程と、
(d) 前記省電力モード状態において、工程(a)において装置が、接続されるホスト装置からデータを受信した場合、操作パネルが操作された場合、カバーオープン状態を検知した場合を含む、第2の所定の動作状態となったことが検知された場合、又は工程(b)において少なくとも一の異常状態が有ることが検出された場合に、当該装置を前記省電力モードから前記通常動作モードへ復帰させる工程。
【請求項7】 工程(b)は、以下の工程の内の少なくとも一の工程を有することを特徴とする請求項に記載の方法。
(b1)装置によって処理を行うべき媒体の有無を検出する工程、
(b2)装置の機構部又は装置の制御部のカバーの開閉状態を検出する工程、
(b3)処理用消費材の有無を検出する工程、
(b4)前記機構部の異常の有無を検出する工程。
【請求項8】 工程(b)は、
(b5)前記異常状態に含まれる状態を選択する工程
を備えることを特徴とする請求項6または7に記載の方法。
【請求項9】 請求項乃至の何れか一項に記載の動作モード遷移制御方法の各工程を実現可能なコンピュータプログラムを格納したコンピュータ読み取り可能な情報記録媒体。
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1. A printing device having a printing mechanism and a control means for controlling the printing device, and having a normal operation mode and a power saving mode in which power consumption is smaller than that of the normal operation mode , and detects an operating state of the printing device. Operating state detection means and
Anomaly detection means for detecting whether the printing device is in an abnormal state where printing cannot be performed,
In the normal operation mode, the operation state detecting means causes the printing device to perform a state in which there is no unexecuted command that requests the operation of the printing device, a state in which there is no unprinted print data, and the above two states. a state continues for a predetermined period of time, at least, a first that reaches a predetermined operating state is detected included, and, if it not an abnormal state is detected by said abnormality detecting means, the printing device The power saving mode transition control means for controlling the transition from the normal operation mode to the power saving mode, and the power saving mode transition control means.
In the power saving mode state, the printing device receives data from the host device connected to the printing device by the operation state detecting means, the operation panel is operated, and the cover open state is detected. When it is detected that the second predetermined operating state is reached, or when it is detected by the abnormality detecting means that there is at least one abnormal state, the printing apparatus is moved from the power saving mode to the normal state. A return control means that controls the return to the operation mode, and
A printing device characterized by being equipped with.
2. The abnormality detecting means includes the presence / absence of a recording medium on which printing should be performed by the printing apparatus, the open / closed state of the cover of the printing mechanism or the control means, the presence / absence of printing ink, or the presence / absence of an abnormality in the printing mechanism. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one state is detected.
Wherein the abnormality detecting means, the printing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it comprises a selection unit status Selectable contained in the abnormal state.
4. The printing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the state selected and set by the selection means includes an ink near end or a paper near end.
5. The power saving mode transition control means includes a central processing unit (CPU) and a program stored in a memory that can be stored and held, and the return control means is an interrupt signal that outputs an interrupt signal to the CPU. The invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the generation means, a CPU that executes a predetermined process for returning to the normal operation mode in response to the interrupt signal, and an execution program. Printing equipment.
6. A method for controlling a transition between a normal operation mode and a power saving mode for suppressing power consumption, which comprises the following steps.
(a) The process of detecting the operating state of the device and
(b) The process of detecting whether the device is in an abnormal state where it cannot perform the original processing, and
(c) In the normal operation mode, in step (a), a state in which the device is a command requesting the operation of the device and there is no unexecuted command, a state in which there is no unprocessed data, and the above two states are predetermined. When it is detected that the state of continuous time is at least the first predetermined operating state included in the above-mentioned time, and it is detected in the step (b) that the state is not an abnormal state, the apparatus is said to be the device. The process of shifting from the normal operation mode to the power saving mode and
(d) In the power saving mode state, the second includes the case where the device receives data from the connected host device in the step (a), the operation panel is operated, and the cover open state is detected. When it is detected that the predetermined operating state is reached, or when it is detected that there is at least one abnormal state in the step (b), the device is returned from the power saving mode to the normal operating mode. The process of making.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the step (b) includes at least one of the following steps.
(B1) A step of detecting the presence or absence of a medium to be processed by the apparatus,
(B2) A step of detecting an open / closed state of a cover of a mechanical unit of a device or a control unit of a device.
(B3) Step of detecting the presence or absence of consumable material for processing,
(B4) A step of detecting the presence or absence of an abnormality in the mechanical portion.
8. The step (b) is a method.
(B5) The method according to claim 6 or 7 , further comprising a step of selecting a state included in the abnormal state.
9. A computer-readable information recording medium containing a computer program capable of realizing each step of the operation mode transition control method according to any one of claims 6 to 8.

本発明の第1の態様にかかる印刷装置は、
印刷機構及びこれを制御する制御手段を有し、通常動作モードと当該通常動作モードより消費電力の小さい省電力モードとを有する印刷装置であって、 印刷装置の動作状態を検知する動作状態検知手段と、
印刷装置が、印刷処理を行うことができない異常状態かどうかを検出する異常検出手段と、
前記通常動作モードにおいて、前記動作状態検知手段によって印刷装置が、印刷装置の動作を要求する命令であって未実行の命令が無い状態、未印字の印刷データが無い状態、及び前記二つの状態が所定の時間継続した状態とが、少なくとも、含まれる第1の所定の動作状態となったことが検知され、且つ、前記異常検出手段によって異常状態で無いことが検出された場合に、印刷装置を前記通常動作モードから省電力モードへ移行させるよう制御する省電力モード移行制御手段と、
前記省電力モード状態において、前記動作状態検知手段によって印刷装置が、接続されるホスト装置からデータを受信した場合、操作パネルが操作された場合、カバーオープン状態を検知した場合を含む、第2の所定の動作状態となったことが検知された場合、又は前記異常検出手段によって少なくとも一の異常状態が有ることが検出された場合に、印刷装置を前記省電力モードから前記通常動作モードへ復帰させるよう制御する復帰制御手段と、を備えたことを特徴とする。
このように異常状態が発生していない印刷可能状態を省電力モードに移行するための必要条件とすることにより、印刷不能状態で省電力モードに移行するために必要な種々の制御、例えば、印刷不能状態の継続時間の監視、省電力状態での印刷不能状態の表示等が不要となる。従って、装置の制御の簡素化が可能となる。
The printing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is
A printing device having a printing mechanism and a control means for controlling the printing device, and having a normal operation mode and a power saving mode in which power consumption is smaller than the normal operation mode, and an operation state detection means for detecting the operation state of the printing device. When,
Anomaly detection means for detecting whether the printing device is in an abnormal state where printing cannot be performed,
In the normal operation mode, the operation state detecting means causes the printing device to perform a state in which there is no unexecuted command that requests the operation of the printing device, a state in which there is no unprinted print data, and the above two states. When it is detected that the state of being continued for a predetermined time is at least the first predetermined operating state included in the state, and it is detected by the abnormality detecting means that the state is not an abnormal state, the printing apparatus is operated. The power saving mode transition control means for controlling the transition from the normal operation mode to the power saving mode, and the power saving mode transition control means.
In the power saving mode state, the second operation includes the case where the printing device receives data from the connected host device by the operation state detecting means, the case where the operation panel is operated, and the case where the cover open state is detected. When it is detected that a predetermined operating state has been reached, or when it is detected by the abnormality detecting means that there is at least one abnormal state, the printing apparatus is returned from the power saving mode to the normal operating mode. It is characterized in that it is provided with a return control means for controlling the operation.
By setting the printable state in which no abnormal state has occurred as a necessary condition for shifting to the power saving mode, various controls necessary for shifting to the power saving mode in the unprintable state, for example, printing It is no longer necessary to monitor the duration of the disabled state and display the unprintable status in the power saving state. Therefore, the control of the device can be simplified.

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