JPH11327854A - Printing device and error informing method in the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To most effectively restore a printing error and to suppress a trouble on many users to a minimum when the printing error such as a jam and the lack of paper occurs. SOLUTION: An error informing/analyzing part 107 and CPU 110 causing the error informing/analyzing part 107 to execute control are installed. Information is given to a user starting a current job at present with the occurrence of the error at a regular mode when the printing error occurs and information is stepwise given to the user starting the job, who waits in a user printing queue starting the job which is printed next and to whole registered users in accordance with a later recovery situation. Control for giving information to the user starting the current job with the occurrence of the error and giving information to the whole registered users in accordance with the later recovery situation is executed at an urgent mode when the printing error occurs.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing apparatus and an error notification method in the printing apparatus, and more particularly, to a printing apparatus capable of performing two-way network communication and an error notification method in the printing apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a printer configured to enable two-way network communication with an external device such as a computer. In a printer capable of this type of bidirectional network communication, a plurality of users can simultaneously perform a printing operation.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned prior art has the following problems. That is, in a printer capable of performing the above-described conventional bidirectional network communication, when a plurality of users perform a printing operation using the printer, if a print error such as a jam or a paper out occurs in the printer, the printer is disconnected. There was a problem that annoyed a plurality of users in use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and makes it possible to recover a print error most effectively when a print error such as a paper jam or a paper outage occurs. It is an object of the present invention to provide a printing apparatus and an error notification method in the printing apparatus, which can minimize annoying troubles.

[0005]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing apparatus capable of performing two-way network communication, wherein an error such as a jam or paper outage occurs. It is characterized by having a selecting means for selecting a notification destination of the occurrence and a notification means for notifying the selected notification destination of the occurrence of the error.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the selecting means notifies a user who is activating a current job, a user who is activating a next job to be printed, or a print queue. It is characterized in that the user selects between notifying the active user of the waiting job or notifying all registered users.

In order to achieve the above object, a third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the selecting means selects a notification destination based on a setting input by a user in advance.

In order to achieve the above object, a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the selecting means selects a notification destination based on the content of the error that has occurred.

In order to achieve the above object, a fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the selecting means selects a notification destination based on the registered contents of the user.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that the notifying means notifies a user who is running the current job when an error occurs, and sets a next job to be printed in accordance with a subsequent recovery status. Notify the active user, the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, the user who is starting the job, and all registered users in a regular mode, or notify the user who is running the current job when an error occurs. The error occurrence is notified in an emergency mode in which all registered users are notified according to the subsequent recovery status.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the notifying means is configured to execute the error in the emergency mode in the case of a serious error such as a jam, and in the normal mode in the case of a minor error such as no paper. The occurrence is notified.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that the notifying means sets the error in the normal mode when the user using the printing apparatus is registered as an individual and in the emergency mode when registered as a group. The occurrence is notified.

[0013] In order to achieve the above object, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set via a network, set by a user input, or set by a command such as a page description language. It is characterized by being.

In order to achieve the above object, a tenth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that an error occurrence can be notified in the normal mode, the emergency mode, or the medium rush mode.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, the mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set based on whether the content of the error is the severe error, the minor error, or the medium error. It is characterized by the following.

In order to achieve the above object, a twelfth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that an error occurrence can be notified again to a current notification destination and also to a new notification destination.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 13 is characterized in that it is possible to change the set time for notifying the occurrence of an error and to change the order of the notification destination.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 14 is characterized in that it is possible to set a mode for notifying an error occurrence for each user in advance.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 15 is characterized in that it can be applied to various printers such as a laser beam system, an ink jet system, a dot matrix system, a thermal transfer system, an LED system and a liquid crystal shutter system. I do.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an error notification method for a printing apparatus capable of performing two-way network communication. It has a selecting step of selecting a notification destination and a notification step of notifying the selected notification destination of occurrence of an error.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 17 is characterized in that, in the selecting step, a user who is activating a current job, a user who is activating a job to be printed next is notified, It is characterized in that the user selects between notifying the active user of the waiting job or notifying all registered users.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 18 is characterized in that, in the selecting step, a notification destination is selected based on a setting input by a user in advance.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 19 is characterized in that in the selecting step, a notification destination is selected based on the content of the error that has occurred.

In order to achieve the above object, a twentieth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the selecting step, a notification destination is selected based on the registered contents of the user.

According to a twenty-first aspect of the present invention, in the notification step, the user who is running the current job is notified in response to the occurrence of an error, and a job to be next printed according to a recovery state thereafter. Notify the active user, the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, the user who is starting the job, and all registered users in a regular mode, or notify the user who is running the current job when an error occurs. The error occurrence is notified in an emergency mode in which all registered users are notified according to the subsequent recovery status.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 22 is characterized in that in the notifying step, an error occurs in the emergency mode in the case of a serious error such as a jam, and in the normal mode in a case of a minor error such as no paper. The occurrence is notified.

[0027] To achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 23 is characterized in that, in the notifying step, an error occurs in the normal mode when the user using the printing apparatus is registered as an individual, and in the emergency mode when registered as a group. The occurrence is notified.

To achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 24, the mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set via a network, set by a user input, or set by a command such as a page description language. It is characterized by being.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 25 is characterized in that an error occurrence can be notified in the normal mode, the emergency mode, or the medium rush mode.

In order to achieve the above object, according to a twenty-sixth aspect of the present invention, a mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set based on whether the content of the error is the severe error, the minor error, or the medium error. It is characterized by the following.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 27 is characterized in that an error occurrence can be notified again to a current notification destination and also to a new notification destination.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 28 is characterized in that it is possible to change the set time for notifying the occurrence of an error and change the order of the notification destination.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 29 is characterized in that it is possible to set a mode for notifying an error occurrence for each user in advance.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 30 is characterized in that it can be applied to various printers such as a laser beam system, an ink jet system, a dot matrix system, a thermal transfer system, an LED system and a liquid crystal shutter system. I do.

[0035]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[1] First Embodiment FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a controller of a laser beam printer which is an example of a printer according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The controller of the laser beam printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes:
Receive buffer 102, command analysis unit 104, printer drawing data creation unit 105, rasterization processing unit 106
An error notification analyzer 107; a ROM 103 having a multi-bin controller 108; a resolution converter 109;
10, the engine transfer unit 111, and the drawing data memory 1
13. RAM 112 having band raster memory 114
A multi-bin i / f (interface) unit 115;
The configuration includes a network communication unit 116 and a panel i / f unit 117. In the figure, reference numeral 101 denotes a host computer connected to a laser beam printer.

The configuration of the controller of the laser beam printer will be described in detail. The reception buffer 102 temporarily stores commands and data transmitted from the host computer 101. The ROM 103 is a read-only memory that stores programs, fonts, and the like.
On M103, a command analysis unit 104, a printer drawing data creation unit 105, a rasterization processing unit 106, an error notification analysis unit 107, and a multi-bin control unit 108 are stored.

The command analysis unit 104 of the ROM 103
The command transmitted from the host computer 101 is analyzed. Printer drawing data creation unit 1 of ROM 103
05, a drawing object is created from the reception data temporarily stored in the reception buffer 102;
2 in the drawing data memory 113. ROM103
The rasterization processing unit 106 rasterizes the drawing object stored in the drawing data memory 113 of the RAM 112 and
14 is stored in band units.

Error notification analyzer 107 of ROM 103
Is a series of controls (first embodiment) shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 2, 3, 4 and 5 described later, and FIG.
A series of controls (second embodiment) shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4, 5, 6 and 7 and a series of controls shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9 described later. Control (third embodiment) is realized. When a print error occurs, the multi-bin control unit 108 of the ROM 103 controls display of a display device attached to the multi-bin.

The resolution converter 109 converts the printing resolution as needed. The CPU 110 is a central processing unit, and the reception buffer 102, the ROM 10
3. Resolution conversion unit 109, engine transfer unit 111, RA
M112, multi-bin i / f unit 115, network communication unit 116, panel i / f unit 117, and
It controls the execution of the processing shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 to 9 described later, which is realized by the error notification analysis unit 107 stored on the M103. The engine transfer unit 111
Image data is output to a printer engine (not shown) provided in the laser beam printer.

The RAM 112 is a random access memory.
3. The band raster memory 114 is stored. RA
The drawing data memory 113 of the M112 stores the drawing objects created by the printer drawing data creation unit 105 of the ROM 103. The band raster memory 114 of the RAM 112 is stored in the rasterization processing unit 106 of the ROM 103.
The data rasterized by is stored in band units.

The multi-bin i / f unit 115 interfaces with the multi-bin. Network communication unit 116
Performs communication between the laser beam printer and the outside via a network. Panel i / f unit 117
Interfaces with an operation panel (not shown) provided in the laser beam printer.

Next, the processing of the laser beam printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In step S201, a notification method is set via a network. In this case, there are two types of contents to be set, a normal mode and an emergency mode. In step S202, it is determined whether data has been received from the host computer 101. In step S202, the process waits until data comes from the host computer 101, and if data comes from the host computer 101, print processing is performed in step S203.

In step S204, it is checked whether or not a print error such as a paper jam or a paper error has occurred during the printing process. If a print error such as a paper jam or a paper error occurs during the print processing, the processing is performed according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. This will be described later. If no print error such as a paper jam or a paper error has occurred during the print processing, in step S205,
Output the print result to the bin. In step S206, for example, an LCD (Li
A display device such as a liquid crystal device (quid Crystal Device) is displayed. In step S207, the user is notified of the discharge destination via the network.

Next, the setting of the above-described notification method and the processing when a print error occurs will be described with reference to step S2 in FIG.
The case where the normal mode is designated in 01 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

In step S301, a timer is started.
In step S302, the owner of the current job is notified via the network that a print error has occurred. In step S303, it is checked whether or not the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the user does not recover the print error before the timeout, the timer is activated in step S304.

In step S305, the laser beam
Notify the owner of the next job stuck in the printer that a print error has occurred via the network.
In step S306, it is checked whether or not the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer has timed out, that is, if the print error has not been recovered before the user has timed out, the timer is activated in step S307. In step S308, the owner of all the jobs staying in the laser beam printer is notified via the network that a print error has occurred.

In step S309, it is checked whether the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the print error has not been recovered before the user has timed out, in step S310, all users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. Notify via a network that a print error has occurred.

Next, the setting of the above-mentioned notification method and the processing when a print error occurs will be described with reference to step S2 in FIG.
The case where the emergency mode is designated in 01 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S501, a timer is started.
In step S502, the fact that a print error has occurred is notified to the owner of the current job via the network. In step S503, it is determined whether the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the user does not recover the print error before the time-out, in step S504, all the users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. Notify via a network that a print error has occurred.

As described above, according to the laser beam printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when a print error such as a jam or paper outage occurs during a print process, the normal mode is set. If set, notify the user who is running the current job when an error occurs, and then start the job waiting for the next print job in the user print queue according to the recovery status. Notify the current user and all registered users step by step. If a print error such as a jam or no paper occurs during the print process and the emergency mode is set, the current job An error notification analysis unit 107 for realizing control of notifying a running user of the error and notifying all registered users in accordance with a subsequent recovery situation. Since the over notification analyzing section 107 and a CPU110 for executing the above control, an effect as follows.

With the above configuration, when a print error occurs during the printing process, it is determined whether the mode for notifying the occurrence of the error is set to the normal mode or the emergency mode, and the mode is set to the normal mode. If the error occurs, the current job is notified to the user who is running the current job, and the next job to be printed is started according to the recovery status. Notify the user and all registered users step by step as appropriate.If the emergency mode is set, notify the user who is running the current job with the occurrence of an error and notify all users according to the subsequent recovery situation. Notify registered users.

Therefore, according to the first embodiment of the present invention, when a print error such as a jam or paper out occurs in the laser beam printer, all users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. To notify the user who is running the current job, the user who is running the next job to be printed,
Whether to notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue or not can be selected based on a preset setting by the user. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover a print error, and it is possible to minimize annoying many users.

[2] Second Embodiment As in the first embodiment, the controller of the laser beam printer according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a reception buffer 102 and a command Analysis unit 104, printer drawing data creation unit 105, rasterization processing unit 1
06 · Error notification analysis unit 107 · Multibin control unit 10
8, a resolution conversion unit 109,
RAM having PU 110, engine transfer unit 111, drawing data memory 113, band raster memory 114
112 and a multi-bin i / f (interface) unit 11
5, the network communication unit 116, and the panel i / f unit 1.
17 (see FIG. 1 above).

The difference between the second embodiment of the present invention and the first embodiment is that the error notification analyzer 107 of the ROM 103 uses the error notification analyzer 107 of FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 5, 6 and 7. Is realized in a series of controls (the second embodiment) shown in the flowchart of FIG. Except for this, the configuration is the same as that of the above-described first embodiment, and detailed description is omitted in the first embodiment.

Next, the processing of the laser beam printer according to the second embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

In step S601, a notification method is set via a network. This is to set the notification method via the network in response to a print error.Specifically, the mode is set to the emergency mode for a severe error such as a jam, and to the normal mode for a minor error such as no paper. Set. In step S602, the host computer 1
It is checked whether data has come from 01 or not. Step S60
In step S603, the process waits until data comes from the host computer 101, and when data comes from the host computer 101, print processing is performed in step S603.

In step S604, it is checked whether or not a print error such as a paper jam or a paper error has occurred during the printing process. If a print error has occurred, step S
At 605, it is determined whether the print error is a severe print error or a minor print error. If the print error is mild, a notification of the normal mode shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. On the other hand, if the print error is severe, the emergency mode is notified as shown in the flowchart of FIG.

If no print error has occurred in step S604, the print result is discharged to a bin in step S606. In step S607, a display device such as an LCD attached to the bin of the discharge destination is displayed. In step S608, the user is notified of the discharge destination via the network.

Next, the processing when the normal mode is set will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

In step S301, a timer is started.
In step S302, the owner of the current job is notified via the network that a print error has occurred. In step S303, it is checked whether or not the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the user does not recover the print error before the timeout, the timer is activated in step S304.

In step S305, the laser beam
Notify the owner of the next job stuck in the printer that a print error has occurred via the network.
In step S306, it is checked whether or not the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer has timed out, that is, if the print error has not been recovered before the user has timed out, the timer is activated in step S307. In step S308, the owner of all the jobs staying in the laser beam printer is notified via the network that a print error has occurred.

In step S309, it is checked whether the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the print error has not been recovered before the user has timed out, in step S310, all users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. Notify via a network that a print error has occurred.

Next, the processing when the emergency mode is set will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step S501, a timer is started.
In step S502, the fact that a print error has occurred is notified to the owner of the current job via the network. In step S503, it is determined whether the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the user does not recover the print error before the time-out, in step S504, all the users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. Notify via a network that a print error has occurred.

As described above, according to the laser beam printer according to the second embodiment of the present invention, when a print error such as a paper jam or paper outage occurs during the printing process, the printing is performed mildly. In the case of an error, notify the user who is running the current job with the occurrence of the error,
Depending on the subsequent recovery status, the user who is starting the job to be printed next, the user who is waiting for the job waiting in the print queue, and all registered users are notified step by step. When a print error such as a paper error occurs and a serious print error occurs, the control notifies the user who is running the current job with the error and notifies all registered users according to the subsequent recovery status. Notification analysis unit 10 that implements
7 and the CPU 110 for causing the error notification analysis unit 107 to execute the above control, the following effects are obtained.

With the above configuration, if a print error occurs during the printing process, it is determined whether the print error is a serious error or a minor error. If the error is a minor error, the current job is being started with the occurrence of the error. Of the user who is running the next job to be printed according to the status of the recovery, and then notifies the user who is waiting in the print queue of the running job and all registered users in stages as appropriate. However, in the case of a severe error, a notification is sent to the user who is running the current job with the occurrence of the error, and to all registered users in accordance with the subsequent recovery situation.

Therefore, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when a print error such as a jam or paper out occurs in a laser beam printer, all users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. To notify the user who is running the current job, the user who is running the next job to be printed,
Whether to notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue or not can be selected based on the content of the print error. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover a print error, and it is possible to minimize annoying many users.

[3] Third Embodiment A controller of a laser beam printer according to a third embodiment of the present invention includes a reception buffer 102 and a command Analysis unit 104, printer drawing data creation unit 105, rasterization processing unit 1
06 · Error notification analysis unit 107 · Multibin control unit 10
8, a resolution conversion unit 109,
RAM having PU 110, engine transfer unit 111, drawing data memory 113, band raster memory 114
112 and a multi-bin i / f (interface) unit 11
5, the network communication unit 116, and the panel i / f unit 1.
17 (see FIG. 1 above).

The third embodiment of the present invention is different from the first embodiment in that the error notification analysis unit 107 of the ROM 103 uses the error notification analyzing unit 107 shown in FIGS. 3, 4, 5, 5, 8, and 9. Is to realize a series of controls shown in the flowchart of FIG. Except for this, the configuration is the same as that of the above-described first embodiment, and detailed description is omitted in the first embodiment.

Next, the processing of the laser beam printer according to the third embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

In step S801, a notification method is set via a network. There are two types of contents to be set, a normal mode and an emergency mode. In step S802, it is determined whether data has been received from the host computer 101. In step S802, the process waits until data comes from the host computer 101, and if data comes from the host computer 101, print processing is performed in step S803.

In step S804, it is checked whether or not a print error such as a paper jam or a paper error has occurred during the printing process. If a print error has occurred during the printing process, it is checked in step S805 whether the printing user is a user name or a group name. If the printing user has a user name (registered in the printer with a personal name), a notification of the normal mode shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. On the other hand, when the user who is printing is a group name (registered in the printer as a group), the notification of the emergency mode shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is performed.

If a print error has not occurred during the printing process in step S804, the process proceeds to step S804.
At 806, the print result is discharged to a bin. Step S
At 807, for example, LC attached to the bin of the discharge destination
A display device such as D is displayed. In step S808,
Notify the user of the discharge destination via the network.

Next, the processing when the normal mode is set will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

At step S301, a timer is started.
In step S302, the owner of the current job is notified via the network that a print error has occurred. In step S303, it is checked whether or not the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the user does not recover the print error before the timeout, the timer is activated in step S304.

In step S305, the laser beam
Notify the owner of the next job stuck in the printer that a print error has occurred via the network.
In step S306, it is checked whether or not the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer has timed out, that is, if the print error has not been recovered before the user has timed out, the timer is activated in step S307. In step S308, the owner of all the jobs staying in the laser beam printer is notified via the network that a print error has occurred.

In step S309, it is checked whether or not the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the print error has not been recovered before the user has timed out, in step S310, all users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. Notify via a network that a print error has occurred.

Next, the processing when the emergency mode is set will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step S501, a timer is started.
In step S502, the fact that a print error has occurred is notified to the owner of the current job via the network. In step S503, it is determined whether the activated timer has timed out. If the user recovers the print error before the activated timer times out, the process ends. On the other hand, if the activated timer times out, that is, if the user does not recover the print error before the time-out, in step S504, all the users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. Notify via a network that a print error has occurred.

As described above, according to the laser beam printer according to the third embodiment of the present invention, when a print error such as a jam or paper outage occurs during a printing process, and If the user has registered with the user name, the current job is notified to the user who is running when an error occurs, and the next job to be printed is waited for in the running user print queue according to the subsequent recovery status. Notify the user who is running the job that is running and all registered users step by step, and if a print error such as a jam or paper outage occurs during the print process, and the printing user registers with the group name If there is an error, control is performed to notify the user who is running the current job when an error occurs, and to notify all registered users according to the subsequent recovery situation. An error notification analyzing section 107, CPU 1 to execute the control to the error notification analyzing section 107
The following effects can be obtained because of having 10.

According to the above configuration, when a print error occurs during the printing process, it is determined whether the user who is printing is registered with a user name or registered with a group name, and the user is printed. In the case of registration, the user who is running the current job is notified when an error occurs, and the next job to be printed is running according to the status of recovery. To all users and all registered users as appropriate, and in the case of registration with a group name, notify the user who is running the current job with an error,
Notify all registered users according to the status of subsequent recovery.

Therefore, according to the third embodiment of the present invention, when a print error such as a jam or no paper occurs in the laser beam printer, all users registered in the laser beam printer are notified. To notify the user who is running the current job, the user who is running the next job to be printed,
Whether to notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue or not can be automatically set based on the registered contents (user name or group name) of the user who is printing. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover a print error, and it is possible to minimize annoying many users.

In the above-described first to third embodiments of the present invention, a laser beam printer is used as an example of a printer device. However, the present invention is limited to a laser beam printer. However, the present invention can be applied to an ink jet printer, a dot matrix printer, a thermal transfer printer (including a sublimation type), an LED printer, a liquid crystal shutter printer, and the like.

Further, in the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the drawing data memory is configured as a RAM, but the drawing data memory is configured as an NVRAM (Non Vola).
(tile RAM: nonvolatile RAM).

In the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the notification method is set via the network. However, the setting method using the operation panel, the PDL (Page Desc)
(ription Language: page description language)
The command setting in may be used.

Further, in the first to third embodiments of the present invention, only two types of notification methods, the normal mode and the emergency mode, are used. However, other notification modes (for example, the normal mode, the hurry mode, the emergency mode) Three types) may be prepared.

Further, in the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the content of the print error is only two types, severe and mild, but other content (for example, severe, medium,
Three types of mild) may be prepared.

Further, in the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the process of changing the notified party is performed after the timeout, but the notified party is added, that is, while the current notified party is notified again, You may also notify the new contact.

In the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the processing for fixing the notification method for the normal mode and the emergency mode is performed. However, the notification method for each mode may be made programmable. For example, the change of the timeout period, the change of the order of the notification partner, and the like may be made programmable.

Further, in the first to third embodiments of the present invention, the user under printing is classified into two types: registration by user name and registration by group name. However, the user may be further classified. . For example, the notification mode may be set in advance for each user.

In the first to third embodiments of the present invention, when a print result in the case where no print error has occurred is discharged to a bin, control for displaying an LCD attached to the bin is performed. As described above, a display device other than the LCD may be used. Alternatively, the display device may be an audio output device.

In the first to third embodiments of the present invention, when a print result in the case where no print error has occurred is discharged to a bin, the user is notified of the discharge destination via a network. , You do not have to notify.

The present invention may be applied to a system including a plurality of devices or to an apparatus including a single device. A storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to a system or an apparatus, and a computer (or CPU or MPU) of the system or the apparatus executes the program code stored in the storage medium. Needless to say, this can also be achieved by executing the reading.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

Examples of a storage medium for supplying the program code include a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, and CD.
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

Further, when the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS and the like running on the computer are actually executed based on the instructions of the program code. It goes without saying that a part or all of the above-described processing is performed, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instructions of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

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As described above, according to the printing apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, a printing apparatus capable of two-way network communication is used when an error such as a jam or paper outage occurs. And a notification unit for notifying the selected notification destination of the occurrence of an error, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper jam occurs in the printing apparatus, for example, all users registered in the printing apparatus are notified,
Whether to notify the user running the current job or the user running the next job to print,
Whether to notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue or not can be selected based on, for example, the user's preset settings, the contents of a print error, or the registered contents of the user. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the selecting means notifies the user who is activating the current job, the user who is activating the job to be printed next, or the print queue. In order to select whether to notify the active user of the waiting job or notify all registered users,
The following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next For example, to notify the user who is performing the job or to notify the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, based on, for example, the user's preset settings, the contents of the error, or the registered contents of the user. can do.
As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the third aspect of the present invention, the selecting means selects the notification destination based on the setting input by the user in advance, and thus has the following effects. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next It is possible to select whether to notify the user who has performed the job or notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue, based on a preset setting by the user. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the selecting means selects the notification destination based on the content of the error that has occurred, and thus has the following effects. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next It is possible to select, based on the content of the print error, whether to notify the user who has performed the job or notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, since the selecting means selects the notification destination based on the registered contents of the user, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as jam or paper out occurs in the printing device,
Notify all users registered in the printing device, notify the user running the current job, notify the user running the next job to be printed, or wait in the print queue Whether to notify the user running the job can be selected based on the registered contents of the user. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the notifying unit notifies the user who is running the current job in response to the occurrence of the error, and determines the next job to be printed in accordance with the subsequent recovery status. Notify the active user, the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, the user who is starting the job, and all registered users in a regular mode, or notify the user who is running the current job when an error occurs. Since the error occurrence is notified in the emergency mode for notifying all registered users according to the subsequent recovery status, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next Select whether to notify the user who is running or the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue according to whether the set error occurrence notification mode is the normal mode or the emergency mode can do. This makes it possible to recover printing errors most effectively,
This has the effect of minimizing the inconvenience to many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the notifying means is configured to execute the error in the emergency mode in the case of a serious error such as a jam and the error in the normal mode in the case of a minor error such as no paper. Since the occurrence is notified, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next To notify the user who is performing the printing job or the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, depending on whether the error occurred in the printing apparatus is the severe error or the minor error. can do. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the notifying means sets the error in the normal mode when the user using the printing apparatus is registered as an individual and in the emergency mode when registered as a group. Since the occurrence is notified, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next Select whether to notify the user who is printing or the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, depending on whether the user has individually registered with the printing device or registered as a group can do. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set via a network, set by a user input, or set by a command such as a page description language. Therefore, the following effects are obtained. As described above, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoyance to many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the occurrence of an error can be notified in the normal mode, the emergency mode, or the medium rush mode, so that the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next Whether the error notification mode is the normal mode, the hurry mode, or the emergency mode. Can be selected according to As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, the mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set based on whether the content of the error is the severe error, the minor error, or the medium error. Therefore, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next To notify the user who is running the job or the user who is running a job waiting in the print queue, whether the error occurred in the printing apparatus is the severe error, the medium error, or the mild error. It can be selected according to the error. This makes it possible to recover printing errors most effectively,
This has the effect of minimizing the inconvenience to many users.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, since the error occurrence can be notified again to the current notification destination and can be notified to the new notification destination, the following effects can be obtained. As described above, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoyance to many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to change the set time for notifying the occurrence of an error and to change the order of the notification destinations, so that the following effects are obtained. As described above, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoyance to many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to set a mode for notifying an error occurrence for each user in advance, so that the following effects are obtained. As described above, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoyance to many users.

According to the printing apparatus of the present invention, it is applicable to various printers such as a laser beam system, an ink jet system, a dot matrix system, a thermal transfer system, an LED system and a liquid crystal shutter system. It has the following effects. The above laser beam method, inkjet method, dot matrix method, thermal transfer method, LED
If a print error such as a jam or paper out occurs in various printers such as a printer, a liquid crystal shutter system, etc., it is notified to all users registered in the printer, to the user who is running the current job, Whether to notify the user who has started the job to be printed to the user or to notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue, the setting of the user in advance, the content of the print error, or the user You can make a selection based on your registration details. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover a print error, and it is possible to minimize annoying many users.

According to the error notification method for a printing apparatus of the present invention, an error notification method for a printing apparatus capable of two-way network communication is provided, in which an error such as a jam or paper outage occurs. And a notification step of notifying the selected notification destination of the occurrence of an error, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or a paper error occurs in the printing apparatus, for example, notification to all the users registered in the printing apparatus, notification to the user running the current job, or the next job to be printed To notify the user who is running the print job or the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, for example, by setting in advance by the user, the content of the print error, or the registered content of the user Can be selected based on the As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notification method for a printing apparatus of the present invention, in the selection step, whether the notification is to notify a user who is activating a current job or to a user who is activating a job to be printed next. Since the user can select whether to notify the active user of the job waiting in the print queue or to notify all registered users, the following effects can be obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next For example, to notify the user who is performing the job or to notify the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, based on, for example, the user's preset settings, the contents of the error, or the registered contents of the user. can do. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notifying method of the printing apparatus of the present invention, in the selecting step, the notification destination is selected based on the setting input by the user in advance, so that the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next It is possible to select whether to notify the user who has performed the job or notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue, based on a preset setting by the user. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notifying method of the printing apparatus of the present invention, in the selecting step, the notification destination is selected based on the content of the error that has occurred, so that the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next It is possible to select, based on the content of the print error, whether to notify the user who has performed the job or notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue. This allows
It is possible to most effectively recover a printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoying many users.

According to the twentieth aspect of the error notification method for a printing apparatus of the present invention, in the selection step, the notification destination is selected based on the registered contents of the user, so that the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next It is possible to select, based on the registered contents of the user, whether to notify the user who has performed the job or notify the user who has started the job waiting in the print queue. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notifying method of the printing apparatus of the present invention, in the notifying step, the user who has started the current job is notified in response to the occurrence of the error, and the next step is performed according to the recovery status. A normal mode in which a user who is starting a job to be printed, a user who is running a job waiting in a print queue, and all registered users are notified in a stepwise manner, or a current job is started in response to an error. The following effects are obtained because the error is notified in the emergency mode in which the user is notified and the notification is made to all the registered users according to the subsequent recovery status. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next Select whether to notify the user who is running or the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue according to whether the set error occurrence notification mode is the normal mode or the emergency mode can do. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notification method for a printing apparatus of the present invention, in the notifying step, the emergency mode is set when a serious error such as a jam occurs, and the error mode is set when the error is a minor error such as paper out. Since the occurrence of an error is notified in the normal mode, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as jam or paper out occurs in the printing device,
Notify all users registered in the printing device, notify the user running the current job, notify the user running the next job to be printed, or wait in the print queue Whether to notify the user who has started the job can be selected according to whether the error occurred in the printing apparatus is the severe error or the minor error. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notification method of the printing apparatus of the present invention, in the notifying step, the normal mode is used when the user using the printing apparatus is registered individually, and the user is registered when the user is using a group. Since the occurrence of an error is notified in the emergency mode, the following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next Select whether to notify the user who is printing or the user who is running the job waiting in the print queue, depending on whether the user has individually registered with the printing device or registered as a group can do. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notification method for a printing apparatus of the present invention, the mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set via a network, set by a user input, or by a command such as a page description language. Can be set, the following effects can be obtained. As described above, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoyance to many users.

According to the error notification method for a printing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to notify the occurrence of an error in the normal mode, the emergency mode, or the medium rush mode. Play. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next Whether the error notification mode is the normal mode, the hurry mode, or the emergency mode. Can be selected according to As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notification method of the printing apparatus of the present invention, the mode for notifying the occurrence of the error is based on whether the content of the error is the severe error, the minor error, or the medium error. Because it is configurable,
The following effects are obtained. When a printing error such as a paper jam or paper empty occurs in the printing device, notify all the users registered in the printing device, notify the user who has started the current job, or start the job to be printed next To notify the user who is running the job or the user who is running a job waiting in the print queue, whether the error occurred in the printing apparatus is the severe error, the medium error, or the mild error. It can be selected according to the error. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize the trouble for many users.

According to the error notification method of the printing apparatus of the present invention, the occurrence of an error can be notified again to a current notification destination and a new notification destination can be notified. To play. As described above, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoyance to many users.

According to the error notifying method of the printing apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to change the set time for notifying the occurrence of an error and to change the order of the notification destinations. . As described above, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoyance to many users.

According to the error notifying method of the printing apparatus of the present invention, the mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set for each user in advance, so that the following effects are obtained. As described above, it is possible to most effectively recover the printing error, and it is possible to minimize annoyance to many users.

According to the error notification method for a printing apparatus of the present invention, a laser beam system, an ink jet system, a dot matrix system, a thermal transfer system,
Since the present invention is applicable to various printers such as an ED system and a liquid crystal shutter system, the following effects can be obtained. When a print error such as a jam or paper out occurs in various printers such as the laser beam method, ink jet method, dot matrix method, thermal transfer method, LED method, and liquid crystal shutter method, all users registered in the printer are notified. To notify the user running the current job, notify the user running the next job to print, or notify the user running the job waiting in the print queue Can be selected based on the user's preset settings, the contents of the print error, or the registered contents of the user. As a result, it is possible to most effectively recover a print error, and it is possible to minimize annoying many users.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a controller of a laser beam printer according to first to third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the laser beam printer according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing when a print error occurs when a normal mode is designated in the laser beam printer according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing when a print error occurs when a normal mode is designated in the laser beam printer according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating processing when a print error occurs when an emergency mode is designated in the laser beam printer according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a laser beam printer according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the laser beam printer according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a laser beam printer according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of the laser beam printer according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

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 101 Host Computer 102 Receive Buffer 103 ROM 104 Command Analysis Unit 105 Printer Drawing Data Creation Unit 106 Rasterization Processing Unit 107 Error Notification Analysis Unit 108 Multibin Control Unit 109 Resolution Conversion Unit 110 CPU 111 Engine Transfer Unit 112 RAM 113 Drawing Data Memory 114 Band Raster Memory 115 Multi-bin i / f unit 116 Network communication unit 117 Panel i / f unit

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Claims (30)

[Claims] 1. A printing device capable of two-way network communication, comprising: a selection unit for selecting a notification destination of an error occurrence when an error such as a paper jam or paper outage occurs; And a notifying unit for notifying the printer. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting unit notifies a user who is running a current job, a user who is running a job to be printed next, or a user who is running a job waiting in a print queue. 2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user selects whether to notify all registered users. 3. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects a notification destination based on a setting input by a user in advance. 4. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects a notification destination based on the content of the error that has occurred. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects a notification destination based on a registered content of the user.
The printing device according to the above. 6. The notifying unit notifies a user who is running the current job when an error occurs, and waits in a running user / print queue for a job to be printed next according to a recovery state thereafter. A normal mode in which the user who is running the job and all registered users are notified stepwise as appropriate
6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: notifying a user who is running the current job in response to the occurrence of an error, and notifying the occurrence of the error in an emergency mode of notifying all registered users according to a subsequent recovery situation. The printing device according to any one of the above. 7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the notifying unit notifies the emergency mode in the case of a serious error such as a jam or the like in the normal mode in the case of a minor error such as no paper. The printing device according to the above. 8. The printing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the notifying unit notifies an error in the normal mode when the user using the printing apparatus is registered as an individual and in the emergency mode when registering as a group. The printing device according to the above. 9. A mode for notifying occurrence of an error includes setting via a network, setting by user input,
9. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting can be performed by a command such as a page description language. 10. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an error occurrence can be notified in the normal mode, the emergency mode, or the medium rush mode. 11. The mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set based on whether the content of the error is the severe error, the minor error, or the medium error. 11. The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 10 to 10. 12. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an error occurrence is notified to a current notification destination again and can be notified to a new notification destination. 13. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a set time for notifying occurrence of an error can be changed and the order of notification destinations can be changed. 14. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a mode for notifying an occurrence of an error can be set for each user in advance. 15. A laser beam method, an ink jet method, a dot matrix method, a thermal transfer method, an LED method,
15. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus is applicable to various printers such as a liquid crystal shutter system. 16. An error notification method in a printing apparatus capable of bidirectional network communication, comprising: a selection step of selecting a notification destination of an error occurrence when an error such as a jam or out of paper occurs; An error notification method for notifying an error occurrence in a printing apparatus. 17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting step notifies a user who is running a current job, a user who is running a job to be printed next, or a user who is running a job waiting in a print queue. 17. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the user selects whether to notify all registered users. 18. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein in the selecting step, a notification destination is selected based on a setting input by a user in advance. 19. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein in the selection step, a notification destination is selected based on the content of the error that has occurred. 20. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein in the selection step, a notification destination is selected based on the registered contents of the user. 21. In the notification step, a user who is running the current job is notified in response to the occurrence of an error, and a job to be printed next is waiting in a running user / print queue according to a recovery state. A normal mode in which the user who is running the job and all registered users are notified step by step as appropriate, or a user who is running the current job when an error occurs and all registered users are notified according to the subsequent recovery status 21. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein an error occurrence is notified in an emergency mode for notifying the error. 22. In the notification step, the occurrence of an error is notified in the emergency mode in the case of a serious error such as a jam, and in the normal mode in the case of a minor error such as no paper. Error notification method in the printing device described in the above. 23. The method according to claim 21, wherein in the notification step, when the user using the printing apparatus is registered as an individual, an error is notified in the normal mode, and when the user is registered as a group, an error is notified in the emergency mode. Error notification method in the printing device described in the above. 24. The mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set via a network, set by a user input, or set by a command such as a page description language. Error notification method in the printing device according to any one of the above. 25. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein an error occurrence can be notified in the normal mode, the emergency mode, or the medium rush mode. 26. The mode for notifying the occurrence of an error can be set based on whether the content of the error is the severe error, the minor error, or the medium error. , 25, the error notification method in the printing apparatus. 27. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein an error occurrence can be notified again to a current notification destination and a new notification destination can be notified. 28. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein a set time for notifying the occurrence of an error can be changed, and the order of notification destinations can be changed. 29. The method according to claim 16, wherein a mode for notifying an error occurrence for each user can be set in advance.
29. The error notification method in the printing device according to any one of claims to 28. 30. A laser beam method, an ink jet method, a dot matrix method, a thermal transfer method, an LED method,
30. The error notification method in a printing apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the error notification method is applicable to various printers such as a liquid crystal shutter system.