Abstract: A printer 1 has a media orientation detection means 65 that detects displacement of a medium discharged from a media exit after media conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; and a media processing device control unit 100 that controls the automatic paper cutter 60 to cut the media when the media orientation detection means 65 detects displacement of the media, and permits processing the media by the processing unit after controlling the automatic paper cutter 60.

Abstract: A printer 1 has a processing unit that processes media; an automatic paper cutter 60 that cuts the media; a conveyance mechanism 63 that conveys media in the direction moving to an exit; a media orientation detection means 65 that detects displacement of the media after conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; a limiting unit that restricts movement of the media toward the exit after conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; and a media processing device control unit 100 that controls cutting the media by the automatic paper cutter 60 when the media orientation detection means 65 detects displacement of the media.

Abstract: A media processing system 91 includes a host computer 92 having a control device control unit 108 as an application execution unit that runs an application that generates and outputs information for processing a medium, and a transmission unit that transmits the information output by the application; and a printer 1 having a communication unit that receives information transmitted by the transmission unit, a print mechanism 64 that based on the information performs an operation in a first operating mode or a second operating mode that is different from the first operating mode, and a media processing device control unit 100 that selects the first operating mode or the second operating mode based on the application that generated the information.

Abstract: A printer 1 includes a conveyance unit that conveys roll paper stored in a paper feed device; a computing unit 100a that calculates the distance between detection marks of the roll paper conveyed by the conveyance unit; a memory unit 105 that stores a first step count corresponding to the distance between detection marks; a communication interface 106 that receives print data containing start coordinates for rendering image data of images to print in an image buffer; a print control unit 100b that corrects the start coordinates contained in the print data based on the distance between detection marks calculated by the computing unit 100a and a distance between detection marks stored in the memory unit 105; and a print unit that prints based on the print data at start coordinates corrected by the print control unit 100b.

Abstract: A printer 1 includes a conveyance unit that conveys roll paper stored in a paper feed device; a computing unit 100a that calculates the distance between detection marks of the roll paper conveyed by the conveyance unit; a memory unit 105 that stores a first step count corresponding to the distance between detection marks; a communication interface 106 that receives print data containing start coordinates for rendering image data of images to print in an image buffer; a print control unit 100b that corrects the start coordinates contained in the print data based on the distance between detection marks calculated by the computing unit 100a and a distance between detection marks stored in the memory unit 105; and a print unit that prints based on the print data at start coordinates corrected by the print control unit 100b.

Abstract: After processing a medium B with a processing unit based on control data received from a host computer 92 and stopping conveyance of the medium B, the media processing device control unit 100 of a printer 1 prohibits processing the medium B by the processing unit, waits until displacement of the medium B is detected by a media orientation detection means 65, and reports starting to wait to the host computer 92. When displacement of the medium B is detected by the media orientation detection means 65 while waiting, the media processing device control unit 100 cuts the medium B with the automatic paper cutter 60, and then cancels prohibition of processing medium B by the processing unit.

Abstract: A printer 1 has a media orientation detection means 65 that detects displacement of the media after conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; and a media processing device control unit 100 that controls cutting the media by an automatic paper cutter 60 when the media orientation detection means 65 detects displacement of the media, and controls processing the media by a processing unit when a communication unit receives control data while in a standby mode waiting for detection of media displacement by the media orientation detection means 65.

Abstract: A printer that receives requests to print on plural different media enables efficient system maintenance and system changes. 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 has a communication unit that receives print request data from the host device or the first printer, and sends the print request data to the second printer; a print unit that interprets the received print request data and executes a printing control process based on the result of data interpretation; and a response unit that generates individual response data for the printer based on the result of the printing control process, generates unified response data from response data received from the second printer and the individual response data, and sends the unified response data to the host device or the first printer.

Abstract: After processing a medium B with a processing unit based on control data received from a host computer 92 and stopping conveyance of the medium B, the media processing device control unit 100 of a printer 1 prohibits processing the medium B by the processing unit, waits until displacement of the medium B is detected by a media orientation detection means 65, and reports starting to wait to the host computer 92. When displacement of the medium B is detected by the media orientation detection means 65 while waiting, the media processing device control unit 100 cuts the medium B with the automatic paper cutter 60, and then cancels prohibition of processing medium B by the processing unit.

Abstract: A printer 1 has a media orientation detection means 65 that detects displacement of the media after conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; and a media processing device control unit 100 that controls cutting the media by an automatic paper cutter 60 when the media orientation detection means 65 detects displacement of the media, and controls processing the media by a processing unit when a communication unit receives control data while in a standby mode waiting for detection of media displacement by the media orientation detection means 65.

Abstract: A printer 1 has a processing unit that processes media; an automatic paper cutter 60 that cuts the media; a conveyance mechanism 63 that conveys media in the direction moving to an exit; a media orientation detection means 65 that detects displacement of the media after conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; a limiting unit that restricts movement of the media toward the exit after conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; and a media processing device control unit 100 that controls cutting the media by the automatic paper cutter 60 when the media orientation detection means 65 detects displacement of the media.

Abstract: A printer 1 has a media orientation detection means 65 that detects displacement of a medium discharged from a media exit after media conveyance by the conveyance mechanism 63 stops; and a media processing device control unit 100 that controls the automatic paper cutter 60 to cut the media when the media orientation detection means 65 detects displacement of the media, and permits processing the media by the processing unit after controlling the automatic paper cutter 60.

Abstract: A media processing system 91 includes a host computer 92 having a control device control unit 108 as an application execution unit that runs an application that generates and outputs information for processing a medium, and a transmission unit that transmits the information output by the application; and a printer 1 having a communication unit that receives information transmitted by the transmission unit, a print mechanism 64 that based on the information performs an operation in a first operating mode or a second operating mode that is different from the first operating mode, and a media processing device control unit 100 that selects the first operating mode or the second operating mode based on the application that generated the information.

Abstract: A printer that receives requests to print on plural different media enables efficient system maintenance and system changes. 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 has a communication unit that receives print request data from the host device or the first printer, and sends the print request data to the second printer; a print unit that interprets the received print request data and executes a printing control process based on the result of data interpretation; and a response unit that generates individual response data for the printer based on the result of the printing control process, generates unified response data from response data received from the second printer and the individual response data, and sends the unified response data to the host device or the first printer.

Abstract: A barcode printing method can easily and quickly find the location of a group of consecutive printing elements that can print a barcode correctly when the line print head has faulty printing elements. The printing device determines the shift range for the barcode printing position, aligns the center of the barcode print data with the center of the shift range, from this position alternately shifts the print data one printing element at a time left and right in the line direction, and finds a group of consecutive printing elements that can print the barcode correctly. A normal printing range can thus be found in a short time with the smallest shift compared with searching from the end of the shift range, and the overall efficiency of a barcode printing operation that executes repeatedly can be improved.

Abstract: A barcode printing method can easily and quickly find the location of a group of consecutive printing elements that can print a barcode correctly when the line print head has faulty printing elements. The printing device 1 determines the shift range L5 for the barcode 8 printing position (B11), aligns the center of the barcode 8 print data D2 with the center of the shift range L5, from this position alternately shifts the print data D2 one printing element at a time left and right in the line direction A, and finds a group of consecutive printing elements that can print the barcode 8 correctly (B12). A normal printing range can thus be found in a short time with the smallest shift compared with searching from the end of the shift range, and the overall efficiency of a barcode printing operation that executes repeatedly can be improved.