Communication control device and image forming device
US7796909B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2557/12
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
To prevent damages to a recording paper that is being transported and a jam of the recording paper within a device caused due to shift in the timings of communications through providing a communication control device that has a main body control unit 100 connected to each paper feeding control unit 200 via common communication lines, which transmits control instructions by using a unicast mode that individually transmits control data to each of the paper feeding control units 200 from the main body control unit 100 at different timings, and transmits executing instructions for the control instructions by using a broadcast mode that transmits control data simultaneously.
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