US 11,943,403 B2
Printing apparatus having processing unit attached having identification section for identifying the attached processing unit
Yasuo Nishikawa, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on May 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/315,061.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-088389 (JP), filed on May 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0388429 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00538 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00424 (2013.01); H04N 1/00615 (2013.01); H04N 1/00676 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a conveyor configured to convey a print medium in a conveyance direction;
a print engine including a print head and a platen configured to support the print medium conveyed by the conveyor, the print engine being configured to perform image printing on the print medium supported by the platen while moving the print head in a first direction intersecting the conveyance direction; and
a processing device having a processing unit removably attached thereto, the processing device being configured to perform a processing process to divide the print medium conveyed by the conveyor into a plurality of media, the processing unit having an identification section for identifying a type of the processing process executable by the processing unit.