US 12,260,139 B2
Printing apparatus
Takeshi Harada, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/822,836.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-140843 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063866 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1279 (2013.01) [G06F 1/266 (2013.01); G06F 3/1221 (2013.01); G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/128 (2013.01); G06F 3/1293 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing head that performs printing on a medium;
a controller that controls drive of the printing head;
a power supply connector that supplies electric power to the controller;
a first receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a first external device and configured to cause the first external device to communicate with the controller; and
a second receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a second external device and configured to cause the second external device to communicate with the controller, wherein
the first receptacle connector is a USB-Type-C receptacle connector,
the second receptacle connector is a LAN or DK receptacle connector,
a plug of a USB-Type-C cable has a size and/or shape that allows physical insertion of the plug of the USB-Type-C cable into the second receptacle connector and prohibits the physical insertion of the plug of the USB-Type-C cable into the power supply connector,
an insertion port of the first receptacle connector is arranged along a first connector surface, and
an insertion port of the second receptacle connector is arranged along a second connector surface, the first connector surface and the second connector surface being offset relative to each other to form a step therebetween.