1. An image forming device connected to an external device, the image forming device comprising:
an image forming unit forming images on a recording medium;
a reception unit receiving a reset signal transmitted from an external device;
a reset process unit executing a reset process to reset the image forming unit;
a reset process control unit selectively controlling the reset process unit to execute the reset process in a manner that the reset process control unit controls, during a reset signal valid mode, the reset process unit to execute the reset process upon receipt of the reset signal and that the reset process control unit ignores, during a reset signal invalid mode, input of the reset signal, and fails to control the reset process unit to execute the reset process;
a sleep mode control unit bringing the image forming unit into a sleep mode when no print job is inputted within a prescribed time after the image forming unit has completed a printing process, the image forming unit being capable of receiving a print job during the sleep mode and consuming power less than while the image forming unit is executing a printing process;
a sleep-mode judging unit judging, when the reception unit, receives the reset signal, whether or not the image forming unit is in the sleep mode; and
an auto-select mode setting unit setting the reset process control unit into either one of the reset signal valid mode and the reset signal invalid mode automatically dependent upon the determined results of the sleep-mode judging unit.
2. An image forming device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a selecting unit enabling a user to select one mode from among the reset signal valid mode and the reset signal invalid mode;
a reset signal valid mode setting unit judging, when the reception unit receives the reset signal, whether or not the user has selected the reset signal valid mode, and setting the reset process control unit into the reset signal valid mode when the user has selected the reset signal valid mode; and
a reset signal invalid mode setting unit judging, when the reception unit receives the reset signal, whether or not the user has selected the reset signal invalid mode, and setting the reset process control unit into the reset signal invalid mode when the user has selected the reset signal invalid mode.
3. An image forming device according to claim 2,
wherein the selecting unit enables the user to select one mode from among the reset signal valid mode, the reset signal invalid mode, and an auto-select mode, the auto-select mode setting unit performing its setting operation when the user has selected the auto-select mode.
4. An image forming device according to claim 3, further comprising
a display unit displaying results of the user’s selection attained by the selecting unit.
5. An image forming device according to claim 1, wherein when the sleep-mode judging unit determines that the image forming unit is being in the sleep mode, the reset process control unit in the reset signal valid mode controls the sleep mode control unit to cancel the sleep mode and controls the reset process unit to execute the reset process, and
wherein when the sleep-mode judging unit determines that the image forming unit is being in the sleep mode, the reset process control unit in the reset signal invalid mode controls the sleep mode control unit to fail to cancel the sleep mode and the reset process unit to fail to execute the reset process.
6. An image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the auto-select mode setting unit sets the reset process control unit into the reset signal valid mode when the sleep-mode judging unit determines that the image forming unit is not in the sleep mode, the auto-select mode setting unit setting the reset process control unit into the reset signal invalid mode when the sleep-mode judging unit determines that the image forming unit is in the sleep mode.
7. An image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the reception unit receives the reset signal from the external device at least when power to the external device is turned on.
8. An image forming device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a warm-up process unit executing a warm-up operation for controlling the image forming unit to perform preparation operation for the printing process,
wherein the reset process unit executes as the reset process a print data initialization process for initializing print data, a print settings data initialization process for initializing print settings data, and a warm-up operation initiation process for directing the warm-up process unit to begin a warm-up operation.
9. An image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the reception unit receives the reset signal, which is transmitted from the external device via a parallel interface cable.
10. An image forming device according to claim 1,
wherein the reception unit includes:
a parallel interface port capable of connecting to the parallel interface cable; and
a network port capable of connecting to a network cable; and
the image forming device further comprises a reset signal invalid mode auto-select unit automatically setting the reset process control unit into the reset signal invalid mode when the parallel interface cable is connected to the parallel interface port and the network cable is connected to the network port.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A tape cassette comprising:
a box housing a magnetic tape,
a guide opening for said magnetic tape formed at one end of said box,
a rear section formed at the other end of said box opposite said guide opening, and
a memory installed in the center longitudinally on the rear surface.
2. A tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein in an upper shell and a lower shell forming said box, a support means for holding said memory is formed in the center longitudinally on the rear surface.
3. A tape cassette according to claim 2, wherein said memory is clamped by enclosure on both sides from the upper shell and a lower shell forming said box.
4. A tape cassette according to claim 2, wherein said support means comprises a protective wall for partitioning the section holding said memory.
5. A tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein said memory can communicate with an external section without direct physical contact.
6. A tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of identification holes are formed in the bottom edges of said box.
7. A tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein a slider is installed to cover the reel hub holes in the bottom of said box.
8. A tape cassette according to claim 1, wherein a lid to freely open and close is installed in the magnetic tape guide section of said box.
9. A tape cassette comprising:
a box housing a magnetic tape,
a guide opening for said magnetic tape formed at one end of said box,
a plurality of identification holes formed in the bottom surface edge of said box,
a slider to cover the reel hub hole section formed in the bottom of said box,
a rear section formed at the other end of said box facing said guide opening, and
a memory installed longitudinally on the inner central section of the rear surface.
10. A tape cassette according to claim 9, wherein a freely opening and closing lid is installed said magnetic tape guide opening of said box.
11. A tape cassette according to claim 9, wherein in an upper shell and a lower shell forming said box, a support means for holding said memory is formed longitudinally on the inside center section of the rear surface.
12. A tape cassette according to claim 11, wherein said memory is clamped by enclosure from the upper shell and lower shell forming said box.
13. A tape cassette according to claim 11, wherein said memory means comprises a protective wall for partitioning the section holding said memory.
14. A tape cassette according to claim 9, wherein said memory can communicate with an external section without direct physical contact.
15. An information storage device, comprising:
a front panel formed with a cassette insertion slot installed at the front end of the chassis,
an information storage cassette inserted from said cassette insertion slot into the interior of said front panel and loaded in said chassis,
a non-contact memory recorded with various types of control information of the information recording medium inside that cassette and embedded on the rear side of the cassette,
a switch circuit board installed in the front edge of said chassis and arranged in parallel with the inner side of said front panel, and
a communications antenna mounted on said switch circuit board, in proximity to the front of said memory of said cassette loaded in said chassis and the communications antenna implements wireless communications of different types of control information in the memory.
16. An information storage device according to claim 15, wherein a plurality of detection switches for detecting a loaded cassette and a plurality of control information are installed on said switch circuit board.
17. An information storage device according to claim 15, wherein said cassette comprises:
a box capable of housing the magnetic tape,
a guide opening for said magnetic tape formed at one end of said box,
a freely opening and closing lid installed in the guide opening for the magnetic tape of said box,
a plurality of identification holes formed in the bottom surface edge of said box, and
a slider for covering the reel hub hole section formed in the bottom of said box.
18. An information storage device according to claim 15, further comprising:
means for moving the slider covering the reel hub holes formed in the bottom of said cassette box in loading and unloading said cassette, and
means for releasing the freely opening and closing lid installed in the guide opening of the magnetic tape of said cassette box.