Printer system, inkjet printer, and computer-readable recording medium containing program therefor

摘要

A printer system has an information processing device and an inkjet printer. The image processing device has a first controller which generates margin information, and transmits the image data and the margin information to the inkjet printer. The inkjet printer has a second controller which obtains the image data and the margin information from the information processing device, causes the conveyor to convey the sheet until the sheet reaches a position where an area on which an image is to be printed firstly faces the printing head, causes the printing head to eject ink drops, and in response to the margin width being less than a threshold width, detect an actual position of the sheet after the cueing process is finished. The second controller causes the printing head to eject ink drops based on the actual position after the detecting process is executed.

主权项

1. A printer system including an information processing device and an inkjet printer,
the information processing device comprising a first controller, and the inkjet printer comprising:
a conveyor configured to convey a sheet;a carriage configured to be movable in a scanning direction, the carriage mounting a printing head configured to eject ink drops to print an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveyor and a sensor configured to output a detection signal corresponding to absence and presence of the sheet; anda second controller, wherein the first controller is configured to execute:
a generating process to generate margin information representing a margin width at an end portion, in the scanning direction, of the sheet on which an image represented by image data is to be printed; anda transmitting process to transmit the image data and the margin information to the inkjet printer, and wherein the second controller is configured to execute:
an obtaining process to obtain the image data and the margin information from the information processing device;a cueing process to cause the conveyor to convey the sheet until the sheet reaches a position where an area of the sheet on which an image is to be printed firstly faces the printing head;a printing process to cause the printing head to eject ink drops; andin response to the margin width represented by the margin information being less than a threshold width, a detecting process to detect an actual position, in the scanning direction, of the sheet after the cueing process is finished based on the detection signal which is output from the sensor when the carriage is moved in the scanning direction prior to the printing process,wherein the second controller causes the printing head to eject ink drops based on the actual position in the printing process after the detecting process is executed.