Printer and consumables for use in printer

摘要

A consumable for use in a printer has a consumable section (for example, paper or ink ribbon) which is consumed during printing operation of the printer, and an RFID tag that stores the specification data of the consumable section. The printer has a printing section and a wireless receiver for data communication with the RFID tag. The printing section is controlled according to data obtained from the RFID tag through data communication.