A printing apparatus includes: a printing section including a plurality of printing elements that performs printing on a medium; a power supply circuit supplying power to the printing section; a control circuit controlling the printing section and the power supply circuit; and a USB-Type-C interface configured to couple an external device and including a data transmission/reception terminal, a power input/output terminal, and a state identification terminal. When the state identification terminal detects that the external device that receives the power via the power input/output terminal is coupled, and the printing section performs printing, an amount of power supplied to the external device is large in a case in which a drive rate of the plurality of printing elements is low as compared with a case in which the drive rate of the plurality of printing elements is high.

An interface performs power delivery and communication with an external apparatus. A convert device is configured to convert a voltage of input power that is supplied from the external apparatus through the interface. A convert device includes a first convert device having first conversion efficiency and a second convert device having second conversion efficiency different from the first conversion efficiency. A processing device is configured to operate by using power converted by the convert device. A controller is configured to switch a conversion state between: a first conversion state of converting, by the first convert device, the input power supplied from the external apparatus through the interface and supplying the converted input power to the processing device; and a second conversion state of converting, by the second convert device, the input power supplied from the external apparatus through the interface and supplying the converted input power to the processing device.

An image processing apparatus includes a connection unit, a first power supply unit, a second power supply unit, and a control device. The connection unit is connected to an electronic apparatus including a controlled device and a communication relay unit. The first power supply unit can supply power to the controlled device. The second power supply unit can supply power to the communication relay unit. The control device is capable of switching a power supply state by the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit between at least a first stop state in which power supply by the first power supply unit is continued and power supply by the second power supply unit is stopped and a second stop state in which power supply by the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit is stopped.

An information processing apparatus includes a power processor, an interface, a first detector that detects at least one of a voltage value and a current value on an electric power line which connects the power processor and the interface, a second detector that detects at least one of a voltage value and a current value on the electric power line, a switch that switches a supply of electric power supplied from the interface to an outside, and a controller. The controller controls the switch to restrict the electric power supplied from the interface to an outside in a case where at least one of a detection value of the first detector and a detection value of the second detector is equal to or greater than a threshold value.

A card reading device and a card reading system. The card reading device includes an image scanner to read an image of a card. In the card reading device, the image scanner is usable when the card reading device is attached to a data receiving apparatus that receives data of the image scanned by the image scanner. In the card reading device, the image scanner is usable when the card reading device is detached from the data receiving apparatus. The card reading system includes the card reading device and the data receiving apparatus that receives the data of the image scanned by the image scanner.

Provided is an image reading apparatus including an apparatus main body including a reading portion that reads an image of a document being transported, and a main body supporting portion rotatably supporting the apparatus main body such that the apparatus main body is configured to take a plurality of postures, in which the apparatus main body includes at least one coupling portion to which a coupling target is coupled, and the coupling portion is provided on a side of the apparatus main body. The side intersects a rotation shaft line direction of the apparatus main body.

An electronic device that is able to operate by receiving a power supply from a host device through a Universal Serial Bus (USB). The electronic device acts as a first sink device and is connected to a second sink device that is able to operate by receiving a power supply from the host device through the USB and the connection to the first sink device. Each of the first sink device and the second sink device is provided with a CC terminal that obtains power supplying capability information from the host device, a pull-up or pull-down resistor connected to the CC terminal, and a GND terminal that grounds a circuit of the CC terminal and the pull-up or pull-down resistor. The electronic device changes a state of grounding of the pull-up or pull-down resistor to the GND terminal, in one of the first sink device and the second sink device.

An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a door, an inlet, a primary power source, a secondary power source, a primary interlock switch, and a secondary interlock switch. The housing has an opening. The door is hinge-coupled to the housing by a hinge, and opens and closes the opening. The inlet is provided near the hinge. The secondary power source is provided farther from the inlet than the primary power source. The primary interlock switch is provided on a primary electric circuit between the inlet and the primary power source, and is turned off when the door is opened. The secondary interlock switch is provided on a secondary electric circuit between the primary power source and the secondary power source, and is turned off when the door is opened. The primary interlock switch is disposed closer to the inlet than the secondary interlock switch.

An apparatus, such as an image forming apparatus, includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) host interface configured to connect to a USB device, a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter configured to supply power to the USB device connected to the USB host interface, and a control unit configured to switch the DC-DC converter from a pulse width modulation (PWM) mode to a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode based on a type of the USB device connected to the USB host interface.

There are provided a printing section that performs printing on a medium; a control section that controls drive of the printing section; a power supply connector that supplies electric power to the control section; a first receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a first external device; and a second receptacle connector that is electrically coupled to a second external device, a plug of a USB-Type-C cable is configured to be physically inserted into the second receptacle connector, the plug is configured not to be physically inserted 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.