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Facsimile apparatus
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-03-15
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-03-15
Abstract
Abstract A facsimile apparatus is disclosed, which comprises head recovery processing means for recovering the state of ink discharge of a plurality of ink heads (20BK,20C,20M,20Y) for different colors, mode determining means (62) for determining a receiving mode, and control means (101) for controlling said head recovery processing means according to a receiving mode determined by said mode determining means.
Inventors
- 👤 Koji C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Arai
- 👤 Kiyoharu C/O Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Yoshioka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 13:37
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/0035; H04N1/00405; H04N1/00408; B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; B41J2/135; B41J2/165; B41J2/16517; B41J2/1652; H04N1/32; H04N1/32358; H04N1/32363; H04N1/32379; H04N1/32609; H04N1/32614; H04N1/32625; H04N1/32635; H04N1/32646; H04N1/32667; H04N1/327; H04N1/32793; H04N1/333; H04N1/33307; H04N1/33315; H04N1/46; B41J2/16526; B41J2/16532; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3285; H04N2201/3295; H04N2201/333; H04N2201/33307; H04N2201/33378
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
52 words
A fascimile apparatus comprising: head recovery processing means for recovering the state of ink discharge of a plurality of ink jet heads for respective colors; mode determining means for determining a transmitting mode; and means for controlling said head recovery processing means according to a transmitting mode determined by said determining means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
23 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein as said receiving mode are included a color transmitting mode and a monochromatic transmitting mode.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said head recovering means causes discharge of ink from said ink jet heads.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control means causes said head recovery processing means to execute different head recovery processings for color and monochromatic transmitting modes determined as receiving mode by said mode determining means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, which further comprising: receiving means for receiving data indicative of said transmitting mode.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said receiving means receives data indicative of said transmitting mode prior to reception of said receiving means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control means causes recovery processing only for particular ink jet heads among said plurality of ink jet heads for different colors according to a receiving mode determined by said mode determining means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said different colors are yellow, magenta and cyan.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said ink jet head discharges ink by utilizing heat energy.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said ink jet head discharges ink by filmy effervescence.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
63 words
A facsimile apparatus comprising: recovery processing means for recovering the state of ink discharge of a plurality of ink jet heads for different colors; color determining means for determining printing color for each block, one block being constituted by a predetermined quantity of image data; and control means for controlling said recovery processing means according to a signal of said color determining means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said predetermined quantity is a plurality of lines of image data.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 11, wherein as said printing color are included a color having a color hue and a color having no color hue.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said head recovering means causes discharge of ink from said ink jet heads.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said control means causes recovery processing only for ink jet heads for particular colors among said plurality of ink jet heads for different colors according to printing colors determined by said color determining means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said different colors are yellow, magenta and cyan.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said ink jet head discharges ink by utilizing heat energy.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
16 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 17, said ink jet head discharge ink by filmy effervescence.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
41 words
A facsimile apparatus comprising: non-discharge detection means for detecting non-discharge of ink in ink jet recording means for recording received data; and control means for causing said non-discharge detection means to execute non-discharge detection after end of recording of received data.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
26 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 19, which further comprising: storage means for storing said received data such that the stored data can be read out.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
48 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said control means causes said ink jet recording means to execute recording according to image data stored in memory and making image data in the memory capable of cancellation if no non-discharge of ink is detected after end of recording.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
26 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 19, which further comprising: recovery processing means for recovering the state of ink discharge of said ink jet recording means.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
47 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 22, wherein said control means causes non-discharge detection before recording operation, causes recovery processing by said recovery processing means if non-detection of ink is detected, and causes recording operation after detection of no non-discharge of ink by said non-discharge detection means.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said control means transmits an error signal to the opposite side if non-discharge of ink is detected after end of recording.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
22 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said ink jet printing means is means for discharging ink by utilizing heat energy.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
18 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said ink jet head discharge ink by utilizing heat energy.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
17 words
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 26, wherein said ink jet head discharges ink by filmy effervescence.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
24 words
A facsimile apparatus including an ink jet printer characterized by means for unblocking said ink jets in response to a predetermined facsimile signal criterion.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
11 words
A color facsimile receiver including a self unblocking ink jet printer.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
13 words
A facsimile apparatus including an ink jet and means for detecting blockage thereof.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
32 words
An ink jet printer comprising means for printing a predetermined pattern, means for sensing said printed pattern and means for selectively unblocking ink jets of said printer in response to the detection.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
25 words
A bubble jet printer including means for unblocking said jets, said means being operable in two different unblocking modes in response to a selection signal.
Claim 33
Independent Claim
41 words
A method of receiving a facsimile image signal comprising converting received image data into an input for an ink jet printer, printing a corresponding output, and unblocking the jets of the printer in response to a condition sensed in the output.
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