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Thermal recording apparatus with controlled energizing time
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1995-05-24
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Granted: 1996-12-17
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Expires: 2015-05-24
Abstract
Abstract A thermal recording apparatus includes a thermal head. Printing for multi-tone density is performed by changing an energizing time of the thermal head. The apparatus has a controller for controlling the energizing time and an interrupting circuit. The controller controls the energizing time to match to a value corresponding to a tone density for printing. The interrupting circuit puts an interrupt period of energizing for the energizing time if the energizing time is equal to or more than a predetermined time. The thermal head is pre-heated when printing data is not zero so that linear relation between the energizing time and the printing density can be obtained even if the printing density is low.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumikazu Nagano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 19:19
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/315; B41J2/32; B41J2/35; B41J2/355; B41J2/36
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A thermal type recording apparatus for performing printing at multi-tone density by changing an energizing time of a thermal head, comprising: means for performing energizing of said thermal head; means for outputting, at the beginning of a dummy printing period prior to a printing period associated with a tone density to be printed, a first data when said tone density is not zero and a second data when said tone density is zero, and for outputting at the beginning of said printing period, data for defining the length of said printing period; and control means for actuating said energizing means in such a manner that said thermal head is energized for said dummy printing period and said printing period when said first data is outputted, and that said thermal head is not energized through said dummy printing period and said printing period when said second data is outputted.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A thermal type recording apparatus for performing printing at multi-tone density by changing an energizing time of a thermal head, comprising: means for performing energizing of said thermal head; means for outputting, at the beginning of a dummy printing period prior to a printing period associated with a tone density to be printed, a first data when said tone density is not zero and a second data when said tone density is zero, and for outputting at the beginning of said printing period, data for defining the length of said printing period; and control means for actuating said energizing means in such a manner that said thermal head is energized for said dummy printing period and said printing period when said first data is outputted, and that said thermal head is not energized through said dummy printing period and said printing period when said second data is outputted.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
72 words
The thermal type recording apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for outputting includes a third counter, a fourth counter, a RAM connected to receive an output of said third counter and an output of said fourth counter, a flip-flop for generating a signal representative of said dummy print period, and a ROM connected to receive an output of said RAM and said signal representative of said dummy print period.
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