Drive device and method for heating elements in a recording apparatus
    22.
    发明公开
    Drive device and method for heating elements in a recording apparatus 失效
    设备及其控制在记录装置热打印的加热元件的方法。

    公开(公告)号:EP0635374A3

    公开(公告)日:1996-02-21

    申请号:EP94111250.0

    申请日:1994-07-19

    发明人: Minowa, Masahiro

    IPC分类号: B41J2/355 B41J2/365

    CPC分类号: B41J2/3551

    摘要: A drive device for selectively driving, through a plurality of recording cycles, a plurality of N heating elements (50) in the recording means, such as a thermal print head, of a recording apparatus, wherein the energizing period for each heating element in each cycle is divided into at least M successive subperiods (TW0, TW1; TW2, TW3, TW4), comprises first to M-th storage means (11, 12) for storing first to M-th sets of recording data each set including data for said plurality of heating elements, said first to M-th sets of recording data corresponding to a current cycle and the (M-1) preceding cycles, timing means (21-25, 31-34) for defining said at least M subperiods, first means (13-15) for generating, depending on the respective recording data in each of the sets of recording data corresponding to the current cycle and the first to (M-1 )-th preceding cycles, a signal for energizing a respective heating element during a first one of said subperiods, at least second means (17, 16) for generating, depending on the respective recording data in the set of recording data corresponding to the current cycle, a signal for energizing a respective heating element during an M-th subperiod, and writing means (26, 35, 36) for selectively writing a new set of recording data for the next cycle into the storage means previously holding the set of recording data corresponding to the (M-1 )-th preceding cycle, wherein said writing means is responsive to said timing means for performing the writing between the end of said first subperiod and the end of the current cycle, and the time sequential order of said first to M-th subperiods is selected such that the time interval between the end of the first subperiod and the end of the current cycle is sufficient for writing said new set of recording data. If M > 2, third means are provided for generating, depending on the respective recording data in predetermined combinations of said sets of recording data excluding the set corresponding to the (M-1 )-th preceding cycle, respective signals for energizing a respective heating element during each of the second to (M-1 )-th subperiods.

    Thermal printer
    24.
    发明公开
    Thermal printer 无效
    热德鲁克。

    公开(公告)号:EP0279637A2

    公开(公告)日:1988-08-24

    申请号:EP88301293.2

    申请日:1988-02-17

    IPC分类号: B41J2/355

    CPC分类号: B41J2/3551 B41J2/365

    摘要: In a thermal printer for thermo-sensitive recording, a plurality of heating resistors (2) are electrically divided into N units each having M heating resistors, and N driver circuits (3), N latch circuits (4) and N shift registers (5) which are interconnected in tandem are respectively provided in association with the N units of M heating resistors. Dot data signals and associated hysteresis correction signals are collectively applied to the shift registers so that a pulse for print data and a pulse for hysteresis correction data can be applied continuously for printing.

    摘要翻译: 在用于热敏记录的热敏打印机中,多个加热电阻器(2)被电分为N个单元,每个单元具有M个加热电阻器,N个驱动电路(3),N个锁存电路(4)和N个移位寄存器 )分别与M个加热电阻器的N个单元相关联地设置。 点数据信号和相关的滞后校正信号被共同地应用于移位寄存器,使得用于打印数据的脉冲和用于滞后校正数据的脉冲可以连续地应用于打印。

    Fixed head thermal printer
    25.
    发明公开
    Fixed head thermal printer 失效
    固定头热打印机

    公开(公告)号:EP0181064A3

    公开(公告)日:1987-09-02

    申请号:EP85306317

    申请日:1985-09-05

    IPC分类号: B41J03/20 B41J29/42

    CPC分类号: B41J2/3551 B41J29/42

    摘要: A fixed head thermal printer has a plurality of printing elements defining a line of print. Power is supplied to blocks of elements sequentially with a number of blocks receiving power simultaneously, that number being determined in accordance with the number of dots to be printed. The width of the paper is detected and elements not adjacent the paper are prevented from operating. In one embodiment, slack in a loop of paper from a roll is detected to control the driving soeed of the roll.

    THERMAL PRINT HEAD, DRIVING IC USED THEREFOR, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THERMAL PRINT HEAD
    30.
    发明公开
    THERMAL PRINT HEAD, DRIVING IC USED THEREFOR, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THERMAL PRINT HEAD 失效
    与控制电路和热头控制安排,热敏打印头

    公开(公告)号:EP0732215A1

    公开(公告)日:1996-09-18

    申请号:EP95915314.9

    申请日:1995-04-13

    申请人: ROHM CO., LTD.

    发明人: NAGAHATA, Takaya

    IPC分类号: B41J2/355 B41J2/345

    CPC分类号: B41J2/34 B41J2/345 B41J2/3551

    摘要: A plurality of driving ICs (7) are mounted on a thermal print head (1) equipped with a predetermined number of heating dots (3). The number of output bits of each driving IC (7) is a divisor of 1/4 of the number of heating dots (3) and is set to a multiple of 8 not smaller than 48. Therefore, a plurality of driving ICs (7) can be grouped into two or four groups, and each group can be subjected to time division control. When the number of output bits of each driving IC (7) is set to a common divisor of 1/4 and 1/3 of the number of heating dots (3), the thermal print head (1) can be controlled by 3-division control in addition to 2-division control and 4-division control. More concretely, the number of output bits of each driving IC (7) is preferably set to 72, 144 or 216, particularly preferably to 144.