Thermal Printer
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    发明公开
    Thermal Printer 失效
    热敏打印机

    公开(公告)号:EP0774358A1

    公开(公告)日:1997-05-21

    申请号:EP96308339.9

    申请日:1996-11-15

    IPC分类号: B41J2/355 B41J2/38

    摘要: Dynamic division drive of a thermal printer is simplified to reduce the number of signal lines, and history control drive is made efficient to shorten time necessary for data transfer. The thermal printer comprises a heating array 1 for printing split up into blocks and arranged in a line, a plurality of driver units 2, each for driving a block of the heating array 1 separately from other blocks, and a logic circuit 3 for controlling the driver units 2. The logic circuit 3 comprises a block specifying means 31 for specifying one driver unit 2 or two or more driver units 2 to be operated according to block selection data BDAT inputted from an external source. Only the specified driver units 2 are simultaneously operated according to a single strobe signal DST inputted from the external source. Further, the logic circuit 3 comprises a data operation means 33 for internally originating history data based on print data HDAT inputted from the external source. Further, the logic circuit 3 comprises a transfer control means 32 for transferring the history data and the print data HDAT efficiently to each of the driver units 2 to carry out history control drive of each of the blocks of the heating array.

    摘要翻译: 热敏打印机的动态分割驱动器被简化以减少信号线的数量,并且历史控制驱动器被有效地缩短数据传输所需的时间。 该热敏打印机包括:用于打印的加热阵列1,被分成块并排成一行;多个驱动器单元2,每个驱动器单元2用于驱动加热阵列1的块与其他块分开;以及逻辑电路3,用于控制 驱动器单元2.逻辑电路3包括块指定装置31,用于根据从外部源输入的块选择数据BDAT指定一个驱动器单元2或两个或更多个要被操作的驱动器单元2。 根据从外部源输入的单个选通信号DST仅同时操作指定的驱动器单元2。 此外,逻辑电路3包括数据操作装置33,用于基于从外部源输入的打印数据HDAT内部发起历史数据。 此外,逻辑电路3包括传送控制装置32,用于将历史数据和打印数据HDAT有效地传送到每个驱动器单元2,以对加热阵列的每个块执行历史控制驱动。