摘要:
An image recording apparatus includes a recording head in which a plurality of recording elements are arranged so as to form an image on a recording medium, a device for causing the recording head to print a predetermined test pattern, an image density reading device for reading the density of the test pattern formed by the recording head, an uneven image density correction device for correcting conditions for driving the plurality of recording elements in accordance with the result of reading, so as to make even the density of the image, a recording stabilizing device for stabilizing a recording operation performed by the recording head, and a control device for operating the recording stabilizing device before the test pattern is printed and operating the test pattern printing device after the recording head has been stabilized by the recording stabilizing device.
摘要:
An image recording apparatus includes a recording head in which a plurality of recording elements are arranged so as to form an image on a recording medium, a device for causing the recording head to print a predetermined test pattern, an image density reading device for reading the density of the test pattern formed by the recording head, an uneven image density correction device for correcting conditions for driving the plurality of recording elements in accordance with the result of reading, so as to make even the density of the image formed in accordance with the result of reading, a recording stabilizing device for stabilizing a recording operation performed by the recording head, and a control device for operating the recording stabilizing device before the test pattern is printed and operating the test pattern printing device after the recording head has been stabilized by the recording stabilizing device.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes reading means for reading the density of a test pattern corresponding to each of plural recording elements of a recording head, the recording elements being arranged in an array, and the test pattern being recorded by the recording elements. An eliminating means eliminates error information, recorded from an area outside a test pattern are, from density information obtained by the reading means when the density of a test pattern end portion corresponding to an end portion of the array of plural of recording elements is determined. A means is provided for uniforming the image densities in correspondence with the plurality of recording elements based on density information from which the error information is eliminated by the eliminating means.
摘要:
A correction data production apparatus includes a detecting unit for reading a test pattern formed by a recording head having a plurality of recording elements constituting an array, and for detecting a density distribution of a range of the array of the plurality of recording elements, a corresponding unit for causing the density distribution detected by the detecting unit to correspond to the plurality of recording elements on the basis of a reference position where a density of an end portion of the density distribution reaches a predetermined threshold value, a production unit for producing correction data for an image formation density uniforming drive conditions in correspondence with the plurality of recording elements on the basis of the density distribution corresponded by the corresponding unit, and a changing unit for changing the threshold value in accordance with characteristics of the test pattern.
摘要:
An image recording apparatus and method performs recording by making an ink adhere to a recording medium according to the blot ratio of a recording medium, when using an ink droplet or heat sensitive ink. Input recording data is discriminated based on a predetermined reference value based on the blot ratio and when the image data is larger than the reference value, the image data is reduced in order to reduce the ink dot size. Reducing the ink dot size at a recording boundary improves the quality of the image recorded at the recording boundary.
摘要:
The present invention relates to image recording apparatus for performing image recording on a recording medium by using plural types of recording heads, each having a plurality of recording elements comprising an array. A test pattern forming unit for forming test patterns on the recording medium by using the plural types of recording heads, a reading unit for reading the test patterns recorded by the test pattern recording unit, and a correction unit for correcting image signals for driving the recording elements in accordance with the recording elements and types of recording heads on the basis of data read by the reading unit are included whereby image density is made uniform.
摘要:
An image recording apparatus includes an input circuit for inputting an image signal; a correction circuit for correcting the inputted image signal; an image forming circuit for forming an image in accordance with the image signal corrected by the correction circuit; a switch for generating a signal indicating a method of observing the image formed by the image forming circuit; and a control circuit for controlling the correction circuit in accordance with the signal generated by the signal generating switch.
摘要:
According to a method and apparatus for detecting a kind of a recording sheet, a light source for emitting a beam on the recording sheet and a photosensitive element for detecting an amount of beam are used. The photosensitive elements located at predetermined positions are caused to detect amounts of beams reflected by upper and lower surfaces of the recording sheet. The kind of upper or lower surface of the recording sheet is discriminated on the basis of a difference between the amounts of beams reflected by the upper and lower surfaces or one of the amounts of beams.
摘要:
An ink jet apparatus has an ink jet head with a heat generating resistance element, which head discharges ink droplets by causing a state change in ink using heat generated by the resistance element, conveying means for conveying a recording medium to be recorded upon in a conveyance direction so that a predetermined recording image is formed on the recording medium by ink droplets from the head, heat exchanging means for exchanging heat with the head, this exchanging means being attached to the side of the head where the element is provided, and heating means for heating the exchanging means, the heating means being part of the heat exchanging means. It also includes a cooling means for cooling the heat exchanging means, temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the heat exchanging means, and control means for controlling driving of the heating means and cooling means according to the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means. The head to which the heat exchanging means is attached is joined to the apparatus so that the heat exchanging means is positioned at a downstream side in the conveyance direction of the recording medium.
摘要:
According to a method and apparatus for processing a color image, three primary color signals are input, and the input three primary color signals are processed to obtain three color reproduction signals and a black reproduction signal. In order to obtain the black reproduction signal, a value corresponding to a minimum value of the three primary color signals is obtained, and the value is transformed by a continuous function having a downwardly convex shape, thereby defining a transformed value as the black reproduction signal.