公开(公告)号：US07775730B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-17

申请号：US11978423

申请日：2007-10-29

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Junichi Arai ,  Toshiaki Koike

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Junichi Arai ,  Toshiaki Koike

IPC分类号： B41J29/38 ,  B41J29/13 ,  B41J29/46

CPC分类号： B41J29/02 ,  B41J11/0095 ,  B41J15/042

摘要： The roll paper printer of the subject invention has a control to detect failure of a paper detector in accordance with a method for detecting such failure. The printer 1 is constructed so that the paper transportation path is open when the cover 3 to the roll paper compartment 10 is open and includes a paper detector 40 and a control unit 30 to determine if the paper detector 40 is faulty. A failure warning is provided by a warning indicator 7(S7, 8) to indicate failure of the paper detector 40 when the cover 3 has been open continuously for at least a first set time (S6) and the output state of the paper detector 40 has not changed even once to a no-paper state within the first set time. Preferably, the printing operation of the printer 1 is disabled upon determining that the paper detector 40 is faulty to permit replacement of the paper detector. Problems attributable to paper detector failure, such as soiling the platen with ink can thus be prevented.

摘要翻译： 本发明的卷筒纸打印机具有根据用于检测这种故障的方法来检测纸检测器的故障的控制。 打印机1被构造成使得当纸卷隔离板10的盖3打开时纸张传送路径打开，并且包括纸检测器40和控制单元30，以确定纸检测器40是否有故障。 警报指示器7（S7,8）提供故障警告，指示当盖子3连续打开至少第一设定时间（S6）时纸检测器40的故障，纸检测器40的输出状态 在第一个设定的时间内，一直没有改变为无纸状态。 优选地，当确定纸检测器40有故障以允许更换纸检测器时，打印机1的打印操作被禁用。 因此可以防止归因于纸检测器故障的问题，例如用油墨污染压板。

公开(公告)号：US20080101843A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-01

申请号：US11978423

申请日：2007-10-29

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Junichi Arai ,  Toshiaki Koike

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Junichi Arai ,  Toshiaki Koike

IPC分类号： B41J29/00

CPC分类号： B41J29/02 ,  B41J11/0095 ,  B41J15/042

摘要： The roll paper printer of the subject invention has a control to detect failure of a paper detector in accordance with a method for detecting such failure. The printer 1 is constructed so that the paper transportation path is open when the cover 3 to the roll paper compartment 10 is open and includes a paper detector 40 and a control unit 30 to determine if the paper detector 40 is faulty. A failure warning is provided by a warning indicator 7(S7, 8) to indicate failure of the paper detector 40 when the cover 3 has been open continuously for at least a first set time (S6) and the output state of the paper detector 40 has not changed even once to a no-paper state within the first set time. Preferably, the printing operation of the printer 1 is disabled upon determining that the paper detector 40 is faulty to permit replacement of the paper detector. Problems attributable to paper detector failure, such as soiling the platen with ink can thus be prevented.

摘要翻译： 本发明的卷筒纸打印机具有根据用于检测这种故障的方法来检测纸检测器的故障的控制。 打印机1被构造成使得当纸卷隔离板10的盖3打开时纸张传送路径打开，并且包括纸检测器40和控制单元30以确定纸检测器40是否有故障。 警告指示器7（S 7,8）提供故障警告，指示当盖3连续打开至少第一设定时间（S 6）时纸张检测器40的故障，纸张的输出状态 检测器40在第一设定时间内甚至没有改变为无纸状态。 优选地，当确定纸检测器40有故障以允许更换纸检测器时，打印机1的打印操作被禁用。 因此可以防止归因于纸检测器故障的问题，例如用油墨污染压板。

公开(公告)号：US08654373B2

公开(公告)日：2014-02-18

申请号：US12197711

申请日：2008-08-25

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Keigo Ejiri ,  Toshiaki Koike

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Keigo Ejiri ,  Toshiaki Koike

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1259 ,  G06F3/1273 ,  G06F3/1285

摘要： A printing system enables easily recognizing the status of a printing process. The host computer 2 has a print job transmission unit that sends print jobs to a printer, a notification pattern setting unit that sets a notification pattern, and a notification control command transmission unit that sends a notification control command asynchronously to the print job transmission unit. The printer 3 has a print job reception unit that receives the print jobs, a printing unit 48, a print job detection unit that detects print job commands, for example, a notification control command reception unit that receives the notification control commands, a storage unit 53 that stores the received notification control commands, a first notification evaluation unit that, when triggered by a detection by the print job detection unit, determines if there is a notification control command containing the same print job ID as the print job, and a notification unit that outputs a user notification based on the notification pattern contained in the notification control command when there is a notification control command.

摘要翻译： 打印系统能够容易地识别打印过程的状态。 主计算机2具有将打印作业发送到打印机的打印作业发送单元，设置通知模式的通知模式设定单元以及与打印作业发送单元异步地发送通知控制命令的通知控制命令发送单元。 打印机3具有接收打印作业的打印作业接收单元，打印单元48，检测打印作业命令的打印作业检测单元，例如接收通知控制命令的通知控制命令接收单元，存储单元 53，其存储接收到的通知控制命令;第一通知评估单元，当被打印作业检测单元的检测触发时，确定是否存在包含与打印作业相同的打印作业ID的通知控制命令，以及通知 单元，当存在通知控制命令时，基于通知控制命令中包含的通知模式输出用户通知。

公开(公告)号：US20070177197A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-02

申请号：US11624558

申请日：2007-01-18

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Hiroyuki Motoyama ,  Toshiaki Koike

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Hiroyuki Motoyama ,  Toshiaki Koike

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/121 ,  G06F3/1219 ,  G06F3/1239 ,  G06F3/1273 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06K15/02 ,  G06Q30/04

摘要： A printer and printer control method can report information about ink consumption to the host computer. The printer 100 is in communication with a host computer 300, and prints according to print jobs sent from the host computer 300. The printer 100 has a job data memory 190 for storing information about each print job. A receiver 110 receives the print jobs from the host computer 300. A print controller 150 controls printing on paper using a predetermined ink according to the print job. A printing evaluator 175 evaluates the result of printing a print job. A ink shot count converter 170 calculates the number of ink shots used to print the print job. A job data manager 180 stores the job ID for the print job and the ink shot count used to print the print job linked to the print result determined for printing the print job in the job data memory 190.

摘要翻译： 打印机和打印机控制方法可以将关于墨水消耗的信息报告给主机。 打印机100与主计算机300通信，并根据从主计算机300发送的打印作业进行打印。打印机100具有用于存储关于每个打印作业的信息的作业数据存储器190。 接收器110从主计算机300接收打印作业。打印控制器150根据打印作业使用预定墨水控制在纸张上的打印。 打印评估器175评估打印作业的打印结果。 喷墨计数转换器170计算用于打印打印作业的墨水拍摄的数量。 作业数据管理器180存储用于打印作业的作业ID和用于打印与在作业数据存储器190中打印打印作业所确定的打印结果链接的打印作业的墨水喷射计数。

公开(公告)号：US08553243B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-08

申请号：US11624558

申请日：2007-01-18

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Hiroyuki Motoyama ,  Toshiaki Koike

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Hiroyuki Motoyama ,  Toshiaki Koike

IPC分类号： G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/121 ,  G06F3/1219 ,  G06F3/1239 ,  G06F3/1273 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06K15/02 ,  G06Q30/04

摘要： A printer and printer control method can report information about ink consumption to the host computer. The printer 100 is in communication with a host computer 300, and prints according to print jobs sent from the host computer 300. The printer 100 has a job data memory 190 for storing information about each print job. A receiver 110 receives the print jobs from the host computer 300. A print controller 150 controls printing on paper using a predetermined ink according to the print job. A printing evaluator 175 evaluates the result of printing a print job. A ink shot count converter 170 calculates the number of ink shots used to print the print job. A job data manager 180 stores the job ID for the print job and the ink shot count used to print the print job linked to the print result determined for printing the print job in the job data memory 190.

摘要翻译： 打印机和打印机控制方法可以将关于墨水消耗的信息报告给主机。 打印机100与主计算机300通信，并根据从主计算机300发送的打印作业进行打印。打印机100具有用于存储关于每个打印作业的信息的作业数据存储器190。 接收器110从主计算机300接收打印作业。打印控制器150根据打印作业使用预定墨水控制在纸张上的打印。 打印评估器175评估打印作业的打印结果。 喷墨计数转换器170计算用于打印打印作业的墨水拍摄的数量。 作业数据管理器180存储用于打印作业的作业ID和用于打印与在作业数据存储器190中打印打印作业所确定的打印结果链接的打印作业的墨水喷射计数。

公开(公告)号：US20090059281A1

公开(公告)日：2009-03-05

申请号：US12197711

申请日：2008-08-25

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Keigo Ejiri ,  Toshiaki Koike

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Keigo Ejiri ,  Toshiaki Koike

IPC分类号： G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1207 ,  G06F3/1259 ,  G06F3/1273 ,  G06F3/1285

摘要： A printing system enables easily recognizing the status of a printing process. The host computer 2 has a print job transmission unit that sends print jobs to a printer, a notification pattern setting unit that sets a notification pattern, and a notification control command transmission unit that sends a notification control command asynchronously to the print job transmission unit. The printer 3 has a print job reception unit that receives the print jobs, a printing unit 48, a print job detection unit that detects print job commands, for example, a notification control command reception unit that receives the notification control commands, a storage unit 53 that stores the received notification control commands, a first notification evaluation unit that, when triggered by a detection by the print job detection unit, determines if there is a notification control command containing the same print job ID as the print job, and a notification unit that outputs a user notification based on the notification pattern contained in the notification control command when there is a notification control command.

摘要翻译： 打印系统能够容易地识别打印过程的状态。 主计算机2具有将打印作业发送到打印机的打印作业发送单元，设置通知模式的通知模式设定单元以及与打印作业发送单元异步地发送通知控制命令的通知控制命令发送单元。 打印机3具有接收打印作业的打印作业接收单元，打印单元48，检测打印作业命令的打印作业检测单元，例如接收通知控制命令的通知控制命令接收单元，存储单元 53，其存储接收到的通知控制命令;第一通知评估单元，当被打印作业检测单元的检测触发时，确定是否存在包含与打印作业相同的打印作业ID的通知控制命令，以及通知 单元，当存在通知控制命令时，基于通知控制命令中包含的通知模式输出用户通知。

公开(公告)号：US08403451B2

公开(公告)日：2013-03-26

申请号：US12572819

申请日：2009-10-02

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi

IPC分类号： B41J29/393

CPC分类号： B41J29/38 ,  B41J2/165 ,  B41J2/17509

摘要： A cleaning apparatus, which cleans a print head of a printing apparatus in response to a start trigger for regular cleaning, includes a sound sensor that detects a sound of the operational environment of the printing apparatus, a determination unit that determines whether the operational environment is quiet or not based on a comparison result between detected sound of the sound sensor and a threshold value, and a controller that delays the start of the regular cleaning by holding the start trigger until the operational environment becomes quiet based on a determination result of the determination unit when the start trigger for the regular cleaning has occurred.

摘要翻译： 一种清洁装置，其响应于用于常规清洁的开始触发来清洁打印装置的打印头，包括检测打印装置的操作环境的声音的声音传感器，确定单元，其确定操作环境是否是 基于声音传感器的检测到的声音与阈值之间的比较结果而不是静音，以及控制器，其基于确定的确定结果，通过保持开始触发直到操作环境变得安静来延迟定期清洁的开始 发生定期清洁的开始触发时的单位。

公开(公告)号：US07999954B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-16

申请号：US11657423

申请日：2007-01-23

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Yukiharu Horiuchi ,  Yuji Yoshida

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Yukiharu Horiuchi ,  Yuji Yoshida

IPC分类号： G06K15/00

CPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  G06K15/1805 ,  G06K15/1821 ,  G06K2215/0082 ,  G07G1/0018

摘要： A printer comprising a reception unit for receiving a command or data sent from a host computer, a timer for counting elapsed time after the command or data is received, and an error detection unit for reporting that the host computer is in an error state when the command or data from the host computer is not received within a predetermined time after the timer starts counting the elapsed time.

摘要翻译： 一种打印机，包括用于接收从主计算机发送的命令或数据的接收单元，用于对接收到命令或数据之后的经过时间进行计数的定时器，以及用于报告主计算机处于错误状态时的错误检测单元 在定时器开始计算经过时间之后的预定时间内，不接收来自主计算机的命令或数据。

公开(公告)号：US20120050355A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-01

申请号：US13218249

申请日：2011-08-25

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Kazuya Yoshikaie

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi ,  Kazuya Yoshikaie

IPC分类号： B41J2/01

CPC分类号： B41J2/16526 ,  B41J2/175 ,  B41J19/00

摘要： An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a medium by discharging liquid from a discharge head, wherein a carriage on which the discharge head is mounted is made to be able to reciprocate, and in a case where agitation of liquid is required, control is performed such that operation areas of a plurality of places set within a movable range of the carriage are changed over and the carriage then reciprocates within the operation area.

摘要翻译： 一种图像形成装置，其通过从排出头排出液体而在介质上形成图像，其中安装有排出头的滑架能够往复运动，并且在需要搅拌液体的情况下，控制是 执行使得设置在滑架的可移动范围内的多个位置的操作区域被切换并且滑架在操作区域内往复运动。

公开(公告)号：US20070231042A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-04

申请号：US11728000

申请日：2007-03-27

申请人： Kenichi Murahashi

发明人： Kenichi Murahashi

IPC分类号： B41J15/00 ,  B41J11/00

CPC分类号： B41J11/0075 ,  B41J11/42 ,  B41J15/04 ,  B41J15/042

摘要： A printer which prints to a roll paper medium under the control of the printer and to a printer control method for maintaining consistently in high quality printing even at the end of a roll paper print medium. The printer conveys roll paper 11 through a paper transportation path and prints to the roll paper 11 using a print head 21 carried on a carriage 23 that moves transverse to the transportation path. When the trailing end 11a of the roll paper is detected, the printer advances and then stops the print medium so that the trailing end 11a of the roll paper is positioned on the transportation path outside of the carriage path 53.

摘要翻译： 在打印机的控制下打印到卷纸介质上的打印机以及即使在卷纸打印介质的末端也能始终保持高品质打印的打印机控制方法。 打印机通过纸张传送路径传送卷纸11，并使用承载在横向于传送路径的滑架23上的打印头21将其打印到卷纸11。 当检测到卷纸的后端11a时，打印机前进，然后停止打印介质，使得卷纸的后端11a位于运送路径53外的输送路径上。