摘要:
According to the present invention, there is provided an ink jet recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium by discharging ink to the surface of the recording medium, wherein ink is reserved in an ink tank including a negative pressure generating member, such as an absorber and a foaming member, and a function of accurately detecting the residual quantity such that depletion to a predetermined level can be detected is realized. Light emitted by a photointerrupter is allowed to pass through a portion of a wall surface of the ink tank made of transparent plastic or the like which is transmissible with respect to detection light emitted by the photointerrupter to detect change in the light reflectance in the boundary portion between the wall surface and the ink absorber. In accordance with reflectance obtained in a case where no ink exists in the detected portion and that obtained in a case where ink exists, the residual quantity of ink can be detected.
摘要:
A host computer acquires information about an amount of remaining ink of a printer. In response to the acquired information about the amount of remaining ink, the host computer displays a message on a display screen so that a user can select whether an ink cartridge is to be replaced with a new one or the process is to return to a previous routine without replacing the ink cartridge.
摘要:
A bus arbiter capable of avoiding needless increase in circuit scale is provided. The bus arbiter controls a bus shared by a CPU (central processing unit) and a plurality of apparatuses for generating addresses. The bus arbiter includes a determination unit for determining if a request of an address is a request of an address where no corresponding device is present, and a processor for passing the request by transmitting an ACK signal without performing a writing operation for a request of a writing operation, and transmitting dummy data and an ACK signal without performing a reading operation for a request of a reading operation, when the determination unit has determined that the request is a request of an address where no corresponding device is present.
摘要:
A bus arbiter capable of avoiding needless increase in circuit scale is provided. The bus arbiter controls a bus shared by a CPU (central processing unit) and a plurality of apparatuses for generating addresses. The bus arbiter includes a determination unit for determining if a request of an address is a request of an address where no corresponding device is present, and a processor for passing the request by transmitting an ACK signal without performing a writing operation for a request of a writing operation, and transmitting dummy data and an ACK signal without performing a reading operation for a request of a reading operation, when the determination unit has determined that the request is a request of an address where no corresponding device is present.
摘要:
A recording apparatus records at a higher density than the density of arranged recording elements of a recording head by interlace recording. A scanning section makes the recording head sub-scan in order to enable the recording head to interlace record between lines of dots recorded in main scannings. A read-out section reads out the same recording data from a memory two or more times. With every reading of the recording data, a selector complementarily selects recording data from the recording data read out from the memory and supplies the selected recording data to the recording head.
摘要:
When a position deviation of more than 1/2 pitch of ejection port pitch is generated by a difference in thermal expansion between ejection ports of a low temperature line head and ejection ports of high temperature line head, a dummy data is inserted in part of ejection data arrangement, so that ejection data inherent in the arrangement is shifted by one ejection port unit to be assigned to other ejection ports This reduces position deviation between dots formed by individual heads according to the data to less than 1/2 pitch.
摘要:
Data processing method and apparatus for converting data such as character data or image data of a resolution X into data of a resolution Y which are effective for use in, particularly, a recording apparatus such as an ink jet printer or the like. The data processing method comprises a first dividing step of dividing the data of the resolution X in the main-scan direction every A bits; a first converting step of converting the divided A-bit data into the B-bit data of the bit number B by using a first conversion pattern table; a second dividing step of dividing the data which was obtained by repeating the conversion by the first converting step by a number of times as many as a plurality of lines in the sub-scan direction every A bits; a second converting step of converting the divided A-bit data into the B-bit data of the bit number B by using a second conversion pattern table; and a reducing step of reducing the data of the resolution Y obtained by the second converting step by a thinning process by using a third conversion pattern table.
摘要:
An air-conditioning indoor unit causes a flow of air blown out from a blow-out port to be diverted in a predetermined direction due to the Coand{hacek over (a)} effect. The air-conditioning indoor unit includes an airflow direction adjustment vane varying a blowout angle of blown air relative to a horizontal plane, a Coand{hacek over (a)} vane turning the blown air into a Coand{hacek over (a)} airflow along a bottom surface, and a control unit. The Coand{hacek over (a)} vane is provided in proximity to the blow-out port. The control unit executes an airflow direction automatic switching mode automatically switching between a Coand{hacek over (a)} effect use state in which the blown air is turned into a Coand{hacek over (a)} airflow along a predetermined surface and diverted in the predetermined direction, and a normal state in which the Coand{hacek over (a)} airflow is not created. The airflow direction adjustment vane and the Coand{hacek over (a)} vane having incline angles relative to a horizontal plane that are variable.
摘要:
An air conditioning indoor unit includes a movable first air direction adjustment plate that changes an up and down direction of the outlet air, a second air direction adjustment plate disposed adjacent to the air outlet, and a control unit that controls postures of the first and second adjustment plates. The second adjustment plate has at least a front end portion housed in an indoor unit front portion outside a blowing path when housed. In a Coanda effect utilization mode the control unit controls the postures of the first and second adjustment plates such that the second adjustment plate is spaced apart from the indoor unit front portion and a height position of a rear end portion is lower than when operation is stopped, and the adjustment plates form a predetermined angle to change the outlet air to a Coanda air flow along an undersurface of the second adjustment plate.
摘要:
An air conditioning indoor unit includes a movable first air direction adjustment plate that changes an up and down direction of the outlet air, a second air direction adjustment plate disposed adjacent to the air outlet, and a control unit that controls postures of the first and second adjustment plates. The second adjustment plate has at least a front end portion housed in an indoor unit front portion outside a blowing path when housed. In a Coanda effect utilization mode the control unit controls the postures of the first and second adjustment plates such that the second adjustment plate is spaced apart from the indoor unit front portion and a height position of a rear end portion is lower than when operation is stopped, and the adjustment plates form a predetermined angle to change the outlet air to a Coanda air flow along an undersurface of the second adjustment plate.