Printer
    4.
    发明授权
    Printer 有权

    公开(公告)号:US10882330B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-05

    申请号:US16331682

    申请日:2017-08-28

    摘要: An embodiment of the present invention is a printer that includes a platen roller to feed a print medium, a print head to print on the print medium fed by the platen roller, a connector that is attachable and detachable with respect to the print head the print head, and a controller to stop power supply to the print head via the connector when the platen roller and the print head are separated.

    THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200307249A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16470468

    申请日:2018-09-13

    IPC分类号: B41J2/325 B41J2/35 B41J33/34

    摘要: An object is to provide a thermal transfer printer having an inexpensive configuration and capable of making a tension given to an ink ribbon as constant as possible, even when a secular change and an environmental change occur in a DC motor used as a supply motor and a winding motor. A supply motor control unit controls a supply motor of an ink ribbon supply unit. A winding motor control unit controls a winding motor of an ink ribbon winding unit. A remaining amount detection unit detects a remaining amount of an ink ribbon. A variable calculation unit acquires parameters for an armature current, an applied voltage, and a rotational speed of each of the supply motor and the winding motor, and calculates variables to be used for controlling the supply motor and the winding motor on the basis of the acquired parameters.

    POWER LOSS SUPPRESSED POWER SOURCE CIRCUIT AND THERMAL PRINTING DEVICE USING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190222120A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-18

    申请号:US16360087

    申请日:2019-03-21

    摘要: A power source circuit includes a first converter, a second converter, a switch and a controller. The switch is configured to switch between a first state and a second state, in which in the first state, a first voltage is not supplied to the second converter whereas in the second state, the first voltage is supplied to the second converter. The controller controls the switch to change the first state to the second state in response to detection of the change in a first current flowing in a first load. The second converter is configured to convert a battery voltage of a battery to a second voltage lower than the battery voltage when the switch switches to the first state and convert the first voltage to the second voltage lower than the first voltage when the switch switches to the second state.

    Method of controlling printer and printer
    9.
    发明授权
    Method of controlling printer and printer 有权
    控制打印机和打印机的方法

    公开(公告)号:US09108429B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-18

    申请号:US14569874

    申请日:2014-12-15

    发明人: Masafumi Chiba

    IPC分类号: B41J2/35 B41J2/355

    摘要: A method of controlling a printer includes measuring a first voltage value of a power supply of the printer before energizing heat generating elements of a print head of the printer. The method also includes calculating, by a controller of the printer, the number of heat generating elements that are simultaneously energizable based on the measured first voltage value of the power supply, an end voltage value of the power supply, an internal resistance value of the power supply, a resistance value of each of the heat generating elements, and a current value of an electric current flowing through a motor of the printer for conveying recording paper. The method further includes performing printing on the recording paper by the print head using the heat generating elements of the calculated number.

    摘要翻译: 一种控制打印机的方法包括:在对打印机的打印头的发热元件通电之前测量打印机的电源的第一电压值。 该方法还包括通过打印机的控制器根据所测量的电源的第一电压值,电源的端电压值,电源的内部电阻值,计算同时通电的发热元件的数量 电源,每个发热元件的电阻值,以及流过用于输送记录纸的打印机的电动机的电流的当前值。 该方法还包括使用计算出的数量的发热元件在打印头上在记录纸上进行打印。

    Thermal printer and method for checking disconnection
    10.
    发明授权
    Thermal printer and method for checking disconnection 有权
    热敏打印机和断线检查方法

    公开(公告)号:US09096072B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-04

    申请号:US14153192

    申请日:2014-01-13

    发明人: Kengo Saga

    摘要: Generally, in accordance with embodiments, a thermal printer comprises heating elements, a storage section, a drive circuit and a controller. A plurality of heating elements are linearly arranged. The storage section stores a one-line amount of image data. The drive circuit energizes each heating element according to the one-line amount of image data. An acquisition section acquires an A/D value corresponding to the voltage applied to each heating element every time each heating element is energized. The controller outputs a one-line amount of empty data to the storage section to acquire a first A/D value with the acquisition section, reduces, based on the first A/D value, noises of a second A/D value which is acquired by energizing each heating element and checks the disconnection of each heating element based on the noise-reduced second A/D value.

    摘要翻译: 通常,根据实施例,热敏打印机包括加热元件,存储部分,驱动电路和控制器。 多个加热元件线性排列。 存储部存储一行量的图像数据。 驱动电路根据图像数据的一行量激励每个加热元件。 每个加热元件通电时,获取部分获取与施加到每个加热元件的电压相对应的A / D值。 所述控制器向所述存储部输出一行量的空数据,以获取所述获取部的第一A / D值,基于所述第一A / D值,减去所获取的第二A / D值的噪声 通过激励每个加热元件,并且基于噪声降低的第二A / D值检查每个加热元件的断开。