Driving method for thermal head and thermal printer utilizing the same
US4870428A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 29, 1988 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 29, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/365
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A driving method for a thermal head having plural heat generating elements for image recording on a recording medium comprises a step of detecting the presence of past, present and future heating signals in an area, in at least four directions around the heat generating element when the power is supplied to a heat generating element according to a heating signal and a step of controlling the supply energy to the heat generating element in response to the result of the detection, if the heating signals are present in all of the detecting area, for minimizing the supply energy to the heat generating element in comparison with a case in which the heating signals are not present in all of the detecting area.
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