Thermal recording method and recording apparatus using the same
US5533816A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/36
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a thermal recording method of recording an image on a recording medium and a thermal recording apparatus using this thermal recording method, image data is divided into blocks in units of a plurality of bits to convert the blocks into recording head drive data, and a pulse width of a strobe signal corresponding to each bit of the converted drive data and a count of drive data arrays applied to a head are controlled to perform halftone image recording.
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