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Printing apparatus and printing apparatus control method

US7097264B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 2003
Grant dateAug 29, 2006
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J29/38
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a printing apparatus which prints using a printhead, a printing controller for feedback-controlling driving of the printing apparatus includes a control information generation unit which generates control information for controlling driving of a motor on the basis of the first driving pattern, a comparison unit which compares the control information and a threshold for determining an overload on driving of the motor, and a setting unit which sets the second driving pattern for changing a load on driving of the motor by the control information, instead of the first driving pattern, on the basis of the comparison result of the comparison unit. Control of the motor is switched in accordance with the load state.

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