发明名称 |
Thermal printer that effectively controls heat buildup |
摘要 |
A thermal head has heating elements and is movable relative to a printing medium. A pulse application portion applies a drive voltage pulse selectively to the heating elements. A voltage measurement portion measures a head voltage applied to the thermal head. A total-dot counting portion adds a number of dots which are printed from a reference time point, thereby obtaining a total dot count. An adjustment portion adjusts the total dot count based on a predetermined adjustment dot count corresponding to an ambient temperature. A heat-buildup-coefficient storing portion stores a heat buildup coefficient corresponding both to the ambient temperature and to an excess dot count. A pulse-width setting portion sets the width of the drive voltage pulse based on the head voltage and the heat buildup coefficient. A pulse-width correction portion corrects the width of the drive voltage pulse based on the head voltage measured by the voltage measurement portion. |
申请公布号 |
EP1582363(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2005.10.05 |
申请号 |
EP20050006960 |
申请日期 |
2005.03.30 |
申请人 |
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
发明人 |
MATSUTANI, MEGUMI;HORIUCHI, TAKASHI |
分类号 |
B41J2/38 |
主分类号 |
B41J2/38 |
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