Image recording apparatus and method for maintaining image quality after recording interruption

摘要

An image recording apparatus has a stand-by mode in which a recording operation is interrupted during recording for stand-by. The apparatus includes a recording head for recording on a recording medium, a head temperature detecting device for detecting the temperature of the recording head, a memory device for storing temperature information detected by the head temperature detecting device when recording in the stand-by mode is interrupted, a stand-by time counting device for counting an interruption time for recording operation in the stand-by mode, and a head driving controlling device for transmitting a driving signal to the recording head. The controlling device is responsive to a temperature stored in the temperature memory device and an interruption time calculated by the stand-by time counting device on resumption of a recording operation after it is interrupted and the apparatus is placed in the stand-by mode.