Printer, printing method and recording medium
AssigneeCasio Computer Co., Ltd.
InventorTakayuki Hirotani
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Abstract
A printer includes a printer head, a sensor, and a processor. The printer head includes printing components. The sensor acquires data with respect to a distance by which the printer is moved in one of moving directions. The processor (i) adjusts a length of an image of a print subject so that the image of the print subject has a length two times a reference travel distance that is based on a distance acquired by the sensor, the distance acquired by the sensor being a distance by which the printer is moved from a starting position in a first moving direction, and (ii) controls the printer head in such a manner that, when the printer is moved in a second moving direction that is opposite to the first moving direction, the printer is made to print the adjusted image at the adjusted position of the image.
Claims19
A printer comprising:
- a printer head comprising printing components that are arranged in a line in a first direction;
- a sensor to acquire data with respect to a distance by which the printer is moved in one of moving directions that intersect the first direction;
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- a processor configured (i) to adjust a length of an image of a print subject in the moving directions so that the image of the print subject has a length two times a reference travel distance, the reference travel distance being based on a distance acquired by the sensor, the distance acquired by the sensor being a distance by which the printer is moved from a starting position in a first moving direction of the moving directions, and (ii) to control the printer head in such a manner that, when the printer is moved in a second moving direction of the moving directions that is opposite to the first moving direction, the printer is made to print the adjusted image.
A printing method using a printer including (i) a printer head including printing components that are arranged in a line in a first direction and (ii) a sensor for acquiring data with respect to a distance by which the printer is moved in one of moving directions that intersect the first direction, the printing method comprising:
- adjusting a length of an image of a print subject in the moving directions so that the image of the print subject has a length two times a reference travel distance, the reference travel distance being based on a distance acquired by the sensor, the distance acquired by the sensor being a distance by which the printer is moved from a starting position in a first moving direction of the moving directions;
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- controlling the printer head in such a manner that, when the printer is moved in a second moving direction of the moving directions that is opposite to the first moving direction, the printer is made to print the adjusted image of the print subject at the adjusted position of the image of the print subject.
A non-transitory recording medium storing a program for controlling a printer including (i) a printer head including printing components that are arranged in a line in a first direction and (ii) a sensor for acquiring data with respect to a distance by which the printer is moved in one of moving directions that intersect the first direction, the program causing a computer to:
- adjust a length of an image of a print subject in the moving directions so that the image of the print subject has a length two times a reference travel distance, the reference travel distance being based on a distance acquired by the sensor, the distance acquired by the sensor being a distance by which the printer is moved from a starting position in a first moving direction of the moving directions;
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- control the printer head in such a manner that, when the printer is moved in a second moving direction of the moving directions that is opposite to the first moving direction, the printer is made to print the adjusted image of the print subject at the adjusted position of the image of the print subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.