US 2003/0193691 A1 · Recording apparatus and method for controlling recording apparatus

Abstract

A recording apparatus has a buffer for dividing a storage area into a plurality of areas in a scanning direction of a recording head to record data by allowing a carriage loaded with the recording head to scan data on a record medium, and storing the divided image data in a divided area unit, and includes: a write control unit for controlling write address information about image data in the area unit for data of each color for storage of the image data divided in an area unit in the buffer; a read control unit for controlling for data of each color read address information for a read of image data stored in the buffer; and a record data generation unit for generating record data in a unit of the divided area based on the read image data according to the read address information.

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Dependent claims

A recording apparatus having a buffer for dividing a storage area into a plurality of areas in a scanning direction of a recording head to record data by allowing a carriage loaded with the recording head to scan data on a record medium, and storing the divided image data in a divided area unit, comprising:

a write control unit for controlling write address information about image data in the area unit for data of each color for storage of the image data divided in an area unit in the buffer;
a read control unit for controlling read address information for a read of image data stored in the buffer for data of each color;
and
record data generation means for generating record data in a unit of the divided area based on the read image data according to the read address information.

1 more element

A method for controlling a recording apparatus having a buffer for dividing a storage area into a plurality of areas in a scanning direction of a recording head to record data by allowing a carriage loaded with the recording head to scan data on a record medium, storing the divided image data in a divided area unit, comprising:

a receiving step of receiving information transmitted from external equipment, dividing a record area in the received information into a plurality of areas, and processing data separately between image data in a unit of the divided area and setting information for control of a write and a read of the image data;
a setting step of setting information about data of each color contained in the image data in the area unit in a register of a write control unit and a read control unit according to the setting information;
a first controlling step of generating address information for a writing process on the image data in the area unit according to the information for the data of each color set in the register;
a second controlling step of generating address information for a read of the image data handled in the writing process according to the information for the data of each color set in the register;
and
a record data generating step for generating record data in the divided area unit according to the read image data.

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A recording apparatus having a buffer for dividing a storage area into a plurality of areas in a scanning direction of a recording head to record data by allowing a carriage loaded with the recording head to scan data on a record medium, storing the divided image data in a divided area unit, comprising:

a write control unit for controlling write address information about image data in the area unit for data of each color based on information for switch of a data storage area for data of each color and a result of comparison between an available remainder of the buffer and an update amount of a write address when image data divided in an area unit is stored in the buffer;
a read control unit for controlling read address information for a read of image data stored in the buffer;
and
record data generation means for generating record data in a unit of the divided area based on the read image data according to the read address information.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Description11,764 words

Summary811 words

#The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and a method for controlling the recording apparatus, or the like.

#Relating to a printing apparatus, the conventional technology using a ring structure for a recording buffer is suggested in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-121432. The conventional technology is configured by an address pointer for storage of print data in a memory area, an address pointer for retrieval of data, and a print data count register for management of a blank area in the memory area with a view to efficiently using the memory of a cyclic area.

#However, when a common ring buffer structure in the conventional technology is applied to a recording apparatus for full-color printing, it can be successfully applied to the recording head of one color, but there occurs the problem with the recording heads of other plural colors that data storage areas cannot be sufficiently reserved.

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#The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

#FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the record control unit of a recording apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

#FIGS. 2A and 2B show the data structure when the data transferred from the host computer is stored in the reception buffer;

Detailed description10,590 words

#Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail in accordance with the accompanying drawings.

#Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below in detail by referring to the attached drawings.

#In the following embodiments, a printer is explained as a recording apparatus in the inkjet recording system.

Facts

Application

10/413,146Filed 15 Apr 2003

Priority

JP 2002-11266115 Apr 2002

Published

16 Oct 2003

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06K 15/10
Using printers: by matrix printers
G06K 15/1814
Receiving print data characterized by its formatting, e.g. particular page description languages: including print-ready data, i.e. data already…
G06K 15/1817
Input data handling means: buffers
G06K 2215/0011
Accepting output data; Preparing data for the controlling system: characterised by a particular command or data flow, e.g. Page Description…

Recording apparatus and method for controlling recording apparatus

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