Image recording apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorMasaaki Shibuya
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Abstract
When an image is recorded on a recording medium conveyed by a conveyance mechanism, prescribed information is set in accordance with an interval between a first medium detection unit that is provided between a supply mechanism that supplies the recording medium and the conveyance mechanism and a second medium detection unit that is provided above the conveyance mechanism, one of the first and second medium detection units is selected on the basis of the prescribed information and detection information of each of the first and second medium detection units, and image recording is controlled on the basis of the detection information of the selected one of the first and second medium detection units and conveyance information of a conveyance information generation unit.
Claims22
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- a supply mechanism which supplies a recording medium;
- a conveyance mechanism which conveys the recording medium supplied by the supply mechanism;
- an image recording unit which records an image on the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;
- a first medium detection unit which detects the recording medium supplied from the supply mechanism to the conveyance mechanism, and outputs detection information;
- a second medium detection unit which detects the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, and outputs detection information;
- a conveyance information generation unit which generates conveyance information of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;
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- a control unit which selects one of the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit based on prescribed information corresponding to an interval between the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit, and controls the image recording unit to perform an image recording operation based on the detection information output from the one of the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit and the conveyance information generated by the conveyance information generation unit.
A method of recording an image, comprising:
- causing a supply mechanism to supply a recording medium;
- causing a conveyance mechanism to convey the recording medium supplied by the supply mechanism;
- causing an image recording unit to record an image on the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;
- causing a first medium detection unit to detect the recording medium supplied from the supply mechanism to the conveyance mechanism, and to output detection information;
- causing a second medium detection unit to detect the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, and to output detection information;
- causing a conveyance information generation unit to generate conveyance information of the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance mechanism;
- and causing a control unit to select one of the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit based on prescribed information corresponding to an interval between the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit, and to control the image recording unit to perform an image recording operation based on the detection information output from the one of the first medium detection unit and the second medium detection unit and the conveyance information generated by the conveyance information generation unit.
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