Recording apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMasanori ABE
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Abstract
A recording apparatus includes a head including a wire and performing recording on a medium by allowing the wire to strike the medium, a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of the head, a driving circuit for driving the wire, and a control unit that controls an energization state of the driving circuit. The control unit switches the energization state of the driving circuit between an ON state and an OFF state at each time determined by the control unit, based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit such that a current flowing in the driving circuit is kept constant, when the head performs recording on the medium.
Claims10
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a head that includes a wire and performs recording on a medium by allowing the wire to strike the medium;
- a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of the head;
- a driving circuit for driving the wire;
- and
- a control unit that controls an energization state of the driving circuit,
- wherein the control unit switches the energization state of the driving circuit between an ON state and an OFF state at each time determined by the control unit, based on the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit, when the head performs recording on the medium.
A recording apparatus comprising:
- a head that includes a wire and performs recording on a medium by allowing the wire to strike the medium;
- a driving circuit for driving the wire;
- a voltage detection unit that detects a voltage applied to the driving circuit;
- and
- a control unit that controls an energization state of the driving circuit,
- wherein the control unit switches the energization state of the driving circuit between an ON state and an OFF state at each time determined by the control unit, based on the voltage detected by the voltage detection unit, when the head performs recording on the medium.
A control method of a recording apparatus which performs recording on a medium by allowing a wire to strike the medium, the method comprising:
- when a head including the wire performs recording on the medium,
- acquiring a value of at least one of a temperature of the head and a voltage applied to a driving circuit that drives the wire;
- and
- switching an energization state of the driving circuit between an ON state and an OFF state at each time determined based on the acquired value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.