Print element substrate, print head, and printing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKengo Umeda, Yosuke Miura
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A print element substrate, comprising a plurality of functional elements, a plurality of driving elements configured to drive the plurality of functional elements based upon one of a plurality of drive signals, a shift register configured to store functional data indicating whether or not to drive the functional element, a data analyzing unit configured to analyze the functional data input into the shift register, and a drive signal selection unit configured to select one of the plurality of drive signals in response to an analysis result from the data analyzing unit.
Claims13
A print element substrate, comprising:
- a plurality of functional elements;
- a plurality of driving elements configured to drive the plurality of functional elements based upon one of a plurality of drive signals;
- a shift register configured to store functional data indicating whether or not to drive the functional element;
- a data analyzing unit configured to analyze the functional data input into the shift register;
- and
- a drive signal selection unit configured to select one of the plurality of drive signals in response to an analysis result from the data analyzing unit.
A print head, comprising:
- a plurality of print elements;
- a plurality of driving units configured to drive the plurality of print elements based on one of a plurality of drive signals;
- a shift register configured to store print data;
- a data analyzing unit configured to analyze the print data input to the shift register;
- and
- a drive signal selection unit configured to select one of the plurality of drive signals in response to an analysis result from the data analyzing unit.
A printing apparatus, comprising:
- a plurality of print elements;
- a plurality of driving units configured to drive the plurality of print elements based on one of a plurality of drive signals;
- a shift register configured to store print data;
- a data analyzing unit configured to analyze the print data input to the shift register;
- and
- a drive signal selection unit configured to select one of the plurality of drive signals in response to an analysis result from the data analyzing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.