Printer device, printing method, and program
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorHiroyuki UCHIYAMA
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Abstract
There are provided a printer device, a printing method, and a program that can appropriately output an exposure start signal without requiring a film detection device. A printer device includes a loading chamber into which a film cartridge is to be loaded, an exposure head device that is disposed to face a photosensitive surface of a film discharged from the film cartridge and exposes the film to light, a spreading roller that splits a developer pod of the film to spread a developer to the film, a transport roller that transports the film, and a load measuring device that measures a change in load occurring in a case where the film enters at least the spreading roller or the transport roller.
Claims19
A printer device comprising:
- a loading chamber into which a film cartridge in which a film including a developer pod filled with a developer is housed is to be loaded;
- an exposure head device that is disposed to face a photosensitive surface of the film discharged from the film cartridge and exposes the film to light;
- a spreading roller that splits the developer pod of the film to spread the developer to the film;
- a transport roller that transports the film;
- and
- a load measuring device that measures a change in load occurring in a case where the film enters at least the spreading roller or the transport roller.
A printing method of a printer device including a loading chamber into which a film cartridge in which a film including a developer pod filled with a developer is housed is to be loaded, an exposure head device that is disposed to face a photosensitive surface of the film discharged from the film cartridge and exposes the film to light, a spreading roller that splits the developer pod of the film to spread the developer to the film, and a transport roller that transports the film, the printing method comprising:
- measuring a change in load occurring in a case where the film enters at least the spreading roller or the transport roller by a load measuring device of the printer device;
- and
- outputting an exposure start signal to the exposure head device on the basis of a measurement result of the load measuring device, to cause the exposure head device to start to perform exposure by a processor of the printer device.
A non-transitory, computer readable tangible recording medium which records thereon a program causing, when read by a computer, the computer to perform a printing method with a printer device including a loading chamber into which a film cartridge in which a film including a developer pod filled with a developer is housed is to be loaded, an exposure head device that is disposed to face a photosensitive surface of the film discharged from the film cartridge and exposes the film to light, a spreading roller that splits the developer pod of the film to spread the developer to the film, and a transport roller that transports the film, the method comprising:
- measuring a change in load occurring in a case where the film enters at least the spreading roller or the transport roller, using a load measuring device of the printer device, and
- outputting an exposure start signal to the exposure head device on the basis of a measurement result of the load measuring device, to cause the exposure head device to start to perform exposure by a processor of the printer device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.