Recording apparatus, control method, and program
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTAKESHI MURASE, KAZUO SUZUKI, MASATAKA KATO, MASAKI NITTA, HIROSHI TAIRA, HIROSHI KAWAFUJI, SAE MOGI
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Abstract
A threshold value is set based on a temperature of a recording apparatus, and a recording condition corresponding to the acquired temperature is set by comparing the set threshold value with a counted value of the number of driving times of a recording element.
Claims17
A recording apparatus that records an image on a recording medium by applying an ink droplet thereto, the recording apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature in an installation environment of the recording apparatus;
- a recording head provided with a plurality of recording elements to be driven by application of electrical energy;
- a scanning unit configured to cause the recording head to relatively scan a recording medium;
- a setting unit configured to set a threshold value corresponding to the temperature acquired by the acquisition unit in response to a recording instruction;
- a calculation unit configured to calculate a value related to driving of the plurality of recording elements for applying ink droplets to a predetermined area in one relative scan based on the recording instruction;
- a determination unit configured to determine a recording condition for recording an image based on the threshold value set by the setting unit and the value related to driving calculated by the calculation unit;
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- a control unit configured to control the recording head and the scanning unit based on the recording condition determined by the determination unit.
A method for controlling a recording apparatus that includes a recording head provided with a plurality of recording elements to be driven by application of electrical energy and a scanning unit configured to cause the recording head to relatively scan a recording medium, the method comprising:
- acquiring a temperature in an installation environment of the recording apparatus;
- setting a threshold value corresponding to the acquired temperature in response to a recording instruction;
- calculating a value related to driving of the plurality of recording elements for applying ink droplets to a predetermined area in one relative scan based on the recording instruction;
- determining a recording condition for recording an image based on the set threshold value and the calculated value related to driving;
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- controlling the recording head and the scanning unit based on the determined recording condition.
A recording apparatus that records an image on a recording medium by applying an ink droplet thereto, the recording apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit configured to acquire a temperature in an installation environment of the recording apparatus;
- a recording head provided with a plurality of recording elements that eject ink droplets using electrical energy;
- a scanning unit configured to cause the recording head to relatively scan a recording medium;
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- a control unit configured to control a recording operation by the recording head and the scanning unit based on a recording condition set based on recording data and the temperature acquired by the acquisition unit,
- wherein, in a case where the temperature acquired by the acquisition unit is a first temperature, the control unit sets a first recording condition in which an amount of power that can be used per unit time to eject ink droplets from the plurality of recording elements is a first amount, and in a case where the temperature acquired by the acquisition unit is a second temperature higher than the first temperature, the control unit sets a second recording condition in which an amount of power that can be used per unit time to eject ink droplets from the plurality of recording elements is a second amount greater than the first amount.
A method for controlling a recording apparatus that includes a recording head provided with a plurality of recording elements that eject ink droplets using electrical energy and a scanning unit configured to cause the recording head to relatively scan a recording medium, the method comprising:
- acquiring a temperature in an installation environment of the recording apparatus;
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- controlling a recording operation by the recording head and the scanning unit based on a recording condition set based on recording data and the acquired temperature,
- wherein, in a case where the acquired temperature is a first temperature, a first recording condition in which an amount of power that can be used per unit time to eject ink droplets from the plurality of recording elements is a first amount is set, and in a case where the acquired temperature is a second temperature higher than the first temperature, a second recording condition in which an amount of power that can be used per unit time to eject ink droplets from the plurality of recording elements is a second amount greater than the first amount is set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.