Printer, concentration setting device, and concentration setting method
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMin Wai Khaing, Jin Zhuo Chong, In Seng Ooi, Kiyotaka Nihashi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a printer includes: a printing unit configured to print on a medium (such as a sheet); an optical sensor configured to receive reflected light from the medium irradiated with a predetermined light before printing; and a concentration setting unit configured to set a print concentration of a group corresponding to a type of the medium on the basis of an output value which is output by the optical sensor receiving the reflected light.
Claims20
A printer, comprising:
- a printing component configured to print on a medium;
- an optical sensor configured to receive reflected light from the medium irradiated with a predetermined light before printing;
- and
- a concentration setting component configured to set a print concentration of a group corresponding to a type of the medium on a basis of an output value which is output by the optical sensor receiving the reflected light.
A concentration setting device for a printer including a printing component configured to print on a medium and an optical sensor configured to receive reflected light from a target location on the medium irradiated with a predetermined light, the concentration setting device comprising:
- a concentration setting component configured to cause the printing component to set a print concentration corresponding to an output value which is output from the optical sensor on a basis of the reflected light from the target location irradiated with the predetermined light.
A concentration setting method, comprising:
- irradiating a medium before printing with reflected light of a predetermined light and receiving the reflected light from the medium irradiated with the predetermined light;
- and
- setting a print concentration of a group corresponding to a type of the medium on a basis of an output value of the reflected light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.