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AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsNobuo Matsumoto, Seiichi Inoue
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The head position detecting method is applicable to recording with a line head including a plurality of short heads which are arranged in a direction of arrangement of recording elements. The method makes relative movements of the line head and a recording medium in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction as at least one pair of first and second short heads adjacent to each other which constitute the line head are operated to perform first recording with at least one recording element on an adjacent side of the first short head and second recording with at least one recording element on an adjacent side of the second short head, thereby obtaining a first and/or second recording patterns and detects, from the first and/or second recording patterns obtained, relative first and/or second positions of the first and second short heads adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction and/or the perpendicular direction. The recording head includes a memory for storing data representing a relationship between the second positions. The image recording apparatus implements the method and/or includes the recording head. The storage medium is loaded with a program executing the above method.
A head position detecting method applicable to recording with a line head comprising a plurality of short heads that each have at least one unidirectional array of recording elements and which are arranged in a direction of arrangement of said recording elements, comprising steps of:
An image recording apparatus comprising:
A computer-accessible storage medium for executing an image recording sequence with a line head comprising a plurality of short heads that each have at least one unidirectional array of recording elements and which are arranged in a direction of arrangement of said recording elements, said medium being loaded with a program for executing a first image recording sequence according to which said line head and a recoding medium are moved relatively in a direction perpendicular to the direction of arrangement of said recording elements as at least one pair of first and second short heads adjacent to each other constituting said line head are operated to perform first recording with at least one recording element on an adjacent side of the first short head and second recording with at least one recording element on an adjacent side of the second short head, whereby a first recording pattern which has a subpattern by the first recoding and a subpattern by the second recording both of which are recorded on different positions of the recording medium relative to each other for use in detecting a precise position of a joint between the relative first positions of the first and second short heads adjacent to each other is obtained.
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