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AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsAtsushi Ueda, Hirotoshi Iemura, Hajime Horinaka, Masaharu Kimura, Norihiro Ochi, Shunichi Hayashiyama
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The serial printer includes a carriage reciprocating in a main scanning direction, a reading sensor mounted in carriage, a timing fence arranged in the main scanning direction, a mechanism preventing movement of carriage in the main scanning direction, and a controlling portion detecting a set condition for image formation in accordance with read data of timing fence from reading sensor for controlling image formation. The controlling portion detects the set condition for image formation in accordance with the read data obtained from the timing fence, so that detection of the set condition for image formation is enabled without increasing the size of an apparatus and cost, or without decreasing a processing efficiency in image formation.
A serial printer having an operating lever for setting a height of a head emitting ink onto a sheet of paper, and a timing fence for detecting movement in a main scanning direction of a carriage to which said head is mounted, comprising:
A serial printer having a carriage for moving a head emitting ink onto a sheet of paper in a main scanning direction, a state of movement of the carriage in the main scanning direction being detected by a timing fence and a read sensor reading the timing fence for control of image formation,
A serial printer having a timing fence for detecting movement in a main scanning direction of a carriage to which a head is mounted, comprising:
A serial printer including a head having its height changeable in accordance with a thickness of a sheet of paper, comprising:
A serial printer including a head having its height changeable in accordance with a thickness of a sheet of paper, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.