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US 7,581,806 B2Granted
Printer and detachable printer tray
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKoji Niioka
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Abstract
A liquid-ejecting apparatus includes a tray having a hole, a mark section provided in an area adjacent to the hole, a boundary section located between the hole and the mark section, a sensor detecting the boundary section, and a controller executing control of liquid ejection based on liquid ejection data. The liquid-ejecting apparatus determines a reference position in the hole on the basis of the boundary section and ejects liquid on the basis of information including the reference position.
Claims4
A liquid-ejecting apparatus comprising:
- a tray having a hole;
- a mark section provided in an area adjacent to the hole;
- a boundary section located between the hole and the mark section;
- a sensor detecting the boundary section;
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- a controller executing control of liquid ejection based on liquid ejection data, wherein the liquid-ejecting apparatus determines a reference position in the hole on the basis of the boundary section and ejects liquid on the basis of information including the reference position,
- wherein the boundary section is determined on the basis of a threshold and a voltage obtained by the sensor, wherein the threshold is calculated on the basis of the voltage obtained by the sensor at the boundary section, wherein the threshold is set such that the reference position can be accurately determined even if the voltage is influenced by noise, wherein the threshold is calculated by adding or subtracting a predetermined value to or from the voltage obtained by the sensor at the mark section.
4 more elements
A liquid-ejecting method, comprising:
- detecting a position of a boundary section between a hole in a tray and a mark section provided in an area adjacent to the hole with a sensor;
- determining a reference position in the hole on the basis of the position of the boundary section;
- determining, on the basis of information including the reference position, a center position of an area for placing an object toward which liquid is ejected;
- determining, on the basis of information including the reference position, a center position of the object;
- calculating a distance between the center position of the area for placing the object and the center position of the object;
- ejecting the liquid such that the center of image data, on the basis of which the liquid is ejected toward the object, coincides with the center position of the area for placing the object if the distance is equal to or more than a predetermined distance;
- and ejecting the liquid such that the center of the image data coincides with the center position of the object if the distance is less than the predetermined distance,
- wherein the position of the boundary section is determined on the basis of a threshold and a voltage obtained by the sensor and wherein the threshold is calculated by adding or subtracting a predetermined value to or from a voltage obtained by the sensor at the mark section.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.