US 8,804,183 B2Granted

Recording control device, recording apparatus, method of controlling recording apparatus, and recording medium

AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation

InventorsYuichiro Kasai, Toshiaki Koike, Takashi Saikawa

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Abstract

A recording control device controls a recording mechanism section which performs recording on a recording medium by a recording head. An image expansion section expands data input from the outside to create image data for recording. An image buffer memory temporarily stores the image data created by the image expansion section. A recording control section reads the image data stored in the image buffer memory, and controls the recording mechanism section to record the read image data on the recording medium by the recording head. The recording control section controls a recording speed of the recording mechanism section on the basis of a creation speed of the image data in the image expansion section.

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Dependent claims

A recording control device that controls a recording mechanism section which performs recording on a recording medium by a recording head, the recording control device comprising:

an image expansion section that expands data input from an outside source to create image data for recording in prescribed job units of at least one row or at least one dot line to be recorded, and outputs the image data in said job units;
an image buffer memory that receives and temporarily stores the job units output from the image expansion section, wherein a time span from a most-previously received job unit to a currently received job unit constitutes a job-receiving-interval that corresponds to the currently received job unit;
and
a recording control section that reads the job units stored in the image buffer memory, and controls the recording mechanism section to record the read job units on the recording medium by the recording head;
wherein for each read job unit, the recording control section controls a recording speed of the recording mechanism section in accordance with a creation speed of each read job unit by the image expansion section as determined from each read job unit's corresponding job-receiving-interval.

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A recording apparatus comprising:

a recording mechanism section having a recording head which performs recording on a recording medium;
an image expansion section that expands data input from an outside source to create image data for recording in prescribed job units of at least one row or least one dot line to be recorded, and outputs the image data in said job units;
an image buffer memory that receives and temporarily stores the job units output from the image expansion section, wherein a time span from a most-previously received job unit to a currently received job unit constitutes a job-receiving-interval that corresponds to the currently received job unit;
and
a recording control section that reads the job units stored in the image buffer memory, and controls the recording mechanism section to record the read job units on the recording medium by the recording head;
wherein for each read job unit, the recording control section controls a recording speed of the recording mechanism section in accordance with a creation speed of each read job unit by the image expansion section as determined from each read job unit's corresponding job-receiving-interval.

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A method of controlling a recording apparatus that controls a recording mechanism section which performs recording on a recording medium by a recording head, the method comprising:

expanding data input from an outside source to create image data for recording in prescribed job units of at least one row or at least one dot line to be recorded;
outputting the created image data in said job units;
receiving and temporarily storing the output job units in an image buffer memory, wherein a time span from a most-previously received job unit to a currently received job unit constitutes a job-receiving-interval that corresponds to the currently received job unit;
reading the job units stored in the image buffer memory;
and
recording the read job units on the recording medium by the recording head;
wherein for each read job unit, a recording speed of the recording mechanism section is controlled in accordance with a creation speed of each read job unit as determined from each read job unit's corresponding job-receiving-interval.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.