US 8,994,766 B2Granted

Printer

AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsKeigo Kako, Tomoki Miyashita, Yoshitsugu Tomomatsu

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Abstract

The disclosure discloses a printer including a controller. The controller executes a first control, a second control and a switching control. In the first control, it is achieved that a first coordinated state wherein a pulse/dot ratio when a pulse motor rotates at a first rotation speed is set to a first ratio. In the second control, it is achieved that a second coordinated state wherein the pulse/dot ratio when the pulse motor rotates at a second rotation speed is set to a second ratio that is smaller than the first ratio. In the switching control, the pulse/dot ratio is gradually decreased from the first ratio to the second ratio when the first coordinated state is switched to the second coordinated state, and is gradually increased from the second ratio to the first ratio when the second coordinated state is switched to the first coordinated state.

A printer comprising:

a pulse motor configured to drive based on an inputting of a pulse signal;
a feeder configured to feed a print-receiving medium by using a driving force of said pulse motor;
a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements that is arranged in a direction orthogonal to a transport direction in which said print-receiving medium is fed by said feeder, the thermal head configured to at least form respective dots on respective printing lines, the respective printing lines formed by dividing said print-receiving medium in the transport direction in terms of a print resolution;
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a controller configured to execute:
a first control that achieves a first coordinated state in which a pulse/dot ratio between a number of outputs of said pulse signal to said pulse motor and a number of prints of line print data that is formed by dividing print data per each of said printing lines when said pulse motor constantly rotates at a first rotation speed is set to a constant first ratio that is not 0, by means of controlling a conduction of said plurality of heating elements and a driving of said pulse motor in coordination;
a second control that achieves a second coordinated state in which said pulse/dot ratio when said pulse motor constantly rotates at a second rotation speed slower than said first rotation speed is set to a constant second ratio that is smaller than said first ratio and not 0, by means of controlling the conduction of said plurality of heating elements and the driving of said pulse motor in coordination;
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a switching control that gradually decreases said pulse/dot ratio from said first ratio to said second ratio when said first coordinated state is switched to said second coordinated state, and gradually increases said pulse/dot ratio from said second ratio to said first ratio when said second coordinated state is switched to said first coordinated state, by means of controlling the conduction of said plurality of heating elements and the driving of said pulse motor in coordination.

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