Title:
RECORDER AND FACSIMILE EQUIPMENT USING THE RECORDER
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3281520
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent useless consumption of other ink when ink in a color is not in existence in the case of color recording with plural kinds of ink materials and to confirm whether or not received facsimile image data are recorded in ink normally.
SOLUTION: In the case of print recording of recording data from an external computer, a recording head 5 is moved to positions of photo sensors 81, 82 prior to the recording, ink is jetted as a test with respect to all the kinds of ink, and if it is discriminated that even one color ink is not in existence, the recording is controlled not to be conducted. In the case of recording a received facsimile image, after the recording, the ink is jetted as a test to check the ink remaining quantity and if it is discriminated that the ink is not in existence, the received image data are stored in the image memory.
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Inventors:
Yukio Nobatake
Takashi Ono
Shinichiro Kori
Shigeyuki Sugiyama
Atsushi Saito
Takeshi Kawano
Takashi Ono
Shinichiro Kori
Shigeyuki Sugiyama
Atsushi Saito
Takeshi Kawano
Application Number:
JP25527695A
Publication Date:
May 13, 2002
Filing Date:
October 02, 1995
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
B41J2/125; B41J2/175; G06F3/12; H04N1/00; H04N1/23; (IPC1-7): B41J2/175
Domestic Patent References:
| JP516384A | ||||
| JP47159A | ||||
| JP3244548A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yasunori Otsuka (1 person outside)