Printing – Selective or progressive – Bed and platen machines
Patent
1990-06-19
1992-09-29
Wiecking, David A.
Printing
Selective or progressive
Bed and platen machines
B41J 120
Patent
active
051506483
ABSTRACT:
A print-termination detecting apparatus and method for a line printer with which it is possible to accurately predict the termination of printing so as to shorten the paper feeding cycle and to thereby make it possible to attain higher speed printing. Based on the fact that the termination of printing can be predictively detected X columns earlier by anticipatory comparison with respect to a character which will come X columns after a currently opposite character, a pre-scanning flag for storing the result of the anticipatory comparison is provided wherein, when all the columns of the pre-scanning flag indicate "no print data", it is recognized that printing has been terminated, whereupon the paper feeding cycle is started. X is determined taking into consideration the dead time in the paper-feeding system including a paper-feeding motor, the time required for comparison/collation, and the flight time of the respective print hammer.
REFERENCES:
Abstract of 55-154,675.
Ogawa Tsukasa
Okada Kenji
Hitachi Koki Co,. Ltd.
Kelley Steven S.
Wiecking David A.
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