Recording apparatus

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2005-02-17

2008-12-16

Tran, Huan H (Department: 2861)

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07465004

ABSTRACT:
A recording apparatus for performing a recording operation on a recording medium on the basis of recording information. The apparatus including: (a) a recording head having (a-i) recording elements arranged in a plurality of rows, and (a-ii) drive electrodes arranged in a plurality of rows and receiving respective drive signals to drive the respective recording elements; (b) a converter converting serially transmitted data representative of the recording information, into parallel signals serving as the drive signals applied to the drive electrodes; and (c) a controller which transmits the data serially to the converter. The converter has a plurality of output terminals which are connected to the respective drive electrodes across the plurality of rows of the drive electrodes, and are arranged in a row in an order generally corresponding to arrangement of the drive electrodes from one end of the recording head to the other end thereof. The controller transmits the data representative of the recording information to the converter serially in association with the drive electrodes, in an order corresponding to arrangement of the output terminals.

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