Ink ribbon usage in a multicolor image recording apparatus

Details Ink ribbon usage in a multicolor image recording apparatus Ink ribbon usage in a multicolor image recording apparatus

1994-11-18

1995-08-29

Wiecking, David A.

Typewriting machines

Including interposed inking device for record-medium

Means auxiliary to ribbon mechanism

40012004, 400225, 347178, B41J 3354, B41J 3516

Patent

active

054454646

ABSTRACT:
An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a recording medium has a plurality of ink ribbon mounting portions on which a multicolor ink ribbon having inks of plural colors and a monochromatic ink ribbon having monochromatic ink can be mounted, a recording head for recording an image on the recording medium, an input circuit for designating the colors of the image to be recorded on the recording medium, and a control unit for controlling the image based on recording information to be recorded by the direction from said input means so that image recording is effected in a smaller number of the recording colors by the recording information. The unused amount of the color blocks on the ribbon is stored in memory to control efficient use of the ribbon.

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