Hitachi, Ltd.

Akihiko Asada

Akira Shimizu

Mikio Shiraishi

Yasuo Otsuka

Yasuyuki Kojima

Naohiro Ozawa

Hiroshi Minoda

Toyota Honda

Toshio Tanizoe

An image copying system is disclosed which has a thermal head energized at a strobe current supply time rate corresponding to a current head temperature according to a preset strobe current supply time rate control characteristics. In copying operation at a standard speed, a read sensor 211 reads an image by performing N main scans in one sub scan. A signal processor 221 validates the image signal thus read once every N scans according to a selection signal from a mode control circuit 401. A record circuit 311 having a thermal head performs one main scan every sub scan. During a copying operation at a speed N times the standard speed, the sub scan speed is made N times and the read sensor 211 reads the image by performing one main scan every sub scan and the signal processor 221 makes the read image signal always valid by the selection signal. The record device 311 performs one main scan every sub scan. A single A/D converter is used for A/D converting head temperature as well as other output signal.

Thermographical image copier system with real time copying and variable

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Chigasaki, Japan

Akihiko Asada