Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Takeshi Kohno

Atsushi Saito

Masahiro Suzuki

Shinichiro Kohri

Shigeyuki Sugiyama

Yukio Nohata

Keizo Sasai

Hiroshi Ogushi

Fumihiko Nakamura

Takayuki Nishinohara

Katsumi Obana

Kazuhito Haruki

Minoru Yokoyama

Masakatsu Yamada

Shinichi Honiden

Yasuo Nagase

Hajime Yamamoto

Eiichiro Shimizu

Hiroshi Koshikawa

Tatsuo Nanjo

Nobuyuki Hatasa

Naomi Nakamura

Yasushi Morimoto

Masanori Momose

Toshiyuki Miyano

Kozo Matsumoto

Nobusato Maruyama

Tetsuo Horii

A liquid container for an ink jet recording apparatus includes a connection opening connectable with an outside; an elastic member provided in the connection opening, the elastic member being adapted to be penetrated by a cylindrical member for fluid communication with the outside; the elastic member including a compressed region and a substantially non-compressed region in a state without the cylindrical member penetrated, disposed in this order in a direction of insertion of the cylindrical member, wherein the compressed region and the non-compressed region are capable of being compressed when they are penetrated by the cylindrical member.

Liquid container, elastic member for liquid container, and recording apparatus

Printer performs accurate ink-discharge status detection, dependent upon the type of a printhead attached to the printer, the print mode and the color of ink change, and a facsimile apparatus using the printer. Each time printing based on received facsimile image data for one page of print sheet has been completed, the printhead is moved to a position close to a photosensor, and test ink discharge is performed. At this time, the type of printhead is determined, and whether or not the color printhead is in normally-dischargeable status is judged by comparing a pulsewidth obtained from output from the photosensor with a threshold value selected in accordance with the discrimination result. Otherwise, one of a plurality of threshold values according to print modes and ink colors is read from a ROM, and test ink discharge is performed with respect to corresponding color ink. The result of the discharge is compared with the threshold value. Thus, whether or not the printhead is in normally-dischargeable status is judged with respect to each color ink.

Method and apparatus for detecting the discharge status of inkjet printheads

An ink jet recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium by using an ink jet recording head for discharging ink includes a conveying device for conveying the recording medium, the conveying device defining a conveyance path through which the recording medium is conveyed, a carriage for reciprocally moving the ink jet recording head across the conveyance path, a recovery device for recovering and/or for maintaining a discharge function of the ink jet recording head, and an ink detecting device for detecting ink discharged from the ink jet recording head, wherein the conveyance path is disposed between the recovery device and the ink detecting device.

Ink jet recording apparatus having separately disposed recovery and ink detection devices

An ink jet recording system for performing recording by scanning a carriage having an ink jet recording cartridge, at least a part of which is removably mounted to said carriage, scans a carriage along a path that has a waiting position wherein access to the cartridge is inhibited and has a replacement position wherein the removably mounted part of the cartridge can be easily accessed, and in response to a cartridge replacement signal, moves the carriage to the replacement position. When the cartridge has been replaced, the carriage is returned to the waiting position.

Ink jet cartridge replacement control

An ink jet recording apparatus has a recording mode in which recording is performed by selectively discharging black ink and color inks of colors other than black. Any abnormality in the state of discharge of the ink is performed by executing a test discharging operation. When the recording apparatus functions as a facsimile apparatus, the test discharging operation is conducted by discharging only the black ink, without discharging inks of other colors. Wasteful consumption of ink is diminished, so that the running cost of the ink jet recording apparatus is reduced.

Ink jet recording apparatus with detection of discharge malfunction

An image recording apparatus is capable of mounting a replaceable monochromatic recording head or color recording head and has a function to discriminate a type of the recording head mounted on a carriage. When a facsimile mode is selected and the mounted recording head is discriminated as the color recording head, a display is made on a display of a console panel to indicate the exchange of the recording head to the monochromatic recording head.

Image system with informing means

Testing for normal print discharge

A printer which can perform color printing by using a plurality of color ink, and if some color ink is exhausted, prevents wasteful consumption of other color ink, and a facsimile apparatus, using the printer, which enables to confirm whether or not printing based on received facsimile image data using ink has been normally performed. In a case where printing is performed based on print data from an external computer, printhead 5 is moved to a position opposite to photosensor 8, and test ink discharge is performed with regard to all the plurality of color ink prior to print operation. If it is judged that even one of the plurality of color ink is exhausted, print operation is not performed. In case of printing based on facsimile reception image data, test ink discharge is performed after the print operation. If it is judged that ink is exhausted, received image data is stored into an image memory.

Printer and facsimile apparatus that can test for a proper functioning

A sheet feeding apparatus includes a guiding path for guiding a sheet, a detector for detecting the presence/absence of the sheet in the guiding path, a power-supply switch for turning on and off a power supply, and a determination device for determination whether the sheet comprises a rolled sheet or a cut sheet according to whether the detector detects or does not detect the sheet, respectively, when the power-supply switch has been turned on. A rolled sheet holder for holding the rolled sheet and covering an insertion port for leading the cut sheet or the rolled sheet to a feeding device.

Sheet feeding apparatus having means for determining the leading edge of

A sheet feeding apparatus includes a guiding path for guiding a sheet, a detector for detecting the presence/absence of the sheet in the guiding path, a power-supply switch for turning on and off a power supply, and a determination device for determining whether the sheet comprises a rolled sheet or a cut sheet according to whether the detector detects or does not detect the sheet, respectively, when the power-supply switch has been turned on.

A facsimile apparatus having an original conveying mechanism, a recording mechanism and a paper feeding mechanism each of which need not be provided with its own drive motor. Cost, size and weight are reduced by providing the minimum required number of motors. To this end, the facsimile apparatus is provided with a reading unit for reading an image of an original, an original conveying mechanism for conveying the original to the reading unit, a recording unit for recording a prescribed image on a recording sheet, a recording-sheet conveying unit for conveying the recording sheet to the recording unit and control means for selectively driving the original conveying mechanism and the recording-sheet conveying mechanism in prescribed fashion by a common drive motor, thereby conveying the original and the recording sheet.

Facsimile apparatus with internal mechanism for conveying originals and

A program synthesis system comprises a function decomposition unit for decomposing a function according to a predetermined specification so as to obtain detailed functions of the specification, a similarity decision unit for retrieving intermediates similar to the detailed specification detailed by the function decomposition unit, a design process fusion unit for fusing a plurality of design processes, the design process fusion unit including a matching decision unit for deciding matching between design processes having high similarities with respect to the intermediate decided by the similarity decision unit, an object synthesis unit for synthesizing an object on the basis of a new design process synthesized by the design process fusion unit, a design process intermediate knowledge base for storing intermediates from which intermediates similar to the specification detailed by the function decomposition unit are retrieved, and a design process conversion knowledge base for storing a conversion knowledge for detailing the specification, a conversion knowledge for the intermediate, and a knowledge in a minimum unit for performing processing.

Apparatus for synthesizing an object described in an object-oriented

A program synthesis system comprises a function decomposition unit for decomposing a function according to a predetermined specification so as to obtain detailed functions of the specification, a similarity decision unit for retrieving intermediates similar to the detailed specification detailed by the function decomposition unit, a design process fusion unit for fusing a plurality of design processes, the design process fusion unit including a matching decision unit for deciding matching between design processes having high similarities with respect to the intermediate decided by the similarity decision unit, an object synthesis unit for synthesizing an object on the basis of a new design process synthesized by the design process fusion unit, a design process intermediate knowledge base for storing intermediates from which intermediates similar to the specification detailed by the function decomposition unit are retrieved, and a design process conversion on knowledge base for storing a conversion knowledge for detailing the specification, a conversion knowledge for the intermediate, and a knowledge in a minimum unit for performing processing.

Apparatus and methods for generating a program by synthesizing an object

A recording apparatus comprising a platen roller for feeding recording sheets, a recording head for recording image on the recording sheets fed by the platen roller and arranged in confronting relation to the platen roller and a guide member for guiding the recording sheet fed by the platen roller. The guide member is arranged at downstream side of a sheet feeding direction with respect to the platen roller and is positioned by abutting it against a portion of the platen roller. With this arrangement, the guide member can easily and precisely positioned with respect to the platen roller without any specific adjustment during assembling the recording apparatus.

Recording apparatus

An apparatus for processing paper sheets comprises a batch feeder for carrying the withdrawn paper sheets, a takeout device for picking up the paper sheets from the batch feeder, one by one, an inspection section for inspecting the paper sheets picked up by the takeout device, whereby the paper sheets are classified into two groups, an unmachinable first group and a machinable second group, a first collecting device for collecting the first group of paper sheets, and a judgment unit for classifying the second group of paper sheets into two subgroups, a legitimate third group and a counterfeit fourth group. The first collecting device includes a second collecting device for collecting the third group of paper sheets, and third collecting device for collecting the fourth group of paper sheets.

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Yokohama, Japan

Takeshi Kohno