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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1993
Seishi Ejiri, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuyuki Shinada, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhito Shimamura, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiro Ryuka, Tokyo, JP;
Tsunehiro Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Chishima, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image communication apparatus, for recording an image using a recording head for ejecting an ink from an ejection port by utilizing energy generated by an ejection energy generation element, includes a communication section for communication a procedure signal associated with a communication and image data, a driving section for driving the recording head in accordance with the image data received by the communication section, a preservation section for performing preservation processing of the recording head, and a control section for discriminating a procedure signal transmitted after the image data, and controlling an operation of the preservation section on the basis of the discrimination result. When the control section discriminates that a specific procedure signal for successively performing reception is transmitted, it causes the preservation section to execute the preservation processing.