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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Yoshino, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihiro Abe, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400 74 ; 4001572 ;
Abstract
An impact printer which can detect halfway defects of printing coils such as partial short circuits is disclosed. The impact printer according to the present invention includes at least one printing coil for driving a printing element and driving transistor which controls the printing element by switching a current flowed through the printing coil, and further includes an inductance detection means for detecting whether or not said printing coil has an appropriate inductance.