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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 1996
Filed:
May. 03, 1993
Takehiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kobayashi, Tama, JP;
Minoru Yokoyama, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Awai, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Tomoda, Yokohama, JP;
Mamoru Osada, Yokohama, JP;
Takahiro Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Takeda, Yokohama, JP;
Masaya Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Masakatsu Yamada, Yokohama, JP;
Yukio Nohata, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for performing the recording an image on a recording medium by transferring ink contained in an ink sheet to the recording medium has ink sheet a conveyance unit for conveying the ink sheet, a recording medium conveyance unit for conveying the recording medium, a recording unit for recording an image on the recording medium by activating the ink sheet, a counting unit for counting the black dot numbers in the current line, a timing unit for measuring the elapsed time since the image recording in the last line by the recording unit, and a control unit for controlling the ink sheet to be conveyed for a predetermined length without conveying the recording medium in accordance with the timing value of the timing unit and the counting value of the counting unit subsequent to the current line recording by the recording, thus making it possible to separate the ink sheet and recording sheet more reliably to maintain a high recording quality.