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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1996
Takeshi Ono, Kawasaki, JP;
Teruyuki Nishii, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A printing apparatus capable of printing in an appropriate print mode, for a short print period, with maintaining excellent image quality, and a facsimile apparatus or image processing apparatus using the printing apparatus. The type of the image data is examined, in accordance with the source of input image data, and main controller 1 instructs print controller 8 to perform printing in multipath print mode or in normal print mode, in accordance with the image type. The print controller 8 controls printhead 9 in accordance with the instruction. For example, a high-precision image or halftone image is printed in the multipath print mode, while a low-density image or binary image is printed in the normal print mode.