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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1996
Takeo Ohashi, Isehara, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information printing apparatus that applies predetermined print energy to a printhead to print data received from an external data source, includes a receiver for receiving printing data from the external data source, a detector for detecting a current temperature of the printhead which is used to print information associated with the received printing data and memory for storing the received printing data. A controller controls the information printing apparatus such that when the current temperature of the printhead is below a predetermined threshold temperature the printing data received from the external data source is directly printed without storing the received printing data in memory and when the current temperature of the printhead exceeds the predetermined threshold temperature the print head is prevented from printing out the printing data and the received printing data is stored in the memory means until the current temperature is below the predetermined threshold temperature at which time the stored data is printed.