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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:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1998
Masanori Kaneko, Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Akihiko Sukigara, Irvine, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a multiple print head printer in which print heads are removable and exchangeable, a method of controlling a printer carriage motor comprises the steps of receiving a print job, the print job comprising print commands and print data, determining a type of print mode to print the print data based on the received print commands, detecting a number of print heads installed in the multiple print head printer, selecting a motor control function for controlling operational speed and direction of the printer carriage motor based on the determined type of print mode and the detected number of print heads.
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