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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisao Suzuki, Mishima, JP;
Hiromoto Ishii, Mishima, JP;
Akira Oda, Mishima, JP;
Eiichi Furuya, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
400 76 ; 400279 ; 400283 ; 400 70 ; 400 61 ;
Abstract
A serial printer apparatus comprises a print heat for printing on a medium according to a received character signal, a carrier on which the print head is provided and which runs the print head over an unprintable region and a printable region, and a control circuit for monitoring the running speed of the carrier and controlling the speed of the carrier by accelerating or decelerating the carrier while suppressing the amount of fluctuation of the speed at least in the printable region.