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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shunji Murano, Yokaichi, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347240 ; 347237 ; 347145 ;
Abstract
Gray scale printing data with compensation for dispersion is stored in a first shift register, the data is sliced into respective bits and is fetched by means of a second shift register and AND-gates. Standard resistances are scanned by means of a third shift register and switches, in synchronization with the data retrieval, for changing standard current, and light emitting current to light emitting bodies is changed according to the standard current.