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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeo Ohashi, Isehara, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 ; H04N 1/23 ; H04N 1/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 ; H04N 1/23 ; H04N 1/32 ;
Abstract
An input unit inputs printing data. A detecting unit detects a current temperature of a thermal head which is used to print information associated with the printing data. A memory unit stores, instead of prints, a data packet of the printing data if it is determined that the current temperature of the thermal head provided by the detecting unit results in controlling the thermal head so it is not used for printing out the data packet of the printing data.