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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1998
Tadao Kamano, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Takada, Mishima, JP;
Shigeru Morino, Numazu, JP;
Hitoshi Ushiogi, Mishima, JP;
Kyouichi Shibata, Mishima, JP;
Takashi Kashiwagi, Mishima, JP;
Izumi Araki, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Numazu, JP;
Hidenobu Suzuki, Numazu, JP;
Hiroaki Watanabe, Tanashi, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink-jet printer includes a sheet feed-in mechanism,for feeding a paper sheet, a rotary drum,having a peripheral surface,of a size larger than the paper sheet to be fed by the sheet feed-in mechanism,, for rotating at a constant speed, a sheet holding system,for holding the paper sheet on the peripheral surface of the rotary drum, a print head,for printing an image by repeatedly ejecting ink onto the paper sheet held on the peripheral surface of the rotary drum,while the rotary drum,performs a predetermined number of rotations, a sheet separator,for separating the paper sheet from the peripheral surface,of the rotary drum, a sheet feed-out mechanism,for feeding out the paper sheet separated by the sheet separator,, a control unit,for controlling the sheet feed-in mechanism,, the rotary drum,, the sheet holding system,, the print head,, the sheet separator,and the sheet feed-out mechanism,. In particular, the control unit,is constructed such that the sheet holding system,, the print head,and the sheet separator,are sequentially driven on the basis of the number of rotations of the rotary drum