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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Hiroshi Okamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Nishida, Kyoto, JP;
Ichirou Watanabe, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiro Katsuma, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Okamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Nishida, Kyoto, JP;
Ichirou Watanabe, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiro Katsuma, Kyoto, JP;
Dainippon Screen Mgf. Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A control part comprises a division location setting part for setting a division location based on an image data; a scan start position setting part for setting scan start positions of recording heads based on the division location; an image data division part for dividing an image data by the division location; and a head movement control part for controlling movement of the recording heads. The division location setting part sets a division location in a blank area having no pixel to be recorded in the primary scanning direction, in the case of publication printing, in a center margin area between page data. Since the recording heads perform scanning concurrently their respective areas that are divided by the division location, no deterioration in image continuity occurs between the recording heads. This permits an image recorder, though having plural recording heads, capable of performing concurrent recordings without loss of continuity.