F-Term-List

B41J29/00-29/70

AP00
USE OF PRINTERS

AP01

AP02

AP03

AP04

AP05

AP06

AP07

AP10

. Printers connected to networks

. Word processors

. Facsimiles

. Copying machines

. Tape printers

. Video printers

. Combined apparatus

. Others excluding computer printing terminals *

AQ00
KINDS OF PRINT HEADS

AQ01

AQ03

AQ04

AQ05

AQ06

. impact

. nonimpact

. . thermal

. . Ink-jet

. . Electrophotography

AR00
PRINTING FUNCTIONS

AR01

AR03

. Colours

. Double-sided printing

AS00
PRINTING MEDIA

AS01

AS02

AS03

AS04

AS05

AS06

AS07

AS08

AS09

. Shapes of media

. . Single sheets

. . . Passbooks or brochures

. . . Envelopes or medicine bags

. . Continuous forms

. . . Roll sheets including tapes

. . . Folded paper

. . . Labels

. . Endless form media

AS11

AS12

AS13

AS14

AS15

AS16

. Special media excluding plain paper *

. . IC cards magnetic cards or the like

. . OHP sheets

. . Thermosensitive paper

. . . Reversible thermosensitive paper

. . Pressure-sensitive paper

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BB00
PURPOSES OR MEANS COMMON IN COMPONENT MEMBERS OR ACCESSORIES

BB01

BB02

BB03

BB04

BB05

BB06

BB08

BB10

. Space-saving

. . Miniaturisation

. . . Miniaturisation in use

. . . Miniaturisation in non-use

. . Use of top space of printers

. . Storage of attachments or accessories

. Prevention of malfunctions

. Improvement of operability

BB11

BB12

BB13

BB15

BB17

BB19

. Facilitation of maintenance check

. . Facilitation of replacement of members *

. . having fixed indications for maintenance check

. Prevention of incorrect operations

. Improvement of security or risk prevention

. Improvement of durability

BB21

BB22

BB23

BB25

BB26

BB27

BB28

BB30

. Protection or breakage prevention of the entire devices or mechanisms

. . Protection of the entire devices or mechanisms during non-use

. . . Protection of the entire devices or mechanisms during transport

. Measure against environment e.g. temperature or humidity

. . responsive to environment outside printers

. . responsive to the environmental change of atmosphere in printers

. responsive to temperature changes electrostatic charge changes or the like of component members

. Facilitation of assembling disassembling

BB31

BB33

BB35

BB37

. Higher precision of the attachment of members

. Reduction of component members *

. designed for the layouts or arrangements of component members *

. Recycling of component members *

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CC00
SHAPES OF THE ENTIRE PRINTER

CC01

CC03

CC05

CC07

CC09

. Narrowed base area

. Constructions for placing goods on printer upper surfaces

. with different external shapes during use and non-use

. Changeable attitude of printers during use

. Changeable shapes of printers during use

B41J29/00@A;29/00@B;29/13-29/13,103

CD00
STRUCTURES OF HOUSINGS OR COVERING PARTS OF PRINTERS

CD01

CD03

CD05

CD06

CD07

CD08

CD09

CD10

. Housings with door parts

. Housings with drawer parts

. Housings divided for opening and closing

. . Supporting structures of closures

. . . openable centring on rotating shafts

. . . slidingly opened and closed

. . . Removable closures

. . Holding structures in an open conditions

CD11

CD12

CD13

CD14

CD15

CD16

CD17

. . . Holding by pressing force

. . openable bordering on paper carrying passages

. . Component members attached to closures *

. . with coupled movement of opening and closing of housings and other members *

. . . detecting the opening and closing of housings

. . . . cutting off power supply by detecting the open conditions of housings

. . opened into three or more housings

CD21

CD23

CD24

CD26

CD28

. with window parts for looking in

. Structures for carrying including separated cases

. . with handles

. with descriptions of housing materials *

. Internal component members openable and closable separately from the opening and closing of housings

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CE00
OPTIONAL MEMBERS

CE01

CE03

CE05

CE07

. Optional feed units

. Optional paper ejection units

. Optional document reading units

. Other optional members *

CF00
STRUCTURES OF UNITS OR UNITISATION

CF01

CF02

CF03

CF04

CF05

CF06

CF07

CF08

CF09

CF10

. comprising units *

. . Heads

. . Photoconductors

. . Platens

. . Toner or ink supply parts

. . Sheet feeding mechanism parts

. . Paper ejection mechanism parts

. . Fixing mechanisms

. . Cleaning members

. . Fans

CF11

CF12

CF14

. . Control boards

. . Power supply parts

. Units of different kinds can be attached

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CG00
COMMUNICATION MEMBERS OR WIRING MEMBERS

CG01

CG02

CG03

CG05

CG06

CG07

CG08

CG09

CG10

. Communication zones *

. . between hosts and printers

. . between printer control boards and heads

. Cables

. . Flexible cables

. . with reinforcing plates or reinforcing members

. . Cable restriction members or locking members

. . Tension adding to cables

. . Optical fibre or optical fibre cables

CG11

CG12

CG13

CG15

. Connectors

. . with descriptions relating to the mounting location of connectors

. . Engagement structures or guide structures of connectors

. Wireless communications

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CH00
HANDLING OF DOCUMENTS

CH01

CH03

. Bookrests

. Document transport devices

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CJ00
PROCESSING BEFORE PRINTING

CJ01

CJ02

CJ03

CJ05

. Processing before printing for paper *

. . Temperature control of paper

. . Humidity control of paper

. Processing before printing except for paper *

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CK00
PROCESSING AFTER PRINTING

CK01

CK02

CK03

CK04

CK05

CK06

CK07

CK08

CK09

CK10

. Processing after printing for paper *

. . Lamination or coating of paper

. . Curling removal

. . Stapling or starching

. . Emboss processing

. . Folding or bending

. . Fixing

. . . Fixing of electrophotography

. . . Fixing of thermal printing

. . . Fixing of ink-jet printing

CK11

CK13

. . . Air-drying fixing

. Processing after printing except for paper *

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CL00
MAINTENANCE OF CONFIDENTIALITY

CL01

CL02

CL04

CL06

CL08

CL10

. Maintenance of confidentiality by colour development of paper per se

. Maintenance of confidentiality by black over coating

. Maintenance of confidentiality by cutting

. Maintenance of confidentiality in paper ejection mechanism parts

. Use of passwords

. Other maintenance of confidentiality *

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CM00
CLEANING

CM01

CM02

CM03

CM04

CM05

CM06

CM07

CM08

CM09

. Objects to be cleaned *

. . Cleaning of paper

. . . Cleaning of paper before printing

. . . Cleaning of paper after printing

. . Cleaning of heads

. . Cleaning of platens

. . Cleaning of rollers

. . Cleaning of sensors

. . Cleaning of cleaning members

CM11

CM12

CM13

CM14

CM16

CM17

CM18

CM19

. Members for cleaning *

. . Cleaning by cleaning paper

. . Cleaning rollers

. . Cleaning brushes

. Timing of cleaning

. . Cleaning when contamination is detected

. . Cleaning for every predetermined time

. . Cleaning by counting the number of printing sheets or the like

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CN00
COOLING

CN01

CN02

CN03

CN04

CN05

CN07

CN08

CN09

CN10

. Objects of cooling *

. . cooling the entire printer

. . cooling heads

. . cooling motors

. . cooling power sources

. Structures for cooling *

. . Cooling fans

. . . driving fans by carriage drives

. . Heat radiation wings or cooling fins

CN11

CN12

CN13

CN15

CN16

CN17

CN18

. . Heat sinks

. . Heat pipes

. . Ventilation flue structures for cooling

. Control of cooling mechanisms

. . detecting temperature

. . cooling after predetermined time

. . cooling periodically

B41J29/00@S

CP00
REMOVAL OF STATIC ELECTRICITY OR NOISE

CP01

CP02

CP03

CP04

CP05

CP07

CP08

CP09

. Removal of static electricity

. . Removal of paper static

. . . Removal of paper static before printing

. . . Removal of paper static after printing

. . Static elimination of members *

. Protection against electromagnetic wave noise

. . Electromagnetic wave noise sources outside printers

. . Electromagnetic wave noise sources inside printers

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CQ00
INPUT AND OUTPUT OF INFORMATION OTHER THAN PRINTING DATA OR FIXED DISPLAY

CQ01

CQ02

CQ03

CQ04

CQ05

CQ06

CQ07

CQ08

CQ09

CQ10

. Structures of input parts or functions of keys

. . Structures of input parts excluding keyboards

. . . Control panels

. . . . Touch panels

. . . . Control panels with display units for operations or setting

. . . . Mounting structures of control panels

. . . . . mounting control panels to be movable

. . . DIP switches

. . . Input members separated from printers excluding hosts

. . . . Remote control

CQ11

CQ12

CQ13

CQ14

CQ15

. . Protection lids of input parts

. . Switching of key functions

. . . switching functions by simultaneous operations of a plurality of keys

. . . switching functions of other keys by pressing some keys

. . . switching functions by operation time of keys

CQ21

CQ22

CQ23

CQ24

CQ25

CQ26

CQ27

CQ28

CQ29

CQ30

. Variable display devices or variable output devices *

. . Display with lamps or LEDs

. . Display devices of characters or the like *

. . . Liquid crystal panels

. . . CRTs

. . . Segment displays

. . Formats of display

. . . Blinking display

. . . switching display contents by key inputs

. . . Highlighted display cursor display or colour altered display

CQ31

CQ32

CQ33

CQ34

CQ35

CQ36

CQ37

CQ38

CQ39

CQ40

. . . capable of changing display languages e.g. Japanese English or the like

. . outputting by using voices

. . Printing output

. . Display contents or output contents *

. . . Online or offline

. . . Paper sizes or kind of sheets

. . . Number of printing copies

. . . Number of printing sheets

. . . Residual amount of sheets

. . . Residual amount of ink or toner

CQ41

CQ42

CQ43

CQ44

CQ45

CQ47

. . . Display relating to abnormalities

. . . . Places with occurrence of abnormalities

. . . Operating methods of control panels

. . . Display of styles (see viewpoint HL)

. . . Histories of printers

. Fixed display of operating methods key functions or the like

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DD00
FRAMEWORKS

DD01

DD02

DD03

DD05

DD07

. Attachment of members to frameworks

. . Attachment to side frames

. . Attachment to base frames

. Assembly of frameworks

. Materials of frameworks *

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DE00
PRINTER STANDS, DESKS OR LEGS

DE01

DE03

DE05

DE06

. Stands or desks for placing printers

. Desks with built-in printers

. Legs

. . Legs adjustable in heights or inclinations

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DF00
VIBRATION-PROOFING, SOUNDPROOFING, OR SOUND-DEADENING

DF01

DF03

DF05

DF06

DF07

DF08

DF09

DF10

. for vibration-proofing

. for soundproofing or sound-deadening

. Structures for vibration-proofing soundproofing or sound-deadening

. . Resonance chambers or air chambers including honeycomb structures

. . Ribs for soundproofing

. . Covers for covering the sources of vibrations or noise

. . Structures for narrowing or covering openings

. . Separated covers for soundproofing for covering the entire printer

DF11

DF12

DF13

DF14

DF15

DF17

DF18

DF19

DF20

. . Balance weights

. . using soundproofing materials or vibration-proofing materials

. . . Soundproofing or vibration-proofing by laminated bodies

. . . Porous bodies

. . Sound-deadening by generation of interference sounds

. Positions of vibration-proofing or soundproofing constructions *

. . Entire surface of printer housing or separated cases

. . near openings

. . Heads or carriages

DF21

DF22

DF24

DF25

DF26

DF27

DF29

. . Tables separated from printers

. . Leg members

. Sources of vibrations or noise *

. . Heads

. . Fans

. . Motors

. Vibration-proofing or soundproofing by specially designed layouts of sources

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EE00
VISUAL MECHANISMS

EE01

EE02

EE03

EE04

EE06

EE07

EE08

EE09

EE10

. Objects of visual observation

. . Visual confirmation of head positions

. . enabling visual confirmation of the opposite positions of heads on paper

. . Visual confirmation of sheets immediately after printing

. Structures for visual observation

. . Windows for visual observation

. . Use of mirrors

. . Indexings instructing printing positions

. . . Indication of printing positions by light beams

EE11

EE12

EE13

EE14

EE16

. . . Indexings attached to carriages or printing masks

. . . indicating also information other than printing positions

. . Scales for recognising the positions of indexings

. . . Scales indicating column numbers

. Paper feed or carriage feed for visual observation

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FF00
LINE DRAWING

FF01

FF02

FF03

FF05

FF06

FF07

. Problems in drawing lines

. . Prevention of overlaps with characters

. . Prevention of printing position displacement

. Kinds of lines

. . Printing of column rules

. . Printing of lateral ruled lines or underlines

FF11

FF12

FF13

FF14

FF15

. Structures for line drawing *

. . drawing lines with normal heads

. . Dedicated types or printing elements for line drawing

. . Dedicated heads for line drawing

. . Rulers for line drawing

FF21

FF22

FF23

FF24

FF25

FF26

FF27

. Control for line drawing

. . Carriage or paper feed control for line drawing

. . Selection control of printing elements for line printing

. . . switching printing elements for every printing of predetermined extents

. . Generation control of line patterns

. . . Generation control of interpolation patterns

. . drawing lines in accordance with formats

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GG00
CORRECTION, CANCELLATION OR ERASING

GG01

GG02

GG03

GG05

GG06

GG07

. Kinds of processing

. . Correction or erasing of printing errors or the like

. . Recycling of sheets

. Objects of processing

. . Correction or recycling of ink recording paper

. . Correction or recycling of toner recording paper

GG11

GG12

GG13

GG14

GG15

GG16

GG17

GG18

GG19

. Methods of correction or recycling

. . Peeling

. . . peeling in heating and melting

. . . peeling by cooling after heating

. . . peeling by dipping in solvents

. . Overcoating

. . Reheating of reversible thermosensitive paper

. . Use of decolouring toner or decolouring ink

. . . Decolourising by UV irradiation

GG21

GG22

GG23

GG24

GG25

GG26

GG27

GG28

. Mechanisms for correction or recycling

. . with correction or recycle-dedicated members

. . . Dedicated correction heads

. . correcting by using normal print heads

. . . Switching mechanisms of normal printer ribbons and correction ribbons

. . Correction or recycling by thermal heads

. . Correction or recycling by impact heads

. . Correction or recycling by electrophotography

GG31

GG32

GG33

GG35

GG36

GG37

GG38

GG40

. Designation of correction or erasing positions

. . Designation of correction positions by driving carriages

. . Designation of correction positions by paper feed

. Control for correction or recycling

. . Applied energy control for correction or recycling

. . Paper-feed control in correction or recycling mechanisms

. . Carriage feed control in correction or recycling mechanisms

. pretreating paper for correction or recycling

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HH00
PURPOSE OF CONTROL

HH01

HH03

HH05

HH06

HH07

HH08

HH09

. Fail safe

. Automation of processing

. Improvement of throughput

. . Speeding up of processing per se

. . Improvement of throughput by shortening printing suspension time

. . Improvement of throughput by simplifying procedures

. . Improvement of throughput by parallel processing

HH11

HH13

. Reduction of power consumption

. Reduction of the consumption of consumables

HJ00
CONTROLLED OBJECTS

HJ01

HJ02

HJ03

HJ04

HJ05

HJ06

HJ07

HJ08

HJ10

. Heads

. Paper feeding mechanisms

. . Feeder mechanisms

. . Paper ejection mechanisms

. Carriages

. Printing data

. Display parts of printers

. Members communicating with hosts or print servers

. Others *

HK00
DETECTION FOR CONTROL OR MEASUREMENT OBJECTS

HK01

HK02

HK03

HK04

HK05

HK06

HK07

HK08

HK09

HK10

. Detection excluding detection of abnormalities

. . Presence or absence of printing data

. . Kinds of printing data

. . Kinds of printing data transmission sources

. . Kinds of control commands (see HN15-27)

. . Presence or absence of sheets

. . Kinds or sizes of sheets

. . Presence or absence or kinds of units

. . Environments outside housings

. . Environments in housings

HK11

HK13

HK14

HK15

HK16

HK17

HK18

HK19

HK20

. . Other detection *

. Counting or counts

. . Number of printing copies

. . Number of printing sheets

. . Number of residual sheets in paper feed parts

. . Number of sheets in abnormal conveyance or stagnated sheets

. . Number of print characters or number of print dots

. . Time or timers

. . . Measurement of time elapsed from power-on

HK21

HK22

HK23

. . . Measurement of time elapsed from the reception of printing data

. . . Measurement of time elapsed from the beginning of the development of printing data

. . Other counting or counts *

HL00
DESCRIPTIONS RELATING TO FORMS

HL01

HL02

HL03

HL04

HL05

HL06

HL07

. Paper sizes

. Orientations of sheets e.g. vertical settings or horizontal settings

. Top and bottom margins

. Right and left margins

. Font kinds or font sizes

. Vertical writing or horizontal writing

. Line spacing or character spacing

HM00
DESCRIPTIONS RELATING TO PRINT MODES

HM01

HM03

HM05

HM07

. High-quality print modes

. High-speed print modes

. Continuation-singularity supporting modes or special media supporting modes

. capable of selecting resolutions

HN00
CONTROL COMMANDS GIVEN TO PRINTERS

HN01

HN02

HN03

HN04

HN05

HN06

HN08

HN09

HN10

. Input means of control commands

. . inputting from printers

. . . inputting from DIP switches

. . . inputting from control panels

. . inputting from hosts

. . . Control commands preceding printing data

. Control commands determined by detection

. . determined by bar code reading

. . determined by mark sheet reading

HN11

HN13

HN15

HN16

HN17

HN18

HN19

HN20

. Inputs from IC cards storing control commands

. Input means with an order of priority

. Kinds of control commands *

. . Designation of the number of printing copies

. . Designation of feeder mechanisms

. . Designation of paper ejection mechanisms

. . Designation of forms (see viewpoint HL)

. . Designation of print modes (see viewpoint HM)

HN21

HN22

HN23

HN24

HN25

HN26

HN27

HN29

. . Reset or initialisation

. . Stop commands

. . . cancelling printing data

. . . without cancelling printing data

. . Printing instructions of the same contents excluding the designation of the number of copies

. . Inquiries for the models of printers

. . Inquiries for paper sizes or kinds currently usable

. Prohibition of reception of control command input under specific conditions *

HP00
SIGNALS REPORTED FROM PRINTERS TO HOSTS

HP01

HP02

HP04

HP06

HP08

. Printer ready signals

. Busy signals

. Printing completion signals

. Notices of models of printers

. Notices of paper sizes or kinds currently usable

HQ00
CONNECTION TOPOLOGY OR CONTROL OF PRINTERS, SERVERS OR HOSTS

HQ01

HQ02

HQ03

HQ05

HQ06

HQ07

HQ08

HQ09

HQ10

. A plurality of printers connected to a single host

. . connecting directly printers to printers

. . selecting printers matching printing conditions

. A plurality of hosts

. . A single printer connected to a plurality of hosts

. . . Control for selecting input ports

. . . . Connection with a port which have received printing data first

. . . . Switching based on the priority of data.

. . . Processing when data of other hosts are received during communication

HQ11

HQ12

HQ13

HQ14

HQ15

HQ17

HQ19

HQ20

. . . . Transmission of busy signals to hosts which are not selected

. . Connection of a plurality of printers to a plurality of hosts

. . . connecting directly printers to printers

. . . selecting printers matching printing conditions

. . classifying print forms for every host

. Connections of printers to hosts via servers

. Kinds of input ports or interfaces

. . Serial interfaces

HQ21

HQ22

HQ23

. . Parallel interfaces

. . Printers having both serial and parallel

. . Interconversion members of serial and parallel

HR00
CONTROL BY PRINT SERVERS

HR01

HR02

HR04

HR06

HR07

HR08

HR09

. capable of changing the printing sequence of jobs

. . changing sequence based on the priority of jobs

. Interrupt printing of the job for another job

. capable of changing the printing conditions of stored jobs *

. Print servers to which a plurality of printers are connected

. . Allocation such that printing is completed at highest speed

. . Printers of output destinations having priority

HS00
EMULATION OR TRANSLATION OF DATA

HS01

HS02

HS03

HS05

HS06

HS07

. having a plurality of translator programs built-in

. . automatically selecting programs based on control commands

. . changing printing conditions according to translator programs *

. Processing performed when a translation is not possible

. . warning or reporting

. . Download of matching translator programs

HT00
POWER SAVING CONTROL

HT01

HT02

HT03

HT04

HT05

HT06

HT07

HT08

HT09

. saving electricity during data standby

. . Conditions for shifting to power saving conditions

. . . Elapse of given time for conditions without printing data

. . . Instructions from users

. . Power saving conditions

. . . reducing voltage

. . . Power supply off

. . Conditions of release from power saving conditions

. . . Reception of printing data

HT11

HT13

. saving electricity at other times *

. saving electricity of specific members (free word: component members) *

HV00
ABNORMALITY PREVENTION OR MEASURES

HV01

HV02

HV03

HV04

HV05

HV06

HV07

HV08

HV09

HV10

. Factors of abnormalities *

. . Fault of devices *

. . . Fault of CPUs

. . . Falls of supply voltage

. . Disabled communications

. . Memory overflows

. . Abnormalities of environments outside housings

. . Abnormalities of environments inside housings

. . Abnormalities of sheet conveyance

. . Cover openings

HV11

HV12

HV13

HV14

HV16

HV17

HV18

HV19

. . Mismatching of paper sizes

. . Mismatching of paper kinds

. . Exhaustion of paper

. . Exhaustion of ink or toner

. Timing of abnormality judgment

. . at the time of power-on

. . for every printing of prescribed number of times

. . always monitoring abnormalities

HV21

HV22

HV23

HV24

HV26

HV28

HV30

. Mechanisms for detecting abnormalities

. . Passage of predetermined time or time over

. . Electric current abnormality or voltage abnormality detecting circuits

. . . Circuits detecting disconnection

. detecting abnormalities which will occur soon

. for prevention of incorrect detection of abnormalities

. judging some abnormalities as being not abnormalities

HV31

HV32

HV33

HV34

HV35

HV36

HV37

HV38

HV39

HV40

. Processing performed when it is judged that abnormalities occur.

. . warning or reporting abnormalities to users

. . . reporting solutions

. . . reporting places where abnormalities occur

. . notifying hosts of abnormalities

. . Storage of printing data

. . Storage of printing conditions *

. . . Storage of forms (see viewpoint HL)

. . Storage of printing interruption positions *

. . Changes of communication conditions with hosts

HV41

HV42

HV43

HV44

HV45

HV46

HV47

HV48

HV49

HV50

. . . switching to conditions of receiving only specific control commands

. . . reporting busy signals

. . . switching to off-line

. . Stop of operations excluding power stoppage

. . Power stoppage

. . recovering automatically from abnormalities

. . printing by using alternative means *

. . . Data transfer to other machines

. . . Printing in printing parts where abnormalities do not occur

. . Printing enforcement *

HV51

HV53

HV54

HV55

HV56

HV57

HV58

HV60

. . . changing paper sizes for printing

. Processing after recoveries from abnormalities

. . Reset or initialisation

. . . by the reset switches of printers

. . . Automatic reset by detecting recovery from abnormalities

. . . Transmission of reset commands from hosts

. . requiring the resending of printing data

. storing histories of abnormalities

HX00
OTHER CONTROL

HX01

HX10

. Off-line printing

. Others *

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JJ00
PRINTING OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

JJ01

JJ02

JJ03

JJ04

JJ06

JJ07

JJ08

. Kinds of additional information

. . Printing of variable information

. . . Printing of page numbers

. . Printing of fixed information e.g. store names

. Mechanisms adapted for additional information printing

. . Stamps or seals

. . Heads adapted for additional information printing

JJ11

JJ12

JJ13

JJ14

. Control of the printing positions of additional information

. . changing printing positions in response to main print information

. . capable of designating printing positions

. . determining printing positions from information on paper

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KK00
SELF-DIAGNOSIS, TEST PRINTING OR PRINT QUALITY TESTS

KK01

KK02

KK03

KK04

KK06

KK07

KK08

KK09

. Timing for self-diagnosis test printing or print quality tests

. . in correspondence with power-on

. . performing periodically

. . performing in accordance with indications of users

. Self-diagnosis

. . Memory checks

. . . Memory checks of image buffers

. . CPU operation checks

KK11

KK12

KK13

KK14

KK15

KK16

KK17

KK18

KK19

. Test printing

. . Purpose of test printing

. . . for judging the presence or absence of abnormalities

. . . for confirming recovery from abnormalities

. . Contents of test printing

. . . Printing of printing conditions e.g. forms or print modes

. . . Printing of printer histories

. . . Printing of data for test printing

. . . Test printing with data varying according to print modes

KK21

KK22

KK23

KK24

KK25

KK26

KK27

KK28

. Tests of print quality including the quality tests of test printing

. . Purposes of tests

. . . Detection of the disconnection of printing control circuits

. . Tested objects

. . . Printing density

. . . Printing patterns

. . Judging test results

. . . judging automatically by sensors

KK31

KK32

KK33

KK34

KK35

. Processing after self-diagnosis test printing print quality tests

. . adjusting printing density automatically

. . . adjustment by controlling head drive

. . . cleaning heads

. . reporting the results of diagnosis or tests to users

B41J29/48@A-29/48@D

LL00
DETECTION OF THE RESIDUAL QUANTITY OF PAPER OR PAPER ENDS

LL01

LL02

LL03

LL04

LL05

LL06

LL07

LL09

. Detected objects

. . Residual quantity of sheets

. . . Residual quantity of single sheets

. . . Residual quantity of rolled paper

. . . Residual quantity of folded paper

. . Ends of continuous forms

. . Breakage of sheets or jam

. for prevention of incorrect detection

B41J29/50-29/52

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RIGHT AND LEFT MARGINS, OR TOP AND BOTTOM MARGINS

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MM03

MM05

MM06

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MM08

. conveying paper by centre alignment

. conveying paper by aligning ends

. detecting paper sizes

. . detecting fixed form sizes

. . detecting paper width

. . detecting paper length

MM11

MM12

MM13

MM14

MM16

MM18

MM19

MM20

. Positions of sensors

. . Paper size detection sensors on carriages

. . Paper size detection sensors in sheet cassettes

. . Paper size detection sensors in paper conveyance paths

. inputting paper sizes

. inputting margins

. . inputting margins by the movement of heads

. . inputting margins by moving sheets

MM21

MM22

MM24

MM26

MM27

MM28

MM29

. . inputting margins in numerical values

. . Measures against inappropriate margin settings

. setting margins automatically

. Drive control for margins

. . Paper-feed control for top margins

. . Carriage drive control for right and left margins

. . Line head drive control for right and left margins

2C061	Accessory devices and overall control thereof
	B41J29/00 -29/70