JP2003200636A - Recorder and method for setting record parameter - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set record parameters in a manner easy and comprehensible for a user. <P>SOLUTION: When a user sets a plurality of record parameters in a computer at the time of setting the record parameters of a recorder performing recording on a recording medium according to information transmitted from the computer, set data is transmitted from the computer to the recorder in response to setting of data for each record parameter (S506) and a specified operation, e.g. inching of a carriage, is performed when the set data is received by the recorder (S507). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus and a recording parameter setting method, and more particularly to setting recording parameters of a recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium according to information transmitted from a computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an information output device in, for example, a word processor, a personal computer, a facsimile, a printer for recording desired information such as characters and images on a sheet-shaped recording medium such as paper or film is widely used. There is.

Although various methods are known as recording methods for printers, ink-jets are used for the reasons such as non-contact recording on recording media such as paper, easy colorization, and high quietness. In recent years, the method has attracted particular attention, and as its configuration, a recording head that ejects ink according to desired recording information is mounted and recording is performed while reciprocally scanning in a direction intersecting the feeding direction of a recording medium such as paper. The serial recording method is generally used because it is inexpensive and easy to miniaturize.

In recent years, with the spread of digital cameras as image input devices, there have been more opportunities for printers to record natural images such as photographic data. Further, with the rapid development of the resolution of digital cameras, a recording device capable of recording higher-definition and higher-quality images is required, and it is possible to record with a feeling almost equal to that of silver halide photographs with the naked eye. There are also products.

In order to enable high-definition recording, the recording head mounted on the recording apparatus has a large number of ejection openings (nozzles) arranged in high density, and the number of gradations is In order to increase the number, the type of ink used for recording tends to increase. Further, various types of recording media are provided, and in order to record a desired image, it is necessary to appropriately set recording parameters according to the ink used and the recording medium.

The setting of such recording parameters is performed by referring to a setting screen displayed by a printer driver installed in a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a PC) or the like, and after the setting is completed, the recording is performed from the PC to the printer. Data is transferred and recording is started.

[0007]

However, there are the following problems in setting the recording parameters as described above.

For example, if the user inputs a wrong setting item, an error message is displayed on the screen of the PC after all the settings are completed and the recording is instructed.
It takes time to execute the recording.

Whether or not the input or selected parameters are proper is only displayed on the screen of the PC. Therefore, when the PC and the printer are far apart from each other, the user sets paper or the like in the printer. While I am doing it, I cannot see the screen display and it takes time to set.

As described above, the conventional user interface for setting the recording parameters is mainly a display on a screen assuming a PC as a host device, and is not very convenient for the user. Without knowledge of the printer and recording, it is difficult to set appropriate parameters, and in extreme cases, recording cannot be performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus and a recording parameter setting method that allow the user to set recording parameters easily and easily.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, a recording apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention is a recording apparatus for recording on a recording medium according to information transmitted from a computer apparatus. When a user sets a plurality of recording parameters in, when the setting data transmitted from the computer device in response to the data being set for each recording parameter is received, a setting for executing a predetermined operation It has a notification means.

Further, a recording parameter setting method as an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object is a recording parameter setting method for a recording device for recording on a recording medium according to information transmitted from a computer device, When the user sets a plurality of recording parameters in the apparatus, a transmitting step of transmitting the setting data from the computer apparatus to the recording apparatus in response to the data being set for each recording parameter, and the recording apparatus, A setting notification step of executing a predetermined operation when the setting data is received.

That is, according to the present invention, when setting the recording parameters of the recording apparatus for recording on the recording medium according to the information transmitted from the computer apparatus, when the user sets a plurality of recording parameters in the computer apparatus, The setting data is transmitted from the computer device to the recording device in response to the setting of the data with respect to the recording parameter, and a predetermined operation is executed when the recording device receives the setting data.

With this configuration, when the user sets the recording parameters, the recording apparatus executes a predetermined operation each time each parameter is input and set. This predetermined operation allows the user to know that the setting of each parameter has been completed.

Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to detect an input error after setting all the parameters and to pay attention to only the screen displayed on the computer when setting the parameters as in the conventional method, and the recording parameters can be set. It's easier to do.

[0017]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the embodiments described below, an inkjet printer that performs recording according to an inkjet method will be described as an example of a recording apparatus.

In this specification, "recording" (sometimes referred to as "printing") means not only the formation of significant information such as characters and figures, but also the meaning perceived by humans and visually. Regardless of whether or not it is actualized so as to be possible, it also represents a case where an image, a pattern, a pattern, etc. is widely formed on a recording medium or the medium is processed.

The "recording medium" is not limited to paper used in a general recording apparatus, but is widely applicable to ink such as cloth, plastic film, metal plate, glass, ceramics, wood and leather. Things shall also be represented.

Further, "ink" (which may be referred to as "liquid") is to be broadly construed in the same way as the definition of "recording (printing)", and when applied on a recording medium, A liquid that can be used for forming an image, a pattern, a pattern, or the like, processing a recording medium, or treating an ink (for example, solidifying or insolubilizing a coloring agent in the ink applied to the recording medium).

[First Embodiment] FIGS. 1 and 2 show a schematic structure of an ink jet printer according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an apparatus main body 1 forming the outer shell of the printer in this embodiment includes a lower case 1b and an upper case 1.
a, exterior members of the access cover 2 and the discharge tray 4,
Chassis 31 housed in the exterior member (see FIG. 2)
Composed of and.

The chassis 31 is composed of a plurality of plate-shaped metal members having a predetermined rigidity, forms a skeleton of the recording apparatus, and holds each recording operation mechanism described later.

Further, the lower case 1b forms a substantially lower half portion of the apparatus main body 1, and the upper case 1a forms a substantially upper half portion of the apparatus main body 1. By combining both cases, each mechanism described later is internally provided. It has a hollow body structure with a storage space for storing,
Openings are formed in the upper surface portion and the front surface portion, respectively.

Further, one end of the discharge tray 4 is rotatably held by the lower case 1b, and the opening formed in the front surface of the lower case 1b can be opened and closed by the rotation. Therefore, when the recording operation is performed, the discharge tray 4 is rotated to the front side to open the opening, so that the recording sheets can be discharged from here and the discharged recording sheets are sequentially stacked. I'm supposed to get it. Further, the discharge tray 4 accommodates two auxiliary trays 5 and 6, and by pulling out each tray as needed, the support area of the paper can be expanded or reduced in three steps. It has become.

One end of the access cover 2 is rotatably held by the upper case 1a so that an opening formed on the upper surface can be opened and closed.
By opening, the recording head cartridge, ink tank or the like housed inside the main body can be replaced. Although not particularly shown here, when the access cover 2 is opened and closed, a protrusion formed on the back surface of the access cover 2 rotates the cover opening / closing lever, and the rotation position of the lever can be detected by a micro switch or the like. Thus, the open / closed state of the access cover can be detected.

On the rear upper surface of the upper case 1a, a power key 8 and a resume key 10 are provided so that they can be pressed, and an LED 9 is provided. When the power key 8 is pressed, the LED 9 lights up and recording is possible. It is to inform the operator that there is something. Further, the LED 9 has various display functions such as changing the color of the blinking and the color, and smoothing the buzzer to inform the operator of troubles of the printer. When the trouble is solved, the resume key 10 is pressed to restart the recording.

Next, the printer is housed in the main body 1 of the printer,
The recording operation mechanism in this embodiment that is held will be described.

As the recording operation mechanism in this embodiment, an automatic feeding section 32 for automatically feeding recording sheets into the main body of the apparatus and a recording sheet fed one by one from the automatic feeding section are desired. A conveyance unit 33 that guides the recording sheet from the recording position to the ejection unit while guiding the recording sheet to the recording position, and the conveyance unit 33.
The recording unit includes a recording unit that performs desired recording on the recording sheet conveyed to the recording sheet, and a recovery unit that performs recovery processing on the recording unit and the like.

Here, the recording section will be described. A carriage 12 movably supported by a carriage shaft 34,
The recording head cartridge 40 is detachably mounted on the carriage 12.

First, the recording head cartridge will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the recording head cartridge 40 according to the present embodiment has an ink tank 42 that stores ink, and a recording head 41 that ejects ink supplied from the ink tank 42 from nozzles according to recording information. The recording head 41 is of a so-called cartridge type, which is detachably mounted on the carriage 12.

In the recording head cartridge 40 shown here, in order to enable high-quality color recording of a photographic tone, ink tanks such as black, light cyan, and
Ink tanks for light magenta, cyan, magenta, and yellow are provided independently of each other, and each ink tank is detachable from the recording head 41.

Next, the carriage 12 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the drawing, the carriage 12 is engaged with the carriage 12 to guide the recording head 41 to the mounting position of the carriage 12, and the carriage holder 36 is engaged with the tank holder of the recording head 41 so that the recording head is predetermined. And a headset lever 37 that presses so as to set it in the mounting position.

That is, the headset lever 37 is rotatably provided on the carriage 12 with respect to the headset lever shaft, and a not-shown headset plate is provided at the engaging portion with the recording head 41 via a spring. The recording head 41 is mounted on the carriage 12 while being pressed by the spring force.

A contact flexible printed cable (hereinafter referred to as contact FPC) is provided at another engaging portion of the carriage 12 with the recording head 41, and a contact portion provided on the recording head 41 and a contact portion on the contact FPC. Section (external signal input terminal) is electrically contacted with the recording head 41 to exchange various information for recording and recording.
It is possible to supply electric power to

An elastic member (not shown) such as rubber is provided between the contact portion of the contact FPC and the carriage 12. The elastic force of the elastic member and the pressing force of the headset lever spring cause the contact portion and the carriage. It is possible to make a reliable contact with 12.
Further, the contact FPC is connected to a carriage board mounted on the back surface of the carriage 12 (see FIG. 4).

FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing the overall configuration of the electric circuit in this embodiment.

The electrical circuit in this embodiment mainly includes the carriage substrate 28, the main PCB 29, and the power supply unit 1.
It is composed of eight. Here, the power supply unit 18 is connected to the main PCB 29 and supplies various driving power supplies.

The carriage board 28 is a printed board unit mounted on the carriage, and has a contact F.
In addition to functioning as an interface for exchanging signals with the recording head through the PC 30, a change in the relationship between the encoder scale 31 and the encoder sensor 23 is detected based on the pulse signal output from the encoder sensor 23 as the carriage 12 moves. Then, the output signal is output to the main PCB 29 through the flexible flat cable 24 (hereinafter abbreviated as FFC).

Further, the carriage substrate 28 is, for example,
A paper type sensor 11 that detects the size and type of the paper by the reflected light is provided. For example, the type and size of the paper is detected by transporting the paper to a predetermined position and moving the carriage.

Further, the main PCB 29 is a printed circuit board unit which controls the drive of each part of the ink jet recording apparatus in this embodiment, and C which controls the entire apparatus.
PU, ROM for storing various control programs, RAM for storing recording data and various data and used as a work area, paper edge detection sensor 26, ASF sensor 27, cover sensor 32, parallel interface 2
0, serial interface 21, resume key 1
I / O for 0, LED 9, power key 8, buzzer 25, etc.
A CR motor 14 having an O port on the substrate and further driving a carriage, an LF motor 13 for conveying a recording medium, and a P
In addition to controlling these drives by being connected to the G motor 15,
It has a connection interface with the ink end sensor 22, the GAP sensor 19, the PG sensor 16, the FFC 24, and the power supply unit 18.

Further, an IrDA interface 17 which enables infrared communication is connected to the main PCB, which enables wireless connection using infrared rays to a host device.

Next, the processing from power-on to the end of recording in the recording apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the device of this embodiment is connected to the AC power source, first, in step S501, a first initialization process of the device is performed. In this initialization process, the ROM on the main PCB
Also, an electric circuit system check such as a RAM check is performed to electrically check whether or not the device can normally operate.

Next, in step S502, it is determined whether or not the power key provided on the upper case of the apparatus body is turned on. If the power key is pressed, the next step S502 is performed.
Then, the process proceeds to step 503, where the second initialization process is performed. In this second initialization processing, various drive mechanisms and recording head systems of this apparatus are checked. That is, it is confirmed whether or not the apparatus can operate normally when initializing various motors and reading printhead information.

Next, the process proceeds to step S504 and waits for an event. That is, the apparatus is monitored for a command event from an external I / F, a panel key event by a user operation, an internal control event, and the like, and when these events occur, processing corresponding to the event is performed.
Here, if a power key event by a user operation occurs, the process proceeds to step S514, and if another event occurs, the process proceeds to step S515.

Next, steps S505 to S50
8, the user sets recording parameters while referring to a setting screen of a personal computer or the like. In this embodiment, when the user inputs each item in step S506, the carriage is slightly moved in step S507 to notify the user that the item has been correctly input.

For example, when the user selects A4 as the paper size, when the OK button is clicked on the screen, the carriage 12 moves slightly, and as the paper type, high-quality paper is selected on another screen and the OK button is clicked. When is clicked, the carriage 12 again makes a minute movement. Thus, each time the input of the desired item is completed, the host device side transmits the data to the recording device, and the recording device which receives the data moves the carriage 12 minutely. The minute movement of the carriage 12 causes the recording apparatus main body 1 to vibrate and a mechanical driving sound is generated, so that the user can recognize that the data set by the user is surely transmitted to the recording apparatus.

On the other hand, the display of the setting screen does not change and the carriage does not move minutely until the input is properly made in step S506. Since no vibration or sound is generated due to the minute movement of the carriage, the user can know that the setting is not completed even if the user does not look at the setting screen.

When the input of the setting items is completed in step S508, the process proceeds to step S509. Here, the print command is analyzed, the specified paper type, paper size, print quality, paper feed method, etc. are determined, and the data representing the determination result is stored in the RAM in the main body of the apparatus, and the process proceeds to step S510.

Next, in step S510, step S5
Paper feeding is started by the paper feeding method specified in 09, the paper is fed to the recording start position, and the process proceeds to step S511.

In step S511, a recording operation is performed. In this operation, the print data sent from the external I / F is temporarily stored in the print buffer, and then the CR motor is driven to start moving the carriage in the scanning direction and the print data stored in the print buffer. Data is supplied to the recording head to record one line, and when the recording operation of the record data for one line is completed, the LF motor is driven and the LF roller is rotated to convey the paper for one line in the sub-scanning direction. . The recording of one line and the conveyance of the paper are alternately repeated,
When the recording data for one page from the external I / F is completed, the process proceeds to step S512.

In step S512, the LF motor is driven to rotate the paper ejection roller to repeat the paper feeding until it is judged that the paper has been completely fed out from the apparatus. At the end, the paper is ejected to the paper ejection tray (4 , 5, 6) is completely discharged.

Next, in step S513, it is determined whether or not the recording operation of all the pages to be recorded is completed, and if there are remaining pages to be recorded, the process returns to step S509, and steps S509 to S513 described above are executed. The recording operation is ended when it is determined that the recording of all the pages to be recorded is completed by repeating the processing.

When the recording operation is completed, step S504
It shifts to and becomes an event waiting state. Step S504
When the power key is turned off, the process proceeds to step S514,
Printer termination processing is performed to stop the operation of this apparatus.
That is, after performing the processing for making the power sources of various motors and heads capable of being shut off, the power sources are shut off and the process returns to step S504 to enter the event waiting state again.

If another event is input in step S504, the process proceeds to step S515 to perform other event processing than the above. For example, a recovery operation corresponding to a recovery command from various panel keys or an external I / F of the apparatus or an internally generated recovery event is performed. After the process corresponding to the event is completed, the process returns to step S504 to enter the event waiting state again.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
When the user sets the recording parameters, the carriage is slightly moved every time the input of each item is completed, and the user can know that the input of each item is completed by the vibration or sound generated by this minute movement. .

Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to detect an input error after inputting all the items and to pay attention to only the screen when setting as in the conventional case, and the setting of the recording parameter can be performed more easily.

[Second Embodiment] The second embodiment of the recording apparatus according to the present invention will be described below. The second embodiment is also an inkjet printer similar to the first embodiment, and in the following description, description of the same parts as the first embodiment will be omitted, and the characteristic features of the second embodiment will be described. The part will be mainly described.

The processing from power-on to the end of recording in the recording apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the device of this embodiment is connected to the AC power source, first, in step S601, a first initialization process of the device is performed. In this initialization process, the ROM on the main PCB
Also, an electric circuit system check such as a RAM check is performed to electrically check whether or not the device can normally operate.

Next, in step S602, it is determined whether or not the power key provided on the upper case of the apparatus main body is turned on. If the power key is pressed, the next step S602 is performed.
Then, the flow shifts to 603, where the second initialization processing is performed. In this second initialization processing, various drive mechanisms and recording head systems of this apparatus are checked. That is, it is confirmed whether or not the apparatus can operate normally when initializing various motors and reading printhead information.

When the second initialization process of step S603 is completed, the process proceeds to step S605, where the paper is conveyed to a predetermined position by the paper feeding section, and the paper type sensor 11 detects the kind and size of the paper.

Next, the process moves to step S606 and waits for an event. That is, the apparatus is monitored for a command event from an external I / F, a panel key event by a user operation, an internal control event, and the like, and when these events occur, processing corresponding to the event is performed.
Here, if a power key event by a user operation occurs, the process proceeds to step S616, and if another event occurs, the process proceeds to step S617.

Next, steps S607 to S61.
In step 1, the user sets recording parameters while referring to the setting screen of a personal computer or the like. In this embodiment, when the user inputs each item in step S608, the recording device determines whether the data transmitted from the host device in step S609 matches the data detected by the various sensors. If the data matches the data detected by the device, the user is notified that the item has been correctly input by slightly moving the carriage. on the other hand,
If the item input by the user does not match the data detected by the device, the process proceeds to step S618, and the buzzer 25 issues a warning sound.

For example, when the user selects A4 as the paper size, when the OK button is clicked on the screen, the data is transmitted to the recording device, and the data received by the recording device matches the data detected by the paper type sensor 11. If it is suitable, the carriage 12 makes a small movement, and if high-quality paper is selected as a paper type on another screen and the OK button is clicked, the data is transmitted to the recording device and recorded. The device determines whether the received data matches the data detected by the paper type sensor 11,
If they match, the carriage 12 again makes a minute movement.

Thus, each time the input of the desired item is completed, the input data is transmitted to the recording device, and the recording device determines whether the received data matches the data detected by the various sensors. , The user is notified by a minute movement of the carriage 12 or an alarm sound of the buzzer 25. As a result, the user can immediately know whether or not the data set by the user is appropriate.

When the input of the setting items is completed in step S611, the process proceeds to step S612. Here, the print command is analyzed, the specified paper type, paper size, print quality, paper feed method, etc. are determined, and the data representing the determination result is stored in the RAM in the apparatus main body, and the flow proceeds to step S613.

In step S613, the recording operation is performed. In this operation, the print data sent from the external I / F is temporarily stored in the print buffer, and then the CR motor is driven to start moving the carriage in the scanning direction and the print data stored in the print buffer. Data is supplied to the recording head to record one line, and when the recording operation of the record data for one line is completed, the LF motor is driven and the LF roller is rotated to convey the paper for one line in the sub-scanning direction. . The recording of one line and the conveyance of the paper are alternately repeated,
When the recording data for one page from the external I / F is completed, the process proceeds to step S614.

In step S614, the LF motor is driven to rotate the paper ejection roller to repeat the paper feeding until it is determined that the paper has been completely fed out from the apparatus. At the end, the paper is ejected from the paper ejection tray (4 , 5, 6) is completely discharged.

Next, in step S615, it is determined whether or not the recording operation of all the pages to be recorded is completed, and if there are pages to be recorded, the process returns to step S612, and steps S612 to S615 described above are executed. The recording operation is ended when it is determined that the recording of all the pages to be recorded is completed by repeating the processing.

When the recording operation is completed, step S606
It shifts to and becomes an event waiting state. Step S606
When the power key is turned off in step S616,
Printer termination processing is performed to stop the operation of this apparatus.
That is, after performing the processing for making the power sources of various motors and heads capable of being shut off, the power sources are shut off and the process returns to step S606 to enter the event waiting state again.

If another event is input in step S606, the flow advances to step S617 to perform other event processing than the above. For example, a recovery operation corresponding to a recovery command from various panel keys or an external I / F of the apparatus or an internally generated recovery event is performed. After the end of the process corresponding to the event, the process returns to step S606 to enter the event waiting state again.

As described above, according to this embodiment,
When the user sets the recording parameters, each time the input of each item is completed, it is judged whether the input data matches the data detected by each sensor. If they match, the carriage is moved slightly. If not, a warning sound is emitted. This minute movement or warning sound allows the user to know immediately after inputting whether or not the input of each item is appropriate.

Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to detect an input error after inputting all items as in the prior art or to pay attention to only the screen when setting, and even a user who does not have much knowledge about a computer device or recording can do so. It is easier to set appropriate recording parameters.

[Modification] In the second embodiment, when the setting data (recording parameter) input by the user matches the data detected by the various sensors, the carriage 12 is slightly moved. The buzzer 25 may emit a tone color different from the warning tone.

For example, when the setting data input by the user matches the data detected by various sensors, OK
It is conceivable that the user is informed by emitting a tone color that means, and if it does not match, emits a different tone color.

Further, instead of the buzzer or in addition to the buzzer, an electronic sound generating means is provided, and a voice similar to a human voice is utilized by using a voice synthesis technique or the like (“correctly set” or “setting is wrong”). It is also possible to notify the user.

Further, as means for notifying the user of conformity / nonconformity of setting data, not only mechanical operation or sound but also light, for example, may be used. For example, it is conceivable to notify the user by causing a blue LED to emit light when the input data matches and a red LED when the input data does not match.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the carriage 12 is used as a mechanical operation to be executed when the user's input is completed or the input data is suitable.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the wiping operation of the recording head may be performed instead of the minute movement. By doing so, the wiping operation which is conventionally performed immediately before the recording is performed can be omitted, and the effective recording time can be shortened.

In the above embodiment, the host device such as a personal computer and the recording device are connected via a cable, but the infrared communication port 17 is used to communicate the host device and the recording device by infrared rays. May be performed. This facilitates settings when using the recording device from a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone or PDA.

[Other Embodiments] In the above-described embodiments, a serial type ink jet printer was described as an example of the recording apparatus, but the present invention is a recording apparatus of another system such as a laser beam system or a thermal transfer system. Can also be applied to.

That is, when setting the recording parameters,
It is understood that the present invention includes any device that notifies the user of completion of input or conformity / nonconformity of input data by executing some operation on the printer side in response to the data input by the user. I want to.

Even when the present invention is applied to a system including a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.), a device including one device (for example, a copying machine or a facsimile device). Etc.)

Another object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium having a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or apparatus, and to supply a computer (or CPU) of the system or apparatus.
It is needless to say that it can be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD
-R, magnetic tape, non-volatile memory card, ROM, etc. can be used.

Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. It is needless to say that this also includes a case where the above) performs a part or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in the memory provided in the function expansion board inserted into the computer or the function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instruction of the program code, It goes without saying that a case where the CPU or the like included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs some or all of the actual processing and the processing realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is also included.

When the present invention is applied to the above storage medium, the storage medium stores the program code corresponding to the above-described flowchart (shown in FIG. 5 and / or FIG. 6).

[0090]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a user sets a recording parameter, the recording apparatus executes a predetermined operation each time each parameter is input and set. This predetermined operation allows the user to know that the setting of each parameter has been completed.

Therefore, it becomes unnecessary to detect an input error after setting all the parameters and to pay attention only to the screen displayed on the computer when setting the parameters as in the conventional case, and the recording parameters can be set. It's easier to do.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of an inkjet printer according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view showing a mechanical portion of the printer of FIG.

3 is an external perspective view showing a recording head of the printer of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of the printer of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 device body 2 access cover 3 paper feeder 4 Output tray 1 5 Output tray 2 6 Output tray 3 7 Paper spacing lever 8 power key 9 LED 10 Resume Key 11 Paper type sensor 12 carriage 13 LF motor 14 CR motor 15 PG motor 16 PG sensor 17 Infrared communication port 18 power supply unit 19 GAP sensor 20 Parallel I / F 21 Serious I / F 22 Ink end sensor 23 Encoder sensor 24 Flex 25 buzzer 26 PE sensor 27 ASF sensor 28 Carriage PCB 29 Main PCB 30 contact flex 31 encoder scale 32 Cover sensor

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Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A recording device for recording on a recording medium according to information transmitted from a computer device, wherein when a user sets a plurality of recording parameters in the computer device, data is set for each recording parameter. A recording apparatus, comprising: setting notification means for executing a predetermined operation when the setting data transmitted from the computer device in response to the request is received. 2. A sensor for detecting information about a set recording medium, and the setting data received from the computer device,
Determination means for determining whether or not the information detected by the sensor matches, and the setting notification means executes different operations according to the determination result of the determination means. The recording device according to claim 1. 3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined operation includes a mechanical operation. 4. The carriage is configured to perform printing by scanning a carriage having a print head mounted thereon, and the mechanical operation includes movement of the carriage by a predetermined distance. Recording device. 5. The recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a wiping operation for cleaning the recording surface of the recording head is performed when the carriage is moved a predetermined distance. 6. The sound generating means for generating an electronic sound is further provided, and the predetermined operation includes generation of an electronic sound by the sound generating means. The recording device described. 7. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a light emitting unit for generating light, wherein the predetermined operation includes generation of light by the light emitting unit. . 8. A recording parameter setting method of a recording device for recording on a recording medium according to information transmitted from a computer device, wherein when the user sets a plurality of recording parameters in the computer device, the recording parameter is set to each recording parameter. A transmission step of transmitting setting data from the computer device to the recording device in response to the setting of data, and a setting notification for executing a predetermined operation when the recording device receives the setting data A recording parameter setting method, comprising: 9. A detection step of detecting information about a set recording medium by a sensor provided in a recording device, and the setting data received from the computer device,
A determination step of determining whether or not the information detected in the detection step matches, wherein in the setting notification step, different operations are executed according to the determination result of the determination step. The recording parameter setting method according to claim 8. 10. The recording parameter setting method according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined operation includes a mechanical operation. 11. The recording apparatus is configured to perform recording by scanning a carriage carrying a recording head, and the mechanical operation includes movement of the carriage by a predetermined distance. The recording parameter setting method according to claim 10. 12. The recording parameter setting method according to claim 11, wherein a wiping operation for cleaning the recording surface of the recording head is performed when the carriage is moved a predetermined distance. 13. The recording device further comprises a sound generating means for generating an electronic sound, and the predetermined operation includes generation of an electronic sound by the sound generating means.
13. The recording parameter setting method according to any one of 1 to 12. 14. The recording apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a light emitting unit that emits light, and the predetermined operation includes generation of light by the light emitting unit. Recording parameter setting method described. 15. A computer program comprising a program code corresponding to each step of the recording parameter setting method according to any one of claims 8 to 14. 16. A storage medium on which the computer program according to claim 15 is stored. 17. A driver program for a recording apparatus, wherein when the user sets a plurality of recording parameters in the computer apparatus, the computer apparatus outputs the recording parameters in response to data set for each recording parameter. A computer device in which a driver program that realizes a transmission step of transmitting setting data to a recording device is stored, and a recording device that records on a recording medium according to information transmitted from the computer device, when the setting data is received. And a recording device having a setting notifying means for executing a predetermined operation.